Love Letter From The Future chapter 117

2. The Lord is with you (38)

That night Delphine had a nightmare.

It was a jumbled dream. The memories of the day Hanson was executed and the day Ian defeated them weighed heavily on Delphine’s chest.

The way she begs.

The bloody eyes of the father who looked down at her, and the golden eyes of the man.

Old Man Hanson collapsed while spurting blood, and his own body that was shedding blood and screaming.

Suddenly, the feeling of helplessness returned.

The guilt of not being able to rescue old Hanson from the brink of death pushed Delphine out of breath. Fumbling around, Delphine found her sword.

You should be punished.

I didn’t know if I would face Mine tomorrow. Her addition was indispensable. But what if, seeing Ian’s hatchet again, he becomes an idiot and collapses?

What if it fails again?

No, not as much as a failure. never had to be defeated

Delphine slashed her arm with her knife, just as Ian did. Blood gushed out. However, the anxiety was not alleviated.

I was nervous.

So Delphine immediately put on her coat and went to see Ian. He was meditating in a clearing.

Originally, it was polite not to touch a swordsman who was meditating. However, Delphine, who was in a hurry, did not have time to consider such circumstances.

Hasn’t it already been proven?

The defeat was disastrous.

Deprived of Hanson’s inspiration, she was forced to kneel and beg for her life, kissing the man’s instep when he was told that even death was a luxury.

I didn’t want to lose.

So, I wanted to lose even more.

Delphine couldn’t figure out the identity of that contradictory feeling. She was already insane. However, I inadvertently thought that maybe he wanted a more benevolent winner.

Because Ian was a sweet winner.

It was worth losing. Rather good. The defeat Ian suffered, the punishment he inflicted, gave her a sense of relief.

The joy that she herself is being punished, not someone dear to her.

If I was punished again, I was confident that I would not tremble tomorrow. So she begged Ian, who was looking bewildered.

“Punish me… please.”

Hearing this, the man immediately hardened his expression. He looked at Delphine carefully, then sighed and shook his head.

“Senior Delphine, what are you talking about… … .”

“Punish me!”

However, Delphine was more desperate than Ian thought. She knelt down with a pitiful look in her eyes.

“Oh, no… Burr, punish me. Can this be done? huh? I have to use it tomorrow… Worth it! So, please punish me… … .”

At Delphine’s plea, Ian frowned with a slightly serious look. A look of anguish crossed his face as he slightly averted his gaze.

Delphine was about to hit her head on the ground now. It was then that Ian sighed and stood up.

and the next moment.

With a snap, the man’s kick hit Delphine’s stomach. With a powerful blow, Delphine’s breath was suffocated.

And Delphine’s body rolling on the ground.

In response to the intense pain, Delphine involuntarily crouched down and complained of shortness of breath. It was even more painful because he didn’t protect himself with magic.

Seeing this, Ian hurriedly ran over and slapped Delphine on the cheek.

“… … Delphine senior, Delphine senior! Are you coming to your senses now? I tried some shock therapy… … .”

“Okay, okay… Whoa, it’s okay… … .”

With a slightly hazy look, Delphine managed to answer like that.

After the suffocating pain had passed, her mind began to clear. It was cool and refreshing. The pain felt in the pit of the stomach felt to her like a drop of life-giving water found in the dry desert.

It felt good. A subtle sense of exhaustion and a sense of security relaxed the tense muscles.

It was a few minutes later when Delphine came to her senses.

After coming to her senses, Delphine was avoiding her gaze with her face blushing. Ian just looked at her with puzzled eyes.

It was around the time that Delphine cleared her throat, saying that she would try to regain her dignity.

The man cautiously opened his mouth.

“… … Why did you do that?”

“Hey, forget it.”

Delphine tried to pretend that nothing was wrong and said so. But he couldn’t hide his trembling voice.

His emotions were evident in Ian’s smiling face. Stupid, Delphine got even more embarrassed and lowered her head.

His face had been red for a long time. I had never blushed a few times in my entire life, but now it wasn’t unusual for steam to form on my forehead.

Delphine’s heart was tickled by an emotion beyond shame to beg her junior to punish her.

Then, to Ian’s question, which was thrown again.

“… … Why are you so obsessed with winning and losing?”

For an instant, Delphine’s breathing stopped.

It was a question she had to tell about a nightmare she had had today, so she didn’t say anything.

Delphine was already too grown up to recall the memory of that day. The heir of the Yurdina family could not show weakness.

It seemed that he had already weakened as much as he was weak, but this was the last bastion.

Delphine exercised her right to remain silent.

The man said with a sigh as if he knew that.

“If you’re feeling uneasy, let’s make a bet.”

“… … betting?”

It was an unexpected proposal. However, since it was Delphine who came out of nowhere first, she waited for Ian’s proposal without saying anything.

“Yes, follow my words just once. Then I will let you win.”

“… … must?”

“Unconditionally, immediately.”

Delphine was silent for a moment. To be honest, I thought it was an unreasonable bet.

If I had to follow Ian’s words and win, it was the same as losing the bet. Either way, it was a bet in which defeat was predicted.

However, I thought that it was the same thing anyway, whether he threatened with a hatchet or issued an order under the pretext of a bet. As if pondering for a while, Delphine’s mouth fell shut.

Delphine’s lips parted when a little more time had passed than that.

“… … great. But how do you distinguish between that command and other directives? And what about the wager?”

“At that time, I’ll call you ‘Delphin Yurdina’ instead of Delphine senior. And, if I win, I will continue to listen to me.”

That was the end. As if he hadn’t even thought about defeat, the man kept his mouth shut, only talking about the case where he himself won.

That was pretty funny. Delphine smiled as if it were ridiculous, but thought in her heart.

It’s a bit believable.

It was a different feeling than when dealing with subordinates or colleagues. The identity of that emotion, Delphine still did not know. However, it was clear that Delphine’s perception of Ian had changed at this moment.

in a more positive direction.

While Delphine was reconsidering her perception of Ian, Ian opened his mouth as if he had just remembered.

“Oh, come to think of it, do you have a healing potion?”

Delphine’s puzzled eyes turned to him. Ian smiled and said.

“Give me one. The one I received last time seemed to be defective.”

Delphine, who was silent for a while, soon started rhyming as if admonishing an inexperienced junior. It was a voice mixed with a sigh.

“Confucius with a hatchet, you don’t seem to know, but there can be no defective products in healing potions… … .”

“There are a lot anyway.”

Delphine was silent. Her bewildered eyes turned to Ian.

He was still smiling.

In the end, Delphine couldn’t resist any longer. Soon after, she had to take out a healing potion and offer it.

Ian grumbled even as he received Delphine’s share of the healing potion.

Those who are wealthy enough to carry large amounts of healing potions store large amounts of potions in containers enchanted with space expansion magic. Then, when it was needed, it was a way to share it in a potion bottle.

However, last time Ian left the potion bottle in the forest, so the extra potion bottle was gone, and Ian had no choice but to put the potion in a small bottle that he had temporarily obtained.

The potion bottle, which was reinforced so that it would not break during battle, was surprisingly expensive. Also, it was inconvenient to carry in large quantities, so no matter how many potion bottles people had, they only had one or two bottles.

Ian, who could not be unaware of the situation, continued to scratch Delphine’s insides.

“Anyway, if you roll on the ground once, it will break… It’s a big deal, a big deal.”

Even so, Delphine, who was upset because the healing potion was ripped off, shuddered, but that was all she could show in protest.

Even though she was about to glar at Ian, Delphine quickly became intimidated as soon as she met those golden eyes.

At that time, Delphine would realize that she was desperate. The fact that he could no longer resist or resist this man.

So she would never know, even if she went on for the rest of her life.

In fact, Ian’s attitude was the expression of his heart to be considerate of Delphine.

It was a shallow calculation that, after a few scratches and bickering, Delphine would regain her old self-esteem if Ian showed some flexion.

Of course, this was an impossible plan. It was because the fact that Delphine rebelled against Ian was an impossible premise.

Even so, that night, without even knowing Delphine, there was a proposition engraved on her heart.

Being punished felt good. Especially from Ian.

It was a major turning point in Delphine’s life.

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The next day, accompanied by my party, I stood at the beginning of the clearing in the forest.

In front of him, an unidentified cave was holding on.