# 6
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“This little crab eats a lot.”
Diana, who had never heard of her food being given to her, was very sad.
It was Leia who was surprised when Diana pursed her lips and tears fell.
'Jack! She is the lady to whom you will swear loyalty and protection! You should be kinder!'
Without realizing Leah's suffering, Jack went to the clothes he had put aside, took half the bread, and handed it to Leah.
“Oh? Why is that...”
It wasn't noisy today.
Leia muttered in a creepy voice, making Jack even more nervous somehow.
“Just eat.”
“But Jack, I saved it for you, you gave it to me yesterday, but if you gave it to me today...”
“If you don't want to continue being hungry, take my share!”
Leia's body trembled at his sudden scream.
“Then share your share of food with me as well...”
Leia muttered in a low voice so that he would not hear her, and she looked at the bread in her hand in silence without eating it.
As Diana stared at him, Jack said harshly.
“Don't even think about giving it to her!”
“I won't do that!”
“False.”
Diana's cheeks puffed out, complaining.
Jack also stared at Diana without losing his mind. Leah was startled when she saw Jack arguing with a little girl, which made her laugh.
In my past memories, Jack had always been a silent and straightforward boy, but looking back, he had a childish side.
Why are you laughing ?
Jack looked at Leah, who suddenly smiled, and narrowed his eyes.
Leah's mouth moved on its own.
'I thought he was handsome when I saw him again.'
During her stay in the guild, she had developed a habit of hanging out with higher-ups, so this was a compliment that came out without her realizing it, but it wasn't a lie.
Despite his young age, Jack was a handsome boy with distinctive features.
'So he will have female followers later.'
There was no way he could become famous just because he was a sword master or one of the top three knights.
Leia nodded to herf, but Jack, suddenly speechless, turned his head away.
The back of his neck seemed to be a little red.
Is this due to training?
She tilted her head, but Diana, who felt a strange atmosphere next to her, suddenly shouted at him.
"no !"
“Huh?”
"You're not handsome! My brother is better than you!"
Seeing Diana speaking confidently with her hands on her hips made Leia burst out laughing again.
Jack asked, narrowing his eyes.
“Do you have a brother?”
"Yes! Two!"
“There must be two fools.”
Diana is not stupid! My brother, my brother is more handsome!” Diana shouted, shaking Leia's sleeve.
At that moment, Lea remembered the face of Diana's older brother, Lucio, which she had seen just before her death.
'Yes, he is really handsome.'
He was a handsome man with a beautiful face resembling the Duke of Elad, and an indifferent face befitting his title, the Ice Prince.
But Leah thought he wasn't as cold as people said.
'What am I talking about, I don't even know what I just said.'
For a moment she thought she was crazy, so Leia quickly shook her head.
Because she did not understand what he looked like, Diana cried until her eyes filled with tears.
“My brother is really handsome...”
“Oh? That's right, if he looks like Diana, he'll be very handsome!”
"This is correct !"
Diana smiled brightly at her urgent, reassuring words.
When Jack saw this, he twisted his mouth and tried to say something, so Leah quickly changed the topic of the relationship between the two future masters and servants.
"There's something more important than that, Jack! Are you training here alone?"
"What's training? I'm just doing it because I'm bored."
“I get it, and yet you still work hard. ... It was great.”
Jack's throat reddened again as she complimented him again without thinking.
Diana also pursed her lips.
Why is the weather like this?
Their relationship shouldn't be this bad.
Of course, she didn't want to be doomed to failure, but Leia took her word for it about her turbulent mood.
“As expected, Jack wants to become a knight, right?”
"What? Knight?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Jack frowned.
“Do you think common people like us can become knights easily? I will be a mercenary. They may not be famous, but they make a lot of money.”
“Ah...”
Leia opened her mouth in astonishment as she watched Jack reveal her aspirations without hesitation, and for some reason she laughed.
The childhood dream of the knight who would later make a name for himf in the empire was to become a mercenary.
“I believe, Jack, that you will become a knight.”
“Yes, what do you think you know about this world! How hard can it be!”
No matter how ignorant she was of the world, Jack was not one to make fun of people!
Jack, who was unintentionally angry, was speechless upon seeing Leah's face, which showed no signs of provocation.
Looking into her eyes sparkling without a single lie, for some reason he didn't want to give an answer that would disappoint Leia.
“I know it's hard, but you can do it, you want to do it too.”
So, when the words were passed quietly, Jack subconsciously answered.
“If I can be what I want, then I want it.”
“Of course, so you just have to work as hard as you are doing now.”
Because he was kinder and more honest than everyone else, he would eventually receive the blessing.
Leia laughed cheerfully, swallowing her words behind her back.
* * *
After Jack's training, he returns to the orphanage.
She was happy to see Jack, who was walking in front, looking back from time to time to make sure we were following him.
'Pretend it wasn't the case and take care of him, even if he complains, Diana seems to care.'
Well, if it wasn't for that, there was no way he would have come out to protect Diana at that moment in the past when no one had stepped forward.
'Well, there is chivalry, but protecting the weak is chivalry.'
“Ooops.”
At that moment, an involuntary sound came out of her mouth.
This was because she walked faster than her speed so as not to miss Jack who was in front of her.
His legs were very sore.
“Oh God, give me strength, bear this.”
Diana waved her sleeve and asked me to stand.
Yes, get up.
She was about to squat down, thinking that it would be best to get back as quickly as possible.
"Is something hurting? Come on, get up!"
Jack, who was walking in front, came back before she knew it and grabbed her arm.
As if asking her to sit on his back, he bent down in front of Diana.
“Ahhhh! Ha...”
“Ha.”
Jack sighed deeply, stared at Diana for a moment, then turned to her.
She didn't feel ashamed of this, but her eyes widened as she was about to ask for at least the washed clothes and a bucket of water.
Placing her back with her arms wide behind her meant that no matter who saw her, she had to get up.
But why did Jack do that in front of her?
“What are you doing, don’t get carried away.”
“Huh?”
“You can carry it on your back and I can carry it on my back.”
“...huh?”
What nonsense?
She thought it was just a joke and laughed, even though she knew it wasn't because of Jack's serious personality.
But there was no misery in Jack's dark eyes.
"quickly ."
She scratched her cheek awkwardly as she watched Jack go to work again.
“Come, carry.”
Plus, Diana was rocking her sleeves.
Was there a similarity because their relationship would become that of master and servant in the future?
When she saw how they both were so stubborn, she couldn't help but shake her head as she watched the children tense without making any concessions.
It was a little weird and embarrassing, but it was Jack who was suffering, not her.
She thought she didn't know why Jack bothered to do this, and put Diana on her back.
“Now ride on the back too.”
She hesitated when she saw Jack bending over in front of her, then lowered his body hesitantly.
As she hugged his neck tightly from behind and lifted him carefully, her gaze rose slightly.
“Kya, that's high!”
Diana, on her back, was swaying and laughing as if excited.
* * *
The price of enduring the shame was as sweet as honey.
Fortunately, no one noticed this strange appearance during the trip, and she arrived in front of the orphanage without straining her body at all.
“Thank you, Jack.”
When she moved her fingers and said, “Thank you for making me comfortable, but I'm sorry,” Jack turned his head away without saying a word.
“You're determined to make people feel embarrassed.”
But Jack was a really good child, not only because he carried them on his back, but also because he had a frank disposition when he saw him taking an interest in baking.
'Okay, let me look at you like an adult.'
Even though she was now several years younger than him, she lived to be eighteen.
Ignoring Jack's reaction, she smiled cheerfully, and in an instant, Jack's pupils widened and he felt his breath stop.
Is my smile that weird?
It was time to clear Diana's head of embarrassment.
"You! Where are you going?"
As if he was about to leave, the director was standing at the entrance carrying his coat.
*The manager is the same as the teacher and the man, but the translation of the word carries the same meaning. I decided to call the man a manager.*
"Hah! This uncle is scary! Oh! No!"
Diana sighed and hid in her arms, in the past she was afraid just looking at the teacher, so Diana hurriedly hid and spoke to the teacher whose eyebrows were fluttering.
“You went to do laundry.”
As she quickly lifted Diana to the hem of her dress, the teacher, who had been staring at her with cold eyes for a while, suddenly asked:
“How old are you now?”
“...10 years.”
“Okay, okay.”
When Jack answered the question without knowing its meaning, the main employee with a very satisfied face and walked past us and left the nursery. After yesterday, it looked like he was going for a drink today.
“Hmm...”
I wondered where the replacement notebook got the money.
“Now, you go too.”
At that time, Jack woke her up by looking at the principal's back.
Because she no longer wanted to disturb him, she took Diana's hand without complaint and headed into the room.
When they returned to the bedroom, the other children were already ready to go to bed.
As soon as she lay down on her bed, Diana, tired from her short outing, immediately began to doze off.
I looked at her gently and looked out the window. The sky was darkening as the sun had already set.
After a while, she was sure that everyone in the shared bedroom was completely asleep, and quietly got up from her seat.
In the past, the Duke of Elad found Diana and Jack locked in the attic after passing out, then killed the director with a single knife.
And now she was thinking of keeping Diana and at the same time making it her own end.
'In addition, he saved the children of the orphanage who would be taken to the street for pretending not to know Diana.'
This was a must for her, as she remembered the miserable days of ars more clearly than ever.
‘So I must inform the principal first and obtain mercy from Duke Elad.’