206 – Overlook (11)

#20

Before they leave the kingdom.

“I’ll wait, Yuri. Should I come back soon?”

“Okay, okay. Don’t worry too much Because I wrote it the right way. What can my dad do now? Right, Dad?”

“… Great.”

King Sigritte cleared his throat.

While exchanging short greetings one last time, Rubia lightly hugged Yuri. Rubia hugged Yuri’s small body tightly. In an instant, her glass back foot moved slightly away from her ground.

“I thought I would never see you again…. Thank god.”

“Yes. Are you going to keep saying that?”

“You must come back. Understand? Must be please.”

“Oh, I got it. I’m suffocating, so let me go now.”

“Yes.”

Yuri straightened her disheveled hair on the side. Turning to her side, Stella was there too. She didn’t hug each other like Rubia did, but laughed and talked.

“Stella, you too. When we get back, let’s take another class together.”

“Of course…. By the way, are you going to just take classes?”

“Uh….”

The worry was not long. Yuri smiled brightly.

“Let’s play together again. Happily.”

“Whoops, sure.”

That was correct. Yuri lowered her voice with a hiss as he covered his mouth with his index finger towards the grinning Stella.

“Of course, except him, just us.”

“Oh… That would be fine too. But haven’t we always been like that? Seeing the sudden mention of Mr. Ezio, are you a little concerned that you haven’t included it before?”

“What, what? What? Haven’t I told you who I am yet?”

“What are you talking about… ….”

They are the birds that bloom harmonious flowers.

“You are really good friends with Her Highness.”

“… Oh, you.”

The guy Yuri just mentioned was talking to someone a little far away.

“Uh, um….”

Ezio pretended to know, opening his mouth slightly.

What’s your name?

… Oh yeah.

“Sir Vanhelm.”

“This is Vincent.”

Oops, that’s wrong.

It was absolutely not intentional.

Vincent, clearly ignored, smiled wryly instead of getting angry. Soon, she stands at a distance and looks at Yuri and her friends.

“It feels rich even to me. If only I could see those smiles.”

… Why is this person suddenly like this?

Even though Ezio half agreed with Vincent’s words, she felt somewhat embarrassed.

He shakes his head tremblingly.

“What… It is. But what kind of business are you….”

“I’ve been thinking a lot late at night.”

Are you here to reapply for a duel? Around the time I thought

.

“Why was I kicked out of there by Lady Stella? What conversation did you have before? How did that conversation go…….”

Vincent wiggled the gauntlet.

“Sir Ezio.”

After a moment of silence, his strong eyes went somewhere. Then Ezio’s gaze followed him.

“Do you see that scenery? A flower-like scenery created by Her Highness and her close friends.”

What can I say to respond to your sentimental tone?

Ezio missed the timing while thinking about it.

Even if there is no reaction, Vincent calmly continues his words.

“I cannot carelessly step on someone else’s flower garden. I have no right to do that, and above all, it hurts the flower garden.”

hahahaha, suddenly Vincent smiled self-deprecatingly.

“It was exactly what I did yesterday.”

“… ….”

“Sometimes… There are moments when you have to be satisfied with what you see. No matter how greedy you are, there is a moment when you have to give up…. But when you are blinded by love, you tend to forget all that simple truth.”

I don’t even deny it anymore. Did he decide that since everything was exposed anyway, there was no need to hide it anymore?

“Sir Ezio.”

“Yes, please.”

Vincent looked straight at Ezio. He opened his mouth in a strong tone with the conviction of a knight.

“I beg of her, please make her happy.”

“That….”

Ezio muffled her words. She makes Rubia happy, la. This is because it was a subject she could not answer confidently.

Vincent just said with eyes full of conviction.

“I believe you can do it. The lady’s eyes looking at you were shining so beautifully. Probably, something I will never receive in my life….”

A look of pure love.

“Do you understand what I mean?”

“… Roughly.”

After finishing the question, Vincent looked into Ezio’s silent eyes. Then he gave a small nod of his head. If he understood, he seemed to be with it.

“Still, I really wanted to do a duel. I was wondering if I should have a duel with you to make this feel a little better.”

As expected, it seemed that the fire had not been extinguished yet.

“It’s unfortunate. Let’s promise the next one.”

Right after he confessed his honest feelings, when Vincent, feeling somewhat relieved, tried to add a word.

“And Lady Stella…. Please, be her good friend….”

“Ezio! We have to leave now!”

Answers to a high, refreshing voice that suddenly calls out to him.

“… Uh, okay! I’ll go! Wait a minute!”

Rubia, who was waving her hand at Ezio, suddenly shifted her gaze.

When Vincent, who was standing far away, bowed her head, Rubia paused for a moment, then bowed her head in front of her.

Before Ezio crossed into that landscape, Vincent said his last goodbye.

“Excuse me. Sir Ezio. If it’s meant to be, let’s meet at my estate someday…. Then.”

That was the end.

A knight’s lamentation and love ended here.

“Wait a minute. Sir Vincent.”

“… What are you doing?”

Didn’t you know that I would call you?

Vincent slowly looks back.

“My family has already fallen. So, you don’t have to call me Lord Ezio anymore.”

“… Did you?”

As if thanking him for teaching me something he didn’t know, Vincent leaves, barely showing that much reaction.

“Excuse me. Mr. Ezio.”

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Jeobuck, Jeobuck—

Looking at Vincent’s sorrowful back as he disappeared into the distance, he didn’t appear to be such a bad person as Stella said.

‘This is how… I look like a villain.’

Ezio stood and thought.

#21

Back to the present.

“I really went….”

“Yes, they are gone…” .”

“… I can’t help it. Shall we just go out to eat?”

“Huh? It’s me, it doesn’t matter… What are you going to eat?”

“Bob.”

“So what are you going to eat….”

“Anything?”

“… Are you doing this on purpose?”

In the end, somehow, the destination was decided. It was a lamb specialty store just a short distance away by tram.

Dalgrak, moongrak─

After Stella disappeared without a chance to catch her, Ezio and Rubia, who sat down to eat alone, were at the peak of awkwardness.

Assuming the biggest reason, it seemed most likely to be the memory of last night. Even though they were a bit awkward at first.

“There are not many people.”

“Yeah, that’s right.”

It was the first conversation that took place after 5 minutes of sitting down.

“Delicious.”

“Yes, it is delicious.”

It was the second conversation that followed after the food was served.

If they had come to leave a simple review, they would have joined the gastronomy circle, not the travel circle.

This isn’t some kind of solitary gourmet, they were silently performing a mutton dismemberment show for a long time.

‘Well, it’s difficult to see the face for some reason….’

To be honest, there was almost no conversation, but Rubia was in the middle of 50,000 thoughts.

A conversation simulation was running along with the topic that Ezio was likely to bring up. It just doesn’t work properly.

Rubia stopped wiping her lips with her napkin and glanced at Ezio across from her. He was grabbing a lamb bone and biting it.

I decided not to talk to you because you seemed busy, but I suddenly remembered what happened yesterday.

—Mr. Ezio. If my reasoning is correct, that’s jealousy.

‘Jealousy… ? Ezio is jealous of me…… ?’

It was unbelievable.

But when I thought it was really like that, I strangely felt better. The body floated up. I was excited as if I was on a picnic.

Because Ezio hasn’t shown any interest in him yet.

More than just her friend ─

‘Eh.’

At that moment, Rubia questioned herself.

The fact that she hoped that she was jealous inside meant that she hoped that Ezio would have that kind of interest in her.

What is that wish for?

… Somehow I wanted to check it out.

“Ezio.”

“Burdock-?”

Hey, Rubia, who was trying to get her rhyme off, stopped her words.

“No. We can eat and talk….”

Perhaps he liked the food more than he thought, Ezio was ready to lick the sauce.

You must be very hungry. Go ahead and put sauce on her hair. Rubia looked at Ezio warmly with a motherly heart.

… After a while

“Huh, sorry. So why did you call me?”

Ezio asks after wiping his mouth with a napkin.

“Yeah, you know….”

“Yes.”

I don’t know if I should ask this question. She kept getting suspicious. Rubia wiggled her hands and opened her mouth in an uncertain tone.

“Just asking, were you angry at that time?”

“Then?”

“Yes. Sir Vincent and I….”

“Ah, back then.”

She did not shy away from mentioning it. She was a little relieved Rubia on the part.

“Eh, yes. It seems a bit different than usual. I wonder what I might have done wrong. Because if there is something to be fixed, it must be fixed….”

“Hmm.”

It could have been a rather sensitive question.

Ezio seemed to be thinking seriously.

“I did a lot of things wrong.”

“Huh?”

“I think you have to learn how to say no if you don’t like it. Didn’t you learn it in elementary school? Three things you must say when you meet a strange person. No. No. Do not. Say this.”

“… He says the same thing as Stella.”

“Hmm? What?”

“No. Anyway, to be honest… I know that. So I’m slowly trying to fix it, but I honestly don’t know if it will work. My personality is like that….”

“I know. Who am i don’t know you I don’t even expect to fix it right away. Little by little, slowly, you have to change. Including the disadvantages, first of all, it’s you, Rubia.”

Whether or not the person across from him was dazed, Ezio smiled as he placed the long bone on the plate.

“Well, actually, I don’t know if I can say this. It’s me who has to change right now….”

The one that bothers me the most is Ezio Cranil himself. His mind changes so often that he wonders if his personality is properly distinguished. No matter how good his reasons were, Ezio did not want to be swayed with such faith.

Since I have a limited time to live, and I am destined to kill demons all over the world, I have a heart that I don’t want to care about anything.

“Anyway, to answer your question earlier—”

Ezio hardened his expression.

“I was angry. Exactly.”

“…… !”

I never expected to hear an affirmative answer right away. Rubia quietly swallowed her saliva. For some reason she didn’t have the confidence to meet her eyes, so she lowered her gaze.

“Because it will definitely bother you if you leave it as it is. In a way, I think it is no different from bullying to you.”

“…… Yes.”

“And Rubia, I was angry with you too. Because the cause wasn’t just him. Is not it?”

“Huh? Me?”

“Uh, you.”

Ezio pointed at Rubia with a bone.

“Someone said something that would cause misunderstanding. I know because I’m a man too, but anyone would misunderstand me if I said that. Especially for a type like Sir Vincent. So from now on, don’t say things like that in front of other men. Okay?”

‘Oh, oh, oh….’

What is it?

What is this feeling?

If she continued to show that kind of figure, it seemed that Rubia herself would somehow open her eyes to a new sensation.

Gulp─

“Why can’t I… ?”

So I asked again.

Why not?

Why can’t I make people misunderstand?

“Did you not hear me? Are you annoying other than me? Men are mere creatures, so they just misunderstood. He can’t cross the line, so he becomes an outlaw.”

“Then what if it doesn’t bother me?”

“What?”

Rubia threw her final winning move.

“If you think I’ll be okay, then can I misunderstand you?”

Ezio had to drain her energy the moment she came to interpret Rubia’s words. After a while, Ezio was speechless after finishing his interpretation.

“… That’s.”

Thumping, pounding─

From an objective point of view, he would say something that could have been said enough, but the subject of the talk was Ezio, not anyone else. Rubia was not a legitimate partner to comfortably discuss between her man and woman.

To be honest, even talking about it was close enough. By analogy, it is no different than walking on thin ice that is about to break. The moment the opportunity is given, it breaks and crashes.

Thumping, pounding─

Ruvia’s heartbeat grew louder as she calmly watched Ezio. What answer will come out of her mouth?

‘No way….’

Maybe, maybe.

Do as you like—.

If the same answer comes out….

A bit, I think my heart will break.

“Anyway.”

Ezio tapped his frowning forehead with his hand.

He continued his speech with a sigh.

“If you don’t want to do it, don’t do it. OK?”

“…… OK.”

Rubia unknowingly copied her afterwords.

“… ….”

Thumping, pounding─

Immediately after that, as she hurriedly left, Rubia looked at Ezio’s back as she headed to the counter to pay her bill, while Rubia hugged her pounding heart and thought vaguely.

‘I was evasive.’

‘… I was fooling around.’

‘I was fooling around!’

I thought three times because it was important!

“Calculation.”

“A total of 63,000 lat.”

Meanwhile, Ezio pondered while paying.

‘It’s strange.’

Normally, she would have drawn the line firmly.

She must have been that way all along.

What can I say….

‘Why am I like this?’

She had the feeling she was missing something.