Victor opened his mouth: “Since when?”
“Since last year, maybe”
“Since last year?”
“Yes, it seems the tension was high.”
Victor grabbed Scarlett's arm, who tried to get past the matter easily: “Tell me in detail.”
“I don't want to.
I'm not comfortable enough to talk to you about such trivial matters.”
“But I don’t think this is something that can be ignored.”
"It is as you see.
What do you want to hear?"
When I asked, Victor had nothing to say.
Scarlett had never seen such a complex expression on his face.
This man seems to have emotional changes as well.
“If you have nothing to ask, let go of my hand.”
“When we return to the capital, I will ask a doctor to examine you.”
“There's no need for that.”
“What's unnecessary?”
"It's only sometimes, for a moment.
And my memory comes back quickly.
Maybe from exhaustion."
Scarlett was trying hard to convince Victor that she was okay.
Immediately after they returned to D.C., Scarlett was forced to go to the hospital with Victor.
During the examination, she said to the doctor: “Victor Domfelt is very stubborn.”
The doctor could not respond to her criticism of Victor Domfelt, so he laughed in embarrassment and continued the examination.
After a while, the doctor came out and spoke to Victor: “There doesn’t seem to be an apparent problem.
Usually, doctors say that psychological trauma may cause these symptoms.
And...”
“Enough”
The doctor was afraid of Victor, and tried to say more, not knowing what to say, but Victor interrupted him impatiently.
After a moment, Scarlett came out of the examination room, putting on her coat: “Are we done now?
If you stop me again, I will call the police.”
Victor smiled softly after making sure she was okay: “If you call, I’ll be the one to come.”
Scarlett sighed and turned around.
The trip south was completely different from her plan.
She expected the trip to take two weeks, but thanks to joining Victor's group, she returned to the capital in a week.
Andrei looked at the pebbles carried by the sailors and said:
“So, you went south to collect stones?”
“It's not just stones.”
“Anyway, they're stones.”
“True, but I feel upset for some reason.”
“I don't understand why you feel upset when I call stones stones.”
Scarlett talked to Andrei, then moved the suitcase to the second floor and put it under the bed.
Andrei said as he helped her: “In the eyes of others, they are just stones.
There is no need to hide them carefully.”
“It's not just stones for me, so I'll hide it.”
Scarlett said proudly: “Well, with this quantity, I can make many new watches.”
“Are you really going to do that?”
“Yes, if I succeed in convincing.”
“You must convince people with whom you can agree, but who do not understand.”
Scarlett smiled at Andrei's comment: “If they don't understand, I will use strong measures.”
“Oh, you're going to turn things around again.”
“This time I'll do it quietly.
Anyway, I'll go see Issac.”
“Okay, do it.”
Andrei returned to the first floor immediately.
Andrei was usually very grouchy, but he never interfered with Scarlett's visits to Isak, because he knew his place in her life.
After unpacking and changing her clothes, Scarlett takes the tram to the lake where Isak works.
Issac Crimson was the most important reason she lived.
If you publicly announce that the parts in Eiffel Crimson watches are defective, Eiffel Issac will definitely be hurt.
So, she was planning to get him out of Crimson Palace first.
When she arrived, Karel, the raft guard, called out to Isak: “Master!
Your sister is here!”
Isaac smiled from the side of the lake and nodded.
After a while, Isaac approached and said, “Scarlett, was your trip south good?”
“Yes, I went.
And...the parts were already defective.”
Isaac nodded as if he knew: “Then it must be retrieved.”
Scarlett laughed happily and replied, “Yes.”
Isaac was the first to say it directly.
The quality of Crimson watches was a source of pride for the family and a legacy of their parents.
Scarlett added: “I'm afraid you're in danger, so you'd better leave Crimson Palace.”
Isaac suddenly refused firmly: “I can’t do that.”
“Why not?”
“About the clock issue, you're right.
But I can't leave the Crimson Family.”
“Why?”
“If I leave the house, I won’t be able to prove it is our home later.
We don’t know where the house document is, nor how things are.”
As he said, after Evil Crimson looted so much property, there was no certainty that the house document was in Isaac's name.
But at Salantaire, the actual residence in the house is considered as important as the document, so it appears he plans to stay in the attic.
“But...”
“Scarlett”
Isaac took her hand carefully, and smiled with his beautiful face: “I am twenty-two years old.
I will protect myf.
Do what you must.”
“I don't need that house anymore.
It's not worth risking you.”
"But it's important to me.
That house...it's everything to me."
Scarlett stopped at his words.
Isak smiled again: “I want you to be able to visit the house whenever you want.
To live in it if you want, or to rest in it.
Until then… I want to protect it.”
“As the head of the Crimson Family, this is the only thing I want to do.
Do you understand me, Scarlett?”
With his gentle voice, Scarlett smiled as if she had no choice, and said in a strong tone: “Yes, I understand you.”
Just as Issac is her reason to live, Crimson Palace may be his reason to live.
If so, she couldn't take away his reason for living.
“Scarlett, be careful,” Isaac said.
“Yes, I will be”
“Good”
Isaac cautiously touched her cheek, then released her.
After Scarlett left, Isaac spoke to Karel: “Looks like I'll be leaving early today.
I'm feeling unwell.”
“What?
There are guests waiting to see the Count… well, no choice.
You are our master, if you are tired, you should rest.”
Issac was a big draw, so Carell was worried he would quit.
Frankly, since he was blind, Karel thought about cheating him out of a long-term contract.
But he soon discovers that Isaac does not sign any document without Scarlett's confirmation.
Isaac was too distrustful of anyone but her.
“Anyway, this is the first time you said that he is sick and needs to rest.”
“Did you say that?”
“Yes, you are always hardworking.”
Of course, sometimes Isak is strangely cold, but that goes away when Scarlett visits him regularly.
Maybe he depends on his sister too much...
Karel sometimes worried.