The Male Lead’s Father Refuses to Break Off Our Engagement

Chapter 74

 

Aria’s face is filled with astonishment.

“Killing and eating cute rabbits? really?”

Oh my. Evelia touched her forehead. Ruth seemed to sense the seriousness of the situation and waved her hands.

“No! You heard wrong! We’re going to keep it! Yeah, yeah. I’m going to raise it.”

“Really?”

“Yes!”

“Then bring me the rabbit!”

“Okay!”

While the two children were playing around, Evelia read the book she brought. How long has it been like that?

“Can we spend some time together?”

The Marchioness of Evans entered the tent with Anthony. Evelia, who happened to be bored, welcomed her warmly.

“Welcome.”

“Oh, it’s Anthony!”

“Ruth, how are you?”

Ruth and Anthony hugged each other and greeted each other. At that time, Aria, who had been watching quietly, coughed loudly and asked a curious question.

“Ruth, who is this?”

“Oh right. Aria, this is my friend Anthony I told you about before. Anthony, this is my first friend, Aria.”

The word ‘first’ was strangely emphasized.

Anthony extended his hand toward Aria.

“Hello? My name is Anthony Evans.”

Aria clasped his hand.

“I am Aria Denoa.”

“Let’s be friends from now on.”

Aria answered calmly.

“Well, whatever.”

Evelia saw that Anthony’s ears were turning slightly red.

‘What should I do with this?’

Apparently, our little gentleman Anthony fell in love with Aria at first sight.

‘Well, Aria is pretty and has an attractive personality as she is the female protagonist in the original novel.’

Perhaps Ruth would have to work harder than expected to win Aria’s heart in the future.

In the original work, Aria, who was not feeling well, started social activities relatively late. However, Evelia’s discovery of Erin accelerated Aria’s social life.

Aria will have more experiences than in the original and meet many men.

That meant that Ruth would have more competition. So, we can only hope that Ruth captures Aria’s heart first.

The three children continued their conversation as children, and the adults as adults. After that, several women who had participated in the tea time came to visit with their children, making the tent even more crowded.

In the middle of the conversation, Countess Ritters suddenly made a suggestion.

“Instead of just doing this here, how about we go for a walk too?”

“A walk?”

“Yes. While men hunt, women also ride horses and take walks. It’s boring to just wait.”

Another madam agreed.

“That’s right. The trails are well-maintained, so we’ll be fine.”

Evelia looked at Ruth, who was playing surrounded by children, with concern.

“But the children.”

At that time, a woman intervened. She, who was pregnant with her second child, volunteered to take care of the children.

“I will take care of the children. Everyone, please take a moment to get some air.”

“Is that so?”

My body was already aching from just sitting in the tent. Evelia followed the women outside.

Nikita, who was waiting outside the tent, came to Evelia’s side.

“Where are you going?”

“Oh, I’m going for a walk on horseback, I hear that’s what people do.”

“That’s true. Then I will follow.”

“Ah, but….”

Nikita seemed to immediately understand what Evelia was worried about and answered.

“Young master will be escorted by another knight.”

“Ah, then I’m glad.”

“Then just wait a moment. I will bring the horse.”

Evelia got on the horse that Nikita had brought. Nikita did not ride the horse separately, but held the reins of Evelia’s horse and guided her.

‘I’m glad Evelia learned how to ride a horse.’

Evelia was able to ride a horse smoothly thanks to her body’s memory. Several women on horseback followed, with Evelia at the head.

“It’s really nice.”

Evelia was impressed as she walked along the promenade.

“Isn’t it? I’m glad I came out.”

“I should have brought the kids too.”

“I know, right.”

Evelia enjoyed her time to the fullest. The sky was blue and the wind was moderately cool. The sun was hot, but it was okay because the leaves covered it.

Just as we were about to return to the tent, Countess Ritters made a suggestion.

“There’s a place with a nice view in the back. Would you like to go there?”

Marchioness Evans looked hesitant.

“Because I’m not good at riding horses. I think it would be difficult to go further inside.”

Then the other madam added:

“Me too.”

“I have to go now too.”

“Oh, I see.”

Countess Ritters lowered her head as if regretful. All that remained was Evelia.

‘What do we do?’

After thinking about it, she asked Nikita.

“Can we go further inside?”

Nikita looked inside the walkway.

“The road is rougher than here, but I think it will be okay.”

“Then let’s go.”

Countess Ritters smiled.

“Really?”

“Yes. Will the others be able to make it back?”

“Yes. It’s okay.”

So Evelia went further inside with Countess Ritters and Nikita.

How much further did it go like that? A cliff began to appear in the distance.

“Oh, is it over there?”

Evelia, who was looking back at Countess Ritters and pointing to the cliff, felt something strange.

The Countess’s face was already so pale that it had turned completely white.

When I looked closely, I saw that the hand holding the reins was trembling. Evelia rode close to her side.

“Madam, are you unwell? Your face….”

“Yes? Oh no. It’s okay.”

“You’re also sweating….”

Evelia took out the handkerchief she had kept in her pocket. Countess Ritters just looked at it and did not think to take it.

She pursed her lips, looking as if she was about to cry, and then whispered quietly.

“I’m sorry, Duchess.”

“Yes?”

Before Evelia could even understand the meaning of the apology, Countess Ritters turned her horse and started running.

At the same time, Nikita got on Evelia’s back and took the reins.

“The atmosphere is strange. We need to run away quickly…”

Suddenly, a hissing sound like the sound of wind was heard, and an arrow hit Nikita’s shoulder.

At that moment, Nikita lost her balance and fell to the floor.

“Ugh!”

Evelia was startled and tried to jump off the horse. But before that, another arrow flew.

Nikita barely got up, drew her sword and cut down the arrow.

“Go quickly, madam.”

“But…”

“Hurry!”

Nikita tapped the horse’s side and the horse started to run, carrying Evelia.

Arrows began to rain down behind Evelia as she walked away.

Evelia ran and ran again. I lost my direction and didn’t know where I was going.

It certainly didn’t seem to be going in this direction, but the horse was running so fast that I could barely hold on to the reins.

At that time, I saw a vast sky in the distance. It was a cliff.

“No, calm down!”

Evelia pulled hard on the horse’s reins, but it did not listen at all.

The horse veered off the road and passed through a thick tree, getting swept by a branch and scratching her face.

“Please, stop!”

Evelia gave up on stopping now and just held on and held on. Falling from a running horse can result in serious injury or, in severe cases, death.

For now, all I could do was hope that the horse would stop on its own.

But Evelia ended up falling from her horse. I quickly rolled over to reduce the impact, but my leg received a huge impact.

“Ugh…!”

But the misfortune did not end. Before Evelia could even get up, the horse turned around and started heading back to where it came from.

“No!”

I desperately called, but no words came back.

Evelia sat down and looked around. Perhaps because we were in a place other than a hunting area, there was not a single human being to be found.

This meant that even if a wild beast appeared, there would be no one to help.

If I stayed here, Nikita could come looking for me. But can I hold out here until then?

‘I have to get out of here quickly.’

Evelia thought about it and stood up, leaning on a tree. I felt terrible pain in my left ankle and a burning sensation in my thigh.

When I looked at my thigh, I saw that it was bleeding as if it had been stabbed by a tree branch that had fallen on the ground.

The navy blue dress was quite soaked with blood. Evelia first stopped the bleeding with the handkerchief she had.

Then I tore the hem of my torn and tattered dress and bandaged the wound.

Although my legs would get chafed on the way, a short skirt was better than a long skirt.

‘I wonder if I can walk.’

Evelia took a step forward while holding onto the tree.