80 – Letter
After Shael straightened my tie, I sat down. Only then did Shael feel her shame and her face blushed.
“Why is that?”
Of course, it feels good that Shael is so considerate of me. In fact, she said, the food Shael made for me was very delicious.
But I am worried. She doesn’t know why Shael has changed in the very short time since she met the Mage Tower Master.
‘⋯Did you try to follow me?’
I don’t know. It wasn’t like he had a strange conversation with the owner of the Magic Tower in the first place. She moved really fast, so there’s no way Shael was chasing me.
I tried to think more, but ⋯ I had no choice but to erase her thoughts at Shael’s words.
“I love you.”
Shael’s trembling voice. After she says that, she looks at me as if waiting for her answer.
A very sudden situation. But I also told Shael.
“I like it too.”
“⋯.”
Shael, who twitched the corner of her mouth, calmed her down. She then squeezes her words out as if she’s going to get her revenge.
“⋯⋯I like it more.”
Shael looks at me proudly. She lowered her head shortly after, averting her gaze.
The awkward atmosphere. Before I could say anything, Shael opened her mouth first.
“⋯I like it more.”
“⋯.”
Shael’s words, not knowing what to say. Shael, finally realizing her shame at my reaction, lowered her head.
It was to avoid my gaze.
Awkward atmosphere flows. Sael looked at the mountain in the distance with a blushing face, and I appreciated Sael’s appearance.
Could not overcome the awkwardness, it was Shael who stood up first.
“⋯⋯Let’s go.”
“Okay.”
All the events of the Blessing Meeting that had to be held today have been completed. She tried to spend time at the hostel, but if Shael wanted to go out, she would change her words again.
After following Shael, who was walking like that, Shael stopped in her place, clearing her throat. It was a bonus that I could feel their eyes on me.
“What is it?”
No answer came. I could only feel the warmth in my hand.
Shael, who was shy, held my hand himself.
I also held onto Sael’s hand tightly for him. Soon after, Shael started to tremble and hurriedly walked while holding my hand so as not to show her blushing face.
A silence that flows again. Shael, seeing something worthy of conversation, opened her mouth.
“What is that tree out of nowhere in the middle of the cathedral?”
As Sael said, there was a huge tree inside the cathedral. Branches stretching towards the ceiling.
If you look for differences from ordinary trees, they were memo pads hanging from the branches.
It was a tree I had already seen. The tree I saw when I came with Sael before, leaving Sael who didn’t listen.
“I heard that the tree came from the seed given by the Lord. There is also an obvious legend that if you write down your wish and hang it up, your wish will come true.”
“Do you believe that? Not even a child…”
Contrary to what he said, Shael was giving the tree an interesting look. She seemed to want to write a wish on the tree and hang it right away.
“Would you like to try it?”
Shael nodded her head. After taking a notepad in front of the tree, she gave Shael a moment.
I didn’t really want to. Because I did it alone when I came to the tree without Shael.
He nodded as if he had become Sael. We approached a huge tree. The tree was so huge that Shael could swallow her breath.
“Where do I attach it?”
Numerous notepads already attached. I would have to find a place to attach it somehow.
But she didn’t like that, she said as Sael handed me her notepad.
“Put it on the highest place.”
“⋯.”
“⋯⋯Ah, never check your wish.”
Shael’s command. It was an order to attach a notepad to the top of the tree using magic.
‘It’s annoying, but…’
I still want to do it. I was thinking about wanting to do that. I, who came before, also hung a notepad on the top of the tree to practice magic.
I received Sael’s notepad.
“Why two?”
Then he turns his head around in annoyance. First, I put the notepad that Shael gave me on the top of the tree.
I was curious about the contents, but I could barely bear it. It couldn’t be because Sael was watching me with her bloody eyes.
“Go now.”
After confirming that I hung the notepad, Shael hurriedly walked away. It was a sudden action. Even so, since I was holding my hand, I couldn’t help but smile.
After everyone laughed, I asked Shael.
“Why is that?”
“⋯⋯I don’t know.”
The reason Sael was doing this was obvious. It was clear that he had placed a strange wish on the tree.
“What kind of wish did you wish for?”
“⋯Don’t ask.”
“In fact, I have already checked.”
“⋯!”
Because of Shael’s grip on my hand, I had no choice but to spit out the truth right away.
“It was a joke.”
After glaring at me once, Shael suddenly reaches out and points at her with her hand. It was a solution for Shael, who didn’t want to think about the wish anymore.
A cathedral with a size comparable to that of a town. Inside, there are many other buildings.
The one Sael pointed out was one of them. It was a splendid building whose purpose was unknown because of the Seongguk boasting a unique building style.
“⋯⋯.”
We went in without saying anything. Perhaps it would be correct to say that he was dragged in.
I entered the building as if it was decided, as if it were natural.
A chandelier hanging from the ceiling lights up the inside of the building even though no one is there.
Hyaan flowers symbolizing the Holy Land are placed one after another, and there are plenty of seats for a large number of people to enter.
There were also rows of blue candles to create an atmosphere.
‘⋯⋯A wedding hall.’
It was a very beautiful wedding hall. Thanks to the Blessing Meeting, no one seemed to be there.
After looking inside the wedding hall, she turned her head to Shael. Shael was still immersed in emotion.
I was appreciating Sael’s appearance like that, but I said it without my knowledge.
“I like this place.”
“I see.”
It seemed that Shael answered subconsciously like me. When she realized what she was saying, Shael gritted her teeth.
She thought that if she gave her time, she would get better, but strangely, as time passed, Shael’s face became more red.
“⋯⋯No way.”
“Why is that?”
As if Sael was going to question me, he clung closer. Shael opened her mouth while holding her arms as if to block her movement.
“⋯⋯ Wish.”
“⋯?”
“You didn’t read it…”
Shael, unable to complete her words, lowered her head. She is also shaking her body like a slender animal.
Why are you doing this all of a sudden? I want to ask, but…
If that happened, it seemed that Sael’s blushing face would never cool down, so she couldn’t. I led him holding the hand of Shael, who said he would move anywhere.
* * *
A lodging provided by Seongguk again. I wanted to walk more, but it was impossible.
I was worried about Shael’s blushing face after seeing the wedding hall.
So I wanted to let him rest. After Sael sat on her couch, she was going to make dessert for him.
So now was the time for Sael to be very happy. As expected, Shael glanced in my direction, expecting dessert.
Looked like they were asking me to bring dessert right away.
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Knock- Knock-
Unfortunately, however, Sael’s happy time was delayed because someone knocked on the door.
After leaving Shael, who was sighing, she opened the door.
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As soon as I opened the door, the first thing I saw was the head of the Baslet family’s butler, carrying a heavy-looking bag.
“Boss, I came as you said.”
Before coming to the blessing meeting, I asked the deacon, pondering over what I had asked him to do.
“Did you already have work?”
“⋯⋯Yes, a little too much.”
The butler held out the box. Starting with all sorts of papers, there are piles of letters that should have come to the Baslett family.
“Good job. Go now.”
After sending the butler, I put down the luggage he gave me. Duke Ezran hadn’t arrived at the Baslet family yet.
I heard that you have a lot of work as usual. I heard that he puts to rest the bad rumors about Shael.
So I deliberately asked the butler. In order to lighten the burden on Duke Ezran even a little, so that I can handle important tasks that only the Duke can do.
I wanted to spend a sweet time with Sael without anything happening, but Sael sleeps a lot anyway. She’ll be looking at the papers while Shael sleeps.
Shael tilted her head and asked.
“⋯⋯ What?”
“Something to do at night.”
“Let me help you.”
“It’s okay⋯⋯.”
Shael, who was rummaging through the box, not paying attention to my words, immediately picked up something from her.
Some letters were in Shael’s hands. I was going to make dessert or even dessert without using it.
A seemingly unusual letter catches your eye. It was a letter that was too focused on design to be a letter for office work.
Once I realized what the letter was, I sighed inwardly.
The Baslet family, a ducal family. Of course, it was a status that many young ladies would rush to.
Even though I’m engaged to Sael, rumors about my relationship with Sael won’t be good.
It was a letter sent to me by other noble ladies who were aiming for this.
Even if that were the case, it wouldn’t make sense to send me a letter like this.
I was already engaged to the son of the same duchy. Even though I was afraid of that fact, it was impossible to do such a thing.
Nevertheless, these letters came…
Some golden jade leaves who grew up as nobles had flower beds on their heads.
“⋯⋯ Make an excuse.”
Shael said, sending her cold eyes. It was a completely different situation from just before, when she blushed and couldn’t meet my gaze.