159 – The Warm Table
The Warm Table
“Uh… Mom? Can I bring a friend home tomorrow?”
At the family dinner, Zeroa looks at her and says.
“Lai? Are you coming tomorrow?”
“Instructor Lai is not my friend.”
“So what about As?”
“No… Someone else.”
Kara asks with her eyes shining, but Zeroa avoids giving an exact answer.
Kara’s eyes thin when she sees her brother’s embarrassed eyes and her restless attitude.
‘It’s a woman.’
My brother was also at that age.
‘No, rather late.’
What the hell was she doing while attending the academy for two years?
Others live a happy life dating and doing something sweet, but my brother comes home sweaty every day.
It’s nice to see her working hard, but she should still be able to afford her life.
Surprisingly, on Seria’s day, she was satisfied with her sweetness, but her brother, who did not show any sign of her dating, was proud of Kara.
“Oh, then shall we do something delicious tomorrow?”
“No, no. It’s okay, it’s okay. I’m going to stay for a while. I’m going to stay while my mom is working and Kara isn’t around. Nothing to worry about.”
Zeroa quickly rejects her mother’s proposal.
Her father, watching his nervousness, rubs his nose with his finger and smiles heartily.
“Your son is already at that age.”
I don’t know what she’s thinking, but she shakes her head, realizing that she’s not normal.
“No, Dad, it’s not what you imagine.”
“What was I imagining? Can you tell me?”
“Right, what were you imagining, brother?”
When even her Kara joins in and teases her, Zeroa shuts her mouth and lowers her head.
Her father and Kara giggle at each other, as if his reaction is funny.
“Heh, he’s young, so you know… That… First of all, contraception…”
“What are you talking about, there’s Kara too!”
“I know everything I know, brother.”
Zeroa screams at her, but Kara ignores her and breaks her raspberry bread.
Tomorrow her brother’s lover is coming.
She’s probably the green-haired little girl in her brother’s arms when she got out of prison clearing her name.
They say that only those who have undergone a coming-of-age ceremony can enter the academy, but when she saw a girl who looked younger than her, Kara was worried about her brother’s taste.
She
Since she was such an innocent child, I think she would be a good match for her innocent brother.
She is alone at home with no child and her family like that?
‘Let’s definitely take a look.’
She has no intention of interfering.
Because my brother is also a man and there are two young men and women in the room, there are certain things to do.
She just needs to tease her a little bit, set the mood and get out of it.
In other words, she fulfills her role as her younger brother so that her older brother, who is a mother of a mother, does not fail.
‘Leave it to me brother.’
Her younger brother’s gaze as she gazed at her with her eyes shining was a burdensome zero ah.
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“Ah… Here it is.”
Zeroa points to her front door and says embarrassingly.
She has never seen the place where Arya lives, but she is a grand duke recognized even in the Empire, and she is ashamed to show such a shabby house.
After examining the houses and neighbors close to each other, Terla examines her surroundings with a disapproving expression.
She doesn’t particularly look down on Zeroa’s standard of living.
This distance is not good for escorting factors.
She is originally Aria, who was not even allowed to walk around the streets.
It was the first time I came out of the streets when I led the believers to the Ketel Bridge, and this was my second visit to the streets.
In a disappointing residential area, Zeroa examines her complexion, but Aria seems unconcerned.
“As Zeroa-kun said, it’s a warm-looking house.”
“Ahahahaha… I’m glad you liked it.”
Zeroa awkwardly accepts her praise and opens her front door.
She cleaned the whole house before she came out in the morning, but she didn’t know that Arya would be satisfied with that.
She even tried to clean it, but she said it was filthy and it would be terrible if she even gave her impression.
Arya, who entered Zeroa’s house, flinched a little at the ceiling lower than she thought, but she calmly looked around her.
The kitchen, which is divided by a wall at the level of a screen, allows you to see the inside clearly, and the living room with a dining table, which is clearly a living space for the family.
In fact, Arya can’t tell if it’s the living room or not.
She just judged that way because the table with dirty hands and various living utensils surrounded the table.
Terla checks the creaky floor and is careful not to make a sound.
Fully armed with her armor, she fears that her floor will collapse under her own weight.
Aria, who used to live in a clean, dust-free space where everything was new, couldn’t take her eyes off the living room full of traces of people.
I think it would be narrow and uncomfortable, but at the same time, it was a space filled with warmth.
The small scratches on the table, the woven baskets on the table, etc., Seemed to move like a fantasy of Zeroa’s family members he had never seen before.
“Too… Shabby, isn’t it?”
“It may seem that way from my point of view… But it’s a very warm space. I like it.”
I won’t deceive Zeroa with meaningless lies.
Since she only lived in a good environment, it was true that she was unfamiliar with Zeroa’s house.
Instead, she fully expressed her feelings that she liked her.
She touches the back of her head as if she’s embarrassed, knowing that there is no lie in her faint smile.
“Where is Zeroa-kun’s room?”
“Oh, this way.”
Terla stands still in the corner of the living room and does not move.
The basics of escort are not to show your presence. Like her original furniture, Sun Terla becomes a silent bystander.
If Zero Anom does something strange to the young lady in her room, she will have her executed immediately, but until then, she will watch the two people’s fresh feelings.
‘I forgive you up to your hands, Zeroa.’
I can’t forgive you if you do more than that, but today I was a love novel fanatic, Terla, who hoped for some progress.
“This is where Zeroa-kun sleeps.”
As Aria looks around her small room and says, Zeroa reacts to the word ‘sleep’ and swallows her saliva, tensed.
I don’t know why the bed I’ve seen every day looks so awkward today.
“Are you okay? If I am uncomfortable with you…”
“No, no. I’m so glad Ms. Arya is here. It’s just… It’s the first time I’ve shown my room to anyone other than her family…”
“I see…”
Responding to the word ‘first’, Arya lowers her head slightly and avoids her gaze.
An awkward silence permeates her room.
We can’t meet each other’s eyes and only look in different places.
When Zero, who doesn’t want to do it anymore, tries to speak to her, the door that was left open suddenly opens.
“Brother? Are you home?”
Zeroa is surprised to see Kara who came in with an innocent expression as if she didn’t know anything.
“Ka, Kara? Why, why, home? Time to be at Hugh’s shop…”
“Huh? Mr. Hughes told me to go home early today.”
Looking up at her brother with her innocent eyes, Kara greets Aria with a bright smile.
“Hello, my name is Kara Van Des, her brother’s brother. The lack of oh… Oh…”
Kara’s relaxed expression hardens when she sees Aria’s face.
“Yes, hello. I’m Aria Shane Brickville. I’m going to the academy with Zeroa-kun.”
Beauty. Nobility. Elegance. Calm. Classy. Smartness. Grace. Elegance. Nobility. Holiness. Mystery.
Kara’s mouth opens when she sees Aria holding all of this.
Kara, who saw her brother and Aria alternately with her trembling movements, gestured to Zeroa, who was flustered, and walked out of her room.
Zeroa, who came out after asking for Aria’s understanding, approaches the still dazed Kara.
“Is that… Kara?”
“Drugs?”
“Huh?”
“Hypnosis?”
“……What do you mean?”
“Is this a threat!?”
Seeing Zeroa’s expression, she doesn’t understand what she’s saying, Kara leans over to see Aria in her room.
Aria met her eyes and bowed her head slightly as she greeted again.
I never thought she would have this kind of heart for her woman, but Kara can’t stand her look so beautiful as she lowers her head and closes her eyes slightly.
As Zeroa approaches to grab Kara’s body as she staggers and grabs her head, she slams her against the wall and glares at him.
“Brother, be clear. What weakness have you caught? That’s a crime. I don’t want to believe you are that kind of person.”
“What are you talking about…?”
“What are you talking about!! Why is such a pretty older sister dating your brother?!”
Kara yells at her in response to the frustrated response, but when she says that she is dating, Zeroa looks away in embarrassment.
“Aha, Miss Aria, still, ahahahahaha.. Dating… What are you talking about… hahahahaha, really.”
Zeroa lets out her silly laugh as she waves her hands in the air in embarrassment.
Kara gets mad at her brother like that.
Unknown to the two of them, Terla could see that Arya was also shy and lowered her head.
‘Thank you for giving us today’s daily bread.’
Terla, who prayed devoutly to God, stares at the aria to keep it strong in her memory.
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In the meantime, in her head, Kara finishes her calculations.
The strongest and most beautiful sister in the universe -＞ Are you dating your brother? -＞ See you often!
However, Kara thought that her middle course could not be accomplished even if the sky collapsed.
Kara, who eventually finished her calculations saying that she is now or she will never see her, rushes to Aria to enjoy her present.
“Hello! You are so pretty.”
“Miss Kara is pretty.”
“Miss Kara… Call me by name. Yes- by name.”
Aria, who has a cute Kara looking up with her big eyes, nods her head with a small smile.
“Yes, Kara is pretty too.”
As she laughs, Kara, who feels her humble brother’s room turning into her flowery garden, is so happy that she hugs her aria.
“Sister, I really like it. Come visit often. I have raspberry bread. Do you like it?”
“Ah… Good… I like it…”
Although Aria is not used to this kind of skinship, Kara, who is only at the height of her chest, looks up and smiles, and she unknowingly strokes her hair.
‘God, thank you. I will definitely donate tomorrow.’
Terla thanks God once again, and Zeroa is somehow jealous of her brother.
It was something he could never have imagined to know Arya so easily.
Still, it was nice to see Kara chatting in the arms of her Aria.
It would be nice to see a scene like this every day…
Zeroah, who had thought that far, shook her head in embarrassment.
Kara is taken aback when she discovers Terla belatedly, but quickly becomes friendly with her thanks to her unique affinity.
She was definitely strange for Arya, who had been told by Zero that she was a shy girl.
Her front door slams open as Terla stands blankly, holding the raspberry bread Kara has given her in her hand.
“Son, is your friend here?”
“Ah… Uh, Mom…?”
Aria, hearing the word mother for the first time in a while, smiles a little because Zeroa is cute.
Before the flustered Zero could do anything, her mother came in with a bunch of groceries in her arms and put them down on her table.
“Mom, work…”
“Oh, Zeroa brought a friend. We should feed him something delicious. I asked the director to finish it early. The director and I have been together for about 15 years, so I can do a small favor like this. If not, take a break sometime.”
Her mother, who was organizing the table casually with her aunt’s unique easy-going manner, smiled brightly and turned her head to find Terla.
“Ah! Uh… Friend… I heard… You’re a knight, a knight…”
“No… Mom… Not over there…”
Seeing her mother become more polite than ever, Zeroa hurriedly beckoned.
“Oops, wasn’t it this person? Oops, I was mistaken. You’re escorting me. The house is small, but a very precious person has come…”
Her mother shudders and turns her head, but freezes when she sees Aria.
“……”
Kara, who thought it was normal, her mother’s reaction, nods her head.
– Plop
“It is an honor to serve a noble person in a humble place.”
Arya panics when she sees her mother on her knees and her head on the floor.
“Mom, Mom. No, that would make Miss Aria uncomfortable…”
Kara laughs out loud as she sees the bewildered Aria and her embarrassing Zero Ah from her side.
It was Aria’s words that raised her mother, who could not move despite Zeroa’s disapproval.
“Mother, wake up.”
More words came out later, but the only word I heard was ‘Mother’ for Zeroa’s mother.
It was Zeroa’s mother, but responding only to the word ‘mother’ that came out of Arya’s mouth, she opened her mouth and looked at Zeroa and Arya alternately.
“Couple…”
“No, get up, mom.”
At the end of the commotion, the mother gets up from her seat and talks to Aria and quickly becomes close with her.
Aria, who seemed to know where Kara’s sociability came from, was grateful to Zeroa’s mother who treated her comfortably.
Belatedly, Zero-ah changed the name of her mother to her mother, but Aria, who had already heard everything, smiles in amusement.
In the end, Aria spends time with Zero Ah’s family with a food she has eaten before called Special Stew.
Her old chair creaked, and the stew was still salty, but Arya felt it tasted even better than when she ate it on her bench.