This BL Novel Is Ruined Now - Chapter 223
Chapter 223
Translator: Yonnee
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Could it be because he’s worried over how his lover might have gotten hurt in any way? Ethan had literally just returned from the palace without even changing his clothes, but the first thing he did was carefully inspect her condition.
“…I was on a call with Lehman. It was a regular meeting.”
Reina caught his anxious hands and met his gaze.
“Ethan, I haven’t gone anywhere. I’ve been here the whole time, so don’t worry.”
“I see.”
He answers well.
But look at those eyes. They’re filled with worry only for her.
Seeing her lover like this, Reina sighed inwardly without realizing.
‘Why is he so anxious…?’
Hadn’t she requested a half-year leave from the emperor for the official start of ‘Resa’?
That plan ended up in vain, all due to Ethan’s vehement opposition.
“I have no intention of letting you go, Reina.”
“No… I’m not saying ‘let’s break up’, just half a year—”
“I refuse.”
“Ethan—”
“No. I do not permit it.”
“Just listen to me for a moment—”
“I’ve done everything you asked me not to. The elders of Chantra, Elijah Jehardt, Paul Bohr. I spared them all.”
“……”
“Since I’ve done all that, couldn’t you please listen to me this one time?”
What could have happened in these two weeks?
She tried to have a conversation to clear up the frustrating situation, but alas. The response was filled with nothing but possessive answers.
“To be honest? I want to take Reina away to a place where no one can reach us right now.”
Without any exaggeration, Ethan, who uttered such words, seemed unlike the lover she had known.
‘Something must have happened.’
And that something was very likely related to Reina herself. He was almost completely indifferent to everything, but the only exceptions were matters concerning her safety.
Lost in thought for a moment, she looked up at the man clinging to her side and asked.
“Have you eaten, Ethan?”
“I was waiting for you to finish your work so we can eat together.”
“Then shall we go in and have dinner together now?”
Instead of responding, he naturally overlapped his hand with hers. Following his lead, she started walking while thinking hard.
‘But who should I even ask about this situation?’
She had already asked Mary and the others who remained in the Palace of the Thirteenth Moon if anything had happened, to no avail.
“Since returning from the Dwarven Principality, he did seem to be a bit colder, but there wasn’t anything particularly unusual, Milady.”
‘Hmm…’
This isn’t a mystery novel, and the given clues are too scarce.
‘Should I ask the Emperor or the Grand Duke…’
But they seem like they wouldn’t tell even if they knew.
As she was pondering over the changes in her beloved—
“Reina.”
Ethan stopped walking and gently pulled her hand.
Lifting her gaze in response to his gestural signal, a dark expression came into view.
“What is it, Ethan?”
“This won’t do. That leave might be a good idea after all.”
“You’re taking a leave? But the Emperor won’t permit it.”
“No, I mean that you should, Reina.”
At his suggestion, she blinked in surprise.
Wasn’t he the one who had been upset just days ago over Reina’s solo leave?
“Then, alone—”
“That’s not what I mean.”
Unable to follow his context, she tilted her head to the side in confusion, but he cupped her cheeks tenderly.
“It seems it won’t work. Take a leave and stay only in the Palace of the Thirteenth Moon.”
“…What?”
What kind of forceful reasoning was this? It’s driving her nuts…
Eventually, Reina, feeling it was futile, turned around to face him squarely.
“Ethan, let’s talk. What exactly happened?”
He immediately responded.
“Nothing happened.”
Nothing happened. Yeah, right.
“Lies. You’ve been anxious since the day I returned, and you’ve been threatening the people around me.”
She openly asked about his increasingly serious symptoms. However, the answer that came back was, as expected, evasive.
“I’m just worried about your safety. You’ve been overexerting yourself since you came back from the Dwarven Principality.”
Wasn’t that issue already concluded with the letter she sent when she was still at the Dwarven Principality?
After a moment of silence, Reina slowly opened her mouth.
“If that’s all you’re going to say, then I have nothing more to say, Ethan. Didn’t we already reach an agreement about that?”
Reina’s words ended with a deep sigh.
Then Ethan tightened his grip on her hand and gnashed his teeth.
“…You don’t understand how beautiful you are.”
Ethan looked into the woman’s eyes and spoke clearly.
“There are too many people in the world who covet you, Reina.”
“……”
Seems like he has absolutely no intention of having a proper conversation.
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