The Escort Knight Who Is Being Obsessed Over by the Villainess Wants To Run Away

9. Elijah’s birthday (7)

I woke up to find Elijah asleep in my arms.

I managed to hold back the screams.

‘Let’s keep calm….’

This moment closer to death than ever before.

If anyone finds out, it is an unconditional execution.

We don’t know how Elijah got here.

You can think about it later.

I need to get out of this situation for now.

‘It’s not already too late… ?’

Elijah’s arm was also in a position to hold me, so she had to move very carefully.

Even if Elijah wakes up….

She hates to even imagine.

First of all, let’s get her arm pillow off her arm somehow.

As I was about to move her arm a little, as if handling cracked glass, Elijah’s hand gripped my clothes.

I was frozen.

‘Ugh…. I’m not awake….’

It feels like someone is holding onto your heart and squeezing it.

She quietly tossed and turned her body.

I tried to find a way to escape without provoking Elijah as much as possible, but it was futile.

If I move, Elijah pulls again.

It was a reflex action, but it seems to break if repeated.

Suddenly, Elijah’s lips moved.

“Mom….”

Says like a babble.

“Don’t go…. I can’t go….”

After hearing her words, she couldn’t move anymore.

Whimpering, she pulled me tight and came closer to my arms.

As if trying to bury her face.

“Mom….”

I swallowed a deep sigh.

‘Why am I your mother?’

I only grumbled inside, and gave up what I was trying to escape.

Still, he gave Elijah whatever he was holding.

The tension was slowly released from my body.

Only then did I take a closer look at Elijah.

The moonlight shone through her window.

A red blanket wrapped around his neck.

It is large and covers the upper body like a cloak.

I gave it to you.

There is also a cat doll held in one arm.

The eyebrows are distorted as if having a nightmare.

Tears flowed like dew from the corners of my eyes.

‘Small crab, why are you crying?’

It’s a myth, but there is such a story.

The tear point is the sign of a lot of tears.

When I saw Elijah’s tear point, I just thought that.

‘I feel bad when I see children crying. Annoying.’

I gently wiped away the tears.

I didn’t think Elijah might wake up.

It was a reflex action.

Fortunately, it didn’t break.

However, she noticed something strange.

‘… My cheeks are weird.’

I accidentally touched her cheek while wiping away the tears.

That feeling was solid.

Should I say it’s dull?

I pressed the cheek on the other side of her protruding cheek from being pressed by my arm.

Width, and enter. Soft and fluffy

I touched the ball again.

It’s also hard.

‘… That’s right.’

I noticed right away because I had a lot of experience of this kind.

It was swollen because someone hit it. This.

A few days ago, Elijah went around wearing makeup on her cheeks.

She had no idea.

I’m young, but since I’m a noble, I’m sure he cares about how he looks on the outside.

That’s all she thought.

No.

It was to hide the traces of being hit by someone.

‘Where can I hit this young kid…. Pestilence….’

Inside, Chimi suppressed her irritation.

As an adult, Elijah was silent. She

She wasn’t exactly talking about herself.

‘I’ll even say that if something happens.’

But I know it’s difficult.

It’s not easy to show scars.

Especially if he grew up as an aristocrat like Elijah, it would have been even more so.

Okay. It seems odd for Elijah to tell me such a thing.

‘But why does he keep pulling?’

Even when I’m still, he keeps pulling my collar.

But when I looked down, I couldn’t get close to Elijah because of the cat doll placed between me and Elijah.

I laughed out loud.

‘This is not stupid.’

I had no choice but to pull up the blanket and hug him.

It’s like holding an arm pillow halfway at one point.

When I woke up in the middle, I hugged him without even realizing it.

That’s why hugging me again won’t change my situation.

Is there anything more to be done than being executed?

Kill to kill.

‘And I didn’t hug you? Did you get it first? It’s not my fault.’

Once I hugged her, she stopped pulling me.

As if relieved, the brows were also straightened.

Sleep with a relaxed face.

Seeing her sleeping in her fluffy pajamas completely relieved my tension.

I finally look back on the situation rationally.

First of all, I won’t die. With high probability.

I just rolled my eyes and looked around the room.

I wondered if I was in another room, but this is my room.

In other words, I don’t know how, but Elijah broke into my room.

Therefore, I am definitely a victim.

Of course, when a noble says something like, “What the heck, you die,” I should just die.

The Elijah I know remains like that.

‘But, if it’s not the Elijah I know….’

Last night.

Elijah tried to protect me.

This is something the Elijah I know would never have done.

Has Elijah become good?

Perhaps, the future of becoming a rare murder maniac and arson maniac has faded.

The possibilities that surfaced were soon buried.

I do not expect an optimistic future.

It is a life that has never been like that.

It’s not just because of that cynicism.

The fire she uses is unusual.

The more you use it, the more it stimulates your destructive instinct and urge to kill.

That’s why it got its name Mad Fire.

But she protected me by using that fire.

At least, he won’t be blindly hostile to me.

That much is worth looking forward to.

Tomorrow morning.

It’s not at all impossible to save someone even after seeing this situation.

‘By the way, he’s a kid too.’

Kids say they are angels when they sleep.

So is Elijah.

There are usually two kinds of expressions of Elijah.

Stiff expressionless.

A bleak smile somewhere.

Not now.

Elijah, who slept with a peaceful and calm face he had never seen before, was just a child of her age.

Like the doll I gave you.

‘The round guy doesn’t know how fast others are and sleeps well. However… Skinny why are you so skinny again? Only the cheeks are full, but there are only bones in the body. Kids should be chubby, but I don’t have this much weight, so what can I do? .’

She muttered inwardly and then closed her eyes.

I don’t know if she can sleep, but she can’t keep her eyes open.

‘What shall I do tomorrow morning….’

What will happen when you wake up?

Isn’t Elijah going to start screaming? She came looking for herself, no way.

‘Let’s sleep for now….’

Thinking about it now only hurts her head. No answer comes out.

Luxury neglect and poor heating.

It’s understandable since he’s in the position of a suspect who hasn’t been cleared of charges anyway.

The dawn of late winter was chilly.

In my sleep, I thought of the warmth in my arms as warmth.

***

A quiet universe.

The sun shone alone.

A void where the stars held their breath.

The scorching heat of the sun rose like thorns and denied the approach of all things.

When the sun was consuming itself, a small sphere approached as if it were being entangled in it.

A dwarf child who cannot shine on his own.

It was a fearless month.

The light of the sun touched the lunar moon.

The moon did not stop.

It crashes leaving behind a comet-like tail.

The two collided in a spiral trajectory.

When they became one, the sun was embraced by a much smaller moon.

The tender embrace was comfortable and cool.

The heat boiling within him, about to explode himself, subsided.

When the violent light fades, starlights that hold their breath in the void are revealed one by one.

The little sun has a star in its eyes.

When you close your eyes slowly, a sparkling afterimage remains under your eyelids.

The cold energy flowing from the moon sprinkles your heart like icy dust.

Cozy and cool.

And it’s warm again.

To Taeyang, it tastes as sweet as sugar.

The inhalation and exhalation of the sun and moon are in sync.

Little Sun hasn’t had a nightmare in a very long time.

It’s been such a long time, it feels like it’s the first time in my life.

In a distant universe, a cradle-like sleep in which the lullaby of a loved one is heard as an auditory hallucination.

***

I couldn’t greet the morning normally.

“Lady-!”

Someone smashed the door and broke in.

“hehehe!”

I was so startled that I forgot that I was holding Elijah and jumped up.

I fell under the bed as if rolling, then got up in a hurry.

Leah, the maid, glared at me with her bloody eyes.

As well as the soldiers who came after him.

I checked Elijah with my eyes wide open.

As if seeing it for the first time.

As if he didn’t know why he was here, as if he was shocked.

It was right after I was genuinely surprised, so there was no need to act.

My heart is pounding.

“How is this… !”

“Shh….”

Elijah rubbed her eyes and stood up.

Speaks in a muffled voice.

“Noisy….”

“Ah, lady….”

“I’m here.”

With that word, Elijah made me innocent.

Ria and her soldiers looked bewildered when they were attacked.

“So don’t mess with the children.”

“When, no, how….”

Behind Lia, who stuttered her words, there was an uproar outside her door.

A few familiar faces appeared.

Balack di Bevel. Elijah’s father.

And the Duchess of Narsisi.

Balak’s beard trembled at the sight of me.

The clenched fists seemed to hold back their anger.

Narsisi could not stand it.

“Four years have passed… !”

Her stride Her stride Watching her walk towards Elijah, I instinctively realized.

That she was the one who hit Elijah.

An imposing gait.

Her shoulders rolled back, her center of gravity driven forward to hit her opponent.

Her whole body was full of traces of sadism.

Elijah looked up at her blankly, then she grinned.

“Good morning, Duchess.”

It was a change in expression, like wearing a mask.

“It’s unfortunate. There was a defect in an item that was supposed to be sold in the wedding business.”

Narsisi’s hand trembled.

I want to hit you, but I put up with it because there are so many eyes on me.

“Madam.”

It was her ballag that stopped her.

“Just do that.”

“But you, look at what this kid did!”

“I have also heard of your wife’s mistakes.”

“… What are you talking about?”

Raising his chin, he looked down at Narcissus.

“You turned down the request to replace teacher Sardis.”

“That, that….”

Elijah watched their conversation with an expressionless face.

“I heard that an assassin came out of the candidates selected by your wife.”

“… ….”

“Why, didn’t everyone tell me?”

Narcissi’s hands trembled.

His face turned white as well.

“Although it is true that I entrusted the authority of the matter to my wife, I hoped that it would not be handled without my knowledge.”

“You. It’s a misunderstanding, this is, so….”

“Haa…. I don’t think you’ll hear anything more here.”

Only then did Narcissus look back at me.

She is a miraculous woman.

Although she is not my daughter, I think she is right that she should have despised me before Elijah.

“Keep in mind that starting today, Elijah will not be touched by her carelessly. Ma’am.”

Narcissus nodded his head wordlessly.

The words suggested a lot.

Balak acquiesced to the abuse and violence of Narsisi even though he knew some of them.

But as of today, that acquiescence has been officially abolished.

I could immediately recall the reason.

Wizard.

The ability of mad fire, Elijah has fully bloomed.

Even in the world, wizards are rare and precious.

Among them, Elijah has overwhelming talent.

From now on, her growth will be out of control.

At this point, only Balak would have recognized that quality besides me.

Because he is also a powerful and excellent mage.

‘Probably, with your current skills, you’ll be stronger than Elijah….’

Since she is that kind of woman, she has now declared that she will not stand by.

‘It’s disgusting.’

My impressions were brief.

I pretend not to know, and take care of it only after it is useful.

‘Those things are family….’

I couldn’t stand the wrinkles on my face.

But Elijah was calm as usual.

As if it’s a familiar thing, I comb my hair with my hand, expressionless.

“Rather than that, Elijah. What happened?”

Elijah glanced at her feet in annoyance, then she sighed lightly.

“I was confused about the room.”

“Do you seriously think that excuse will work? Even if it was, what about the guards outside?”

“I was doing something else.”

“… ….”

Balak’s head slowly turned back.

The two soldiers who must have been guarding the door all night sweated profusely.

‘… I wonder if it’s true?’

But, does that make sense?

No matter how different he did, he couldn’t have left the place.

Unless you have multiple lives.

It is impossible not to see Elijah.

‘How did he really come?’

Elijah said to Balak slyly.

“I was distracted and tired from yesterday’s work, so I was confused.”

“… ….”

Once the matter was brought up, Balak couldn’t argue further.

Still, did you leave at least something resembling a conscience?

“Okay, I see…” . Did you sleep well?”

“Yes.”

“Having breakfast with my family after a long time….”

“I don’t like it.”

Elijah refused without even listening to Balak’s words.

Ballack didn’t offer any more.

“I want to eat here.”

Elijah seemed intent on resolving this by bringing her meals up to her room.

… Wait, here?

“Elijah. I cannot allow it.”

Balak seemed to understand the meaning.

“Having no roots and sickness….”

“If you don’t allow me.”

Elijah stared up at her feet and tilted her head.

“What are you going to do? Are you going to kill me Or will you take away all my rights and assets?”

“… ….”

“It’s too late for that.”

Her eyes slowly turned to a foreign color.

Orange. And yellow.

Glowing golden pupils looked up at her feet.

“If you’re going to kill me, you should have. Even if you were going to steal it, you should have done it beforehand.”

If you were going to kill him, it should have been before he awakened his ability.

Her position will change greatly in the future.

Unless someone kills.

“Maybe it’s not too late. I, who have just awakened to my power, will not be able to defeat the Archduke. Would you like to kill me now? Or, are you still going to take it from me before it spreads?”

“… ….”

“If that’s not the case, please leave. I have nothing more to say.”

“… Come back with that after dinner. I have something to say about yesterday.”

“I will.”

Her balak took Narcissus out with a confused look on her face.

Before leaving, the eyes glaring at me were fierce.

I also had a complicated mind.

Nothing else, it was uncomfortable to say that that young thing was killing itself or that it was a marriage business.

Even the person speaking is calm and shameless.

I think I know what kind of life I lived, albeit in fragments.

Only me, Leah, and Elijah were left in the room.

“Judah bring something to eat.”

Leah relayed the order to her maid who was waiting outside her.

“Me, lady.”

I spoke to Elijah.

“Can I ask how you got in?”

I was so curious that I couldn’t stand it.

Lia glances at Elijah, perhaps feeling the same way.

Elijah quietly looked up at me.

I just woke up and my hair is messy and my eyes are a bit puffy….

… No.

She nodded and commanded Leah.

“Ria. Stay out for a minute.”

“Yes… ?”

“It only takes a moment.”

Reluctantly, Leah left.

Elijah said.

“Look carefully.”

“What….”

Suddenly Elijah disappeared.

“Huh? Baby….”

Elija appeared again before he could finish his sentence.

“… Seed?”

“It’s a teleport.”

“Yes?”

I was dumbfounded and asked back.

Elijah’s answer was very carefree.

“It worked after I tried it.”

“… ….”

An answer of the level of picking it up on the road.

There was no sense of reality.

Teleportation can only be mastered by very, very few geniuses.

To some degree, wizard characters die while learning to teleport.

In this game, death is erasure.

In actual history, I know that there are quite a few wizards who died while learning teleport.

Elijah said it worked because he just used it yesterday morning.

“I have understood the theory before, but this is the first time I have succeeded. Although the distance is still short….”

In the meantime, since the distance traveled is short, he says it as if it’s not a big deal.

Elijah has different levels of deception.

She looks up at me and smiles.

“I’m only telling you, so only you know.”

That, why, only to me….

“Now tell Leah to come in.”

Commands very naturally.

If you want to do it, you have to do it.

I opened the door and called Leah.

Elijah said to her coming in her.

“Ria. I have something to do.”

“Yes. Miss.”

“Clean the room next to my bedroom.”

“I will.”

“Judah will stay.”

“Yes?”

Lea and I asked at the same time.

What are you talking about?

I met eyes with Lia, who blinked rapidly.

Looking at it that way, I don’t know either.

“My lady, what do you mean… Shinji Lee….”

“It seems that the deer of the moon is following the lady, but I shouldn’t have to go now… Would you?”

“Don’t go.”

Elijah did not explain why.

She didn’t bother to explain why Elijah was me, she was.

Is it my imagination that the words to stop going just sounded like an extension of the screams I heard yesterday?

She was startled when I told her to wait a moment.

She was just trying to wipe her blood off her hands.

“My lady. Anyway, in this way….”

As I protested, the door opened.

Several maids brought meals.

After unfolding the folding table, she laid out a load of food on it.

I was briefly distracted by the endless feast of food.

‘There’s so much to eat for two?’

I was worried about whether I would be able to eat my share with my young body.

It would be different if it was in the past.

Lea said before Elijah sat down.

“My lady, when you eat, you should put down what she is eating.”

Elijah stared down at her puppet cat in her arms.

It’s an expression you don’t want to let go of.

“If you eat while holding it, food may splash and get dirty…” .”

Before Lia could finish her sentence, Elijah entrusted her doll to Lia.

He quickly untied the blanket.

Received with her bewildered face, Lia put her two things on the bed.

Elijah sat down first and spoke to me.

“Eat in peace.”

I sat across from her once.

Her table is big, so she is very far away.

To think that only two people are sitting at a table like this.

Isn’t this also a kind of extravagance?

‘Should I say that I cannot continue here after dinner….’

At the time I was thinking about it, Elijah didn’t think much of it.

“Just because you live in the main building, there won’t be any special difference from the annex. Life rules might be a little different. And the meals will be like this every day.”

“… ….”

I glanced over at the table.

Half of the table. That’s for 1 person. It’s my share.

It can’t even be compared to being properly served in an outbuilding.

‘With this amount and composition…. Maybe you can follow the diet that our nutrition coach prepared for you… ?’

… Not go! What are you thinking!

I quickly shook my head.

Don’t be fooled.

Nutrients and performance have a very deep relationship.

Yes, I know it very well.

Even if I hate theory, I barely learned about nutrition.

Besides, I have a young body.

To grow quickly, you need to eat well during the growing season.

Knowing all of that, this offer is really heartbreakingly tempting… !

‘But we don’t live here together!’

I’m sorry about the diet, but I had to refuse.

It’s not that Elijah doesn’t feel sorry for him.

Elijah came at dawn.

Crying.

Like a fog in your eyes, a scene that cannot be erased. I remember everything.

But….

You shouldn’t recklessly take on things you can’t take responsibility for, relying only on cheap sympathy.

It’s arrogant consideration to offer to protect or help because you’re pitiful.

I experienced that in my previous life. Powerless justice. Incompetent morality. It was futile.

Nevertheless, the reason he helped Elijah was for moral reasons.

I’m not great or special.

Anyone would have stepped out in that situation.

It is not impossible that she has changed.

My actions may have had an effect.

However, I cannot recklessly risk my life against such a possibility.

There is no countermeasure too.

‘There’s no need for me to refuse right now.’

Anyway, I’m in the position that Elijah wants me to do.

Actually, I can’t say I’ll refuse.

It’s okay.

There is someone left to fight for me.

*

“… I cannot allow it.”

Balak spat out in a bitter tone, as if to let go of his anger.

Beside him was the Duchess of Narsisi.

She cried out, contorting her face like her devil.

“You have to say something that makes sense! Nonsense!”

I thought so.

“Besides, that was for me yesterday… !”

Elijah cut it off and rebutted it.

“I have already decided and I have given permission.”

Narcissus bit her lip and glared at Elijah.

Balak’s eyes were also sharp.

Elija, who stood up to him, was also formidable.

A thread of tension pulled tight.

There was no room for anyone to back down or compromise.

All of a sudden I had to cheer for the wrong people.

Sitting next to Elijah, he prayed inwardly.

‘Balak, Narcissus…. I don’t like it, but I hope you guys win at least this moment… !’

The real father, step mother, and daughter started to discuss fiercely.