Chapter 12:
He looked fine just a few days ago.
It has been hard to see his face recently, whether Leon avoided me or we couldn’t see each other.
Worried that he might be training too hard, I wandered around the garden.
Then I found him coming in from outside.
“Leon? What’s wrong with your face?”
He was smiling at me casually, but his face was a mess.
“Who is it?”
Leon raised his dropped head and looked at me.
His eyes were bewildered.
Honestly, I don’t think he’ll recognize me.
Because he had problems recognizing people.
“It’s me, Elle.”
“Sorry, I didn’t recognize you again.”
His eyes turned to my wrist.
A blue ribbon hanging without fail
There was something bitter about Leon’s expression that found me.
‘He hasn’t gone out for a while…….’
Angrily, I approached him at once. The wound was quite deep up close.
“Who is it? Who made you like this?”
“I just fell down on my way.”
“Lies.”
I opened my eyes fiercely and grabbed Leon’s face.
He seemed to have been hit by a pretty spicy hand.
“What did I say last time? If you want to hit them, kick them down there!”
“But…… it will hurt so much down there.”
“Of course it hurts! It’s supposed to hurt when you kick.”
Leon wiggled his hand with a tearful face.
‘It’s because you’re so weak-hearted.’
I put my hand on my waist in frustration and narrowed my forehead.
I tightened Leon’s chin and turned my face around.
“Oh, what they do to your handsome face!”
I was upset with anger.
“You idiot. Doesn’t it hurt to be hit?”
“I’m strong, so it’s okay.”
“It’s hard to be strong every day. Get revenge or something!”
Oh, my.
I wanted to take back the words I just uttered.
Even if he wanted to get revenge, it was impossible because he couldn’t recognize people.
“Sorry.”
“It’s okay, you don’t have to be sorry.”
Leon had blood on his lips and bruises all over, but he smiled broadly at me.
“I hit him the same way.”
“……As if.”
Leon shrugged at my worried eyes.
It was clear that it was a made up lie. Because he couldn’t have touched anyone else.
Even though he was tall, he still seemed to need my protection.
What should I do with this guy?
“Elle?”
I stared intently into his eyes.
Eerie red eyes turned to me quietly.
“You haven’t been out for a while, but why did you go out?”
At my pressing voice, Leon stopped walking.
While pulling his hand, I turned my head because of him who stopped.
It was because of the power he possessed that the annoying people were often entangled with him.
One might think he’s a filthy bad kid, but it was because of the setting.
There’s such a thing where they go through all kinds of things and getting stronger.
Leon used to be subjected to ridiculous things because of it.
I was worried about him at heart.
Well, I have to worry about it, but we were 14-year-olds who still needed protection.
The promise I made with my father was to protect him until he grew up. So there’s not much time left for us to stay together.
Although Leon doesn’t know about this.
“It’s your birthday.”
“It’s still far ahead.”
“Still I wanted to be the first to take care of you.”
Leon approached me with a brooch in one hand. With his upper body slightly bent, he gently attached it to my clothes and laughed.
“Pretty.”
“……Don’t laugh. The wound will open up.”
The brooch with the red ruby was my favorite. It must have cost a lot of money…….
The red brooch in the white dress looked like a heart.
I looked at it for a long time in a strange mood.
I felt as if I had received Leon’s heart.
It’s just a brooch, but what does it mean?
I scrambled away my thoughts.
“I saved money and bought it. Do you like it?”
I gave the money I received from Edgar to Leon, and I think he collected it.
‘I feel a bit weird because I feel like I got something from my father.’
Elle Natasia’s, so my father must be a power-blind man.
Otherwise, I wouldn’t have done anything related to all kinds of crimes.
For some reason, my father was quite hostile to the royal family.
This causes a threat to Janice.
Janice Abel Bonita, saint and princess. The half-sister of the second male lead, Delter Cavezer.
She is The emperor ‘s child outside wedlock and was later recognized as a princess. Like the female lead in a novel, she leads a hard life.
One of the villains that makes her life upside down is my father.
My father, Edgar de Belois Natasia, even kidnaps Janice when he finds out that her companion is Leon.
Of course, it was also because he knew the power he had.
The consequences of his atrocities were obvious.
I was destined to die because of it. In the hand of Crown Prince Delter Cabezer.
According to the maid, my father changed after my mother died.
‘Is that important? First of all, I’m a person who has no benefit to me right now.’
That’s why I brought Leon before my father did.
To beg for life later.
He was with me because he was not aware of this fact, but it was also true that I kept thinking about it.
‘Still, I’m feeling good.’
I guess I’m a selfish person who can’t help it.
I drew a smile on my face without realizing it because he was so considerate.
“Yes, it’s pretty.”
“Elle, you liked my red eyes.”
I didn’t deny it. Because I liked Leon’s red eyes.
I fiddled with the brooch.
Did he buy this and meet a rascal on the way here?
Leon didn’t have a special guard.
‘Is this why you got hurt?’
Leon lightly swept my cheeks with a soft smile as if he had read my thoughts.
“Elle, it’s not because of you. I just tripped over a stone on the street.”
“Really? I guess there’s a hand in a stone these days. When I see it slaps your lips to the point of bursting.”
I turned around and walked forward.
“Are you mad?”
Leon followed straight after me and asked carefully.
He glanced at his hand holding my collar and closed his mouth tightly.
‘So sly’
I noticed that he knew what I liked and was doing it to relieve my anger.
Having been together for years, I also roughly guessed what kind of child Leon was.
“Follow me. I’m gonna apply treatments.”
With a short sigh, I spoke in a soft voice.
He smiled and nodded his head as if he saw something good.
“Idiot, you got hurt and why are you laughing?”
“It’s because you worry about me.”
“……You’re an idiot.”
I laughed without realizing it.
As the days went by, Leon felt like he couldn’t win with words.
How funny would it be to see someone else taller than me follow me around?
‘I look like a mother duck.’
Taking care of a stray kid or something. It wasn’t a very good feeling.
I brought Leon into the room.
I called Diria and was handed the medicine.
It’s been a while since I used it because I haven’t been hurt for a while.
“Hey, I don’t think you’re old enough to be beaten anywhere.”
Diria groaned as she glanced at Leon.
That’s what I’m saying.
I coaxed a little and carefully applied disinfectant around Leon’s mouth.
“Young Lady, you have a pretty brooch.”
She said, looking at the red brooch hanging from my chest.
Diria alternated between me and Leon and looked pleased.
“The count must be a little jealous if he sees it.”
“Father? Why?”
My forehead narrowed at the person who came out of nowhere.
Everything’s going well, but why is he coming out suddenly?
“Still, as a father, he must have wanted to give you a present first.”
“Huh? No way.”
I’ve never received a gift since I was born.
Isn’t he not interested in me? Why is he paying attention to giving me a present for the first time?
“Oh, you didn’t know? He gives you presents every time on your birthday.”
“That person?”
It was the first time I heard it.
What do you mean a gift from a human being who won’t even show his face?
I looked at Diria in disbelief.
