Supporting Characters Also Need Some Love

SPECIAL CHAPTER 3

Part 125

 

Adrian came in with a smile and sat down in front of her. He was smiling brightly, but look at this. It also withered. These days, they had been busy preparing for the wedding and investigating Viscount Blanca’s embezzlement case, so they hadn’t had time to sit down and talk. She was so busy that she couldn’t pay attention, and suddenly his face became this haggard.

 

“Ad, I came to talk to you today.” she said it with a smile, but why is it withering even more? Why?

 

Adrian, who had been withering for a while, made a sad face and opened his mouth with difficulty as if he had made up his mind.

 

“Damian, do you remember when I told you to do whatever you want?”

 

“Yes, of course.”

 

“You don’t have to do anything you don’t want to do.”

 

Do whatever you want to do, don’t do anything you don’t want to do. Those words seem kind at first glance, but why did he say that with such a miserable face?

 

“What do you mean?”

 

When she tilted her head and asked, Adrian said with a worldly and lonely smile.

 

“You don’t have to get married if you don’t want to.”

 

Eh? Why was it suddenly a millstone without a handle? She didn’t have to get married? Their marriage? That thing you decided to do in two days? She had been researching documents like crazy, trying to appease the administrators in her department to fix the date for this wedding, but she thought it wouldn’t be right to go on a business trip right after the ceremony, so she postponed her business trip, and in the meantime, she had been pulling up work in advance to hang out with Adrian for a week. She was having a hard time, so why wouldn’t she get married? What kind of nonsense was this?

 

“Adrian, do you not want to marry me?”

 

She asked directly. It wasn’t something worth talking about, and she didn’t feel like it, so Adrian jumped at her anger. His face became pale and the corners of his eyes began to flutter. She relaxed when she saw him shaking his head violently. It’s been a while since Damian, the combat type, almost went on a sortie.

 

“Then why are you saying that?”

 

“I thought you didn’t want to get married.”

 

A dejected voice flowed from Adrian’s lips. Was he saying she didn’t want to get married? She was about to ask what kind of nonsense this was, but then she remembered that she had been dying during the entire wedding preparation period. Even in the carriage she was commuting to work with, she was busy looking at documents, and the wedding preparations seemed unfamiliar and complicated, so she just postponed them to others. In all this time, she hasn’t even had a meal together, let alone a date. Adrian, he was lonely.

 

She got up from her seat and went to sit on Adrian’s lap. Even as he naturally wrapped his arms around her waist, he looked at her with a puzzled expression on his face.

 

“Do you know how hard I worked all morning this morning?”

 

“Yes?”

 

“I approved a 48-page report. I didn’t even take a breath and just looked at the document. Why do you think I did that?”

 

It’s not common to see Adrian’s sick face, but the blank stare on his face was cute, so she grabbed one of his cheeks and stretched it out. Even when she played with his face, he just stared at her.

 

“I was sorry that I couldn’t go on my honeymoon so I could spend a week with Adrian after the wedding, so I took a week’s vacation, but I was too busy preparing things in advance, so I told you not to get married. Did your dirty mouth say such mean things?”

 

She let go of the stretched cheek and this time she held her mouth tightly and pulled it slightly. 

 

‘Oh my, Adrian has a duck mouth. Cute.’

 

Adrian’s eyes, who had been blinking while his lips were captured, widened. She let go of the pretty duck’s mouth, which was smiling so brightly that she couldn’t see its eyes, and kissed it until it made a chirping sound.

 

“Did you think I didn’t want to get married?”

 

“Yes.”

 

Adrian, with drooping eyebrows, answered sullenly.

 

“I’m sorry. I was so busy, and I’m sorry for postponing our honeymoon. I’ll go there once I resolve this issue.”

 

She said this while raising her eyebrows, and he smiled brightly. ‘Oh, you’re so pretty.’ When she kissed him on the lips again, he pulled her close to her waist and kissed her. It’s been a while since they kissed. It’s the first deep skinship she had had in a while. She was trying to concentrate while holding Adrian’s head, when she heard a knock.

 

“Miss, we are ready to tour the ceremony hall.”

 

She separated Adrian’s lips from her clinging lips and opened her mouth with regret.

 

“Butler, I will change it.”

 

No, she was going to say that it would be okay to give him some rest. He worked too hard. Grinding her teeth, she kissed Adrian’s cheek and jumped down on his lap. Then, holding Adrian’s hand and being guided by Ethan, they went out into the garden, but Ethan kept scratching the back of his head. Yes, it would hurt. With Ethan’s guidance, she went to the left side, that was, the garden on the left side of the street from the entrance of the mansion to the main mound. As she entered the garden, which was hidden by tall trees, she thought, Wow, it’s been a while since she had been to the duke’s residence, but she never thought the garden would be made like this. Usually, in the garden of an aristocratic family, a spacious space was prepared for a garden party. You have to set up several tables, sometimes there’s dancing, and sometimes it seems like they’re trying to catch her.

 

And of course, the garden at the Duke’s residence was vast and spacious. This means that there was already room left for a wedding. Originally, this garden had a pretty fountain, a small greenhouse, and a large maze garden, but where did they all go? Aside from the countless tables, there must be a lot of guests for the duke’s wedding. Even if there were cherry trees that she had never seen before, it would be fantastic if the wind blows and the flower leaves blow. But, why do the dazzling white marble columns have to be lined up in two columns? And in between, as expected, a dazzling white marble was laid out like a red carpet leading up to the podium. Ethan looked very excited and spoke passionately as he personally demonstrated the flow of the ceremony.

 

“Lady, you can enter this way. If you walk in here with the Count, your lord will be standing around here. Then you two can walk over there and make your marriage vows right here, right here.”

 

Ethan, who eagerly explained with a look that expected praise, hastily added as I stared at the wedding hall with vague eyes.

 

“It’s still bare right now, but it won’t be like this on our wedding day! We’re going to decorate this whole place with flowers. We’re going to decorate all those tables with flowers too!”

 

As her eyes grew fainter, she added more, sweat pouring down her forehead.

 

“There will be a ribbon from that side to here. If we spread red petals on the floor, the white marble will stand out even more! The empty space on this side is where the orchestra will sit. There will be plenty of decorations here as well.”

 

Stop, stop.

 

When she showed her right palm, Ethan, who had kept his mouth shut, asked cautiously.

 

“Where does it seem lacking? Just tell me and I will prepare it right away.”

 

“Not enough? It’s already too much, too much. Are you planning to rob the dukedom with just one wedding?”

 

“It’s not even close to this level.”

 

Ethan pounded his chest and looked up at Adrian, dumbfounded to respond. Then Adrian asked cautiously.

 

“You don’t like it?”

 

“That’s not true. This is too much for a ceremony that will only last one day.”

 

“It’s not excessive.”

 

Adrian, who answered firmly, smiled like a flower, and Ethan nodded his head vigorously.

 

‘Ah, the head.’

 

* * *

 

Two days passed filled with shock and astonishment. She thought she was incredibly surprised by the scale of the Duke of Bigor’s wedding, which was beyond anything she could have imagined, but if the wedding is not held at the home of their wonderful bride, Adrian, who surprises people until the day of the wedding, then… In most aristocratic weddings, a carriage was sent from the groom’s house to the bride’s house. So she was prepared. She was sure they would send a carriage so huge that it would make your mouth drop. Not only the four chariots, but the twelve chariots might come. So you shouldn’t be surprised.

 

However, surprisingly, the carriage was a two-headed carriage. The carriage pulled by Pureung and Jeomsuni was certainly flashy, but considering their actions so far, it was worth tolerating it. What surprised me was something else. It is customary for the bridesmaids on behalf of the groom, usually one or two of the groom’s brothers or relatives, to come pick up the bride, but the Duke of Bigor’s knights all showed up. They were dressed in stylish uniforms, aligned like swords, and even the horses moved at the same time in the same posture. She had to ride slowly through Midoc Street to the Duke’s House in a horse-drawn carriage escorted by 100 knights. Her father, brother, and step-sister, who were tired of the Duke Bigor family’s barrage of gifts, also had a hard look on their faces when they had to get into the carriage following her. When she saw the Midok residents watching with open mouths on the street, she quietly closed the carriage window.

 

She didn’t know, now, try as much as you want. Okay, she didn’t know who it was, but it seemed like they had a grudge against her wedding. When she arrived at the duke’s residence, she changed into her wedding dress and dressed up in her room, that was, the duchess’ room. Jenny’s face looked pious as she let go of her hair, one by one. After several hours of preparation, congratulatory guests arrived. Laurel, Senior Tina, and their department administrators went one by one, and then Ilene came in. The friend she met after a long time clapped her hands and praised her for being pretty, and she was still beautiful.

 

Ailene, who continues to live in the Donovan territory, came to Midok after two years. Today was also her birthday, and she decided not to throw her birthday banquet for her wedding. She gave her a birthday present that she had prepared with a feeling of apology and congratulations. This fountain pen was specially provided by the company that provided the Rabbit fountain pen that has become my trademark, and if nothing else, the performance is probably the best. Especially the grip was very good. Ailene said she would put it to good use in her writing and she was grateful.

 

“In a week, I will go on a business trip to the Viscounty of Blanca. I will stop by the Duchy of Nodovan on the way. Let’s talk about what we have accumulated then.”

 

She came a long way, but she couldn’t talk leisurely, so she was disappointed and asked for an appointment to meet again, but Ailene made an unexpected proposal.

 

“In a week? Then shall we go back together? I’ll wait.”

 

“Huh? Really? Do you want to?”

 

“If it’s the Viscounty of Blanca, you have to go through our territory anyway. Let’s go back together. Ah, are you going with the Duke?”

 

“No, I’m going on a business trip, so I have to go alone. Then, we can go down together, have a chat, and then stay at your house for a night and then go.”

 

She smiled and said so, and Ailene also smiled and nodded her head.

 

“Has it been ten years since you came and slept at my house?”

 

“Um… can I say ten years?”

 

In Korea, until she was in middle school, they would sometimes hang out and sleep over at Siyeon’s place, but when should she call her that? They laughed as they recalled the same memory. They still didn’t know why they came here. They would probably never know. They heard the story of the shaman who called them, but this world was not a place where shamans or magic were used.

 

As Adrian said, there was a high possibility that it was something the con artists had made up to deceive the former Duke of Bigor. If they really believed what the shamans said, they wouldn’t have allowed Dorzern to approach Ailene. She no longer wondered why they came here, maybe it was just a coincidence pretending to be fate, or someone’s mistake. It didn’t matter what happened. But, she was glad she didn’t come alone. Sometimes she felt sad that the memories of the other world have become so blurred, and sometimes she felt like Damian’s original life had been stolen, so she had complicated feelings. She couldn’t tell you how great a comfort it was to know that there was someone here who understood her feelings. She wished Ailene was like that too.

 

Ailene, who shared a look for a while, hugged her. This was done skillfully so as not to smudge the makeup.

 

“Congratulations on your wedding, Damian.”

 

“Thank you.”

 

As they were smiling face to face after exchanging a lot of words, Jenny knocked and came in.

 

“Miss, it’s time to go down.”

 

Ailene went down first, and after completing the final inspection, she looked at her reflection in the mirror and took a deep breath. She was getting married. She was really doing it. She was nervous all over again. It seemed like she had been waiting very desperately for this moment, and she was still dazed, and after looking at herself in her wedding dress for a while, she felt like she didn’t know what was what. The only thing that was clear was that she hadn’t seen Adrian since yesterday.

 

‘I miss you. So let’s go see you.’

 

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