83 – Father-in-law, please give me your daughter – 1
I lit a small bonfire and waited for Cordelia to come running in a hurry. Her face was flushed red. She looked back and forth between me and her campfire, then her mouth twitched.
“Come here. hehehe.”
I asked him why he rushed off after talking earlier. She rolled her eyes here and there as if she was taken aback by my question.
“Why were you in such a hurry earlier?”
“That, uh, um…. Are you in a hurry to the bathroom?”
“Toilet?”
“No! No. Don’t go to the bathroom that, uh I suddenly remembered something to do. I still have unpacked luggage.”
He said he was in the bathroom. She denied herself, shaking her head as if it were absolutely not the bathroom. She hastily changed her subject.
“More than that! Why did you suddenly call me?”
Cordelia’s voice trembled. What. I don’t know if you see a fire. She wondered if she forgot an appointment? I had a bit of trouble smoking it. Ask the gardener for permission to start a fire in advance, and get some nice trees in advance. Looking back, I don’t think I’ve done much.
“What, did you forget the promise you made back then?”
“No!”
At my words, she screamed out loud. Why are you screaming all of a sudden? I caressed my ear.
“I am! I thought you completely forgot your promise….”
“Why do you forget?”
Cordelia started to cry soon as if my words were unfair. Come to think of it, even now, it seems that her red eyes were crying just a moment ago.
“Cordelia, have you been crying just now?”
“Ooh, ooh, who cries?! I didn’t cry!”
“If you laugh after crying, hair grows there.”
“You didn’t cry! And you’re a pervert? That’s s*xual harassment!”
Cried Cordelia, snorting her nose. I think it’s better to let her tease her like this.
I cleared my throat once, then held out her hand to her. Her other hand was pulled behind her, and her back and head bowed.
“Shall we stop joking around and dance a song?”
Cordelia gently grabbed my hand.
“Are there any other lines? It was like that last time.”
“You have a lot to ask for.”
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Me and Cordelia made eye contact and smiled. Cordelia held my hand and looked around as if she remembered it belatedly. She asked me if she finally found what she was looking for.
“But no music?”
“Sorry….”
I tried this and that, but I couldn’t prepare the music. We’re only doing it for a while, but we can’t call real musicians, and there’s no radio in this world. Magic? Magic is an expensive and rare skill as much as it is universal. It is said that there are magic tools that can remember sounds, but unfortunately, they were not common enough to be acquired overnight.
I lowered my head to her and I waved her hand saying she was fine.
“It doesn’t matter, it doesn’t matter.”
“Is it okay without music?”
“Yes.”
To be honest, I’m not okay. Unaccompanied dance on a moonlit night. The hurdles are too high for me, who had never danced before I came here in my life. But Cordelia didn’t seem to care.
“Why. If you really care, can I sing a song for you?”
“Is that okay?”
Singing and even dancing, it’s not some kind of idol group. I think it’s hard. Despite my concerns, she took a few steps back and cleared her throat with a clearing of her throat. She did ah ah ah a few times, got into tune, and then she started singing.
It’s a cliché, but Cordelia’s voice was like an oriole. It’s a clear, clean tone. I blankly watched her sing. She opened her mouth wide and watched the miracle flow from her throat.
“How is it? Surprised?”
She winked at me about how she sang two short measures. I closed my gaping mouth and clapped. I even thought that it would be better to just be a singer instead of writing an article.
“Honestly, a little bit much. I never thought I would do this well.”
“hehehe….”
At my praise of her, Cordelia wiggled her fingers with a foolish laugh. Cordelia’s eyes lit up.
“Then shall we sing while singing?”
“No, but that’s a bit.”
No matter how good she is at singing, singing while dancing is a completely different realm. Besides, she thinks that singing with me face-to-face with her is quite a burden to me and she to her as well.
“Just do it without music.”
In the end, Cordelia and I danced under the moonlight without music. I could feel the castle’s servants glancing, but well, look at it. To be honest, it was quite enjoyable. The presence or absence of music was not such an important issue.
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The next morning, Cordelia’s room.
“Eight! Wake up!”
Seola lifted Cordelia’s blanket. She rolled up her body as she wriggled like her slug. Even though the sun had already risen in mid-heaven, she couldn’t open her eyes.
If I had been a little later, I would have been in such an ugly state. Perhaps because of the aftermath of last night, I also woke up quite a bit later than usual. Cordelia couldn’t wake up at all. Eventually we came directly to her room.
Hestia approached and quietly whispered to Cordelia, who was wriggling without thinking about getting up even though the blanket was taken away.
“Miss Cordelia, it’s time to leave soon. Still, it’s been a while since I’ve been meeting my parents, so shouldn’t we go after washing our face and removing eye drops?”
Cordelia jumped up at Hestia’s words. She screamed as she glanced around her and looked at her watch.
“Aagh! What, why are you so late?”
“How do we know that?”
“Then we’ll be waiting. Get ready and come out.”
With Hestia’s last words, we left Cordelia’s room. There was something very loud and crazy in her room, but she didn’t really care.
Unlike me and Seol-ah, who were nervous because the departure was later than expected, Hestia seemed surprisingly calm.
“Hestia doesn’t look nervous at all.”
“What is there to be nervous about?”
She tilted her head with a nonchalant expression.
“I’m going home after a long time, but it’s kind of late.”
“It’s okay. It was honestly what I expected.”
“Expected? What?”
“I think it will be a little late anyway. In the first place, I wrote in a vague letter that I was leaving today.”
How the hell did you know? As if she had read my expression, she smiled bitterly and added her explanation.
“Since before, when I came to play, I always told them not to go on the last day, so I fell asleep late and couldn’t wake up in the morning.”
“Not even a child.”
“Because I was a kid back then.”
I could feel a hint of affection in Hestia’s voice. There was still a loud thumping sound coming from her room. Still, I’m glad I packed everything, including clothes, yesterday. Because as soon as I finish her grooming, I can start right away.
After a while, Cordelia came down with heavy gasping breaths.
“After, after. Sorry. Ready!”
“Miss Cordelia.”
“Huh?”
“She has foam on her chin.”
“Oh, really?”
At Hestia’s words, Cordelia hurriedly put her hand on her own chin. But nothing came out of her hands. Of course. It was Hestia’s lie that there was foam.
“Nothing… no?”
“Of course. Because it was a lie.”
“Hestia!”
When Cordelia tilted her head as she looked at her bare hands, Hestia told her the truth. Realizing her deception, Cordelia blushed.
“Go and prepare properly again. There’s no such thing as being in such a hurry. If you don’t know if there is foam or not, it seems that the other places have been filled with water in a hurry.”
“Are you okay?”
“Come back soon.”
Cordelia said she felt sorry for Hestia, lowered her head, and then hurried back up to her own room. Hestia waved her hand at Cordelia as she ran up the stairs without losing her smile, as if it was really okay.
I said watching Cordelia’s back as she jumped up.
“I must have been tired anyway. That’s why I went in yesterday and grew up right away.”
“Is Mikhail okay?”
“What?”
Hestia looked at me and asked. What is she saying is okay?
“It’s been a long time since Mikhail has seen my parents.”
“Ah.”
It was then that I woke up. Come to think of it, this is the first meeting between father-in-law and mother-in-law. Of course, it wouldn’t be the first meeting over there, but it was like the first meeting for me. When I realized that, my hands started to tremble.
What should I do? It’s a bit awkward to go empty-handed. Should I prepare a gift? When I see a drama or a movie, I wear a suit and bring a nice present.
“Mikhail?”
“What do Hestia’s parents like?”
“My parents? Uh, my father likes to drink and my mother likes flowers….”
“Okay. I’ll go out for a while and buy some nice drinks and flowers.”
If you come quickly while Cordelia is preparing, you will be able to make it on time. Hestia grabbed me by the scruff of my neck as I was about to run to the village outside the castle and retrieve the present.
“What are you talking about?!”
“Let go of this! I’m going to see my father-in-law, but I can’t go empty-handed!”
“Since when did you say you cared about that!”
In the end, my desperate attempt at a gift went in vain because of Hestia’s dissuade. No matter how you think about it, this isn’t it. My legs trembled with tension the whole time I waited for Cordelia. What should I do if I hate him for not being cheap?
“Be still. It’s crazy.”
Seola scolded me, but I didn’t hear it. What should I say as my first greeting? Should I bow first and f*ck her head first? Is there a culture like temples in this world in the first place? Should I go and apologize? You all know how coldly I treated Hestia, right?
Just at the time when I was restless by myself, this time, Cordelia, looking cleaner than before, as if she had finished her preparations, hurriedly came down from her.
“The real end! Perfect this time.”
Hestia, who scanned her up and down her face, nodded her head with a satisfied look.
“I guess so. Then we really start.”
“Okay. But why is Mikhail doing that?”
Cordelia found me belatedly and pointed.
“What am I?”
“Her legs are shaking, she is sweating, her complexion is white, and she is biting her nails.”
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Me? I rubbed the nape of her neck with my hand. Her hands were dripping with sweat. Listening to what she said, it’s a bit serious. Still, I couldn’t stop shaking my legs and biting my nails. Seol-ah replied.
“He said he was going to meet Miss Hestia’s parents.”
“What? It’s not the first time I’ve seen you.”
“I mean. But even so, I couldn’t get my mind off of it.”
Cordelia sneaked up next to me and put my hand on her shoulder. She shook her head in her sigh.
“You don’t have to be so nervous. Because both of you are good people. Will like you… I don’t know how to lose.”
“Are you kidding me?”
This is absurd. Are you kidding me now? What’s the point of coming next to someone who’s already nervous and saying that he doesn’t know if he’ll like it?
Cordelia must have been taken aback by my words, so she waved her hand and made an excuse.
“No, it’s not like that. She tried to say it was really okay at first, but that, Mikhail changed. Apparently, the two of them know Mikhail from before….”
In line with her hardening my face, she also slurred her words. I let out a sigh that burst out from deep within. In the end, it’s my karma again, more precisely, my karma that I’ve never done.
Hestia saw me and Cordelia like that and intervened as if she was dumbfounded.
“I don’t know why the two of you are talking about my parents so excitedly, but since nothing will happen, please stop worrying about unnecessary things and just start.”
“Yes.”
“Yes.”
We kept our mouths shut and got into the carriage.
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