Chapter 155 – 8. Perisha, the Proud Lady of a Suspicious Baron

“Ugh…”

Perhaps it was because I had been working hard for the first time in a while, I lightly relieved my body from creaking here and there.

Rumbling- squeak- squeak-

The guards filling the warehouse, Baron Whistle looking around the warehouse with their hands behind their backs, and Bindel politely putting their hands together behind them and paying attention to the baron.

The baron, indignant at the fact that he had been entrusted to catch it somehow, but there was no result, suddenly burst into the warehouse. I was dragged by Bindel’s call, and I became a little afraid of the baron, who looked around the warehouse with sunken eyes.

‘I have heart symptoms, but there is no physical evidence.’

But even if you give me more time, will the baron, who has already arrived unsatisfied, readily accept? As he was about to roll his head in worry about biting his tail, he lowered his voice and the baron waved his hand and dismissed the guards.

“Stop.”

Huh- The baron turned around with a muddy sigh, looked at Bindel and me alternately, then asked with a faint smile.

“How many days has it been? It hurts my head to keep stealing stuff instead of catching the rats.”

“”Sorry.””

The baron, his eyebrows wriggling at the overlapping apples, took a step closer to me first, put his hand on my shoulder, and started nagging me.

“The amount I signed with Miss Sierra was five boxes a month, but since I was the daughter of a close friend, I was comfortable with it, but it would be difficult if I did this.”

Convenience sucks – five boxes of moonlight were enough, but it was far from enough to hold back the influence of Count Haengmil. The baron knew that and forced Sierra to bring her more supplies. Thanks to that, Sierra hurried back to Hinera Village in the morning as if she were being kicked out, but the baron was packing her convenience.

“…Sorry. I will somehow kneel in front of the baron within the remaining period and become a colonel.”

“Can I look forward to it?”

“Of course.”

“Yes, since you speak so confidently, you will bring them in front of me unconditionally, right? Please step back.”

Bowing down, I took a step back. At the same time, Bindel with a hard face took a step forward, and the baron, who was looking at me and Bindel, looked at me with a smile and spat out a congratulatory order.

-Kiik

As I left the door with the sound of rusty hinges, I took a look inside the warehouse in vain before leaving. As if he was used to it, the baron rolled up his sleeves, turned his wrists, and glared intently at Bindel, looking like a rabbit in front of a wild dog.

-Thud

The large door closed and a faint sound was heard, but no one seemed to care about the baron’s corporal punishment, either the baron who was a guard or the old butler who was always attached to him.

Recalling Bindel’s document buried in a corner of my memory, I became convinced that the more I heard the clatter, the more I was getting closer to the rat’s true identity, and then quietly returned to the mansion for Undine and Perisha’s tea party.

Jerk-jerk-jerk-

The best thing would be to attack the moment Bindel puts things in, but seeing her boldly robbing for several months and never getting caught by her tail, it didn’t seem easy. It was a situation where I was worried about whether I should let my guard down or induce the situation as much as possible and attack it.

Still, the basis for convincing the baron was certain. I don’t know where the money I earned from the stolen goods I sold was spent, but one reason is certain. If there was a suspicion that he might have stolen it in retaliation against the baron, it was clear that the baron, where Bindel was hiding, would lead knights and soldiers to find Bindel.

Those of that kind were bound to convulse their whole body more than if they were burned by someone under them. As I was thinking about what to do now while organizing my plans, Undine was waving his hand at me in the empty lot in front of the mansion far away.

“Ah.”

There was a bait there to catch Bindel. Spotting Perisha wriggling behind Undine, who smiled brightly and waved her hand, I strode towards them with a deep smile and greeted them.

“Hello.”

[Good morning-]

Clinging to my arms, Undine began to play with her cold body, rubbing it here and there.

“Oh, hello…”

Fuuk- Perisha, her head lowered to the extent that she could not see, greeted me in a small voice. Probably because of yesterday’s work. Didn’t you think you should have sent it to me instead of poking me? She licked her lips with regret, and she said to Perisha.

“What are you doing here? How about a tea party?”

“When I asked to wait for Mr. Cassano… Undine asked me to go out to meet her.”

When I looked at Catra, who stood behind Perisha to check on her, I nodded and patted Undine’s head in my arms and demanded an answer.

[Yeah, let’s all enjoy it together- let’s go quickly-!]

“Aren’t you uncomfortable when I wear it? The three of you are friendly…”

Concerned that Perisha, who became awkward after being together for no reason, would widen her distance, I tried to get away from the tea party by letting Undine go, but I was stopped by her hand holding my sleeve.

“Oh, no. It’s fine.”

Ku Woo-wook- I looked at Perisha with a curious expression on her slender fingers, which were not so strong but pulled so that they wouldn’t let go. I finally found out the reason why she held on to Perisha’s smile as she met her eyes as she lifted her bowed head.

Not Bindel, who said he had unrequited love, but a woman’s face in front of me, and the expectant smile of a prepared female.

“If you say so, I will go with you.”

“Yes, he- Katra! Where did you prepare today?”

“Today, it is prepared in the parlor for ladies.”

“Is it so! Oh, today is my favorite rose tea-“

In spite of Catra’s shouts of ta-da-dak-lady, Perisha hurriedly ran up her steps. Seeing that figure, Undine with a smile also flew in the sky and chased after Perishia’s remnant.

**

[I want to have a room like my sister-]

“Hehe, if Undine becomes my younger sister, can I give her a bigger room than this?”

[Really? Doesn’t it matter if one more unnie is added?]

Poof- I must be joking at Undine’s question as she turns to me and throws a bony word, right? I stared at her clear eyes, but I, who was sweating from the eyes that were sincerity itself, silently stroked her moist hair and avoided answering.

“Miss.”

Catra called her in a low voice to Perisha, who watched her Undine with her lips twitching as if she was cute. Is this something I shouldn’t have heard? The moment I was about to shut my mouth, Perisha spoke in a loud voice.

“Sure! It is possible enough alone. Don’t worry and go!”

“…Then I’ll be back.”

“Where are you going?”

Catra, who rolled her eyes at my question, looked back and forth between Perisha and me, pursed her lips, and finally answered with a shallow sigh.

“…Yes, there is something I need to check for a while, so I told the lady and went first. Since it has come to this, please take good care of the lady.”

“All right.”

Nodding – Katra lightly greeted her and left the drawing room without hesitation. As I looked at the empty plate and the cold tea kettle and was trying to figure out how to clean it up, someone tugged at my sleeve.

“Hmm? Miss?”

Perisha, who pulled her lips over and over again as if playfully, frowned and spoke to me in a loud voice as if she had made up her mind.

“That! It’s nothing different, I offered you the best offer last night, but I’m still bothered by your refusal-“

That expression was the result of determination. Unable to control her deep smile, I spoke to Perisha, who looked up at me while trying to calm her twitchy lips.

“No. I was just thinking too much. Aren’t you rude to the lady…”

“Did Cassano know how many times I watched…?”

Tup- Tup- It was an undine who ate his share of snacks, but his pricked ears were clear proof that he was focusing on the conversation between me and Perisha. I motioned for Undine to wait and focused on Perisha in front of her.

“Yes, but I didn’t say anything because it’s common with ladies of your age.”

“Is that so.”

“…”

“…”

As if we had made a promise to each other, we closed our mouths and looked into each other’s eyes. Her wide, light blue eyes had the magical power of attracting people like the sky of a clear meadow. I asked with a smile at the magical power of the eyes that the more I looked at it, the more I wanted it.

“If you don’t mind, may I invite you?”

“If you are invited…”

“I will teach you one by one so you can learn to love.”

“Huh…”

Rolling- Rolling- Rolling- The light blue eyes started to roll here and there at the sentence “Law to love.” Are you nervous? Perisha, who wet her own lips several times with her pink tongue as if her lips were dry, looked up at me with her moist eyes after a long thought and answered.

“May I ask…?”

Sreuk – Perisha’s hand holding onto her sleeve fell helplessly.

Tup-

Holding her lightly, I slightly bent her back and slowly lifted the back of Perisha’s hand toward her lips.

Side-

The sound of lips echoed quietly in the parlor filled with conversations between the two of them. Perisha, who stretched out her fingers like her well-woven spider web, stared at the back of her hand as she touched my lips.

With her hand away, Perisha watched me with her trembling eyes and then slowly drew the back of her hand toward her own lips.

“Whoa…”

Side…♥

Perisha’s seal quietly touched my invitation.

[Then are you going with me?]

Undine, who had been watching Perisha’s acceptance from beginning to end, asked Perisha, shaking her upside-down chair.

“…Huh…”

Perhaps it was embarrassing to say it with my own mouth, Perishia’s white face turned red in an instant. Only Undine, who was excited like her child, started to move her chair to come with her, and Perisha, her small lips quivering, bowed her head, as if she immediately regretted her choice.

Tup-

“Ah…”

I stroked Perisha’s soft chin with my thumb, then I grabbed her and met her eyes. He looked into the sky-blue eyes that seemed to be more cloudy than when he first saw them.

“Are you really okay? I want you to make a decision without regrets.”

“…Yes, it wasn’t… Because I said it wasn’t…”

“Then can I teach you something simple before going to our room?”

“Light…?”

Hearing the questionable voice of Perisha, I began to lightly pull her chin, and I peered into her wandering eyes without avoiding them.

Ha-

Ha–

The sweet scent of rose tea lingered in my nostrils. Sup- I enjoyed the feeling of mixing the scent of rose tea permeating deep into my lungs and the scent of an excited young lady, and I covered my slightly parted lips as they were.

Jjook…

Chun-

Their lips touched lightly enough to ask if it was a mistake if anyone saw it. Jureuk- The transparent thread stretched from Perisha’s moist lips snapped off and stuck to Perisha’s chin and the back of my hand.

Like her cut saliva, I wondered if Perisha would be able to break her web of learning and escape from me, so I silently pushed Perisha and Undine on the backs and raised them up.

The ecstatic night had just begun.