Spoiler Elegant Sea of Savagery

biha · Sep 26, 2021

Celeste18 said: ↑

I've been waiting for this, to the point I MTLed the r19 novel but I didn't read this yet

“Eat a lot, Irina.”

A young man and woman were having breakfast sitting opposite each other. The Count speaking to the woman was a very handsome man, and his low voice was infinitely smooth and soft, even in the early morning.

But from time to time, a longing that could not be concealed flowed from him.

His gaze rested one after the other on the woman's slender wrists and dry shoulders, her wavy hair, and it was undeniably dark and gloomy.

“What are you doing today?”

When Illenoa hid such a sign and asked politely again, Irina groaned and fell into her troubles. She replied after a moment if she had made up her mind.

“I want to learn to work in the garden. I do laundry, and I do other things when I have time.”

Irina Nodiac.

She was the eldest daughter of a declining aristocratic family, and she now owes a great debt to the man before her eyes.

It was entirely because of the former Marquis of Nodiac that the downfall of her once-greatly prestige family was heralded. To put it a little more accurately, it was because of his business soldier who was entering a new era.

Before and after Nodiak, he was the owner of a bold character that was indescribable compared to his abilities, and the debt he owed due to successive investment failures was such a huge amount that the family had to be in debt for a long time even after selling the title and estate.

It was Count Illenoa Schuberg who took over the remaining rights of the marquis along with the debt.

He was the owner of the Schuberg upper, which boasted great wealth in Kissen, and was Irina's academy classmate.

“Irina.”

"Huh?"

Illenoa's voice softened.

It was a sweet voice as if he was dealing with her lover, but her face as she lifted her head and answered her face looked sullen. In fact, it seemed a little uncomfortable.

Staring into her bright, clean gold eyes, Ile Noah spoke in a gentle manner.

“The sun is strong during the day. Be careful not to injure yourself while overdoing it. Be sure to wear a wide-brimmed hat if you tell the maid.”

“Yeah, I see.”

After Irina entrusted her body to her countess, she was paid a maid's salary, and she was paying off her debts from time to time. However, it was just an act to wrap the relationship between the two of them into a moderately normal one.

No housekeeper would have taken such care of her maid who worked in her household. So she wouldn't even have a friendly debt relationship.

Also, no matter how much she devotes her whole life to her work, she will not be able to repay the large sum for a small salary.

So, the biggest right Illenoa acquired along with the debt was Irina Nodiac.

He did not intend to wield that right as recklessly as a tyrant, but at times he felt a dark euphoria and a deep satisfaction with it.

That was the essence of the human being Illenoa Schuberg.

No matter how friendly he pretended to be a gentleman, it did not hide the fact that he possessed a cruel and sadistic nature.

Everyone, even Irina, noticed it to some extent, and when dealing with Irina, she used to act like a pretty normal and friendly man.

In fact, it was all bullshit.

But after about 7 years of that naughty one, you'll start to think that that's not your personality either.

Even the servants of the count, who had been serving Ilenoa for a long time, sometimes suffered cognitive dissonance, whether the headmaster was like that.

“But when it comes to gardening, isn’t it like having scissors or a saw in your hand?”

Illenoa asked Irina whether she had a sudden thought.

He grimaced her face a little. It was a strange face that seemed to smile and seemed to hold back laughter.

Irina asked, puzzled.

“Wow, that’s right. Why?”

“Irina is worried about what she will do if Irina cuts off someone else’s hand or neck, not the tree.”

“… … uhm.”

Irina lowered her head a little to see if there was no face to her.

It sounded like a joke at first glance, but it wasn't actually a joke. Still, she always said that if it was her talent that her body was intact, it was a talent.

The count's servants were grateful for that alone.

“Don’t do anything too risky in the first place.”

Jira Irina had a heartbroken face and turned her back on not one or two things she had done.

“I will take care of that. But Illenoa.”

“Yes, tell me.”

"Well."

She seemed to have something to say. Illenoa put down her knife and fork and gave her a puzzled look.

Soon after, the words that came out of her mouth were unexpected.

“I want to marry Ludwig.”

In an instant, a terrible silence fell in the space where they were eating.

The personnel at the top, who were waiting a few steps away, were puzzled by the sudden drop in the temperature around them.

But ignoring everyone's embarrassment, Irina continued her speech with a blunt attitude.

“I’ll make sure it doesn’t interfere with work.”

“… … .”

Ilenoa was silent for a while.

And it was then.

She began to draw a supple curve around Illenoa's lips, who had been listening quietly.

It was a very elegant and dignified smile. But the servants who were watching had to feel a sense of goosebumps.

Because I knew my owner wasn't the kind of person to laugh in a situation like this.

Her smile, raising the corners of her lips gently, was noble, but the temperature in her eyes was unbelievably low.

He asked, keeping her cool smile.

“With some kid… … What are you doing?”

“… … what?"

Irina asked in surprise, but her expression on Ile Noah did not change. His dark blue eyes now seemed to be bursting with black flames.

Irina frowned at her quickly. Because she had a low-key tone that she had never heard from him.

Eventually, a branch began to appear on her face as well.

“… … Ilenoa.”

It was the young butler who dissuaded Gaju on behalf of the people around him who were not sure what to do. Everyone knew of her, Irina's, her fiery temper, and her maiden's long-standing obsession with her.

Neither of them were ordinary. It was necessary to prevent Irina, who had been defeated by her, from throwing a plate of food and smashing her window with the intention of breaking her maiden's head from this spot.

They are worried that the relationship between the two will become irreversible.

Ile Noah, who smiled with her sullen face, then stared at her into the air and let out a brief sigh of hers. Her face, with a little bit of emotion, was still neat, but much more sincere than before.

“I think you are being misunderstood, you did not come to work for money and we are not an ordinary employment relationship. So you can't do it on your own."

It was polite and polite as usual. But he couldn't hide the cold anger that was inside him.

Looking at Irina as she listened to her with a firm expression on her face, he recapitulated what had happened just a few months ago.

“The Count Schuberg assumed all the debts owed by the former Marquis Nodiac. Some of the conversions have been completed. It was I who paid off the debt and took over the title to you when that damn usurper set you up to sell you on a boat you don't know where it's going.”

And then your relationship with Ludwig was already over.

But you're only going to get me a favor, and won't give you the slightest chance or the slightest leeway?

Ilenoa's eyes seemed to burn with a cool breeze.

His words were completely true, without a single lie. However, she felt strongly against Irina's words and manner.

Ilenoa didn't seem to want to stop there.

He wanted to make sure of all this now. He wanted her to know that she had only one option and no other possibilities.

Look, where you stand is a dead end.

He got up from his seat and walked towards Irina. It was an elegant and slow gait, as always. She came up to her right next to her and stopped her, and he stretched out her hand.

Her white hands, which painted over Irina's cheeks, were infinitely gentle.

“Should I be more certain? Irina, I have a right to you.”

The content of what followed was not at all kind.

“So you can’t marry a bastard other than me.”

“… … This scumbag is real.”

In any case, Irina's face, which she had been trying to listen to with patience, was eventually burned with anger.

Everyone was nervous at the momentum that was about to explode at any moment, but Illenoa looked down at her rebellious face with infinitely still eyes.

The emotion in her eyes was definitely cool. But as the coolness gradually warmed up to the heat, he spoke the words he had been procrastinating for a long time.

“I will go to your room tonight. Don't lock the door."

The sexual connotation was obvious.

After Ile Noah left, Irina, who had been arguing with her for a while, finally threw her glass of water at her door where he left.

The place where the glass had shattered with a loud noise was full of her stains.

* * *

It was near midnight when Illenoa visited Irina's bedroom.

He had already washed in her own room and was dressed lightly, but Irina sitting on her bed was the same as she had seen her in the morning.

Lost in her deep thoughts, she came in and looked at him dissatisfied as he leaned against her door.

She said Irina and she seemed to have something to say. Illenoa just stared at her from afar.

“Hey, I didn’t tell you to come in yet.”

The words that finally came out of her mouth were very vain.

His blunt expression looked like a child's. So Ilenoa laughed a little. Even though the world has changed, she is still the same as when I first met Irina.

He walked slowly over her and sat at an angle next to her, looking relaxed. As he got closer, there was a strong, cool scent of bathing.

He kindly responded to her words.

“This is the Countess. I am Count Schuberg. There doesn't seem to be any place in the Count's mansion that Gaju cannot go to at this time."

Then she mumbled something that Irina couldn't hear well. Judging by the shape of her mouth, she seemed to be swearing.

It was also so hers that Illenoa smiled once more.

When his long, white hand touched her Irina's her red hair, Irina pulled her shoulder back a little, but he didn't mind putting the hair behind her ear behind Irina's.

Is it because of her pretty face? Even such a simple gesture looked obscene in Irina's eyes.

“Ugh, you pretty scumbag.”

maybe i like you

Irina shook her head flutteringly as she called out the man's nickname. But Illenoa only smiled unwaveringly as if she was okay.

Irina looked at him for a long time, and she finally let out her deep sigh. Her eyes looking at her Illenoa were as serious and serious as before. She was a face determined to do something.

“Illenoa, I have something to tell you.”

His eyes, which had been smiling brightly, shone sharply in an instant. The eyes of the two men and women were tightly intertwined in the air.

In order to explain this terrible relationship, we have to go back 7 years.

It was at the Royal Academy of Kissen that Irina Nodiak and Illenoa Schuberg first met.

She was the age of Irina then she was only seventeen. However, when the average aristocratic women reached that age, they used to pretend to be noble ladies so much that they were reluctant to laugh without covering their mouths.

Irina was different from her peers. She said that she was horrified. I mean, she was a great tomboy.

In the post-Nodiak writers, the eldest daughter sent to the academy would have an accident, and she would be terrified every day, and she used to stick with people.

It was the same with Ilenoa, who was different from his peers.

Ile Noah, who had just turned eighteen, was an incredibly reticent boy. Few people have seen him laugh at the academy, and he spoke so little that I can count on a handful of people I've spoken to.

Ilenoa was the son of the second wife of Count Schuberg. His mother was a street woman, and Ilea Noah said she had to grow up in a brothel until she was enrolled as her second son in the Countess.

Revived by a later wife, her mother's origins, her curly appearance.

It is not known whether his unique personality is an innate temperament or an acquired environment. However, it is clear that his childhood was not very smooth.

Thus, both were problematic figures in the academy. He has always been at the center of the topic and has driven rumors.

It was on a chilly autumn day, long after entering school, that the two were able to mix conversation for the first time.

* * *

“Oh, what is this bastard?”

“… … .”

Ilea Noah glanced at his book that had fallen on his floor.

His face was pale, and the shadows around his eyes were deep. For a boy, he certainly looked gorgeous. However, if you look closely at that fine lined face, there is no expression on it.

I pretended to be a coincidence, but it was definitely not a coincidence.

Since Illenoa entered the academy, such quarrels have been frequent. And Ile Noah often just ignored his quarrels.

“Are you ignoring me?”

“… … .”

“Should I apologize if I bumped into you?”

Naturally, his ignorance only irritated boys of his age even more.

Illenoa knew that too. He sometimes found it annoying, but he didn't even want to deal with it. He had no desire to show off his social skills and get along well.

This quarrel could have been overcome. He knew well that the world was originally such a bad place.

As Ilenoa tried to pick up the book that had fallen on the floor without a word, one of the enraged crowd slapped him on the shoulder.

He was fine the first time or two, but it was brief before he stumbled. As soon as he lost his center, Ile Noah fell backwards from a hasty fist thrown by someone.

They are aristocratic children who were brought up with strict etiquette education. But I was in my late teens.

A society different from the aristocratic society established by the family and the family was formed here. And it was clear that they were referring to Ilenoa Schuberg as the underdog of the society.

Words that demean him and his mother, who grew up in a brothel, and words that ridicule him by tying it up with his native place.

Illenoa was passing through all those words without much difficulty. He showed neither sorrow nor anger.

And that was when he reached out again to pick up the books that were rolling on the floor. Illenoa paused for a moment when someone tried to trample her hand with a shoe.

“… … .”

Contacting the Count was something Illenoa was very reluctant to do. But he didn't want to get his hands dirty, so he sighed and tried to get up. In fact, he was the possessor of a decisive disposition that he hated even touching anyone.

Riip!!

It was then that the sound of flesh being ripped resounded in the middle of the hallway.

The crowd that had been arguing at the great sight, and the other students of the academy who were just watching, opened their mouths without saying a word.

It was a girl with flaming red hair who suddenly intervened and raised her cheek. And she was a well-known academy celebrity. She was Irina Nodiak.

"What are you doing?"

There was a cheerfulness in the voice that hit him first and asked. However, it was an excessive cheerfulness that made those who were already hit by it.

“Hey, hey, hey, hey, crazy bitch… … .”

“… … .”

Irina was silent for a moment at that sudden abusive language. She had a look of disbelief.

“… … Is that what you said to me now?”

isn't she She asked, but it was obvious to everyone that the emotion on her face was like, 'This bastard is playing.'

Even in front of men who were much taller than me, she didn't show any signs of hesitation. She was originally more famous for her reckless and sassy hair than her status as the eldest daughter of a writer.

Overturning everyone's expectations that she would shave her cheeks once again, Irina spoke quietly. And her casual listeners covered her mouth with a groan, ah-ah-ah, with her pale, weary face.

At first, the shoes seemed to be talking about what happened. However, the roaring voice was pronouncing that it was a twin cub.

It seemed that she was able to wrap it up because she heard it wrong, but the profanity was getting messy without knowing the limit.

And finally, as various expressions referring to male organs began to flow from the mouth of her dignified nobleman, the classmates began to turn their backs on Irina one by one.

It was a feast of vulgar words that were hard to hear in front of the children of noble families who grew up well.

This is the kind of situation that gives the impression that the ears are polluted. She's irritable, she's always on the lookout, where does she keep learning the words that bullies seem to use?

The academy classmates were now so loud, aside from being vulgar, that they covered her ears.

On the other hand, after pouring out her cool swear words, Irina was looking at her gang with a sad face. There was a clear contempt in her eyes.

“Because you are insulted in front of others, you feel bad and ashamed. But if you thought you would, you shouldn't have done it to anyone else. you… … You know he's a really bad guy, right?"

She took one step closer.

She was quite tall, but slender. However, there was a strange force in her unfailing attitude.

“If you’re angry, just hit one. I'll give you right. I didn't do anything shameful. So there is nothing to be ashamed of.”

After a moment's hesitation, they left one by one with a happy expression on their faces.

It wasn't because she couldn't beat a slender woman. It was only because she didn't know how to act.

She couldn't really hit and fight with three men and one woman, and the ferocious Irina was already leading her mood.

And Ile Noah, who had been staring at her with a puzzled look, immediately came to her senses and smiled involuntarily.

She had a rare smile on his face that she couldn't see, but in fact she wasn't a very good smile. She was a little ridiculous.

He never asked anyone for help. So this was just an undesired kindness and an uncomfortable favor.

When her mood cleared up a bit, Ilea Noah spits bloody spit on her floor. It felt like the corners of her mouth had been torn.

It was exactly the third time he reached out to pick up the book that had been thrown out while licking his lips. He had to face another interruption.

“Illenoa Schuberg… … Right?"

“… … .”

Ile Noah, who was surprised to find out about herself, looked at Irina quietly. And she nodded her head briefly.

Taking a closer look at her, Irina's facial features were more gentle than she had expected. She had a clear expression on her face that was hard to believe that she was a girl who had the cheeks of her men who had not grown up before.

Illenoa narrowed her eyes involuntarily.

But her impression of Irina Nodiak was by no means ordinary.

Her fiery red hair and her gleaming gold eyes soaked in sunlight were making her impressions sharper.

Ile Noah, who had been looking at her flame-like, and her sunset-red hair in a way, looked down at the handkerchief she held out.

It was meant to wipe her lips, but when Ilea Noah was not handed it, she forced Irina to place it in her hand. and she asked

“Why are you being bullied by Martin gangs every time?”

Illenoa actually didn't know which of them was Martin. But she had a look on her face that she couldn't understand.

“Aren’t you always doing that because you’re still?”

“… … .”

Those words were embarrassing.

Because she can't beat three on her own, it's not worth reciprocating, because no matter how many times she fights, this will never stop.

How many reasons are there in the world? But Irina brought up a completely different story.

"do not do that. You didn't do anything wrong."

“… … .”

“When you lose, even if you lose, you lose cool.”

Illenoa paused and looked into her face once more. Only then did he realize that Irina was angry with something about her.

Illenoa's expression looking at it became a little strange.

The skinny girl in front of him is not telling him to win. Rather, she was adamant that she would lose. But even if she loses when she loses, she must always fight, she said.

So what she was talking about was probably honor.

The day Illenoa never thought of when she was a boy, and that she will cherish in the future will never come.

She was saying contradictory words to him to be honored.

“… … .”

Illenoa stared piercingly into the aristocratic gold with her dark blue eyes.

It was the first brightness I had ever seen in my life, like the night sea of Ilenoa.

He tried to ignore him, as always, but he was rather unstable and fragile in those days. As the light shone on his inner self, he felt a bit of shame along with his admiration.

Ile Noah waited for her to open her mouth, but when she didn't answer, Irina, who thought she had been ignored, stuck out her lips with a very sullen expression.

Not long after, she left. But Ile Noah remained there for a long time after that, staring at the handkerchief she had given her.

It was an insignificant daily routine for one person. But it was a huge event in another person's life.

In fact, it is likely everywhere.

People sometimes reach out to help like this when someone is in trouble. It may be because of a sense of justice in his heart, or it may be because it is not a very difficult task for him. Perhaps it is the manifestation of a wide remote area.

However, the very prudent class of people watch only the situation in such a case and refrain from taking hasty steps. Worrying that it will come back to harm you.

It's pathetic, but I want to tell a story in the same context.

Don't help people recklessly.

Now you can't guess what kind of consequences it will have on your life.

You do not know who the underdog is, whether the person being helped is a good person or a bad person.

* * *

When her class was over, Irina grabbed a book, a writing instrument, and a dark red blanket. Her face, covered with her somewhat annoyance, looked sleepy.

But her face brightened as soon as someone appeared through the back door of her classroom.

“Louudwig hey!”

The man had dark eyebrows and a slightly bewildered impression. He grabbed Irina's pinna as if it stinged as she screamed at her, but smiled as if he couldn't help it, and spread her arms out.

“Lina, can you please be quiet? Everyone is surprised.”

He gave a pint glass to the top of his head, far below him.

The classroom was remarkably quiet, and there were only six people packing their belongings, including the Japanese teacher. Ludwig bowed his head to express his apology at the commotion, but the old teacher only smiled kindly.

Ludwig put her hands behind Irina's back and pushed her to go. Ludwig grumbled in embarrassment at her, who smiled cheerfully whether this was just a pleasant situation.

“Why the hell are you listening to this?”

Ilse language was, so to speak, a minority language. It was common sense for the Kisen nobles to prefer the neighboring and powerful Imphenon rather than the Ilse language.

Irina, who was walking her cheerfully, had a slightly lonely face at those words.

“You seem to be a very kind teacher, isn’t it?”

“Yeah, how did you feel?”

“I feel like I won’t say anything even if I fall asleep.”

As Ludwig narrowed her eyebrows, Irina calmly admitted.

“It went wrong from there.”

They giggled and laughed for a while and headed for the sparsely populated vacant lot.

Ludwig took a seat first on the bench under her tree, and she laid Irina flat on his thigh. Ludwig, who was fiddling with his girlfriend's red hair, opened his mouth as if thinking about it.

“I mean Illenoa.”

Irina unconsciously flinched when the name that had recently made headlines for the academy came out of her boyfriend's mouth. Ludwig looked down at Irina curiously.

“Lina, why are you so surprised?”

“… … no. But why Ilenoa?”

“She came back to the dormitory. I think the suspension is over.”

Ah, was that what you were talking about?

Irina, lying on her Ludwig's lap, nodded her head with her steaming face.

Illenoa recently received a one-week suspension from the Academy Administration. Because she once again had a big fight with the Martin gang.

In fact, such quarrels were a common occurrence in Illenoa's academy life. Nothing special happened at all.

However, this time the case took a completely different turn. It's because Ile Noah, whom she always ignores, somehow swung her fist that day.

It was Martin, not Illenoa, who quarreled and used violence first. But does that justify Illenoa's response that day?

Many people found it difficult to readily answer that part. It was because the beatings were so unilateral that it was difficult to defend that he had been a victim.

The one lying on the floor was already motionless.

He was splattered with blood and used violence, and seemed to silently execute the task given to him. So that look made him look like someone was out of order.

Everyone who was watching thought the same thing. I could die... … there must be

Ilenoa was beating people with murderous intent.

The students couldn't wait to see the scene of the assault where their humanity was wiped out, so the students called in adults.

Irina, who found out about it too late, was feeling guilty along with her embarrassment.

She thought it was her fault. She said it was because she had touched Martin, so that Martin was trying to avenge Ilenoah.

But that was the wrong idea. It wasn't Martin who touched Irina, but Illenoa Schuberg.

“Lina, you said you slapped the second son of Count Georg on the cheek the day before.”

At Ludwig's point, Irina flinched her body.

"uh… … uh... … Did you hear me?”

There is nothing scary about her in the world, but Irina, who sees her boyfriend quite well, put on a sad expression on her face. The victim was the face of Nara.

But Ludwig, who had seen her Irina since her nosebleed days, was not deceived.

“Lina, I beg you, kill your temper and live.”

Then she immediately changed the color of her face and she jumped up.

"No, I said the cub and saw her crazy year."

“… … .”

Irina was the first to grind her cheeks. It was evident that Martin cursed Irina next, but she recounted her story with Irina omitting her causality to the extreme. She was flirting, saying she'd rather give her another blow.

But in fact, the second son of Count Georg did not intend to curse her at Irina.

- This, this, this beauty, crazy bitch... … .

That was her nickname for her Irina.

Her classmates would secretly call her her academy madman, referring to her, who was somehow not aristocratic and sometimes did things that other people didn't expect.

When Ludwig learned of her truth, he made an impression with a look of embarrassment.

But he, too, could not mediate to Irina that, in fact, it's your nickname, or that the second son of Count Georg just came and called you.

Ludwig liked and adored her Irina, but he also couldn't handle her personality, like her and sometimes her girlfriend's tomboy. If you tell me, why would you tell me about it now? It was certain that there would be a big uproar.

In the end, he took a deep breath and spoke exactly like the Marquis of Nodiac.

“I did it because I was afraid that I might get into something big after running wild without knowing that the world is so scary.”

“… … Oh, why again?”

“Be careful.”

Irina bit her mouth as her boyfriend sighed again and again. She still looked like she had a lot to say, but she lifted her head back onto Ludwig's hard thighs as if to find her place.

And as she pouted her mouth, she suddenly remembered that day.

She held her handkerchief that she had given her, her fingers, whiter and more delicate than her own.

“… … .”

Illenoa thought Irina's behavior was unnecessary kindness and annoying attention, but in reality she wasn't that kind. She was rather uninterested and ruthless as she was with Illenoa.

She has honestly thought that Irina was not much of a character like her Ile Noah. It was impossible for her to be just being abused by others.

However, even though he was insulted countless times, there were times when it felt like he was looking down on people. At that time, he seemed like a really cryptic person.

That day was the same as usual. Illenoa said she was listening to the injustices being poured out at her, she was beaten up and she was just letting herself go.

Irina did not feel a great sense of justice or sympathy for the sight of her. Still, she was drawn to her and stood in front of her because her clunky shoes were just about to trample on her Ilea Noah's fingers.

- … … .

Such a thing is so bad and barbaric.

In fact, even she couldn't understand herself well. But at that moment she was white and she wanted to keep her slender fingers from breaking.

The academy was just that story for a while. No one would have guessed that the pretty and quiet Illenoa was such a sadistic fighter.

But now that she knows everyone, there will be fewer such absurd quarrels in the future. Then everything would be fine... … .

"Hmm. I feel bad for nothing.”

Irina frowned.

"what?"

"do not know. It's a strange feeling that luck has gone wild. It looks like you stepped on something.”

“Lina, what are you talking about?”

Irina's prediction was correct. This time she was the correct nib, but even she couldn't pinpoint what it was.

After thinking about her for a long time, she finally brought up another topic while trying to forget her.

“Ruby, did you hear that the monarchy was overthrown in Ils?”

“From Ils?”

"Huh."

“Did the king change?”

“No, it seemed that the king’s system had collapsed.”

“… … Is that possible? Who says that?”

“Who is who? I am a Japanese teacher.”

Ludwig asked in surprise, but Irina was calm.

“The teacher didn’t know either. Ils is far away. But, maybe this incident will break the status system, well, he said something like that.”

It was a topic that was profane to put in her mouth.

Ludwig had a bewildered face, but Irina, who spoke her words, did not think much of her. Her interests were entirely different.

“Ludwig, Ruby. If that's really the case... … Shall we go to Ils later and get married?”

It was a surprisingly optimistic way of thinking. Besides, it was a bold proposal, but Ludwig's expression quickly darkened.

“… … Will the Marquis allow you to marry me?”

Among young people, free dating was fashionable, and marriage based on family interests was on the decline.

However, the Nodiac Marquis was still a powerful family. Moreover, he loved and cherished the eldest daughter the most among her three younger daughters.

It was impossible for a marquis like that to want to see her first son-in-law in a Korean-American family of victories.

Moreover, the Viscount Fontern was a vassal family of the Marquis Nodiac. It was a mixed marriage with one side leaning too hard.

However, Irina's attitude when she spoke out made her confident.

"do not worry. my dad can't beat me because… … It’s just always been like that.”

“… … Does the Marquis know what you think?”

Ludwig always wondered what the source of this confidence was. However, she frowned finely because Irina was also not sure about that part.

“… … you know?”

It means you may not know.

Ludwig looked at her Irina in a bewildered way, but she said that Irina, she still had a confident voice.

“Come with your body. Ruby, our ruby.”

A face without shadows was lovely. Shining golden eyes shine even more when they see something they like. Ludwig was still full of her heart, but in the end he laughed along with her.

I don't know if the world is scary, but Irina's greatest strength is that she doesn't have to worry about her worries.

He scratched his dark eyebrows with his index finger and replied with a shy smile.

“… … You too, come alone, Lina.”

"Ok."

They both burst out laughing at the same time.

It was a very happy time.

In a little while, winter will come. And next year, we'll go to the next grade side by side.

The heart of the young lover was full of excitement.

And it was the very next day that Ilena, returning to her academy, came to visit Irina.

Ilea Noah was standing by her doorstep. Some people in her classroom glanced at her and whispered, but he waited patiently for Irina to meet her eyes.

As Ilena nodded her head, Irina gave her a puzzled look.

Does that mean come along? She wanted to ask, but he turned around and disappeared from view.

“… … what?"

As she looked around her puzzled, everyone pretended not to see her, avoiding her Irina's gaze.

Although a little futile, she quietly pursued Ilenoa. And the more she followed him, the more her puzzlement grew.

It was in the vacant lot behind her building where Illenoa stopped her. It was a place with no windows, where people's eyes couldn't reach it.

The scenery around the fallen leaves was somehow gloomy and gloomy.

“What’s wrong with your face?”

Illenoa looked like she had something to say, but she was the first to speak to Irina, who had been curious in the meantime. It was a one-sided fight, she was told, and she had a large bruise on his cheek.

It was a big mark, like a trace of abuse. The reddish-blue skin contrasted with his white face, giving the viewer a terribly sharp visual stimulus.

Even walking seemed a little uncomfortable. He continued to limp little by little as he came all the way here.

But he walked calmly and patiently until the end, dragging his toes. So that turbulent step was ironically more aristocratic than Irina, who followed in a rush.

She glanced at his face and lower body without her knowing. As she fixed her gaze on the hem of his trousers, which was ironed like a knife, she asked with a look of great perplexity.

“… … Are you hurt?”

If Irina had had a little bit of a better friendship with her, she too could have picked up the rumors circulating in her academy about her Illenoa's whereabouts.

Then she wouldn't have brought such a gritty topic to her mouth either.

“Is it because you don’t want to talk?”

When Irina, who had been hesitating, asked with her puzzled expression, Ile Noah laughed a little. The pale face became much fresher with just that little smile.

Wounds are, after all, traces of unhappiness for any human being. Therefore, the wounds of others encourage the viewer's mean imagination. This is because some humans have a habit of being relieved by the misfortunes of others.

Ile Noah suddenly wanted to rip her head open and looked into the gold in front of her.

Even the golden eyes seemed to have a lot of imagination. But that imagination has never been used in a dark direction.

There were too many glitters she already had to comfort her own life with her barely her own. So she doesn't really care about other people's misfortunes.

Looking into those innocent eyes, Ilea Noah opened her mouth.

“I just fell.”

“… … .”

Irina blinked her eyes. Rather than a polite tone or a sarcastic answer, he was surprised because his voice was unexpected.

The soft bass was like a light green leaf gently floating on the water. In fact, it was a very comfortable and pleasant tone to listen to.

It was then that she realized that Irina had never properly heard what Ile Noah had to say.

“… … Oh yeah. But have you been careful? You don't get hurt when you fight."

"Iknow, right."

“… … Does it hurt a lot?”

"Fine."

"Well. It’s red and blue, and it looks like something artistic.”

Irina, who noticed a little, thought that Illenoa was really good, and she started making strange noises as usual. At that, Illenoa smiled again.

She was a kid who smiled better than I thought. As her Irina looked at her curiously, Ilea Noah tucked her hands inside her own cloak. Then she pulled something out of her arms and held it to Irina.

“Thanks, well written.”

It was Irina's white handkerchief.

At first glance, her handling of the handkerchief looked great. It looked like she had done her laundry and even ironed it finely. The scent was second to none, and the square-folded corners looked pathologically sharp.

Irina, who looked a little perplexed at her well-groomed look, muttered awkwardly.

“Uh, um. It was okay if she didn't have to give it back.”

“I wanted to call you, but I needed an excuse.”

His answer sounded a little odd. It was when she tilted her head and reached out to take her handkerchief.

After a moment's hesitation, Ilea Noah wanted to take her white hand back into her arms, and she asked. The tone of her asking for permission was polite and cautious.

“Then can I have it?”

"Huh?"

If she had waited a little for her answer, she would probably have said yes. She is of good quality, and she is quite fond of it, but she is not harsh enough to embarrass others with such trifles.

In my mind, he's a really weird kid, I must have thought the same thing.

But Ilea Noah did not wait for her reply and threw her handkerchief back into her own arms. She acted so swiftly that any hesitation was overshadowed.

Because of that, Irina, who was embarrassed by her extended hand, had to stand still for a while.

“… … oh yeah you take it.”

In the end, Irina gave a very late reply. And then there was her suffocating silence.

“… … .”

“… … .”

how much time has passed

She looked up at the sky with her face that Irina was going crazy because she was suffering now. She exhaled her deep sigh several times as she hurried her words. Then she couldn't stand it, and she shot at Ilea Noah.

He didn't seem too uncomfortable with this silence. With her very calm look, she was looking closely at how Irina's expression changed from moment to moment.

However, this was not the case with Irina. She was naturally intolerant of awkwardness and was the type to open her mouth herself because her silence was uncomfortable.

She didn't like the situation when she was alone with a boy in a remote place. Had her marquis known, she would have been slapped hard in the back for being careless.

In the end, it was Irina who spoke to her first this time too.

She said that the reason he called her was probably because of what happened that day. Rather than finding her words difficult, she thought Irina decided to be considerate of Illenoa.

“Um, yes. Then you don't have to be very grateful for that. Actually, I have a bit of a temper.”

“I didn’t even think I was very grateful.”

“… … .”

Seeing Irina's expression on her face, Ilene Noah covered her mouth with her hand, which she held lightly. But she couldn't cover the tip of her slightly folded eyes. Her face was almost flushed.

He said to her Irina, who wrinkled her brow slightly and fixed her broken mouth.

“I want to date.”

Irina forgot her horns and widened her eyes.

“… … with who?"

“… … .”

“… … better?"

Irina asked, touching her chest.

In fact, it was Irina's first confession from her man in her short life. Because it was Irina who first confessed to her current boyfriend.

So, whether she has a lover or not, she should be feeling a little better, but Irina is gone. Because it was so unexpected.

"Why all of a sudden?"

When her Irina asked a question because Irina was really curious, Illenoa gave an honest answer without showing her embarrassment.

“I’m just interested in you.”

And sometimes I think

Those words sounded a little rude, but she was expressing Illenoa's mood without embellishment. However, the temperature was too lukewarm to convince even the heart of the woman who received her request for dating.

Irina eventually failed to manage her expression, and she gave a slightly shaky expression.

“… … Just say it’s pretty.”

“Because it’s pretty. I want to meet you because you are beautiful. Irina.”

Ilenoa readily accepted her offer. But on the way she smirked at her, and she said that it offended her Irina again.

She grimaced at Irina even more than she had before.

He was always kind. Still, there seemed to be a bad side somewhere in his character.

"What is that. I feel bad. Why are you smiling when you say you’re pretty?”

“Just because it’s pretty… … Actually, Irina's actions were cute and she laughed.”

"Hmm."

When a handsome guy who is much prettier than you said you were pretty and cute, it didn't feel right like this. It was not convincing at all.

For some reason, her self-esteem had been hurt, and she pouted, but soon changed her mind.

Well, it doesn't mean much anyway.

Irina stopped playing with her puns and gave an official reason for her refusal.

“I am dating someone. Do you know Ludwig, who is in the same grade as us? He is my boyfriend.”

“… … Ludwig Fontern?”

"Yes. Know?"

When she talked about her boyfriend, Irina grinned, but her Ile Noah seemed a little puzzled. He promptly asked Irina politely.

“You mean the author of Fontern?”

His question had several implications.

She was also a noble Irina. I could understand exactly what that meant. There was a question as to whether it was right for him to be in a relationship with the author's self-control and the marquise's vassal.

When it seemed that her lover was being beaten up because of her status, she angered the woman she had been talking to in a calm way.

"Yes. Is there any problem with that?”

If she had, she was going to bite her on the shoulder or something like that. But what about the injured child?

Irina had an eerie agony she wished she knew who she was.

Meanwhile, Illenoa was looking at Irina with her unknown face. Various emotions appeared in her dark blue eyes, and she repeatedly disappeared.

And she couldn't quite comprehend any of Irina's many emotions.

Why is she not answering her?

As she began to feel uncomfortable facing Illenoa, a faint smile spread across his face.

The smile was human and natural. So she made every smile ever look artificial.

"no. no problem."

Did Irina's expression still look puzzled? He answered again.

"really… … It's really no problem, Irina."

She didn't know why Illenoa's expression was more sincere than when she said she wanted to have a relationship, and why her current voice was more thirsty than when she said that.

what do you think Is it just a simple impulse?

As Illenoa tried to come closer, Irina instinctively took a step back. Then he didn't come any more and he stood still.

There was a strange heat in his eyes this time that even Irina could feel.

“… … .”

It wasn't something she did intentionally. But she was Irina, and she was constantly touching Ile Noah's nerves.

* * *

After an event that surprised many of her, Ile Noah was able to get along at her academy. people have come to know That he was just patient.

Martin was dying and pretending to be absent. She was confined to the dormitory and did not attend classes properly, so she wondered if she would be able to proceed to the next grade.

But people didn't even pay much attention to Martin because they talked about Illenoa.

Come to think of it, he was a really insidious man.

The unknown feeling, the vague atmosphere that the little boy had, used to make many people uncomfortable. Perhaps the true identity of that reluctance was a sense of alienation or a sense of rejection of danger.

Seeing Ilenoa's expressionless face, the violence began to run away from him. He didn't want to get entangled even by accident.

Illenoa was now alone for a different reason than before.

Meanwhile, it was around that time that other rumors swept the Academy. Coincidentally, the protagonist of the rumor was Illenoa Schuberg again this time. And it was Irina Nodiac.

The fact that her second son, the Countess, had made a confession to someone who could not tell the academy's nickname shocked the school.

Irina found out about the rumors surrounding her only after a long time.

“Irina, Illenoa confessed to you.”

Even today, Irina, who was using Ludwig's hard thighs as her own pillow, was terrified. huh? With her grotesque scream, she jumped up.

"Hey. How do you know that?”

Irina was startled and she asked Ludwig.

Ludwig, who was always held captive by her Irina, bit her tongue. You were the face that really caught it.

Irina flinched slightly at her accusation.

“How do you know? Rumors spread around the academy. Did you really not know?”

It was a scandal between celebrities and celebrities. Of course, neither of them were celebrities in the good sense, so rumors tended to be consumed more and more arbitrarily.

“… … Was it rumored?”

Irina blinked her eyes in embarrassment.

It couldn't be. The only ones present that day were Ilenoa and Irina. And she said Irina, she never said anywhere.

She kept her mouth shut, even at her boyfriend, who she babbled and confided in everything about her. The common sense that it was not pleasant to hear about her existed in her.

In fact, it was neither Irina nor Ilenoa who made the rumors. It was the people in the classroom who saw them leave together.

It didn't take long for the chatter that started with 'Where are you two going?' turned from 'I think you're going to confess' to 'Are you dating?'

And it is only today that Irina, hearing all this for the first time, is visibly embarrassed by her boyfriend's interrogation. Leaping from her seat and waving her hands, she finally blew frankly.

“No, Ludwig. I have you.”

Seeing Irina sulking at her sorryness, Ludwig finally giggled and laughed. There are times when he is seriously scorned, but in fact, only those close to him know that he has a very naive and warm side.

He lifted her Irina up and placed her on her lap. He had a good physique, and after immersing himself in her physical arts class, even her physical strength improved. These days, he sometimes carries Irina.

“Lina, really?”

Ludwig drew her body close to Irina's back and combed her red hair with her hands.

Irina Nodiac. Princess of the Marquis Nodiac and tomboy of the Academy.

Just a hundred years ago, she says, in the Kingdom of Kissen, her red hair was a symbol of ominousness.

She said that Irina's maternal maternal grandmother had the same hair color, but even she, who was of high status, said that she went out with her hair dyed or wrapped in a robe during her childhood. was worth knowing

But if there had been this cute girl back in those days, people wouldn't have thought of her again.

It was her second problem that her wavy red hair suited her so well.

Hey. Is hair a sin?! Seeing her leaping in her rampage would make you think that it was a bison in need of her frankly her attention and love, it would have been hard to think of it as a harbinger of her bad luck and ominousness.

“Tell me honestly. Did you really say no?”

As Ludwig whispered as she was cute and funny, stroking her hair a few times, her Irina blushed as she blushed.

"then! Of course you should reject it! What, are you doubting me now?”

Ludwig was hesitant because of his tough attitude.

“No, rather than… … That kid is honestly handsome.”

She put on an expression on her face that Irina was really surprised at her lack of confidence. The constant tilting of her head was a face that did not empathize at all.

"what? You are much better.”

“Are you joking?”

“No, you have a neat face. But he's not my style."

"why. Even if it's Ilenoa... … .”

Ludwig hesitated, and then omitted his backstory.

He was still trying to say that he was the count's second son. But those words were an insult to her Irina. He spoke as she carefully combed her girlfriend's bright red hair with her fingers.

“I heard that pretty-looking men are popular in Impenon these days. Illenoa is there and her hair is nice too. Would your grades be good? good at fighting Isn't a guy who is pretty, has a story and creates a protective instinct that girls like?”

Then, Irina snorted a laugh.

That was not what she liked.

As for her very personal taste, she was terrified that Irina was a pretty man.

She said she wasn't her sassy beauty, but at least she wanted to be prettier than her lover. But she said that she was a prettier boyfriend than me, and this hurt her self-esteem, so she didn't want to even walk side by side.

Her staunch taste was that of a cow-thief man who could slap her cow with one punch.

She took the time to solemnly confess her ideal type.

“I like that you look like a bandit.”

Ludwig, very perplexed by this, asked suspiciously.

“… … Could it be a compliment?”

“… … no?"

"uh. it's not that."

“Wow… … .”

But after that happened, Irina often felt Illenoa hovered around her own.

It was the following year, when the next semester started that I became certain. Illenoa became the sixth student she listened to in Ilse.

As her face, which should not be here, quietly entered the classroom, her five elite members were in awe.

In fact, the students were very proud of themselves. It was the pride of the Imphenon-speaking academia and those who adhered to fringe studies at the academy, a lonely feeling that only the five of them could share. In fact, it was all useless.

Entering her classroom, Ilea Noah looked around her and found Irina and smiled faintly. Her Irina asked with a puzzled look on her face as her Ile Noah, who walked her without hesitation towards her, pulled out her chair next to her.

“Didn’t you listen to the beginner’s lecture?”

Illenoa glanced at her Irina and replied, turning her gaze back to the front.

"Yes. But I want to hear it.”

"why?"

“I’m just interested.”

“… … .”

It was an answer that felt somewhat dazed.

He's a really weird guy.

Irina felt it again.

Although he has an elegant gait, he sometimes sits as obliquely as he does now. He has a well-groomed, ascetic face, yet he has an ominous smile, and he looks down on people with a polite but stern look.

Could this incongruity be due to his extreme past?

She thought for a moment, but then she shook her head, trying to erase the thought from her head. This feeling of having a person next to you felt mean.

Instead, she looked distastefully at him, who was sitting slack in the seat next to her. As she listened to her calm answer, she lost the strength to ask why are you sitting here.

In the end, she took her advice and began to show off her pride by giving Illenoa a needless job.

“This is an occasional Japanese language. Can you get your grades up after that?”

“Irina must have gone down.”

“… … .”

“… … Did you ruin it a lot?”

Sorry.

As Irina wiped her sullen mouth, Ile Noah smiled as she rolled her eyes while still looking straight ahead. Irina grunted, dissatisfied with her relaxed face.

“You’re the type of person who doesn’t really listen to others.”

I also think he's a bit of a weird kid.

With her chin on her chin and pouting her mouth, Irina straightened her posture when the elderly teacher came in. And she asked with her bewildered look at Ilea Noah, who was still sitting still.

“Do you have any textbooks?”

“Yes, I applied a little late.”

Alas, her nodded her head, she clasped her desk a little, and then quickly placed her own book in the middle of her. Still, she murmured non-stop with her mouth.

Trying to give her advice, it was hard to get a sense of what Guernsey was holding on to Guernsey Illenoa and complaining.

“It must be difficult to keep up with the intermediate classes. Are you really okay?”

“Yes, I am fine.”

“Aren’t you working very hard on sexual control?”

“Not really.”

“… … .”

Ah, then that was a grade I didn't manage hard. Suddenly feeling strange, Irina made a dark face. And she spoke to her with a sagging face.

“Do you look like that grandfather is kind too? It's good, but honestly, it's a bit harsh. The exams are hard and the grades are not worth it. Hey, why are you really listening to this? you're screwed too It’s all over.”

Indignant, she turned and bowed her back to straighten the first page of her intermediate textbook. Still, she seemed to like this class, contrary to what she said, she had her eyes twinkling in anticipation.

“Anyway, next time, be sure to bring your textbooks. I mean, you remember that well.”

As she bowed her head, her red hair followed her and cascaded down her like a waterfall. It was then that Ile Noah took her gaze away from her face and stared at her.

But it was difficult to stare at her white nape for long, so he quickly rolled down his dark blue eyes. And soon he smiled.

“… … Yes. Okay."

Except for the common class and Ilse language, there were other subjects that Irina took with Ilenoa. It was swordsmanship.

Her suspicions of her Irina intensified when one day her black-clad Illenoa popped up in her sword armament. It was because she somehow seemed like he had followed him and signed up for a class.

It wasn't her own delusion. At first, other students also looked at her suspiciously. But now, one by one, the atmosphere was welcoming Ilenoa.

Irina boosted her confidence before she even started today, she said.

“It’s a fight worth trying.”

“It’s an honor.”

After Ile Noah responded moderately, she smiled softly.

But the other people who had been tormented for a little over a year seemed to get tired of hearing those words now. What the heck is he saying he's always worth trying?

There were not many female students taking swordsmanship classes throughout her previous grades. The atmosphere of the aristocratic society was that women hired a capable knight or took a vow rather than learning the sword themselves.

Because of this, the class was only attended by three female students, one the duke's three daughters aiming to become the queen's maidservant, and the eldest daughter of her venerable knightly family, who had pursued her training since childhood.

The last one, Irina Nodiak, had nothing to do with her choice of courses, but with an extremely minor sensibility. Still, she especially wanted to do all the darts with men.

She judged soberly that Irina was not very good at her sword. However, since she was a child, she was not a swordsman, and she was not of a knightly family.

She couldn't beat her to her heart's content, and there was an uproar about ignoring her if she looked at her. People were always in trouble because of Irina. And the opponent of the Academy Mad Bitch, which everyone avoids, at some point, Illenoa took over.

- With me.

Ile Noah, who suddenly entered her swordsmanship class after her grade changed, was a hidden talent not only in her fists but also in swordsmanship.

She didn't care for her at all, and she sometimes pushed her to the point where it was hard to get up the next day. But she never hurt her physically.

It was possible because her skills were superior.

Irina, holding her wooden sword and holding her breath, admired Illenoa today as well.

“You are really good. How are you? Are you just eating and doing this?”

After several weeks of exhilarating beatings, Irina's first sense of incongruity with her faded away. Illenoa smiled brightly as she looked at her clear eyes that were filled with only pure admiration.

“I used to live in a rough place when I was young. At that time, I had many opportunities to learn miscellaneous things. In fact, if you want to learn according to the norm, it would be better to do it with someone else.”

“… … Oh, I see."

She was suddenly speechless, and Irina struck her on the dirt floor with her wooden sword.

The origin of her Illenoa was familiar to Irina, who had little interest in her rumors. However, whenever Illenoa casually brought up this secret story, she somehow noticed.

Seeing Irina like that, Ilea Noah kindly handed her a joke.

“But everyone seems to be afraid of Irina, so it would be better if you just do it with me.”

"Hey."

When Irina was furious and pushed her wooden sword, Ilea Noah immediately caught it and kicked it off to one side without difficulty. Then she spoke with a more serious attitude than before.

“The longer you drag, the lower your odds,” she said. Irina is so reckless. Don't forget that she can never win with strength. Then she'll have to fight with speed, but she's not even that fast. She wouldn't even try hard enough to make it happen."

“… … You have a really bad personality too.”

When Irina truly admired her, Ilenoa smiled brightly in response. But she soon withdrew her laughter and she spoke her words as long as never before.

“Don’t try to clash with force according to her personality. It can't be. She pours it out, and then she targets her vital points. There are moments when she wields her sword that she should never fight until the opportunity arises.”

“… … Huh. I know what you mean.”

Irina felt that she had Ilea Noah and that she was advising herself from her heart. So she silently nodded her head.

On the other hand, people watched in amazement at Irina, who was running rampant with her heavenly axis, silently agreeing. Soon after, seeing the two of them resting on the floor next to each other, everyone shuddered.

Irina, recognizing her look, she stared at them as if to kill them, and then she glanced at Ile Noah. Her tone of voice is a little blunt, just because she's not used to embarrassing topics.

“I wasn’t talking about it.”

“What do you mean?”

Illenoa gave her a puzzled look, and Irina was silent for a moment before she answered.

“You confessed to me, and the kids say things like that. But I really didn't say anything."

Alas, as he nodded her head, he seemed to understand late. And she let out a low laugh.

"it's okay. I don't care about that.”

“Yeah, that’s good.”

“Does Irina care?”

“No, I don’t like that either.”

As she answered, she was somehow relieved, and Irina shook her head several times.

Irina and Ilenoa did not speak for a long time after that. As she heard the blunt sounds of her wooden swords clashing, she leaned her pointed chin up and looked at the distant mountains.

The silence is no longer as suffocating as it used to be.

And towards the end of her class, her boyfriend of her Irina showed up in her sword-armed to see her. The welcome was fierce.

“Louudwig hey hey!”

As the high-pitched voice resounded through the swordsmen, people grinded their teeth and covered their ears.

Ludwig, who had come from her martial arts class, was more sweaty than Irina. He looked reliable and had a shy personality unlike his appearance, but he just smiled kindly at her girlfriend's vivaciousness.

Ludwig scratched her forehead once and then gently spread her arms, and Irina rushed towards it like a bison. He lifted her up without hesitation and lowered her to the floor.

"Ruby!"

Irina smiled brightly.

Her academy, those who hated her aegyo, threw her sword to the floor, writing her impressions here and there. Some people could not stand it and spit on the floor.

However, Ludwig had a smile on his face despite the reactions of others.

“Lina, are you done?”

"Huh. let's go eat. I am very hungry.”

hey, did you Ludwig ruffled Irina's curly hair and smiled. Bending her back, he looked into her Irina's eyes and said.

“My mother sent me this and that to share with you.”

“The Viscount?”

Instead of answering, Ludwig grabbed her Irina's hand and tried to lead her. But he paused for a moment and stopped walking. Because he felt the gaze staring at him.

Illenoa got up from her seat and looked at them.

It was reflective. Ludwig shook his head, trying to say a proper greeting. But this time he stopped.

“… … .”

Ilenoa's lips drew a graceful curve. Does that mean we can call it a smile? His eyes staring at Ludwig were unbelievably cold.

After staring at Ludwig and Irina for a while with scornful eyes, he glanced at his feet to see what was bothering him.

The stag beetle, the size of his two fingers, seemed lost and wandering. Illenoa didn't hesitate at all. After smashing the bug with his shoe feet, he looked at Ludwig again and smiled calmly.

It could not have been an illusion. He seemed unwilling to hide his enmity.

Ludwig hurriedly left the place with a firm expression on Irina's back.

They headed to the campus bench, where they often spend their time. While moving her places, Irina babbled to Ludwig about this and that.

Her words were unremarkable. Occasionally, minor complaints about the academy would pop up, but he was uncompromising.

Whatever her character, Irina was a princess who grew up pampered by her later writers. Ludwig knew that she was, in fact, amused by all her experiences at her academy.

But can I say something like this? Sitting side by side with the food in the middle, he let out a deep sigh.

“Irina.”

"Huh?"

“I mean Illenoa.”

Irina gathered her lips and looked at Ludwig at her absurd name.

“Isn’t it strange?”

“Illenoa? Where?"

"well."

Ludwig had a serious face. But she said as if she had made up her mind soon.

“I don’t want you to hang out with him.”

“… … Are you offended by me being friends with other boys?”

It was a little different, but it wasn't wrong at all. Unexpectedly, Ludwig sighed even more as he spoke.

“Why do you have to practice with a man in the first place? Irina, why do you have to practice swordsmanship like that? You don’t have to.”

After her, who has hired dozens of knights in her household, no one has asked her eldest daughter to teach her swordsmanship. In the first place, it was a liberal arts class, not a class to train knights.

Even if she learns all semester, after graduation she will eventually go out with a knight. That was the life of a prestigious aristocratic woman.

Irina was going to apologize to Ludwig, who was offended, but she made a face of a little trembling at those words.

do you have to say that she protested

“I just wanted to learn a sword at least once. I have never done it at home.”

"I mean… … .”

“There are only three female students in class. Then, if it’s not me, then anyone else is unmatched.”

Suddenly speechless, Ludwig kept his mouth shut.

But why are you doing it yourself? You could also say that you are the worst at your skills. But she had such a temperament to Irina. While her eldest daughter expressed her concerns that her eldest daughter was too fussy and ignorant of her affairs, she cherished and nurtured her daughter's temperament.

"Idiot."

“Are you also cursing me for being immature? They are not like the other kids.”

“That’s not it. You're trying to say you're nice."

Seeing Irina's wrinkled face, Ludwig smiled involuntarily. But she wanted to finish her words, so she changed her expression again.

“Irina. I don't mean to say that I'm jealous. I don't feel so good."

He added.

Illenoa, I don't think she's a really good kid.

“… … .”

Irina stared at Ludwig with her talkative face.

She wanted to say that she actually wasn't. Why do we have to look at others like that, she said, don't say that.

But Ludwig's face was hardened. So she bit Irina completely without saying anything.

I only MTL until here. Anyone who wants the r19 raws can dm me, I'm willing to share it^^
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Thank you dear (◍•ᴗ•◍)❤ I really wish whoever obtain the raw could share the plot outcome. Cuz I'm so into this story, the art is very very pwerty. ♡(> ਊ <)♡

taeteary___ · Sep 26, 2021

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You dropped a b0mb and dipped give us some more spoilers plz
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literally im dying to know what will happen to ludwig

MsWeaberBee · Sep 26, 2021

Eyoo! I read an MTL of the novel so take it with a grain of salt

So basically, the break up happened a little after the prologue scene (when Irina said she’ll marry Ludwig). I am not too far yet but I guess from the jist of it, Illenoa bribed Ludwig to break up with Irina in exchange for his sister’s medication. And Ludwig did so when Irina visited him the day after, Irina didn’t fight him too hard abt the break up since she also feel a bit guilty because she feels like she’s becoming a burden on Luwi. Irina got so drunk after and she did the did with Illenoa, he even asked Irina if she ever masturbated and he confessed that he did while thinking about her lol..

Aestheronyxx · Sep 27, 2021

Can someone please spoil me on how did MC fall for the ML? that doesn't make any sense tbh. ML is a complete opposite compared to Ludwig.

And MC is a dumbdumb and clueless.
Another 2nd male lead syndrome again~(༎ຶ ෴ ༎ຶ)

-NEAR- · Nov 2, 2021

*mtl

Chapter 13. Throwing Fire Into the Frozen Sea

99.

The sea was windless and the waves were calm. It was a good day to test the steamship's performance.

Illenoa and Irina boarded the ship and completed the test run, and they were confident that the project would succeed. The most important thing is that the speed of the ship was overwhelming, and there were no safety flaws.

Satisfaction flowed on the faces of the technicians.

However, Irina had been preoccupied with something else from before.

Because last night Juan Manuel was suddenly imprisoned.

Darren told me that Manuel's top is due to be disassembled in mid-air, and that he is unlikely to see sunlight while he is alive.

Irina fondantly threw her pebble stones into the sea.

As she gazed intently at her sea level, she soon began to make a loud noise.

"Yes, you. Are you really not going to tell me how you did it? Can you still say we're in the same boat? Huh? Huh? Huh?"

“… … Irina.”

"It's really disappointing, I'm so sad, we're lovers before we're business partners, but I think this is all I can do to you... … .”

“Why are you doing this, really?”

Irina clasped Illenoa's arms as he clasped her face halfway with his other hand. When she was determined and clinging to it, he could never turn away.

Illenoa sighed and let out a sigh.

“I just gave the king some stabs where it hurts.”

“Did you stab him? Aking?”

“Irina, this is just a metaphor.”

“I know, you idiot.”

Irina smiled lightly, but she glanced at him. It was proof that she didn't want to give an ambiguous answer.

She felt Irina instinctively that he had a rather sleazy deal, and that she wanted to hide some dirty backstory. But she was not a person who gave up, and she wasn't as innocent as Ile Noah thought.

As she blinked her eyes and gave her another glance, Ile Noah finally opened her mouth.

“Irina, the king fears extravagance rather than revolution.”

"War?"

“Because the Impenon Republicans will undoubtedly go to war once they have their system in place. I do not know where it will be, but the kings of the Western Continent must all think so.”

"Why… … Are you doing that?”

“No system can completely satisfy a human being.”

The public's support was a double-edged sword, and the people of Impenon already had the memories of the victories they had built with their own hands.

Before internal dissatisfaction erupted, it was an old political tactic to turn the public's gaze outward.

Therefore, even if the system changes, power does not completely disappear. Only handed over or fortunately distributed.

“I was going to demand that the tariffs be lowered once the Impenon Republicans come to power. Because they owe me and they hurt me. But because of this, I changed my mind to mediate the non-aggression pact with Kissen.”

“… … .”

“Instead, the assets from the sale of the Manuel top will belong to the Schuberg family. Because it was originally mine. Juan Manuel's life would also end. And King Kissen will not accept the impenon's request for asylum.”

“… … .”

“As the interests of the three parties are aligned, the transaction has only been established.”

He said as if it wasn't really a big deal. But Irina didn't feel that way at all. She looked at Ilenoa with great concern.

“Illenoa, as you said, people in the republican government are politicians after all. do you believe in them What if I change my mind later?”

Irina knew that she was talking too timely. However, it was surprising that he, who distrusts people more than anyone else, transacted through the promise of a politician.

Ile Noah nodded her head.

“So I added one more proviso clause to the king.”

“… … .”

“If the Imphenon breaks its promise… … Then he promises to cooperate with the use of the steamer for military purposes.”

At the same time, they looked at the steamship emitting gray smoke.

Irina, who had lost her words for a moment, let out her heavy sigh. Because she was a little scared.

She never thought that her new skills would be put to use in that way.

“… … Is that your third purpose?”

"Yes."

“… … The textile factory would have been well built even if you built it yourself.”

It was a story that was scary because the design was not meticulous.

Illenoa seemed to understand the lamentable joke.

“I didn't even think it was going to be like this from the beginning. But the more cards you use, the better.”

“Illenoa, though, this is a very scary idea. You have to know that it is dangerous to start using technology that way.”

Ilenoa did not answer, but his silence was consent.

But research on steamships didn't just start with Kiessen, and sooner or later all countries will jump into the field to have faster and more powerful ships.

“Irina, in the future, the country that owns steamships will seize power.”

“… … .”

“That day is sure to come.”

Irina silently nodded her head. She and she gazed endlessly at the overbearing steamship floating on the water.

Suddenly, in her mind, the points that changed her own life passed one by one.

A feudal aristocratic society in which Irina's family reigned supreme.

There was a time when people stepped on people's backs and got off the wagon. The eldest daughter of her later writer should not marry the eldest son of her own writer, and even with her abilities, the bastard could not continue her family. A woman who gracefully spoke the fan language was revered, but a woman who tried to learn a sword was pointed at her.

The blue blood they eat and play is respected, but the butchers who live well are disrespected.

An era in which nobles are divided by status, roles are limited by gender, and people's livelihoods are recklessly despised.

Irina considered all of them to be barbarism in the guise of elegance. So when this graceful era of barbarism was over, then she thought, a better civilization would follow.

But will the next era be civilized or still savage?

It seemed that the history of power would not end for a long time in the future.

“… … .”

“… … .”

Irina looked somewhat lonely. Illenoa, who was looking at her side face softly, spoke in a calm tone.

“Are you very sad?”

"what?"

"well. But that’s the look.”

"okay?"

She was looking at the part where the sea and the sky meet, and then she closed her eyes. After fully feeling the sea breeze and the smell of the sea, she immediately opened her eyes and looked at Ile Noah.

He knows himself better than anyone else, so if he sees him that way, he must be sad about himself now.

But she shook her head and answered calmly. Because we don't know yet.

“Without living… … .”

“… … .”

“How can you be pessimistic?”

Irina started walking slowly along the beach. Her hair was fluttering in the air in a sudden wind. Ilenoa, who was quietly following her, asked.

“How can you always say that?”

“Originally, if you don’t have iron, people become unnecessarily bright and that’s it.”

“If that’s the case, I hope I never grow old.”

Irina just laughed. Then Ilenoa grabbed her arm and stopped her.

“Irina.”

"Huh?"

“When you come back from Ils. Would you like to organize everything and travel by boat with me?”

At her unexpected words, she tilted her head.

“Why did you suddenly think of that?”

“You, you didn’t like being in Kissen.”

"Well. It's more than I don't like Kisen... … .”

“There is a wanderlust.”

Unable to refute, Irina made a dark face for a moment.

He was planning the complete opposite of Irina.

She no longer wanted to board the ship. She was rather going to Ils to sit down on Kissen forever, leaving no room for her.

But, as always, they turned around and ended up telling the same story. Whatever it was, it sounded like we were together.

“You, what are you going to do with the top?”

“Give me Darren, what?”

Irina grinned.

She has been focusing on her business for ten years, and she says it very easily, because she wanted to.

“What if you throw away money so easily when you only have that great face and money to brag about?”

“Isn’t there still one left?”

“… … .”

“A great face that transcends the walls of your taste.”

Irina opened her eyes and looked at Illenoa. Embarrassed, she immediately folded her waist and smiled.

The sound of chirping laughter echoed across the wide beach.

“You are really funny sometimes. Do you know that?”

Irina felt like she was going to collapse on the floor, so he grabbed her arm and carefully pulled it up. Irina couldn't take her hand off her side for a while, as the afterglow of her smile didn't go away easily.

“I’m okay with Kisen. As long as I'm with you, everything's fine."

"is that so."

“Yeah, so let’s think about that a little bit slowly.”

"Yes it is."

They held hands and walked again on the sandy beach.

* * *

The office of Schuberg Sangju was silent.

To his right was a cup of tea as usual, and to his left were stacks of various academic journals.

The document he had been looking at for a long time was the establishment of a private academy.

It was Darren's knock that broke the long silence. Ile Noah looked at him and tilted her head slightly.

“Something.”

It was a question that lacked humanity because it was too cold, but Darren grinned. It was because his facial expression was expected to change in the future.

“Illenoa, you see a ship coming in.”

He reflexively looked out the window.

He could not see with the naked eye the shape of the ship he had seen with the telescope. Nevertheless, there was warmth and a smile on his face, which was like a piece of glass.

When Sang Sang-ju came out to the port, the members all had puzzled faces. Illenoa and Darren stood side by side facing the deep blue sea.

“Two months?”

“It’s been two months and ten days.”

“Almost accurate.”

The game of sailing has completely changed since the appearance of the steamship of Illenoa in the world.

People were now able to estimate arrival dates relatively accurately in proportion to distance. As such, the steamship was not greatly affected by the weather.

Ile Noah, who was staring at the sea, soon narrowed his eyes. A black boat was coming over the horizon.

And the members and crew, who confirmed that it was a steamship, gathered behind Ilenoa one by one. It was only then that he realized why the top stock was outside.

There was only one person in the world who could call him to the seaside this morning.

And when the ship and their distance got a little closer, Ilenoa frowned slightly.

"this. You are still.”

“… … Ha, Irina.”

Irina was hopping at her player and waving her hand. It was a gesture that radiated happiness from her body like a full-fledged fisherman.

It was a dangerous sight, but a gentle aura spread among those who were rigid. That's because everyone is so used to it now.

Illenoa and Darren couldn't help but let out a low laugh. It was clear that he was a man of great enthusiasm and spirit in many ways.

The ship cuts through the calm sea even at this moment, and is moving forward with a strong current.

A world where machines cover the land, and strange ships spewing black smoke haunt the sea.

Firearms, which used to only consist of a cannon and bayonet, will soon be miniaturized and replace swords.

As a result, many say that the era of romance is over.

Illenoa had agreed with that prediction for a long time, and still could only see the world from that perspective.

“… … .”

But very rarely, there are mutants in the world who say that's not all.

A poet from Ils, whom his lover liked, said of such people:

A reckless person who causes a storm in the sea in the morning and sets fire to the sea in the middle of winter.

A person who walks without trembling.

Riding on the waves, Irina put her hand to his lips and shouted something hard. Although her voice could not be heard on land, Illenoa smiled faintly as she prepared to meet her Irina.

While cheering that one day that cry will reach a little more people.

THE END.

Epilogue 1. Love Sickness

1-1.

Irina was sitting in the corner of her dressing room, biting the tip of her pen.

Nodiac top was in a fairly large state compared to the early days of its establishment. A branch was created and the headquarters moved to a more pleasant place, but she still used to stay in a small dressing room on Kissana Street.

Because there was a lot of work here, and it was much easier to concentrate.

But before long, her dressing room became noisy.

“Boss, what are you going to do? He's here again."

One of her staff came up behind Irina's back and whispered, she frowned slightly. An uncontrollable nervousness slipped from her hand as she put her pen down.

When Irina turned her head, already behind her staff, a man of her stout build was grinning.

“Irina, how are you?”

“Yes, yes. But I think we saw it too.”

Joshua Jefferson.

He was a merchant based in Ils, focusing on Eastern trade. When Irina returned to Ils to dispose of her shop, she first met her in the Archduke's office.

Joshua Jefferson was a man on the road to success as a trader. In addition, it was Honam, where the tea grown in a good family was intact.

He was well-educated and versed in the Imphenon language as well as the Igeuni and Kisen literature. He said that he got along quite well with Irina, both for business and personal interests.

Then one day, Jefferson Sangju appeared in Cheyenne Port with a somewhat suspicious sound that he had visited for business.

Irina was blinded by her spices from her East. At first she welcomed him, but his demeanor was somehow getting worse as the days went on. It was because his actions were suspicious to anyone who looked at it.

Asking a woman who has her lover to ask for tea from time to time or to ask about her dinner schedule was definitely something that crossed the line.

"Yes. I wanted to see you every day, but he wasn't at the store yesterday because he was busy.”

"Well… … .”

“How is your time today? Could you give me a chance to ask for a cup of tea?”

"no! No. I was just about to leave work.”

Irina, who answered with her sword-like speed, soon scratched her cheek and looked down at her own desk.

On her desk were piles of papers and even shards of bread that had left teeth marks from a bite.

Anyway, it didn't look like he was just about to leave work.

“Then give me the honor of taking the Lady all the way to her home.”

She had a very shaky expression on her face.

Ten years ago, she was a phrase that she had only heard from articles that worked as writers later. Of course, even now, the count's elderly employees habitually used such tones.

However, the intention of the young foreign merchant was not a habit, but an obvious task.

Irina finally took a deep breath. She had a face that was quite awkward to say this again.

“Lord, I think I told you yesterday, I have a very handsome lover. She makes a lot of money and her personality is… … It seems normal, but he's really nice to me anyway. No, and leaving all of this aside, why am I showing my house to an outsider?”

When she asked the question openly, his expression became quite serious.

“I have been thinking of you ever since I talked to you at Ils. Especially since I came to Kissen. Give me a fair chance to get to know you too.”

But she was listening to him with a curious face, and she asked, Irina.

“Lord Jefferson. Why should I do that?”

“… … .”

“I don’t want to give anyone an equal chance with my lover, no matter what.”

Her love for her lover was not philanthropy. So the chance was originally exclusive, and she said Irina and she would always favor Illenoa.

What's so unfair about that?

“I hope we can continue to do good deals in the future. Seriously. But if you keep doing this, you can't work with Jefferson. So, I ask you not to make it any more uncomfortable.”

“… … Irina.”

"I'm sorry if I've been too direct, but honestly, I'm starting to get a little annoyed now."

Her staff looked at Irina with her anxious face. It was because she felt that she had suffered greatly in the past few days and was giving her a warning.

And when the warning didn't work, it was almost obvious what their boss would follow.

* * *

Irina had been restless on her bed before. Because her Ile Noah had been watching her paper for the thirtieth minute by her side.

In a letter from Joshua Jefferson to her dressing room, she swears she had never seen her before.

She let Irina gasp her sighs.

“Why did you read it for so long?”

“… … .”

Even after Juan Manuel was executed, Illenoa did not withdraw her dressing room and the people she had pasted around her Irina. Her threat was still there, and she knew Irina well enough.

Although she's been concerned about the presence of men in her store lately, Ile Noah apparently had no sympathy for her until yesterday.

But the moment she saw that her letter, which should have come to her, was in her Illenoa's hands, she realized that Irina knew she knew everything and that her facts were vexing.

“No, what is written on it… … .”

Irina tried to snatch her letter away from her, but Ilea Noah silently avoided the hand.

I mean, to be honest, it came before me, so I wanted to ask if I deserved to see it too. But she seemed very offended by his mood, and she was keeping an eye on it, because she could understand Irina's discomfort.

Illenoa, who had avoided her hand, brought her paper back to her eyes and stared at it for a long time.

It would have been better if she said something, but it was very uncomfortable for Irina to do that without changing her expression.

“… … .”

Glancing at her sideways, the letter appeared to be written in Ilse, except for the recipient and the greeting.

But she said that Ilea Noah had a good brain, and she still remembered the foreign language she had learned ten years ago. Although she was not as good as Irina, she could read and pronounce it fluently.

He finally recites a verse of her letter aloud. His voice was smooth and cool.

“Taeyang I met again in Kissen… … .”

Irina made a face that she said, "Uh-uh-oh."

what the hell is that She said that she read a lot of books, and that's why people shouldn't learn love through writing. Her expression was so disgusting that she trembled.

"Sun… … .”

“Hey, why are you thinking about that!”

"ha… … . I’m not funny.”

“I feel very bad. But it seemed like he had an exaggerated personality in the first place. Don't put too much... … .”

“He has eyes for a crazy pervert bastard… … .”

“… … .”

Irina looked at Illenoa with a face that was much more ferocious than her before. Coughing awkwardly, she quickly snatched away her correspondence as Ilea Noah stared into the air.

Now I didn't even care about anything. She literally tore her paper up and threw it on the floor of her room.

It was a seed of calamity and strife that had nothing better to hold.

But this time, Illenoa looked at the pieces of paper scattered on the floor with a cool gaze.

“I just can’t let it go.”

Irina sighed and looked at Illenoa.

Because it sounded to her as if I should kill you or make you unhappy.

Illenoa was a cynical, but quite joking man. But he has never been so blunt when it comes to matters like this.

She sat clinging to Illenoa, shuddering, and looking into his face.

“Illenoa, that person is a foreigner. When there are a lot of diplomatic disputes like these days, if you touch foreign merchants carelessly, it will be a big deal.”

“… … .”

“Are you talking about that too? Is not it?"

“… … .”

"Huh?"

Irina took his hand and asked several times. She seemed to be compelled to answer, but she was in fact a stern request not to do her risky thing.

However, Ilenoa, unable to control her displeasure and jealousy, was even more silent today.

“Why don’t you answer me?”

“… … .”

"you… … You don't believe me, do you?"

“… … .”

“What is it, is it true? I've seen it a few times at Il's, when I signed a contract, and when I came to the store, I drank tea a couple of times. Really. I said that I had a lover, and I refused enough... … .”

As Irina muffled her lips, he finally responded with a sigh.

“I never doubted you. I didn't even say it that way.”

“Okay, then, relax a little. I really didn't do anything embarrassing to you. I understand how bad it feels, but when you stand up like that, I keep looking at you.”

The day was good enough. But when Irina tried to somehow solve the situation with her kind words, he reluctantly nodded her head.

Irina had her face drained of her soul while doing something similar to her scruffy.

She was so exhausted that she stared at the floor of her room for a while.

“… … .”

Those discarded pieces of letters were the culprit behind this tiring situation. She suddenly started using her feet to push her paper under her bed.

But when Ile Noah saw her trash going under the bed, she frowned.

She knew that even Irina couldn't stand it. But she only decided that this side would be much better than leaving him out of sight.

Besides, this was Irina's room.

“I’ll tell you to clean it up tomorrow morning. I think I'll have nightmares if I watch it before going to bed. Just be patient today.”

Putting her paper completely out of sight, she saw Illenoa's expression and she laughed involuntarily. She sometimes made her laugh in a strange way.

Irina glanced at Ilea Noah, examining her mood, and then Irina climbed up on his lap and sat down.

Illenoa, who was staring at her actions as she was doing her, made Irina's determination to wrap her arms around her neck, and smirked crookedly.

I am well aware that this terrible aegyo only comes out when I feel like it or when it is necessary. But she couldn't shake it off, and she couldn't stop her heart from loosening.

He supported her Irina's waist and whispered scornfully.

“They said there were no men in Ils, it was all a lie.”

“That and this are very different in chronological order, Illinois.”

She was a bit of a thorny joke, but she could tell that Irina was definitely feeling her better than before. But no matter what, I must have been the type to work more at Ils than Kissen, so I shouldn't be making jokes like this.

Irina grasped her mood, and she moved to sit a little deeper on his thigh. She said she was deliberately touching sensitive areas.

His expression was so honest and accurate that he laughed out loud.

"want to do?"

"Huh."

“Aren’t you doing this to make me feel better?”

“… … .”

Irina paused for a moment what she was doing and fell into thoughts.

“Why can’t you answer me?”

“Because I can’t say it’s not completely.”

"is that so."

As Ilea Noah smiled low and tried to pull her away, Irina shook her head and grabbed his neck tightly.

“But I’m not the kind of person who asks me to do it on days I don’t want to do it. It means that what you want to do is right.”

“It’s a bit daunting, but… … .”

Ile Noah narrowed her eyes.

“It doesn’t happen often that you tell me to do it first, so I won’t take any time off.”

He grabbed her Irina and walked out of her bed.

As Illenoa made herself stand leaning against her wall, she blinked her eyes because she didn't know her English.

He put her hand under her skirt, pulled down Irina's underwear, lifted one of her legs, and rolled up her dress, which fluttered at the end of her skirt.

Irina grabbed one of her white thighs by Ile Noah, twisted her body to avoid her gaze, and whispered as if giving her a pint glass.

“Can’t we do it with a normal posture?”

It was the first time I had been in this position.

“You don’t like it?”

“More than that… … It’s kind of like a beast.”

“Originally, they are all beasts. Do you want me to be a gentleman in bed?”

Illenoa laughed and licked Irina's neck more explicitly.

“Ugh… … .”

Blowing her breath along her neckline, Irina let out her agonizing sound. Ile Noah watched with her darkened eyes goosebumps on her neck and shoulders.

Irina bit her lip and tried to bear her irritation, but as his lips ran up her neckline and reached her ear, she eventually pushed her shoulder a little.

“… … Take it slow.”

"I'm sorry… … .”

Irina glanced at Ilenoa slightly.

He is lying. If I was even a little sorry or had the heart to do it slowly, I wouldn't have rubbed her lower body and rubbed her ass even at this moment.

“I’m not sorry at all.”

"that's right. I'm not really sorry... … .”

Irina, who was both funny and terrified of her, bit her Ilenoa's forearm with her shirt. She quickly opened her mouth to avoid any pain, but he let out a low laugh as if it was surprisingly funny.

“Are you going to bite me now? Or is this your sexual orientation?”

“… … what is this again is this a door? Did you bring it?”

“I wish I had informed you in advance.”

In fact, there were many times when he wanted to push Irina even harder in her bed. She would always feel her urge to bite, chew and swallow.

Ilenoa bit her half-naked white shoulders. When he felt her familiar body odor on her skin, she became confused and wanted to bite her off, but in the end he buried only her lips and grinned.

“I can’t.”

I'm afraid you won't like it

When she turned away from him, she said Ilea Noah was the person she took for granted that she was hated. She could do something she didn't like if she needed to.

But she said that from the moment Irina cared for his mood, she valued him the most, and from the moment she threw her own life at her, Illenoa became a person who seldom did her deeds she would really hate her. .

So he was a naked stranger who opened his coat in the cold, but revealed himself hidden from the sun.

After burying her face in her shoulder and laughing for a long time, Ile Noah finally picked up Irina and came back to her bed.

Irina frowned a lot, not knowing why he was doing this.

“I do it again in bed.”

“… … .”

“If you go from there to the end, I think you will get sick tomorrow.”

After laying her Irina down and tying her hair for a long time, he gently pulled her from the lips.

Epilogue 1. Love Sickness

1-2.

The dressing room staff were looking at Irina with anxious eyes.

For a while, she only went to the branch, and did not go to the clothing room or general store. This is because the upper office had much more restricted access to outsiders.

Torn apart by her unread letters, she felt it was for everyone to not run into any Ils merchants at all.

However, Irina couldn't hide her embarrassment when she ran into Jefferson's upper state once more in her dressing room after a long absence from work.

She clearly heard yesterday afternoon that the ship atop Jefferson had set sail... … Why is this man here?

“… … .”

The usual display of affection between young men and women was clearly crossing the line. And Irina, who thought she looked funny, was very upset.

She was literally just doing business. She was meeting a business partner for business reasons.

Would this have happened if I had been Illeno or Juan Manuel?

In her early years, Irina, who was ignorant of even saying that a young woman was doing business, pouted her lips.

“Did you read the letter I sent you?”

The man spoke politely, but she did not say anything to Irina and organized her hangers.

All her staff knew she was messing around with something she didn't need to tidy up. But she did not dissuade anyone. There was a fine vein on the store manager's neck.

“I'm used to what I'm saying, but my writing skills aren't the best. I wrote it in Japanese without fear of getting hurt.”

“… … .”

Irina kept running around her shop, avoiding him. Because she didn't want to mix things up.

The next day, she found some cool Illenoa and said that she was better off just ignoring it. She said that there are idiots in the world who think that mixing words gives them room.

But even in the midst of this, she felt Irina getting hotter on her top. Her character was mean as she listened to what she wanted to say.

Eventually she turned to Irina and turned towards him.

“I’m sorry, but I didn’t actually read it,” she said. I'm upset that my lover cares. Illenoa has a very delicate and sensitive personality. She also has such a pretty flower-like charm.”

“… … Did you?”

"Yes. Don't send me anything like that anymore."

Her staff glanced at Irina and the man who was hovering around her with her perplexed eyes.

She's such a disgusting tee, no matter how courteous her demeanor was, this was bullying. Above all, she was Irina, and she was a person with whom she had affection. If she was like the old days, she was in a situation where there was nothing to say even if she accepted a duel request.

But people just can't say it out loud, but she actually has a similar story to Count Schuberg. Isn't it a famous rumor that her top lord proposed three times to Irina, who was her fiancée?

But she seemed to have forgotten all of her past, and although she tickled other men, Ilea Noah loved it terribly. She was proof that she could rhyme with her pitiful flowers to point to Schuberg's upper lord.

“I feel very bad today. So please go away.”

“Why are you in a bad mood?”

Ilenoa was absolutely right. Once she started shuffling her words, the conversation continued.

“You said it. That letter you sent me a few days ago caused unnecessary emotional exhaustion with my lover.”

"It's sad to feel bad for you, but it could be good news for me."

“… … What are you talking about now?”

Irina felt the ties of her reason gradually being severed.

“Why aren’t you going to Ils?”

“We couldn’t return without a promise like this, so only a few people were sent first.”

“It was just one go. There is no ship to Ils in Kissen.”

“That’s it. It's because of you, so if you're worried about me, please take responsibility."

He was a wealthy man who could want any number of her ships or her crew, but he joked about Irina. And that pointless joke exploded her gear Irina.

“No, why am I responsible for that?! Why can't you hear her like this? Is my native language proficiency wrong? Can you speak Japanese?”

The man looked perplexed when she suddenly burst into tears, who had always adhered to her cold attitude from start to finish. But that was all she thought was sudden, and those who knew her well Irina thought she had endured it for quite some time.

She said that a seat makes a person, and when a person rises to a high position, her patience increases and she seems to try to keep her dignity.

“Irina, have I been very rude?”

When her man asked, grabbing her own wrist, Irina bit her teeth.

“Put this down.”

“… … .”

“Let me tell you.”

When he did not let go of herself, she had Irina's face very absurd. But for a moment, she said in a gloomy voice.

“I am a person.”

“… … .”

“It sounds like a joke, but I'm not joking. Really put this down.”

She told Irina to change her mind and live a good life, and she was sending her signal not to provoke me.

And when the store manager, who appears to have reached her critical point, blew the ultimatum, her staff went bust. Those who read their will to never let it go, secretly began to remove things that could become weapons.

However, Irina regained her reason sooner than she thought.

She doesn't lose her temper easily, but at the moment of her loss, there appears someone who does her harm on a much greater scale than herself.

“… … Illenoa.”

Darren, who followed her as soon as she received her report, was a dismayed face. He quietly shook her head to her Irina.

The situation everyone was worried about happened just like that.

In fact, everyone may have been certain of this situation. Illenoa was a person who closely watched and remembered her daily routine, which Irina herself often forgets.

Slowly walking towards Irina, he paused for a moment. His gaze was on only one place, and it was her Irina's wrist, which Joshua was holding.

Staring at it, Illenoa turned her gaze into the air and smiled ha ha.

And without hesitation, his hand went into her own arms.

Irina, who knew what was in her arms, was startled. Startled, she shook off her hand and ran. And she hugged Ilea Noah tightly.

She almost grabbed him, wanting to cripple both of her hands.

She said, “I was just trying to stay because of your position… … .”

“… … .”

“It wasn’t supposed to be like that from the beginning.”

He easily pulled her arm away from her Irina and put her hand back into her arms.

“I will kill you.”

"Hey! Are you crazy now?! no way!"

Irina was so startled that she continued to cling to her arm of her Illenoa.

Making her fists and using her sword with murderous intent were two completely different things. Now even the king had laws, and if he behaved like he used to, even Schuberg couldn't be completely safe.

Irina rushed her chin to Darren and the members of Schuberg. I meant to put it somewhere out of sight. However, the members were unable to move against the will of the upper class.

Irina eventually spoke to the Ils merchant.

“Joshua, just go. I don’t want to see anything worse in the foreign land.”

For the first and last time, she called his first and last name instead of his first and last name. It was a sign that I was giving a sincere warning, so I had to figure it out.

But she didn't know that it was hurting Illenoa even more.

Irina asked Irina, who had been watching with her cold eyes as Jefferson Upper Lord left her seat. Her voice was just cold.

“Why are you blocking it?”

“Why are you blocking it, what do you mean, it’s natural.”

However, he shook her head and denied Irina's words.

“I know you hate to be disturbed. So it was just there. But we are not officially dating.”

“… … .”

“Then I don’t even have the right to meddle.”

He spit out the word right and made a slight impression.

Irina didn't know how she was going to react, but Ile Noah said she felt like she was offended by her own words.

“I don't see any other bastards beating my girl. If my standards are different from yours... … ha."

“… … .”

“I’m sorry for that, but I still can’t tolerate this kind of situation.”

Irina looked up at Ilea Noah with her face that she did not know what to say. She licked her lips several times and hesitated.

She never said she shouldn't meddle in this, and she never did. It wasn't meant to be a big legal problem.

"I'm not saying you shouldn't interfere. So it looks like it's drying out? Why are you still talking so sadly?”

“… … .”

“I’m sorry if I made you feel that way, but it really has to be your mistake.”

Irina looked at him with her hanging gaze. Her eyes were eager to convey something, and as she looked at it, her mind wandered once more, and Ile Noah turned her head slightly.

“… … Leave this on for a second.”

"Nope."

“… … .”

Irina spoke bluntly, as if she had been grumpy. But after her hesitancy, he eventually pushed her away.

Irina grabbed her arm once more, but she slipped it away, and he hurried out of her dressing room.

“… … .”

There was an extremely awkward atmosphere inside the store.

Those who witnessed the fight between men and women transparently from the morning were embarrassed. It was bloody, but it was also childish, and even though neither of them had ordinary personalities, I thought that they loved it a lot because it was hard to be patient.

Her Darren, worried about her Irina standing around her head, approached her.

"miss."

“… … Did he possibly follow him now?”

Darren paused a bit. She seemed shocked and came to comfort her, because Irina unexpectedly pointed out her most important problem.

Coughing, he replied.

“Don’t worry too much, the upperclassmen followed.”

“… … .”

“It will be nothing special. Perhaps.”

“You call that a horse?”

At her carefree reply, Irina raised her eyes.

You have to trust people you trust. The members of the upper class were not following common sense and justice, but following the orders of the upper class.

“Go and dry yourself. All go! No, seriously, why did you come so many times just to watch!”

Irina muttered as she pushed the people out the door.

raisha lionel · Sep 27, 2021

Thankkk youu for your spoilers
Plzzz spoil us moree with r19 chapters

ellanica · Sep 27, 2021

MsWeaberBee said: ↑

Eyoo! I read an MTL of the novel so take it with a grain of salt

So basically, the break up happened a little after the prologue scene (when Irina said she’ll marry Ludwig). I am not too far yet but I guess from the jist of it, Illenoa bribed Ludwig to break up with Irina in exchange for his sister’s medication. And Ludwig did so when Irina visited him the day after, Irina didn’t fight him too hard abt the break up since she also feel a bit guilty because she feels like she’s becoming a burden on Luwi. Irina got so drunk after and she did the did with Illenoa, he even asked Irina if she ever masturbated and he confessed that he did while thinking about her lol..

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So basically, what you're saying is...

The ML blackmailed and cheated his way into FL's heart. Cornering a desperate man and forcing him to choose between his beloved and his dying sister. Wow, what a scumbag ML. Idk if it's Soveshit level of shittiness, but close. Thanks for the spoilers, though.

oblique.7 · Sep 27, 2021

MsWeaberBee said: ↑

Eyoo! I read an MTL of the novel so take it with a grain of salt

So basically, the break up happened a little after the prologue scene (when Irina said she’ll marry Ludwig). I am not too far yet but I guess from the jist of it, Illenoa bribed Ludwig to break up with Irina in exchange for his sister’s medication. And Ludwig did so when Irina visited him the day after, Irina didn’t fight him too hard abt the break up since she also feel a bit guilty because she feels like she’s becoming a burden on Luwi. Irina got so drunk after and she did the did with Illenoa, he even asked Irina if she ever masturbated and he confessed that he did while thinking about her lol..

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which chapter is this?

twilight_123 · Sep 28, 2021

Till now what I know from the spoilers- Someone said that Ludwig vl die...How? Idk...

ArguingApples · Sep 28, 2021

ML is a scary motherfucker

MightyDragoon453 · Sep 28, 2021

ellanica said: ↑

So basically, what you're saying is...

The ML blackmailed and cheated his way into FL's heart. Cornering a desperate man and forcing him to choose between his beloved and his dying sister. Wow, what a scumbag ML. Idk if it's Soveshit level of shittiness, but close. Thanks for the spoilers, though.

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Oh that's just pathetic. The dude broke off a perfectly happy couple because of his desperation to have her, I knew he wasn't the best but c'mon!
He took major advantage of FL being in actual debt to him and even FL seems to understand why Ludwig choose his family because both of them were cornered into making shitty decisions.
That's coercion and possibly some form of entrapment. Dick move.

So....does he get better or worse I'm afraid to ask in all honesty.

Kiriari · Sep 28, 2021

IMO, with how naive MC is, I don't think she would've survived being with Ludwig even if ML didn't break them up. MC have no skills to make money, and is too proud to suffer any indignations that comes with doing commoners' work. Ludwig doesn't seem to be doing well financially and is seen serving MC whenever she comes over. Money is the number one issue that breaks relationships. I like Ludwig and I think him accepting the deal with ML is probably the best thing for him, there's no way he can afford MC in the long run.

Kyyiiq-q12 · Sep 28, 2021

Idk why but the MC reminds me of the character “Stella” from “for Stella”. She irritates me for some reason I legit don’t know why.

its0k · Sep 29, 2021

Kyyiiq-q12 said: ↑

Idk why but the MC reminds me of the character “Stella” from “for Stella”. She irritates me for some reason I legit don’t know why.
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Yes! I had the same feeling after reading first manhwa chapters! She looks like an arrogant noble girl who can’t actually do anything herself but goes around and brings trouble relying on her family name.
I want to give this novel/manhwa a chance, because I like plots where ML is a villain, so I really hope that all MC’s words about wanting to marry her ex are more of a role play and that she has feelings for ML already and mentions her ex only because she feels guilty she’s moved on from their love. I also really hope all ML/MC bedroom interactions are wholeheartedly consensual, not because he’s a man in power and she can’t say anything against it.
Otherwise the plot looks like a maniac is keeping a girl hostage because of his obsession and at the end she gets a Stockholm syndrome and thinks she’s ok with him, because an alternative is to go die on streets.

Yamanka · Sep 29, 2021

Muskaan2004 said: ↑

I don't like the fl personally cuz you see at first she was dependent on her father like she always lived in a world of her own , she didn't even try to know about her situation even if she is a noble lady on top of that she was the only child so she should be responsible as the next head of the family and when that world of her shattered the ml was their to make it easy for her she was nothing and she feels some dumb fl to me cuz you see she is working under ml and doesn't even know that people don't treat her like maid what's the point of getting a salary of a maid if you aren't working can't she just figure it out like what the hell i am dropping this but if someone knows a smart mc and an obsessive ml recommend it to me pls
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Dunno why you can think her like that, yes she's the only child. But remember she lived with luxury besides that she's an intelligent woman in her time. What do you expect from a noblewoman who was devastated by bankruptcy. Do you expect someone who has never done chores to start doing housework right away? At least she tries, she's trying to fix her life, trying to pay off her family debt, taking care of her sick father, trying to help her BF (Luwi).

She still has passion and never gives up, trying to learn new things, earn money by teaching and never selling her body. Even in her difficult circumstances she still maintains her relationship with Luwi, repeatedly rejects ml. For me, fl is a wonderful woman who wants to progress even though she's not perfect but she has desires to improve herself more

akera93 · Sep 29, 2021

This story makes me uncomfortable. It's easy to ship an MC and ML when the MC's ex is a piece of shit but it's so hard (for me at least) to cheer for this relationship when her ex is a sweetheart and the ML basically forced the MC to sell herself to him knowing she has no other choice.

This is one ML I will struggle to love. I like his perseverance and how he overcame his abusive family but everything with the MC is just wrong.

Muskaan2004 · Sep 30, 2021

Yamanka said: ↑

Dunno why you can think her like that, yes she's the only child. But remember she lived with luxury besides that she's an intelligent woman in her time. What do you expect from a noblewoman who was devastated by bankruptcy. Do you expect someone who has never done chores to start doing housework right away? At least she tries, she's trying to fix her life, trying to pay off her family debt, taking care of her sick father, trying to help her BF (Luwi).

She still has passion and never gives up, trying to learn new things, earn money by teaching and never selling her body. Even in her difficult circumstances she still maintains her relationship with Luwi, repeatedly rejects ml. For me, fl is a wonderful woman who wants to progress even though she's not perfect but she has desires to improve herself more
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No she isn't intelligent if she were then she wouldn't have chosen the subjects that no one cares about she just chose them cuz her professor was lenient in those subjects and let her sleep i understand that she lived in luxury but if you see more of these manhwas than you can see if someone of a noble family is the only child then they are given proper education on how to be the head and if she were intelligent then her house wouldn't have fallen to bankruptcy cuz there some signs you can see if you are going to be bankrupt and as she chose those easy subjects which didn't help her in any way if isn't for the ml she would would have been someone's mistress you see and would be sold to someone as a slave

Fallon Ashryver · Sep 30, 2021

I was reading the manhwa and was really uncomfortable with how the relationship between the leads are built-up. I opted to check some spoilers to see if it gets better somehow, but based on what I've read so far...eugh, I think I'm gonna have to drop this . It is interesting, but not enough to tolerate how toxic their whole relationship is. BUT I could be wrong, I've only read a few chapters and seen some spoilers. Maybe there is a redeeming arc or something. I'll try and wait for some spoilers again and maybe reconsider reading this again. I JUST REALLY HATE ROMANTICIZING TOXICITY. And so far, this one seems to take that whole idea and ran with it.

SilverSoul1 · Sep 30, 2021

Fallon Ashryver said: ↑

I was reading the manhwa and was really uncomfortable with how the relationship between the leads are built-up. I opted to check some spoilers to see if it gets better somehow, but based on what I've read so far...eugh, I think I'm gonna have to drop this . It is interesting, but not enough to tolerate how toxic their whole relationship is. BUT I could be wrong, I've only read a few chapters and seen some spoilers. Maybe there is a redeeming arc or something. I'll try and wait for some spoilers again and maybe reconsider reading this again. I JUST REALLY HATE ROMANTICIZING TOXICITY. And so far, this one seems to take that whole idea and ran with it.
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Same... I don't feel any good, heart to heart connection between the leads. Buying her ex to get her is just so wrong. This shows that many can buy everything, even love. I can't really blame her ex because he is very desperate for the sake of his sick sister, that make him such a responsible guy. He let her go because he knows he can't make her live in a luxury life cuz he doesn't have anything. But to know that fl accepts ml after what he did to break them apart, is just wrong. Aren't you supposed to be there for your partner at their lowest? Isn't that's what love is? In the end, she choose a rich guy over her ex who even tho he doesn't have much, he could give you a genuine love that you deserve, not a dangerous, obsessive guy with lots of money. That ain't healthy. I feel so bad for her ex

its0k · Sep 30, 2021

SilverSoul1 said: ↑

Same... I don't feel any good, heart to heart connection between the leads. Buying her ex to get her is just so wrong. This shows that many can buy everything, even love. I can't really blame her ex because he is very desperate for the sake of his sick sister, that make him such a responsible guy. He let her go because he knows he can't make her live in a luxury life cuz he doesn't have anything. But to know that fl accepts ml after what he did to break them apart, is just wrong. Aren't you supposed to be there for your partner at their lowest? Isn't that's what love is? In the end, she choose a rich guy over her ex who even tho he doesn't have much, he could give you a genuine love that you deserve, not a dangerous, obsessive guy with lots of money. That ain't healthy. I feel so bad for her ex
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But blind self-sacrifice is also not healthy. From one of the manhwa chapters it sounded like MC was trying her hardest to work to get money for her boyfriend. It looked like she was working and he was only “giving his love and moral support” to her. If she can’t find a job with her low qualifications then her next step was really to be sold as a slave because she couldn’t return loans she has been taking here and there. Should she have sacrificed her life for her lover who was sitting at home and whining how he feels bad for not supporting her? Idk
For now there are no lovable characters in this novel, MC behaves arrogant and is not very smart, ML is an obsessed stalker in a powerful position and the boyfriend is a lazy bum who really only cares about his family. I desperately hope that the author has twisted the plot in this direction to spark an interest and with every new chapter we’ll get more of a background story that will show all their relationships in a bit different light.

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