Chapter 64

Chapter 64

“Sir Lucas.”

The silver hair that had flown in the air calmly subsided at my call. Lucas, who put the sword into the scabbard in a neat motion, looked back with a slightly surprised face.

“Selina? How do you know…”

“Intuition.”

Actually, it wasn’t just an intuition. To forget the place where our first meeting should have been a bit intense… Lucas raised an eyebrow at my answer.

“Well, it’s a place where grass was stuck in my hair, so it deserves to be shown in my intuition.”

…That man.

Yes… It did. Then, I asked Lucas to be friends and hurt him before I climbed the bell tower. It was a bit cheeky to point out the grass stuck in my hair, so I stopped talking about the back story. It was better not to say useless things.

“Have you been practicing for a long time?”

“Yes, somehow.”

Even while he was answering, sweat dripped down from the tip of Lucas’ chin to the floor. He was drenched in sweat.

Also, he was breathing a little rough. His chest was constantly rocking up and down. If a person, who was not tired even when other people would have become dead tired, how much has he been wielding his sword alone?

As I took a step closer, Lucas shook his head.

“I’m sweating a lot. Talk from there.”

“…I don’t really care.”

Though he finally shook his head.

Well then. I shrugged and stood in my place.

“You don’t have a handkerchief?”

“It’s already wet.”

Haha, if my whole body got wet like that, the handkerchief would have gotten wet as well. By the way, what could I do if so many coveted handkerchiefs were drenched in sweat? The faces of the seven people who stood up during the greenhouse party flashed through my mind.

How sad they would be if they knew this.

No, maybe they’d rather like it… I pulled out a handkerchief from my pocket and held it. Today, I was able to find my pockets quickly because I was wearing comfortable living clothes.

As I pulled out the handkerchief, Lucas’ smiling expression changed for a moment to awkwardness. I glanced to see if there was anything on the handkerchief, butthe handkerchief was very clean… Well, of course.

By the way, how should I give him the handkerchief?

When I looked at the distance between me and Lucas, it looked like they were four steps, no, three steps. What to do to approach someone who is reluctant to get approached?

I looked around. Lucas stood still and watched what I was doing.

I peered around but couldn’t find anything that would be of any help, this time looking around me, suddenly, I remembered my hair tie. There was something like a big bell on the hair tie that tied my hair today.

It was never my taste, it was Jane’s.

I untied my hair and grabbed the hair tie in my hand. Seeing the bells boasting such a huge size, I thought I had been wearing this all day today?

…Yes. From tomorrow onwards, let’s not do what Jane likes.

I didn’t think this was right.

With a small promise, I passed my handkerchief through the hair tie. Looking down satisfactorily at it, which had the shape of a ponytail…

Whoosh.

I threw it all the way to Lucas, and he accepted it with a graceful gesture.

He glanced down at the handkerchief and head tie that he had unknowingly received and then suddenly burst into laughter. When I was thinking about whether it is right to repay a person’s sincerity with a laugh, he stretched out his waist, which had been folded in laughter, and looked at me.

“Did you throw it because I told you not to come? With a weight?”

“Yes.”

As soon as I gave a firm answer, he laughed again.

Yes, do whatever you want. Just laugh, go ahead. As Lucas stopped his laughter, he pulled my handkerchief from the hair tie and wiped the sweat from his face.

I stood still and watched him wipe the sweat.

As the male lead, he looked great even though he was simply wiping sweat. The pouring sunlight reflected off the long silver hair and sparkled. He seemed to be drenched in sweat though he almost looked like someone who had just washed up.

Lucas, who was wiping his sweat with the handkerchief, met my eyes, staring blankly at him. Lucas stopped his hand. It was so quiet for a while, it felt as if time had stopped.

What…

As I was contemplating whether I should open my mouth for anything, a cool breeze blew. At the same time, the smell of summer grass and flowers carried in the wind wrapped around me.

Oh, how refreshing.

While the summer here was hot, the cool wind blew, and it wasn’t humid.

How fortunate I was in a place where there was no fan or air conditioner… My hair, which had been blown in the air thanks to the refreshing wind, obscured my view for a while but returned to its place when the wind stopped.

“Sir Lucas?”

And, it was Lucas who looked down at me right in front of me, as my hair fell down and my vision brightened. While my vision was being obscured, it seemed that he had walked right to me.

Oh my gosh, how fast. Quiet, too.

By the way, he told me not to come, but I guess I can.

Contrary to Lucas’ concern, who kept me from coming close for fear of the smell of sweat, he didn’t smell anything… No, on the contrary, he seemed to even smell as cool as the summer breeze that just blew.

Even if he sweated, it looked like he just washed, and there was no smell of sweat… he didn’t even smell. The main character’s buff was really great.

I gazed up at Lucas with such useless thoughts.

He was smiling gently. However, the eyes were not. The bright sunlight fell on him, but his face was slightly shadowed because he was lowering his head.

I took a breath, unknowingly at the harmony of the shadowed face and the non-smiling eyes. Lucas slowly raised his hand. He then carefully tidied my hair. Lucas also had long hair, so his tidying hands were natural.

“Excuse me for a moment.”

Lucas spoke lightly and walked behind my back. I let out the small breath I had inhaled and looked only at the air where Lucas was standing.

Soon, I felt a touch on my hair again. From the weight and touch iofmy hair, it felt like my hair was being braided. It was kind of funny that the male lead in the original story, the genius knight, and the vice-captain of the Duchy knights braided my hair.

“So, why did you come to me?”

I almost fell asleep standing under the comfortable hand. The eyes that were about to flutter opened properly at Lucas’ question

Come to think of it, I had come to Lucas for a business.

“I want to discuss something about Priest Ian.”

“Is there a problem with Priest Ian?”

“Yes.”

He was silent for a moment.

Judging by the fact that his hands were getting faster, it looked like he had finished braiding his hair. I kept my mouth shut and gave him a moment to concentrate. I felt the hand fall from my hair, and Lucas patted me on the shoulder… meaning it was over.

“What is the problem?”

Still, Lucas spoke behind my back.

Talking with my back to him… It was like playing human train. Whatever it was, I just needed to be able to move my mouth.

I shrugged lightly and continued.

“The High Priest sent a letter to Priest Ian to return. Priest Ian wants to stay here… he was bothered about going against the high priest, who is like his benefactor.”

“That’s the problem.”

“Yes. So, I want to call the High Priest and persuade him.”

The shoulder that Lucas was holding was twisted in a slightly oblique direction. At the same time, I saw Lucas’s face with his head sticking out over my shoulder.

“You called him?”

Lucas’ face, as he asked more and more, had changed like a villain. It was like he found something fun. I nodded my head regardless.

“Yes. I called him.”

Although the title of High Priest seemed to be flashy, in fact, he was treated a little better than other priests, and he was not a very influential person either. It couldn’t be helped. In this worldview, the temple seemed to be on the verge of being destroyed.

Anyway, for this reason, it was possible to send a letter to the high priest and request a visit under the guise of an invitation.

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“It is an honor to be invited here. Lady Selina”

“This way, thank you for accepting the invitation.”

After a brief greeting with each other, the high priest and I headed to the parlor side by side. It was Ian and I who greeted the high priest.

It was something my parents, Brother, and Sir Lucas could do for me though I was the one who decided to call the High Priest, and the others were busy preparing for the founding day in two weeks, so I just decided to take care of it.

Ian, who was sitting next to me, looked a little nervous. He had met the person he had been following for a long time.

“Ian, you look healthy.”

“I am glad that the high priest seems to be in good health too.”

The High Priest’s voice as he greeted Ian was very kind. Not just his voice but his face as well. First of all, from the outside, I felt that he must be a very kind and warm person.

“Haha, I’m always healthy. Rather, have you thought about the letter?”

Having said that, the High Priest glanced at me and quietly picked up the teacup. It looked like his throat was dry.

Ian gazed at me with slightly hardened eyes. I nodded my head towards him. Of course, I could step forward and say I wanted to have Ian here, but it would be better for Ian to open his mouth on his own for now.

Ian nodded his head and turned to the high priest again. Even though he tensed his mouth awkwardly at the situation, there was a determination in his eyes.

“Yes, High Priest. I want to stay here.”

The High Priest looked at Ian, who had uttered what he had to say, with slightly perplexed eyes.

“Without returning with me…?”

“…Yes.”

It seemed that the High Priest did not expect Ian to respond like this. Did he think he would come here and take Ian himself?

Before it turned awkward, I decided to step up to the high priest on behalf of Ian, who glanced at the teacup with guilty eyes.

“High Priest. Priest Ian is a necessary person for the Duchy.”

“Yes?”

As I spoke, both eyes focused on me.

Yes, I was the one who received countless attention. When it was only two people, it was easy. I shrugged casually and continued speaking.

“First of all, I am a little weak. So I often lie in bed sick. To me, Priest Ian is like a medicinal herb. I need Priest Ian to get out of bed.”

Even though it was a reasonably exaggerated statement, it wasn’t entirely wrong. I was out of breath after about four steps, and gasping for breath when I reached my room by walking up the spiral staircase.

I felt like I had a featherweight physical strength every day, still…

I didn’t exercise. To exercise, I had to be determined, and I used that determination every morning to wake up already. In that sense, Ian could be said to be a very necessary existence in my life.

“Like a medicinal herb?”

“Yes. Medicinal herb.”

“Ah, medicinal herbs.”

The High Priest, me, and Ian spoke in that order.