Chapter 449 – #95_Reunion (3)

#448

One.
Head Professor Sophia Abenega, Amelia’s close friend whom she hadn’t seen in a while, bowed her head deeply enough that her forehead almost touched her toes as soon as she bumped into Shiu and apologized.
He thanked her very much for stopping her Amelia, and bowed her head over and over again, promising her sure reward in the future for the part of her that had suffered her through her own fault.

After all, Siu’s actions were part of the trigger for Amelia’s rampage, so there’s nothing to say.
At least Head Professor Sophia seemed to feel her responsibility.

“I have no intention of interfering with the reunion, go. I’m really sorry… I want you to know.”
“Okay, see you next time.”

After greeting him with a nod, Siwoo stepped out of the corner.

“…….”
“…….”

Amelia is sitting in her chair.
Her figure was so beautiful that I couldn’t even notice the shackles on her ankles.
Nothing had changed in the slightest from her appearance in my memory.

Siu glanced at Amelia.
Amelia also glanced at Siu.

A terrible silence that lingers with each other.

The time that had stopped between the two of them surely started to flow again.
A valley that has melted in the spring still has some awkwardness and unfamiliarity, just as it is covered with thin ice for a while.
But wouldn’t it be possible to get closer again like thin ice that melts over time?

It may seem like it or it may not.
To be honest, I don’t even know what I was thinking when I came here.

What kind of consolation should be given to Amelia, who had been through only suffering while repeating the outside world, and whether she was qualified to give it.

But there is no progress as it is.
Whether it’s clearing up misunderstandings or reconciliation, you have to face-to-face and have a conversation.

“The body….”
“The body….”

Had Amelia been thinking the same?
Amelia, who was shivering on her slender shoulders, said the same thing at the same time as Siu.

“Um, tell me first. Yes.”
“Mmm, tell me first….”

Unfortunately, even the words after that were the same.

“…….”
“…….”

It was a situation where I felt a sense of déjà vu.
It seems that this kind of embarrassing situation was often created with her, who suddenly became friendly after being assigned as Amelia’s exclusive assistant.

Amelia stretched her arms out in front of her, like her ball-jointed doll that hadn’t been greased.
She holds Siwoo’s left hand with her hand, which trembles slightly.
And very carefully and carefully, like a believer shaking hands with the pope.

Amelia bit her teeth tightly and asked in a low voice.

“Siwoo, are your arms okay?”

The voice was very cold.
It was businesslike, similar to Amelia’s tone before they were together in the cabin.
And Amelia, who opened her eyes wide as if surprised by my voice.

It was not my intention.
She suppressed her throat as much as she could, as she was afraid that she would let out a lousy voice that trembled thinly.

“Yes, that’s fine. Is Amelia okay?”
“Like. Nothing to worry about.”

Amelia let go of Siu’s hand.
Her actions made her feel distant.
At least, it is an attitude that is at the opposite end of the embrace of a passionate reunion.
Had it been in the past, she might have misunderstood her intentions and become even more awkward.

But Amelia doesn’t keep her distance because she doesn’t like or dislike Siu.
In a situation where she still doesn’t know if the remnants of the past have been resolved, she hurt Siwoo’s arm, and it’s probably because she can’t be happy about the reunion.

Amelia’s small actions that were invisible now felt a little more visible.

“Miss Amelia.”

Shiu pulled a chair and sat in front of Amelia.
At the same time, Amelia lowered her head and looked down diagonally from her.
Siwoo could feel her slightly quickened breathing.

“I’m sorry.”
“I more… !”

Amelia raises her head and shouts right away at Siwoo’s apology.
Drops of dew were beading in her eyes between her hair, which flowed like a thread of gold.
Too late.

This time, too, she couldn’t get her word out first.
Foolishly, I waited for him to speak first.
Even though he was so courageous.

“… I more…. Sorry. Because I hurt Siwoo… Sorry….”

Amelia said as if her suppressed emotions exploded.

“Siw… I’m sorry for bothering you…. I didn’t know anything…. I didn’t know it would make Siwoo so hard…. And he was trying to be nice…. It wasn’t like that. I didn’t want to hurt my arm, my arm….”

Words that I have picked and picked countless times in the meantime.
What to apologize for, what to say, what to correct misunderstandings, what to apologize for.
As if a clogged dam had burst, the pouring words were all messed up and became a central heating.

The contents sparsely enter the ear as he exhales with intense breathing.
To be honest, there were a lot of parts that I couldn’t quite understand.

But I know.

It’s just that Amelia doesn’t have the nice words to wrap up her feelings now.
Because she has been alone for too long, she is not good at expressing her true feelings to others.

From her distressed expression, from her eyes facing her, from her tears, from the hand gestures she pulls at the hem of her clothes, wanting to hug her right now but not being able to bear it.
Her heart was clearly conveyed.

“Amelia, I know everything.”

She said in the sweetest possible voice, as if she were petting a vigilant herbivore.
To make sure that she doesn’t get scared at all.

On the day she regained her memory, Si-woo couldn’t properly listen to Amelia.

In her momentary sense of betrayal and rage, she wrapped all her goodwill in hatred and shook off Amelia’s sorrowful clinging to a belated explanation.
Amelia wasn’t the only one who ran away.
Siwoo, who was there, also turned her back on her, drunk on her feelings.

If the two of them had the maturity to have a sincere conversation, there would not have been such twisted and twisted misunderstandings.
If he had listened to her words for just a moment, there would have been no difference.

If at that time, no matter how angry and resentful she was, what if she had said this?

“I’ll wait here until you tell me what you want to say.”

He caressed the back of his hand that was dripping with tears.

“I won’t leave you alone, nor will I close my ears and run away on my own.”

I got up.
Amelia was taken aback and tried to see Siwoo’s intentions.

She carefully stretched out her arms and wrapped them around her.
The round back of Amelia’s head was caught in her hand and slipped into her arms.

During her time as a slave, Amelia always looked bigger than Siu.
Of course, it’s small at first glance, but it’s probably because her stiff and high-handed attitude led to her psychological shrinkage.

But now Amelia is very small.
She was so small and weak that she suffered alone.

“Let’s talk one by one.”

2.
Amelia kept digging into Siwoo’s arms.

Even though she already couldn’t get any closer, she grabbed her collar with her trembling fingertips and rubbed her cheek against Siu’s chest until her tears ran down her shirt.
Siwoo also held her shoulders tightly and waited for Amelia to cry her heart out.

Amelia still couldn’t communicate her feelings fluently.

She has cried so much that she repeats her words with her flushed cheeks and the tip of her nose, sometimes skipping topics in a swish and getting confused.

Because it was so clumsy, because she didn’t know what she was thinking, she forgave Amelia when she confessed her wrongdoing.
Si-woo also frankly confessed about his feelings and his own inexperience when the relationship between her was greatly strained.

She said it wasn’t just Amelia who ran away.
She herself also said that she simply wanted to turn a blind eye to things she didn’t like.

Amelia’s glimpse into her memories.
She also learned what scars she had and what kind of life she had lived.
That what Amelia confirmed in her note was not true.
The reason why Siwoo didn’t look for Amelia first was because he thought she had lost her mind even after reading her note.
That she couldn’t meet her when she made up her mind to visit her first.
She said now.

How much time has passed
Amelia’s body, which had been rigid even after being held in her arms, loosened up like a sugar cube in her coffee.

“…….”

A comfortable silence prevailed.
After exchanging the stories we had to share, what was left was the warmth of each other, as cozy as wool.
Amelia looks up at Siu and asks.

“Siw.”
“Yes.”
“…….”

Like a person facing a utopia that he only dreamed of, like seeing a mirage that would dissipate if he touched it.
Amelia’s delicate fingertips lightly touched Siu’s cheek.
Amelia, who had bitten her lip several times looking a bit tired, asked.

“I…. Don’t you hate it?”
“Yes.”
“Torturing me so much, torturing me…. Even though I ordered chores to perform…. Although she clearly knew that she had lost her memory, she insisted on forgiving her….”

In fact, this question came up several times during the conversation.
Amelia must have been anxious to the point that no matter how many times she received confirmation, it would not be enough.

“Even though she didn’t even read the note I left…. Even though I hurt her arm, I don’t hate her… ?”

Siwoo straightened her bangs that were tangled in her tears.
This angle now.
It was close enough that you could count the number of eyelashes, and the pink lips stood out.

I think I somehow know the best way to calm Amelia’s anxiety.

“…….”
“…….”

At the same time, a stopped breath and intertwined gaze.
Amelia’s quivering azure eyes lock on her eyelids.
But she doesn’t cover all her agitation just by closing her eyes.

Amelia, who had been freed, became a stiff piece of wood and pulled Siu by the collar, and her eyelashes trembled incessantly.
Her pounding heartbeat was transmitted through the skin they touched.
Like different meteors whose trajectories coincidentally overlapped, the two wanted the same thing.

Kiss.
Exchange of breath.
The best way to express your love and trust and get affirmed.

The two of them quietly closed their eyes as if whispering, and became close like snowflakes piling up on a quiet night.
That moment when your lips were softly overlapped.

-Kikkiik!

Amelia and Shiu quickly fell away from each other like startled crows.
It was because I heard the sound of the dungeon door opening, and the sound of people and conversation came down the stairs.

Amelia, her face reddened, sat upright in her chair, and Siu, who was just shy, sat stiffly and coughed.

“Siwoo-kun, are you awake? How are you feeling?”
“Thank you very much. Yes, what, oh thank you.”

It was Count Kohab and Albireo who visited the dungeon late at night.
The reason, needless to say, is to continue the interrogation.

Witches don’t need sleep anyway, and everyone wanted a quick and gradual solution to this case, so the interrogation had been going on for two days with an almost non-stop schedule.

“Ha….”

Albireo looked at Amelia and Siu alternately and sighed knowingly.

“We will begin the final interrogation of Baron Marigold. Outsiders, please stay away.”

Cohab tilted his head at the strange air current flowing between Amelia and Siu, but soon gave a calm notice.