Chapter 114

Enoch raised his eyebrows disapprovingly and quietly reached out his hand to cover my eyes.

“Margaret is tired. Don’t look at her like that.”

What do you see me as? Even the mature and gentlemanly Enoch sometimes became childish.

“It is a misunderstanding. After spending a few days without fire, I’m just happy…”

At Diego’s answer, I removed Enoch’s hand that was covering my eye.

Then Diego’s face, looking at the bonfire with an emotional gaze, caught my eyes. It seems he couldn’t start a fire when he was with Ruzef.

“Can’t you start a fire, Sir?”

“I have never started a fire myself.”

Come to think of it, Yuanna said that no one in her group knew how to start a fire, so they lit the embers they somehow picked up.

“Haven’t you ever tried it when you went to subdue monsters or went to war?”

At my question, he scratched his cheek with a troubled face and looked at Enoch.

“I was recently promoted to the rank of Commander of the Imperial Guards, and I have never been dispatched to war. And it was the duty of the lieutenants to light the fire in the subjugation of monsters. I tried it when I was a trainee knight, but I can’t even remember now because I did it so rarely that I could count the times I tried on one hand.”

Diego, who said so, shut his mouth and looked around as if he was embarrassed to even think about it.

“I am sorry. From now on, I will study hard next to you, Young Lady.”

“I didn’t say I’d teach you.”

“You don’t have to teach me. I will learn over your shoulder.”

“I don’t like anything bothering me.”

“If it bothers you, I will watch over you and learn without you seeing me.”

“It’s a bit scary to have someone watching me secretly.”

“……do you want me to disappear? I am sorry. I am inattentive.”

Then Diego suddenly brought his hands together with an anguished face and buried his face in his palms.

I was very flustered to see him like this. It must have been really difficult when he was alone with Ruzef.

“I didn’t mean it like that…….”

“Then, please allow me to watch you quietly.”

Hearing Diego’s words, I finally raised the white flag.

Meanwhile, Enoch handed me a flat stone as I crouched down in front of the bonfire. Then he sat me down gently as if he were taking care of his pregnant wife.

As I thought that while looking at Enoch’s graceful face, I then looked back to Diego.

“By the way, I heard that only the Saintess and the Crown Prince are left on the South Island. Will they be all right?”

“That’s really unfortunate, but Margaret, you don’t need to worry.”

Enoch’s words left me speechless and looked back at him. Enoch sat down with an expression that showed no interest in Arthdal and Yuanna.

Sir male lead, how can you act like you’re not interested? Yuanna has a key. The reason we stayed with her on the South Island was because of the key.

Besides, we have decided to look for Yuanna. So she must be safe.

Diego, who had been watching, quietly opened his mouth. “I don’t know about the Crown Prince, but the Saintess will survive.”

“How can you be sure of that?”

“She said she is confident in surviving. She’s really good at running away or hiding.”

Is it because she is from a back alley that she has strong survivability? I am somewhat convinced by Diego’s words.

-ssss.

Then the sound of Eunji flicking his tongue came. The kid who was with Kayden and Ruzef until a while ago came back to me.

He was slithering around my feet, looked up at me, and tilted his head cutely.

-cough.

Suddenly Diego had a dry cough. He covered his mouth with a red face and looked at Eunji.

‘……right, Diego likes cute things.’

Eunji is not ordinary cute, but he is the cutest in the universe, so it seems like Diego can’t help it either.

However, when he saw Eunji on the South Island, he didn’t show this kind of reaction. Has he been holding himself back against cute things all this time?

Certainly, unlike before, Diego has a relaxed face. It was hard to find any expression on his face while on the South Island because the atmosphere was tense the whole time.

“I didn’t expect to see you here again.”

Diego looked at Eunji and muttered as if he had been reunited with his unrequited love.

“Since he imprinted on me, of course he will be with me.”

“I see…….”

When I glanced at Diego, Eunji followed me and looked at Diego, as if he was wondering.

Diego’s face turned even redder than before. He looked at Eunji with a shy face, hesitated, and carefully held out his hand to him.

But Eunji definitely doesn’t have a hand to hold out.

‘Does he think that Eunji is a dog?’

As expected, Eunji glanced at Diego’s hand that was held out to him, then looked at Diego again and tilted his head.

Diego, who was blushing and didn’t know what to do, froze in surprise when his eyes met Eunji’s. Then, he rubbed his red face with his hand.

“I am sorry. I know this makes me look unreliable as a knight. So, when I was with the Saintess, I tried not to make it obvious as much as possible. But…… it’s really hard to hold myself back when I see cute things. I am sorry.”

Listening to Diego’s confession, I opened my mouth and then closed it again.

There are so many things I want to say that I don’t know where to start.

Then Ruzef, who separated me from Kayden, sat down next to me.

Without losing, Kayden also squeezed in between Ruzef and me and sat down.

As I let out a tired sigh, this time Enoch suddenly lifted me into his arms and sat me on his lap. Startled, I put my arms around his neck and looked at his face as he got closer.

“Screw it, fxck it. It is against the law to do this. I want to sit here too.”

Seeing this, Kayden sat down on Enoch’s other leg. Then he shamelessly leaned over to me.

Ruzef stared at what Kayden was doing with disgust and sat away from us.

“If you don’t want to get hurt, get rid of yourself, Lord.”

Enoch glared at Kayden’s back and muttered in a stern voice, but Kayden only snorted.

Sandwiched between them, I said with a tired face, “Move away, both of you.”

Kayden quietly got up and Enoch quietly let me go.

I calmly straightened my clothes and stood up.

Ruzef, who was quietly watching us, said, “Young Lady, I think I am the most normal person among them. Please let me know if you need my help. I will devote myself to serving so that you do not feel uncomfortable.”

Ruzef looked up at me with the eyes of a devout believer.

Devote? I think you’re the weirdest one.

Still, I thought it would be safer next to Ruzef than Enoch and Kayden, so I calmly sat next to him. Ruzef puffed out his chest proudly toward Enoch and Kayden and sat closer to me.

Watching Diego and Eunji staring at each other tirelessly, I turned my gaze to the bonfire.

Ruzef asked, “What are you going to do next? Are you going to where the Saintess is, or to the place marked with a star?”

To Ruzef’s question, Kayden, who sat quietly next to Enoch, answered, “We’ve been there.”

“What? Have you?”

Diego looked this way, probably surprised by Ruzef’s shout.

Kayden explained what had happened to us one by one.

Surprised by the story, Ruzef and Diego asked many questions, but Enoch answered them all.

Thanks to that, I saved myself the trouble of having to talk, and I calmly stroked Eunji who was sitting on my lap.

“We’re going to see the Saintess and pack the supplies on the way.”

“We have to be prepared.”

After hearing my words, Ruzef nodded his head with a determined face.

***

Diego and Ruzef said they couldn’t eat properly, but it seems that their desire for sleep was stronger than their appetite.

The two sat down in front of the cave for a while, and at one point they leaned against each other and fell asleep.

“It must have been really difficult.”

I crouched down in front of them, muttering, then Enoch approached me and stood beside me, looking down at Diego and Ruzef.

Kayden, who was rummaging through Ruzef’s bag, pulled out a first-aid kit.

“I thought he would throw it away because the bag is heavy, but he didn’t. Fortunately, all the medicines are still there.”

Kayden opened the first aid kit and examined its contents. Somehow, it sounded like he was proud of Ruzef. Did he cultivate affection for him while fighting?

“Let’s sleep too.”

At Kayden’s words, Enoch looked around and grabbed his sword.

“One has to stand on the night watch, so the two of you should lie down first.”

Just then, Diego who I thought had fallen asleep opened his eyes with a haggard face. Then he hurriedly got up from his seat.

As a result, Ruzef who was leaning against him was startled and opened his eyes with difficulty.

“I’ll do it. Night watch.”

Diego, who had yet to fully open his eyes looked a bit shabby. But none of us told him not to.

Diego looked around and opened his mouth in a low voice. “I know it’s shameless, but I want to repay you for your kindness.”

I was puzzled by the words, so I tilted my head.

“When did we say we allowed you?”