10 . Rihanna, her heart (1)
Rihanna couldn’t get out of her seat for a while, lost in her thoughts.
It is not brainwashing. Even Rihanna, a stranger to her magic, could see that much.
Brainwashing is the worst kind of black magic that completely crushes the opponent’s mind and turns it into an obedient puppet.
The victim loses all memories of the past, and while the brainwashing continues, he follows whatever the caster says, in other words, he becomes in a state similar to that of a ghoul without intelligence.
Memories of the past, bravely challenging the castle with a party, and the bitter, ugly memories of running away from being unable to capture it even after spending a long time remained clear.
Until now, I had hardly felt any regrets, and it was all about the irrationality of not being able to eat delicious food and having to stand alone during night shifts.
Almost no regrets about the sins committed against Ain.
‘But lately, I’ve been thinking about Ajin quite often, right?’
How did she know Rihanna was worried about her? Elia, who was next to her, answered her unsolicited words.
“The reason I felt guilty towards my father, albeit belatedly, was because I was far away from the caster.”
“Caster? Are you talking about Cassandra?”
“It’s none of our business to know a person’s name, just know it that way.”
Rihanna caught Elia as she turned her back to go home. She, of course, did not make physical contact, such as grabbing her wrist or grabbing her shoulder.
Her intuition was sharpened that she might indeed die if she did.
“Wait! Could you tell me a little bit more? This… Is it some kind of brainwashing magic?”
Elia shrugged her shoulders, let out a short sigh before replying.
“This is not brainwashing. Do you think they’re going to use powerful magic like brainwashing on a weak woman like you? This is a bug that controls emotions, and it is one of the magics used by spies who hid in the royal palace in the past to destroy the relationships of key characters.”
Magic designed only to destroy human relationships, I don’t know who thought of it first, but it was a truly cruel guy.
Rather, it felt like the scattered pieces were coming together one by one after hearing Elia’s words.
Rihanna asked Elia a favor in her urgent voice.
“But Ain doesn’t know that I abandoned him because of these bugs. How can you explain it….”
“Why us?”
An icy voice struck Rihanna, completely different from the tone she had just described about magic.
Elia said in a low voice as she returned to Rihanna as she was about to head for her house.
“Why do humans pass on their responsibilities to others? Whether intentionally or unintentionally, you are solely responsible for what you have done. Don’t lean too much on others. The favor we do ends here.”
After she finished her words, Elia and the other three elves did not look back a single time after that, and quietly headed to the house where Ain slept.
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Yesterday, I had trouble sleeping.
I also didn’t feel comfortable with Rihanna speaking her harsh words.
Even if they said they would return what they did, my tear-stained past would not be reciprocated.
‘Yesterday was a bit harsh.’
No, I made the right choice.
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Forgetting me, Rihanna shamelessly came back and had to pay for her crime.
I have to….
Her Just as she abandoned me, could my abandoning her be her punishment for her sins?
It hurts.
Her head was dizzy.
I hated remembering the past and regretting it.
I decided not to think about it.
I decided to stick to reality.
Can a person who is bound by the past really be happy? Because the question about him is always fixed.
You shouldn’t confuse the escape from the past that oppresses you and the leap from the reality you pioneered.
This is the life I chose for myself, I had the right to be happy.
The happiness I chose was right next to me.
I woke up Noah lying next to me with a friendly voice.
“Noah, should I get up?”
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Fortunately, unlike Stella, Noah was not spoiled.
Staring at my face with jewel-red eyes, I got up from my seat with a big smile.
Without asking embarrassing requests, such as hugging her like Stella or kissing her like Olivia, Noah got up and put on his clothes right away.
Wait, it was so natural I almost didn’t notice.
‘Are you wearing clothes?’
My trembling gaze was directed at Noah before I knew it.
Noah’s voluptuous body came into view.
Her smooth skin, not wearing any underwear, gently swayed every time she put on one.
There was no contempt or anger in Noah’s gaze as he stared at me, who inadvertently swallowed his breath. As if between lovers, he shyly blushed and muttered.
“Dad, pervert….”
Contrary to the word pervert, Noah dressed at a slower pace than before, as if he wanted people to look at him more.
I hurriedly raised the blanket to block my view, but the object I recognized once was not easily forgotten in my head.
Two tantalizing peaks, tanned skin full of healthy beauty unique to Dark Elves.
It shouldn’t happen now.
Men’s natural physiological phenomenon… She couldn’t show her daughter such a hideous fellow.
I spoke to Noah through the blanket that covered her head.
“Sorry…. Dad will leave later, so would you like to go down first?”
“Yes, come slowly.”
Noah left her room, and I belatedly went downstairs, having finally calmed down.
‘Ugh.’
The first thing I saw when I came downstairs was Rihanna, who was still in charge of cleaning.
She looked at me, looked at me for a moment, then smiled awkwardly and spoke to me.
“Ain, are you awake?”
I didn’t even respond to her, I walked past her and headed for her kitchen.
It is the 6th. Let’s wait for 6 days. I can’t kick away the favor the kids did for the wounded Rihanna.
When she casually put on her apron in her kitchen, she found that food was already set on her table.
Children have never learned to cook yet.
He could help me with preparing the ingredients, but I had never seen him cook.
In the first place, there was no way the girls who said my cooking was the best could cook for themselves.
Just as I was looking at the food with a questionable gaze, Rihanna hesitantly entered the kitchen, stood next to me, and cautiously opened her mouth with a voice that lacked confidence.
“I thought you would be tired if you kept preparing every morning… I made it today.”
“You?”
After I finished my short answer, I moved my gaze back to the dining table.
As I did for her yesterday, I listed her favorite foods while I was at her party.
Olivia came into the kitchen wrinkling her nose in a good mood, looked at Rihanna, and asked in surprise.
“Is this the dish your sister made today? Wow, that looks delicious!”
Olivia sat down ahead of me, holding a spoon, waving her legs, waiting for me and the other sister.
Suddenly, a small doubt rose in my mind when I saw the prepared dish.
‘Have you taken sleeping pills?’
I slightly turned my gaze to look at Rihanna’s face.
She glanced at me with her restless expression, then turned her head hurriedly when her eyes met mine.
Anyone can see the suspicious attitude, but rather, it was so suspicious that I believed it on the contrary.
In the first place, all four children were sitting in their seats without me having time to stop them, so there was no way to turn it around.
I gave up halfway, sat down, picked up the spoon, and carefully brought it to my nose, not my mouth.
‘Huh?’
The smell of the spices and the raw ingredients blended so well that the appetizing smell spread to the tip of my nose.
I’ve never seen Rihanna cook, but the smell was passable.
Without a doubt, I immediately put the fish into my mouth.
At the same time, a festival was held in the mouth with a bad meaning.
‘Oops… !’
The smell was very good, but honestly, the taste was such a skill that I couldn’t even say that it was good even with empty words.
Wouldn’t it taste better to be on the side of taking the sleeping pills you were so worried about? To the point of thinking such a dangerous thing.
The fishy smell of fish covered in spices, the burnt skin covered under the seasoning, and the raw meat from cooking over high heat.
It was a dish in total impasse.
Even if I cook with the meat of a monster that is rumored to be tricky to cook, it will be better than this.
It would have been better if only I had suffered.
Children who were accustomed to the dishes I usually make also had their first drink, and their expressions began to harden.
Rihanna was flustered by the reaction she wasn’t expecting.
After shoveling the burnt-tasting fish and undercooked rice into my mouth, I expressed my feelings in a perplexed tone.
“Well, that’s not bad….”
Taking her white lie wholeheartedly, Rihanna brightened and put her delightful smile on her face.
“Really?!”
“Ugh, yes….”
He said he couldn’t spit on a smiling face, and he didn’t say anything wrong. She didn’t want the woman she hated so easily to say something hurtful just by smiling single single smile.
Besides, regardless of the reason, isn’t it food prepared with great care from the morning? As someone who knows the hard work of preparing a meal better than anyone else, I couldn’t turn the table over.
The children who noticed my intentions also managed to hide their expressions and passed the rice over.
It was the first time I had eaten in such a quiet and painful time.
Rihanna took on a more benign demeanor than before as she brought a whole pot of horrible food off the counter.
“Ain, eat this too. There are still many!”
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For a moment, I felt Noah’s sharp gaze directed at Rihanna.
Rihanna put the food she was holding into her mouth, looking downcast at Noah’s expression as she suddenly glared at her, only then did she realize what she had done.
Unlike me and the kids, who barely tolerated it, Rihanna ducked her back and covered her mouth with both of her hands as soon as she put her homemade food into her mouth.
“Ooh!”
Unpleasant, warm energy spreads in all directions, and an unpleasant smell rises.
6 Days, can you survive?
The morning I experienced today was the worst morning I would never want to experience again in my life.