Episode 37
Under the evening sky with a purple glow. Martha stood there with her mouth shut.
She, who had become a stone statue until her vision turned into darkness, slowly raised her head.
“I couldn’t lose.”
Martha clenched her fists. No matter how much power he gave, his veins became red.
“I couldn’t lose to anyone until I found my mother… .”
I vowed never to lose until I reached my goal, but I lost. It’s also so cold.
Forcibly twisted my heart, lived with swearing, and was completely blown away without any reward in keeping my distance from people.
“Damn it!”
His adoptive father, Denier Sieghard, saw his talent and adopted him.
However, since he lost to Raon Sieghart, who is a collateral and one year younger than him, it was not expected what his father would do.
Denier was a gentle person, but there is a possibility that it was all acting. In the worst case, you will be kicked out.
‘no. Absolutely not.’
When that happens, the last hope of finding the mother disappears. I had to grab my pants and hang them.
“Whew… .”
“miss.”
Extremely nervous, Marta did not look back despite the call of her butler, Carmel.
“This is a letter from Denier.”
After hearing that Denier Sieghard had sent a letter, Martha’s head turned. Her black eyes fluttered like waves.
“Here it is.”
Martha swallowed dry saliva and opened the letter.
[Martha. Congratulations on your first defeat. Losing once doesn’t make your name a loser, so don’t worry too much. Just think about why you lost and how you lost countless times. That reflection will serve as a foundation for your future growth. I would like to go and comfort him in person, but the task is taking longer than I thought. I’m sorry I couldn’t go.]
There was no reproach or ridicule. It was a letter from a father who genuinely cared for his daughter.
[Your birth mother’s traces are still being searched. I didn’t give up, so don’t you give up either.]
Martha folded the stationery with trembling hands and put it in her pocket. I pressed my pockets tight as if checking my wallet.
“ha… .”
It was a letter that seemed to put the pieces of a broken heart back together. In particular, all the depression and anxiety that weighed on my shoulders because of the last sentence were gone.
“Tell your father that you will keep it in mind. really. I am really grateful.”
“All right.”
Carmel smiled softly and nodded.
“By the way, lady.”
“yes?”
“If you are concerned about obedience in a bet with Master Raon, there is a way to press the annex. If you use the power of your direct line, you can do it quietly… .”
“no. don’t do it.”
Martha shook her head resolutely. The black pearl-like eyes shone brightly unlike before.
“What is lost is what is lost. It was also tragic.”
He knew the reason for his defeat by Raon more clearly than anyone else.
‘It’s not that I’m distracted. I just lost.’
Raon cut his own sword using the auror. The swordsman lost his sword, so the fight ended there.
However, the same guy threw away his sword and gave up the second match with his fist.
It was clear that my father would be more disappointed if I showed shame on the person who fought like that.
“Even if you made a stupid promise, keeping it for the first time would be like Sieghard. Your father will tell you that too.”
“of course. Denier-sama would have said so.”
“I cannot disgrace him as a daughter.”
“sure.”
Carmel smiled, raising her mouth wide as if she was proud.
“camel. Do you have a knife?”
“there is. But why… .”
“Give me.”
“Here it is.”
Marta looked at the thin dagger Carmel had given her for a long time, then pulled it out of its sheath.
grasp!
He nodded as if he had made up his mind and cut the middle of his ebony hair resolutely.
“Ah, miss!”
“it’s okay. It’s just letting go of the stupid and filthy past.”
Marta smiled as her cut hair was blown away in the wind. Her smile shone like a snowflake.
“her… .”
Carmel blew a blunder as he hadn’t even thought of such a scene.
“Cancel the direct training tomorrow morning.”
“Yes? It’s not difficult to cancel, but what are you going to do… .”
“I have a place to go.”
Martha said so and went into the mansion.
Carmel nodded her head kindly as she watched Martha’s back as she entered the mansion.
* * *
Marta left the mansion immediately after training in the early morning on the last day of vacation.
I didn’t even eat breakfast, so I left Carmel and the maids to go to the west annex alone.
It was quite far, but the road was well paved, so there was no difficulty in finding the annex.
As we continued walking west, we saw a small house surrounded by a small garden.
‘Are you living there?’
Martha narrowed her eyes. It was incomparably small and shabby compared to the main building.
However, before he was adopted, the house was much smaller than that annex, so he didn’t feel much. I just thought so and walked into the garden.
‘Who is there?’
A blond boy was squatting in the flower bed, digging soil and planting flowers.
‘uh?’
Martha opened her eyes.
‘Raon Sieghard?’
I thought it was a servant, but it wasn’t. The guy planting the flowers was Raon Sieghardt, who gave him the first defeat.
Raon shook his hand as if he had found himself, and stood up.
“What’s going on?”
“… … .”
Marta did not answer, and stood in front of the flower bed that Raon had planted. The flowers looked healthy and lively because of the quick watering.
‘Did this guy have such a hobby?’
I thought he was not a child, but this is childish again, so I was a little embarrassed.
‘how will we do it.’
The reason Marta came to Raon today is simple.
rematch.
I listened to my father and thought about defeat, but I couldn’t remember how I lost.
I don’t know that, so I don’t know how big the skill gap was, or whether there was any way to fill it.
That is, I could not reflect.
So a rematch was necessary.
I wanted to know the difference in my skills by fighting Raon without a fever in my head.
“Whew… .”
Marta took a shaky breath and lifted her head. Looking into Raon’s eyes as calm as a lake, he opened his mouth carefully.
“I want to hang out with you again.”
“It’s a little ugly that you haven’t admitted defeat yet.”
“no. It’s not that I’m not acknowledging that I’ve worn it. I just don’t know how it happened. I came here to know that.”
“… … .”
Raon’s eyes twinkled briefly. He seemed to think it was surprising.
“Then what’s the price?”
“What?”
“If a loser wants to challenge the winner, shouldn’t he bring something?”
“Girl! Fighting doesn’t have to cost anything!”
“I need it.”
“Ugh… .”
Martha let out a groan as she went.
‘This is the point.’
Because of this point of never taking a loss, it felt like Raon was not a child.
“no? It’s difficult without it.”
Raon folded his arms as if he had no intention of fighting.
“Uh… .”
how will we do it. Biting his lip, he looked at Raon and saw the flower beneath him.
‘Should I step on it a little?’
It was clear that he cared for flowers when he looked at the flower bed at such a time. If you touch it a little and stimulate it, it may attack.
“You seem to like flowers that don’t suit you.”
Marta slowly moved her feet toward the flower bed.
“not really.”
Contrary to expectations, Raon shook his head as he tapped the seedling shovel.
“What?”
“I don’t like flowers, so I don’t know why I like them. I just polished it up a bit because of my mother.”
“… … .”
Marta, who was about to step on the flower bed, stopped.
“why? Don’t you step on it?”
Raon smiled softly as if he was aware of this side’s intentions, and shook his head.
“Damn it.”
Martha spit out a curse and stepped back. When I heard that the flower bed was being planted for my mother who likes flowers, I lost my heart to step on flowers.
“shit.”
As he was about to turn his back, the door of the annex opened and a beautiful woman with long blonde hair tied back ran out.
“Laon!”
“uh?”
Embarrassment was reflected in Raon’s eyes, which were as cold as ice.
“Uh, Mom.”
“I said I couldn’t see it, but I was taking care of the flower bed. But who is this friend?”
The woman’s eyes were curious.
‘Is this Sylvia Sieghardt?’
After leaving the family in search of the man she loves, she is a disgrace to the family who returns to save the child, and is called a salaried woman.
Is it because you had a similar experience?
To Marta, she didn’t get a paycheck, but only a mother who had courage for the child she loved.
“Chi, not friends, not anyone. Come in, I’ll clean it up.”
Raon stuttered on rare occasions.
“This friend is pretty. Black hair and black eyes? ah! You are Martha!”
Sylvia clapped her hands and smiled broadly.
“… … .”
Martha nodded her head without saying a word.
“I heard you had a fight with Raon, are there any injuries?”
You can tell because it was like the eyes of a nostalgic mother. Sylvia’s rosy eyes were really worried about her body.
“it’s okay.”
“I was worried, but I’m happy.”
Sylvia laughed lightly.
“I heard that Denier’s brother brought a gifted child, but that’s not all.”
She looked around her and said she was really pretty, she was so pretty.
“But what’s going on here?”
“I’m here to tell you something. It’s all over, I’ll go.”
It was time for Marta to nod her head again and go back.
gurgling.
After morning training, the cost of starving breakfast came.
“ah… .”
Martha’s face turned red. As I turned around and tried to run, something warm grabbed my wrist.
It was Sylvia. She smiled and shook her head and shook her hand.
“Go and eat.”
For some reason, Marta couldn’t shake off the thin hand.
* * *
What is this?
Raon looked at Marta who was sitting opposite her at the table and narrowed her eyes.
‘I don’t know.’
It is understandable that Sylvia told Marta to go eat after the navel clock rang. ‘Cause he’s such a good person
However, the scene where that crazy girl was dragged by Sylvia, sat down at the table, and waited patiently for food was an unexpected scene.
I cut my hair, and I think the color was also cut.
“Because Raon likes meat stew. That’s why we always have one stew on our table.”
“Ah yes.”
Sylvia smiled as if she was so happy, and Marta only replied with her head bowed as if embarrassed.
– What’s that girl doing now? You’re not that kind of person, are you?
‘I don’t even know what’s going on.’
It was the first time that such an unexpected situation had occurred since he was born into the Sieghard family.
Soon the meal came out. It was stew, roast beef, vegetables and hot bread.
“Are you one year older than Raon?”
“yes.”
“Isn’t there anything difficult during training?”
“Not much.”
Sylvia spoke to Marta while eating, and Marta answered questions frequently while eating.
‘her… .’
Raon tilted his head.
‘Why is he like that?’
Marta is a human being who comes out with cursing when someone talks to her. I never expected to see such a friendly face.
“Well… .”
Raon gulped the stew, not knowing whether the food was going into his mouth or his nose.
“We are really good at cooking, but the quality of meat is a bit inferior compared to the main building. Chew it well so you don’t get sloppy.”
“… … .”
At Sylvia’s advice, Marta’s hand, holding the fork, trembled.
She prepared to stop it because she might have a seizure, but she bowed her head and drank the meat again.
I don’t know people’s emotions, but she seemed to feel an unknown sadness and longing in her hands.
“I ate well.”
After such an awkward meal, Marta stood up.
“How did it taste?”
“It was delicious.”
“I’m glad. From now on, please be friendly with Raon.”
Sylvia waved to Marta at the door.
“yes.”
Marta gave a surprisingly normal answer and left the annex.
‘Really?’
It was obvious that he had come to filter the argument, but he couldn’t figure out why he suddenly behaved like that.
– What did you eat wrong?
‘Maybe.’
Human emotions are really difficult.
* * *
Marta bit her lip as soon as she left the annex. If it wasn’t, tears would come out right away.
Resembles.
Her face, hair color, clothes, and voice were different, but her rose-colored eyes resembled her missing mother.
So when she grabbed my wrist, I couldn’t shake it off.
Raon must have thought I was crazy.
It was the first time I’d seen his eyes flutter like that.
I was worried about going out late, but it was good to eat and go out. Sylvia’s friendly eyes and voice.
When I heard my mother nagging me the most to chew on it, I felt like I was really with her.
So, I wanted to find my mother even more.
‘White blood. 이 개새끼들.’
The people who kidnapped my mother are one of the Oma leukemias. Even if I kill all those fanatics, I will find my mother.
Martha went back to the main building, vowing again and again.
“Where have you been, Mrs. uh? Did you ever cry?”
Carmel, who was sweeping the door, widened her eyes.
“What are you talking about! Who is crying?”
Martha wiped her eyes and shook her head. I quickly opened the door and, without trying to enter the mansion, stick my head out.
“camel. Can you get me some good quality beef?”
“Beef? That’s all possible. But where are you going to use it?”
“Because it’s useful. Get it and put it in front of my room!”
As soon as Marta answered, she closed the door and ran up to the room.
“Huh.”
Carmel looked at him and smiled softly.
“I don’t know if you know that I look much better now.”
* * *
next day.
As soon as Raon finished his early morning practice, he headed to the dance studio. As usual, no one arrived.
I had a lot of headaches because of Marta, who came to me yesterday, but I decided to just think of it as a dog dream.
After relaxing his body lightly, he began training for the soft sword. As the sun rose, the children entered the dance floor one by one.
As I was swinging my sword while listening to the chatter of the trainees, all of the sounds suddenly went off.
Turning her head, Marta walked towards the wide open dance hall.
Perhaps because of the short haircut, the trainees looked at her with their mouths wide open.
“Raon Sieghard.”
Martha stopped in front of her.
“You can’t pick up the words that have flowed and keep them. I’m not going to call it a clumsy apology for what I’ve been arguing with.”
Her eyes were more calm than yesterday. It was like looking at a still lake.
“Instead, we keep our promises.”
“promise?”
“A promise made before the match that the loser will obey the winner.”
She said so and turned around. Looking into his eyes, he seemed to have completely accepted defeat.
‘It’s bigger than I thought… .’
She changed in such a short time, she was no ordinary vessel either. But I still don’t know why I ate yesterday.
“Why are you blocking the road? go away!”
As she tilted her head, Marta kicked Dorian, who was standing in front of him awkwardly.
“Ouch! I’m sorry.”
“Twitter.”
She clicked her tongue and returned to her usual seat.
Leon chuckled. It seemed that the only thing that had changed was his attitude towards himself.
‘Because they’re all just weird guys.’