NOVEL NEXT chapter 23
23 – The Joy of Two Sisters (3)
“Huh… !”
Lyria fell into my arms.
I hugged her tighter so she wouldn’t slip out of my arms.
Her mana hole, touched through her right hand, gradually heats up to a bizarre extent.
‘It’s strange… It’s taking too long.’
Originally, the process of delivering invitations is just a simple process that takes only a few seconds.
However, for Lilia in front of her eyes, that time had already passed five minutes.
“Ah… ! flaw… oops… Sigh… Sigh… !”
Perhaps because of the pain, tears welled up in her eyes and ran down her cheeks.
‘It’s as if he’s resisting the symbol of the Sky Tower from the inside… .’
Of course, that was my subjective feeling, so it could be an illusion.
“hahahaha… mandible… .”
Lyria trembled in pain and groaned.
I gave strength to my right hand, as if suppressing her inner resistance, which kept rebelling.
I slowly apply force and press down on Lilia’s fat belly, which touched my palm.
As if telling them to hurry up and have the mark engraved on their skin.
“Aww… !”
Startle! Burr… .
Lyria trembled in pain and burrowed deeper into my arms.
It was a healing process to the end, but seeing him in such pain made me feel uncomfortable.
.
.
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The painful process of handing out invitations ended after ten minutes or more.
“Sigh… Sigh… .”
Lillia gasped for breath with a flushed face and looked down at her belly.
There was a red lozenge-shaped pattern clearly engraved on it, proving that he was a regular player of the sky tower.
“This is proof… . The prince himself inscribed on me… .”
She carefully reached out her hand and saw the pattern engraved on her… Or, it could be considered a tattoo. He gently strokes it and looks up at me with watery eyes.
I nodded my head to Lyria.
“Now the whole process is over.”
“Me too… Can I be healthy now?”
I nodded with a small smile.
“Not right now, but in the future I will be healthy enough.”
troubled… .
Tears formed in Lyria’s eyes.
I released Lilia from my arms.
“sister… !”
Lyria shed tears and approached Feria, who had been away to one side until now, and hugged her as if hugging her chest.
“Huh, huh… thank you sister… ! Until now, you’ve always suffered because of me… Sorry… I’m so sorry… hehehe… .”
“Lilia… . sniff… .”
Feria also hugged her younger sister who had regained hope.
The two sisters exchanged words of gratitude and affection to each other, hugging each other like that for a while and shedding tears.
In order not to disturb the two of them, I quietly came down under the bed and watched them with happy eyes.
‘Even though I couldn’t immediately use Feria as a full force… .’
It’s an invitation anyway, so if you get it again, that’s it.
It would be difficult for other people, but I was able to do it with the knowledge of the previous rounds.
after a while
To what extent have you unraveled the hardened hearts?
Peria looked back at me and hurriedly got under the bed and knelt down.
“Thank you, Prince! This grace, even if the body is broken! Even at the cost of one’s life! I will definitely pay you back!”
Her younger sister Lilia also hurriedly knelt beside her, as if imitating her older sister.
“Me too! I will definitely pay you back! The grace bestowed on me by the prince… .”
Lillia said while holding her lower belly with both hands as if it were precious.
I nodded, but advised that it was too early to rejoice unconditionally.
“But I can’t be at ease yet. In order to fully recover your body, Lyria, you have to climb the Sky Tower yourself and strengthen your body as a reward.”
At those words, Lyria asked with a worried face.
“I-can I do it well?”
“Don’t worry. You just have to enter the academy that will open soon and learn and become stronger step by step.”
“Well, then! Can I, the prince, enter the Sky Tower together later?”
“The two of you… ?”
Lillia was taken aback by my doubtful words.
“ah… I’m sorry! I don’t even know the subject… .”
It was a question like a naive girl who doesn’t know the world.
what… , There is no need to break the mood here.
Since she is Peria’s younger sister, she can give her that level of special treatment.
“Even though it’s always impossible, let’s try going in with me when the opportunity arises later.”
At my words, Lillia’s face brightened.
“Wow, alone with the prince… !”
Seeing this, Peria’s face darkened slightly sadly.
I guess I can’t help but worry as an older sister at the thought of my younger sister going to a rough battlefield.
Lilia was startled when she saw her sister’s face just like that. It was as if she noticed her sister’s worried heart only belatedly.
“Wow, Prince… Thank you, but I’ll try my best on my own!”
Feria looked back at her sister with a puzzled face.
“Lyria?”
“sister… .”
Lyria hugged Feria tightly with a warm smile as if she understood all of her sister’s worries.
It was a heartwarming sisterly love that seemed like a painting.
‘I wish I could see and learn from the two sisters in my family.’
Exactly, Ekinne.
I decided to ease Peria’s worries a little while paying lip service to her.
“Sir Peria, don’t worry. I will take good care of my sister Lilia with ‘special care’.”
Maybe the family couldn’t be happy to enter the sky tower.
Peria hurriedly lowered her head with a complicated face.
“well… please… give… .”
After that, after having a few small conversations, I ordered Lilia to rest and went to visit with Feria.
It must have been overworked today, so Lilia had to rest.
* * *
I sat on the sofa in Peria’s living room and glanced toward the kitchen.
Currently, Feria was scrambling and clattering something hard in the kitchen, saying that she would treat her to a cup of tea.
Staring at her back, I nodded in satisfaction.
‘Did this remove the cause of Peria’s blackening in the last round… ?’
Lilia got hope to live a new life today.
It can be seen that Peria loses her sister, resents the world, and has no chance of succumbing to the devil’s temptation.
After today, the anguish and sorrow that made her heart devastated will disappear as if washed away.
‘… … no. It is forbidden to be vigilant yet.’
Perhaps another risk factor remains with her.
The nature of being easily tempted by the devil was originally like that.
‘If that happens, I have no choice but to dispose of it.’
I am also human, so I hope to avoid such heartbreaking things.
But if you fall for the devil’s temptation later on… .
Unless I come up with a way to completely control Feria by subduing her body and mind under my feet, I will have no choice but to kill her.
At that time, Feria hesitantly brought a teacup and carefully set it down in front of me.
“Wow, Prince… . I don’t know if it will suit your taste, but… .”
I took a sip of her teacup and took a sip.
“The tea tastes good. ‘Peria’.”
Let’s use today’s work as an opportunity to narrow the distance a little.
So far, I’m calling out the title of ‘Kyung’ that I’ve been using every now and then.
“… ?”
Feria felt something different than usual, but tilted her head with a face that she hadn’t noticed yet.
“Peria.”
“ah… .”
Only then did she understand, revealing her angry face.
“four! This is Peria!”
“I remember the tea you made me the day we first met. It was a car with a warm heart… . After coming here today, I can see why your car is so special.”
“Wow, Prince… .”
She stares at you with trembling eyes. At this moment, the memories of the teacup with her younger sister must resonate deeply in her heart.
“There was a little awkward feeling because we weren’t used to each other, but… … I’m happy because I feel like I’ve become a little closer to ‘you’ through today’s incident.”
“G-g-g-g… that’s… I… .”
It seems that the appeal was a little awkward when the boss at work was openly friendly. Peria lowered her head as if she had nothing to say.
After drinking tea and chatting moderately with her, I slowly stood up.
“Then I will go back to the imperial palace now.”
As I was walking towards the front door, Feria followed me with a restless look from behind.
“Le, Your Highness Regid… ?”
“yes? … ah.”
It was only then that he realized it belatedly and nodded his head.
“It was. Feria is my escort driver, and I almost left her behind. ‘We must always be together.’”
At least during working hours.
“four! I will always be by your side!”
She opened the front door with a delighted face and escorted me.
‘My working hours are increasing, but why do I like it so much… tsk tsk… .’
Suspicion arose that perhaps Peria might be an extreme workaholic.
Anyway, the day ended like that by going back to the imperial castle.
* * *
and the next morning.
I read the newspaper in the office of the detached palace and let out an absurd laugh.
[Special News] [Super Large Meteor Class Scandal!!💌]
[Regid Prince, secret home date with escort knight!!💞]
[Is it for a tryst? Move in a small wagon with minimal attendants… ]
[The dangerous and secret love that bloomed between the prince and the escort knight💝]
Feria, who was standing on the other side, apologized with a face that didn’t know what to do.
“I’m sorry. Prince… ! Because of me, the reputation of the prince–!”
I gave grace to her family, my sister, and this is the result… .
Feria has been apologizing since earlier with a tear-stained face.
I shook my head and dissuaded her.
“no. It could also be that I was careless. Peria, you don’t have to apologize.”
“Legid-sama… .”
I instructed the little maid Nia, who was waiting next to me.
“Nia. Get ready for the press conference right now. ASAP.”
“In case you didn’t know, I made an appointment with each newspaper in advance. If you hurry up a bit, the interview will be ready within an hour.”
Since it was a place where there was no outside gaze, little maid Nia answered in a friendly tone as usual.
“You this guy… Aren’t you so talented?”
“lol. thank you.”
With the same praise as always, he patted the little guy on the head lightly.
I closed the newspaper and thought about the press conference.
‘Once, there will be no big problem if it is explained with the invitation of Lyria… .’
Still, the media naturally has a characteristic of inflating trivial things and liking to make a fuss.
‘no. In a way, it’s a good thing.’
Rather, I decided to make this edition bigger.
‘At times like this, it’s enough to cover it up with much bigger topics and events.’
smart-.
At that time, another attendant delivered a message from outside the door.
Nia, who received the scorpion first instead of me, approaches slowly with an awkward face.
“Me, Prince.”
“Why?”
“Hwang Tae-nyeo requested a visit… .”
“… … Just refuse.”
Instinct has whispered that we must not meet now.