58 – Sylvia’s Gift
There was a girl who was leisurely drinking tea in the drawing room while waiting for her friend to come.
Platinum blonde hair and blue eyes.
Even though she was alone, the playfulness that could be seen in the faint smile on her lips revealed her personality well.
Her name is Sylvia Lorenz.
The second daughter of Count Lorenz, and one of Ariel’s few friends, she visited the Loveheim family for the first time in a while.
“Hurp.”
Why is my friend who would normally have arrived exactly on time for his appointment so late today?
Sylvia took a sip of the fragrant black tea and wondered, but she didn’t particularly care.
That would be the case, because there was only one thing I could guess.
rattle!
“hahahaha… sorry. Am I late?”
“Come on, Ariel. It’s a big deal.”
How does it come at such an exact moment?
Seeing her friend hurriedly tidying up her hair while gasping for breath, Sylvia greeted her with a light smile.
‘yes?’
Then, with a sudden sense of incongruity, I tilted my head slightly and looked in the direction of the door Ariel entered.
Originally, there should have been one more person, but for some reason, only she came.
“Didn’t Edgar come with you?”
Just as the thread follows the needle, Edgar was always with Ariel.
Besides, since the first meeting, I’ve become quite close with Sylvia, so there’s nothing particularly uncomfortable about the relationship.
Even so, it was only a question that he hadn’t followed Ariel.
“uh? Yes… I have business to do.”
“yes?”
Sylvia blinked her eyes and tilted her head.
It’s a strange thing. Edgar’s personality doesn’t seem like he’ll be away just because he has some business to do.
Even though Sylvia hadn’t met him much, at least he knew that he was exceptional for caring for Ariel.
That’s why I didn’t think he was going to be away for just one errand, but I wonder if it’s that urgent.
“Then it’s just the two of us today.”
“Yeah. Lately, he has always been with me.”
“Well, it’s me, I’m fine.”
It was nice to see a lot of Ariel’s cute side when he was with him, but as Sylvia, it was fun to have a friendly conversation with a friend anyway.
Besides, there was a gift I wanted to give, but it was too much for me to give it in front of Edgar.
“Anyway, how have you been? How is your relationship with him?”
“He-don’t say that! Anyone who sees you will know that you are your fiancé.”
“Hey, are you still like that?”
When Ariel screamed out, realizing that ‘guy’ meant Edgar, Sylvia leisurely stirred the teacup with a spoon and gave a calm look.
It’s been quite a while since I haven’t stopped by the Loveheim family recently, so I thought there would be some progress in the meantime.
It seems that her expectations were very wrong.
“What is his ego that upsets you so much? If it were me, I would have even stolen my lips long ago.”
Sylvia shook her head with a pitiful smile at Ariel, who was having trouble.
Basically, she was a very active woman in dating and love.
It was a caution that if the opponent did not approach, I would go. The lover I’m dating now also got it that way.
Maybe that’s why it was so frustrating to see a friend who was still nervous and acting carelessly.
Even if the other person didn’t feel like he didn’t have a heart, he would come right over if he even went ahead and smacked his lips.
“This, lips… … !?”
“yes?”
As Sylvia sighed in regret, Ariel’s shrill voice came out briefly.
Sylvia’s head lifted lightly, feeling a sense of incongruity.
‘what?’
If it were the usual Ariel, ‘How could you do such a thing!’ He would have yelled at me.
I felt a sense of incongruity in the appearance of not being able to do this or that with only my face blushing.
‘Perhaps?’
Sylvia’s pupils narrowed as she caught the gap.
I don’t think it will be, but there is no such thing as a must in the world.
Sylvia opened her mouth with a mischievous smile, with the feeling that there was nothing to lose anyway.
“Ariel, are you… Did you kiss Edgar?”
“… … !?”
“… Really?”
Sylvia stared at Ariel in disbelief and asked again.
Her normally large pupils dilated about twice as much.
The silence that lasted for a while.
Sylvia, who was staring at Ariel with her head down, stood up, thinking that this would not be the case.
Then he moved to the seat next to her and stabbed her in the shoulder.
“Okay, let’s go into the interrogation. Miss Ariel Loveheim, can you explain in detail what happened?”
“That, it was an accident… ! Why am I kissing such an idiot… … !”
“Oh, was it an accident?”
A light whistle flowed from Sylvia’s mouth at an excuse quite Ariel-like.
I don’t know if it was actually an accident or if it was deliberately done and disguised as an accident, but the reaction itself was a passing point.
“So what happened to the accident?”
“Bye, isn’t it a big deal? It just happened a little while ago… … .”
“If it was just a little while ago… Right before I come?”
nod nod
Ariel took the place of the answer by silently nodding her head.
At that, Sylvia’s hands trembled with joy, not knowing what to do.
‘I thought it was such a heartwarming news!’
Sylvia shuddered with joy and spat out delight in herself.
It seems like it was a good thing to stop by today.
To hear news as hot as freshly baked bread.
Besides, the time seemed very appropriate to hand over the gift he had brought with him.
Of course, handing it over will have to be postponed for a while.
“So uh, how was it?”
Sylvia was so excited that she stuttered uncharacteristically.
After all, there’s nothing more fun than someone else’s love story.
It’s not even a passer-by, but a love story between her and her best friend. I couldn’t help but look forward to it.
“How was it… It hurt.”
“It hurt… Say?”
“yes.”
However, the answer that came back was completely unexpected.
Sylvia, dumbfounded, asked with her eyes wide open, but Ariel calmly nodded.
‘Couldn’t it be that?’
Sylvia inadvertently let her imagination run wild and almost continued her delusions to the point of severeness, but she managed to control herself.
They said they kissed each other in an accident, so they probably wouldn’t have gone there.
I felt I needed to calm my excitement and hear more details.
“How did that happen?”
“Nothing. After training, he was asleep, so I tried to clear his head, but he suddenly woke up and bumped into me.”
“Ahh.”
Sylvia nodded as if she finally understood.
‘That’s why he said he was sick.’
Well, if you bump into someone who woke up suddenly, the touch of a kiss or whatever, it just hurts.
In the midst of that, their lips met, but she couldn’t tell whether to say it was good luck or bad luck.
“Anyway, it wasn’t like a kiss! Because I don’t even want to admit it!”
“What do you mean by not wanting to admit it?”
“That, that… … .”
Ariel showed a visibly taken aback at the sudden strike.
It must have been because he guessed what Sylvia was asking.
Is it the act of kissing by mistake that you don’t want to admit?
Or is it his feelings for Edgar?
In fact, Ariel had already acknowledged her feelings for Edgar.
It was just that he had never revealed his true feelings to Sylvia or Shuri until now because of his insistence on not revealing it to others.
‘It feels like I’m losing somehow.’
I just didn’t confess, but that hurt my pride.
For Ariel, who had lived with only pride, this was a very serious problem.
“Cuckoo, okay. I won’t ask you such nasty questions. okay?”
“Yes… … .”
Fortunately, thanks to Sylvia’s step back, Ariel was able to breathe.
He was also a friend who penetrated her gaps well enough to put her on the same line as Edgar.
Although the conclusion is quite different.
“I’m sorry for teasing you, so I’ll give you a special gift. Let’s go over this one more time.”
“A mysterious gift?”
Since the gifts Sylvia brings are always full of wonders, Ariel inflated her anticipation in her heart.
Even if it lacks practicality a little, the first time I saw it, I thought ‘Wow!’ It was Sylvia’s gift that made me feel like I was.
“Now, would you like to solve it yourself?”
“yes.”
Ariel received a small box from a friend and carefully peeled off the wrapping paper.
The size of the box felt small enough for a music box to fit in, so my expectations were somewhat lower than before.
‘Is it an accessory?’
He said that wouldn’t be bad, and when he completely removed the wrapping paper, what was revealed was a glass bottle and colorful candies in it.
“how? Isn’t it pretty?”
“Yes, it is pretty.”
To be honest, it wasn’t what she expected, but as Sylvia said, it looked like a lot of work for a candy.
“Can I try it?”
“Sure. It’s a gift you brought to eat.”
Anyway, it was a gift that Ariel, who likes sweet things, was grateful for, so she lightly expressed her gratitude and opened the lid to pick up a pink candy and eat it.
It wasn’t that big, so if you chewed on it, it would disappear right away.
“delicious?”
“Yeah, it’s delicious. Where did you come from?”
“It’s something I got as a gift too. I think Ariel might need it.”
need?
Ariel expressed her curiosity at a strange word caught in the middle.
‘Does he usually say he needs candy?’
Not ‘because I think Ariel will like it’, not ‘I want to give it to Ariel’, but ‘because I think I’ll need it’.
It seemed a bit silly, but thinking it was a mistake, Ariel brushed it off lightly.
“Ate it all?”
“yes.”
I don’t know if it tastes like strawberries because it’s pink, but it tasted good to Ariel anyway.
I didn’t feel anything special about the thing Sylvia brought, except for its unique appearance.
“But why is this strange?”
Ariel, who was rolling another candy into her mouth, couldn’t help but ask, and the smile on Sylvia’s lips grew even thicker.
“Hey, are you curious?”
“I’m curious, then.”
Ariel looked at her with a puzzled expression.
I believed that it would not mean that I would not tell you now after boasting with my mouth that it was a ‘wonderful gift’.
As if to say something quickly, she lightly tapped her chin, and Sylvia finally revealed the identity of the candy in a secret voice.
“That’s magic candy.”
“… what?”
What is magic candy?
Ariel dropped a piece of candy in her hand at the answer that she couldn’t even understand and inadvertently asked back.
In response, Sylvia picked up a candy from a glass bottle and brought it in front of Ariel’s eyes, then added a devilish smile.
“If you eat that candy, you will speak your mind even if you don’t like it.”
Rather than being honest, it could be seen as an effect that brings out the hidden core that was inside.
Even if you don’t want to say it, it’s a drug that brings out the stories you’ve been putting in your mind.
That was the identity of this candy.
Ariel’s pupils widened after hearing the truth, and soon a voice close to screaming poured out of her mouth.
That day, Sylvia had to sweat hard to stop her friend from using magic on her for the first time.
Even though it was as if he had dug his own grave.