CH 181

“Hurry, let it down!”

“Hurry, hurry!”

I got off the carriage before even going through the drawbridge, and in this hot weather, sweating profusely, I sighed as I saw Maslow and Riesling pestering the knight who was opening the drawbridge. 

“Don’t fret, I’m not going anywhere. Be calm like Rose…..”

I wanted to tell them to wait, but instead of rushing the knight like the other two children, Rose brought a pole from somewhere, stepped on the drawbridge that had not been fully unloaded, and jumped over to me.

“Anissa!!!”

“What if you get hurt? Have you no fear?” 

It seems that Rose’s physical abilities were better than I thought.

As I wiped the tears from Rose’s eyes, the child smiled softly and hugged me.

“Anissa, I really, really missed you.”

“Yeah. I really missed you too, Rose.”

Before I know it, the children who crossed the drawbridge hugged me like they were clinging to me.

Meanwhile, Maslow and Riesling had grown so big that I was buried surrounded by boys of my height.

“So h-heavy.”

“Ah! Sorry!”

When I couldn't handle his weight and exhaled a heavy breath, Maslow stepped back in surprise, but Riesling wouldn't let go of me, who was about to collapse while shedding tears.

“Anissaaa.”

Dietrich, who was standing behind me and clicked his tongue, grabbed him by the nape and pulled him away.

“Get lost.”

“Speak nicely to him!”

I looked at Dietrich in surprise at his ferocious voice. 

But then, as if to boast, Riesling stuck out his chest in a dignified manner.

“That’s right, your jerk! Speak nicely to me!”

“…….”

“Haha! Your era is over, Dietrich Lagrange! Anissa has now returned!”

At Riesling’s pent-up words, I could roughly guess how Dietrich ruled over Lagrange while I was away. 

‘However, Lagrange’s master is Dietrich.’

I would stop him from being too harsh on the children, but I had no thoughts of meddling in the way Dietrich handled the members of Lagrange.

“Riesling too, as Dietrich is the head, that’s no way for your to speak to him rudely.”

“But–”

“Shht.”

Looking at Riesling, who was trying to make an excuse, I gave strength to my eyes, and the child quickly deflated and bowed his head.

“Shouldn’t you apologize for calling Dietrich a jerk?”

In my words, Riesling didn't even make eye contact with Dietrich, just tapped the floor with the back of his foot, and pouted.

“Riesling.”

“.....All right. I’m sorry.”

“It’s fine.”

Dietrich's short answer made Riesling's eyes grow wide as if they were about to fall to the floor.

‘He’s surprised.’

I put my hand on Dietrich's shoulder, feeling proud of the boy's reaction.

“See, Dietrich isn’t as bad as you think, Riesling.”

He was a bit softer than he used to be to an embarrassing point.

‘If it was the way it was, instead of accepting the apology his hand would have flown off first.’

I checked Riesling nodding sullenly while making my way into the castle. 

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Marilyn, who had only been waiting for Anissa, ran out and fetched her from the castle gates.

Dietrich turned his head to stare at Riesling only after Anissa's delicate back completely disappeared from view.

“I think your habit has gotten worse.”

As he clicked his tongue, he swung his fingers and a long shadow of the noon moved, grabbing the cheeky boy's ankle.

Riesling hung upside down from the tree in an instant.

With the terrible feeling of blood rushing to his head, the child struggled and began pouring out the swear words he had learned in the street.

“Hey! Let me go! Fxxk you!” 

“…….”

“I said release me, you jerk—!” 

“If you don’t want to die, shut your mouth. My head is ringing.”

Among Lagrange's children, Riesling was not particularly afraid of Dietrich. Since Anissa, who stood out in Riesling’s eyes, was particularly fond of Riesling, he trusted her and acts up. 

“I, I will tell Anissa you’re treating me like this!”

Riesling threw a fist at Dietrich, who was just staring at him with an indifferent expression.

“Tell her.”

“.....What?”

“Anissa will not believe your words anymore.”

Dietrich raised one corner of his lips and sneered at Riesling's shriveled face.

“I already gained her trust.”

“Ha.”

“Hang on for a day or so until you get your act straight.”

No matter how strong Riesling was, hanging upside down for a day would exhaust him.

Although unaware of that fact, Dietrich turned his back without hesitation.

“Damn it, you haven’t changed at all.”

She was being tricked.

Anissa was being deceived by that evil demon.

Riesling inevitably ground his teeth while hanging from a tree.

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“I heard that the Princess is the younger sister of Duke Euclid.”

Saying that the horse without feet was the fastest, Marilyn seemed to already know my circumstances. 

“Yes, well. It just happened like that.”

Unable to say that I already knew this before, I scratched my cheek awkwardly at her worried gaze.

“.......Then are you going to return to Euclid now?”

Rose, who was quietly following Marilyn and listening to our conversation, popped her head.

“Hm, I’m not sure.”

In fact, nothing was decided.

Although it was the truth that I was Hermann’s sister, I had built up no bonds with him for me to stay in Euclid. 

“You’re going to Euclid? Why?”

As I hesitated, Maslow, who seemed to be doing his job in the corner, rushed up to me and grabbed my knee.

“You can just stay in Lagrange! There are many empty rooms you can stay in!”

“No, that’s not the problem.”

I had no intention of going back to Euclid, but I needed a proper justification to stay in Lagrange.

The rumor that I was Herman's sister had already spread widely, so other families in the North might not accept my stay.

‘If there's a lot of backlashes, Dietrich will be pretty tired, too.’

As I gathered my thoughts for a moment, Maslow huffed at what he had made up on his own and turned his gaze to Dietrich, who had just entered the room.

“You can't even seduce Anissa? What the hell have you been doing all this time?”

“.....What?”

Maslow’s voice raised as he jumped up to his feet with a twisted expression on his face.

“As long as Anissa marries you, she could continue to stay in Lagrange! You can’t even seduce her properly! That she’s returning to! Euclid!” 

‘No? I didn’t say I was returning to Euclid?’

Reaching out to stop the agitated child, Rose ran ahead of me and stood next to Maslow.

“That’s right! What’s the use of having that kind of face, you fool! Anissa only looks at the face!”

Far from stopping Maslow, Rose raised her voice even louder than her brother.

Dietrich, who was quietly listening to Rose’s nonsensical criticism, that he didn’t even know how to use his face properly, walked over to the window and snapped his finger.

The children, with their ankles wrapped around his shadow, began to fly somewhere.

I had no idea where they were going, but I didn't stop him.

‘The kids were pretty harsh.’

Dietrich came over to me, who had my head still, and knelt down on one knee.

He tilted his head and reached out his hand to me.

“Wasn’t your plan to continue staying in Lagrange?”

I couldn't open my mouth easily because I could roughly guess how he would react to my answer.

“.....I realized this while traveling, but I want to see more of the world.”

Definitely not. Over his dead body. I expected such a harsh reaction, but Dietrich just nodded calmly.

“All right.”

My eyes widened at his quiet answer.

“I can travel?”

“I have no thoughts of stopping you from doing what you want. Then, I’ll have to get ready.”

I tilted my head at Dietrich's indifferent mumble. 

“Get ready for what?”

Was he trying to say he'll come with me, too? And so I opened my mouth before he could answer.

“As I said before, you are the lord of Lagrange so leaving it empty–”

“Then just kill me.”

I frowned at Dietrich’s brutal words. Whether I was surprised or not, he continued speaking bluntly.

“Kill me and go. Because I’ll die without you.”

You’ve endured so many days without me, and now you couldn’t go on a day? 

He pressed a kiss on my knee and I shut my mouth as he whispered.

The unwavering aura was telling me that his words were not exaggerated at all.

“You hate it that much?”

“Yeah.”

I shrugged as if I couldn't help it, then lifted him up to his feet.

“Even if we get married?”

As I asked lightly and kissed his dazed face lightly, his throat moved greatly. 

“Dietrich.”

At my call, he slowly returned to his senses. I made eye contact with him and smiled.

“I originally hated traveling.” 

“…….”

“And yet I've been thinking about why I keep wanting to travel.”

I continued with a long sigh as I buried my face in Dietrich's firm embrace.

“I think it's because I have a place to return to.”

He listened to me and gently stroked my hair.

It's a delicate touch like touching the world's most precious jewelry, so my face turns red for no reason.

“You made it for me. A place to return to.”

To a place where I was able to take root when I was lost because I could not find a place to step on.

“All right. Come back anytime.”

“Yeah.” 

“As soon as possible. I could die because of missing you.” 

“I’ll learn to ride Zagan. So that I can fly to you anytime you’re missing me so much.” 

Dietrich laughed very quietly at my words.

I was belatedly relieved by the familiar laughter.

I see I’ve returned.

To my Lagrange.

<The Precious Sister of the Villainous Grand Duke> Fin.