Chapter 14. Toward the destination (6)
Ludwig, who returned to his home after a long absence, was unpacking his luggage in his room when a belatedly familiar woman knocked on the door and appeared.
“Are you back, Master?”
Paula, who came in with light blue hair, bowed deeply and greeted the owner, whom she hadn’t seen in a while.
It’s been quite a while since the title she used to call Ludwig was promoted from ‘master’ to ‘master’, but since then I haven’t seen her at all, so I’m still not familiar with it.
Ludwig, who was in the middle of organizing his luggage, accepted the greeting without paying attention.
This item is here, the clothes are here… The more I cleaned it up, the more I felt like my luggage was pouring out.
“yes. Did you take a break while I was away?”
“I do not know. By my standards, it seems rather busy.”
I don’t know how it is as expected.
They say there is no better time to rest than when the owner is not around.
“You are you too.”
“Thank you for the compliment.”
“It’s not a compliment.”
It’s still shameless.
Ludwig laughed at the unchanging appearance of the seed, whether in a good or bad meaning, and finished organizing all the remaining luggage.
Paula scolded him for doing what he would do if he left it belatedly, but he shrugged and lightly covered it up.
It was a trick that had stuck with her over the years and had been mastered.
“Anyway, I’ll save you. I didn’t know that my master would welcome his wife so soon, so I feel new.”
“I didn’t know either. I guess that’s why I can’t know the future when it comes to dealing with people.”
“The owner too. You still say things like an old man who has lived through the world.”
Cook Cook.
Paula burst into a small laugh and started preparing tea with the items she had packed on the trolley.
I could have predicted that the owner, exhausted from travel, would find the car right away.
“It smells good. What car is it?”
As the tea leaves soaked in warm water began to play a fragrant song, Ludwig’s face brightened at once.
After all, one eye is fast. This is why he was a seed that could not be hated.
“Hariera is a tea leaf. I think it’s probably a species that the master wouldn’t talk about very much.”
“That’s right. It’s a name I’ve never heard of.”
It was a tea leaf that even Emilia, who knew pretty much everything about tea, had never heard of.
Maybe it’s because I haven’t experienced drinking together.
If you get a chance today, it would be okay to ask a question.
“It looks like you’re only thinking about your lover.”
“How do you know?”
Even if Amman himself is not good at hiding his emotions, he won’t show on his face until he thinks of who he is.
This was already closer to the realm of mind-reading than sharp eyes.
“You can tell just by looking at his face. Because there is time to bring the master.”
Paula smiles mischievously at the owner, who opens her mouth, and pours the tea into a cup with skillful hands.
At that, Ludwig shook his head as if he had no more power to be surprised, approached the chair and sat down.
“How are you feeling, master? Even though the date has not been set, I am curious about how you feel about becoming a body that is about to get married soon.”
“Well. It doesn’t feel particularly new.”
“It means that marriage is not very desirable… … ?”
“Yumma, listen to what people say.”
Ludwig’s head swelled with tendons at the action of the servant, who immediately tried to eat the master just because he said one wrong word.
I want to know what kind of seed it is.
After changing the title, I wondered if they would try to match it now, but somehow it feels like it has gotten worse.
“Just what can I say… I feel like I’m just walking the path I’m supposed to be on. I’m delighted, of course, but I have to say I’m not surprised.”
“You mean that you had marriage with Lady Emilia in mind from the beginning.”
“Of course. Is there anything more irresponsible than becoming a lover without thinking about the rest of your life?”
Even though I wasn’t proud of anything, at least I wanted to be responsible for that person if I became someone’s lover in the future.
It is Ludwig who has kept such an insignificant promise.
Perhaps he was worried about marriage before Emilia did.
Maybe that’s why, when I proposed marriage this time, even when the marriage was decided, I was less nervous than I thought.
If there was one thing I was worried about, it would have been her refusal, but I wasn’t worried about proposing.
“The lady who was reading the letter not too long ago cried very sadly. From what I heard at first glance, he said that he was very proud of his master.”
“Is there something you could be proud of?”
It was a self-talk that came out of curiosity, not because I was particularly humble, but because I wondered if there was something to be really proud of.
At that, Paula smiled as if she didn’t know and filled the empty teacup with black tea again.
Ludwig invited her to drink with her, but she shook her head lightly and silently immersed herself in her work.
‘It’s good.’
Although it is a tea leaf that I do not enjoy often, I was able to enjoy the feeling that I had returned home for the first time as I was slowly tilting my teacup in the room.
The Bayemurn family’s mansion was luxurious and the family members treated him comfortably, but he couldn’t come close to the house.
Ludwig enjoyed a real leisure for the first time in a while and had a conversation with the servant.
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A rather late evening.
The members of the Bayemurn family and the Eifretz family, who had finished their travels in their respective rooms, gathered together.
It was nominally a meeting ceremony, but in reality it was just a modest meal between the members of the two families who had met after a long time.
There had been several exchanges between the families before, and the owners of the two families were not trivial people who looked out for the interests of the family.
After the meal in a friendly atmosphere, they gathered again in the drawing room and had time.
The head of each family had a simple drinking party, saying that men can only have honest conversations with alcohol, and the rest of the women gathered in the corner and had a tea time.
“Anyway, you have a really good son, Sir Carol.”
“You’re saying all sorts of things. I am sorry that I am not enough to stand by a talented woman like your daughter.”
“It’s not enough. You don’t even know how much my daughter speaks like a habit.”
“Heh heh, what did you say?”
Around the time the warm conversation between the heads of each family gave each other gold, but was not excessive, Ludwig’s silent screams echoed among the women on one side.
The alcohol was not very strong, and I came here because I thought it would be comfortable to be among the family heads, and this place also had its own difficulties.
“I’m sorry, Ludwig. It’s hard too… ? My mother must be in a good mood today.”
“no. It’s nice to see that you’re in a good mood.”
Not surprisingly, Yulia’s voice as she conversed with Diana was an octave higher than usual.
The fact that she always maintains the utmost modesty in front of others and does not have the time to do so must mean that she is in a state of being reminded to the extent that she cannot control herself.
In any case, it was better than the heavy and gloomy atmosphere, so Ludwig readily participated in the conversation even while smiling bitterly.
‘No matter how easy it is.’
He also likes to talk with others, but it was not so difficult to have a conversation with the women.
The good news is that Tanya isn’t here.
If she had been there, it was clear that his mind and body would have sunk right away.
‘Well?’
While conversing with the women, Ludwig found that Emilia was a little confused and could not participate in the conversation.
Should I hesitate a bit? It seemed awkward to keep looking away.
“Emilia, are you okay?”
“Yeah? Oh, that’s… … .”
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Judging from the fact that he averted his gaze, there seemed to be something uncomfortable about him.
But I couldn’t figure out why I couldn’t speak.
I wonder if there is still something inside that I haven’t been able to say.
I learned most of the things about her through her diary, so there’s no particular corner to point out… … .
‘ah.’
Ludwig, who was continuing his thoughts, let out an exclamation that he couldn’t bear to let out.
Why didn’t I think of that before? which is the most important fact.
Only then did Ludwig follow her eyes and notice what was at the end of her gaze.
It was. If you think about it, it was only that she was able to open up about herself and live with others, and the change did not come to her eyes that she thought was a curse.
In her eyes, there must still be a lump peeking out over the heads of others.
I couldn’t go without looking at it.
It is a person who has eyes that can recognize the emotions of others, and who has had them longer than before.
Asking someone like that to live as if he never had eyes like that in the first place was no different than forcing someone who had been living with both arms to live without using them.
‘I’ll have to come up with a solution.’
At least until the wedding ceremony for eternal vows.
It was Ludwig who somehow promised to relieve her of all the burdens accumulated in her heart and give her a fresh start.