âThat canât happen. Why is she here? No, my location shouldnât, wouldnât be discovered.â
âI know! Itâs a place where you shouldnât get caught!â
âEllie must have seen it wrong. How can Sister come to this island?â
âIâd love to think that, but Lady Charlizeâs appearance is too noticeable. Thereâs no beautiful lady with a mysterious black hair and golden eyes besides Lady Charlize.â
âAre you sure itâs Sister Charlize you saw?â
As soon as Tiaâs voice was over, Charlize quickly entered the old womanâs house and spoke from behind Tia.
âTia. Were you looking for me?â
At her question, Tia stopped treating the patient and turned her head.
Tiaâs face turned dark as soon as she saw Charlize.
Thus, Charlize finally found the original female protagonist who ran away.
It was a very difficult journey.
She had had a dogged humiliation to find her.
Charlizeâs mouth was smiling, but her eyes were cold.
Because she thought Tia wasnât just happy to see her.
***
Charlize, who thought that this was enough to reflect on her past memories, opened her tightly closed mouth to Tia, who was waiting for her reply.
âI had help. I found you thanks to that person who helped me. What a good helper.â
Tia was puzzled for a moment.
Charlize was a villain that everyone in the world hated.
But there was someone who approached her with a good heart�
There are people who donât dislike her?
Tia showed a strange expression.
Charlize smiled slightly at Tiaâs reaction.
âMy helper is not human. Heâs a demon, The Great Devil. He has enough power to find you.â
ââŠThe Devil? The Great Devil?â
Tiaâs brain stopped spinning for a moment due to Charlizeâs vain remarks, and then slowly began to work again.
âDevil, if thatâs Great Devil, isnât that the demon who was imprisoned in the underground prison of our house? How did Sister meet that Great Devil, and how did she sign a contract with it?â
Tia was full of questions.
âNo, how the hell did Sister even meet the Great Devil in the underground prison! No way, did Brother Eugene put her in the basement? Otherwise, it doesnât add up.â
Tia asked Charlize bluntly.
âSister, did Brother Eugene put you in the underground prison?â
Charlize answered with a smile.
âYes. A few months ago.â
ââŠâŠBrother Eugene locked you up in the underground prison where the Great Devil is?â
âYeah. Why are you surprised? Iâm good at making trouble. You know, Brother Eugene doesnât like me very much. Besides, there are not a few people who say you disappeared because of me. Itâs just my punishment.â
âWhy are you being punished?â
âBecause I made you run away. So thatâs why I have this question, why did you run away?â
Tia was choked with Charlizeâs question.
âWell, well.â
Tia repeated the words as she stammered and hesitated to say the reason.
Charlize sighed before encouraging her to speak.
âDonât tell me you ran away because of me. Then Iâll get punished again if I go back to the mansion.â
ââŠâŠyes.â
It was actually right in a way that Tia ran away because of Charlize.
However, it was difficult to give the exact reason in front of her.
Because Tia is worried that Charlize will suffer because of her.
Because sheâs scared.
Because she didnât want to see her loved one suffer in person.
It was a selfish act.
âSister, Iâm sorry.â
Tia held back the pouring tears and pulled Charlizeâs sleeve.
âSister. Stay with me. Iâll protect you here.â
âWhy would you protect me? I have someone else to protect me.â
âNo, it should be me whoâll protect you from now on.â
âOkay. Suit yourself. But, donât disappear from my side ever. Tia.â
Tiaâs heart began to beat like crazy at Charlizeâs careless words.
âYes, okay. From now on, I will continue to appear in my sisterâs view.â
âGood thought, Tia.â
Charlize was a little pleased with Tiaâs obedient response.
Actually, if Tia was scared of her or cried, she (Charlize) wondered if she (Tia) would run away again seeing her.
She didnât know whatâs going on, but she was just relieved that the original female protagonist was listening to her.
âEllie, we have to find Ellie.â
âWhy do you want to find her?â
âEllie is a kind girl. Sheâs the one who helped me escape from home.â
âSheâs the one who helped you run away? If they find out about Ellie, sheâll surely die.â
ââŠâŠEllie is not at fault. Sister, please help me protect her, okay?â
âThe sun has set. Itâs too late to search for her, Tia. Letâs look for her tomorrow.â
âBut.â
âAre you disobeying me now?â
Charlize asked and hugged Tia with a face that seemed to tempt her to listen to her.
Tiaâs heart pounded even faster and she was almost out of breath.
The thought of finding Ellie gradually disappeared, and only the hope that this heart would not be heard by her sister rose.
Itâs been a few months since she met the only person she liked, so the reaction was almost instinct.
Tia closed her eyes tightly as she melted in Charlizeâs arms and apologised to Ellie in her mind.
âIâll be sure to pick you up tomorrow, Ellie. I canât control my emotions right now because I met my sister. Iâm so sorry, Ellie.â
Tia was intoxicated by the scent of Charlize as she repeatedly apologised to Ellie.
âLetâs go to your place where youâre staying. Iâm sleepy, Tia.â
âYes, sister.â
âWeâll find Ellie when itâs bright tomorrow morning.â
ââŠâŠyes.â
Tia couldnât forget Charlize.
No matter how much she tried to forget Charlize while treating the patients on this sick island, she couldnât forget her.
She was longing for her.
âSister Charlize, I miss you. Heuk.â
âLady Tia?â
âEllie, I canât forget Sister. Never.â
âNo, Miss Tia. Iâm sure you can forget her.â
âHow can you forget someone you see when you close your eyes?â
ââŠbut you ran away from Lady Charlize.â
âWhatâs the point of running away? I think Iâm going crazy thinking about her all day.â
âYou managed to run away from Lady Charlize, so everything will be okay. Please donât cry, Miss Tia.â
Tia briefly recalled her days with Ellie while staying on the island of the sick.
She tried so hard to forget about Charlize.
But with her sister in front of her, all that effort went nowhere.
âI love you. I love you a lot. I canât forget my sister. Never. Ellie, I ended up with both hands and feet tied to my sister. Iâm sorry for the past events.â
Tia began to mourn for Ellie with a dark look on her face.
She was a child who worked hard for her happiness.
Tia still remembered her first meeting with Ellie vividly.
She was different from other maids.
âYou have a face that wants to run away somewhere. Just like me.â
How many maids say such things on their first meeting with their owners?
âNo, I donât think so.â
âYouâre so bold.â
âLady. Do you want to run away with me?â
âYouâre saying weird things. Arenât you afraid of my brothers?â
âThey arenât scary at all. They just look like you.â
âKeep talking if you want to be punished.â
âLady, would you like to go see the stars with me?â
âWhat?â
Tia thought she was a weird child.
A very strange child at that.
The first impression of Ellie looked like she was dying.
For some reason, she was attracted.
As a friend.
So when Tia was proposed by Ellie to run away for the first time, she thought she wanted to run away.
Like a fool.
âI missed you, sister.â
Tia escaped from the past and faced reality.
Itâs true that she ran away.
Itâs also true that she did something that would make everyone hate Charlize.
But.
She wanted Charlize to forgive her for everything.
Even this weak confidence.
âI missed you too, Tia.â
Charlize replied to Tiaâs words with equal genuinity.
Itâs true that she wanted to see Tia.
She missed her to death.
She has been looking for her for months, because she missed her only sister to death.
Yeah. Now with this original female lead back, she can get out of hell.
Charlize looked tired in Tiaâs arms.
âIâm tired. Will everything go back to normal now?â
Charlize had a little hope.
âSister, you can sleep in my room.â
âOkay.â
Charlize grabbed Tiaâs wrist and followed her.
***
It became dark very quickly.
The sick island grew louder at night.
Ahhhhhaha!
Ugh! Eueuk!
The sick patients were strangely more distressed at night.
Rather, it was quiet in the morning or day when the sun rose.
As if the pain had disappeared.
Harrison and John were looking for Charlize, smelling the disgusting scent around.
âUgh, the smell makes me dizzy.â
âYour Majesty, Iâm going to die.â
âYou, get off my back now.â
âBut I havenât restored my magic back yet.â
âIâm dying.â
âYour Majesty, indeed, is weak in the sense of smell.â
John, who came down from Harrisonâs back suddenly vomited.