63 – moonlit night

The cold wind that accompanied them as they started their journey began to embrace weak warmth. Feeling the weak warmth of the wind, I diligently move on as usual.

“Soon will come soon.”

“It already happened.”

The voices of Rachel and the princess spread.

“In a little while, it will be a year since I have known you brother.”

“It’s shorter than I thought.”

“It was definitely short. It was such a short time, but I experienced a lot. Saying that reminds me of the old days. So, was it summer?”

“You seem to know even if you don’t tell me, so please stop talking.”

Rachel, who was trying to tell the story with exaggeration again, cut off her words and distanced herself a little.

“No, why do you say that! It could be a different story.”

“I’ve been hearing the story for over 15 days, can there be another story?”

“Ah, it’s only been 15 days, so I can come out enough.”

“Still, you don’t need it. I will decline.”

“Ooh, that’s too much.”

Rachel puffed out her cheeks as she said that.

“Brother, thanks to my story, you weren’t bored.”

“Yeah, I wasn’t bored.”

In many ways, it wasn’t boring. Either good or bad direction.

“Then you should thank me and hang out with me until the end.”

“I am always grateful. Thanks to you, I realized the value of quiet time.”

“What do you mean? Is it the value of quiet time?”

“It is literally.”

“Brother, you are too much. Ugh, the old brother wasn’t like this.”

Rachel says that and puts on a sad face. I didn’t accompany him for a long time, but I knew that expression was fake, so I ignored it.

“Your brother has changed so much. It wasn’t like this in the past. I became a madman before I knew it.”

“I wouldn’t call it a mess for something like this.”

“No! This is definitely a sign of going crazy.”

Rachel’s bullshit made me feel weak. Just when I was feeling so weak, I heard the princess’s laughter.

“It’s crazy, I can’t imagine it at all.”

“It does. Because you are so naive.”

“Sometimes I worry about being so nice.”

“Yes. It is also a problem that it is too severe.”

After Rachel’s words, the princess looked at me with strange eyes.

“Why is that?”

“It’s nothing.”

Saying that, the princess turned her head again. That look worries me a little. As I was walking and paying attention to that, Rachel opened her mouth.

“Sister, shouldn’t we go that way instead of this way?”

“Originally, it’s correct to go that way, but it’s because there’s a place to stop by.”

“Where are you going? Where do you hear it?”

“You’ll know when the night comes.”

A faint smile bloomed on the princess’s face. The dormant feelings stir up again.

“Ah, stop talking like that and let me know.”

“It’s no fun talking about it now.”

The princess and Rachel’s quarrel continues a little longer, and time passes along with Rachel’s miscellaneous stories.

It was time for the sun to lose its power, and a wide lake came out.

“Is this the place you were talking about?”

“Yes, it is here.”

“It’s pretty, but is there anything special enough to sound like a part of it?”

“You’ll know when the night comes.”

“Ugh, you just say the same thing again.”

“I hope you understand and bear with me.”

“Sister says that, so I have to bear with it.”

“Thank you.”

After the princess and Rachel’s conversation, they prepared for the night and had a simple meal as usual.

When we finished our meal and went to the lake to get some water, the sun had completely set and it was the time of the moon.

The appearance of the flowers that bloomed under the soft moonlight caught my attention.

“Wow, sister, how did you know about this place?”

“I heard someone had a place like this a long time ago, and I remembered it, so I asked the owner, and he told me.”

“Hey, who is that I know?”

“Yes.”

“When I saw him, he was an insensitive person, but he has a romantic side.”

“I’ve been like that since the old days…”

The princess’s words became blurred, and she felt as if she was filled with sadness.

“It is like that again. You can do well from now on.”

“Yeah, that’s how it should be.”

After that, I heard the princess and Rachel whispering, but I couldn’t fully hear it because of the distance.

After the whispering, Rachel’s voice came.

“Brother, I will look at the other side and come back.”

Rachel said that and ran away at high speed. Seeing her running excitedly like a child, a little laugh leaked out.

I took my gaze away from Rachel, who was moving away, and looked at the scenery again. While I was holding the scenery like that, Princess Gongnyeo approached me. And a warm scent spreads out. A glass of warm incense came to me.

“Drink. It’s chilly.”

“thank you.”

I took the glass and savored its warmth. While I was savoring the warmth, I heard the princess’s voice.

“You liked flowers and moon-viewing. I remembered that, so I came here.”

“thank you. I had a good look thanks to you.”

“I’m glad you said that.”

The princess’s pale smile blooms, and her dormant emotions struggle.

The princess continued the story by pointing to a flower that bloomed next to her.

“Do you know the name of this flower?”

“I do not know.”

“It’s an evening primrose.”

Hearing the name of the flower reminds me of the scene where the flowers bloomed when the moon rose.

“That’s a fitting name.”

“Yeah, that’s a good name. And the language of flowers also goes well with them.”

“What flower language do you have?”

“Wait.”

A flower waiting for the moon. wait. The matching combination added to the beauty of the flowers. When I was thinking that, for some reason, I felt a sense of déjà vu. Questions came up about that sense of déjà vu, but I thought it was because it was a phenomenon that I sometimes experience after waking up and passed it over.

“It is a flower that goes well with you.”

“You mean that?”

“Yes, you are. I thought of you ever since I knew the meaning of this flower.”

A nostalgia bloomed on the princess’s face.

“You always waited for me. Thank you for that and I’m sorry.”

Doubts arose from the faint voice and expression, and the princess’s words. raised that question.

“Princess Iris, it’s been a year since we met, right?”

“Yeah, you could say a year. this time.”

The sagittarius in the back makes my head complicated, and the questions I had until then come to the surface.

I’ve only known her for a year, but the lady who knows me too well. And, the deep emotions shown in between. I risked my life for someone I’ve only known for a year.

Those questions are intertwined with the princess’s last words.

“It’s only been a year since I’ve known you, but it was the most meaningful and happiest time for me.”

Those words awaken dormant emotions, and awakened emotions push questions away.

“As I said before, I harbored a curse.”

A calm, slightly subdued voice spreads out.

“Because of that curse and my father’s education, my feelings were weak. It allowed me to be faithful to my duty, but the world felt fleeting and faded. You appeared in such a world.”

The princess’ eyes come to me.

“You appeared and the faded feelings were revived. The resurrected emotion was directed towards you, and I moved along with it. Living with emotions like that, a world I didn’t know unfolded and I felt things I couldn’t feel.”

The distance gets a little closer.

“At first, I couldn’t define it, but as I slowly pondered and lived, I realized it. It was happiness. And it was love.”

My heart starts beating a little bit faster.

“After realizing that, priorities in my life changed. That would disqualify me as a warrior, but I didn’t hate it. Rather good.”

Your smile gets a little thicker, and your heart beats a little thicker.

“A life like that continued, and a world without you came.”

A smile scatters.

“The world felt worthless. I felt so sick. I hated that kind of world terribly.”

Darkness hung at the end of the calm voice.

“As a fool, I was able to fully realize the value of precious things only through loss. That realization was so hard and painful that I wanted to give up everything, but I was given another chance.”

Warmth is transmitted to the back of the hand. The warmth is transmitted to the heart.

“While struggling not to miss that opportunity, I suffered a lot over useless things. And we made a decision today.”

The warmth transmitted to the back of the hand becomes a little stronger.

“Alik, it’s an act of leaving confusion on you, and it may be a naive act for my own satisfaction, but I can’t stand it any longer.”

The eyes completely contain me.

“Alric. I love you so much that I can’t live without you. Because of you, my life has meaning. Would you like to be with me like this?”

Those words permeate my heart, and the awakened emotions swell as if they would explode. And what that feeling wants is conveyed.

i want her I don’t know if it’s love or an extension of longing. want her

That is why the emotion was born.

I accepted the emotions that were born like that and put them into short words.

“I will.”

Warmth burrows into my arms. Feeling embarrassed by the warmth that penetrated into it, he hesitated for a while, then surrendered to his emotions and embraced the warmth.

moonlit night. I embraced her warmth and chewed on my heart.