#18
- Really?
- Of course! I'll work hard!
Elysia, who erased her gloomy face immediately, smiled like a bad adult. Only then Roa was able to recognize her mistake.
- Good girl, Roa.
- Well, miss... Thank you very much.
I couldn't stop talking to her now.
- I like nice people.
How can you be nice and quick?
It was the kind Elysia liked the most.
Roa was praised but somehow she couldn't be happy.
- Please take care of Ariel.
At the end of the prayer, Elysia returned. Roa, who was left alone where Elysia left, exhaled a big sigh.
- They tricked me...
Roa, who belatedly noticed Elysia's performance, hit his head one after another.
(Now, I can't say no...).
The fact that Elysia worked so hard meant that she cared a lot about Ariel. It was obvious that she would keep a closer eye on Roa than other maids. It was scary and creepy, but there was no other way.
- Haha, haha... Let's work hard... -Roa, who accepted her situation with a complacent face, and decided to do her best.
It was like that at the time.
(You said you were a little bit fearless! You said a little bit!)
From day one, Roa had to swallow a cry of discontent in her mouth. Unable to keep up with Ariel's active physical strength, the muscles all over her body screamed. Roa lived with muscle aches for a while.
(Wow... It was hard before I got used to it...).
After gaining strength somehow, it was manageable. Although I was sweating all over my body even now.
- This is the tenth outfit you've been wearing!
- ........
Soon after Ariel's words, Roa continued with her broken thoughts.
(Miss Ariel... It's gloomy...)
The servants who entered around the same time as Roa preferred Ariel, who was apparently nice and cute, over Elysia, who was openly scary.
Roa didn't hate Elysia and Ariel.
Honestly, looking at Ariel, he felt he could understand Elysia's love for her younger brother.
(No, but that's not all...).
Ariel, who is picking up the clothes Elysia was wearing with a perverted face, was always unable to adapt. Perhaps Elysia doesn't know the grim appearance of Ariel, who prides herself on knowing her better than anyone else.
(If you know... if you know... will you let it go?)
She thought Elysia would stay that way.
- Clothes are heavy.
Ariel, turning and moving forward, belatedly felt the weight of the heavy clothing and stopped moving.
- It is not heavy material.
Roa, who was free of thoughts, tilted her head and said:
- Is there anything in the pocket?
- Pocket?
With plausible reasoning, Ariel reached into a pocket attached to her outer garment.
The familiar texture came to Ariel's hand.
It wasn't just one or two, it was many.
Ariel pulled out both hands.
- Candy?
Ariel's hand came with a large amount of candy.
She thought it was a familiar texture. It was candy that Ariel ate every time she went to play in Elysia's room.
- She doesn't eat candy.
It was Elysia, who said her tongue tingles when she eats sweet foods, and Ariel couldn't relate to that.
Ariel couldn't understand why Elysia had candy in her clothes.
- I think I was going to give it to you. -Roa said casually.
- Is that so?
Regardless, she didn't know she would see her there. Besides, Elysia was busy these days, so she couldn't meet Ariel. Besides, it was time for her class. If not Ariel, there was no one in the mansion for Elysia to take care of the candy. Ariel wondered if she was thinking too much, but she often just got serious with her older sister.
For a moment, Ariel turned around.
- ¿........?
There was only Roa in the back.
Roa opened her eyes wide in surprise at Ariel, who suddenly turned around and looked at her.
It wasn't Roa that Ariel was looking at. Her gaze was directed at Elysia, who had disappeared into the garden beyond the main entrance.
***
After a brief greeting with Rizbet, she immediately entered the annex and the hushed silence welcomed Elysia.
- Eden, are you sleeping?
Elysia's voice, which spread through the silence of the room, did not disturb the silence. As if falling asleep again today, there was no response from Eden.
Elysia, determined to wait for him to wake up like yesterday, slowly approached the bed with her feet on the floor. As she approached the bed, Elysia's eyes grew wider and wider.
- Those are my clothes...
Eden slept in the coat Elysia had left yesterday. I knew she left it in the separate house, but I didn't know Eden was wearing it.
(I heard you have extra clothes.)
Was he too lazy to take it out?
To Eden, who slept with an angelic face, Elysia's red clothes were strangely out of place. Eden's eyelashes quivered as Elysia was making nonsensical comments.
- Did you get up?
Elysia asked Eden, who slowly opened her eyes, habitually rubbed them and slowly got up.
- Elysia... Hello...
It was nice to curtsy and say hello while sitting down.
Ariel and Eden.
Are they all so cute at that age?
Elysia remembered her childhood.
It seemed to vary from person to person.
- Yes... Hello.
The hair on Eden's left side was tousled because she slept on her side. Elysia reached out and fixed the hair.
The volume didn't come to life.
- Well, I read the book. I read it three times.
Eden said, dragging the book next to the bed with her hand.
- Did you really? Wow... Cool.
Maybe not only did she sleep all day, but Eden had been bragging about reading a book three times with a smile.
It wasn't a lie.
Sleeping 16 out of 24 hours, waking up when I was tired of sleeping, reading the book Elysia left and I repeated the dream. Unbeknownst to me, Elysia even clapped her hands and responded to Eden's pride.
Eden's cheeks turned red with Elysia's ridiculous response. She seemed to be the type to blush easily.
- It's boring to read the same book three times, isn't it? I'll bring you another book tomorrow. -Elysia said, tucking her hair behind her ears.
The book was not thick, let alone written. It would have been possible to read a book of fairy tales many times, but it wouldn't have been fun.
- Yes.
There was a limit to forced sleep because I hated alone time.
A body that refuses to sleep too much will force Eden to wake up several times. Each time, she spent time reading a book Elysia had brought. Since it was a book aimed at children, there weren't many difficult words, so she was able to read it without hesitation. However, Eden was not sympathetic to the fiction and fantasy story.
(The lion... danced.)
Is that possible?
Eden, who thought of a sentence in the book, questioned.
The lion Eden knew walked on all fours and could not dance on both feet as depicted in the fairy tale book. It was an idea that could not be found in childhood. At the same time, it was a frighteningly realistic idea if Elysia had known about it.
- By the way, Eden.
- ¿.......?
When Elysia hesitated to call him, wondering if her memory was wrong. Eden's blank concentration immediately increased.
- That's my clothes.... Isn't it?
She didn't intend for him to return it. She was just trying to ask if it would be better to wear her own clothes that would be embedded in the closet instead of wearing clothes that didn't even fit her.
But Eden seemed to understand otherwise.
The blush that disappeared in an instant was proof.
- I'm sorry. I'm sorry... I'll pay you back...
- .......
It was a tone that anyone would misinterpret that Eden was stealing Elysia's clothes.
- I'm sorry. I'll give it back to you.
Compared to apologizing, the return voice was so small that one would think the ant had spoken. In addition, the act of trying to take off his clothes was also slow. He was originally a slow child, but he was especially slow.
- No... if you like it, it's yours.
- .....
He shook his head and blocked Eden's behavior to remove his clothes. At the same time, Eden's face, which looked grim, brightened.
That was nothing.
It was expensive, but Eden didn't seem to know its value.
To be honest, even in Elysia's eyes, most of the clothes Rachel brought were just "clothes."
- I can't believe you like it so much.
Eden, who pulled one arm out, pulled it back in.
Eden giggled and fiddled with the ends of her sleeves. A fake smile came out of Elysia's mouth as she watched the scene. Eventually, Elysia became a proud sister who delivered two garments to her cute little brothers in one day.
~TRANSLATION: YUKI~
