Arsene didn’t wake up when I called his name.
I tried to get out of Arsene’s arms with confidence, but…
‘Why is it so heavy?’
Arsene’s arms were weighing me down so much that it wasn’t easy to escape.
In the end, I gave up and lay down, staring at Arsene’s face.
‘Hmm, he’s handsome…’
Although there was little difference from when he was a kid.
Delicate features. Sharp nose. The tail of the eyes fell beautifully upward…
“…What are you doing?”
Perhaps because I was staring too hard, Arsene blinked and looked down at me.
I was startled and pushed Arsene’s chest.
“Y, you surprised me!”
“Did you do something that shouldn’t be caught? Why are you so surprised?”
“No, if you wake up, you should say that you woke up…”
I tried to calm my startled heart and escaped Arsene’s embrace.
“I didn’t wake up because you were staring at me too much… Do I have something on my face?”
Arsene grumbled and rose from bed.
His face looked tired, probably because he couldn’t sleep while being by my side the whole time.
“No, I just looked at you because you were hugging me…”
Arsene yawned and murmured, as if he only noticed that his wolf form had been released at the time when he was hugging her.
“I think I sleep in my wolf form, that’s strange…”
“That’s right. Arsene, come here.”
I pulled the hem of Arsene’s clothes. Although Arsene was puzzled, he obediently leaned towards me.
Fortunately, Arsene was wearing a comfortable shirt, so it was easy for me to look under it.
“Linsy?”
“Stay still.”
I gently pulled on Arsene’s shirt and checked the spots underneath.
Since the spots had darkened slightly the first time, there was nothing special.
And,
‘Just in case…’
I was worried that Arsene might also be under prohibition, so I carefully examined Arsene’s body.
Arsene seemed a little embarrassed, but he soon showed me his body familiarly.
‘Well, I’ve been watching him since I was seven.’
What is there to be ashamed of?
Fortunately, Arsene was fine except for the faint spots that remained, as if to prove that he had been ill.
I sighed in relief and sat down with Arsene.
“Did you see everything?”
“Yes, I saw everything.”
I patted Arsene on the back and pulled down his clothes.
As Arsene lowered his head to straighten his clothes, the necklace I had placed on his neck caught my eye.
“Why?”
“No, I just hoped you wouldn’t have to use it…”
Just as Arsene gave me a shadow wolf, I also gave him a necklace with my powers, just in case. I hoped it would stop at prevention.
But.
‘The atmosphere is not good…’
This was just my hunch.
But it was clear that something bad was happening.
Since the heir of the snake family was under prohibition, if we look into it, others other than Cain may also have been under prohibition.
Furthermore, Raniero interrupted the ceremony, which had never been disrupted before.
‘The Giles flower…’
Although he said he found a way to detoxify it to some extent,
Still, considering the beastmen who had jumped in front of the carriage earlier, it was clear that the problem had not yet been completely resolved.
Arsene must have noticed my concern, and held my hand.
“Don’t worry too much, Linsy. You think too much.”
“But.”
“Rather think of something else at that time. For example… Yeah, something like a coming of age ceremony. After the festival, there will be a coming-of-age ceremony…”
“Mmhm, I guess so. Can Leon and Cain come?”
“There would probably be an uproar if you didn’t call them. I don’t know about Cain, but probably about Leon.”
Arsene giggled, laughing mischievously and fiddling with my hand.
“Are there any flowers you want to receive?”
“Flower?”
“Yes, the flowers you want to receive at your coming-of-age ceremony. I will give you flowers.”
“I…”
When I was about to seriously think about it, someone knocked on the door.
“Come in.”
At the end of Arsene’s words, the door opened slightly, and the maid came in and bowed her head.
“Lady, Young Master. It’s time to eat.”
Arsene and I got out of bed, wondering if it was already that time.
“Mmhm, I’ll be down soon.”
The maid nodded her head with a smile on her face.
I tilted my head slightly, looking clearly at the maid.
‘Was there a maid like that?’
Since this is not the main mansion, it was natural that there were employees I didn’t know.
However, since the maids and servants were closest to us, I thought I knew most of their faces.
For some reason, I felt like I had never seen that maid’s face before.
The maid closed the door and left, and Arsene got up first and looked down at me.
“Aren’t you going?”
“Arsene, you know. Don’t you think it’s your first time seeing that maid? For some reason, her face feels unfamiliar…”
As I murmured, Arsen narrowed his brows, tilted his head, and soon opened his mouth.
“Isn’t it obvious because it’s the second mansion? Other than that maid, other maids looked unfamiliar.”
“Is that so? But.”
I felt something strange, and it was more than just an unfamiliar face.
So, for example, I can’t remember the face of the maid who just left.
I sighed deeply and swept my hair away.
‘I must be very tired.’
I can’t even remember the face of the maid who just left.
As I sighed, Arsene placed a slipper under my feet, which had been randomly scattered under the bed.
“I can wear them!”
“You’re a patient. Your current situation seems a bit strange.”
Arsene said as he narrowed his brows.
He also muttered that I should see a doctor when he returned.
I didn’t want to worry Arsene any more, so I obediently put on slippers and held Arsene’s hand to help raise myself.
Arsene held my hand familiarly and supported me so that I wouldn’t fall.
***
“You know, Betty. Isn’t it strange that I don’t recognize the maids’ faces?”
“Of course, how many maids are there in this mansion?”
Betty answered as if it were obvious.
It was only after hearing her answer that I felt a little relieved.
I felt better when I realized that the strangeness I was feeling was just because I was tired.
“But what’s the matter?”
“Eung? Never mind. Betty, I heard you’ve been to the Yeckhart mansion a while ago.”
Betty said she was going to the main mansion for a while because she had business. I leaned toward Betty and asked.
“How is Hector?”
“Hector? Of course. As he got older, he became a little calmer and quieter, but his temperament remained the same. But these days…”
“These days?”
“These days, he has been spacing out a lot. Or a sudden cry at night… There is nothing wrong with his health, but the stable keepers are worried that such behavior has increased.”
“Hector?”
I narrowed my eyes.
Hector has never shown such strange behavior,
Suddenly these days?
Phew,
I sighed and drooped on the sofa.
Betty looked at me with her eyes wide open, as if she thought I was sick.
“Lady, are you sick? Or is there any problem?”
“No, it’s just…”
It’s just that I’m upset.
I can’t explain it exactly, but I kept feeling strange.
In addition,
“Sometimes I can’t sleep…”
“You couldn’t sleep?”
Betty asked with her eyes wide open.
I nodded.
I’ve been having strange dreams lately. It was because of that dream that I had trouble sleeping.
‘I keep dreaming…’
Schville, that kid keeps coming out.
I couldn’t bear to say that to Betty, and I sighed.
Is it because I saw Schville first?
Is that why the guilt I’ve had with her all this time appears as a dream?
In my dream, Schville was a tiny, five-year-old child I remember.
Then she looked at me and cried, laughed, or…
[I really hate Sister. Really.]
She used to curse.
After having such a dream, I woke up suddenly, my whole body soaked in cold sweat.
Then Arsene would ask me if I had a bad dream again,
I couldn’t forget Schville’s voice in my dream, so I had to blink for a while.
Furthermore.
‘When Schville comes out…’
I heard the same voice I heard when I was young again.
[Don’t worry too much. Linsy, you’re…]
This is the voice I heard once when I was under prohibition and once when Arsene was on the brink of death.
Arsene didn’t wake up when I called his name.
I tried to get out of Arsene’s arms with confidence, but…
‘Why is it so heavy?’
Arsene’s arms were weighing me down so much that it wasn’t easy to escape.
In the end, I gave up and lay down, staring at Arsene’s face.
‘Hmm, he’s handsome…’
Although there was little difference from when he was a kid.
Delicate features. Sharp nose. The tail of the eyes fell beautifully upward…
“…What are you doing?”
Perhaps because I was staring too hard, Arsene blinked and looked down at me.
I was startled and pushed Arsene’s chest.
“Y, you surprised me!”
“Did you do something that shouldn’t be caught? Why are you so surprised?”
“No, if you wake up, you should say that you woke up…”
I tried to calm my startled heart and escaped Arsene’s embrace.
“I didn’t wake up because you were staring at me too much… Do I have something on my face?”
Arsene grumbled and rose from bed.
His face looked tired, probably because he couldn’t sleep while being by my side the whole time.
“No, I just looked at you because you were hugging me…”
Arsene yawned and murmured, as if he only noticed that his wolf form had been released at the time when he was hugging her.
“I think I sleep in my wolf form, that’s strange…”
“That’s right. Arsene, come here.”
I pulled the hem of Arsene’s clothes. Although Arsene was puzzled, he obediently leaned towards me.
Fortunately, Arsene was wearing a comfortable shirt, so it was easy for me to look under it.
“Linsy?”
“Stay still.”
I gently pulled on Arsene’s shirt and checked the spots underneath.
Since the spots had darkened slightly the first time, there was nothing special.
And,
‘Just in case…’
I was worried that Arsene might also be under prohibition, so I carefully examined Arsene’s body.
Arsene seemed a little embarrassed, but he soon showed me his body familiarly.
‘Well, I’ve been watching him since I was seven.’
What is there to be ashamed of?
Fortunately, Arsene was fine except for the faint spots that remained, as if to prove that he had been ill.
I sighed in relief and sat down with Arsene.
“Did you see everything?”
“Yes, I saw everything.”
I patted Arsene on the back and pulled down his clothes.
As Arsene lowered his head to straighten his clothes, the necklace I had placed on his neck caught my eye.
“Why?”
“No, I just hoped you wouldn’t have to use it…”
Just as Arsene gave me a shadow wolf, I also gave him a necklace with my powers, just in case. I hoped it would stop at prevention.
But.
‘The atmosphere is not good…’
This was just my hunch.
But it was clear that something bad was happening.
Since the heir of the snake family was under prohibition, if we look into it, others other than Cain may also have been under prohibition.
Furthermore, Raniero interrupted the ceremony, which had never been disrupted before.
‘The Giles flower…’
Although he said he found a way to detoxify it to some extent,
Still, considering the beastmen who had jumped in front of the carriage earlier, it was clear that the problem had not yet been completely resolved.
Arsene must have noticed my concern, and held my hand.
“Don’t worry too much, Linsy. You think too much.”
“But.”
“Rather think of something else at that time. For example… Yeah, something like a coming of age ceremony. After the festival, there will be a coming-of-age ceremony…”
“Mmhm, I guess so. Can Leon and Cain come?”
“There would probably be an uproar if you didn’t call them. I don’t know about Cain, but probably about Leon.”
Arsene giggled, laughing mischievously and fiddling with my hand.
“Are there any flowers you want to receive?”
“Flower?”
“Yes, the flowers you want to receive at your coming-of-age ceremony. I will give you flowers.”
“I…”
When I was about to seriously think about it, someone knocked on the door.
“Come in.”
At the end of Arsene’s words, the door opened slightly, and the maid came in and bowed her head.
“Lady, Young Master. It’s time to eat.”
Arsene and I got out of bed, wondering if it was already that time.
“Mmhm, I’ll be down soon.”
The maid nodded her head with a smile on her face.
I tilted my head slightly, looking clearly at the maid.
‘Was there a maid like that?’
Since this is not the main mansion, it was natural that there were employees I didn’t know.
However, since the maids and servants were closest to us, I thought I knew most of their faces.
For some reason, I felt like I had never seen that maid’s face before.
The maid closed the door and left, and Arsene got up first and looked down at me.
“Aren’t you going?”
“Arsene, you know. Don’t you think it’s your first time seeing that maid? For some reason, her face feels unfamiliar…”
As I murmured, Arsen narrowed his brows, tilted his head, and soon opened his mouth.
“Isn’t it obvious because it’s the second mansion? Other than that maid, other maids looked unfamiliar.”
“Is that so? But.”
I felt something strange, and it was more than just an unfamiliar face.
So, for example, I can’t remember the face of the maid who just left.
I sighed deeply and swept my hair away.
‘I must be very tired.’
I can’t even remember the face of the maid who just left.
As I sighed, Arsene placed a slipper under my feet, which had been randomly scattered under the bed.
“I can wear them!”
“You’re a patient. Your current situation seems a bit strange.”
Arsene said as he narrowed his brows.
He also muttered that I should see a doctor when he returned.
I didn’t want to worry Arsene any more, so I obediently put on slippers and held Arsene’s hand to help raise myself.
Arsene held my hand familiarly and supported me so that I wouldn’t fall.
***
“You know, Betty. Isn’t it strange that I don’t recognize the maids’ faces?”
“Of course, how many maids are there in this mansion?”
Betty answered as if it were obvious.
It was only after hearing her answer that I felt a little relieved.
I felt better when I realized that the strangeness I was feeling was just because I was tired.
“But what’s the matter?”
“Eung? Never mind. Betty, I heard you’ve been to the Yeckhart mansion a while ago.”
Betty said she was going to the main mansion for a while because she had business. I leaned toward Betty and asked.
“How is Hector?”
“Hector? Of course. As he got older, he became a little calmer and quieter, but his temperament remained the same. But these days…”
“These days?”
“These days, he has been spacing out a lot. Or a sudden cry at night… There is nothing wrong with his health, but the stable keepers are worried that such behavior has increased.”
“Hector?”
I narrowed my eyes.
Hector has never shown such strange behavior,
Suddenly these days?
Phew,
I sighed and drooped on the sofa.
Betty looked at me with her eyes wide open, as if she thought I was sick.
“Lady, are you sick? Or is there any problem?”
“No, it’s just…”
It’s just that I’m upset.
I can’t explain it exactly, but I kept feeling strange.
In addition,
“Sometimes I can’t sleep…”
“You couldn’t sleep?”
Betty asked with her eyes wide open.
I nodded.
I’ve been having strange dreams lately. It was because of that dream that I had trouble sleeping.
‘I keep dreaming…’
Schville, that kid keeps coming out.
I couldn’t bear to say that to Betty, and I sighed.
Is it because I saw Schville first?
Is that why the guilt I’ve had with her all this time appears as a dream?
In my dream, Schville was a tiny, five-year-old child I remember.
Then she looked at me and cried, laughed, or…
[I really hate Sister. Really.]
She used to curse.
After having such a dream, I woke up suddenly, my whole body soaked in cold sweat.
Then Arsene would ask me if I had a bad dream again,
I couldn’t forget Schville’s voice in my dream, so I had to blink for a while.
Furthermore.
‘When Schville comes out…’
I heard the same voice I heard when I was young again.
[Don’t worry too much. Linsy, you’re…]
This is the voice I heard once when I was under prohibition and once when Arsene was on the brink of death.
