Episode 22. Stork (3)
The twins asked as they saw Lois having difficulty calming down.
“Roy, what’s wrong?”
“Do you want to poop?”
Lois was irritated as she watched the twins sucking on the candy the Grand Duke’s wife gave them, one by one.
“Is it going down your throat now?”
“Okay, let’s go.”
“This is delicious! “Would you like to exchange it for Roy’s?”
“… “Let’s not talk.”
I sighed as I looked at the candy that Kani held out, dripping saliva.
As I looked at the two so calmly, I felt a sense of self-destruction, thinking that they were only thinking about themselves too much.
‘We have to leave quickly… … .’
Even if you travel diligently, it would take 10 years.
However, the twins seemed to have no intention of leaving the castle.
‘Just… Are you going to grab these guys by the back and leave them?’
No matter how tight the security was, getting out of the castle with the twins was not difficult for Lois.
Lois, who was experiencing severe internal conflict, asked the twins.
“Aren’t you guys going home?”
“But is this place good?”
“that’s right. The maids are nice, and the aunt is also nice. “Are they all just good people?”
Lois looked at the twins as if they were dumbfounded.
‘If you don’t go, the land where those good people live may be destroyed?’
Carlos, the twins’ father, was recommended as an elder of Eunhwa Castle along with Generoker.
In other words, Carlos had also reached the level of zero.
If two zero-level dragons looking for a hatchling run amok, not only the Grand Duke’s castle but the entire winter continent will be devastated.
“Keuung!”
Only Lois groaned on behalf of the two mindless nuisances.
“ha… “I have to go,” he said.
Lois, who had been groaning for a while, now shook her head as if she had no idea.
‘Oh, I don’t know! ‘Don’t think!’
Why doesn’t he know the twins’ feelings?
As they said, every single person in the Grand Duke Castle was kind.
From the grand duke and his wife to warriors and maids.
And that was the problem.
‘I’m tired of taking such good care of you… … .’
Even if the kindness was excessive, it was too much.
If it was so bad, not only the twins but also Lois would have hesitated to leave without saying a word.
In addition, an incident that deepened Lois’ worries occurred just a few days ago.
Lois’ memory flashed back a few days.
* * *
That was three days ago.
Lois leaves the room alone, leaving the twins napping.
He wandered around the Grand Duke’s castle aimlessly.
‘The Grand Duke… The places where high-status people live are different.’
Lois’s eyes sparkled as she walked, admiring the antiquity that could not be felt in modern buildings on Earth.
‘There are so many things that look expensive!’
The Grand Duke’s Castle, which boasts a long history, was lined with precious ornaments of indescribable value.
Even if you pick up just one or two of the decorations, an ordinary person will be able to live comfortably for several months.
Lois, who was walking frantically with that thought in mind, ran into a problem.
“… “Where am I?”
I got lost in the maze-like castle.
“Did you come out of your room for no reason?”
Lois scratched her cheek.
Even when I looked back at the path I had walked, I had no idea where I was.
‘what… If you keep walking, you’ll come across at least one place you know.’
Lois, who had made her decision, was just passing by the display case where the full plate armor was set up.
Druk-.
With a small sound, the full plate armor fell down and hit Lois.
Two maids who were passing by at that moment witnessed this and screamed.
“Aaaah!”
There was no way even an adult male would be safe if he was hit by armor made of thick metal.
However, Royce’s response to a crisis situation was extraordinary.
‘I thought it was quiet for some reason.’
This has been a common occurrence since I was young.
Lois avoided the onslaught of armor by slightly twisting her body.
Kwadang-.
The maid, who saw the metal armor lying on the floor, hurriedly ran to him.
“Hey, are you okay?!”
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“Are you hurt anywhere?”
Lois nodded in response to the maids’ concerns.
“yes. are you okay.”
“phew… thank god.”
“You would be surprised… … .”
The maid stroked Lois’ head.
Recently, with everyone touching his head, he had already given up and quietly accepted the touch.
The maid asked after confirming that Lois was safe.
“Why were you wandering around like this? “What are you going to do if something happens?”
“I’m bored… … .”
“ah… … .”
The maids were also well aware of the situation of Lois and her group, who stayed in their room every day.
The maid with a sad expression patted Lois on the shoulder.
“Don’t stay up too late and go back to your room.”
“… yes.”
The maids stroked Lois’s head a few more times, who reluctantly responded, then gave her a candy and then started going their own way again.
Lois was about to leave when she saw the backs of the maids who had left.
The dragon’s sensitive hearing could hear the conversation of the departing maids.
“You’re the kid you brought here, right?”
“huh. “I heard it through rumors, but it’s really pretty.”
“right?”
“Your wife deserves to cherish it.”
Lois stopped walking and focused on the sound of the women’s small conversation.
“Since you sent Confucius away like that not long ago, you may be seeing Confucius in those children… … .”
“Ugh. Our poor madam. That good man… Confucius was also gentle and kind, just like his wife. “I never thought you would leave so suddenly.”
“Because it was an unavoidable accident. Still, he was only 7 years old… … .”
“It’s a shame. “I cried a lot when Confucius passed away.”
“You’re not the only one crying. “There were so many people who liked Confucius.”
The sounds of the maids’ conversation gradually faded away.
When the voice could no longer be heard, Lois nodded as if she had finally understood.
“So you were nice to us?”
The Grand Duke’s wife was full of sadness from the moment they first met.
It turned out that her sadness stemmed from the feelings of a parent who lost a child.
Perhaps the Archduchess was seeing the shadow of the child she lost to Lois and the twins.
That’s why Lois thought.
“I have to leave quickly.”
It would be better for the Archduke’s wife to cut them off early before she gets more attached to them.
But something happened next that confused those thoughts.
“huh?”
Lois was returning to her room after finishing the sightseeing.
As he was passing a door several times larger than the other door, a familiar voice flowed into his ears.
“ma’am… How long do you plan on keeping those children?”
“grandee.”
“Those children are not the dead Rinou.”
“I know. But, but… … . I can’t hear Linu’s voice when I’m looking at those kids. “My son’s voice, which I always heard, can no longer be heard like back then!”
The Grand Duke sighed as his wife’s voice almost screamed.
“I wonder if I don’t know how my wife feels. Would you feel at ease if it were me? But putting Linu on those children is wrong for both Linu and the children.”
“grandee… … .”
“Let’s stop now, let’s let Linu go.”
“How… How can you tell a mother to forget her child!”
“ma’am!”
A small sob was heard from beyond the door.
The wife’s voice soon followed.
“Grand Duke, no, Kanta.”
The Grand Duke, who was called by his wife’s name for the first time since their marriage, looked surprised for a moment.
But the story he heard next surprised him even more.
“Kanta… Please accept those children as your adopted children or adopted daughters.”
“ma’am!”
The Archduke shouted in surprise.
However, my wife’s will was firm.
“After Rinou died, every day was like hell. I can breathe only when those children are next to me. If the children leave… Then I… … .”
“Whoa.”
Hearing his wife’s sorrowful voice, the husband who loved her could only sigh.
“for now… Let’s think a little more. “Taking in an adopted child or adopted daughter is not a matter that can be decided so easily.”
“yes. I’m not asking you to make a decision right away. The Grand Duke knows very well how good these children are. Let’s wait and see… Even if you decide at that time… “I will wait.”
“… “I understand.”
An answer that is neither rejection nor acceptance.
That was the best option the Archduke could make at present.
Lois, who had been standing for a while eavesdropping on the Archduke and his wife, quickly walked out of the door.
And from that day on, Lois’ troubles began.
* * *
“I have to leave… “I feel uncomfortable and can’t leave.”
They knew that the Grand Duke’s wife liked them, but they did not expect that she would even think of adopting them.
‘It’s only been 10 days since I saw them… ‘Why are you even saying that you are adopting someone?’
It may have meant that the wound of losing her son was deep enough to consider adopting children she had only known for a few days.
“hmm… … .”
The Archduke that Lois understood was a greater person than she thought.
He was a member of the royal family of the most powerful country among the countries that divide the Winter Continent into four.
Becoming the grand duke’s adopted son also meant establishing oneself as a key figure in the country.
‘We have to get out of here before we get further entangled. however… … .’
The problem was that it felt uncomfortable.
‘What will happen to the Archduke’s wife if we leave too?’
If they disappeared like this, she didn’t have to think too deeply about what would happen to her as she experienced the pain of loss again.
“I feel uncomfortable. I know it’s right to just go, but the wait is forever… … .”
Lois’ troubled gaze turned to the twins who were comfortably spread out in the middle of the room.
‘That would be nice, you guys. ‘I’m not worried.’
The worries were always his own.
They weren’t the type of kids who would give a normal answer if you asked them anyway.
‘If only I had a pin at a time like this… … .’
And one of the reasons Lois couldn’t leave the Grand Duke’s castle was because of Finn.
Finn and Lois unintentionally become separated.
If he left like this, his and Finn’s movements could diverge.
So Lois was waiting for him at the castle, but for some reason Finn rarely showed up.
“Where are you and what are you doing…?” … .”
It was a time when Lois missed Finn who was away.
smart-.
The glass window of the room Lois was in made a sound.
Although she couldn’t see anything, Lois felt a familiar energy there.
Soon, a small figure appeared like a ghost in the empty air.
Lois saw this and shouted happily.
“pin!”
Lois runs over to greet Finn more happily than ever.
he shouted.
“Hey you idiot! In that case, he should have been next to me using camouflage! Why are you hiding away? Do you know how long I waited for you? “From next time, if something happens, you’ll get there right away and use camouflage!”
“Huh! sorry! I will definitely do that next time!”
They reunited after a long time and embraced each other.
Finn remembered the hardships he had gone through looking for his owner over the past ten days.
Because Lois finally had someone to talk to normally.
The twins slowly opened their eyes at the bustle they created.
“uh? “Is it a pin?”
“It’s a pin!”
The twins, too, ran to greet Finn.
“Twins! “Huh!”
Even the twins who were usually mean to him were very happy to see Finn at this moment.
In this way, Royce and the others became complete again.
Lois asked Finn, who returned much later at the latest, in a harsh tone.
“What are you doing so late?”
“That’s it… … .”
In response to Lois’ questions, Finn began to tell his story.
fantasy,
