Chapter 65

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Chapter 65

It was to sort out how far it would be better to talk.

“What the hell is going on?”

Unable to hold back, Jake asked Kentrail.

“Whoo… I think I should leave the Capital for a while.”

“What? Where are you going to go on a late vacation?”

Hearing Kentrail’s words, he made an impression as if he had no idea. Why can’t vacation and lover coexist?

“No, I have something to investigate for a while.”

“Investigate?”

Jake pulled the body that had been leaning back at the unusual word.

“What’s going on?”

“It’s a personal investigation. So, if anything happens to me, please look after Brielle.”

With that said, Kentrail held out the paperwork.

“What is this…”

Jake’s eyes widened uncontrollably as he looked at the paperwork.

“What are you talking about. What did you just write?”

It was the first time he had seen Jake angry.

“You don’t have to make such a serious expression. It’s not uncommon for nobles who have no heirs like me to write a will in advance.”

That said, the problem was that giving this document to Jake himself and asking to take care of Brielle was unusual.

“Still—”

“It’s because you’re the only one whom I can ask to take custody of Brielle.”

He wanted to give it to Marie, though if anything happened to him, Brielle couldn’t stop her from not getting married.

“Where the hell are you going, just tell me.”

“I’m investigating my brother’s death.”

“What? Sir Kranteil?”

“That’s right. I don’t think it was a simple accident. To reveal the truth even now.”

“….”

Jake wrapped his head around him.

“To be honest, I’m so shocked right now, I don’t know what to say. If it’s Brielle, I can, of course, take care of him… Are you okay?”

Kentrail nodded at his worried question.

Jake stared at his friend, who must have had a hard time as he opened his mouth again.

“Please keep it a secret from Jayden, I haven’t told Brielle properly yet.”

“Yes. When are you leaving?”

“Soon.”

Saying so, Kentrail turned his head toward the window where the sunlight returned.

“Barry!”

“Young Master.”

Brielle walked straight to Barry, who came out of the training ground.

“Today, Young Master Jake is also with us.”

“Long time no see.”

Jake had to look up and look at Barry, who was now an adult.

“He said he wanted to say hello to Brother Siege.”

At those words, a wrinkle appeared on Barry’s forehead for a moment and then disappeared.

“To Siege?”

He turned his head to look at Siege, who was wiping her sword.

‘Actually, everyone wanted to say hello.’

Barry, who was reminded of the past academy days, smiled and took the two of them to Siege’s side.

“Siege.”

“What’s going on?”

As he sharpened his sword, he found a strange child next to Brielle. The boy had familiar eyes.

‘Has it started again? I’ve been staying here and forgot about it.’

Siege’s expression hardened a little.

“Nice to meet you. My name is Jayden.”

In terms of the prestige of the family, Jayden had the upper hand, but the child greeted Siege first when he was told that he was the next head of the Keylor family.

“My name is Siege.”

That was it. Jayden was taken aback by the simple greeting. The child did not know what to do because it was the first time he had seen such a person. What kind of person treats the treasures of baronies and marquises like this?

It may feel bad, but on the contrary, it seemed to come to Jayden with freshness.

“I saw the swordsmanship earlier. It was really good.”

Siege turned his eyes to look at Jake’s finger. Unlike his blistered hands, which had been fighting over and over again, the fingers were smooth.

Jayden noticed that gaze and quickly put his hand behind him.

“It’s been a long time since I didn’t take a swordsmanship class…”

Jayden, who learned swordsmanship by competing with Brielle when he was young, did not take any swordsmanship classes at all when Brielle hated swordsmanship.

“Hey, what’s wrong?”

Barry beat up his friend, who embarrassed people in front of him. There were children who are much younger than them. There was no reason for this.

“No, nothing.”

Siege turned around and went back to his own room.

“What did I do wrong?”

Jayden, who still had not lost his crush on Siege, asked Brielle.

“No. Brother Siege must have been busy.”

Even with that said, he was worried because he had never been here before and had shown such a bad feeling.

“Huh? Young Master.”

The place Brielle found with Jayden, who was discouraged, was where Ellie was. To be precise, it was his own study room. Today, the child was there all day, doing the homework that Kentrail gave her.

“It’s been a long time, Young Master Jayden.”

Jayden nodded his head at Ellie’s words and sat down on a nearby chair without energy.

[ What’s wrong with him? ]

Ellie asked Brielle with the shape of her mouth. Brielle shrugged his shoulder once. He wondered if it was something to care about Siege’s behavior that much.

“Hmm… Can I get you some cocoa? You’d be better off with something sweet.”

At her question, Jayden raised his head.

“Please.”

“Yes, yes. The Young Master, too?”

“Yes. Hehe.”

And so, Ellie left the two of them and went out. She went directly to the kitchen.

‘It’s so strange. Although he usually speaks harshly, he is not a bad person. Did anything bad happen today?’

As Ellie arrived in the kitchen and gets the cocoa, just before she leaves the room, she was busy thinking about Siege’s attitude towards Jayden.

“Ellie is here.”

“Chief.”

“To get some cocoa? You could have asked the maid.”

At that, she shook her head.

“This is something I can do.”

She couldn’t do any harm because she was only a guest. The chef knew Ellie’s thoughts, so he handed her the cookies he had baked.

“Thank you.”

“Yes, I changed the flour this time. Maybe it tastes better?”

Watching him chuckle, Ellie put the cookie into her mouth.

“It’s really delicious.”

“Isn’t it? It seems like I did a good job changing the flour supplier.”

He looked at Ellie with satisfaction as she ate what he had made.

“Jake came and went today.”

After dinner, for a brief tea break, Kentrail spoke to Marie.

“Yes, I know.”

Seeing Marie saying that, he was troubled.

‘Can I say that I wrote a will to leave Brielle’s custody to Jake…’

However, he decided to keep it a secret. It was because he didn’t want to cause her any worries.

“Well, Count.”

It was none other than the butler who broke his thoughts. When he and Marie were together, he didn’t interfere as much as possible, so Kentrail, who wanted to know what was going on, quickly turned his head to look at the butler.

“A letter has arrived.”

“Letter?”

Kentrail accepted the letter from the butler.

“This…”

The recipient of the letter was not himself. It was Marie. Although the reason the butler gave him first seemed to be because of the sender.

“Why?”

“A letter from the Royal Palace.”

“Ah…”

Marie carefully drank her tea, thinking it was a letter for him about work.

‘It has cooled to a suitable temperature.’

Now was the tastiest time. So, she was going to tell the Count to drink, too, but she stopped her actions.

“Why are you doing this to me…”

It was because of Kentrail’s actions in handing the letter.

“It came to you.”

“Yes?”

Marie was surprised that she had someone to write to her. In addition, it was also from the Royal Palace.

“Who…”

She wondered if the person who had ordered to harm Brielle was related to the Royal Palace, so she hastily put down the teacup and accepted it.

“Huh? This is…”

But, surprisingly, the sender of the letter was the Queen.

It was a mysterious letter because she had not had any contact since meeting at a banquet invited a long time ago.

“Open it.”

Nodding her head, Marie took the knife the butler was handed by her side and tried to open the letter.

“I’ll do it.”

Kentrail shook his head as she watched her reach for the knife. None of the people here didn’t know he did it lest she hurt her hand.

The butler sighed secretly from the Master.

‘You seem to have suddenly become the romanticist of the century…’

With that thought in mind, he handed the knife to Kentrail. Then, he took the knife and took the letter from Marie and opened it.

“Here…”

“Yes, thank you.”

As he exchanged the letters, Marie’s face was dyed shyly as his fingertips rubbed against her. Seeing that, Kentrail smiled happily.

‘I think I’m caught up in love matters again.’

The butler had been tormented by the Master’s recent behavior. Marie, who did not know such a butler, took out the letter.

It was said that she was invited to the Royal Palace.

“Wow, this is my first time receiving something like this. Is this an invitation to tea time…?”

He then asked Marie if he could read the letter. Tea time invitation… He couldn’t figure out what the queen was thinking.

“You don’t have to go.”

Eventually, Kentrail, who finished reading the letter, opened his mouth.

“Yes, I don’t even want to attend right now.”

Now that he vacated the mansion, she must stick to the children.

“Instead, I want to write a letter and say no.”

This was so as not to offend the Queen as much as possible.

“You can do whatever you want. The tea must have cooled down while we talk. Shall I get you a new one?”

Marie shook her head.

“Cold tea tastes just as good as cold tea.”

Kentrail did not recommend it twice.

Time passed so quickly. Marie realized it anew when she had someone to let go of.

‘When did time pass like this?

The date the Count was supposed to leave has already passed. Time flew by so quickly when she was with him that she did nothing much. That was very upsetting.

‘Will the Count feel the same way?’

She sat looking at the moon, and she thought of him.

Where she was now was the attic where Kentrail and Brielle saw the stars. It had also been a place she had been frequenting since that day, having dreamed of having an attic since childhood.

‘There is really no fine dust in this place, so you can see the stars well.’

She laid down as the two people did.

‘If I can see the moon like this, the Count can see the moon wherever he is going, so I’ll think it’s the same as being together.’

As expected, she didn’t know much about relationships.

In the past, it was said that when friends meet someone they like or have a lover, their behavior changes completely. Even her friends, who had never been optimistic about dating, saw their focus change when they had a lover one day.

‘At that time, they said that it would be different if I had someone I liked, too, but I really couldn’t help it either.’

She missed her friends so much.

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