76 – Summer Vacation – 9
-Smart
“Did you cough?”
I barely opened my eyes to the sound of knocking outside. I was still sleepy and brushed my drowsy hair. It was hard to wake up because I hadn’t been able to sleep for the past few days. I never thought that I would suffer from lack of sleep even after vacation.
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Me and Mikhail are not the style to cover up the bed. In addition, the bed prepared by the Deneb family was more luxurious than expected. Of course, it wasn’t that I couldn’t sleep because my body was suffering. The reason I couldn’t sleep was a mental problem.
I hurriedly dressed up and headed to the restaurant.
The duke and his wife had breakfast separately from us. You can’t miss the only time of the day when you can eat comfortably.
“Good morning.”
“It’s fast. When did it happen?”
“I will. I keep waking up early even though I don’t have to wake up as early as usual.”
When we arrived at the restaurant, Hestia was having breakfast first. She broke off the bread soaked in her soup and ate it.
“Because you didn’t have to wake up so early during the semester in the first place?”
“I have so many things to do in the morning.”
She bluntly refuted my words. I didn’t really want to talk about this any more, so I just switched the subject to something else. It’s funny that he insists on sleeping late when he says he likes to wake up early.
“Okay, okay. Miss Lily and Cordelia?”
“Neither of you can even open your eyes yet.”
Yeah, that’s the average of students on vacation.
But average is average and we had to keep our promise. Neither of them were the type to break their promises, but if it went as planned yesterday, shouldn’t it be time to get up soon?
“Aren’t you supposed to wake them both up? They say the festival starts this morning.”
Last night, Cordelia said that the Harvest Festival would start tomorrow, and she excitedly went to bed to look around from the morning. Even so, the person himself is still spreading out and sleeping.
“There’s nothing to see on the first day anyway, so it’s okay to relax a little.”
“Still.”
Hestia answered my words.
“It’s a festival. There’s no need to be so impatient. Even if you sleep a little late, you can just look around as it’s late.”
“Then I’ll just have to be at ease.”
I finally put my mind at ease. It is not always a good trip to have all the things to see and do. I just decided to take it easy.
It’s an annual festival anyway, and if you’re really sorry, don’t come again next year.
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Me and Hestia continued our breakfast without saying anything for a while.
I was debating whether or not to talk about the Duke of Deneb.
What should I hide, the biggest cause of my mental fatigue was the Duke of Deneb.
During the few days I was staying at this castle, the Duke of Deneb showed great interest in my relationship with Cordelia. The interest was quite blatant, and of course I was under great stress. Maybe it was because of my mood, but when I woke up in the morning, I wondered if the hair on my bedside had grown.
“Mikhail, is there something that bothers you?”
“No, nothing.”
One thing I don’t know is that Hestia doesn’t seem to care that much. While the Duke of Deneb is openly trying to play a role in my relationship with Cordelia.
“Isn’t Hestia okay?”
“Huh? What?
“No, for the duke to say that.”
He grows up like a man, so he’s perfect for a son-in-law. He’s also tall, so he suits the tall Cordelia very well.
I felt like my stomach was upset when I heard that kind of noise with every little action. Even Cordelia, too, every time she hears that, she tantrums her to please not.
Hestia took a bite of her soup without saying anything to my question.
“Mikhail. Does Mikhail like me?”
She suddenly asked something that had nothing to do with my question. I answered immediately.
“Yes.”
“Then what about Miss Cordelia?”
“What do you mean?”
“That’s literally it. I like you?”
“No, if you ask me what I like or dislike, I like it….”
To borrow a clichéd expression, it wasn’t LOVE, but there was definitely a feeling of LIKE. Cordelia was a good friend of hers after all, and I didn’t hate her.
“Which of the two?”
“Of course you are better.”
“That’s enough.”
She laughed as if she was satisfied with my answer.
“Are you really okay with this?”
“It’s not that Mikhail doesn’t like Miss Cordelia, so she can’t stand the duke doing that to her. Yes?”
Hestia stood up from her seat, leaving me dumbfounded.
“Well then, see you later. I have some things to prepare.”
Before I could hold onto Hestia, she calmly left. No, is that Hestia, who was drinking a while ago and whining about why she looked at other women and smiled? She’s just turned into a different person.
I blankly looked at Hestia’s back. In the end, Seol-ah and Cordelia didn’t come down until the maids cleaned up the breakfast.
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-Growl
From someone’s boat, there was a clear sound that could only be seen in cartoons. I turned my head towards the source of the sound. Seol-ah and Hestia next to me also instinctively turned their heads toward the source of the sound.
“Hey, aren’t you hungry?”
The culprit was Cordelia, who skipped breakfast. She said cautiously with her face blushing, perhaps a little embarrassed.
“It’s still a little early for lunch.”
“Ugh, I’m hungry. Help me!”
The four of us came down to see the festival together. To be honest, I wondered what the hell would happen if the Duke of Deneb followed this, but fortunately that didn’t happen. Even so, he wasn’t that ignorant of common sense.
“Then why didn’t you eat breakfast?”
“You didn’t even eat Lily….”
“Miss Lily doesn’t whine about being hungry instead.”
“Heeing.”
Cordelia pouted her mouth.
“Lily, aren’t you hungry too?”
She sent her earnest eyes toward Seol-ah as if asking for her consent.
“No, I don’t usually eat breakfast, so it’s okay.”
But there’s no way. Looking at it these days, it feels like Seol-ah has risen to the throne unreasonably, Cordelia’s nemesis. No matter what Cordelia says, she cuts it off firmly.
“What did you do last night that kept you from waking up this morning?”
I asked Cordelia a question. She finally finished her preparations just in time for her original departure. Seol-ah hadn’t eaten breakfast, but she was up a long time before Cordelia.
When she came to her house, Cordelia was a bit sluggish unlike during the semester, but she still ate breakfast. Until yesterday, she sat at the table for a long time without even opening her eyes properly, and then she barely opened her eyes and took a bite. She ate.
“There is such a thing. I had a little something to think about last night.”
“Something to think about?”
Does Cordelia have anything like that? It is not intended to demean her. It’s just that she doesn’t seem to have any worries, so what the hell is she thinking, she wonders if she stayed up all night.
“Anyway!”
She yelled at her as if she was embarrassed. Circle, the nature.
“Don’t fight. Miss Cordelia, since it’s a festival anyway, they sell a lot of delicious things. You can buy a lot of delicious things and eat them.”
Hestia calmed Cordelia down. As she said, a delicious smell that stimulated the nose and stomach began to waft from all over the street.
“It’s a little early, then, but shall we call it lunch and take a look around?”
Seola suggested. Cordelia was overjoyed and hugged Seol-ah.
“Really? Yes! After all, Lily is the best.”
“Ugh, let go of this. In fact, it’s because I feel a little hungry because I smell it too.”
Seol-ah hated it and tried to take her away, but Cordelia’s strength, strengthened by her steady training, was not at a level Seol-ah could handle.
In the end, Seol-ah was able to free herself only after Cordelia rubbed her cheeks for a while.
“Let’s go! To eat something delicious!”
Cordelia was excited and took the lead.
The place she took us to was a fairly crowded street vendor. The menu sold was just an ordinary sandwich with various vegetables and meat on bread.
As expected, Cordelia stood in line behind the crowd and waited for her turn.
“It’s the first place I go to when I go to a festival every year.”
“Does Cordelia line up too?”
I asked a little unexpectedly. It wasn’t that she was an idiot who didn’t follow her order, but she honestly thought everyone would get out of the way. It’s a golden jade leaf of the duke, but sending it quickly would be much more comfortable for others.
“What do you see me as now?”
At my words, Cordelia opened her hatchet eye and glared at me.
“No, it’s not like that. Are those people just watching Cordelia stand in line?”
“It was like that at first. But I told you not to do anything like that.”
At my words, she immediately relaxed her expression and explained why she stood in line.
Why? I couldn’t understand If you just send it, wouldn’t you just suck on the honey as it’s sent to you? I think it’s a good sister, a good brother-in-law, and a win-win.
“As long as I’m here, I’m just Cordelia, not the daughter of the Duke of Deneb.”
“Yes?”
“Your expression is just like that right now. What are you doing? Right?”
“Well, I won’t deny it.”
Cordelia said with a laugh.
“As much as the festival, it’s good to enjoy it as I am. Not the daughter of a duke, but just an ordinary girl. Furthermore.”
“Moreover?”
“Originally, festivals are fun, including the waiting time. It probably won’t be fun at all if you hop around wherever you want.”
“Oh….”
I admired her words. It’s fun until the waiting time. Aside from agreeing with that statement, it is because she seems to have her own thoughts.
Even though he acts like an immature jerk all the time, he shows a thoughtful side from time to time like that.
“Mmm! You can admire more!”
“I think I would have admired it more if you hadn’t said that.”
Just add one or two words like that to break the colic.
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