Episode 65
“My knights have a naive corner.”
“Yes.”
Elisha gave her a small nod.
“They are good people.”
“You have to see you run amok on their battlefield.”
“Are there any other good people? The bad guy on my side is the good guy. You are on the same boat now.”
Besides, Elisha has only seen their good side so far. As if savoring the answer, Lucerne answered a few seconds later.
“That is correct.”
“…….”
“So I believed my naive knights, but not me. What number did you write Trickery? What were you thinking if you hadn't been stabbed?”
“I tried to proceed by drawing cards or competing to take possession of the land.”
Elisha said calmly.
“The deception is real. It is true that he hid the card in his sleeve. But since I was hurt, there was no need to cheat. I just put the card in my sleeve and came back.”
“You know how to do anything. Did you learn that at the monastery too?”
“The winter in the monastery is cold and long. Besides, when the season of strengthening faith comes, there are times when noble ladies cannot go out for more than a month. At times like that, there's nothing to do but play cards.”
Elisha said calmly. Besides, Jacob liked gambling card games. Sometimes for days he would lock himself in a nobleman's mansion where a game of cards was held.
Carola told Elisha to bring Jacob with her at such times. Elisha went to the card game area and she secretly passed the card to Jacob.
Jacob would then use that card to win the game and come out with the stakes intact. Real things are more, Jacob didn't like to waste a penny.
'You've done everything. Me.'
When I think about my past life, all the self-deprecating laughter came out again.
“Why was it a card draw?”
“You learn a lot when you attend a party. The mayor of Yurif said he was a card game fanatic. Such a person must leave a card in the office. You gave me the structure of the office in advance.”
“When is that not the case?”
“I did come up with about 15 countermeasures. It was all in the direction I won. I was determined to win no matter what. If I lost, I was thinking of finding a weak spot and taking it back.”
“I have nothing to say.”
Lucerne said calmly. Men usually hate strong women, so Elisha thought that Lucerne might be fed up with me.
“What do you think is the difference between you, Arien and Carola?”
“I do not know. I just don't give up. No matter what. It's obsessive.”
“It looks like me. That. Know? We're a pretty good pair.”
Lucerne's whispered words were like a knave who seduces women. Elisha was amazed at him. At first she thought he was just a stoic man. Now it was like this again. He was always new
“I guess it is now.”
But Lucerne will become more precious. Because he will definitely become the head of the household. At that time, Elisha will be the woman who should disappear.
“I've been thinking.”
“What?”
“About you.”
“…….”
“Do you want to become the wife of the family head?”
Lucerne was expressionless. Elisha shook her head. Lucerne was a rational man. He will wonder why Elisha is dedicated.
“No, my conditions do not change. When you become the head of the household, I will leave.”
“Then why are you doing this?”
“Everything I said is true. Nothing has changed in my mind. I want an excellent person to be the head of the family, and I hope that Jacob will never harm me again.”
“…….”
“If you think I'm useful, please bring a lot of money when I leave. Because I want to live peacefully and prosperously until I die.”
Elisha said quietly. However, far from being convinced, Lucerne gave off a dark aura.
“Elisha.”
Lucerne said.
“I feel very good. I know you're not Jacob's spy. But, you're lying to me. I don't know which part it is.”
Elisha was startled. At that moment, she, Elisha, caught a glimpse of Lucerne's wild nature. In a hellish battlefield, in childhood surrounded by enemies. The instincts and senses that kept him alive. That was being exerted on Elisha now.
“I don't know why you're trying to prove something to me. Is it revenge against Jacob? Do you hate Jacob who killed your father that much?”
Elisha held her hand. That's something she didn't even know about, Elisha. At first she thought she just wanted to live. Either she is taken by Jacob or sold to a brothel. She was determined that she would do anything if she could avoid that terrible future.
However……. Under Lucerne, she was treated better than she thought. Sid was kind and the butler respected Elisha. Lucerne is……. It was a bit difficult for her, but he didn't hit her or spit out her swear words.
Above all, he was a man worth following. Enough to understand the knight of Lucerne who casts allegiance.
Elisha was being treated the way she now wanted her to be. Even if she treats her as a precious person, she doesn't insist.
So Jacob and Carola and Marco and so on. Her rage against those who trampled on her in her previous life came to life.
It was so strange. Hatred and anger have to be lived to be born. If it's worth living, I think it's only right to have more positive emotions. 'I must have been born like this,' thought Elisha.
“It's not wrong, but I don't have a grudge against her father. I just want to prove it.”
“What do you want to prove?”
“I…….”
She remembered the words she had heard from them in her previous life.
'Carola hates bitches like you climbing. Worms have to crawl on the ground like worms, that Carola's mother taught her.'
Carola said.
'A thousand years. Something like a worm! I don't even do anything right!'
This was Jacob's habit.
'Maybe there will be such an ugly year. Huh? All in all, why is Marco giving a shit to a bitch like this! At least make it a bitch like a human.'
Arien said this while harassing the captured Elisha.
'If you're interested in something like you, I'll spread my legs in gratitude.'
Even as Marco said this, he looked at Elisha with disgusting eyes full of her lust.
For being caught on the pretext of her debts, she was then for her ugliness. Then because they've already trampled on it.
To them, Elisha was not a person.
“That I am a person. Being a human being, not a commodity to be sold or a slave. I want to prove that.”
Said Elisha. Lucerne was silent.
“And I want to live. That's all.”
Lucerne pulled Elisha's left wrist. Elisha was gently pulled into his arms. When her body touched her, Elisha flinched. Her lucerne took her in one arm behind her. Elisha couldn't see his expression.
“Then don't provoke me any more.”
“…….”
“If I become illogical, nothing good will happen to you. Because I want to have you more and more.”
Elisha's hand twitched.
“If you want to have it, what will happen?”
“That's it. Do you want me to write you a love letter, or do you think I will sing you a serenade?”
Lucerne said as if he was dumbfounded. The temperature at the nape of Elisha's neck rose instantly.
“…….”
“He will want to keep wanting you, wanting to fuck you, wanting to control you. And you will live as mine.”
Elisha recalled the scene when she first came to Lucerne's mansion. Expensive art and gold were strewn about in her hallways.
Even she, Elisha, was a body that had never been precious in her two lives. So, it was unacceptable for her to be treated like those treasures. Because that was all, Elisha was not disappointed with Lucerne's words.
“Why are you angry with me?”
Elisha said, ignoring her strange prick in her chest. It was sincere. Jacob informed her that if she made a mistake, she would be disposed of right away. And he let her know that there are plenty of replacements for her.
The family head taught her that appealing to and relying on her affection will make her useless. Elisha in this life was doing well. She doesn't cling to emotions, and she doesn't make mistakes. She was proving to be excellent.
'You said you didn't like Merha, so I gave her a card to put her in a corner like Marco.'
More than half of Lucerne's childhood was ruined by her uncle, Mer. Elisha knew that. He who brought what was needed was the law of moderation.
But why is Lucerne like that? Elisha didn't know why he wasn't happy.
“Well.”
“…….”
“Let's see if the collateral goes up in value. To the point where sometimes I can't think rationally.”
Again, he was a strange word. Lucerne's hands were still wrapped around Elisha's waist. Elisha hesitated if she could hold Lucerne's hand. Eventually, she let go of her hand.
“What more do you want from me?”
“…….”
“You didn't hesitate to move because you wanted to buy my trust. Right?”
“…… I hope you will trust me and cooperate with me.”
“You know it doesn't. You and I look alike I don't trust anyone by nature. Because I've never seen it before.”
Elisha nodded her head. It was all right. If Lucerne trusted anyone and gave up his heart, he wouldn't even be alive right now.
Although Elisha is a lower and more miserable hell, and Lucerne is a hell called war. Both of them went through their own hells and survived, and here they are.
“Then I can't help it.”
This time, Lucerne smiled. He gently let Elisha go.
“How can you do a pillow head song? Melt my heart.”
“I know it won't. My body is like this, so what…….”
Elisha was taken aback by Lucerne's joke. Lucerne gently let go of Elisha's hand. She turned her back. She met her eyes with his.
“I didn't mean to.”
“…….”
“A body like this, you make me want to kiss you.”