Episode 63
“Your wounds are not serious. Fortunately, he wasn't stabbed in the vitals. It's just that she injured her muscles……. Healing will take time, but as long as you are careful, there will be no problems.”
Elisha felt her unfamiliar voice tickling her ears.
'Are you a doctor?'
Her shoulders throbbed.
“Get up slowly and take your medicine.”
Someone forcibly poured the medicine into her mouth, which left her unable to open her eyes. Elisha swallowed her pills slowly.
'I need to calm down……. I can't get up…….'
Elisha felt her large hand caress her own forehead. Familiar touch. It was the smell of sandalwood.
'Yes, I'm safe now.'
Elisha was relieved. Even so, she was terrified of being kidnapped by a gangster. Now I wanted to refrain from such a thing.
“Elisha, if your goal is to drive me mad, you're succeeding.”
It was a whispering voice. And Elisha fell asleep again.
When she opened her eyes again, Elisha found Lucerne. He was sitting on her bed, looking down at Elisha. Elisha pursed her dry lips. Lucerne said nothing and allowed Elisha to wet her lips with her water.
“The situation……. Is it well organized?”
Elisha said quietly. Her voice was terribly cracked.
“Yes.”
Lucerne said bluntly. Elisha became a little suspicious. She wasn't expecting a flurry of compliments, but Lucerne didn't seem to be in a good mood. No, on the contrary, she had a coolness and coldness she had never seen before.
“Then……. Why are you like that?”
“I really want to ask. Why did you do that?”
“Why?”
“Why didn't you stop the auction halfway through?”
“If we stopped the auction, somehow Carola and Arienne would have driven the situation by bidding among themselves.”
Elisha couldn't understand the reason at all. Elisha was perfectly successful.
Why the hell are you angry?
“Aren't you curious how much I ended up buying the land for?”
“Is that what you are going to say now?”
Even Lucerne seemed to be getting more and more angry.
Elisha tried to raise her body. Lucerne caught her upper body from falling. She leaned on Lucerne's hand and barely leaned her back against her bed. Thanks to her painkillers, her pain was much less.
“Why are you angry, Lucerne?”
Elisha asked calmly. Her usual calm expression returned to her face. She prided herself on doing everything she did with excellence.
“If the knight under you did a good job, would you treat him like this?”
Only then did Elisha look into Lucerne's eyes. Really……. It was strange.
It may seem distorted. I guess I'm annoyed And it was her expression that I couldn't understand her own feelings. Elisha was startled.
“That's why I'm pretty, nice. Do you want me to encourage you to do it again next time and give me a compliment?”
Elisha felt upset as if a dam burst in her heart at those words. Elisha bit her lip. Even after seeing that, Lucerne's expression did not change. He was silently looking down at her. Elisha looked away from her.
“I didn't expect that much. Not a kid.”
Elisha wanted to take this opportunity to show that she could do just as well as her vassal.
“I don't know what to do with you.”
“…….”
Lucerne's expression changed slightly. This time, it contained a little pity and anguish.
“Never.”
“…….”
“Don't throw your body. It's an order.”
It was only after hearing her words that Elisha realized. Surprisingly, he now……. He seemed angry at her because he was worried about her. And even he himself was embarrassed by his own feelings.
Elisha's heart was beating strangely. She felt as if someone had thrown a stone into her calm heart.
Lucerne brushed his hair. Elisha bit her lip. However, she wanted to be recognized. She knew she would be recognized. I did.
Lucerne bowed before Elisha. Her red eyes met their eyes. She didn't know if she was upset or why. Suddenly, Elisha's eyes were red. Lucerne stroked Elisha's cheek.
“Answer me.”
“…….”
“Hurry.”
Lucerne's face got closer and closer. It was now that her lips were touching her lips. Elisha closed her eyes.
“Yes.”
“Great.”
Lucerne slowly caressed Elisha's neck. He gently lifted her body.
“If you had died today, I wouldn't have kept them and everyone else alive.”
To Elisha, that was something she could not understand at all. If that were the case, Lucerne would never be able to become the family head. No, he must have been punished by the householder. The head of the family does not forgive the killing of family members.
“Therefore.”
Lucerne whispered.
“Do you remember the impression of the guy who hurt you?”
“I told you. I said I did a good job.”
Said Elisha.
“The whip I entrusted to Nora……. It is there.”
A whip lay on the table near the hotel bed where Elisha lay. Lucerne brought it.
“I took it from the man who attacked me.”
“It looks like something made to a certain standard.”
Lucerne turned the whip.
“It looks like something used by the Knights.”
Elisha nodded her head. A white pattern was engraved on the head of her black whip.
“I hit the cheek of the person who attacked me horizontally and vertically with a whip once. You can find Jacob's knight or Marco's henchmen who have scars on their faces today. And……. All you have to do is find the knights who supply this whip. It won't be difficult.”
Lucerne nodded his head.
“You did well on that one. Did you even whip it in the meantime?”
“Yes. It seemed that he had no intention of killing me. The purpose was to lock them up during the auction…….”
As Elisha said, she seemed to have made a mistake. It was because Lucerne's expression became cold again.
“So, you could have just ended up being locked up.”
“Even though he threatened to scar his face.”
“That's better than almost dying.”
“Are you serious?”
Elisha had an experience from her past life that she wanted to refrain from. Once again, being a woman with her face distorted by burns was a no-brainer. She hated knife marks as well.
“Then you'd be out of the role of your wife.”
Elisha said firmly. Now Lucerne wants her body, but what if she really has her face ruined. Perhaps she will change her mind.
Lucerne, she said, seemed dumbfounded.
“Yeah, I guess I understand this one thing this time.
“…….”
“I can't take my eyes off you.”
“Why on earth do you come to that conclusion?”
“And.”
“…….”
“Be prepared to be locked up for a while.”
Lucerne, she said, would prepare her prize for her. But this was the exact opposite of what she wanted. Elisha tried to protest, but she put up with Lucerne's expression.
* * *
After Elisha slept for a few more hours, the knights who were pacing in front of her room came crashing in. Elisha was reclining on the bed.
“Her wife is mealtime. Scram.”
Lucerne frowned. The knights faced each other and pretended not to hear. The calculation was that Lucerne would not beat them in front of his sick wife.
“You've only been by the general's side for two days.”
Lapis protested.
Elisha blinked her eyes at that. It was surprising that Lucerne had been by her side for so long. Hearing that, Lucerne was annoyed.
“Nora, take them all out.”
Nora, who listens best to her commands, flinched.
“I-I will serve the meal!”
Nora exclaimed. Her Lucerne eyes turned bloody. Sid had a hunch about the upcoming mental strengthening training, but none of them budged.
“Do whatever you want.”
After all, she said Lucerne. He sat down on a chair at a table a short distance from the bed.
The knights huddled around Elisha, and Nora began pouring thinly boiled chicken soup into Elisha's mouth.
“Are you in her mouth?”
“Yes. I'm fine.”
Elisha said with her pale face.
“It's the soup that Madame Lazuli boiled for hours after she collapsed!”
Lapis said quickly. Elisha looked at Lazri in surprise and thanked her. Lazri replied with an eye salute.
Nora began to seriously consider learning her cooking.
Everyone scrambled to ask about Elisha's condition, and Ian cautiously brought her up.
“All of Yurif is excited about the land right now. How the hell did you get it?”
Elisha had a calm expression.
“I don't think the general is interested in how much I bought the land for.”
“Ah, we are curious.”
Said Ian hastily. Not everyone knew the price of the land auction. This was because the agency delivered the relevant documents to the home of the successful bidder within a few days after the land auction was completed. Elisha passed out, so no one could hear the details.
“A summary of two thousand gold coins.”
Elisha said calmly as usual. The knights faced each other.
“It……. Isn't that the starting price for the auction?”
“Yes.”
Elisha nodded her head. Apparently, the bid for them to observe went up to 200,000 gold coins.
Nora and Ian knew the secret of the land, but the rest of the Sid did not. They thought that if Elisha won the land for 200,000 gold coins, she might really get kicked out by Lucerne.
“How on earth?”
Elisha's eyes lit up.
Elisha recalled her conversation with Lucerne.
'General, I heard that the current mayor of Yurif owes you money. Originally, he was the mayor of a small town, but when the city was attacked by monsters, the army of the general saved him once.'
'Where did you hear that?'
'Princess Ilione.'
Elisha continued.
'I want to ask the mayor a favor.'
'If it's my words, I'll listen to one without any price.'
'Like. Then, if the auction price goes up, make me suggest that the auction be stopped and the bidders come to an agreement.'
Besides, Yurif's mayor was a good-natured but short-tempered man. He was worried that if the land was sold at an unreasonable price, it would have a bad effect on me. So Yurif's mayor stopped the auction when Elisha bid 200,000.