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I don't know when he came running.
Leon Fraser, who rushed towards me like lightning, pulled me into his arms like a human barrier and received an arrow in my stead.
"No no!"
A scream came out of me without me knowing.
"Get out!"
Leon Fraser's affection for me has reached an all-time low. I can say that without even being sure.
But now, if he got hurt because of me, wouldn't he hate me even more?
Wouldn't the subtask also fail?
I struggled, but he wouldn't budge an inch.
You care.
Instead, as if it were a lie, that terrible sound was heard again.
“Miss Tulia! Young Master Leon!”
“Young master!”
The sound of the magical tool being completely shattered was deafening.
The sound of knights and doctors rushing to the place.
Truly, a very loud and chaotic festival...
“Leon.”
How was my vocal performance?
“Leon?”
He didn't turn around until he called twice.
Leon's expression was completely distorted as he looked at me.
Black hair stained with blood.
The pain was evident on his face. He looked angry too.
I was afraid.
Leon's dark green eyes struck fear in people's hearts.
I can't bear to hate this man anymore...
That would be a real disaster.
So much so that three arrows will seem like nothing.
“Leon.”
I could barely get my voice out to ask. Maybe it was the pain, but my teeth were chattering. Even then, I wasn't bothered by Leon's usual sharp stare.
I just wanted to hurry up and ask, hurry up and confirm.
Leon Fraser.
"Are you well?"
You're not mad at me, are you?
“…”
I asked you if you were okay.
Has your love level for me decreased again?
“…”
“Right now, the two arrows… two of them…”
This guy actually hates Tullia.
"…"
"I'm sorry."
What should I do?
“I'm really sorry.”
How can I get even a little forgiveness from this bastard?
“Because I really hurt you...”
I'm sorry.
Leon slowly opened his mouth.
“You really…”
A faint sound sounded like an iron ball in the sea.
“...Are you an idiot?”
Leon asked in his low voice.
Leon's hands that were holding me were covered in blood, and when I saw those red traces, Leon's face became expressionless, as if he was lying.
Thanks to that, I had a moment of confusion.
Why does he look angry?
No, he can get angry.
But why does he seem angry with himself instead of me?
It was strange.
Is my thinking wrong?
But like a meteor that suddenly flew by, as soon as the thought came to mind, it stuck stubbornly and would not let go of me.
I felt like my head was completely off.
Like someone suddenly thrown into boiling water.
Such as when the skin cannot handle sudden heat and makes the mistake of perceiving boiling water as cold.
That's how things were.
I realized it very slowly.
The fact that Leon Fraser was so angry right now,
“She was beaten up a lot more than me.”
“…”
“Still, you're worried about me?”
And it ended there.
“Young master, miss!”
Oh my God, there's so much blood!
Leon handed me over to the personal doctor and the knights who rushed to me. It felt like so little time had passed.
Several doctors gathered around him making noise, then put a towel in Leon's mouth and pulled out the arrows embedded in his back and shoulder.
Leon Fraser gritted his teeth for a moment, but that didn't last long either.
“Take her away. Treat her.”
After those brief words, Leon Fraser suddenly stood up.
“Young Master, you need to wrap bandages!”
“Young Master Leon!”
Completely ignoring the insistent voices calling from behind.
Leon Fraser walks with long strides.
No, he's running.
Tedrick Fraser, frozen in place like a salt statue.
That bastard.
“Leon, brother...”
A voice trembling like an aspen tree.
“I'm sorry. I didn't hit you on purpose. Really. Why should I hit you? Ha? Really...!”
He ignored me like that, but Leon's frightened look and apology to Tedrick was disgusting and ridiculous.
And a bit pathetic.
“Are you sorry?”
Leon responded by asking.
At that moment Tedric nodded frantically.
blow!
"Yes!"
Leon's fist lunged straight at him.
“Young Master Leon!”
“Young Master! Please calm down!”
“I, I was wrong. Brother Leon. Brother Leon, I, I was wrong… Ah!”
Leon seemed to hear nothing at all.
He continued to beat Tedrick with his fists until he was covered in blood.
“Young Lord Tedric!”
Leon was like a hungry wild beast that had gone completely mad.
The young lords began to tremble.
These are the ones who shot me with Tedric.
“Young Master Leon Fraser, that was a mistake!”
“We really didn't know that the arrow would hit the young woman, ah!”
“Ooooh!”
“Young Master Leon, Young Master Leon! Please calm down, please!”
In a few moments.
The young lords collapsed helplessly like paper dolls thrown into a bucket of red paint.
No one was left standing.
“...Personal doctor.”
“Miss Tulia, the bleeding is severe. Please don’t speak! Relax!”
“No, look. Personal doctor. Am I seeing things right now?”
“Miss! I asked you not to speak!”
“Leon’s back seems to be bleeding profusely too, no… look. His personal doctor...”
“Miss!”
“Please, come to your senses!”
"Miss Tulia! Miss!"
“Prepare the carriage immediately!”
As the scene ended with mixed shouts and screams, I completely lost consciousness.
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“If I get hurt too, will anyone worry about me?”
“If I too get injured, will my family come running to me?”
Han Ina muttered as she reflected in the mirror.
Yes, there were times when I was curious about these things, and it bothered me.
There was a good time for that.
I was younger, and therefore more fragile, so I would build a stronger shield, saying that I wouldn't get hurt by the little things. I am indifferent and do not dwell on things for too long.
Those first days when I thought I was no longer a child.
A time when I sometimes deceived myself without realizing it.
“Can I be loved this way too?”
Then suddenly, I feel blindly jealous of all the happiness in the world during the pre-dawn hours.
Those countless nights of childhood.
The insatiable thirst was like an angry child.
I smashed Han Ina's statue in the mirror as if I was about to cry.
Blood flows along the broken mirror randomly.
Since I had to clean up what I messed up, I was raised that way.
While I was wiping the blood-stained mirror with my fingertips, suddenly...
I see strands of pink hair tangling between my slender fingers.
“…Leah.”
A voice slowly brings my consciousness back to the surface.
“Take...a.”
My eyelids were heavy.
But to fall asleep like this.
The voice calling my name sounded so lonely.
My vision gradually brightens.
My silvery, snow-white hair is slowly falling on me.
“…Lizian.”
His skin color was always clear and pale. And Lycian always smiled at me when he saw me.
At those times, I truly felt like he was part of the family.
Even when I was very ill, the smile that Lycian had given me unchanged was extraordinarily faint compared to usual.
It made me feel a strange pain in my heart.
Because he seemed really worried about me.
Because he seemed to truly consider me part of his family.
I was fooled in the same way during the Han Ina period as well.
When I was very sick, there was a period when I cried and opened my heart to family members who seemed worried.
Little did I know that their concern was only limited to the level of concern shown briefly when a pet dog suddenly begins to die.
They exchanged looks with each other, looking confused by my crying and stuttering appearance.
So I won't be fooled twice. How many times have I pledged this unconsciously?
How many times have I tried to put my heart together in this way?
“…”
Why do Lycian's eyes look at me, sunken in despair, like mist hanging in the winter sky?
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