56. Noah Belleia (2)

I was embarrassed.

Who the hell was this guy, he recognized Sione and called him.

Before I came, Shione, who had lived a life locked in her room and lacked even the slightest hint of sociability, seemed to know his name.

It’s a little far away, so if we talk quietly, that Gongja won’t be able to hear our voices.

I carefully asked Sione.

“Do you know someone?”

“… Okay.”

Shione’s nodded face complimented me on my clothes, and where did that warm smile go?

She held my face still in my eyes, her expression hardened.

Looking at my reflection in her blue pupils, I could feel a fragment of emotion deep inside.

Shione was trembling with anxiety as if she had become a sinner herself.

It’s her emotional state that normal people wouldn’t feel, but how could it be that she kept this troublesome master by her side.

Realize that fact.

I also found out that her cold expression had a deeper reason than just the annoyance and boredom of meeting Young master Noah.

“Are you okay?”

“What are you talking about?”

“Aren’t you trembling?”

Shione quietly shut her mouth at my words.

It seems like I’m trying to hide my feelings as much as possible in a calm expression.

Perhaps because of my words, her eyes were lost for a moment and shook.

Then she cleared her eyes and said.

“… It’s fine, so don’t worry.”

What the hell is going on between that old man named Noah and Shione?

Let’s look at her while lowering our heads at Shione’s words.

Noah, who had been muttering Sione’s name from far away, came this way with his escort knight.

“Yeah… Sione right? Long time no see, how are you… ?”

This is an awkward greeting.

And Shione hid her hand behind her back as she accepted the awkward greeting.

Her hands were shaking slightly.

“… Yes, you’ve been fine.”

“I didn’t expect to meet you here like this… How many years has it been, hahahaha….”

In response to Noah’s gloomy greeting, Sione pretended to be calm and replied.

However, it was inevitable that her words would be shorter than necessary.

When Shione faced Noah without any answer, she began to eat her insides, causing even more trouble.

Somehow, the other customers and staff seem to have noticed that the atmosphere here isn’t ordinary, so their eyes slowly turn this way.

Furthermore, why is that knight looking down at my master with such a cold gaze?

Write, it feels a bit strong.

“The fact that Shione is here… Did Shione also participate in the princess’s coming-of-age ceremony?”

“… That’s right.”

“I see, then that dress… ….”

Noah’s eyes were fixed on Sione’s outfit.

Not like Shione, who usually wears only the clothes I provide for her. Is it because she is showing off her beauty by wearing a dress?

He couldn’t take his eyes off Shione for a while.

It was an awkward atmosphere to the point of being suffocated, but Noah subtly hinted that he was friendly to Sione.

But Shione-

The more Noah’s kindness touches my skin, the more it just adds an expressionless expression to my face.

In the end, it was a natural flow for Noah to hesitate after confirming Shione’s made expression.

“… Noah, if we have nothing more to say, I want to look at the other clothes.”

Shione squeezed.

Noah’s shoulders shrank at Sione’s cold words.

At the same time, the expression of the knight, who was watching the situation as quietly as I was behind him, crumpled for an instant and then straightened.

Although Shione said something to upset the atmosphere.

Leak.

Looking at Shione’s trembling hands, I think there must be a story behind it.

I didn’t want to curse at her.

“Sorry…. I was holding on too much while choosing clothes….”

Noah was talking nonsense, but I couldn’t hear him properly.

Since my interest was directed only to Sione.

After hesitating for a while, Noah, who was completely downhearted from the low spirits, finally spoke his words.

“… Then, Shione! If… Can we talk at the banquet tomorrow?”

I know very well that Shione doesn’t want to talk to him.

But the atmosphere is also the atmosphere.

He wants to talk to Shione this far, but isn’t it too hard to refuse to the end?

As I noticed, I sneaked up behind Shione and poked her in the back. She, who had been stiff, turned her head away.

-You do.

When I communicated my intentions with the shape of my mouth, he made an expression mixed with arrogance and emotion for a moment.

Eventually, she gently nodded.

“… Okay.”

“Really… ?”

“At the banquet… Let’s talk, Noah.”

At Shione’s words, Noah’s gloomy expression finally eased.

“Thank you, Sione… ! See you then…… !”

Noah, in a rather bright mood, went back to his escort.

After confirming that his knight bowed his head to us and moved his seat.

I took my luck in a low-key atmosphere.

“… Try on another dress. Wouldn’t it be enough to have only one suit?”

“Yes, let’s do it.”

I continued to buy a dress with Sione, who was still acting calm in front of me.

But it didn’t take long.

Since Shione didn’t want to stay here any longer, I was given a recommendation for something that would go well with her, and I paid the price right away.

These are my clothes. I got one in a black suit that doesn’t stand out too much.

After a quick shopping spree, we headed back to the carriage.

“I’m leaving.”

Following the coachman’s notification, the carriage started moving.

As they sat facing Sione in the carriage, Shione opened her mouth.

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“Aren’t you curious?”

“What do you mean?”

“A little while ago.”

Shione looked at me blankly.

I replied, lightly passing her gaze.

“If you ask me, aren’t you curious? I don’t want to hear anything that might make Sione-nim uncomfortable.”

“A story that might make you uncomfortable. Rather than saying it’s uncomfortable.”

Shione was self-deprecating with a lingering look.

“It must be a story that makes you angry at the foolish me.”

After saying that, Shione started to tell the story on her own.

“Noah Beleia, the only son of Count Beleia. Since he was a count in the western part of the kingdom, he often visited our territory, so we got along well in the old days… Yes, we were like childhood friends.”

“A childhood friend?”

“Yes, childhood friend. Now that I’m here, I can’t even call you just a friend, but……. Noah, who was kind-hearted and always thoughtful of others, was the only person who always took my side until I shut myself in my room.”

“Still, what do you call a friend….”

“Of course, due to my mistake, we are halfway between each other.”

“… Can you explain what happened?”

“Aren’t you saying this to let me know?”

Shione let out an innocent laugh.

She had been staring blankly in front of me for a while, as if retracing her past, and then started moving her mouth.

“It was when I was tired. When everyone puts me down and compares me and all my relationships are sore.”

“At that time, Noah told me until the end that I still have hidden talents. Now that I think about it, he must have meant to bless me to the end—”

“… At the time, those words seemed to hurt more than any other words.”

Shione’s words reminded me of her past.

The day Siabelle took off and saw with her own eyes the status of a knight.

The figure of Sione, who was locked in her room, immersed in contemplation, and self-abasement.

When I told her to look for her other talents besides her sword, she seemed more nervous than ever.

The word talent that made Shione so sensitive, even though she would have gone through it alone for several years and finally accepted it.

Apparently, Shione when Noah put those words in her mouth.

She must have been more emotional than ever at the word of her talent.

“At that time, I think emotions took precedence. What I gave to Noah was an order to celebrate…….”

Shione covered her eyes with her hands as if she was in trouble.

I understand the order to celebrate.

What on earth did you do next?

“If you’re thinking of saying such nonsensical things in front of me, go away… I told you not to appear in front of me again…”

“Ah…”

This bastard has no real middle ground. Middle one.

There was a reason why Shione couldn’t get excited in front of Noah.

She openly cursed at the person who cheered her on and told her to go away.

No matter how much it is, if there is something shameful about Shione, she can’t be shameless about it.

Besides, her gossip about Shione’s abusive language in her past has been heard passing by among her servants who have passed through her….

Perhaps Shione cursed Noah worse than he said.

Noah’s escort knight looked at her coldly at Shione, so she must know something about her in the past.

Just as she was beginning to understand what Shione had done, she said.

“Shortly after that incident, I locked myself in my room… The relationship that was twisted in a bad way ended up being like this without being able to solve it.”

Her relationship with Noah Belleia was so awkward that it left even onlookers breathless.

Before I made Shione human again.

So, it was the result of Shione, who was suffering from self-deprecation and helplessness as well as anger control disorder.

“How is it, isn’t it really stupid?”

With a body that has been served by the word foolish, I can’t just affirm it.

I was silently looking at Shione, who was laughing weakly.

[The quest has been formed.]

「Past liquidation」

「Sione Cianella has definitely changed thanks to your efforts. However, the relationships with various people from the past, Sione Cianella, remain unresolved and eat away at her spirit. As Sione Cianella’s attendant, it was only natural for her to solve her master’s troubles and concerns. Correct the wrong relationship with Noah Belea, the most representative of them.”

「Reward: Accelerate the growth rate of Sione Cianella」

I looked at the status window that appeared.

True to the name of the quest, liquidation of the past, the quest recommended progress in the awkward relationship between Noah Beleia and Sione.

You’re telling me to look after Shione again.

What I will get as a reward for success in this quest is accelerated growth of Sione.

Unlike the acceleration of the blooming of her talents that have been released so far, this time, she even specified the speed of her growth.

Somehow, if you successfully complete this quest, Shione’s archery skills will grow even faster, befitting a bowl of blooming talent.

With this reward, you will be able to fill the gap in the past where you have neglected archery practice due to your life in a wagon.

However, this quest would definitely be more troublesome.

“…Let me ask you a question. Do you want to untangle the entangled relationship with Prince Noah Beleia and make things right again? Or—”

Because there was no mention of any disadvantages to me in case of failure.

“Do you want to cut it off?”

I asked. Shione’s inner thoughts.