Chapter 48

# 48

Chapter.12 Hidden Face and Dessert

But tragedy struck her again.

Happy times are truly fleeting.

It all started with a visit from Count Dedran.

“It’s already been four years since we got married, and we still have no heirs!”

Count Dedran was furious when he met his daughter alone. Verna returned to her childhood self and secretly despised herself for trembling, but contrary to her feelings, she still could not even raise her face to her father.

The fear of my father that was imprinted in me from a young age.

The fear of not being able to escape this person was already engraved deep into my body, preventing me from making any sound. All he can do is lower his head and tremble.

Count Dedran issued a threat to her.

“My patience will soon run out. I’ll give you just one more year. In the meantime, somehow, see to the heir!”

After that order, Verna became unable to do either of these things.

If she confessed to Count Gray out of fear of her father, she felt that her love for him would be diluted.

Another three years passed like that. The Gray boy turned 11 years old. He turned 27.

Count Dedran promised to give him one more year, but two more years have passed since the deadline expired.

But it was so quiet.

Verna was so anxious about that.

At this rate, she can no longer tell Count Gray that she wants to have a baby. Therefore, there was no way an heir could have been created between the Count and Verna, who had no relationship with each other.

Meanwhile, a serious accident occurred to the Count.

Count Gray, who was healthy, suddenly lost consciousness without any reason.

Count Gray was lying down, not recognizing anyone, and just being in a dazed state.

When you feed them, they eat, and when you clean them, they just sit there blankly.

Verna thought it was all her fault.

But that was just the beginning of another despair. From then on, Count Dedran began to get involved in the city of Grace behind the scenes.

At this time, the boy was only 11 years old, so he was at an age where he could not have known or prevented this incident.

From this point on, tax exploitation began.

Count Dedran, who began to steal the taxes of Gray City by recruiting Count Gray’s vassals one by one using huge profits as bait, said this to his daughter who was shaking in front of him a few years later:

“Soon, the age will come when the earl’s son can become a lord. So, make the family members coerce, pressure, and ignore him. “It means turning them into weak-minded scarecrows who can’t decide anything on their own.”

Although he was commanded to do so, Verna could not do such a thing. Of course, it was Count Dedran who controlled Gray Boy’s Scarecrow operation behind the scenes.

From then on, Verna was unable to meet the Gray boy whom she regarded as her own child. Because one by one, he began to realize what his father was doing.

Guilt took full control of Verna.

That happened when the boy turned 13.

From then on, they only saw each other occasionally at meals or at home, and she could not visit the Great Boy on her own, and even when he came to see her, she refused.

Because there was no way I could meet him.

The Count Gray family is distorted because of him.

It wasn’t once or twice that I decided to die. However, she had to give up her feelings because of Count Gray, whom she had fallen in love with for the first time in her life.

At the very least, I felt like I had to take care of him. Because I thought it was my repayment to Count Gray, who had given me the only happiness.

The boy thought that the servants were the ones taking care of Count Greyke, who was lying down, but in fact, it was Verna who did all the dirty work.

Of course, no one, including Verna herself, could tell the boy that fact.

Anyway, she was a weak person who couldn’t do anything on her own.

I turned away from the boy who was like my son whom I loved so much. Shedding tears in front of the Count lying down.

A woman whose joy in life is simply continuing the tea time she enjoyed with the Count without him.

And he immediately took action to meet his little wife.

A dragon follows from behind.

“Why are you angry? you?”

There is absolutely no need for dragons to notice in the human world. Rulin is far from oblivious when dealing with me.

However, she notices my abnormality faster than anyone else and is now watching me.

Usually the atmosphere of this world has nothing to do with her.

No matter what happens, the human world is just an insignificant human world to her.

But on the contrary, I was very sensitive to my changes.

I stopped first.

The dragon keeps holding on to my arm and doesn’t want to let go. Lulin’s eyes were filled with the feeling that something was strange about me.

“I didn’t do anything. Even after waking up, I worked hard. Why did you do that earlier? ?”

“Does it look that strange?”

I guess I got a little emotional after meeting so much trash for the first time in a long time. I can’t believe Lurin would react like this.

To be honest, Duke Taemuran, who only cares about power, is cute. At least Duke Taimuran wouldn’t treat his own child like a tool.

Even monsters value their children.

It’s okay to do anything, but it’s hard to feel good when you see someone who isn’t like this. There is no medicine for trash that goes one step further than child abuse.

“Yes... . I don’t like you the way you are now. I don’t like you when you’re angry either. Because you’re scared when you’re angry... ! Then you ignored me. As if I didn’t exist! “I was definitely by your side!”

“are you okay. “I wasn’t angry with you then or now.”

“you?”

I hugged Lulin from the front. Rurin’s body fits comfortably into my arms. The hallways of the Lord’s Castle were very quiet, with only the autumn breeze blowing outside the window. As I felt Lulin’s body temperature, I felt a lot more tender.

“But he said he wasn’t angry and ignored me!”

“At that time, I had only just met you, and there were other circumstances. But it’s different now. don’t worry.”

“If you ignore me, I won’t know what to do. “I really don’t like that!”

During the Dragon War, I was overcome with anger. It was anger against the dragons, but of course Lulin was excluded. However, because he was not good at controlling his emotions, he even caused harm to Rurin.

The memories of that time seem to make Lurin anxious, but now and then are completely different.

Although she doesn’t care about anything.

Because they are so scared of being ignored by me.

Because Lulin is like that—

I guess I also don’t want to give her back to the elder.

“I won’t ignore it. At that time, I was still immature. Look at this. Are you fine? “It’s your favorite cocoon.”

When I gently brushed the back of her head, Lurin became quiet and made no sound.

“is it? It’s definitely different from back then. “Because I didn’t give a shit back then.”

“Okay, I’m okay now.”

“But then who on earth made you like this? “Is that the guy from earlier?”

Lulin looks up at me. The expression turned scary. So much so that the dragon’s anger blooms. I ask as if my breath is really coming out.

“no. don’t worry. Unlike before, I will handle it calmly. “Coldly.”

I smiled at Rurin.

“You just need to stay by my side. Don’t disturb me, I’ll tell you if I need help, so just stay by my side until then. okay?”

“i get it. “I listen to you.”

“That’s funny.”

“It’s not funny.”

“Ugh.”