Supporting Characters Also Need Some Love

SPECIAL CHAPTER 17

Part 139

 

She snorted and returned to the inn. She wrote a letter to her senior. 

 

[The next target is the County of Vinis, so get ready and dispatch the kids.]

 

It will be a headache-inducing summer for Count Vinis, but if he managed it transparently as he said, there would be no problem. After throwing the bomb at Count Vinis, they had fun looking around the market again today. She only saw half of it last night, so this time she started from the other side and skimmed through it. Then, she saw the soldiers of Count Vinis coming out and patrolling throughout the market. If you could have done something like that right now, why didn’t you do it before?

 

There were many pretty and rare things from the Southern Empire, so she bought a lot of them to give as gifts. In particular, he bought a lot of gifts for Jenny, who was probably holding Franz by now, and asked Sir George to send them to the Bigor duchy. She then bought a small ornament and gave it as a gift to the inn’s maid. The next day, she brought the wonderful news that all the people who had been harassed by Jonas had flocked to the lord’s castle and participated in the trial.

 

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After a few days of traveling in the County of Vinis, visiting the market and seeing nearby attractions, we set off for our next travel destination. The next destination, arriving on the first day of summer, will be the Viscounty of Theodora and Lorentine, as well as enjoying summer festivals and playing in the water on the shores of Lake Upor, one of the largest lakes on the continent. She had almost drowned twice, so she was definitely scared of falling into the water, but she was confident she would be good at having fun with her feet in the water!

 

Maybe it’s because it’s in the south, but spring isn’t over yet, and it’s definitely hotter than Midok, so I was looking forward to playing in the water for the first time in a long time. It would be nice to have a tube! It is said that it is a 5-day carriage ride from the County of Vinis to Lake Upor, and we decided to camp on the way. Adrian and George must have packed up a lot of things and bought things needed for camping. Hey Young. Camping, camping, camping, she was full of anticipation and Adrian laughed and asked her if she liked it that much.

 

Well, Adrian was a soldier, so he must have been sick of camping trips. He probably wasn’t a romantic camper either. Did she make it a hassle for no reason? It looks like something huge was being loaded onto the roof of the carriage. She looked up at him sulkily and saw Adrian sitting next to her, laughing and stroking her hair.

 

“Don’t look at me like that.”

 

His hand, which had been stroking her hair, grazed the side of her neck. What did he see that made his eyes turn red, husband? She wanted to ask. This time, she looked up at him sullenly, and Adrian chuckled again.

 

“You can’t even look like that.”

 

“What kind of eyes are those?”

 

“These are eyes that you can’t help but kiss.”

 

“Hey, where is that? Then how do you see it? Do you see it like this?”

 

Even though she deliberately frowned and glanced at him, Adrian came towards her with a happy expression on his face. And then his lips touched. 

 

‘See, it’s not my eyes that are the problem, but this man’s bean pods that are the problem.’

 

As she slid into his arms that hugged her waist, his lips, which had been kissing hers, ran down her cheek and down to her neck, where they met the hem of the dress covering his shoulder and fell sadly. Sir George was driving his carriage hard and almost made a fool of himself. Was the atmosphere in this room, where you can’t even tell if you’re in a room or a carriage, okay? As he straightens her messy hair, she glances at the collar covering his collarbone. It’s definitely hot weather now, and today’s dress has a high neckline. The only dress with a high neckline was long sleeves, so she wore it, but it was hot in this weather. Moreover, it got even hotter thanks to someone warming up the inside of the carriage. This is all because of the mark Adrian left just below the collarbone. As if he knew it himself, he lifted his hair and fanned him gently. No matter how stubborn he is at night, he tends to refrain from touching other people and never leaves marks in conspicuous places, but last night he got a little too excited, and when she looked in the morning, she saw that he had left marks. She didn’t think she would be able to wear her new short summer dress for a while.

 

With his long sleeves rolled up, Adrian drooped his eyebrows and fanned himself eagerly.

 

“Don’t make that face.”

 

‘I can’t not give you a kiss.’

 

She kissed him on the cheek and stroked his hair, and his face brightened noticeably. After complimenting her on how pretty she was, she realized this. The problem was not the eyes or the face, but the pods. No, it really was a face that invites kisses, so what should she do?

 

After driving for a long time through the midday sunlight, the carriage entered a cool forest road filled with large trees in the afternoon. After stopping the carriage and going outside, she found myself near a river with a pleasant breeze blowing. After stopping the carriage near the shallow, rippling water, Adrian and George unloaded something, and a table and chairs were quickly created. A carpet was laid out on the soft grass, and a bonfire was quickly lit. And the Shadow Knights pulled out a tree branch with large leaves, or rather the entire Nabu? Anyway, she brought a bunch of them and threw them into the fire, and a huge amount of white smoke rose up. The smoke wasn’t acrid and painful to the eyes, but she asked Adrian who kept throwing wood into the fire until white smoke spread everywhere.

 

“What tree is that?”

 

“It’s a Eupentus tree. It will keep the sea layers from coming.”

 

‘Oh, it’s for insect repellent.’

 

“So are we camping here today?”

 

“Yes. You don’t like it?”

 

There’s no way she wouldn’t like this place by the river where willow trees droop down their branches, where you can hear the sound of water and the smell of grass.

 

“It’s perfect.”

 

Adrian and George grinned at her answer. George, who was mulling over something for a while, said hello to me and disappeared somewhere. He probably went to stay with the Shadow Knights. Adrian boiled tea over a campfire, skillfully brewed Darjeeling tea, and brought it to me as she sat on the carpet. She heard a bird chirping and a squirrel stuck its head out of the tree across the stream. The tea smells good, and the ad gives you a back so you can sit back.

 

‘Rian is better, and I feel sorry for sitting still because I don’t know how to do anything, so I can’t ask to do it often, but this is good.’

 

Last year without Adrian, she really missed him working hard from afar, but she didn’t want to laze around, so I lived a really busy life. It was a busy year, as it was a year to make Midoc aware of what our new department, the Inspection Department, was doing and what would happen if they were caught taking money.

 

Thanks to this, the status of the inspection department has already surpassed that of the ‘King’s Eye.’ It was possible because it was a half-finished inspection agency without Homer, but she was able to forget about loneliness while working, so she ran around a lot, but now she felt like she didn’t have much time to spare. Come to think of it, who on earth came up with the idea to postpone the honeymoon and go on a business trip, was it her? It was her. This was why commas were important in life. She was obsessed with work to forget the emptiness of Adrian’s absence, but in reality, she was tied down to work even though Adrian had returned. Adrian looked up with a smile on his face as always. He must have waited a very, very long time, but he also understood both the wedding being continuously postponed and the business trip schedule right after the wedding. And she knew that Adrian and everyone in the duchy have been very kind to her by coming all the way here to cheer her on and receive her vacation notes. She was always grateful to receive so much love from people who understand and support everything she did. She shouldn’t get used to it. She had to love him hard too.

 

“Adrian.”

 

“Yes, Damian.”

 

‘I also love how you always say ‘yes, Damien’.’

 

“I love you.”

 

She leaned back into his arms and he responded by turning his body so she could sit comfortably.

 

“I love you more, Damian.”

 

“I guess not? I really love you so much??”

 

“But I love you more.”

 

They looked at each other and laughed, repeating the conversation they had had several times. He makes no concessions on this issue. They were talking pointlessly about how much they loved each other until the sun went down when Sir George quietly appeared, put down a bunch of fish and filleted meat, and quietly disappeared. What on earth are our drivers doing non-stop? As she was eating and patting her swollen belly with oil on her mouth, Sir George and his knights came this time, carrying a large wooden barrel. He puts down the wooden bucket filled with steaming warm water and stands looking at her with a proud look on his face, like a puppy carrying a bone thrown by its owner.

 

‘Is this really my bathtub? Why is everyone in the Bigor duchy turning into Jenny?’

 

Since he was standing there as if expecting praise, she first thanked him.

 

“Thank you. You don’t have to go this far…”

 

“No! Rest comfortably!”

 

After shouting loudly, he shrugged his shoulders and triumphantly disappeared. And Adrian quietly took her bath supplies and came out of the carriage.

 

She asked, leaning down on Adrian’s back as he was preparing to take a bath.

 

“Ah, do I smell?”

 

“Damian always smells good.”

 

“…Where do you learn it?”

 

“Yes?”

 

“How do you always give the right answer every time?

 

‘Ah, you said you’ve never dated a woman, that’s a lie.’

 

“This is for Damien.”

 

Adrian had made a straight face for the first time in a while, so she quickly nodded that she understood.

 

“I’m putting a lot of people through trouble in this forest, but I didn’t really want to take a bath.”

 

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

 

“Um… Besides, this is a single-person bathtub. If I use up all the warm water by myself, what about Adrian?”

 

Adrian looked down at his bathtub carefully at her question.

 

“We just say we’ll go in together.”

 

“….I just need to wash in the river.”

 

This guy, she was planning on going in with him. The sky was looking, the moon was looking, Nabu was looking, the mountain and birds were looking, where was he going? It would be a waste to just let it cool down since it was brought to you through hard work, and since the drivers would be guarding it, no one would see it, but it was too much for her to take off her clothes and go into the bathtub in a place with wide open spaces. She put her hand in and there was only water in the room, so Adrian took off the backrest she made earlier. She brought a wooden chair. She sat with her back against the wooden barrel and leaned back against his hand as Adrian placed his thigh under her neck.

 

“Aren’t you uncomfortable?”

 

“No? It’s okay.”

 

“Then, let me wash your hair.”

 

‘Eh? If you pour water on his head like this, Adrian’s clothes will all get wet, right?’

 

Before she could say anything, warm water was poured on the top of her head, and Adrian expertly applied something to her hair. Now that she thought about it, was today Wednesday? According to Jenny’s Law, it was hair pack day. After thoroughly rinsing her hair and wrapping it in a towel, she woke up and was given a towel soaked in warm water. After letting her into the carriage, Adrian went to wash in the river. There would still be water.

 

After drying herself and changing her clothes, she got out of the carriage and saw Adrian walking out of the river. Under the brightly lit moon, she wondered when he had taken off his shirt, and as he walked out, brushing his wet hair back, he was covered in water.

 

The silver upper body sparkled in the light. Drying his hair with a towel, Adrian smiled at her with his mouth open.

 

‘Ha. Where’s the switch, switch!’

 

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