Why is he talking about the gold mine?
I didn't pay attention to it at first, but suddenly I felt like I'd been hit in the back of the head.
‘Did he find out that I was the one who gave the information about the mine to Walter?’
But even if I was the one giving that information, why do I feel so afraid?
Of course, Leon thinks I don't know anything about who he really is, so this wouldn't be a threat.
But if he suddenly revealed his identity and asked me, what would I say?
Just thinking about this situation sent shivers through my body.
My lips trembled.
Is this the end?
If I tell the truth, will Leon believe me?
“Whoa, Walter was released.
They said he was faly accused.”
When she suddenly stuttered, Leon's face turned into an emotionless expression.
I smiled at him embarrassed, and he tilted his head.
“Does this make you happy?”
“No, not quite happy…”
I stopped and closed my mouth.
In fact, I was a little happy.
His red eyes met mine in the void.
There was an awkward silence, then it was broken by Leon's laughter.
“If you are happy, be happy.”
I looked at him with surprised eyes, and he avoided my gaze and stared blankly.
What is this?
Didn't he intend to interrogate me?
“Leon…”
“But if I had a gold mine, that would be great, wouldn't it?”
Goldmine again?
I frowned.
Why did he suddenly change the subject?
Is he testing me?
When I looked at him without responding, Leon started shaking his body and jumping.
“Bill Bill, buy me a gold mine.”
What nonsense?
You have more money than me! the money?
I felt like Leon was obsessed with money sometimes.
Suddenly, I wondered: Is he doing this because he wants to know how I knew that information, or what I'm hiding, or does he think I know the locations of other mines?
‘Really… the hero of the story acts like this?
Isn't that an understatement?'
But if that was true, I couldn't hold back my laughter.
Leon laughed cheerfully and then frowned slightly, so she stopped laughing and looked into the space.
“If I could, I would give you not only a gold mine, but diamond mines and magic stones as well.”
“Give me one now.”
He said seriously, extending his hand towards me.
Do I have one?
Even the gold mine that the Emperor discovered was on his land, and I couldn't get close to it.
If I had known somewhere else, I would have taken it for myf, not for you!
I'm just prying here.
“Shall I draw a picture of you?
I draw better than you.”
“No need...”
Leon stopped speaking in a grumbling tone.
I raised my eyebrows as if to challenge him.
He sighed deeply and turned his head.
“Leon might not care, but...”
He looked at me in amazement.
“I feel relieved now that Walter has been acquitted.”
“Leon knows everything.”
He muttered with a frown as if he was not satisfied.
Of course, I don't know how much he knows.
But he definitely knows I'm hiding something.
However, I am grateful that he treats me like he used to.
“Give me the gold mine.”
Except for these malicious pranks that sometimes make me doubt his seriousness.
A few days ago, Leon again suggested going to Palanobo.
Esther's cold was harsher than she expected.
As the cold grew stronger by the day, I could hardly leave the castle, so I gladly agreed to the weekend trip.
That was tomorrow.
While I was comfortably waiting for the weekend, my heart began to race as the travel date approached.
This was my first real trip with Leon.
‘In resorts, people usually wear comfortable and open clothes, right?
What?
'Oh my God!'
My face flushed when I suddenly imagined Leon.
I waved my hand like a fan and laughed embarrassed.
“Ma’am, shall we take this too?”
Amy asked as she held up a dress I liked.
“It's going to be very hot in there, isn't it?”
“Yes, okay.”
She picked up a letter from the desk.
It was a monthly message from the temple of the ruler Tia in Esther.
The high priest, who claims to be old and sick and does not have the strength to hold a pen, wrote it himf despite his illness.
I opened the drawer to put the letter in, but noticed a bracelet I brought from the Esta Temple.
I took out the bracelet and held it in front of my face, examining it.
Why was this in a suspicious place?
It could only be a child who discovered a secret place while playing and hid his favorite bracelet.
I stuck it on my finger and started turning it.
“Ma’am, will you use the same bedroom with Master in Palanubou?”
Mary asked suddenly.
"What?"
I coughed in surprise and stopped the bracelet with my other hand.
At that moment, the bracelet slid smoothly from my hand to my wrist.
"What is this?!"
I shouted and got up from the chair.
How does a bracelet the size of a child's hand fit my wrist?
“Ma’am, are you okay?”
Mary asked cautiously, her eyes wide at my scream.
The maids gathered together thinking something had happened.
I waved my hands to calm them down.
"No, don't get together.
Nothing.
As for the bedroom, we won't share one."
“Yes, okay.”
I sat in the chair and stared at the bracelet.
I wasn't wrong.
Didn't Amy say it was a baby bracelet?
'Why is he stretched out like that?
He wasn't flexible at all.'
I laughed in amazement and tried to pull it off forcefully, but it wouldn't move.
“What is this...Mary!”
I called Mary, who was about to leave, and she ran to me.
She extended my hand and said, “Try pulling it.”
“You mean this bracelet?”
I nodded.
Mary grabbed the bracelet and pulled it hard until I felt pain in my hand.
"Oh, my wrist's going to break!
Stop!"
I shouted, and Mary let go of her hand in fright.
"Are you well?"
"No, I'm not feeling well.
Can you get some oil?"
"Yes."
I tried to remove the bracelet while Mary was gone, but to no avail.
My hand was swollen and red.
It was like a matter.
How did this slip through my hands?
Mary brought the oil and applied it thickly to my hands.
We tried together to remove it, but failed.
I lay on the desk crying.
"If it doesn't come out, will I have to wear this dirty thing forever?
This is crazy."
Should I ask Leon to cut him with his sword?
I shook my head.
It might sever my entire wrist.
Even while pretending to be stupid, he hits the vital points accurately.
I remembered his jovial laugh and it gave me goosebumps.
I decided not to ask for his help until I had fully gained his trust.
We tried using oil, but to no avail.
“Ma’am, shall we try another oil?”
Mary asked.
I waved my hand as I leaned back on the desk.
I was sure nothing would work.
This is definitely a curse.
“What if we made your hand thinner to remove it?”
Thinner?
Now you suggest I go on a diet to remove this bracelet?
With all this delicious food here? impossible.
“Stop talking nonsense and go.”
I told her weakly.
I continued my battle with the bracelet, but I was completely defeated.
In the end, I traveled to Palanopu and this bracelet is a part of me.