95 – Later story – Siegharun & Charles (2)
The emperor was astonished when he met Siegharun I had brought with him. It is uncomfortable for him to meet such an enemy again, but he was surprised at the fact that he lived as an undernourished child after being pardoned at best.
He reluctantly accepted to collect Siegharun. It was necessary to reinforce the power of the Imperial Palace, where Ir Elfi had disappeared, and it also served as part of atonement for the past.
Since it wasn’t the imperial palace where it would be obvious that the mouth had grown by one, the emperor was at ease. On the contrary, there were times when I doubted my ears because Siegharun had a good reputation.
“Can you dry this?”
“Yes, please. Sir Siegharun!”
The share of Siegharun’s great reputation is mainly his servants. Especially derived from his maids.
He solved the laundry that took all day with spirit magic, and he built up a good impression by showing various eye candy.
As the beautiful nobleman held out his hand from top to bottom, his positive reputation only grew. In addition, the unclear identity became the mysterious charm of Siegharun.
“Ah, are you here today?”
Zeke Haroon poked his head into his kitchen where the colonel was eating. He used to show up in his kitchen at this hour, like licorice in a drugstore.
“I was indebted to you last time the oven was broken. I happened to have some tart left over, so eat it when you’re hungry!”
“Well, thanks as always.”
Siegharun munched on a piece of tart and turned to the garden. It was his routine to take a nap in the garden when he was tired after eating his snacks.
He lay on his side on a flat bench. People often glanced sideways at Siegharun as they passed by. It was to the point of envying the self-confidence of not caring about the eyes of others.
‘Looking at it this way, it really looks like a cat…’
A black cat who receives tribute from the ultra-luxurious rich family called the Imperial Palace. That was the Siegharun I remembered now.
The cat was so delicate that there was even a young lady who came to see him when he was drooling.
Even Sieg Harun, who tours the imperial palace without hesitation, had a difficult opponent. That opponent was a blonde girl who slowly approached in a straight line. It was Charles Milotte, who was entangled in a bad relationship in the past.
Ttogak, Ttogak.
As the sound of footsteps got closer, Zeke Harun curled up like a shrimp. I was desperate to mimic him as he fell asleep with his eyes tightly closed. However, Charles had always seen Siegharun’s clumsy play.
Charles greeted me politely.
“Hello sir Siegharun.”
“Cool…”
“The weather is nice.”
“Koul…”
“I’m out for a walk, and I think this is the only place to sit. Excuse me?”
To Charles who was about to sit by his bedside, Siegharun refuted with clear pronunciation.
“What’s the table across from you?”
“It’s a place for teatime. It’s not meant for a walk.”
“Koul…”
“Sitting down is a little better, isn’t it?”
“…”
Charles sat at Siegharun’s bedside without hesitation and spoke without hesitation. Judging from the reaction, it seemed that he had not experienced Charles’ impudent attitude for a day or two.
I am suspicious of Ziegharun, who was usually on the defensive, who was usually one-sided.
‘I don’t really like it, but I can’t help it.’
I had an obligation to respond to the emperor’s earnest request. He seems worried that Charles is going astray.
I will become a loyal spy this time and intercept them.
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“The word has been good lately. It seems that the gentlemanly charm attracts people.”
“Not really…”
I have already experienced Siegharun’s attitude of answering casually. Charles was not uncomfortable with Siegharun’s plaintive attitude. Rather, the fact that he was avoiding himself was amusing.
It wasn’t that Charles actively pursued Siegharun from the beginning. Charles was definitely a victim of Siegharun’s conspiracy, and it was the lost blood that almost cost him.
She got goosebumps at the news that Siegharun had been sold to the imperial palace. It was well known that she had turned and supported her institution, but overcoming her psychological trauma was another matter.
“I’m glad you’ve already adjusted well to the imperial palace.”
“Mmm.”
“It seems like yesterday when we first talked to each other.”
“I see…”
She underwent internal changes while experiencing major events such as kidnapping and chain reach. It was the courage and boldness that was absent from her past Charles.
As long as Siegharun walks around in the imperial palace, it is an established fact that they will collide someday. If so, let’s bump into each other first and shake off the wounds of the past. Not for him, but for me.
It was a decision worthy of a heroine full of spirit.
The reunion that was promoted with the help of courage was very different from what I imagined. Charles gulped down his saliva and clenched his fists, but it was Zeke Harun who turned his face into an earthy color.
She struggled to open her mouth on the other side of her past.
[Hey.]
[… Lady Charles.]
[Do you have anything to say to me…?]
[What to say?]
[What… What… Please say something. You even said hello brazenly during your debut concert.]
[…]
Zeke Haroon closed her lips several times. The option he chose, with a faint metallic sound leaking out, was to run away. Siegharun turned his back on the completely unarmed Charles and ran away.
It must have been from then that Charles and Siegharun’s relentless pursuit began. In response to his cowardly behavior, Charles, who was firmly united, pursued Siegharun tenaciously.
The problem arose here.
Charles, who reversed his position with the assailant who kidnapped him and became the pursuer, felt a strange pleasure. It was like following a cat that refused to touch him.
On the one hand, I was seized with a passion for bullying Zekeharun, not anyone else.
It was the awakening of hidden sadism.
Tired of the vicious pursuit, Siegharun gave up resisting. As a result, Charles was able to shake off his trauma while enjoying the perfect situation.
She asked at Siegharun’s bedside.
“Why are you avoiding me?”
“I want to ask in reverse. I don’t think I’m a suitable person to chat with.”
“How could that be? You are Sir Siegharun, a scion of repute.”
“That means…”
“What does it mean? Is it the meaning of me, the one-sided victim, calling you, the perpetrator, ‘Kyung’ and following you?”
“Mmm.”
She was well aware of her intentions, making Zeke Harun speechless. Charles’ actions were an unknown fear in Siegharun’s situation.
If he wasn’t the ostensible dad, Charles was definitely dead at the time of the kidnapping. She was the best subject for experimenting with lost blood. That’s why she hesitated, but eventually kidnapped her.
If Irrelpi chases after Charles and leaves the system, it is truly a ‘jackpot’. Even if they dared to settle down in the system, they could have turned other places into a field of wormwood.
The past, entangled with complex minds, was twisted by the same possessor. Thanks to this, Charles’ future turned the track to the right path of salvation.
‘I was indebted to my father.’
It was a past event that occurred due to a misinterpretation of the mother’s long-cherished wish. But mistakes are far from indulgences.
The person who caught him completely wrong was the possessor of his biological father. He thinks he has received a favor that is hard to repay.
There is no way that a beneficiary of such grace, a man who is nothing more than a lump of sin, would dare to apologize.
Charles will probably accept an apology. She’s smart, but she’s a tender and kind young lady. Sins that cannot be washed away are diluted.
Even if you don’t accept the apology, the act of apologizing itself relieves the sense of debt. The accumulated bad karma was too deep to relieve the burden arbitrarily.
To Siegharun, who is alone and pessimistic, Charles speaks.
“You saved my life.”
“What?”
“I saw it. When Elfi’s barrier was broken, it was a miracle that he burned the monster.”
“That’s how it was.”
“I’ll pretend I didn’t have a past. It’s true that I saved you anyway.”
“I just paid for the bottle and the medicine.”
“Hey, it’s okay here, but why is your tongue so long?”
“… Huh?”
Zekeharun instinctively jumped up from the cool energy. Charles, who was sitting in the seat next to him, was smiling like a narrow eye. The cold seemed to overflow from his unnatural smile.
“That’s right. I admit it. I had a lot of diseases, but the medicine was not enough.”
“What do you mean by that?”
“I’m going to listen to the Lord’s opinion, and from now on, I’m going to actively accept the drug price.
“What… What do you mean…”
“Of course it’s something the Lord hates, right?”
Charles grabbed both of Sieg Harun’s temples with both hands and forced him to lie down.
I was taken aback by the soft feel of the back of Siegharun’s head, which had been imprisoned on Charles’ knees.
Ziekharun opened his ruby-like eyes wide. What reflected in those red eyes was not the blue of the clear sky, but the emerald green eyes of Charles.
“Uhuhu, just like a big cat.”
“You, you…?”
“It’s perfect for walking alone and lying down in your own territory. Oh, I need to add food offerings.”
“You don’t understand!”
“It’s okay. If you understand it, you won’t pay for the medicine, right?”
Charles smiled brightly. Zeke Harun’s attitude of obedience on his lap pillow made Charles sadistic. Her quivering eyes contained heated excitement.
Sure, sniff.
Charle’s sadism led Siegharun to act with genius, which would have been humiliating.
Zeke Harun’s whole body stiffened like an old tree at the sensation of her stroking her head like a child.
The words he had spoken were so solemn that he couldn’t help but blush.
“This is so… Nice. I think it will become a habit.”
“Kuh…?!”
Charles seemed to be dealing with a kitten that was as big as her body. She wanted to unbutton her shirt and sweep it a little deeper. Indeed, the gaze of Charles, who tolerated her vulgar and lascivious instincts, was a masterpiece.
She hadn’t even dreamed of it. She subconsciously knows that her snort is getting rough…
“The pleasure of taming the wicked who persecuted me… Is this the heat…?”
“Is it possible that the voice of your heart is leaking out, Lady Charles?”
“Oops, I’m so excited about getting reimbursed for my medicine.”
“Ah… The young lady who is in her marriageable age must be afraid of a scandal.”
“If I become pregnant, the death penalty is imposed. In other words, I was forcibly kicked out of the marriage market. In other words, I don’t care. I’m not proud of being an old virgin, so my attendance at social events will decrease… It’s good that I had a good conversation partner at the right time, right? “
“Huh?”
Charles’ dangerous idea grew in size from this point on.
Their future was as blind as the night in a rugged canyon.
The rugged canyon is so rough that if you stumble, there is no way to escape. Like Zeke Harun, who was caught mortgaging his life by the principle of causation and retribution.
Attracted by silent screams and fever, Soseong crossed the imperial palace garden.
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“Um… Your Majesty.”
“Come on, tell me. Siegharun, did that bad guy dye Charles?”
The emperor questioned with eyes full of expectations. Although his wish is only in vain that unfortunately disappears.
“I want to ask a philosophical question about whether the hidden side of human beings is innate.”
“What is that all of a sudden?”
“… I realized a lot while observing Charles.”
Even if this author hears the truth, can he truly accept it?
I decided it was impossible.
More than anything else, since the daily life that Zikharun suffers from is salt with sesame seeds, my decision led to silence.
I just prayed earnestly that the price of Charles would be collected for a long time.