# 128
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Leia, who was laughing awkwardly at Allen who was staring at her, suddenly noticed that his eyes were looking strangely at her face.
'Yes . …I think you're worried about my hair color.'
Well, I must have heard the way she looked into Diana's eyes, so it was strange and surprising.
However, contrary to what Leah thought, Allen wasn't looking at Leah's hair because it was weird and adorable.
To be precise, I was more interested in the hairpin on Leah's hair than in her own hair.
Allen carefully put the hairpin he was holding in his hand into his pocket.
〈Oppa, can you give me this? It's really beautiful when she does that...〉
The words Diana said to me last night when she noticed me passed through my ears.
At that time, Allen received a hairpin from Diana, saying he would give it to her.
But when I looked at the other pin in Leah's hair, I couldn't stop talking.
'Maybe we could have met sooner, because of me...'
The image of Leia shedding tears in front of the Archduke and his wife yesterday never left my mind.
Allen shook his head as if to shake off the slight feeling of guilt that had arisen, then raised his voice and spoke.
“I know how to use Aurors now.”
"Yes?"
“I mean Aurora, Aurora.”
Leah, who was tilting her head at this unexpected remark, said after a while: “Wonderful!” And I clapped.
“It's really amazing!”
"correct ?"
Allen looked arrogant as usual.
“But you're already using this skill at this age.”
Although she had often forgotten about it while living together, Leia secretly admired that the person who would become a sword master was different.
Then Leah asked the face that suddenly appeared.
“And where is Jack?”
It was said that the Duke had gone to the Imperial Palace, but since Jack and Tice were at the scene of yesterday's commotion, I thought they would be there as well.
At this time, Allen scratched his head and grumbled.
“I heard he was in pain.”
"Yes?"
“It hurts, I think it's body aches.”
Leia's face, whose eyes were wide with surprise, suddenly darkened.
There was so much snow last night and the temperature dropped so much that I thought it might be the coldest day of the winter.
But since he was running around looking for me late at night, it was obvious that he had a cold.
I wanted to go and see Jack at once, but when I heard that Tess had already brought the doctor and that he would be well at rest now, I hesitated for fear of interfering with his recovery.
then.
“By the way, I sent someone early in the morning to tell Lucio this good news, but I heard that teleportation in the capital was blocked due to heavy snow last night.”
“The Duchess said that Lucio might not know about this sudden event until he returns from the Duchy. It should come before the graduation ceremony... I was worried.”
These words made Leia feel tingly inside, and she thought of Lucio, whom I met last night.
'I heard it's not unusual for it to snow….'
I knew the teleportation was temporarily paralyzing, but I didn't know it happened today.
When I thought of Lucio, who had barely returned, I felt dizzy again.
I couldn't think much about it due to my current situation, but why did he come all the way to the capital alone?
'. …Maybe this means I'm Daryl's important client and the department's target.'
The circumstances surrounding the Information Guild were clear to Leia.
It wasn't that difficult to understand.
However, I felt a strange tickle in my heart when I thought of Lucio telling me that he wanted me to be happy, something I had never heard from anyone else before.
That was when I was thinking about what he said yesterday without realizing it.
“Where is she! Where is she?”
A huge sound was heard, as if Elad's strong and solid palace was shaking, and then the door of the drawing room opened.
Allen hiccuped from the power emanating from this massive, terrifying bear-like figure.
It was Marquis Diabelle.
* * *
The old man who was looking for me before leaving the palace couldn't say anything when he saw me in front of him.
However, even though she was not crying, her eyes were seen red.
Ascart was beside me, as if he was not familiar with such an ancestor, and my parents, who had brought him along, looked inexplicably sorry.
"my dad . … ".
“I have no choice but to die now.”
That was when my mother opened her mouth, unable to bear the long silence. Grandpa said suddenly.
"my dad !"
“Marquis!”
"serious !"
And the sudden sounds that followed.
Grandpa avoided his mother's fierce glare and looked at his father, Askart, and finally at me.
Immediately, a sound came out as if someone had been strangled.
“Also...Grandpa is the best person to listen to.”
Next to me, I felt Ascarte's shoulder twitch.
But I didn't have the energy to focus on anything else.
“Leah, won’t you call me grandpa again?”
It is more precise than I remember, but the wrinkled eyes were very distorted, indicating the profound passage of time and hardship.
In my previous life, I had been called grandpa countless times, but I had never felt more nervous than I did at this moment.
After holding my mouth shut for a while, I tried to speak calmly.
“I will call you if you promise that you won't say it's okay to die again.”
"I promise you."
". … serious."
I couldn't help but laugh at the immediate answer.
She immediately ran into his strong arms and hugged him.
“I always thought it would be nice to have my grandfather as my grandfather. I’m so happy.”
I'm revealing a little bit of my true feelings that I've been hiding for a very long time.
A large hand lifted me up and sat me on his lap, then patted my shoulder and back lightly.
“I'm so glad you're my granddaughter too.”
The words that followed startled me and I raised my head.
It was because I did not expect to hear such sincere words from my grandfather due to his shy nature.
Sure enough, the old man, whose ears and neck were red, rolled his eyes in the air and snorted.
“Great! After you broke my heart like that, are you going to show up now and end it with just one act of kindness? Do you think I’ll take care of you if you do that?”
“How will you take care of her?”
When she asked with a bright smile, Grandpa's eyes widened.
The old man, whose eyes were now red, cleared his throat and asked.
“Is this allocation really good?”
“Yes, I like it!”
When I answered quickly, my grandfather's mouth opened wide.
I quickly closed my mouth, but that didn't mean I could hide my soft mouth.
then.
“Grandpa! Let me introduce her again, this is my younger sister.”
Ascart said suddenly.
At first glance, you might think he stepped in to introduce me as he did Allen, but the title that preceded it was different from the norm.
It was clear that what my grandfather said earlier upset me.
“Right, Leia?”
When I turned my head, Askart was looking at me with twinkling eyes, like a big dog waiting for praise.
For some reason, I felt like an unexpected tail was gently swaying behind my back, so I stifled a laugh and gave him the answer he wanted.
“Yes, brother.”
Grandpa also grumbled and said to Askart.
“Hmph, she is your younger sister, but she is also my granddaughter, yes?”
“Yes, grandfather.”
As I answered excitedly, I suddenly stopped when I heard a small voice coming from one side.
"my daughter . … ".
“She is our daughter...”
My parents, who I thought would look at this place happily, had a very depressed look on their faces.
“Even if your father says so, you can even summon your brother’s Askart.”
“I guess you're still mad at me, after all.”
“Even if this were true for my wife, why would she tell me...”
"No, Your Highness! What are you saying? Don't spouses have one mind and body?"
In the end, the two people, who were a very good couple, were about to get into an argument, so I closed my eyes and screamed.
"Dad, Mom! Enough!"
My parents turned their heads at my words and froze.
The tip of my nose wrinkled for no reason as I saw him unable to move, even holding his breath.
I couldn't remember much after that.
This is because I was subjected to a lot of harassment from my father, mother, grandfather, and Askart, who embraced me and asked me to call them again.
Then I heard a sound that made my ears pop.
“Damn it, the Emperor dares to interfere until the day he finds my granddaughter! Otherwise, I would have learned about this good news yesterday!”
I heard that my father and mother went to the imperial palace in the morning.
The day before, my grandfather, who had been playing chess and drinking late with the Emperor, jumped up and said that he heard the news late because he was sleeping in the palace because the Emperor was clinging to him.
When I looked at him in shock at what I was afraid someone would hear, my grandfather said as if it was no big deal.
“It's okay, it's okay, if I can't even swear on Nara in my house, is this really my house?”
“…This is Elad’s palace.”
“…Huh?”
When Grandpa suddenly bursts into the Duke's living room, the Duchess leaves with Aline and Diana to ensure a peaceful family reunion.
My grandfather looked around as if he was surprised by what I said. It really sounds like you were wrong.
I smiled shyly and slowly got up from my seat.
“So would you all like to go to the Marquis’s palace first? I… I’ll take a look at Diana’s face.”
It was Diana who was close to me until the day before yesterday.
I was worried because we broke up a short time ago without being able to properly exchange some words.
‘Moreover, there is a story that needs to be told properly….’
“Adriana.”
Then my father looked at me and said with a serious expression.
“There is someone you should see first in Elad Palace.”