Episode 67

“Why did you come with me? It was enough to bring her maid.”

“If I take my eyes off you, I wonder what else you will do.”

“You seem to know what kind of troublemaker I am.”

“Smells like a puppy, finds a body, then comes back stabbed. How to be careless It's very fun because it's full of thrills. Our married life.”

Glancing at Lucerne, Elisha almost tripped on the threshold. Lucerne grabbed Elisha's arm and pulled her gently. Elisha turned her blushing cheeks and let go of the body leaning on Lucerne.

“…….”

Elisha thought she had been experiencing strange symptoms before. While she wanted to avoid him when her eyes met her, she wanted to keep looking the next moment. I have everything to do. Her body jumped as if her tongue had mixed with this light touch.

“Then she must have never prayed in her life.”

“She did it when she was very young. When I was in the temple It was so boring there that I had to pray.”

“What did you pray for?”

“Don't let the mother who raised me suffer from rebirth.”

“…….”

“If she is reborn, please let her be born regardless of our family.”

Elisha nodded her head. If one day, countless times pass, Lucerne and her divorce. After enjoying so many things in Lucerne, she thought that it would be nice if she would pray like that when she suddenly thought of Elisha.

“It is a good prayer. I often prayed for her mother too. Next time……. I will also pray for you and her biological mother.”

“Do whatever you feel like.”

This time, Lucerne turned her attention. When Elisha tries to return to her house, she is stopped by Lucerne.

“Let's rest for a while.”

“It's okay.”

“I'm still not feeling well, so it's not good to get on the carriage right away. Drink something.”

Elisha thought she was spending too much of her Lucerne time. Lucerne took her Elisha and took her to the terraced café attached to her shrine.

'Wait, this makes me feel a little déjà vu.'

Elisha thought for a moment. She previously recalled the day Lucerne suddenly took her to her hotel restaurant. That day, I watched Carola's father, the Marquis of Fullmoon, running around in a state of disarray. It was a little unnatural, just like that day.

'Why are you taking me to a cafe all of a sudden?'

There were no customers in the cafe. As Lucerne led, Elisha sat right in front of the terrace seat. It was winter, so the windows were closed, but I could see the front yard of Daeshinjeon properly.

She was greeted by one of the clerk's bored faces before coming over and politely taking her order. Looking closely, the clerk was also a boy priest.

“Give me rose tea.”

Elisha ordered a cup of her tea. She looked out and saw that she was quiet and peaceful.

'Since living with this person, I must have developed doubts.'

Elisha took a sip of her tea and realized I was oversensitive, and she laughed inwardly. It was then.

Aaaaa!

Somewhere people screamed. It sounded like a shout of excitement, so Elisha wondered if she was playing some kind of sporting event. Because she was similar to the shouts of the audience.

Elisha tilted her head. She got up and opened the terrace window. At first, I thought it was a yard, but when I looked closely, it was a training ground similar to the one in Lucerne's house.

Several bleeding men were running there. Elisha was taken aback.

“Was there a war?”

“Similar.”

Lucerne replied calmly.

Soon two men came out of the building and knocked them to their knees.

'Ian, Nora?'

Elisha opened her eyes wide.

“Help me!”

'Isn't that person Ian?'

That gorgeous blonde was, of course, Ian. Ian was on top of the man, driving a dagger into his shoulder. Elisha felt that her shoulder was tingling involuntarily, so she covered the wound with her hand.

Nora deftly caught two fleeing men and kicked them in the stomach with her on her knees.

“How dare you touch someone else's mistress. You should have been prepared to repay with blood.”

Nora said coldly. Elisha was startled.

'Nora, who is usually so gentle…….'

It was an unexpected look. Elisha instantly had goosebumps all over her body. But she wasn't scared, she was just really surprised.

At that moment, Elisha met her eyes with Nora. Nora shuddered at her once, then ran back into the building without greeting her.

Now I see that suppressed screams are erupting inside the building attached to the gymnasium.

“Oh really, I told you not to let anyone out! Handle it inside! Because it gets noisy.”

Someone inside the building shouted angrily.

'This is Lapis' voice.'

I could imagine it without seeing Elisha. Memories of her from her past life came to mind. In an instant, Marco's mansion became hell. A duel between Templars and Templars.

'Surely like that time……. Did the people of the Black Lion Knights invade the Temple Knights?'

Then Elisha bumped into someone on the back. It was Lucerne. Elisha was startled. The inside of the cafe was as quiet as a dead mouse, and suddenly there were no clerk in the cafe. The clerk also seemed to have run away after seeing the scene outside the window.

“What is this?”

“It's an appetite war. The most precious lioness of their pack is wounded. If you stay still, you are not a Black Lion.”

Lucerne said. Elisha leaned her back on his arm. She was incredible

“Why are you doing this?”

“It is natural.”

Lucerne wrapped her hands accustomedly around Elisha's waist. And she whispered.

“I think you are not quick to understand some parts.”

“…….”

“Now I decided to teach you with my body.”

“What……. You mean?”

“Remember, Elisha. For every drop of your blood, a hundred people die.”

“Why……. Then.”

“If you don't understand, forcefully engrave it.”

Lucerne lightly clicked her tongue and said. Elisha felt that she was an inferior student.

“You are my wife, you are mine. I protect it, it is precious. So as long as I'm alive, if someone harms you, I'll chase you down to hell and bleed. Today, the knights who are my hands and feet did it. If it wasn't for them, I would have done it myself.”

“…….”

“Does our smart little ghost understand something now?”

Elisha recalled her own ignominious past life for a moment. The many pains she suffered from being detained in Marco's house passed by. She was a being that nobody protected. Her knights are fighting for her like her.

It's scary too……. It was a strange feeling that was also ecstatic.

Anyway, at this moment, there are people who stand up for her. Somewhere in this world……. It's on her side. That's what everyone in the world fears. With strong people who say I'm in the middle of the day.

The intense sweetness was so frightening that she even made Elisha feel her guilt.

“Why are you scared and hateful?”

“No. It is not.”

Elisha hesitated, then she said.

“But it is also a little scary. I don't want people in the Black Lion Knights getting hurt because of me.”

“Okay. Then take that worry as a lesson. Don't get hurt next time got it?”

Lucerne said. She sat Elisha down and slowly poured her cooled tea onto her carpet and poured her new tea.

“Drink slowly.”

“…….”

“We should go home together. Yes?”

Elisha drank her tea as directed with her trembling hands. And she saw Lucerne.

“By the way, Lucerne.”

“Yes.”

“You did that to me. If you see Black Lion's seeds running amok on the battlefield, you'll have to revise your assessment.”

Lucerne, she said, would change her mind thinking they were good people.

“It did.”

“I don't think that evaluation has changed. You are not always right either.”

Lucerne laughed. With a very happy expression.

“It is extraordinary. It should be.”

He whispered. He wrapped her arms around Elisha's shoulders and led her out of the temple.

That evening, Elisha received surprising news. It was the fact that the members of the Black Lion Knights inflicted the same wounds as Elisha had been stabbed by over a hundred temple knights.

'They're incredibly strong people.'

Fortunately, none of the members of the Black Lion Knights were seriously injured.

The lions of the Black Serpent always win. It was like an idiom to the people of the capital.

'That's a past life too. The current life is the same.'

The black snake was Lucerne, and the black lions were his seeds.

*​ *​ *​

The mansion was buzzing. There were few injuries. They ate, drank, and chatted in the gymnasium.

Revenge was sweet, and they were belligerents who liked to fight in the first place. Elisha caught a glimpse of them from afar.

She just ran into Ian and Corinne in the hallway. Elisha pretended not to know anything, she asked.

“The mansion is in a commotion. What happened?”

Ian and Corinne answered very calmly. 'There was joint training with other knights.'

It was a lie that no fool would believe. But she was enough to impress Elisha. She ordered the kitchen to make a special meal. Elisha stopped by Lucerne's room to discuss the management of the mansion, and she spoke cautiously.

“Lucerne. 'Cause I'll be careful Never make knights fight for me again.”

“Even if I ordered them, they would have disobeyed if they didn't like it.”

Lucerne smiled. It really was. If they didn't respect and love Elisha. These were the ones who would never have moved if I hadn't thought of them as lionesses to follow.

“But it is good to say that you are careful. Protect.”

Elisha parted her lips at Lucerne's words.

“Pretend you don't know. If they know you know, they'll be shy and make things bigger for no reason. Don't praise me for nothing.”

“…….I know.”

It was worth knowing. I was afraid that if I just said thank you, they would get into a bigger fight next time. I was impressed only once. Elisha didn't want another big commotion to happen because of herself.

“By the way……. It's okay? It seems like a big deal.”

“Dueling between individuals has been illegal for a long time, but knight wars between knights are not. You got stabbed too, and we have the evidence, so it's okay.”

It was a fact that Elisha also knew roughly. She meekly nodded her head.