Tyria cried for a long time after that and finally succeeded in calming down.
Perhaps it was only after her emotions subsided that her senses returned, and it was only later that she trembled with shame.
This was the second time Elric had seen her like this.
The first time was when I said, ‘I don’t want to hear it.’
“Are you calm now?”
Elric entered the assigned barracks and asked, handing over a handkerchief.
Tyria responded with the sound of a mosquito crawling.
“… yes.”
“I’d like you to have some tea first. “You must have lost a lot of moisture.”
Tyria bowed her head and nodded.
If I hadn’t known, I would have laughed at that, but Elric was in a position where he couldn’t just laugh.
What bloomed inside me was a feeling that could be called a kind of debt.
It had to be that way.
Tyria waited for him for 10 years.
He says he did it just because he liked it, and will continue to do so in the future.
If it’s a person who feels sorry for a stranger, how can the wait for the person you like feel light?
Elric was devastated.
It was that kind of moment.
“… “I meant it.”
She returned to her usual quiet tone and spoke.
But his expression and eyes were sad.
“Everything I said, I meant it.”
Tyria was looking down at the floor shyly.
The hand holding the teacup was trembling.
“I’m not leaving. “If the matriarch is going to be here, I will be there too.”
Tyria’s outstretched hand grasped Elric’s fingers.
It was hot.
Too much to say it’s because I’m holding a teacup.
“So don’t tell me to leave.”
Elric responded.
I bent my knees and brought her to eye level.
The corners of my eyes were swollen and red.
Still, it was funny to see something pretty, and it was upsetting to see someone frowning.
“I understand.”
Tyria’s head lifted up.
Elric smiled bitterly at the surprised face and said.
“I won’t tell you to leave. “That’s what your wife means.”
How could it hurt me any more than this?
All I could think about was that I should never do something like that.
I continued thinking for a moment.
It was about what could be done.
Unfortunately, there wasn’t much Elric could do right now.
Aside from everything else, it was because this was a battlefield.
So start with the simple things.
Starting with something simple yet important.
First of all, she wanted to talk.
Elric decided to give it a try first.
“If you calm down a little more, could you tell me a story? I also want to tell my story. From the near past to the very distant past. If there’s something we both didn’t know about, I’d like to solve it first. “Only then will I be able to properly apologize.”
Tyria nodded.
Elric wiped the remaining moisture from her eyes.
“I’m going to meet Elbers for a moment. “I have something to do right after returning to the battlefield.”
“… yes.”
“I’ll be back soon. “Please rest.”
Elric left the barracks.
Tyria, who was left alone, let out a long breath.
*
Tyria also had the realization that she had done something truly shameful.
But there was a bigger feeling than that sense of shame.
It was a relief.
‘You said it…’ .’
Tyria smiled slightly.
I pressed my hand to my chest and enjoyed the joy that was building up, and as I did so, I reflected on Elric’s answer.
-I won’t tell you to leave. That’s what the wife means.
I was allowed to be by his side.
It was even more valuable because it was achieved on one’s own.
What came to mind in the meantime was a feeling of helplessness.
‘It was this easy.’
All I had to do was cut out the words with my tongue, move my lips, and spit them out, so why did I keep moaning until now because I couldn’t do that?
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Tyria, who had already spoken and was unable to think the same way as before, scolded her past self rather arrogantly.
What came to mind was a future that would be brighter than before.
I wanted to share many things with Elric.
I wanted to get to know each other through conversation, and build a better relationship based on what I knew.
What should I say first?
Tyria was happily contemplating while waiting for Elric to return.
“Ma’am, are you there…? ?”
A voice was heard.
It was Edward Whyte’s.
Tyria’s body shook in surprise, but then she calmed her expression by pressing her face and spoke in a strong voice.
“Please come in.”
I had no intention of showing the shameful moments I had with Elric to any third party.
No matter what, the dignity that must be maintained as a noble still remains the same.
“excuse me!”
“I’m here too… !”
Edward came in.
Next to him, Igret, who seemed to be in an almost eerie mood, was smiling with a drunken face.
Tyria, who was momentarily taken aback by the sudden visit, asked the two people.
“what brings you here?”
“Hey, what’s going on? “It seems like you had a good relationship with the elderly, so I came to congratulate you!”
“Chu, toast! Champagne! this! “It’s expensive!”
Edward was smiling heartily.
Igret smiled like a broken person and took out a bottle of alcohol from her pocket.
For Tyria, it was a thankless and embarrassing thing.
This was because I received a lot of help from these two people while coming here.
“I don’t know how to express my gratitude.”
When I said this, Edward responded by shaking his head loudly.
“Thank you! It’s not even possible! “Of course it is something that should be done!!!”
thud!
He got down to his knees.
Tyria jumped up in surprise.
“Well, there’s no need to kneel… .”
“It’s courtesy to our shareholders!”
“Shareholder… ?”
“Because you are the majority shareholder of our company!”
It was also Tyria’s first time hearing this.
What I just realized is that this is why Edward was so cruel to Elric.
That’s how my thoughts continued.
Suddenly, Tyria’s complexion turned pale.
‘If you are the majority shareholder of the Duke of Wight… .’
This means that he is the majority shareholder of EW.
Even though Tyria lived in a rural village, she was not unaware of EW’s status.
No, as their business was exporting wheat, they felt their status more clearly than the criminals.
What flashed through my mind was a feast of astronomical numbers.
I felt scared.
It wasn’t a fear of something else.
‘Can the head of the household manage that money?’
Even if Wibin’s finances are entrusted to him, Elric is the one who makes a dent in each document.
How on earth does he manage such a large amount of money?
It was clear that there was money leaking out, so my hands were shaking.
This story is also necessary for conversation.
No, it was an important issue that needed to be dealt with.
It was a moment when such thoughts arose.
“This is just a small congratulatory gift!”
Slam!
Edward pulled out a box from somewhere and opened it.
Tyria felt puzzled.
What was inside the box was a wooden stick that was long and shiny black, so thin that it could be held in one hand.
The golden decoration was impressive.
“… “What is this?”
“It’s a whip! It’s an item made by cutting down the thickest branch of a Giant Wood and painting it with various magic samples! It is also famous for being favored by senior professors at the Imperial Academy!”
“Why are you doing this to me?” .”
“Didn’t you have a lot of trouble because of the old man?!”
Edward’s eyes lit up with an ‘I’m on your side’ face.
Tyria felt burdened.
It was natural since I didn’t know his intentions.
Edward had one wish.
“Please accept it!”
In the relationship between Elric and Tyria, she is clearly at the top and becomes an ally.
He was an enterprising, bat-like man who valued the direction in which he should move forward rather than feeling empty about past efforts.
*
Elric quickly finished his meeting with Elbus and stood up.
Elbers asked before leaving.
“Did you successfully reconcile?”
He had a truly mischievous expression.
I clearly remember Tyria saying she was sorry for having to be here, but there was no sign of that anymore.
Elric said with a helpless smile at his ridiculous appearance.
“From now on, I’m going to try to make up properly.”
“Sweetly clear. “This is advice as a senior in marriage.”
“I still think so.”
Elric left Elbers’ barracks without saying another word.
I thought about things related to Tyria before I could make my way back.
I had a lot of questions.
There is a cause and effect that I roughly made up in my head, but nothing has been confirmed through her mouth.
That’s how we arrived at the barracks.
“Are you here?”
Tyria was holding a stick in her hand.
Elric’s body trembled.
Then Tyria made an ‘ah’ sound and explained.
“The Duke of Wight gave it to me as a gift.”
I don’t know the meaning.
I just thought that the whip looked really sturdy.
“I see… .”
The moment he gave the answer, there was an awkwardness between the two people.
In fact, it had to be that way.
We didn’t know each other’s feelings the entire time and ended up breaking up in the worst possible way. At the end of it, we somehow met again and the first thing we did was fight.
The two were far from being stoic and able to ignore the event without a problem.
Eyes exchanged.
Her cheeks turned a little red, and Tyria swallowed dry saliva.
“… “Then can we talk?”
“… That’s how it should be. “We will need it from that stage.”
Elric knelt in front of the chair she was sitting on.
“Why are you sitting there?”
“I thought this was going to end up like this no matter what was said.”
“You’re not confident.”
“I tried understanding the topic.”
We exchanged light jokes.
Elric and Tyria felt awkward about such a thing.
One good thing is that the awkward joke lightened the mood a little.
A faint smile spread across both of their lips.
Tyria tightened her grip on the whip out of nervousness.
I looked at Elric while contemplating what to say, and then began.
“That was the day I decided to run away from home. “Because it’s so hard.”
A story from the distant past.
In order to convey all of her true feelings, Tyria began her story from there.
Elric learned how their first meeting as a child took place.
Tyria was sicker than Elric thought that day.
“… So I liked the head of the family. “For me as a child, the head of the family was a hero.”
“I guess so. I’m sorry. “Because I was immature.”
“What was the matriarch thinking at that time?”
“I don’t remember much. Because I haven’t seen her wife since that day. The only thing that comes to mind is… .”
The two people unraveled the threads one by one.
Some knots were sadness, others were anger.
Besides that, there was a knot of frustration, a knot of anxiety, and a knot of desperation.
It took a long time to unravel them all.
It was natural since it was a story that had been accumulated for 10 years.
After the whole story was over, late in the evening, the two realized.
That the name of the tangled thread was a misunderstanding.
“That’s stupid. we.”
“It really is.”
The two people shook their shoulders and laughed.
Before we knew it, our hands were tightly clasped together.
We made eye contact.
Silence emerged and then fell.
“house owner.”
“Speak.”
“You made fun of me because I was ugly, right?”
“… “I think so.”
she asked playfully.
“What about now?”
Elric laughed at his embarrassment.
I looked at Tyria, who was wringing her hands tightly as if she had no intention of just letting go, and then looked at the floor. Then, after sighing loudly, I quickly got up from my seat.
He responded with action.
That was the first kiss.
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