I Grabbed the Tyrant’s Heart - Chapter 82
“Sister!”
I hugged Gael, who ran up to me as soon as the front door opened.
“When will our Gael grow up? Huh?”
“Because Sister can’t hug me when I’m too big, I like it now.”
Gael hugged my neck and kissed my cheek.
“What about Mother?”
“She went to Duke Bonart’s mansion. Sister, please look at my homework.”
“Okay, Gael. I’ll put down my things first.”
The butler who was waiting next to me spoke politely.
“Lady, I left the letter in your room.”
“Thank you.”
A letter envelope made of stiff material was placed on the neatly organized desk.
The recipient’s name had my name, and the name I had forgotten for a while was written in the place for the sender.
– Bernaldi.
I slowly opened the envelope.
– I will praise you for not forgetting this body.
“Pfft, what are you saying?”
Unlike his appearance, which deflects the flow of time, Ber has a handwriting similar to that of an old book. It went very well with the chronology of the ancient country he drew, and the precious memories came to mind.
In the letter, the story of the neighbors, such as May and Mr. Bugh, was written, and for a moment it felt like I could smell the cold air of Varen.
The scent of winter that used to drench my lungs. Days were as peaceful as a snowy field without footprints.
It wasn’t until the end of the letter that he wrote what I was curious about.
– I can’t tell you more about the one with the grayish white hair and eyes, but he won’t harm you.
He was affirming that Calisis is a dragon.
– But the judgment is yours, so make your own.
… What do you mean?
– May luck always be on your side. Ber.
Was he taking sides with the same dragon?
It was said that dragons have a specific color depending on their species. Red hair and eye color is the attribute of fire, blue is the attribute of water…… in the same way. Ber, with his green color, may be associated with the earth.
However, there was nothing related to white.
“So you’re saying he did it for me?”
Did he mean for me to run away from Tess? Like Mother’s intention?
The white priest seemed to be making fun of me…….
I folded the letter and put it in the drawer.
* * *
“Mother, is there any way to save the radiata?”
“It sounds difficult. The climate and soil quality are not very suitable. Radiata, in particular, is a flower that grows in hot regions, so it suffers from the cold.”
“Even if you light a fire next to it, it won’t help…?”
“Unfortunately so.”
I wanted to see the flowers blooming red, so I put all my effort into it, but the flowers showed no signs of recovering. I thoroughly searched the imperial library, but there was no information that could revive the radiata.
“The restricted book area is also bad. How could this information not exist?”
“What are you looking for?”
Tess, who was bringing something to do, opened his mouth. He was diligently following my warning not to disturb me in the library.
“How to grow flowers well.”
“Can’t you cast a spell?”
“It didn’t work. My mother did the same. It is possible to use magic to help plants that are growing well, but you can’t cast magic on dying plants.”
“Huh.”
Tess, apparently not interested in the flowers, immediately turned his attention to the papers.
“I think the way to deal with living things is too difficult…….”
The radiata, which is being raised indoors, is at least alive, but thinking that even that might die anytime made me feel down.
Of course, I’m stuck studying magic these days.
I couldn’t concentrate, so I lay down and looked at Tess’ face.
“What’s wrong?”
Feeling my gaze, he turned his head to me.
“Can I ask something I don’t know?”
“Of course.”
Tess smiled with his eyes curved. I quickly sorted out the formulas that I had struggled with for days.
“I’m almost ashamed of acting proud in front of you when I was young.”
“I’m Euseniel’s, so don’t think like that. Everything you don’t know, just make me do it.”
The long, smooth fingers tucked my hair behind my ears. As the tips of his fingers brushed against my ears, it felt hot.
From a certain point on, Tess didn’t ask me to come often, and he didn’t bother me. Not even mentioning Arden’s existence!
Thanks to Arden, the number of days I went to the lab decreased, and it was nice to be able to use the Imperial Palace Library with peace of mind without Tess’ interruption.
But it’s strangely sad.
“Do you have any other questions?”
“This one.”
I pointed out several problems to hide my flustered mind, and Tess began to solve them steadily.
I noticed that his eyelashes were long and his lips were red.
I know what those lips taste like. I know what the tongue in his mouth feels like, the saliva that collects right away…….
I’m thirsty.
Why doesn’t Tess kiss me anymore?
“Here.”
“Uh, huh? Thank you.”
It’s embarrassing for me to ask him to kiss first…….
You’re crazy, Euseniel!
Bang! I banged my head on the table.
“What’s the matter, Euseniel? You’ll get hurt.”
A soft hand caressed my forehead. A cool feeling subsided the burning forehead.
“If there is a problem you do not understand or cannot solve, bring it to me. Don’t do this.”
“Alright.”
As we were looking at each other, my eyes kept going to his lips, so I changed the topic.
“Right, did I tell you?”
“What?”
“Aurin and Ethyl.”
“What is with the two?”
“Ethyl likes Aurin.”
Tess frowned.
“That’s true. Ummm, I’m not sure if the two of them will work out, but Ethyl is working on it.”
“Really?”
“Yes. I told you, Ethyl doesn’t like me.”
“Did you know that Ethyl Bonart liked you back in the day?”
“Yes.”
I realized after answering. The fact that I wasn’t the only one who knew about Ethyl’s feelings.
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