Chapter 45

“What? Battle of Utran?”

“…”

The young man’s hand halted midair. It looked obvious to anyone that he was embarrassed.

The young man’s exposed skin, as if heated by the fire, visibly reddenned.

Annie’s imagination bloomed like a cloud.

‘Hmm. Are you a retired knight? You’re too young for that.’

“My Lady, where are you?”

When Carla’s voice was heard in the distance, Annie looked perplexed.

It seemed that she had done nothing but chatter today, let alone do any volunteer work.

“I have to go and help. I enjoyed it.”

After her short goodbye, she headed to the door. Then, Lang woke up quietly, and she followed Annie away.

Step, step.

As her low-heeled shoes crossed the threshold, the young man called to her.

“Annie!”

As she turned her head, she saw the young man clenching his fists.

‘What are you trying to say that’s making you so nervous?’

In Annie’s gaze, the young man took a deep breath.

He stressed each, like someone telling a really important story.

“I also enjoyed myself. Thank you so much for your precious time.”

‘Is it necessary to express your gratitude so far…’

Annie looked at him and was lost in her thoughts.

‘Ah… maybe he hasn’t been able to talk to people in the meantime…’

Meanwhile, the young man picked up a bunch of dog chew and approached Annie.

The foolish figure from a while ago was gone as he moved his elongated legs in long strides and stood in front of her.

She was smaller than the average height, and he was tall enough to require her to tilt her head back completely.

Still, was it because of his sincerity and good attitude? He wasn’t threatening or scary.

The young man who handed her a bunch of dog chew said in a gentle voice.

“I’m very sorry for earlier. This is my apology, so please accept it.”

‘… Is he a new employee?’

Annie noticed. Looking at the young man’s outfit, he didn’t seem to be an employee.

Or was he a relative?

Even as she continued her reasoning, the young man spoke with a gentle voice.

“It’s okay. There are too many dogs here to eat anyway, so you can take it with you.”

Anyway, if she refused it any more, it didn’t seem polite, so Annie received the dog chew.

Unlike him, who politely greeted, Annie, after a light silence, turned her body and headed for the hallway.

*

When the cheerful footsteps were completely distant, Ejed touched the wall with one hand.

It was a miracle that his body, which was exhausted from tension from his terrible cold, survived to this point.

Ejed blinked his heavy eyelids. He couldn’t tell whether it was a dream or reality yet.

When he first encountered Annie, he immediately wanted to get into the trash can. He insulted her family right in front of her nose. He deserved a slap on the cheek.

No, it would be better if he had.

No matter how sick he was, he made a mistake that he shouldn’t have.

‘… But I’m glad.’

Annie didn’t run away with horror like before. He was sloppy and stupid, but that was good.

With that alone, Ejed was really grateful to the heavens.

As he barely stood up against the wall, Jake, who was constantly lingering around, licked his shoes.

“Kiing, kiing.”

Now, he stretched out his heavy arm and stroked Jake.

“Jake, don’t worry. It’s okay, it’s okay.”

“Your-Your Majesty! It’s a big deal! Lady Dsev…”

“Sire!”

Fizz and Doher rushed to see him.

When the two found Ejed reaching out to Jake, they hurried to a stop.

Surprised, Fizz even rubbed his eyes.

“Oh, Your Majesty. That puppy… is not emergency food, right?”

“… Jake, go.”

As Jake took the chew at Ejed’s words, the two aides came to their senses.

They came a couple of steps closer to Ejed.

‘Something’s strange in the atmosphere.’

Doher was silent as far as it was concerned, but Fizz talked.

“Well, it’s… What happened to Lady Dsev? She came here with the maid! We threw a stone earlier to send a signal…”

As time passed, Ejed’s expression darkened. As if he was already vomiting, Fizz acted senselessly.

Ejed, who had been enduring it for a long time, barely spit out a word.

“Mouth.”

The ‘shut up’ before that seems to have been omitted, so Fizz and Doher became solemn.

They lowered their heads in silence.

*

‘But… how did he know my name?’

Annie, who was hanging a large piece of cloth on a long clothesline, fell in thought.

Like the young man earlier, the caretaker of Porcaus Falls was also able to call her name correctly.

Annie muttered without hanging the laundry.

“It’s weird…”

“What?”

On the other side, Carla, who had all the laundry hung out, walked over, shaking off her hands.

Annie, looking at the skillful movements, tried her luck.

“Well… that’s… I saw a young man here, and he called my name at once.”

“Oh. Does he happen to be the dog chew bachelor?”

Annie asked back at the ridiculous reference.

“… Dog chew bachelor?”

“Yes, he was the very wealthy person who donated all of Yulfbe’s dog chew, he loves dogs and he’s a warm-hearted bachelor!”

What? She knew so much, and in detail too.

“Carla, do you know him?”

“No. I only heard some stories.”

Carla was very passionate while telling the story about the dog chew bachelor.

He visited this place a lot and made a lot of donations to the extent that he was the real owner of this stray dog

shelter.

Also, Carla raved on about how much he loves the puppies. If there was a sick one, he felt more distressed, and unfortunately, if the child crossed the rainbow bridge, he even made a separate crypt.

“Maybe he’s like a great family’s child! Otherwise, he couldn’t make a huge donation, right?”

Annie, with her lips tightly closed, fell into thought. He certainly seemed to have a lot of affection for the dogs, but the part about money was puzzling.

Well, though, it was wonderful to say that he was a wealthy man and did a great job as a nobleman.