Chapter 21

“Woo-hoo.”

Theo folded his lips and blew on Charlotte’s wound.

He took a breath and blew again.

His breath had no effect on the wound, but it melted Charlotte’s heart.

“Oh, Sister, are you feeling better?”

“Yes, I’m fine since Theo has blown on the wound. ”

“Woo-.”

Theo, who had barely stopped crying, looked at Charlotte’s forehead and bit his lips.

Theo cried so much that his eyes dried up, yet again tears fell from his round eyes.

“Sister, Theo…”

Theo grabbed Charlotte’s cheek, letting out more tears that kept on coming.

He could not touch her wounded forehead.

Charlotte hugged Theo tightly and gently patted his warm little back.

His body was a little hot, so I wondered if the mana was unstable again, luckily the doctor confirmed that it wasn’t.

It wasn’t because of his mana, it was just because he cried a lot.

My body felt hot.

“It’s Theo’s fault.”

“It’s not Theo’s fault, sister is glad Theo is safe.”

Charlotte whispered gently in Theo’s ear, they weren’t just words to comfort Theo, they were words from her heart.

At that time, the pot almost fell straight on Theo’s head.

Charlotte ran to Theo and hugged him, there was no time to scream.

I tried to avoid the pot by bending my body, but it just so happened that I couldn’t avoid it completely.

Charlotte did not regret it.

The head is a vital point for anyone, but for a child whose skull was not yet fully developed….

If I hadn’t grabbed him quickly at that time, Theo’s wounds would have been much worse than my current one.

Theo would have been in my situation now.

Just imagining it I got goosebumps all over my body.

Considering that the child was safe, the scar was a small price.

‘I think there will be a small scar left on my forehead, it will be fine if I cover it with my hair.’

Theo did not calm down despite Charlotte’s attempts to reassure him.

Apparently he couldn’t accept that his dear sister was hurt because of him.

It wasn’t supposed to be a bad memory.

He had to be more careful so that didn’t happen.

That’s what Charlotte thought as she let go of tears from Theo’s wet cheek.

“Come on, Theo, you can stop crying, if you keep crying the fever may come back.”

“Yeah, stop.”

But Theo couldn’t stop crying quickly, his crying lasted for nearly five more minutes.

From exhaustion, Theo fell asleep as soon as he stopped crying.

Because both Charlotte and Theo stayed in the parlour, Charlotte tried to go to Theo’s room to put him to bed.

Carcel who was looking at them silently extended his arms.

“It must be difficult for you to carry him, I will do it.”

Charlotte hesitated for a moment before placing Theo in Carcel’s arms.

This was not difficult, since Carcel, the older brother, who had taken care of Theo before, had no reason to refuse.

As soon as Theo came into Carcel’s arms, Theo began to cry.

“Sister…”

Apparently asleep but the child kept moving his arms as he sensed that he was no longer in Charlotte’s arms.

“I don’t think I’ve seen him separate from you, apparently he doesn’t want to.”

Probably because he tried to pick and choose his words well, Carcel said, but Charlotte got the point.

‘He doesn’t want to break up with the destined person’

So there was no alternative, Charlotte took Theo again.

Only then did Theo stop moving, even his facial expressions seemed more relaxed.

“I’m going to put Theo to bed”

“please”

Charlotte, who was about to leave the room, suddenly turned and looked at Carcel’s hand.

His big hand shows Charlotte’s nail mark, unlike hers, which had nothing on it.

Charlotte smiled embarrassedly

“Sorry, it must have hurt you so badly.”

“Oh”

Carcel put his hands behind his back as if he had been caught for something.

“No problem, as you don’t have to worry about being injured any more, when we reach the capital, Lord Ahin will take care of him.”

“Lord Ahin? Wasn’t the Heinst family doctor Lord James?”

“Lord Ahin is a family magician, he couldn’t come with me because he was busy with something, but you will be able to meet him after we reach the capital, magic can heal a wound without leaving a trace, so you don’t have to worry. “

‘Are you worried about me? ‘

Charlotte surreptitiously looked at Carcel’s face, but showed no sign of it.

Despite this, Charlotte sensed that he cared about her.

Charlotte said she was fine about the scar but was really upset about it.

“ Thank you for caring.”

“Thank you for protecting Theo.“

“I told you before that I just did what I had to do.”

“Okay.”

Theo who was slack in Charlotte’s arms moved his body, Charlotte quickly bowed as she greeted Carcel fearing that Theo would wake up.

“Then I’m going to put Theo to sleep well.”

Carcel stared at Charlotte, who was moving away at a gentle pace.

After she had completely disappeared from his field of vision, he went his way.

***

“The room from which the pot fell was Baron Lannia’s office, but there was no one in the office when the pot fell.”

Chase, who investigated the incident under Carcel’s order, told Carcel the results of the search.

Carcel stared down at where the pot had fallen.

Although the servants cleaned up, some traces of Charlotte’s blood and pot mud remained.

Carcel tried to research the matter calmly.

Then he quickly jumped into the garden when he saw the pot fall and still couldn’t save Theo and catch up with him in time.

If Charlotte hadn’t been around, Theo’s life would have already ended this time.

The poor kid who had been trembling alone last time stood before him confidently this time.

Wasting feelings and imagining a future that didn’t happen won’t help.

Carcel took a deep breath and tried to control his emotions.

“Is there really no one there?”

“According to the results of the investigation, no one was There , and as a precaution, I searched the Baron’s office and did not find anything unusual or suspicious.”

There was no room for doubt.

Carcel did not inquire further from Chase.

Didn’t he already see it for himself? No one was there when the pot fell.

If someone had dropped it on purpose, he would have seen his hands then.

It was a suspicious incident, but there was no concrete evidence or any resemblance to it.

If Chase doesn’t really find anything suspicious then there’s no need to look further because nothing really exists.

“That’s enough already.”

This did not mean that he did not infer anything from the incident.

Lannia’s property really has nothing to do with what happened.

He did not suspect Charlotte, but this incident completely removed any accusation or likeness that Chase or anyone else had suspected against her.

Remembering the situation, Carcel recalled the view of Charlotte he had seen at the time of the accident.

As her face turned white from the bleeding she continued to calm Theo, she’s the one who needed help and not someone else’s.

She smiled, “I’m so glad Theo is safe.”

However, she was bleeding from the half-opened forehead .

She could have died already, fortunately for her to have only been injured.

Despite all that she was laughing? How can she?

Carcel tried to imagine himself in her place.

If the child sitting there had nothing to do with him, would he have hugged him like that without hesitation?

Would he have said without hesitation that it was okay if he had been hit in the forehead instead of the little boy?

That must have been difficult.

Charlotte’s sacrifice was selfless.

So Carcel can trust Charlotte, he can also see how much Charlotte loves and cares for Theo.

“The sapphire bracelet I mentioned earlier.”

Only after hearing Chase’s voice could Carcel escape his thoughts about Charlotte.

“I think we will be able to find it soon. It seems that the store that bought the jewellery still has it.”

“Understood”

“May I leave?”

“Okay”

Chase bowed to Carcel after telling him some other things to do.

He was about to enter the mansion but suddenly stopped, remembering something, and turned again.

“And”

“Yes?”

“Hasten the preparation to go to the capital, and as soon as we arrive tell Lord Ahin to look at Miss Lannia.”

He no longer wanted to see any red bandages around her head.

It wasn’t nice to see Charlotte smiling with that state.

Chase said goodbye to Carcel and hurriedly left, Carcel turned back again towards the mansion.

*****

At first, intending to be considerate enough, Carcel left Charlotte to prepare slowly before going to the capital.

But after the pot incident, he urged to go there as quickly as possible, saying that there was an emergency there, so Charlotte had to make haste to prepare to go to the capital.

There was not much she had to prepare to take with her to the capital.

The servants already paid attention to the facts, and she did not have anything special to pack.

All she did was spend more time with her family and prepare for parting.

She also spent her time with Theo, who was excited about the arrival of his brother, ate well and ran around the mansion excitedly.

He also wanted to play with Carcel, but unfortunately Carcel was barely there as he was busy examining Lannia’s estate and investigating the assassination.

‘Ha. But it was nice of him to still prepare for the festival.”

Charlotte smiled faintly as she recalled the turbulent events of yesterday.