Chapter 86.2

“I didn’t even know that I could be so happy.”

“…”

“I never dreamed that a day like this would ever come. I always thought I was going to die in that damn orphanage. Either freeze that winter or starve to death. My life has changed so much just because you came. Who would have known it would turn out like this. I just thought that if I followed you, I could get anything. And then I was very hungry.”

“Ray.”

“I’m glad I went with you that day.”

Yurina remained silent about her thoughts. When Reynard says something like that, Yurina slowly regrets everything that happened. If she really was Yurina Carthia, if she had found Raynard at the orphanage and taken him in with a pure desire to take care of him…

“Did I tell you that I was happy with our meeting?”

He took Yurina’s hand and brought it to his cheek.

“How happy I’m to have met you.”

He kissed Yurina on the hand.

“Yurina, are you happy to meet me?”

After hearing such a question, Yurina imagined her life without Reynard.

This would certainly have disappointed the latter, but Yurina didn’t think she would be miserable without him.

Mother and father, three older brothers, Betsy, Dave and many others. In their love, she would forget her past, accept Yurina’s new life and live happily ever after.

Yes, if only Reynard was excluded, it wouldn’t mean that her happiness would disappear somewhere.

However, if you ask her if she would be happy as she’s now, the answer was no. The happiness and comfort that Reynard gave her was somehow greater than from all the others put together.

So, now more than ever…

“Yes, I’m happy.”

Yurina buried her face into his bare chest and muttered in a voice mixed with laughter. Then she suddenly realized that this was the first time she had said such a thing since coming to this world.

“Yurina?”

Raynard asked with a worried look, seeing Yurina’s blank face.

“Yes, I’m happy.”

Yurina took a deep breath and then opened her lips again.

“Ray, I love you.”

Reynard’s hand, which was stroking Yurina’s hair, suddenly froze. He even stopped breathing. As if time had stopped for a moment, Raynard hugged Yurina tightly and responded with a voice mixed with tears.

“I love you too.”

11. Omen

Marquis De Flon lived in the northern regions of the Empire, covered with rugged mountains. The Marquis decree ordered everyone to maintain a cold temperature all year round, even if spring had come.

And the atmosphere inside the Marquis’ mansion, located at the foot of the mountain, was now colder than outside. And this was because, after participating in a hunting tournament, the owner of the castle was more upset than ever before.

A few days ago, out of nowhere, rumors spread that a certain groom, disobeying the Marquis, had been flogged to the point of blood.

The butler called all servants and categorically forbade them from spreading rumors, but the servants, who were familiar with the character of the master, realized that those rumors were true.

Since then, the servants were frightened by every rustle, as if every day they walked on thin ice. Even in their separate house, where they seemed to have all their own, they couldn’t utter an extra word.

And today, in his office on the third floor, a voice full of anger was heard.

“That crazy bitch!”

The flushed Marquis De Flon thumped the table with his fist. The inkwell on the table overturned, rolled and fell to the floor.

Lydia De Flon silently picked up the fallen ink bottle and stepped back. Even though she was his daughter, she had learned from experience that it was better not to make harsh gestures when her father was like that. Marquis De Flon didn’t scold his daughter, but it was obvious who he could now choose as a scapegoat.

Lydia bit her lip as she looked at the enraged Marquis De Flon.

‘You’re especially bad today.’

Marquis De Flon didn’t specify who this girl was, but Lydia could easily guess.

Yurina Carthia. Beloved daughter of the famous Marquis.

Lydia knew well that De Flon and Carthia had been in conflict for a long time. The fact that two families were separated all the time, like oil and water, is a story known to all high society.

Even if it wasn’t the two families, there were many families that were like enemies, so it wasn’t anything special.

However, the case of Marquis De Flon was slightly different. Unlike Marquis Carthia, who had no personal interest in Lydia or her brothers, Marquis De Flon seems to have a grudge against the Carthia house as a whole. At least in Lydia’s eyes it was.

‘I don’t understand why he’s so obsessed with lady Carthia.’

Marquis Carthia was too smart in politics? Or he is jealous that his three sons have already made their names in the Empire?

At the very least, if her father’s anger had been directed at Marquis Carthia, Lydia would have understood.

But Yurina Carthia?

It is said that it was Yurina who decided to support the now well-known as ‘Blessed’ mage in the Empire, but she was a girl with nothing special besides that. She hasn’t even officially made her debut on her social scene yet.

But the interests of Marquis De Flon went far beyond common sense.

‘Besides, my father showed interest in Lady Cartia a long time ago.’

Lydia tried to remember the day her father suddenly developed an interest in Yurina. It was a long time ago, but the impression remained so deep that Lydia remembered it as if it had all happened yesterday.