13. Dating – 04

A woman named Erekaya del Pendragon doesn’t know much about a man named Jean.

No, to tell the truth, in the first place, she had no particular interest or interest in other people.

Of course, as the student council president of Nineveh, I know the names of all the students in the school and their personal details, but at the same time, that’s all.

Claiming to know and know everything about a person just by memorizing a few lines of text written on the paperwork would be ridiculous.

Same with him. At first, Erekaya Del Pendragon had too little information to claim to ‘know’ anything about the man named Jean.

The fact that he has black hair, which is rare on the continent, that he has achieved a fairly high level of martial arts as a commoner, and that he might be a descendant of the Seven Heroes aroused Erekaya’s interest, but at the same time That was all too.

A level of insignificance that is not appropriate for your age? It’s strange, but not surprising. In the first place, even Erekaya herself is a warrior who has already reached an amazing level beyond the level of her peers.

Descendants of the Seven Heroes? He is also of great status, but even that is not a reason for Erekaya to pay attention to him.

To put it that way, since she had known Erekaya for a very long time, and Altina von Rudel Serias, who always got on her nerves, was also a descendant of the Seven Heroes, if she was going to pay attention to that, she would have paid more attention to that.

It’s amazing, but at the same time, it’s a human being who doesn’t even have to care about her.

Just that much, Erekaya del Pendragon recognized a man named Jin.

But now, about 100 days have passed since I knew the man.

So many things have changed in this world around a woman named Erekaya Del Pendragon.

Erekaya did not perceive the man named Jin as simply a classmate like herself and an insignificant man at the same time.

Erekaya still doesn’t know much about him. He still doesn’t say much about the past to himself, and it was clear that the past he harbored was an unknown territory for Erekaya.

But there are things that are conveyed even without words. Even if you don’t have to explain, there is something you can feel.

Erekaya didn’t know too much about the man named Jin, but he could still boast that he knew more about the man than anyone else in Nineveh.

Jin is a body that can be said to be a distant descendant of the Pendragon family.

Decades ago from now, in the Pendragon duchy, born with only purple hair, he was expelled from the family just because he was born with black hair, and all records related to him were exiled.

Although there were no characteristics of a descendant of Pendragon in his outward appearance, Erekaya could clearly see that he and herself were connected through something called a bond of lineage.

Because at this moment, just standing next to him, shoulder to shoulder with him, and walking down the street with him warmed my heart and made me feel as if only his image was reflected in my vision.

Also, Erekaya’s synesthesia continued to whisper in her ear.

It is clear that the synesthesia that man possesses is inherited by the descendants of the Pendragon family. And the ‘dragon dance’ he is learning must also be real.

If that’s the case, as a result, Jin must be a family-like existence connected by blood relations with Erekaya.

… Of course, it’s a distant relative relationship that even counting degrees is meaningless.

However, Erekaya realized that she would not be able to reveal to him the fact that he and her were related by blood, or that she would not be able to tell the whole truth out of her own mouth.

It wasn’t just because of pride. Or even more so, it wasn’t because of a childish mind that didn’t want to take responsibility for the wrongs the family had committed in the past.

… I was just ashamed.

I dare not raise my face in front of you, thinking that you and your family would have been kicked out of the duke’s family and lived through all sorts of hardships at that young age, while I, as a young princess of a duke’s family, lived a life of goodwill and well-being. because there was no

Furthermore, black hair is one of the hair colors that are rejected as a symbol of ‘sinister’ among the people, perhaps because of its unique color.

Of course, people who have been educated at least know how ridiculous it is to keep others away simply by the color of your hair, but I have heard that there is still a trend of reluctance to wear black hair among the people who blindly believe in superstitions. .

Up to now, almost all related records have been obliterated, and it is impossible for those who were kicked out of the duke’s family to take their small jewels with them, as if their existence itself was reluctant. It is clear that he would have lived a worse life.

On top of that, he also had the ominous black hair that people shunned, so it wouldn’t be too difficult to imagine what kind of life he would have lived without even saying a word.

Although they have the same noble lineage, learn the same type of martial arts, and have reached the same level as a result… Nevertheless, something that makes up the inner world of Jin and Erekaya is very different.

Also, although Jin had never expressed it outwardly, Erekaya had been receiving all reports about Jin’s pocket situation and his usual life pattern.

He is an extremely frugal person. Except for the school uniform provided by Nineveh and the active clothes he wears during training, he has almost no clothes, and it is difficult to find personal items, let alone luxury items, in his room.

Erekaya wasn’t too fond of luxury. However, it was because her personality was like that.

There’s a big difference between not enjoying luxury and not knowing him because you grew up in an environment where you can’t enjoy it.

That’s why Erekaya always looked at Jin and couldn’t hide the guilt that she felt like a sinner.

Of course, even if Erekaya herself did nothing wrong, Erekaya would be the head of the family who would inherit everything in the future.

And to inherit everything of the family, doesn’t it mean that you have to shoulder not only the family’s merits, but also all of the family’s faults?

I wanted to repay you. I wanted to give you what he hadn’t enjoyed so far, what he should have enjoyed, and what he should enjoy in the future.

… Alas, yes. Know. The fact that this is just ugly hypocrisy.

The fact that there is no way to turn back the past that has already passed, and even if he repays him materially, all of this is simply self-satisfaction.

But even so, she just couldn’t give up.

It’s not too late from now on, and even if you don’t notice the truth for the rest of your life, I’d like to stay by your side and let you enjoy things you’ve never experienced before.

“Anyway, it’s amazing.”

“what?”

“That you have never seen an animal up close in your life. Actually, I thought that if I became a duke’s daughter, there would be nothing I couldn’t do in the world. Oh, indeed. Rather, since I was a little princess of a duke’s family, I wonder if I didn’t do such trivial sightings on the contrary?”

he doesn’t know Although she came here with the pretext of escorting Erekaya, who doesn’t know much about the world, in fact, she was the one who was more excited and excited than Erekaya.

And the fact that the Pendragon Duke’s family owns a significant portion of the amusement park they’re going to today, so it’s virtually the same as Pendragon’s private property, and that Erekaya had also been there a while ago as a major shareholder.

Also, she had a history of visiting countless zoos as well as amusement parks like this, and in fact Erekaya had no interest or interest in animals.

but.

“Yes, I am really looking forward to it. It’s the first time I’ve been to a place like an amusement park.”

To Erekaya, things like that were not very important.

There is only one important fact here, the fact that I can spend the same time with you in the same space with you today, and I can build a memory that you will never forget in your life.

purple. Today, neither Altina, who pretends to be his disciple and flutters by his side as usual, nor Claire, who hovers around him, ignorant of the fact that she has a history of hurting him, does not exist.

Today, I am the one who is with him and has been given the exclusive right to monopolize him.

So no one in the world can interfere with my right. never.

Because I’m a sinner to him, and I have a duty to somehow put his ruined life back on track.

“Then let’s hurry up a bit. Apparently, the line just to enter the amusement park is incredibly long, so you can’t waste your time, right?”

But what if you find out the truth?

Apparently, you even know that you are a descendant of the Pendragon family, but you don’t seem to know why you are being treated as an outsider who has nothing to do with Pendragon.

Because he was smiling so brightly at me, who could be said to have ruined your family’s life.

If you knew the truth, would you be angry? Or would you look at me with contempt? If that’s not the case, will you look at me with a dejected expression, asking if you’ve deceived me so far?

… afraid. If possible, all I wanted was to be a family with him on the side where he would forever never know the truth.

But how the hell can Jin be welcomed as a member of Pendragon?

Now, it is impossible to casually bring out the secret history of the family that has been decades past. something to do.

Above all, in the process, if Jin realizes what his lineage and ‘truth’ are… Wouldn’t all her efforts now be literally in vain?

What good could there be? Jin won’t get hurt, he won’t hate himself, and everyone will have a happy ending, such a good way…

“… Hey, Erekaya.”

But at that moment, Jin pokes at the side of Erekaya, who was immersed in thought.

“You have to enter now. They told me to take out a ticket in advance just in case.”

“yes? Oh, yes.”

Thinking over and over again, I didn’t even realize that the time to enter was approaching.

As Erekaya and Jin approached the entrance of the amusement park with tickets in one hand, a female employee standing at the entrance smiled lightly as if they were cute.

“Oh, it seems that couples came here because it was a holiday. Seeing that you came here together, are you dating? Or are you two betrothed to each other?”

“… Yes?”

Jin seems to be taken aback by the female employee’s words, but she opens her mouth wide and puts on an absurd expression.

However, after hearing the female employee’s words, Erekaya didn’t feel too bad. The fact that she misunderstood that she and him were betrothed is proof that their relationship looked good from the outside.

But, at least, what is the engagement relationship? If there was a misunderstanding, I was confident that I would accept it without hesitation even if I said that we were married, not engaged.

‘… engagement?’

In an instant, something sparked in Erekaya’s head.

Up until now, it seems that he has been so stupid, extremely stupid, and even stupid.

Why couldn’t he have thought of something so simple? Now that I think about it, there was one such effective solution.

The old man’s objections can be lightly dismissed, and, above all else, it does not hurt him and restores him to all the rights he should have had –

‘marriage.’

Wouldn’t it be extremely simple that Jin and himself get married and become a couple in the end?