87 – Evil Woman
As I was riding my horse, I felt a pleasant scent. Flowers blooming brightly in the wide plain.
Then I remembered Shael. To be precise, it was Sael’s bad taste.
To trample on pretty flowers. Considering that the bad taste continued even in the Holy Land, it was necessary to fix it quickly.
“⋯⋯I’m hungry.”
Shael felt hungry from behind and asked her to rest.
She got off her horse, holding Shael in her arms. She probably didn’t mean to this time, but she was Shael, who trampled the flowers carelessly.
“Why are you stepping on a flower?”
“I didn’t step on it, there was a flower where I put my foot.”
Isn’t that what it is?
She was, of course, a Shael with an amazing way of thinking. I barely opened her mouth to refute Shael’s words.
“Even if it wasn’t now, didn’t you trample the flowers whenever you saw them?”
Shael confidently nodded her head. She was not taken aback by the audacity. Because I was well aware of her Shael’s brazenness.
I was just saying things so that I could convince Sael.
“Look at the flowers blooming everywhere. How pretty are you? Not only does it look good, but it also smells good.”
“Pretty?”
Shael questioned my words. It must be a common notion that flowers are pretty.
Could it be that even the flowers seemed disgusting to Shael, who has a unique taste?
Fortunately, that wasn’t the reason Sael had been asking. Rather, it was a problem that it was a more serious reason.
This was evident from Sael’s dissatisfied words that followed.
“I don’t think you’ve ever complimented me like that before?”
“⋯⋯ Did you say compliment?”
Shael’s unexpected words. He was talking about flowers, but it was hard to understand what he was talking about. So, it wasn’t long before I was able to guess what Shael was thinking.
‘Is it a problem that I told the flowers they were pretty?’
Then it was severe. After confirming each other’s hearts, we’ve been expressing our affection…
I can’t control Sael’s desire for me. Still, it was a real laugh.
I was happy that Sael was jealous over trivial things.
It must mean that the love for me has grown that much.
“Why are you silent?”
Shael’s bloody voice calmed my excited heart. Before I could answer, Shael added.
“I’ve been with you for a long time and I don’t have anything, and the flowers I saw for the first time today are so beautiful do you come out with admiration?”
“No… It’s just flowers. Absolutely no intention.”
It was a reflexive excuse. Of course, that was only for a moment. She couldn’t help but stop her words at the sight of Shael’s eyes.
But when I think about it, what Shael said was true. Maybe it was in the past, but recently, he hadn’t complimented Shael on how pretty he was.
At most, all I said was cute.
I told Shael, who was waiting for my words, to make an excuse.
“You are very pretty.”
“⋯⋯Come now.”
“⋯I don’t bother to mention the obvious facts.”
I said the excuse I could barely come up with. Shael, who had been glancing at me, nodded her head as if she had achieved her goal.
Then Shael naturally took my magic bag and started eating dessert.
Then I felt the occasional birdsong gradually approaching.
After crushing the bread, they handed it out little by little. Naturally, she could feel Shael’s grim gaze beside her.
Well, it was Shael who always interrupted the birds when they were playing cutely. She was deprived of her dessert, so she couldn’t be happier.
She said, handing Shael a basket of crushed bread crumbs.
“Would you like to try some?”
Shael handed over her basket. She watched the birds for a while, but ⋯⋯.
I could see my mistake right away. Because something similar happened before.
The same thing happened. The basket he gave to Sael was empty before he knew it.
For me to make the same mistake.
Before she could open her mouth, she heard Shael’s excuse. It was an excuse mixed with obvious lies.
“I gave it to the birds.”
“Is that so?”
Then, what exactly is the bread crumbs on your mouth?
She didn’t put that question in her mouth. Because the answer was obvious.
I just looked at Shael, who kept making excuses.
“There was a pretty bird.”
A pretty bird. Could it be that he compared himself to a pretty bird?
After that excuse, Shael, who was dyeing her cheeks bright red, came into her eyes, probably reminding her of the compliment I gave her a little while ago.
It felt very cute.
Next, I noticed the bread crumbs on Shael’s mouth.
I said as I approached Shael, holding back the laughter that was about to leak out.
“A pretty bird is right, but…”
“⋯?”
While removing the bread crumbs from Sael’s Volga.
“⋯⋯A cute baby bird that can’t be painted would be more suitable.”
“⋯!”
Sael blushed as if she understood the meaning of the sentence I said.
Until Sael reached her dressing room, she had to spend time with her bright red face.
* * *
After stopping to rest, move and move. She finally arrived at her destination, the dressing room.
It was a dressing room recommended by one of the Baslet family’s knights.
Moreover, it is a dressing room where the high-ranking owner is a hobby. So it was safe to say that there were many clothes of good workmanship.
Shael complained as soon as he saw her dressing room.
“⋯⋯ Is too shabby.”
“It’s better than a fancy dressing room. I heard that she is the mother of Duke Prell and Duke Bennon, so she should be polite.”
I heard that because of her eccentric personality, she lives alone in a dressing room.
I’m sure he’s old, but I’ve heard that he possesses excellent military power, befitting the blood of a duke, and doesn’t even have an escort.
I entered the dressing room. To be honest, the interior wasn’t that good either.
Still, the size was quite wide. As expected of a dressing room with good rumors, there were many luxurious clothes at a glance.
“The atmosphere is gloomy. I’d rather go to an abandoned house.”
That’s what Shael said while coming closer.
Since she was Sael who had lived in Azbel’s family all this time, she must have felt that way, but she did. Actually, it was true that the atmosphere was gloomy.
“⋯⋯.”
I could feel the presence next to me. An elderly woman was getting up on her cane.
She was an old man with ferocious eyes. As rumor has it, an old man with an eccentric personality.
“⋯⋯ It’s shabby. Did you say it would be better to go to an abandoned house?”
“⋯.”
“⋯⋯Tsk.”
I heard Sael’s words, which the owner must have felt rude.
I thought that Shael’s words weren’t very good, so she couldn’t say anything. She just thinks that she will have to correct Sael’s words someday.
In addition, I shouldn’t increase my enemies from the start. Even though he was living alone in a dressing room, the owner was the blood of the Duke Prell family.
Considering the soon-to-be social gatherings and imperial festivals, it was important to build a close relationship with the Duke of Prell.
For now, I opened my mouth. I needed to apologize for Shael’s rudeness.
“I’m sorry for being rude. There was no intent to belittle.”
“I think this guy is nice…. You met the wrong mate completely.”
The owner, who had said that, turned around. As if they wouldn’t sell us costumes.
Thump!
“⋯⋯ Sea Pearl!”
It was a bonus to hit the stupid desk next to it with flashy profanity. As expected, it was a strong force.
At most, the desk cracked with a punch. Then, he flinched and left the place.
Personality, he’s eccentric. It was an intensity that was inappropriate for its age. Sometimes the rumors are just right. I can understand why he is running a dressing room by himself.
Still, I didn’t want to give up. Even the clothes that I saw roughly were only very well-worked ones.
The most noteworthy among them was the dress. If the owner made Sael’s dress, there would be no happier thing than that.
Shael was the first to commit the rudeness, so she really wanted to apologize.
So I tried to talk to Shael first. But before that, the first thing I heard was Shael’s voice.
“⋯⋯ Shall we go somewhere else?”
“⋯?”
Of course, I thought he would spit out a series of complaints about the owner. But Sael didn’t complain, she said that.
When Shael, trembling with fear, came into her eyes, she was able to recognize the situation.
“Are you scared?”
“⋯⋯It can’t be.”
Anyway, it seems right. Shael was feeling scared.
It was funny. She yelled at her a few times and told the owner that she felt scared.
But on second thought, she deserved it. Shael was not used to this.
She was Shael who grew up with a forbidden jade leaf. Even when I cursed at her, she couldn’t do anything about it, and she was abusive.
“Let’s go.”
Seeing this made me laugh.
Is this the Shael who ⋯⋯ had a personality like that villainess?
I don’t know. In my eyes, there was only one cute princess.