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Chapter 69
[Renée’s POV]
He sat as if he were lying down in the dark, not even moving. I listened intently, heard his breathing, and frowned in wonder.
‘Are you really sick?’
From the moment I saw him in the audience room, he looked sick. If it’s been going on since then, he must be suffering from a terrible cold now.
If so, it seemed inappropriate to talk to him, so I had no choice but to go back, but strangely, my steps did not fall easily.
‘It hurt like that when I received a penalty too.’
I still had Reden by my side, but let alone someone else, Diwen wasn’t in a comfortable place.
Heronimo is a cold area, is it really okay?
Thinking that far, I realized that he wasn’t wearing a thick coat.
‘What if you go to Heronimo in this state and the cold gets worse, so why are you only wearing that?’
I was wondering if there was an overcoat nearby, and I noticed a robe hanging on the wall of the wagon.
I was worried about going back like this, so I immediately got into the wagon and pulled out the robe.
And I slowly approach him.
“If you’re going to nag me, go away.”
Diwen, who was breathing softly with his arms crossed, spoke quite sharply.
‘Uwaa.. his voice is so hoarse.’
I didn’t feel anything outside a while ago. But now it was very low, like an animal growling.
‘I think it’s nice to hear.’
After thinking about it casually, I scolded myself for what I was thinking about a sick person and approached him without hesitation.
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“Damn it… I’m not sleeping. Go away.”
Then Diwen is very sharp again.
As my eyes became accustomed to the darkness, I began to see more clearly. He had his eyes closed. In other words, he doesn’t know who I am.
Do you know I’m not Zion?
Surely he didn’t growl like that even though he knew it was me? If that’s the case, I might be a little hurt.
A little bit, a little bit after the Horenne House incident! It seemed like we were getting closer.
‘But why are you avoiding me, you bastard?’
I grumbled inwardly, deliberately did not answer his words, and strode forward.
As soon as I approached, I quickly covered his body with a robe and sat down next to him before he could react.
“What…”
Diwen opened his eyes without loosening his eyebrows.
The glittering eyes in the darkness, those eyes turned forward and slowly rolled towards me.
As soon as I met those eyes, I said one thing.
“Hello, Diwen.”
“…….”
He did not respond, probably because he was late in grasping the situation. He stared at me as if he were observing, and took his back off bundles of luggage.
It was obvious. He was trying to move away to avoid me.
Knowing that, I quickly grabbed him by the shoulder and put my leg on his leg.
“Ugh.”
He tried to get up, but he shook his head as if his head was ringing from the shock of sitting down again because of me.
I was a little sorry about that, but I feel unfair too. Why are you avoiding me?
Did I do anything wrong when I met him in front of the palace on the night of the Horrenne House incident?
No matter how much I tried to think about it, it was blurry as if it was cloudy because of the penalty at the time.
“What are you doing.”
While I was recalling what happened a few weeks ago, Diwen asked. This time the voice was the same as usual.
Finding it a little ridiculous, I tilted my head.
“Why? Let’s bicker furiously like before.”
“……What are you doing? Why are you here?”
“Huh? Ah, I wanted to talk to you because someone avoided me so much. Can’t I?”
When asked casually, he did not answer again as if he was at a loss for words. I just heard to get my leg removed.
“Tssss, stay still.”
TL/N: apparently she’s sucking in air through her teeth
“A little…… stay away.”
“No, talk to me. Why are you avoiding me? Did I do something wrong to you?”
He didn’t answer again. Feeling like my stomach was about to burst from the frustration, I moved a little closer to him.
“You have to let me know so I can apologize. Maybe that day… Did I tell you a load of crap? Or… is it because I broke your leg?”
Heok. Come to think of it, is his leg all better?
I couldn’t believe that I hadn’t remembered until now. Surprised, I lowered my head and grabbed his leg. Then he flinched and grabbed my hand.
“No, it’s not like that, so get out. I’m not mad at you. Please get out.”
“Then why are you avoiding me? You haven’t even looked at me since last time, uh? You don’t answer me when I call you…….”
It was when we were quarreling but not quarreling. A familiar and inaudible voice rang from outside the carriage.
“Do you know where my sister is?”
“Gasp…!”
It was Reden’s voice. I flinched and looked outside. There was no one outside the open space, but it was clear that Reden was nearby.
“Where is my sister?”
‘Why are you looking for me? Since when did you care about me!’
If you think like this, you might get scolded by Reden. It’s been a while since he cared about me.
When no one answered, Reden started asking whoever he could see. It wasn’t long before someone answered Reden’s question.
It was Hedbang.
“If it’s young lady, in that wagon right now… … .”
“You mean over there?”
“Ah, please wait a moment. She might not be here, so I’ll check. Our captain is resting.”
“Captain.”
At the end of Reden’s disapproving talk to himself, I could hear the sound of Hedbang’s footsteps approaching.
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Uwa, uwa!
It was dark inside the wagon, but you could tell by the shape that there were two people.
I didn’t commit a crime by being with Diwen, but I was frightened as if I had committed a big mistake, and I ended up doing something crazy.
I lifted the robe that had been covering Diwen and entered it.
“What…”
“Quiet, quiet, shhhh!”
As if he was more surprised than I thought, I patted Diwen who was trembling, and made him quiet.
At the same time, the voice of the Hedbang echoed inside the wagon.
“Captain, are you awake?”
“…….”
Damn Diwen didn’t answer. When I poked him in the side, Diwen’s hoarse voice came out.
“……What’s wrong?”
“Oh. I was wondering if Lady Blair came this way. The Marquis is looking for her.”
“…….”
Diwen did not speak again.  It was only then that I was able to arrive at a certain fact with my stupid head.
Diwen has been telling me to go since a while ago, so if that were the case, he would be happy with this situation. So, he might reply affirmatively to Hedbang’s words and tell him to take me out right away.
‘Aish… I can’t. If not now, when the hell are we talking?’
After arriving at Heronimo?
No. At that time, Diwen is busy, so he will probably move on again. That’s how Diwen avoids me again, and I’ll be gnashing my teeth without knowing why he’s avoiding me.
I stopped poking Diwen in the ribs and grabbed his clothes. And shook my head. Whenever that happened, Diwen’s body scent pricked my nose, but that wasn’t the problem.
“Captain?”
“…That…”
Diwen touched my back. I felt a hand gesture that seemed to grip the robe that covered my back.
Ah. As expected, Diwen…….
Feeling a little sad, I whimpered inwardly and pressed my forehead to his chest. At the same time, I felt it on my forehead.
His heartbeat.
“Are you very tired, Captain?”
Thumpthumpthumpthump.
It wouldn’t run amok like this even if you rode it over a gravel field in a wagon.
‘Waa… You must be really sick. Am I bothering you too much?’
It was a moment when I felt a little sorry.
Tch, it’s a shame, but it’s not a good thing to hold on to a sick child, so I was just twisting my body to go out myself, but Diwen pressed my back.
As if to stay still.
My cheeks touched his chest, his beating heart raced again in my ear, and his voice echoes in his chest.
“Sorry, I’m so sleepy. If it was that woman, she didn’t come, here.”
“Ah…… Is that so? I see.”
Hedbang answered briefly and shut the entrance of the wagon and walked away. Thanks to this, the dark space was engulfed in more darkness.
…What? Did you hide me?
I didn’t even think about getting up because of something unexpected, and I stayed in his arms.
Why? Didn’t you just think about kicking me out?
I could hear him faintly go to Reden and say a few words. I finally came to my senses when Reden clicked his tongue and seemed to go farther away.
I quickly lowered my robe and raised my head. Because I was used to the darkness, I could see Diwen’s neck and chin right away.
“Haha…… What is it? Do you feel like talking now?”
Somehow I was embarrassed and talked about anything, but Diwen was silent.
Haha. Yeah. I don’t think I’d have anything to say either.
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“Well, come to think of it, I think I was too much for a sick person. I’m glad your leg got better, but you just caught a cold. Right?”
“…….”
“Promise me instead. Talk to me when you’re all better. If I were the same as before, I wouldn’t care if you ignored me, hated me, or wanted to kill me, but now we’re a little closer… …”
Having said that, I was heartbroken. I wondered what I was talking about.
Didn’t we get closer? He was not that close to me per se.
I was about to smile awkwardly again and say that I would just go.
Diwen held my hand.
An ice-cold hand, as if his condition was more serious than I thought, I was startled and groped for his forehead with my other hand.
Oh my god, it was a fireball and he was covered in sweat.
“Diwen……. You seem to look too severe? Do you want to go to Reden? Go, does healing magic work for a cold?”
“No.”
“What?”
“No. I don’t want to kill you.”
It was a feeble voice, but it was contradictory because it was infinitely clear.
I stared blankly at him, then barely took my body away from him. I put my knees on the floor and lifted my upper body so I could look down at him.
TL/N: I’m sensing a theme here!
“What, Diwen?”
I asked one more time for no reason even though I heard it all.
He barely looked up at me, then opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something more, then closed his eyes tightly with a moan.
The fan wrinkles between the eyebrows were openly announcing that it was painful.
‘I can’t, let’s take him to Reden first.’
I grabbed his arm and wrapped it around my shoulder, asking what he was thinking when he said that. And without hesitation, I got up and supported him.
How tall he was, his knees were half bent.
“Diwen, hang in there.”
I’ll take you right to Reden.
Once hearing the wheezing breathing becoming too loud. My worries grew like a snowball.
But you know what?
Originally, I don’t know the future of the story, and it does not work as intended.
“We are leaving!”
I didn’t expect the wagon to leave so soon.
“Uwaa..!”
I didn’t know it was difficult to balance while standing in a rolling wagon compartment.
Rattle-
I didn’t even know that the luggage in the wagon compartment was so poorly stacked.
Finally.
With a thump.
Rather than taking Diwen out with me, to think that something out of a novel would happen.
I really didn’t even dream of it.
Really.
TL/N: HEHEHEHHE Yasss finally!! I missed Diwen! I had the BIGGEST grin on my face while I was working throughout the whole chapter!!