154 – Hwangseong (5)
A few minutes ago, my senior was here.
Livia stood blankly where Leonhard was.
‘Senior….’
I gently place Leonhard’s hand on the back of my hand, which had been caressing me.
Now, the warmth of that moment has long since completely disappeared.
The words he whispered while his hand was still completely covering mine still lingered in my ears.
‘I’m thinking about it. Then, if something happens, I use the shadow.’
After saying that, the senior left.
He wanted to go with him too.
Consolation is too much.
Using shadows probably means using magical beasts.
But I am not happy even if I go to see my senior using demonic beasts made of shadows.
Unlike before, Livia was more comfortable and happy to draw herself and her seniors without her mask.
So…
“Yes… “Tsk!”
Livia came to her senses when she heard the voice of a girl who seemed to be using her powers.
Looking in the direction from which the sound was heard, Nias was unpacking her luggage little by little.
“Do you want me to help you?”
Nias looked back at Livia and her eyes widened.
Then she smiled brightly and slowly shook her head.
Then, her long, black, voluminous hair moved softly as she nodded.
“Earlier, the master told me not to unpack too much just yet. It might be gone soon. “I will do the chores, so you can get some rest, Livia!”
“Still, if you have anything to do, I’ll help you out a little.”
“Really rest! Are you okay! “I don’t have much to do, and I don’t want to sit still.”
Black eyes that move quickly and energetically even though they are large. A pink blush appears on the white cheeks.
Every movement of the small body is lively and cute, like a newly bloomed flower.
‘It’s cute. The more I look at her, the more I understand why my senior keeps her by his side.’
She is not a fake that can be barely created by wearing a mask like herself, but real loveliness.
When my senior looks at that child, I deeply feel why she has such warm eyes.
Livia smiled slightly.
So she tricked herself into turning her eyes away from the dark outpouring of emotion that welled up beneath her chest.
‘She decided to be a good girl.’
Good boy.
A child who does not cause trouble to his or her seniors and does not rebel.
‘If this continues, she will never be loved by her senior.’
Livia also internally criticized herself for her bad thoughts. She
While she thought that she could become a senior person, at least she should be a good child.
After wandering aimlessly around the large room for a while, Livia jumped into the cloud-like bed that seemed to bury her body as soon as she lay down.
Her body became relaxed. Nias’ small humming sound was heard softly in my ears.
It was the first feeling of complete boredom she had felt in a long time.
At first, she just wanted to remain blank, but at some point she remembered the back of her senior walking with Yuria. Even though she tried not to think, she kept thinking about it, as if she was abusing herself.
“Senior….”
Her heart became heavy.
It would be nice to have her next to her senior.
I’m still jealous and it bothers me.
Even though she knew it was an inevitable feeling, her heart ached.
She still feels like she hasn’t been a good child.
Even though she made that promise while pouring out her tears.
“I’m a liar.”
Livia curled up on her bed in her distress.
I want to be loved as much as I love you.
Instead of facing her cold face and scolding her, her body trembled.
I felt lonely all the time we were not together.
The position of her heart and her face narrowed so that the sound of her own heart could be heard beating.
This sound sounds much faster when in contact with her senior’s hand.
As if her body had become a large heart and was beating. She beats with her senior’s heart.
That sound of hers was now her own, her own, and only her own.
‘What should I do?’
Emotions were gathering and turning into a deep lake.
The lake was so black and murky that once she fell into it, she could not resurface.
That was when only Leonhard began to fill my mind.
It was then that she realized that she was holding something in her own hands.
“This…” ?”
It was a small piece of paper made of a mysterious material.
Unable to figure out why this was in her own hands, Livia just stared at her paper blankly.
Then, suddenly, a familiar scent passed her nose.
‘Oh, the smell of my senior’s perfume.’
Livia inhaled the scent on her paper.
Although it was only for a moment, a part of her heart felt filled.
But why was this in my hand? It must have been given to her by her senior….
At that time, she suddenly remembered what her senior had said.
If something happens, she said to use a shadow. What could this be?
Livia used her shadow powers slightly to cover her paper with shadows.
Then, surprisingly, glowing letters written in Leonhardt’s elegant handwriting appeared on the paper.
‘A secret note that a senior left me?’
Livia read her note in one go, filled with anticipation.
And soon, she sighed.
Why did she bother to accompany herself to the imperial castle? This was the reason.
It was different from what I expected, but if it can be of use to my senior, that’s enough.
That moment.
Knock knock.
The sound of someone urgently knocking on the door.
Livia reflexively raised her head and looked toward her door.
Boom!
Unable to endure that moment, those on the other side of the door knocked on the door more harshly.
“Yes. Wait a minute!”
Nias, who was busy with her work, walked to the door, shaking her hands.
Livia urgently blocked Nias’s path.
“Uh, why, why are you doing that?”
“You can’t go out.”
Nias froze and stopped with a puzzled look on his face.
The next moment, Nias also realized something and slowly backed away, holding her breath.
“Are you the enemy?”
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As expected, compared to his impressions, he seems to be relatively quick to notice.
I feel strangely cool-headed.
Does the senior like this side of this child more?
Anyway, I’m thinking about you again.
Livia felt like she was getting sick of herself.
Now was the time to move her body faster than thinking like this.
“Then where…” .? Shall we go to the bar or balcony?”
Nias said, gesturing towards the glass door leading to her hurried balcony.
I guess the cool-headed feeling was an illusion.
“No. If you go that way, you’ll most likely get caught. “You can see our movements from all directions.”
Livia shook her head.
There are already more than three strong people knocking on the door from outside.
“Well, then what should I do?”
“Wait a minute, shut up. “I know you’re scared.”
Livia advised the girl who flinched every time the sound of her door became stronger.
They also seemed to have sensed something suspicious and were trying to break down the door.
It seemed like there wouldn’t be even a second to spare.
“There is a method my senior told me about. “Let’s just do it.”
As soon as she said that Leonhard had told her, Nias’ face, which had been cowering like a scared puppy, brightened.
“Yes! Okay!”
She answered vigorously, muffling Nias’s voice.
“So, where’s the pen?”
“A pen?”
Livia couldn’t help but let out a small laugh at her cute expression full of confusion.
**
Red blood reflected in two beautiful eyes that seemed to be made of hardened sparkling sea water.
Leonhardt was injured.
Blood was pouring out of his abdomen, and he was collapsing.
Yuria tried to make sense of this situation with her fuzzy mind.
Perhaps it was due to her efforts or her shock, but unfortunately, the fog in her head began to clear up a little.
Then, things came rushing in that I couldn’t handle.
The only person he could rely on in this world, someone stronger than anyone he knew, had fallen.
He is a person who has surrendered everything. He was the person who finally made it possible for me to not be alone in my lonely life. He was the one who had promised not to leave.
His body temperature still remained warm in his hands.
He couldn’t breathe. So he couldn’t even scream.
I suddenly became extremely frustrated, as if something was blocking me from down there.
“Ha… Tsk….”
The sound of her panting was loud along with the sound of her heart.
Her head is dizzy. It felt like cold heat was spreading through my heart and throughout my body.
“I guess they didn’t kill him like they said.”
The emperor’s voice rang out as if from somewhere far, far away.
“Yes. I did as you commanded. However, in my humble opinion, executing this boy’s name and burying him would be a clean solution. “If Duke Dainhart finds out about this, he will be very angry.”
A cold man’s voice is heard among the sounds.
“I kept them alive because they were all useful.”
Yuria could barely understand the conversation with her dizzy and dull mind.
‘… ‘Are you alive?’
It was true.
Leonhardt’s chest was rising and falling irregularly.
Only then did Yuria barely manage to catch her breath again, accompanied by her dry cough that made her cough.
Slowly, the situation began to make sense.
It was truly the first time in a very long time.
“Okay. “Now I can make it right.”
Emperor, Gaian Lordmas.
Yuria The circumstances under which her father ordered that gray-haired man were clear.
And he was walking towards the fallen Leonhard.
Her bad premonition made even the fur on her body stand on end.
“Ha. Yuria. “There’s not enough etiquette training.”
Before Yuria knew it, she was blocking Gaien’s path without realizing it.
‘I’m doing something stupid.’
I was so scared even to make eye contact. I have no power.
It was a stupid thing to do. My thin legs and arms were shaking like aspen trees.
I knew that I had to get out of the way.
If you go against the emperor’s will and incur hatred, you will no longer be able to live in this empire.
Her mother knew that.
So she just kept her mouth shut, became a virtuous woman, and accepted her life as death in the imperial castle.
Before Yuria became like her mother, she ran away from the imperial castle. Because she was afraid of that life.
So, Yuria knew well that she should not go against his will.
“I don’t like poetry. “Abama.”
But the small voice that barely escaped his lips betrayed his own reason.
Even Yuria herself couldn’t figure out how the words came out of her throat.