I Unintentionally Cured the Grand Duke’s Insomnia - Chapter 88

44. — Family’s Name (2)

“Lia?”

“… It’s true that I have an interest in the Grand Duke, but I’m not sure about marriage yet.”

“….”

“I’d like to stay by your side a little longer.”

“Lia.”

“For now… I still want to be like this a little longer.”

I smiled at my father, who was so moved by my words that he looked like he was about to burst into tears of joy at any moment. On the other hand, My mother, who clasped my hand, seemed to be trying to understand my thoughts as she examined my face. When I smiled to avoid her gaze, which was scrutinizing me with a puzzled expression, she let out a sigh-tinged voice.

“Well, since we’re already late, waiting for another year or two probably won’t make much of a difference.”

“My thoughts are the same. I think it might even be better for our Leilia if she gets married later.”

My mother, who rose from her seat, wrinkled her face as if she were displeased with my father’s quick addendum. Then, she forcibly tugged his arm as he fidgeted in his seat hesitantly before opening her mouth again.

“We should probably stop here for now. Lia must have had a tiring day, so we should stop talking and let her rest. We should get some rest as well.”

“…Ah, yes, we should.”

At her words, my father, who had been pretending not to hear, reluctantly got up from his seat as if there was no other choice. I stiffened my face as I looked at the backs of the two people who looked exhausted.

〈 It seems like what happened at the territory might not be just our problem…? 〉

Despite the fact that it seemed like they didn’t want to burden me with unnecessary worries, I felt like I could help them. At least, since I knew what was going to happen in this world in the future.

With a determined resolve, I raised my head, and at the end of my gaze, there was the book I had written.

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“Did you manage to get some sleep?”

“…Yeah, I slept.”

“For how many hours?”

“About… an hour?”

“No, why?”

“I reread my book again.”

Seeing Lily’s silent response, I glanced at her and flashed a smile. She was looking at me while biting her lip as if she was upset by my answer before eventually letting out a shallow sigh and spoke.

“Still, please make sure to get at least five hours of sleep.”

“Yes.”

“And don’t skip meals either.”

“Okay. I’m sorry, Lily.”

She glanced at me for a moment at my cautious apology and then replied with a playful smile.

“It’s okay, Young Lady. As long as you’re feeling better, that’s enough.”

“Thank you. Oh, by the way, what happened to the letter from yesterday? Did you deliver it to the Young Lord Black?”

“Yes, I did. It remains to be seen whether Young Lord Black will come out or not.”

I looked out of the carriage window at Lily’s words.

Through the window, I could see the cafe where Million and I met last time. My heart started pounding again as the events of that day suddenly came to mind.

“…Young Lady, are you okay?”

Seeing my momentarily stiff expression, Lily’s voice suddenly became concerned again.

“Yes, it’s totally fine.”

Even though I confidently held out my clenched fists and spoke with determination, Lily’s lips were still slightly twitched downward, as if she was still worried about me.

I smiled at Lily and added.

“I rented the entire cafe.”

“Yes?”

“All I have is money, so I spent some of it this time. I have something important to discuss with the Young Lord.”

“Something important?”

“Yeah, so Lily, don’t worry and just run errands for me.”

When I noticed that she had a slightly anxious look on her face at the thought of leaving me alone, I added cautiously to Lily.

“It’s really important, and there’s no one I trust except you.”

“…What is it?”

“Madam Passe mentioned last time that when she writes the provisional contract, she’ll let me know the date, which should be today. So, I want Lily to go to her office and ask when the date will be.”

“Is that all?”

In response to her question, I handed her the money bag I had brought with me and continued.

“And also, please deliver this.”

“What’s this?”

“It’s a hundred gold.”

“A hundred, hundred gold?”

“Yes, give this money to Mrs. Passe and ask her to pass it to the seller in a different name, not mine.”

“A different name…?”

“Well, how about ‘Kiryu’?”

“Kiryu?”

“Yeah, that works. Awil Kiryu.”
[ T/N: I CAN’T LOOL (‘ཀ ` ); the author used the name ‘아윌 키르유가’ here, which made me really confused and curious, knowing the history with character names so far haha AND IT TURNS OUT IT’S ‘I-WILL-KILL-YOU’ LOL WHAT??? ( ꒦ິ ヮ ꒦ິ )” ]

I grinned mischievously at Lily, who glanced at me with a puzzled, incomprehensible expression before stepping out of the carriage. The next moment, I waved to her as I looked at the sign in front of the café with the word ‘Rented’ written in large letters.

“I’ll be back off then. See you later, Lily.”

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