Chapter 20

‘It’s weird.’

Carcel thought carelessly and remembered Charlotte’s face.

Unless Theo was overflowing with mana, there was no reason for him to feel comfortable with Charlotte.

Knights could also use mana, but the amount of mana wasn’t large enough to need stabilising.

However, when he first met Charlotte, he felt at ease.

It is really strange.

“Charlotte Lannia.”

Carcel looked at the report and muttered in the inaudible voice the name in his mouth.

There was no information about the person named Charlotte.

Twenty years old, the Baron’s youngest child and only daughter.

Locals love her for her kind and gentle personality.

She is in good health, except for a high fever three years ago.

Her two brothers are members of the Imperial Knights and are currently residing in the capital.

When he read this non-specific description, Carcel thought of Charlotte’s face.

The first word that comes to mind when thinking of Charlotte is ‘harmless.’

It was an inappropriate word to describe someone, but oddly enough, that word fit Charlotte perfectly.

Round blue eyes like an autumn sky and bright blonde hair like spring sunlight.

It was unbelievable that she was twenty years old,since she looked like a child who couldn’t do any harm.

Perhaps the reason Theo followed her as his sister was not because she was the destined person but because she was harmless.

He was very shy of Sir Heather, so he didn’t want to approach him at first.

Looking now.

Theo left Carcel and went out to the backyard, holding Charlotte’s hand, saying he was going to play with his sister.

Just a week ago he was a kid running to Carcel and begging him to play with him.

Carcel understood his brother’s change rather than being annoyed.

Just the fact that his opponent was Charlotte.

Perhaps this is the reason.

Even before Chase’s report, Carcel looked into Charlotte’s sweet eyes and knew she had nothing to do with the assassination.

No, he found himself believing this.

I don’t usually think unreasonably but because his opponent was Charlotte.

“No wonder Chase thinks of it as odd.”

Carcel, who was reading the report at high speed, stopped on one line.

[I recently gave up the sapphire bracelet to cast the Body Conserving Spell on Sir Heather.]

Nothing like this deserved to be written in the report, but I think it is because it concerns Sir Heather.

Strangely enough, Carcel couldn’t skip this sentence, so he had to ask.

‘I heard there were financial problems, but I was wondering how she hired a mage, I don’t know what’s going on ‘

Carcel waved the bell to summon Chase again.

“This sapphire bracelet?”

“Yes.”

“If she’s going to get rid of it like that, shouldn’t she have sold it before?”

It was a random question, but Chase answered it as if he was waiting for that question.

“I asked Miss Lannia’s personal maid, and she said it was something she cherished. It was a gift from her family at the coming-of-age ceremony and Baroness Lannia prevented her from getting rid of it.”

“By the way, she sold it to hire a mage…”

Thinking about it, Charlotte said the same thing.

[“I had a sapphire bracelet that I got as a gift, but I don’t have it now.”]

Perhaps the bracelet you were talking about at the time was referring to the bracelet that came with the sapphire jewellery set.

“Go find it.”

“What?”

Chase soon realized the meaning of the word and bowed.

“I will be back as soon as possible.”

After Chase left the room, Carcel opened the window and entered the balcony.

Meanwhile, Charlotte and Theo were wandering the backyard visible from the balcony.

“Hey, look at this!”

Theo beat the universe and ran to Charlotte.

Charlotte wiped the sweat off his forehead as she received flowers from Theo.

Theo, who laughed out loud, and ran back to the flowers.

The cool autumn breeze blew a little between Theo’s and Charlotte’s hair.

Carcel leaned against the railing and peeked at the two’s pleasant hours.

Theo picks flowers and gives them to Charlotte and Charlotte makes bracelets and puts them in her arms.

Although there was nothing special, he couldn’t avert his eyes.

It was just a moment.

“Brother!”

Then Theo, who was running around busy with what he was doing, stood up and waved to Carcel.

Although it wasn’t too stormy, the pot that was placed on the window above his head shook.

“The…!”

Carcel grabbed the railing and jumped off the balcony at once.

“Theo!”

But before he could react, Charlotte run up to Theo.

The short scene that passed in a few seconds seemed very slow.

Charlotte hugged Theo with a confused face.

However, the pot that was trembling fell.

The pot struck mercilessly Charlotte’s forehead, and hit the ground and crashed into the dirty soil.

Then the screams of the maids rang out loudly after the peaceful time.

Charlotte’s body that was hiding Theo’s body slowly collapsed from the side.

Carcel, who jumped off the balcony from the third floor ,hugged her body without hesitation.

Charlotte’s head and forehead were already covered in blood.

Carcel used to see blood as a knight.

Not only did he see it, but he himself had used the sword and suffered even more serious injuries.

But when Carcel saw the drops of blood dripping down her cheeks and reaching her chin, he became alarmed.

Less than when Theo was having epileptic fits, but at least more emotional from seeing his colleagues’ wounds.

“Hey ! Where’s James!”

Carcel shouted at the passing maid and ran carrying Charlotte to the end of the mansion.

Theo, who was so shocked that he couldn’t even cry, moved his little legs behind his older brother.

***

Charlotte lost consciousness for only a short moment.

She came to her senses slowly when Carcel brought her into the room with the help of the maid.

Thanks to that, the first thing she saw when she opened her eyes was Carcel’s face, it was so close.

But when Carcel put her on the bed, his face turned away.

Even in the midst of severe headaches and dizziness, she was a little disappointed.

“Sister!”

Theo, who came into the room late, saw blood run down Charlotte’s forehead and began to weep.

Tears continued to flow down his small cheeks to the point where it was surprising to believe that all these tears were coming out of this little body.

Fearing that his mana would explode again, Charlotte couldn’t let Theo go and took him in her arms.

Upon hearing the news, the Heinst family doctor rushed to her, carefully wiped Charlotte’s forehead and examined the affected area.

Charlotte was hit on the area between the forehead and the head, but the condition was worse than she thought.

“The affected area is very wide, it looks like it needs stitching.”

He found a wound longer than Theo’s finger and clicked his tongue.

As a member of the Heinst family, although he said he was glad Theo was safe, it was unfortunate that the future madame Charlotte was seriously injured.

“I’ve numbed the area, but unlike magical anaesthesia, it might hurt a bit.”

“Alright.”

Charlotte spoke as calm as she could, but when the needles pierced the wound, she couldn’t help but be blunt.

Although the wound was already burning, she could clearly feel pain when the needle pierced her body.

Charlotte grabbed Theo’s hand tightly without realizing, but later realized that she was holding the child’s hand too tightly.

She could feel her fingernails digging into her palm, but she couldn’t feel the pain because her forehead was burning.

I felt that someone was holding her hand.

It was a great hand. Enough to completely cover Charlotte’s fist.

Charlotte, who closed her eyes tightly, opened her eyes and examined the owner of the hand.

Carcel, he must have seen Charlotte’s bewildered expression, but he didn’t let go of her hand.

Instead, he ran his fingers between Charlotte’s clenched fingers causing her to clench his fist.

Charlotte was stunned and tried to pull her hand away, but Carcel grabbed her even tighter.

Moderate pressure without too much force.

She could get rid of him, but she couldn’t do it the same way he grabbed her hand for the first time.

“Hold it.”

This was when Charlotte was trying to pull her hand back late, and she felt a pug in her forehead again.

Charlotte reflexively pressed Carcel’s hand.

Carcel did not close his eyes even though Charlotte’s fingernails were about to pierce him.

‘Now that I’m his fiancée, I’ll be fine.’

Charlotte tried to convince herself this way.

No, it will happen a lot if I go to the capital and stay as Carcel’s fiancée.

Even if you attend a party, shouldn’t I be his partner?

Instead, Charlotte tried to be careful not to press her nails against his palm.

The effect of the anaesthetic may have been delayed and the pain gradually diminishes.

At the same time, Charlotte’s hand that was holding Carcel’s hand lost its strength.

But Charlotte did not withdraw her hand.

For some reason, Carcel’s hand seemed to have some strength.