44. The Lady of Cianella (2)

For a moment, I doubted my eyes.

Why is Siabelle coming instead of Shione who asks to come?

It’s strange that Siabelle personally stopped by Sione’s room to see me like this.

What caught my attention even more was Siabelle’s outfit.

Sia Belle was quite beautiful in her pretty embroidered robes, unlike the active clothes she had seen so much in her gymnasium and in the Beltrin Mountains.

After all, do you think genes can’t be fooled?

She remembered the first time she met her child Nel.

‘Ainel looked exactly like that.’

Nell, the first child she saw inside her cold iron cage, was wearing just such a robe.

Her face was also like that mother and that daughter, and she was not much different from Sia Belle except that she was a little more finicky than her child Nell.

Unlike Ainel, who always sticks to her expressionless like a person without emotion, Siabel is someone who knows how to smile properly.

Siabelle’s atmosphere is a bit more similar.

What is certain is that Siabelle today is not a knight welcomed in the gymnasium or battlefield.

She looked like she would be welcomed quite loudly even as a lady at the tea party.

Maybe it’s because she just stared at me in silence for a while.

Siabel shrugged at me.

“Why were you disappointed that it wasn’t Sione?”

I wonder if I was staring at you so openly and quietly in your face.

Having ignored her first greeting, Sia Bell gave a sullen voice.

There was nothing good about the aristocrat’s hatred, so he hurriedly made an excuse.

“No, that is….”

“Is that it?”

“The clothes you are wearing match well with Siabelle, so I lost sight of it for a while. Please forgive my rudeness.”

“Whoa.”

I must have liked the answer.

She smiled heartily as she crossed her arms as usual.

“Even Bronte made a fuss about the formal dress she hadn’t seen in a long time, saying that it looked good on her.”

She imagined her Bronte making a fuss about her words, putting her nose in her thick voice for no reason.

… She wasn’t very imaginative, so she immediately stopped thinking of Bronte.

It’s probably not the tendency of a macho guy to enjoy flirting.

“So-“

Siabelle gave me an expectant look.

I thought the way she kept her head up a little and looked down at me was very aristocratic.

“How does it feel?”

“… Yes?”

“I heard it suits you well.”

I wanted to say something incomprehensible.

Apparently, rather than simply saying that they look good together, they want to hear a more accurate explanation.

According to her wishes, she put what she just felt into her mouth.

“I felt that she looked more like a beautiful and dignified young lady than the usual good knight.”

“You’re a beautiful and modest young lady—”

Siabel gave a small chuckle. She

It seems that she was right in wanting this kind of compliment, judging by the fact that her mood brightened when I said that she was also beautiful and modest.

Siabelle came closer to me.

She asked her something she was curious about.

“Can you tell me how long it has been since I collapsed?”

“Don’t worry, it’s only been a day. I have just returned to the estate and finished reporting to her mother.”

She looked down at me from right next to the bed and I saw her eyes on my left arm.

“So how is your arm? One of the priests gathered all the holy power that you didn’t have to heal your wounds.”

“… There is no pain and no scars left. Everything is perfect except for the lack of power.”

I lifted her left arm.

Choo-wook….

His left arm was lifted up a little, but was again put on the bed without strength.

Sia Bell looked at my arm and nodded her head.

“The priest told me that I needed to treat myself a few more times. Thanks to you, Shione is talking to the priest right now… Maybe in a little while, Sione will come and tell me.”

“You mean that Sione, and not another servant, is talking to the priest directly?”

“Yes.”

Sia Belle nodded her head.

“Last night, I nursed you with open eyes, saying it was okay to ask another soldier to nurse you. It was Sione who called the priest and healed you as soon as you came to the territory.”

“… ….”

“Since you didn’t wake up even after the priest finished the treatment, how much Shione bothered the priest.”

I quietly listened to Siabelle without any reaction.

After all, it’s not just me, but Shione also has a certain affection to the point that he chokes when I fall down.

I was very satisfied with the fact that I stayed by my side without telling people below me.

Well, I threw away my body like that to protect it. It’s okay to do that, though.

Apart from that, I couldn’t help but feel very satisfied.

Just before, I had saved most of the time, but Shione seemed a little upset at the fact that Siabelle came before Shione.

It was also because of the conversation with the priest who will fix my left arm.

Now, rather than choosing Shione, she started to look a little prettier.

It was in the middle of that.

Siabelle’s gaze, which had a warm atmosphere, changed completely.

“By the way… I managed to mess with Arachne’s head. Can you tell me how you did it?”

Obviously, the words ended with a request, but the atmosphere was close to an interrogation.

I was also caught using magic.

Now you don’t have to hide how you caught an Arachne from Siabelle.

She obeyed her words and opened her mouth.

“I just surrendered her left arm and borrowed her magic power to catch Arachne.”

“How is your mana now?”

“… It seems that the amount of mana has fully recovered after a day has passed.”

“Then-“

Her expression, which had become infinitely cold, was colored with fun.

“The magic used when Arachne was captured. I want to see it for myself.”

“I will follow.”

I simply layered the flame over my right hand.

A spirit flame that can burn only what the caster wants.

As a reward from the quest, the mana amount and mana efficiency improved a lot, so the burden of mana consumption was less than when dealing with Arachne.

It is not a flame that just manifests itself and burns, but it is a flame that is covered with something without even feeling the heat.

Even people who aren’t familiar with magic will be able to notice that it’s unusual.

As expected, Siabelle stared at my magic until I removed the film of fire from her hand.

Hook!

Siabelle looked at me only after the thinly burning fire died down.

“… The more I look at it, the more amazing it is.”

“A man uses magic—”

“No, not magic.”

Siabelle lowered her waist.

Knock.

She propped her upper body up with her hands on top of her bed sheet.

Then, with her eyes cold and her expression full of interest in her cold expression, she brought her face a little closer to me.

“That’s Ray, you.”

She did not easily roll her head at Sia Bell’s sudden action.

Although she looked at Sia Belle with her eyes wide open.

She just continued talking as if she didn’t care about my reaction.

“Even to me, who is not well versed in magic, special magic is the same. Using such magic casually. Every man has at least one secret hidden in his heart….”

Siabelle’s eyes shone like a beast looking for prey.

“You reveal new secrets every time without getting tired of it, so I can’t imagine how many secrets you are hiding.”

Huhu, she let out a small laugh and came closer to me.

Embarrassed by her approach, I wiggled aside.

“I was told that with a man’s body, he had the skills to deal with at least one wolf. I look forward to sharing swords with you.”

Her gaze ran over my left arm.

“It wouldn’t be very comfortable to wield a sword with your arms like this. It’s a pity, but let’s promise the next time.”

Having said that, Sia Bell stretched out her right hand and at the same time I trimmed her hair.

She stopped me from escaping to the side and brought my face closer.

As I got closer, I could only see Siabelle’s face in front of me before I knew it.

… Why the hell are you doing this all of a sudden?

How long have you been talking to each other?

She swallowed dry saliva at the feeling of distance between her and her, which was so burdensome to her.

“As of tomorrow, we will search for and defeat the knights and traces of cultists in the Beltrin Mountains… Until I return from work, concentrate on getting your arm healed.”

Let me quietly observe her words.

Sia Bell tilted her head.

“The answer?”

“… I will do my best according to Siabelle’s will.”

A cool breeze blew through the open window.

Sia Belle’s silvery white hair that fell to her chest swayed in the wind.

At the same time, she said with a very satisfied laugh.

“Good.”

Only then did Siabelle remove her hand from my head and drop my face.

….

Just at that moment, the door opened again.

The person who appeared this time was none other than Sione.

Wasn’t it a lie that you nursed me by my side all night last night?

Dark circles sat under her eyes.

Shione’s gaze came out and quickly scanned Siabelle.

At the same time, her expression wrinkled to the point that you wouldn’t notice it unless you looked closely.

Did Siabelle notice the change in her sister’s expression?

He let out a small laugh.

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“Then I’ll see you next time.”

“… Good bye.”

Sia Bell said a simple greeting to my sister and then she left without hesitation.

Leaving behind my sister, Shione fixed her gaze on me again.

“Ray… You’re finally awake. Are you feeling better?”

“Thanks to Sione-nim’s concern, it doesn’t hurt at all. Don’t worry.”

“Huh, if that’s the case, I’m glad.”

Shione approached the bed, dragging a chair that had been placed in front of her table.

Shione quietly dragged the chair right next to the bed and sat down on her chair.

After a moment of silence, Shione finally opened her mouth.

“Maybe… Can you hear what the two of you just talked about with your sister?”

At that moment, I don’t know why, but my sharp intuition alerted me urgently.

… Look at me and give me a good answer.