114 – Scene 114# Redemption
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“Hey… .”
Wendy put down the newspaper and buried her face in the blanket.
How should I go to school from now on?
I couldn’t even raise my head in shame.
“Whoop whoop… . Celebrity is done.”
Bella watched as if she was having fun.
The newspaper on the bed had a picture of Tristan holding Wendy behind the flames.
A newspaper that did an exclusive report on his performance went a little too far.
Probably a pro-Luelberta newspaper. When Tristan became a member of Chilsung last time, this newspaper was the first to report on it.
Immediately after learning about the case, Bella read and re-read the newspaper article.
what a stupid man
The recklessness of jumping into an unknown barrier to save students.
A man must be the most foolish of all men.
How much more foolish is she to fall in love with such a man… .
Bella sighed inwardly. And he said in a calm voice.
“I’m glad it looks better than I thought. I was very worried.”
“Yes. It’s thanks to the Count.”
“I hope you recover quickly and see you at school. I also want to check Wendy’s swordsmanship skills.”
“Hee, hee… !?”
“just joke.”
Bella, who was laughing while covering her mouth with her hand, said as if she had suddenly remembered.
“By the way, is this the Count’s bedroom?”
“Yes… . The Count told me to sleep here until I get better… .”
“Huh… … .”
Bella scanned every nook and cranny of the bedroom.
Today was a day without classes, so I went to the count’s mansion to pay a visit. But unexpectedly, Wendy was recuperating in the Count’s bedroom.
Although completely unintentional, Bella gets to see Tristan’s bedroom.
“Be extravagant… .”
That was my first impression.
I knew it because it was Bella who lived an extravagant life as a child.
Not a single thing here is cheap.
Maybe the most expensive bedroom in the world.
Tristan’s bedroom was quite spacious.
Various works of art were nicely arranged in that large area.
It was nothing more than Tristan’s luxurious decoration in the original story, but Bella had no way of knowing about it.
‘The bad mind to show off with money is still the same.’
Bella looked around the bedroom and stopped in front of the wall where the paintings were hanging.
Her eyes narrowed at the sight of ‘the painting’.
From an artistic point of view, it was a very good picture.
A scene of beautiful women playing in the field drawn in hyperrealism was put in the frame.
The painting was flawless in terms of color and composition.
One peculiarity is the fact that all the women are naked.
“… … low quality.”
Bella magically turned the picture over and hung it on the wall.
To hang such a lewd picture in the bedroom.
I really don’t know what happened to my hair.
When I turned one over, there were not one or two pictures that bothered me.
Bella flicked her hand and began flipping through the pictures she didn’t like, one by one.
I flipped the picture showing the naked body.
The picture showing the breastbone was turned upside down.
Upside down picture wearing a short skirt.
I turned the untidy picture upside down.
I turned the picture of a woman upside down.
When I woke up, most of the pictures were upside down.
Wendy, who watched the whole process, cautiously called her.
“Yeah… . princess? Are you okay?”
“Hmmm… . The Count doesn’t know how to draw. I had no choice but to select only good pictures instead. Anyway, that’s it.”
“Is that so… ?”
Suddenly coming to her senses, Bella cleared her throat and went to Wendy’s bed.
“… Looking at it, it is an unnecessarily large bed. How big is the bed you sleep in alone? .”
It was a large bed that was too large to be seen in the market.
Bella sneakily lay down next to Wendy.
“Indeed, this should be enough for two people to sleep.”
“Yes, yes. I think it’s really big! Enough for one or four people to sleep!”
“Four… ?”
Bella flinched at those words.
They criticized it as a waste of money, but in fact, Tristan always spent for a reason.
Besides, I’ve heard that the male race certainly has such a fantasy.
So it wasn’t entirely possible.
I muttered, not realizing that Bella’s lips were pouting.
“Huh… … . Maybe they use a big bed for that. Is he a man too? anyway… .”
“Yes… ?”
“No. It’s okay if we, Miss Wendy, don’t know anything. It’s okay.”
“Hick?!”
After saying that, Bella hugged Wendy and lay down.
It was a very soft bed.
Tristan’s bed was the most comfortable she could ever imagine.
And the faint smell of pillows and blankets.
“It’s really nice… .”
Bella murmured blankly without even realizing it.
If I hadn’t hugged Wendy, I might have noticed her loose expression.
In that arms, Wendy was at a loss.
“Hey, princess… .”
“Shh. When we were alone, I called her older sister.”
“Ugh… Uh, sister.”
“Right. Be good. be nice Our Wendy… . Please stay like this for a while.”
Wendy nodded obediently.
It was so lovely that Bella imagined it for a moment.
‘If we get married someday… .’
When you wake up in the morning, you will be the first to see his sleeping face in this bed.
You can whisper good morning in his sleeping ear.
Then he will kiss her with a dirty face.
Just thinking about it brought a smile to my lips.
And how nice it would be to give birth to such a cute daughter and live comfortably.
‘no… .’
Bella knew.
The fact that such a future can never come as it is now.
When Tristan rescued her from kidnapping, he confided in her what he had been hiding.
Those who inherit the blood of Ruelberta cannot escape the curse of being innately incapable of magic.
He said that he could not marry even in order to break the curse of Ruelberta that was passed on from generation to generation.
To that, Bella couldn’t answer.
But… … .
‘How can a man who has no intention of marrying propose so romantically… .’
Bella was heartbroken.
It reminded me of Tristan, who said he would stop the curse from passing on. Because of his sad voice. It reminded me of his lonely back.
And that day, when Bella’s lips touched her lips, she remembered Tristan’s complex expression.
Tristan was clearly agitated.
In the end, her heart was shaken by her romance.
That’s enough.
Lying on Tristan’s bed, Bella thought.
What she had to do was now clear.
He had to face the fate that separated him and her.
He had to face the curse of Ruelberta.
‘I have to break the curse on him.’
Just as Tristan rescued Bella, this time she will rescue him from the darkness.
I will never let go of his hand
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“It is time to go back. miss.”
When Blanche opened the bedroom door, there was no answer.
“miss… ?”
When I looked around, Wendy and Bella were asleep in bed.
The two people who were sleeping looked so peaceful.
She thought for a moment.
It was the scheduled time, but the Count showed no signs of returning home from school.
There will still be a lot of work to do at school.
Then it wouldn’t matter if I left the two of them alone for a little longer.
Blanche left the bedroom and shut the door silently.
It was right after that that she opened her mouth.
“… What do you want me to do?”
The hallway of the Ruelberta Mansion where the sun is slowly setting.
Only Blanche and her shadow stood there.
“I know what’s hiding there. Come out.”
“… Excuse me.”
As Blanche took a step back, a figure emerged from her shadow.
Upon recognizing the identity of the figure, Blanche’s eyes shook.
“… Is it a black dog?”
“Yes.”
What appeared before Blanche’s eyes was a man wearing Aslan’s uniform.
However, he was wearing a wolf mask, not a lion mask, which is the symbol of Aslan.
There were those in charge of assassination and clandestine work in Aslan, the private army group of the Ruelberta family. Commonly known black dog.
It was the place where none other than Blanche stayed for the longest time as an assassin in Ruelberta.
However, I never imagined that it would still be in good health.
The black dog, whose face was covered, opened his mouth, whether he knew what Blanche was thinking or not.
“I’m here to deliver the Count’s message.”
“message… ?”
“It is.”
“… !”
Blanche couldn’t help but be surprised again.
The voice that came out of the black dog’s mouth sounded exactly like Tristan’s.
However, I realized that it was just mimicking his voice with magic.
“Did you say work… ?”
At Blanche’s question, the black dog nodded.
And Tristan’s voice, seemingly devoid of emotion, notified Blanche.
“It is time to pay off the debt.”