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I had a hard time recalling information about Schwarz.
After all, even though I wrote down as much as I could remember on paper when I realized that this world was similar to Ring of Fire, it was over 20 years ago for me.
It took a lot of effort to contact my friends in the Empire to compare the information and confirm that what I thought was correct was true.
That being said, I was able to save Lady Violet from danger this time thanks to that, so I’ll consider it a good thing.
When I mentioned her client’s name, Ms. Schwarz, who had her neck tightened, swore to leave quietly.
Frankly speaking, I might have placed my life in constant danger from now on by letting somebody who became an assassin to save the orphanage she grew up in leave, but I negotiated with her to have my safety guaranteed.
The terms of the negotiation was simply ‘Abandon the request and don’t lay a hand on the residents of Shiki’. In turn, ‘we also won’t lay a hand on the orphanage’. In addition, I ended up paying money for a contract that she wouldn’t touch me.
“Cyan and Apricot are… yeah, it looks like their injuries are also fine. They’re just sleeping.”
If I remember correctly, they’re asleep due to Schwarz’s original magic, which is a combination of fragrances and magic. From my knowledge, it had some degree of directivity, and was more effective at putting the targets to sleep by sneaking it into one’s body while applying [Space Preservation].
It doesn’t seem to cause any harm and I’ll check later if there are any aftereffects.
“…”
What should I do about Lady Violet, who’s sitting a little far away from me with her face covered?
Even though things went well this time, she must’ve realized that there’s somebody out there who hates her enough to want to assassinate her.
Moreover, it was somebody from her family who was monitoring her. It was something they did on their own accord to their fanatic loyalty, but it might take some time for Lady Violet to calm down, since she was a target of murderous intent instead of simple hostility.
“Lady Violet, Gray and the others will be here soon. Only the Priest, who restrained the client, knows that something like this happened. Others will only think that a Fenrir has lost its way and gone out of control.”
“…”
“Ah… what I mean is, everything is fine. Gray and I will protect you, as family. And what happened this time was because the watcher went too far. Others typically wouldn’t do something like this!”
“…”
“Umm, what I mean is, you know…”
What should I do? How should I follow up?
Even I don’t know how to care for the person who was nearly assassinated. Rather than that, I want you to take in consideration my specs that didn’t get me praised as a prodigy or a gifted child during childhood even though I’m a reincarnated adult. At the end, I was even told to calm down more.
“Maybe”
“Y-yes?”
While I was choosing the next words, Lady Violet continued while looking down.
Thank god, at least she’s trying to have a conversation.
“Maybe it’s better if I’m gone.”
… Nevertheless, I’m not good with conversations like this.
But it’s much better for her to vent like this instead of bottling things up, reaching her limit and become suicidal before I know it.
I approached Lady Violet, took a position in front of her and squatted down.
Then, slowly, but quietly, she began to mutter words.
“All I have done is cause trouble to those around me. I didn’t have allies at that time either.”
Just as she was trying to do her best after being dumped and abandoned, this incident happened.
I haven’t heard the details of her life at the academy, but even I know that she was struggling alone. Or even if she had people around her, they wouldn’t be able to protect her. The condemnation event in Ring of Fire should have been hopeless for Lady Violet.
But it’s also true that Lady Violet was extremely blind to her surroundings. That was undeniable.
“Neither mother nor father expect anything from me. No, maybe they don’t even consider me as their child anymore.”
I think she’s exaggerating, but I don’t know Lady Violet’s parents that well.
I feel like if I told her that she’s wrong even though I don’t know anything about her parents, it would make it worse. She probably wouldn’t want me to say that either.
“Lord Clo.”
“…Yes.”
Lady Violet, who was talking while looking down, raised her head and looked at me.
“What should I do?… I don’t know what to do anymore…”
An expression that looked like that of a crying child, making her look a little younger than her age.
It was her vulnerable side that I hadn’t seen until now.
It was the face of a girl who’s neither tempestuous nor arrogant.
Seeing her like this greatly destroyed the image I had of her until now.
“—“
Rain was pouring outside the cave. But her weak voice was painfully clear in my ears.
Then, following a flash of light outside, the sound of thunder echoed through the cave with a little delay.
Thanks to that, I was able to search for the words after a few seconds and found the words I wanted to say.
I took a small breath and prepared myself.
“Lady Violet.”
Her shoulders flinched for a second at my words.
Lady Violet right now was fully dominated by negative emotions. Rather than being aggressive, her heart was so weakened, she found everything the other person did scary
“Actually, I was planning to give it to you later.”
I was going to give it to her on the one-month anniversary of her arrival in Shiki, but I have no choice now.
I took out something I had hurriedly hidden in my pocket in the morning because Lady Violet had come just as I’d received it. It was packaged in a black box with no wrapping or any other decorations.
Yup, the box is safe. I’m glad it wasn’t crushed by Fenrir or the knife.
“I probably should have prepared it earlier, but could you please accept this?”
I took it out of the box and held it with the thumb and index finger of my left hand. I put the box away in my pocket and took Lady Violet’s left hand with my free right hand.
It’s a beautiful hand. Looking at her left hand, which I have never held before and which makes me a little bashful to hold now, I can see the effort she has made to keep herself beautiful even after coming to Shiki.
“You might have many things to think about, like what to do, being abandoned, your position, and self-sacrifice. But please let me just say this.”
I looked straight at her as she looked up.
Her long, beautiful violet hair was swaying from the rain, her beautiful blue eyes were dripping with tears, and her mouth was tightly closed, as if she would let out sobs if she opened it.
She didn’t have her usual elegance or grace, but I, who’ve always seen her as one of the characters of an otome game, felt like I was able to see her face properly for the first time.
“I have once told you that I hated you.”
Remembering that I had never told her that I liked her, my heartbeat quickened at what I was about to say.
“But, I’m your ally.”
Ah, I’ve never done anything like this before, including in my previous life.
I hope my voice isn’t strange. I hope my expression isn’t funny. I hope she doesn’t think that I’m weird. I can’t help worrying about all those things.
“Let’s figure out what to do from now on, together.”
Even if this marriage was sudden and unwanted at the beginning, due to a combination of events and various unforeseen factors. Even if we were wary of each other in the beginning.
The rapport to get to know each other. Life in an unfamiliar environment.
And love.
I thought all of those wouldn’t be too late to start after we became a married couple.
“So, please don’t say something as lonely as you being better off dead.”
I put a ring on her ring finger and promised her.
“Let’s support each other as a family. –I will always be there for you.”
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