CHAPTER 5: HERE, NOW, AND YOU (XXI)
Part 117
Adrian did not return until evening. It had been a while since she had greeted Adrian on his way home, so she stood in front of him and greeted him when he came in, and this time, this man started by giving me a big hug. He was hugging her waist and her body was floating in the air. He was looking down at Adrian’s smiling face and he asked him if he had a good time at the reunion.
‘Did you have a good trip?’ was the line she was preparing.
While the meal was being prepared, we decided to have a cup of hot tea, and she was whisked away and taken to the sitting room. She spoke to Adrian briefly about the great thing that happened today. He listened to my story with a smiling face, nodding his head and agreeing with me. He boasted that he might have an inauguration ceremony as the head of the inspection department next week, and he promised to send me flowers. They had a hearty conversation with a bright smile on our faces, but why are the corners of this person’s eyes drooping by about 2 millimeters?
“What happened at the palace?”
She tilted her head and asked, and Adrian straightened he crooked head and answered.
“No.”
Wasn’t it true? It’s clearly sagging slightly here? She asked again, gently stretching Adrian’s cheeks with her fingers, as it was obvious he was lying.
“Tell me, what happened?”
“Shsshnts and shsstts andsstts.”
“What?”
She let go of his hand and asked again, and he answered with his eyebrows drooping in earnest.
“I have decided to go to war.”
“Yes? Again?”
“Sorry.”
“No, Adrian is not something to be sorry about. It’s not wrong to have abilities. Are you the one from the remnants of the Northwest? When? When do you have to go?”
“I will be going out on the day after the coronation ceremony, the first day of winter.”
First day of winter? No, sending my flower derian to that cold place when the weather is getting colder. Mr. Ui, even after death, you are still a baby. 2 Prince’s children.
“Then when will you come?”
When she asked sullenly, Adrian hugged her. He lifted her up, sat her down on his thighs, and wrapped his arms around her body. She also hugged Adrian’s head. When she gently stroked his hair, he moaned and said,
“I will be back before the sun changes.”
Anyway, that means it takes a whole season. Shefelt sorry for Adrian, who was barely able to live at his home, so she kept stroking his head, then raised his head, looked him in the eye, and said,
“Cale will take over as commander of the Capital Army. Don’t worry, he will leave behind the regular troops of the Capital Army. He will only take half of the Knights with him, and Ethan will also stay behind.”
She was worried about Adrian, who was having a hard time in the cold, but Adrian was also worried about her. It’s pretty too. She would have to meet his father tomorrow after work. There were only about 20 days left until the first day of winter, so she should talk to Adrian about whether she could stay with him in the meantime. She was sitting on Adrian’s legs, trying to figure out how to convince his father, when he kissed her here and there on her cheek. When she met his face, he was smiling with sad eyes. And he kissed her briefly on the lips. He hug her, make her feel pretty, cuddle up to her, and even kiss her, but why haven’t she kissed him lately? She was so sad that she clung to his dripping lips and pressed them against his, and she felt his lips curve into an arc. At the same time, she seemed to be pulling out her head again, so she suddenly bit Adrian’s lower lip. As she bit Adrian’s lip and looked into his eyes literally right in front of her nose, her pupils began to flutter. She saw the moment the golden light turned red. She thought so, but the next moment her eyes suddenly closed. His fingers dug into her hair, entangling me tightly with no time to escape, and his lips suddenly pounced. She lay down and her back touched the floor of the sofa. He clung to her with his whole body, sighing as if he were sobbing. I hugged Adrian’s neck and he held me tighter until I couldn’t breathe. His heart was pounding as if it would burst out of his chest.
Knock, knock
“My lord, my lady, dinner is ready.”
She was so shocked that she thought her heart was going to explode. As she pushed Adrian away, her lips moved away and she glared at the person in the living room with her burning red eyes. A growling voice came out softly between the heavy breathing.
“I chose the wrong butler.”
While he was catching his breath, he burst into laughter. Adrian laughed at the sound of my laughter and helped me up, but the front of his dress and his hair were all messed up. As it was, he couldn’t go to the restaurant, so he told Ethan, who was probably wondering outside.
“Ethan, call Jenny.”
“Yes, miss.”
Jenny arrived soon after, knocked on the door, said she would see her later, and was about to walk out. Adrian gently pulled her hand that he was holding. She turned around and met Adrian’s eyes, which were dripping with lust and soaking the floor. He moved slowly and kissed the palm of her hand that he was holding in his hand. The falling eyelashes and the lips tickling her palm were so incredibly beautiful that she couldn’t breathe. As he parted his lips, he opened his eyes and looked up at me, and his eyes were like, ah, dizzy, when did his shirt become so unbuttoned? This damn hand, was it you or your work? She didn’t even know how she turned away from him letting go of her hand with her anxious face. As she left, Jenny came running into the room, looking at her face and raising one eyebrow to the sky. She sat down on the sofa in her room and took a deep breath. Of course, it didn’t calm down one bit. Is this heaven where she could see Adrian’s face like that? No, was it a living hell? Jenny, who followed her up, was standing silently in front of her, so she spoke cautiously.
“Jenny, my face.”
“Yes, I feel like I’m going to explode.”
“Yes. Some ice water.”
“Yes, miss.”
Only after submerging her face in a basin full of ice water and breaking the previous diving record did her facial color return to normal. After putting her clothes in order, she went down to the restaurant and found Adrian, who had adjusted his shirt again, sitting in a neat posture.
He continued eating as if nothing had happened, and then he asked a question just in case.
“Aren’t you going to be training with the knights tomorrow morning too?
“That’s right. Self-denial training is scheduled for everyone, including the butler.”
Ethan’s face, who was standing with an extremely upright posture behind Adrian, turned pale.
* * *
It was late at night, and Remina was walking around the garden of Centorea Palace for the first time in a long time. She had already cleaned up the garden where the royal guards had trampled, but the blue flowers of Centauria, which she loved, had already been cut down. Today Remina I, cut off the head of her dead half-brother. She and she must order the punishment of her maternal uncle. She took it on because it was something she had to do, but she couldn’t possibly be in a calm mood. To soothe her heart, she revisited her first queen’s palace where she had lived all her life, but her palace was desolate after losing her master. The feelings of her class looking at Remina’s back were also very bitter. She is their own princess, who has always had to be alone, but now must walk a lonelier path. The many burdens placed on her small shoulders seemed heavier today. As her class was suppressing her aching heart, she heard Remina’s voice.
“This palace will come down to you.”
“Your Highness?”
“Now this will be the Queen’s Palace. No, Gukseo Palace? How can it be an unspeakable word?”
Looking back at her class, Remina smiled, her neck turning red. Remina continued to speak as she took a step closer to Van, who was speechless.
“I will give you my second name. Lord van Hestein, I will give you my palace and give you a title. If the nobles object to a commoner-born government official, you can go slowly. You and my child will be in this palace. “If you run around, who will look down on you?”
Now her whole face was red, Van’s mouth was gaping, her fists were clenching and unclenching, and Remina was watching her slowly growl.
“So marry me now.”
“Majesty!”
Remina, with her bright red face, interrupted me and bowed down on one knee in front of her. Again, Remina bit the inside of her lower lip, wondering if it was rejection. As she struggled to keep her expression undisturbed, she unsheathed her sword and held it in both her hands, which she held out to Remina.
“I have nothing, so I will give you this sword. With this sword, I have protected someone who is my life, so I will also give you my life. Even the humblest position is good, so please let me be by your side. What can I do to avoid losing your favor? I will do whatever it takes.”
Remina beamed as she held her sword high, lowered her head and looked down at her determined half-proposing partner. With her face shining brightly in the moonlight, she took her sword from Van’s hand.
“Lord Hestein, lift your head.” spoke to Van, who lowered her arms but still had her head down.
When Van raised her head, her face still red, Remina bent down and pressed her lips to his. It was the first kiss in 10 years since a 16-year-old boy met a 16-year-old girl and fell in love with each other.
* * *
The final verdict in the hearing for Hennessy, Doyev and Galleon Aachen, which began Tuesday, was to be handed down on Friday afternoon. Damien, who had been busy with Tina all week working on the establishment of a new inspection department, also decided to go to court today. Adrian was worried that she would end up in a bad situation, but Damian wanted to check on her, so she followed Adrian out. In the courtroom, where the sunlight was diffused and the interior was dark, people with solemn faces were sitting together. The faces of Doyev and Hennessy, who were brought out to the defendant’s stand, were already miserable even when viewed from a distance. Doyev just sat silently, as if his energy had waned, and Hennessy, who was broken in all places and not eating or sleeping properly, was looking around the courtroom with the whites of his eyes turning yellow and found Adrian. Damien, who only remembered Hennessy when he pretended to be a good militia leader, frowned at the evil-like appearance with his entire face distorted. He was glaring at Adrian with his mouth wide open as if he was shouting something, but when no sound was made, Damian asked in confusion.
“Why can’t he speak?”
“During the hearing, his vocal cords were cut for insulting the royal family.”
Hennessy, who was running towards Adrian and Damien, was soon stopped by soldiers, and Remina entered the court.
Remina, rising to her seat, opened her mouth, looking down at her sinner with her cold face.
“The two criminals, Hennessy Tanon and Doyev Olaman, erase all traces of their lives. All the exploits they achieved together with the former Duke of Bigor in the war against the Duchy of Gatan are attributed to their wealth. They are erased from their family tree and military records. . Imprisoned in the darkest place underground and erased from the list of prisoners. After death, their throats will be cut and no trace of their bodies will be left behind. I sentence the two criminals to complete erasure.”
After Remina finished her words, a heavy silence followed for a moment, and then the sound of wind leaking through the narrow hole was heard. Hennessy was crying. Like a person with a lot of resentment, he kept talking in a quiet voice, but no one was listening. Hennessy and Doyev, dragged out by the soldiers, were taken straight to the deepest basement of the military branch. The dark dreams they aspired to in the dark basement, where there were no other prisoners, would also be forgotten. They will be found as stiff, mummified bodies after the sun sets and they too will be erased. The next person brought into the court was Gallion Aachen. Although he was in better shape than the previous two criminals, he was also in a rough shape that was no trace of his previous appearance.
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