Episode 99

“I want to ask you something. You don't have any other plans, do you?”

Arienne winced, but she barely kept her smile.

“It can't be. How can we afford to come all the way here and roll our heads? Just let me live.”

“Please save me.”

At that moment, Elisha remembered her past life, the future that had disappeared. Every time Elisha delivered Carola's blackmail to Arien, she was slapped by Arien.

That wasn't enough, so one day Marco kicked me in the stomach.

Eventually, when Marco and Arien were detaining Elisha, Marco attacked Elisha one day. It was while Arien took her eyes off her for a moment.

Fortunately, she was unsuccessful. But the crisis is not over. Seeing Elisha's hair in her shredded dress, Arien tried to catch and kill her, claiming that she had seduced Marco.

'Call the knights. I'm going to play tag. She's going to make a rag today.'

At that time, Elisha spoke countless times. Please save me……. But Arien laughed at that.

'The only person who listened to his plea for help was Lucerne.'

She used to be like that. Arien, who she was, now she is asking to be saved in front of Elisha, so she deserves to be born again. At that moment, Elisha, who was aloof in everything she did, was almost intoxicated by her elation.

“My throat is a little dry. Let's drink something and talk.”

Elisha raised her hand and called for her clerk. It was a sore throat expression. Soon, a clerk approached with wine glasses and a tray of white wine. Elisha was a regular customer, so the clerks brought what Elisha wanted without a separate order.

'The day I visit in the evening, I order white wine, and I drink the most expensive wine in the cafe unconditionally. And he even said that he drank one glass and threw it away.'

Arien burst into anger. She lived luxuriously on the subject of low things. That shouldn't have happened. But Arien held back her anger.

“Actually, I prepared a present for you today.”

Arien said softly. Arien pointed to the wine on the tray.

“This wine is a very expensive item. It's something my husband and I also kept well to drink on anniversaries. My wife said she likes white wine, so I asked the clerks to bring me the wine I brought from home.”

“Ah, thank you. You come to someone else's favorite cafe and bribe the clerks?”

At those words, the hairs all over Arien's body stood on end. Arien laughed hard.

“Buy, what do you mean?”

Elisha spoke softly, as if talking to an old friend of hers.

“You know what?”

“Yes?”

“If you want to pluck out someone else's eyes, you have to be prepared to have your own throat pulled out. You must be prepared to give your own life to ruin her body. If you whip someone else's body, you have to be prepared to break your own body.”

“…….”

“I wonder if my husband will always go to the battlefield with that kind of heart. How is she like your wife? Does she have that kind of determination when she wants to harm someone?”

Arienne doubted her ears for a moment, then she smiled cunningly.

“Of course. You can't easily think of her hurting others.”

Elisha's movements stopped. The corners of her expressionless mouth went up.

“Oh yeah.”

Elisha only said one word. It was a tone like calm water, with no high and low, making it impossible to understand his intentions.

“If you're that determined, you can't help but share a glass. I will pass her word on to her husband.”

At that, Arien laughed.

“It would be great if we were on the same side. After all, we both have what we want, right?”

“Maybe.”

Elisha said nonchalantly. Then something crackled outside her. A small spark bloomed in the air.

“What is this?”

“Oh, the fireworks will start soon. Do you know? Fireworks in the capital are mobilized by wizards and set off with a mixture of real fireworks and magic fantasy fireworks. So the flames explode very close to the ground. The sights are very spectacular.”

“You can see the fireworks well? It's the first time I've heard anything like that.”

Elisha was intrigued. Arienne, inwardly, threw her scorn at Elisha.

'He's from a village, so what?'

But she hid it well and she kindly gave an explanation.

“Yes, you will see fireworks vividly out of the window. Look at this. It might start now. Come on, let's drink wine while watching the fireworks. Men often go out for drinks to forget about the past and build a new relationship. We girls can share a glass equally. The wine prepared for today is worth it.”

Arien said. Arien's horse, educated and raised as her high-ranking noble, was full of her grace. She says that if she refuses this cup, she insults Arien, and she ignores her will to be on the same side.

“Like.”

Arienne beckoned her to call her waiter. A tall, handsome waiter came up to her and opened her wine.

“This time, I'll do it myself.”

Arienne bit her waiter. Suddenly, there were no customers around them, and the cafe was very quiet.

Pow, pow.

Then a grand fireworks display began. Tomorrow a new great pope will be inaugurated in the Empire. It was a fireworks display to mark the inauguration ceremony. At that moment, Elisha and Arien seemed to be shadowed by the colorful flames.

Arienne poured wine into Elisha's glass. Then, as she had practiced dozens of times, she pressed the groove of the ring.

'It's now. I have to poison the glass!'

The sound of the flames obscured everything. The pill fell into the glass. It definitely didn't make a sound, but it did.

'You did it. That I did it All this bitch needs to do is drink this!'

Elisha couldn't take her eyes off her window. She was looking at her body, flinching.

“The flames are so big. In the monastery where I grew up, this was forbidden.”

“There are so many things to see in the capital. I can guide you.”

Arienne broke into a cold sweat and held out her glass to Elisha. Her mouth and heart were different.

'I came here with the thought that I might fail today. Once she pretended to be an ally, she kept looking for opportunities to poison her. I never thought this bitch would succeed so easily because she's stupid. Now all this bitch needs to do is drink wine!'

Arienne looked like she might pass out with excitement. She acted calmly.

The fireworks gradually faded. Arien thought.

'It's probably the first time I've seen fireworks like this or wine that's so precious that even money can't buy it.'

So this stupid bitch will never be able to refuse.

“Ma'am, let's have a toast.”

Arien called Elisha's attention. Elisha nodded her head.

“Like.”

It was then.

Chaeng-Geurang!

There was the sound of something breaking.

“What is it?”

Elisha jumped up from her seat.

“I'm sorry, ma'am. I know your wife rented her cafe at this time, but……. An outsider broke into the cafe. It could be a rogue boat targeting noble ladies, so all the staff are running to catch it.”

Soon after, a clerk ran up and said. At those words, Arien's cheeks softened.

'Could it be Marco, this person?'

Did she come all this way because she couldn't trust her? Arien tried to get up from her seat. Elisha was already heading into the hallway.

“Hey!”

Elisha frowned and returned to her seat.

“How unpleasant. She heard that this store has a good reputation. It's expensive, but there's nothing different about it. She said she wanted to spend some quiet time, but she didn't know if outsiders were coming in or out.”

Elisha's words, which returned soon after, somehow sounded like a nerd by Arien's standards. Arien smiled at those words.

Elisha spit out to the staff who had been hesitant until then.

“Let's go.”

“Yes, excuse me.”

Phew, Elisha sighed.

“My throat is burning.”

“I mean.”

Arien nodded her head. Only then did they raise their glasses. Then, before Elisha put her glass to her mouth, she looked at Arien and said,

“Are you sure there is no lie in what you said earlier? Will you really be on the same side? If I convince Lucerne.”

“Sure!”

Arien answered willingly on the outside, but on the inside she was swearing.

'You're laughing. Who is the fake family head? Let's see. I'll make you kneel down and apologize for being so overbearing in front of me. I'm dying of joy at the thought of stepping on her arrogant head!'

She smiled and hid her true feelings. Elisha asked again.

“It's not a lie or a trap, is it?”

“Elisha, what do you see me as? I am a noble nobility after all. I never play around with things like this. You can swear.”

“Like. If so, please swear.”

Elisha said as she gently touched her glass with her fingertips.

“You won't regret it.”

Arienne said she would do it without much thought. Elisha smiled slowly as if he liked her. Arienne saw her Elisha's smile for the first time……. It was a smile that shimmered as if she were champagne, yet had a tangy feel to it.

“Cheers.”

Elisha bumped her glass.

The two emptied their glasses at the same time. Widely. Elisha put down her glass. Arien's hands trembled. She was happy

Elisha did not leave a single drop of white wine.

*​ *​ *​

Marco waited for Arien's call. Arien stormed into Elisha's favorite cafe with only one of her coachmen.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, she puts her medicine in Elisha's drink, and if she succeeds in putting it in, she threatens Elisha to bring her here. She goes along with saying that if she doesn't come back or come back alone, she's a failure today.

'How things are going.'

Marco moved nervously around the room. He was in a cheap hotel in Yurif.

It was not necessary to write down the names of the guests in detail, and the hotel, which rented cabins (log cabins) surrounded by high walls so that guests could not easily run into each other, was a famous spot for infidelity.

It was Marco's hiding place for a long time. He did not have an affair, but it was because when he was greatly scolded by Merha, it was a hiding place waiting for his anger to subside.

It was then.

Jerk, jerk, jerk.

There was the sound of someone walking quickly outside the fence. It was the sound of heavy footsteps.

'A coachman?'

And then I heard the sound of women's footsteps. Marco's mouth fell open and his eyes widened in anticipation.

'You're here. My wife, Arien, did it!'

Marco's mouth fell open.

Jump. The cabin door opened.