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The alarm rang in my head and I tried to turn around.
But I saw it. Ethan Bronte’s dazzling jewels shine transparently around his eyes, no, tears.
He was biting his lips and crying as if the world was over as if he had nothing. But without making a loud noise, he was sobbing like a whisper to the waves.
This was the biggest problem.
Ethan Bronte, is handsome enough to stick his tongue out of all nobles. Ignoring his tears was like a hungry cat ignoring fish.
While Ethan is crying, there will be no one who can pretend not to know. Even Stefan couldn’t get up to see him cry.
‘furthermore… I’ve never seen Ethan cry like that.’
He was close enough to be called my right-hand man. He had never cried so desperately in his life with me.
How could Ethan Bronte, who was always confident, swaying people’s hearts with a smile, and controlling the whole world, collapse like that?
I looked at him from afar, crying. Unlike Ethan Bronte in his previous life, Ethan crying on the sandy beach was small.
Crouching in front of the vast sea, he looked weaker than anything else.
Not the Ethan I knew.
It wasn’t the sly and clever golden-eyed serpent there, but the child who recognized sorrow too soon.
‘It’s not that Ethan was bad from birth.’
It’s not like he used people from inside her mother’s womb, abandoned them, betrayed them, and made fun of them,
Yes, no child is born badly, maybe…
I wanted to believe so. even for me.
‘If that’s the reason for crying like that…’
The Duke of Bronte bumped into the pomegranate juice at the last Ray’s ceremony. In other words, the person who becomes Ethan’s biological father.
Ethan would have been able to follow the Duke of Bronte to the Islands. Moreover, if there is such a handsome and talented child, it is the parents’ heart that they want to show to the social world.
However, he did not come up to the system. It was because of Ethan’s long-standing complex.
Ethan, the bastard of the horse, was the son of the duke brought in from outside.
As a result, he was not allowed to enter the episteme, nor did he appear at all the social events held in the institution.
It was only as an adult that he appeared in the social circles of the institution.
Bastard, from non-Episteme, a late debut.
Nevertheless, the sudden ‘golden-eyed angel’ drew a lot of attention from socialites who liked issues and gossip, and Ethan made good use of it and quickly settled into the social world.
I feel I have something in common with him
I also couldn’t get into the episteme, because I was always behind Ray’s shadow. Still, I wanted to get people’s attention.
Perhaps it was because of his kind that I was able to discover the twisted nature behind Ethan’s glamorous mask.
‘That’s why you cried so much… ?’
If you’ve always tried to hide in the house because you’re the eldest, that’s fine.
‘Because I did too.’
Before I returned, I cried a lot because of Carnan, who didn’t recognize me, and because of Rey, who had everything unlike me.
My heart raced as I watched Ethan crouch down alone and burst into tears.
My old self overlaps.
‘Ethan needs to stay away…’
The one who led me down the tyrant’s path and beheaded the tyrant.
Even though I knew there was nothing good about being involved with him, I buried my feet in the sand and didn’t move. I already knew why I couldn’t turn my back on crying, Ethan.
If Ethan doesn’t set foot in evil. If only you could live a good life like me.
Could my return give Ethan a new life?
I waited for his tears to stop with the sea breeze. Ethan looked at the sea with red eyes to see if he had calmed down until he shed tears, he was exhausted.
I moved my feet, which had been stuck in the sand for a while, and approached him.
The closer I got, the more his sad beauty became clearer.
“hi.”
Hello Ethan Bronte.
His golden eyes widened at my courageous greeting.
Red bloodshot eyes, tear-soaked cheeks, and sleeves were clearly visible. He was so surprised that he didn’t even know I was coming, he didn’t say a word.
“Uh…”
I thought hello would come out, but it didn’t.
Instead of saying hello, Ethan got up from his seat and stepped back as if he had seen a monster.
And before I could say the next word, he ran away without even wiping off his sandy clothes.
Like a princess leaving the ballroom before the fairy’s magic was broken, Ethan disappeared completely over a distant rock.
“Ah…”
I shouldn’t have talked to him. I should’ve let him cry alone..
Was I trying to pretend to be kind?
As I stood blankly, Stefan looked at me blankly.
I shook my head because his black eyes seemed to ask, ‘shall I catch him?’
* * *
As soon as the news that the Princess of the Islands had come down spread, contact from nearby ladies rushed to the detached palace.
They sent letters of visit over and over again using the excuse of greetings to get acquainted with the princess.
Where would you use it to get close to me, for local aristocrats, the relationship with the princess is quite a network worth putting forward.
A storm rages on in my daily life where I want to be quiet.
‘Yes, I’ll say hello once and finish it.’
Equipped with the heart of a good person, I invited the ladies to the detached palace.
But soon, I realized how difficult it is to live a good life.
“Oh, you are so cute!”
Who is it? Who else said cute?
I looked around at the ladies around me with sharp eyes, but they were elevated during a special time in the detached palace, and they didn’t even care about my eyes.
“Oh, you look like a doll!”
“You said you were sick, and you are too thin. Have some more delicious food here.”
The ladies looked at me and snorted.
I was anxious to see if everyone thought of me as my nephew.
Curly blonde hair and round blue eyes. A little small for my age. They were very happy to see me in my rich dress.
All the food they served was piled up on my plate.
“Eat some of this too.”
“Thanks for your concern, but I can eat on my own.”
Due to the excessive consideration of the ladies, I had to refuse many times.
In order to stop eating, I took a fork and eat the oyster mushroom and chewed it.
“How smart you are! You’re not a picky eater……. You learned well from the royal family.”
“Oh, look at my princess. She chews well and eats well.”
The ladies laughed at how wonderful it was to eat a single oyster mushroom.
Oh, I’m tired.
It was like being surrounded by a hundred Ray.
“How could such a young princess come to this far place alone?”
“I want to take the princess to my house once. She will not be lonely even though she is shabby.”
No, I’m here to enjoy loneliness.
“Really, Princess. How about coming to my house and staying for a few days?”
They said in a cheerful voice as if they were trying to be my mother.
The background of losing my mother from birth seemed to stimulate their sympathy. It would be enough sympathy for a young girl who was not brought up to be loved by her mother, to be alone in a large palace.
It would be good gossip to chew on.
“Thank you for your words, but that’s fine, madam.I shouldn’t bother you.”
“Oh, what do you mean! It is an honor, not a bother, for the princess to come!”
No, you mean to honor? It’s not that I’m bothering you.
I tried to be kind and smiled.
“You must feel lonely and bored if you live alone in a separate palace?”
“No, it’s okay.”
“How can you grow up so fast….even be brave.”
No, it’s really okay. I’m telling you, take what I say as it is. please.
“I’m old enough to play with my friends.”
No, I’m way past that age.
“My child is the same age as the princess, and I have to bring her to say hello.”
What?
I lifted my head and looked at the woman who had brought up the story.
But the other ladies said it was a good idea and said that they should bring their own children and play with the princess.
‘What nonsense are you talking about!’
I imagined children around the age of ten running around in the detached palace and clinging to me.
I could see the garden full of physically fit and immature children who had not yet experienced secondary sex characteristics.
Terrible!
My peaceful palace will be a mess, and I will become a babysitter!
It was hard to handle even a single Ray, but how many of those kids?
“Right now, it’s hard to run around and play together because I’m recovering, and I’ll invite you separately later when I get better.”
I hid my clenched fists and politely declined with a nice smile.
The detached palace had to defend peace.
“At this age, you can’t even go out and play…! I want to give you some medicine that is good for your body.”
“No, it’s fine. It’s not enough to take medicine.”
I waved my hand.
Please don’t send anything like that. My disease is a disease that can be cured if left alone.
“Haha, the princess is also polite, but I guess you are still young because you hate drugs.”
“Originally, children do everything they can to avoid taking bitter medicine.”
The ladies laughed among themselves again.
The more we talked, the more misunderstandings piled up.
I turned my eyes to Stefan and Clara and sent a silent request for help to get me out of this situation, but Clara was watching with a pleased smile, and Stefan stood like a wooden stone, as usual.
Rather, Clara clasped her hands together and nodded, as if she thought that she had regained her power when she saw me, who had become more talkative than usual—of course, to defend against the raging attacks of the ladies.
‘Oh my God, no one’s on my side!’
okay. Life is inherently lonely. The world was a lonely way to be born alone and die alone.
“Princess.”
At that time, a lady who was sitting on one side called me.
‘The Duchess of Bronte.’
“I would like to invite you to my house someday, is that okay? I promise I’ll never treat you with bitter medicine.”
Asked the Duchess in a dignified voice.
Ethan Bronte, Duke of Bronte.
Ethan, who was crying the last time, flashed through my mind.
I hesitated for a moment and then nodded.
“Thank you for inviting me.”
I decided to add ‘Ethan Bronte’ to my bucket list of living a good life.