Going to Islands and Being a Beast – 4
I ran as fast as I could. He threw away all his face and authority and ran. He didn’t care what he heard next to him.
I thought if I stopped here, I wouldn’t be able to catch the baby forever. If I’m a little late, I’m afraid I’ll miss my baby.
What’s the use of what you have now if you don’t have a baby. In a world where there is no baby, what would be the point of trying to be a duke or a top joony? Even if you have everything, you don’t have a baby, the most important baby.
‘Where are you, baby…’
But no matter how much I run, I can’t see my baby, and I get short of breath and running becomes difficult. It really seemed like the sky was falling.
I can’t use magic, so I’m helpless. Baby can make me so incompetent and nothing.
My eyes were wet with tears again. I ignored the baby on the subject of nothing. Ignoring the pain of the child, not listening to the child’s opinion, and acting arbitrarily, thinking that he would like it of course.
“Baby, baby…”
My body trembled with a sense of shame. My legs gave out and I fell to my knees.
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No, time alone to blame myself is a luxury. You must apologize. Even if you are not forgiven, you must apologize. Because I can’t decorate the last memories of me and my baby with my ugliness.
I forcibly moved my trembling legs. I fell several times along the way and got up again several times. I wondered if no one had seen the baby, so I caught passers-by and looked for the baby. Every time I did that, I got stares full of astonishment, but I didn’t care.
“The man in the black uniform went in that direction earlier. I don’t know if he’s the Inspector General…”
Fortunately, there were results. Thanks to the answer of a store owner, I was able to find where Aga was headed.
After running again like that, we arrived at the mansion. A mansion owned by her.
‘There was.’
I was sincerely relieved. I was worried about what would happen if the baby got out of the system.
Fortunately, it’s not too late. It is still in the baby system. If so, there is still a chance.
Hope it’s not too late. With that hope, I moved on again. As I approached the front door, limping from the pain rising from my knees, the guard guarding the front door stopped me.
“Oh, please stop. This is the head of the Imperial Inspectorate, Karl Krasius—”
“Duke Mahjong, tell him that Duke Serbet has arrived.”
At those words, one of the guards, who were exchanging glances with each other, entered the mansion and, shortly after, came out with a man.
I expected it to be a baby, but of course it wasn’t. ‘Cause baby won’t want to see me
The man who took the place of Aga, the butler who manages this mansion. And asked the butler. He asked if Aga was here, and he asked if he could meet her.
“…The owner said he would not accept guests.”
I immediately sat down at the butler’s words after hesitating for a while.
“Still, the master will welcome you if he knows that Lord Majong has come.”
“No, it’s okay…”
When the butler, taken aback by my appearance, hurriedly tried to enter the mansion, he instinctively grabbed me.
Agatha has already rejected the guest. Still, if the butler tells her that I’m here, she’ll think I’ve ignored her again.
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No. I can’t afford to hate her more than this.
“How long will you be there, baby?”
“Probably, you’ll be back at the academy tomorrow morning.”
“I see…”
Come back tomorrow morning. Then, at that time, Agado will also come out of the mansion.
Then let’s wait. You can wait here until morning.
I can wait as long as I can to see my baby.
***
As soon as I closed my eyes, I opened them again. Please let me sleep
However, the butler’s intrusion, which seemed to have the word embarrassing written on his face, and the urgent report that Ma Jong-gong had visited were enough to make him give up sleep.
‘He said he would definitely refuse.’
Thanks to Yuris’ advice, the anger that had subsided just a little bit rose again. The unpleasant feeling of being hit again was a bonus.
It is not yet time to meet. In order to organize my thoughts, I took the rudeness and left the seat. However, if we meet in a situation where the feelings have not subsided, what good results will come out?
That’s why I said I would refuse the guest in advance, but now I see Ma Jong-gong.
“Butler. I told you to decline the guest.”
“I’m sorry, master. But I told you that you should see it.”
I wanted to just ignore it, but I still moved on. It’s rare to see a butler flustered. If the butler is like that, there must be a reason.
As I walked toward the front door, I kept thinking. When I saw Ma Jong-gong, I wondered what would be appropriate to say.
I said I wouldn’t show my face, but should I say I’m sorry to see you like this? No, this is too sarcastic.
Should I ask why you came here? No, this is bad I have no intention of forgiving yet, but I have no intention of fighting any more.
I can’t afford to simply greet guests, so should I tell you to go back? I guess that’s probably the best.
There was a time when I thought that.
“Oh, baby…”
All the simulations I had done so far were blown away. All plans turned to crap.
The brilliant white hair, which was the symbol of King Majong, was scattered and dirty, and his clothes were torn here and there, and it was not normal.
What’s more, he was pathetically barefoot and sat down. The guards were roaming around the area without even bothering to touch the noble and noble duke.
‘This is what it is.’
I was embarrassed. I hated and resented Ma Jong-gong, but on the other hand, it was a complicated feeling because there was affection in the meantime.
I hoped that Prince Ma would regret it and apologize. At least not now, but after I calmed down, I wanted to receive Ma Jong-gong’s apology.
But this isn’t it. I want to see reflection, not ruin.
“…Your Excellency.”
And I don’t want to see people cowering as if frightened by my words.
I let out a sigh. Right now, even a sigh could threaten Prince Ma, but he couldn’t stand it.
‘Damn it.’
The weather can now be called winter. Even if it is, it is a low time period. At that time, he went barefoot, so his feet would be fine. Dirty aside, there was a mess with scratches and scrapes here and there.
Furthermore, the red marks on his clothes, more precisely around his knees, suggest that he may have been injured somewhere. Anyone can see that it bleeds.
“Oh, baby. Baby, baby said she won’t accept guests, so I’m going to wait until tomorrow, until baby comes out…”
I let out a sigh and got no response.
He sighed again. If I’d rather grab the butler’s collar and call me out, I wouldn’t have been so miserable. You said you were going to wait until morning? In this weather? On this bare floor?
I glanced over at Ma Jong-gong who was sitting on the floor. Staying up all night like that, what the f*ck is your mind—
‘f*ck.’
As I looked down, I saw the object Ma Jong-gong was holding. And as soon as I saw the thing, I couldn’t stay still any longer.
“It’s windy.”
A white comb that contrasts with the messy majong ball.
The first thing I gave to Lord Majong as a gift.
“Let’s go in and talk.”
Ma Jong-gong cherished that nothing.
How can you be ruthless when you see that? No, even if he didn’t have a comb in the first place, he would have to bring it into the mansion.
“Yes, yes. I understand.”
A blunt voice even after I speak. However, Ma Jong-gong, who was looking at me with trembling eyes, hurriedly stood up at the mere words.
And as soon as I got up, I fell forward as if I had no strength in my legs.
“Go, Your Excellency the Duke!”
“Are you okay!?”
The guards rushed at him with their flagships at the tearful sight, but they couldn’t help them because of Ma Jong-gong grunting and waving his hands.
I’m going crazy. How did that demon gong come to be like that? He left the Mage Tower within a few hours, but in the meantime, why?
“Your Excellency, I will serve you.”
He approached Jong-Gong Ma, who was shaking his hands on the ground. It’s like I can’t handle myself alone.
“Gwa, it’s okay… It’s sweet. Don’t mind, even if you don’t—”
“Excuse me.”
To see a passer-by escaped prisoner shedding tears and pretending to help, and not paying attention. You have to sound sensible.
Ignoring Ma Jong-gong who was saying something, I carefully picked him up. Eyes that continued to shed tears blankly stared at my face.
“…Guests, obey the owner’s words. Don’t talk nonsense.”
A word to acknowledge and accept as a guest.
At that, Lord Ma bit his lip and held back his cry.
I’m excited, really.
Majonggong took me to my room, not to the reception room. It was well-prepared, so it was well-heated, so it was perfect for warming up the cold mahjong ball.
I feel strange when you say this because it feels like you’re dealing with a corpse.
“Master, I brought it.”
“Good job.”
After a while, the butler personally brought a basin and wet towel.
“Soon, Jules and Sophia too—”
“Okay. I’ll do it.”
“Okay. Then call me if you need me.”
After the butler stepped down, only Jong-gong and I were left in the room. When I turned my gaze to Ma Jong-gong, I saw him sitting on the bed restlessly.
In the meantime, seeing it in a bright place is even more disastrous. A noble duke doing worse than a defeated soldier.
“Are you feeling better?”
As soon as I spoke indirectly, Ma Jong-gong’s gaze, which was heading here and there, was instantly focused on me.
“Ah, well, yes, that’s fine.”
“I know it’s not okay, so please close your eyes for a moment.”
Of course, I didn’t ask because I wanted an answer that it was okay, but I lightly ignored it.
Ma Jong-gong quietly closed his eyes, bewildered by my words. He carefully wiped his face with a towel. Although we can’t erase the traces of our luck, we can still wipe away the dust.
After washing his face, his hair, arms, hands, knees and legs. Anyway, I wiped off all the dirty parts.
“Oh, baby. I can…”
“Quiet.”
I cut off the words of Ma Jong-gong who was about to say something useless again. Since I have already been rude to Ma Jong-gong today, it would be okay if this level of rudeness was added.
‘P.’
And seeing the knee, which had turned red in many ways, made me even more upset.
I could vaguely see the scar through the clothes, but it was even more spectacle when I checked it myself. A wound on his knee, blood running down his leg.
The trembling with every slight touch seems to be a wound caused by a proper fall.
“…Why did you come?”
I couldn’t find anything nice to say when I thought of Jong-gong Mah who had run all the way to this place and Jong-gong Mah who must have fallen several times.
“Didn’t I tell you?
A mediocre nobleman, even an heir without a title, declared his loss to the duke. It would not be strange even if Ma Jong-gong’s pride was hurt on the spot.
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Nevertheless, Prince Ma came running. In order to see me, there is something I want to say to me.
And looking at the pitiful Prince Ma, I think I know what he wants to say.
“How, so…”
The voice of Lord Ma was heard above his head. Crying mixed with a cracked voice.
“How can you pretend you don’t know, hurting your baby like that…”
I could even hear the sniffles now. Outside, I could see tears, but I held back the sound of crying, but now there were only two of them, so I didn’t even have the least restraint.
“…I’m sorry.”
At those words, the hand that was wiping Ma Jong-gong’s feet stopped for a moment.
“It’s for the baby, the baby will like it, I’m the only one, that’s… I’ll conclude…”
As Jonggong Ma continued to speak, he felt something fall on his head.
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No, I don’t have to say anything. No matter how much I think about it, there are only tears.
“I said, hey, I shouldn’t have thought of it myself… I should have told… To my baby, I did…”
Majonggong’s cries grew louder. The tears falling on his head increased even more.
“I’m sorry, I’m sorry. Really, really…!”
I did not raise my head even with that desperate apology.
Because the wound on his foot was particularly severe. It seemed like it would hurt more if I didn’t clean it carefully.
‘Damn it.’
I’m excited.