100. Tangled Thread (2)
“How do I look?”
“It is the most beautiful day of any lady I have ever seen.”
Loew said with a benevolent smile. Cain didn’t like that. Because the butlers wouldn’t say anything bad in front of Cain.
It’s already been 30 minutes since I’ve been thinking about whether I can’t make it prettier, whether I’ve braided my hair beautifully, or whether I’ve put too much effort into my outfit.
“How does Hina look? W, would you like to wear a dress as well?”
“The dress is pretty too. With a lady’s beauty and body, her womb will come alive no matter what she wears, and even an elf will come in at a loss. Even the sleeping World Tree will tap-dance.”
“what.”
Hina praised Cain for her beauty. Even though I felt a little better at those words, it is true that I am still anxious.
‘No, why did I care so much in the first place!?’
It hurt my feelings to make a fuss over just having a meal with my friends from the academy.
Cain’s eyes kept moving toward the dress embroidered with floral patterns.
Since I usually only wear sportswear, I had a desire to try on a light hem like that at least once.
… … It was a dream that I would wear it if I had a nanggunim one day.
‘But, he-he’s not my boyfriend!?’
His face heats up and he touches his cheek with the back of his hand. hot.
“miss? Do you have a fever?”
“Oh, no.”
I hope it stays like this too
Cain’s conscience says that it is not yet time. The day I wear the dress will be the day I get engaged to Aren… … .
First love – soulmate – family – engagement – marriage – 100 years.
It wasn’t such a strange accident circuit for Cain, who was born as a daughter of a long-established family.
“My lady, I will be late.”
No more delay. It is unacceptable for the Abella family not to keep the appointment time.
“Oh, I see! Just plug this in!”
With excitement, Cain got on the lavishly decorated carriage.
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Wow.
It was an exclamation that exploded without passing through the brain.
Cain, who came out dressed up for some reason, was so beautiful that it was not a waste to claim that she was the most beautiful woman in the combat world.
It’s not like she’s wearing a fancy dress.
She just wore her hair neatly braided and dressed in a calm yet haughty outfit. Even this can be applied to Cain as ‘heavily decorated’.
I don’t know if I can have this kind of feelings for Cain, but I felt lucky as a man to have a meal with Cain today.
“What, what are you doing!”
Was it awkward for Cain to decorate himself? He kept looking at me even though he was more ticklish than usual.
“What day is it today?”
Seeing Cain like that, he asked a spiteful question, and Cain widened his eyes as if he was a little surprised.
“Wh, what day is it?!”
“No, it’s just that it’s a lot different than usual.”
The expression “pretty” was said around the corner. This is because praising someone out of the blue can be disrespectful.
“Five… … It’s because I go out in LAN. Tta, isn’t it because you haven’t met anyone who’s dressed like this?”
“Who said what?”
“… … !”
She suddenly lowered her head and hesitated, then stood next to me in embarrassment.
“what are you doing. Are you going to keep the lady standing like this?”
“uh? Uh uh.”
I wondered if I had to go this far on my way to have a meal, but there was no reason why I couldn’t, and I had something to ask of Cain, so I decided to work hard as an escort.
“let’s go.”
I abruptly held out my arm.
“… … yes.”
Cain blushed and nodded. The voice was small, as if it had gone into a rat hole.
The place we arrived at was a restaurant specializing in seafood spaghetti.
Sepia is a small town, but befitting a town next to the academy, every shop has been properly upgraded, making it famous within the kingdom.
Likewise, restaurants are places where you can’t easily enter without a reservation if you want to eat.
I was the one who suggested the appointment, but Cain had made all the restaurant reservations. It seems that he used a little of the power of the Abella family.
When did you prepare for this?
Imagining Cain, who must have been busy here and there, let out a faint smile. Cain is special, and I am grateful.
Above all, it was because Cain, who showed off the nape of his neck by pulling his bright blonde hair behind his ears, was very pretty.
“Thank you.”
“yes? What?”
“I thought of you and prepared everything.”
The nape of her neck, which exposed her immaculate skin in the sunlight, quickly turned red again. Cain swept his hair forward again and waved his hand hastily.
“What do you think… … ! Isn’t that what it is!? Just because you’re the one who saved my life. I guess this is basic.”
“I see.”
but. Cain’s words were right.
“that… … I’m talking about Rasser.”
Cain, who looked at me for a moment, opened his mouth in a timid tone.
“Do you want to come over to my house next weekend?”
“Your house?”
“yes. Even so, my father wants to see you. I couldn’t even reciprocate.”
Even the Duke of Trello invited Ackerman and treated him very kindly, saying that he had saved Elise.
Nobility is a law that thoroughly repays favors.
The famous Abella family is no exception. Rather, it was rather late to repay me at this timing.
“Sorry. I should have invited you earlier. You know, Zeros… … I had a lot to deal with because of him. I had a big fight with Bunga. There was no time to worry about the outside world.”
I was thinking of asking to be invited to my house, but the flow of the story was going the way I hoped.
It was no longer necessary to bring up Cain’s invitation to me under the pretext of ‘fashion’.
“it’s okay. I don’t care.”
“… … thank you.”
Cain smiled and raised a corner of his mouth.
“So, are you coming?”
“OK.”
Things worked out. I was able to safely enter Cain’s mansion.
Cain also smiled. My heart skipped a beat, probably because Cain was more flashy than usual.
“The food is out. Bon appetite!”
The shiny seafood spaghetti came out. It was an exceptionally good dish.
Cain’s eyes twinkled and he began to eat. He ate carefully and elegantly, like an aristocrat as much as possible, but somehow he looked clumsy.
After we finished our food, we went for dessert.
It was a nice day, so I sat on the terrace and ordered coffee and cake.
“I need to go to the bathroom for a while.”
While waiting for dessert, Cain left his seat to go to the bathroom for a while.
-It’s a good time.
‘Be quiet.’
– I hope it’s popular. That’s when I Most of the dates I had with my lover were covered in monster blood and our eyes met… …
It was while listening to Acheron’s nonsense.
“excuse me.”
A gruff, yet not friendly voice called me.
* * *
Bell stopped by sepia to prepare for tomorrow’s weekend service.
As it was the first meeting of the saintess candidate, the preparations were being thoroughly and grandly conducted.
Bell diligently studied and memorized the prayers and contents of the service. It was really embarrassing to spend every day.
“Ahhh. Tired, tired.”
Today, instead of sleeping in the dormitory, they stay in a luxurious accommodation in Sepia Village provided by the church.
So, I finished preparing for worship, but there was nothing else to do.
In a dormitory, I would chat lightly with my roommates and get snacks, but I couldn’t do that here.
“Come to think of it, I heard there are many restaurants in Sepia Village.”
Sepia is a place where family members and family members who attend the Academy’s cadets often stay. In addition, celebrities who have business at the academy often visit it, so it was a place where the food and lodging business was very developed.
When he thought of this, Bell’s mouth filled with saliva. It is an irresistible temptation.
“Wow… … Mocha Frappuccino?”
The sweet, yet subtle scent of coffee tickled Bell’s small nose.
An ice cream shop followed. Vanilla, Chocolate, Strawberry. It was a house of artisans who have been sticking to only three flavors for 250 years.
“Huh… … ”
Bell swallowed his saliva. The ship yelled loudly for some food.
“Tea, hold on… … .”
I want to eat, but I have no money. Although there is enough money on hand. It wasn’t my money.
If I use it once, I feel like I’ll lose control and use it like crazy, so I’m enduring it with superhuman patience.
“Well, can you just close your eyes and write it?”
Anyway, it’s okay to have one meal, right? no no. If you really want to get rid of it perfectly, you shouldn’t be in debt at all.
Bell continued to walk the streets, reciting prayers she could not memorize in order to resist constant temptation.
“… … uh?”
Then I saw a familiar person.
Black hair that shimmers like obsidian. Pale skin as always. Dark circles under the eyes that seem to carry all the fatigue of the world.
The same person I saw yesterday.
Aren Blackfire!
Yesterday I was with a woman, but today I am alone again.
Or are you waiting for that girl?
No matter what, the man sitting on the terrace and spending time leisurely on a sunny day was like a pictorial.
“Chi… … Life is unfair.”
I hate to admit it, but it was a handsome face. It’s understandable that the pretty girl hangs out with that guy.
“No. Wait a minute.”
Hungry, man alone?
Besides, that man was indebted to Belle.
To be honest, there was also faking it. But at the time, I was really sick, and I really hated Aren, a man who just walked away.
So, it’s okay to get a meal and eat it!?
Bell wondered countless times in her head whether she was really okay.
At first, I was simply angry and wanted to give him medicine, but… … .
When I saw the man alone like that, I wanted to talk to him.
Above all, the smell of delicious food that filled the streets drove Bell crazy.
“excuse me.”
Bell, forgetting that she was a saintess candidate, blindly approached Aren.
“… … ?”
Aren frowned.
“Cha-am me. No matter how it is, there is nothing to impress.”
“It’s blinding.”
Bell had her back to the sun. As a result, Aren was in a situation where he faced the sunlight directly.
“Well, if you say such an old comment, what, do you know how to just skip it!?”
“… … ?”
Bell, unaware of such a situation, is misunderstanding.
Even if you’ve heard things like saints and beautiful, you’re dazzling, Rani! It couldn’t have been a really boring comment.
‘Did you seduce her with a comment like this!?’
Aww! Bell shuddered and trembled alone. Still, I don’t know why the body is twisted.
“It’s because the sun is shining.”
Aren then turned his head. It was so blinding that I could no longer see Bell.
“Ah, ah. Eh?”
Bell belatedly grasped the situation and buried her face in her palms.
“Kheung. Sorry.”
Bell then sat across from Aren softly like a cat.
“Oh, there… … .”
Before Aren could even say that it was Cain’s seat, Bell opened his mouth.
“Yeah, you know.”
“?”
If you spit out the words, you should do it until the end. While speaking out loud, Bell kept her mouth shut.
When she tried to ask for money for treatment, it was because her conscience wouldn’t allow it.
Instead, I only wiggled my fingers, thinking about what to say and how to get out of it naturally.
“Ahaha… … .”
Bell let out an awkward laugh.
It’s heaven and earth to want to eat right away, but it wasn’t like that. I received an apology, but I didn’t want to be paid so badly. It wasn’t even a big wound.
“Oh, nothing.”
Bell shook her head. There was no benevolent smile. Whew. What is this? It’s embarrassing. Let’s think about getting out of the church quickly.
The moment Bell thought hard to himself.
“Please tell me the contact bead code.”
Aren said something unexpected. The heavy bass sound hit Bell’s chest mercilessly.
“Yes?”
“At that time, I wanted to apologize properly, but didn’t I have a chance? However, it is not polite to solve it with money. I’d like to treat you to a meal later.”
It was a very restrained, mannered, and considerate comment.
i can’t stop
clever and wicked
Belle understood a little why the silver-haired woman stayed with the man who only followed the bad rumors.
Although Aren said it because he wanted to clean up his bad relationship with Bell as neatly as possible.
It’s my fault for not taking good care of my surroundings back then. Aren sighed and demanded the code from her.
“Who is it?”
Cain, who went to the bathroom, came back.
His face was smiling, but his manner of speech and atmosphere were as cold and dry as a Siberian steppe.
Even Cain, who was just kind and pretty, knows how to show that side of himself. Aren smiled awkwardly at the thought.
ha ha ha… … .
“Who are you, Aren? I should introduce you.”
dead eyes Cain was laughing, but apparently the woman Bell was not happy.
Is it because the date was interrupted? Well, even I hate it when strangers interrupt a conversation.
How should I introduce myself?
No, I wasn’t even close with Bell in the first place, so it was halfway to say that we knew each other.
The reason Bell clings to me is actually because of the medical bills. It’s like Belle, who has no money, somehow made an excuse to get a meal.
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Knowing her unfortunate situation, I thought of buying her a meal generously, knowing that she would at least ask for ice cream.
So, there was no need to insult Belle from Cain.
“Well, how did you find out? I have some debts to pay.”
There was nothing else to introduce. After all, I’ve never even heard a ‘name’ from this woman.
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Knowing her name because she is the representative of the 283rd freshman class and a candidate for a noble saint, and introducing her name when meeting in private like now is quite different.
“debt?”
Cain raised a question mark above his head. So did Bell. Bell wouldn’t have expected me to come out so easily.
“Rain, debt! If you say that, what kind of loan shark am I!”
Bell groaned in disapproval. Even if he looks like that, he’s a friend with a strong sense of pride, so it seems I’ve touched that part properly.
“Yes. I’m sorry.”
I apologized politely again. It seems I spat the word wrong.
Cain’s eyebrows twitched as he quietly came out and watched Bell. It was something I didn’t like.
“What is it?”
Bell whimpered and turned her head to look at me. It was my unspoken will to explain myself. I sighed and opened my mouth.
“I hurt you before.”
“Aren, you?”
“yes. I’m not in a bit of a hurry. At that time, we decided to pay for the treatment, but we met by chance like this after we had nothing to see.”
“D-Did you hear that?”
Bell straightened her shoulders proudly, as if she wasn’t a strange person. Cain’s cool eyes loosened as Bell suddenly became more energetic.
It seemed that the misunderstanding had been resolved to some extent. If you look at it wrong, you’ll think I took Bell’s number over Cain.
no right?
“Come to think of it, you’re quite a celebrity, aren’t you?”
“… … yes?”
Cain stared at Belle’s lilac hair with the gaze of a rapier blade.
“You’re a saintess candidate. If you’re an academy cadet, it’s strange that you don’t know.”
“Uh, how… … !”
Cain smiles. He simply stated his true identity, but Bell shrugged.
“hello. lady candidate. It is an honor to see you like this.”
“… … um, over there Ah yes. hello.”
Bell scratches his cheek in embarrassment.
Bell would be embarrassed too.
Judging from his attire, it seemed that he had changed into plain clothes after the service. Looking at her lax plain clothes, no one would believe that this woman was a candidate for a saint. Is this how the heart of a celebrity recognized by fans after coming out in comfortable clothes?
“Bell, this is Bell Irushi. Who are you? Are you my girlfriend?”
“… … Friends. I am Cain Abella.”
After thinking for a moment, Cain smiled and said without losing his aristocratic dignity despite Bell’s provocation.
Belle narrowed her eyes and continued to stare at me. It was an unknown expression.
“Wow, Abella? Ah, hmmm. mistake. friend? okay. Don’t get me wrong though. Because we have nothing to do with each other.”
The quick-witted Bell reassured Cain.
At those words, Cain’s face crumpled. He seemed to have something to say, but he seemed to have managed to suppress it.
It seems like a trivial conversation, but it is strangely tense. Is it an unknown war of nerves between women? I do not know.
“… … I did not misunderstand.”
Cain said in a low voice.
“Ugh. Do you think I should get out of the way quickly?”
Bell looked at me and Cain, then abruptly held out the contact ball. He is also a fast-paced friend.
I immediately took the bead and entered my bead code.
“I’m sorry for today. I didn’t know you had a partner.”
“no.”
Cain smiled softly.
“then. Have you seen everything?”
Even so, he showed his fangs slightly. It seemed like he was being nice, but it seemed that he didn’t want to be disturbed any more.
“yes. sure.”
Bell pursed her lips as if she was disgusted by Cain’s attitude.
“then. Can I call you later?”
Bell smiled. It was looking at me, but it was a smile that seemed to be directed at Cain.
“Wait.”
I grabbed the bell to go.
Because it came up with a good idea.
“yes?”
“Would you please pray for us just once?”
Although she has no religious beliefs, the reason why Bell became a candidate for a saint. The driving force to overcome even if the existence of this world’s ‘god’ gives her hardships and adversity.
‘God bless’ who later becomes Ackerman’s strong supporter. I wanted to experience Bell’s unique characteristics once.
“That, that… … I know. Shall we pray?”
As a saint, she could not easily refuse such a request. If you get a blessing by buying me a meal later, it will be cheap.
“God of light. Give me my daily bread today… … .”
I watched the status window with my eyes closed.
Then an amazing thing happened.
Stats: [Strength: 26] [Agility: 23] [Stamina: 24] [Luck: 3]
＜Thanks to God’s blessing, Luck is +2 for one week.＞
Also! Even if you don’t have religious beliefs, there is a reason you are chosen as a saint.
How much luck stat went up with just one prayer. Considering that the main character Ackerman’s stat is 7, this is a huge number.
This is even before her abilities have fully manifested, so I look forward to seeing how strong the saintess will be when she matures.
‘Besides, for a week… … .’
I go to Cain’s mansion in a week.
Can I benefit from the lucky stat that went up at that time?
For some reason, I felt happy.