While Victor was silent, Scarlett spoke anxiously: "Are you drunk?
This is the first time I've seen you drunk.
How much did you drink?
Why did you drink all that?"
“Oh, sorry.
I shouldn't have woken you up.
Today I feel like I'm bewitched.”
While Victor was thinking about how many times Scarlett had apologized for knocking on his bedroom door, Scarlett ended the conversation thinking he was tired: “Let’s talk tomorrow.”
“I will accompany you to your room.”
“What?”
“You said you were enchanted.
I'm afraid you might stumble on the way.”
Scarlett nodded embarrassedly at his words.
After a while, they walked down the stairs together.
Scarlett was feeling very embarrassed as she headed to her room.
The servants did not know what to do, so they remained silent.
Scarlett stood in front of the door of her room, but the maid did not open the door, which made her tilt her head in surprise.
The maid was reluctant to open the door for Scarlett, who was no longer the mistress of the Domfelt house.
At that moment, Victor reached out from behind him and opened the door.
Scarlett turned around in surprise, then looked around and said, "Everyone's acting weird today...even you.
Did you wake up because I woke you up?"
Victor changed the subject: “You like blue, don’t you?”
"Huh?
How did you know?"
“You always gave me something blue when I went to the sea.”
“Did you know?”
“You said it makes you feel at ease.”
The corners of Scarlett's mouth gradually rose: “I didn't know you remembered.”
She was excited that her husband remembered what she said, but suddenly she remembered something and looked at Victor: “By the way, what happened today?
I drank myf drunk.”
“Nothing happened”
“Really?”
Despite what he said, she did not calm down.
She looked around, made sure the servants had withdrawn, then approached and whispered: “Shall we bathe together?”
“Victor?”
I looked at him, and Victor froze for a moment before replying: “I’m drunk.”
“I know.
But I’m worried about you, and since you’re drunk, you’re so cute… I want to stay with you.”
Victor did not answer, but she felt that he did not completely agree with her words.
Anyway, Scarlett wanted to stay with Victor on a day when talking seemed possible, and she thought the only way was to spend the night together.
Moreover, since he didn't usually walk around drunk, and followed her into the bedroom, she was sure he wanted her too.
In contrast to Victor's complicated feelings, Scarlett was determined not to leave him easily.
She looked at him with clear eyes, and Victor stood with his hands behind his back, gripping his left wrist tightly.
If he wasn't a monster, he shouldn't be taking advantage of a woman who had lost her mind to the point of forgetting about their divorce.
That was obvious, whether he was drunk or not.
However, under the influence of alcohol, Scarlett's expected voice of disappointment and her devastated look shook his resolve.
Victor hid his guilt and twisted his wrist forcefully while keeping a calm face.
It was not ruled out that she was lying to achieve something.
He grew up among immoral people, and spent his youth punishing transgressors.
Doubt preceded trust.
He opened his mouth: “Your forgetfulness is a big problem.
Let’s call a doctor first.”
Scarlett shook her head: “I’m not sick.”
“You said you don't remember what happened today.”
“That's true, but...”
“Shower first.
I'll wait there.”
Victor pointed to the couch.
Scarlett thought her request had been successful and replied, “Okay, I’ll be back quickly.”
I went into the bathroom.
After trying to seduce him, Scarlett was very tired, so as soon as she got out of the bathroom and lay on the bed, she fell asleep.
The doctor summoned by Victor examined her immediately.
Victor sat on the edge of her bed.
Her golden hair, which had shined when they were together, had become dull and tangled from lack of care, and her soft hands were crusty from work.
When he got out of bed carefully so as not to wake her, Scarlett woke up and extended her hand, holding his hand tightly and saying: “Are you going?”
“Why are you awake?”
“When you are by my side, I smell the forest, I sleep well...”
“When I'm under a tree, I think of you.
There are so many trees in the world...”
Scarlett muttered, then opened her eyes in surprise.
She stood up in surprise when she saw the doctor, servants, and sailors in the room that she thought contained only her and Victor.
Scarlett's face turned red, and Victor said: “Everyone except the doctor, get out.”
Scarlett covered her cheeks with her hands and said to Victor: “What should I do?
They heard everything.
I’m so embarrassed...”
Victor asked: “Is it forbidden for others to know that you love me?”
Scarlett raised her head and laughed in a pure voice: “What’s wrong with you today?
Is it because of the alcohol?”
“Maybe”
“I love you drunk”
Victor realized that Scarlett, even in this confusion, was focused only on him.
She listened to every word he said, and considered his responses kindly.
During the doctor's examination, Victor came out of her room.
Evan Light and Palin Redford, who had rushed over after hearing the news of the appearance of Scarlett, who had forgotten about her divorce, were standing in the hallway.
Palin spoke: “Is the lady not sane?”
Ivan hit him on the back of the head.
Balin realized his mistake and smacked his mouth.
He forgot for a moment how much Victor hated the term “irrational.” If Ivan hadn't hit him, Victor might have hit him.
Victor replied: “You may be lying.”
Balin spoke boldly again: “It's not easy to lie so calmly.
It's no use.”
“So, she is irrational?”
“This is my opinion”
“So this is unacceptable.”
“What?”
Victor continued: "I sent her to the convent because I thought she was lying.
If she is not lying, it is unacceptable."
Victor looked into the room.
Scarlett was sitting on the bed, talking to the doctor who had warned him in advance not to scare her.
The doctor came out shortly, and Victor ordered the sailors to withdraw.
The doctor said embarrassedly: “Her health is good, but she has completely lost her memories of the past year.
I can only assume that the reason is psychological.
Maybe you will call another doctor?”
“How likely is she lying?”
“If it's not psychological, she might be lying, but I can't be sure.
Sorry.
But she clearly had a cold last night.”
Maybe she caught a cold from walking around at night.
After the doctor withdrew, Victor returned to the room, put his hand on the bed and looked at Scarlett.
She had to be a brilliant liar and actress.
She should have been lying to him.
He felt bound by complicated and dark feelings towards her, and he wrapped her long golden hair with his hand.
Because of the roughness of his touch, Scarlett opened her eyes.
Their eyes met in the dark for a while.
Victor spoke first: “What do you want?
Say what you wish.”
Scarlett, who had not yet come out of her slumber, did not sense the violence in his voice, and said in a pleading tone: “Will you love me?”
Victor laughed in astonishment: “How?
And to what extent?”
“As much as I feel.
As happy as I am.”
Victor remembered her gloomy voice one day.
He muttered: “Meeting two deranged women in one day makes one forget one of them.
This is an advantage.”
Scarlett stopped and tried to get up, then asked anxiously: “Have you met Duchess Marina?”
“Yes”
Victor smiled f-mockingly: “She said that when I was young, she used to punish me violently to vent her anger.”
“What?”
“She didn't hope I would make her royal again.
It was just a release of anger.”
Scarlett looked at him for a moment.
When he tried to get out, she got up with her heavy body and grabbed him: “Stay with me.”
“I will not sleep with you”
At his cold words, Scarlett looked hurt but nodded: “Okay, I won’t cling.
Just… don’t stay alone.”
She carefully pulled his hand away and said, “You are my husband, and I am your wife.
Isn’t that the reason for marriage, to be together in times like these?”
She sat on the bed and pulled Victor next to her.
He first looked at her as she tried to pull him up, then lay down on the bed.
"If something like this happens, tell me.
I will always be by your side..." Scarlett said gently.
With a cold and reddened cheeks, she held Victor's hand and fell asleep.
Victor looked at the ceiling, then leaned towards Scarlett after she fell asleep and said, “You say you are always by my side.
Do you know how many times you said that during our marriage?”
Everything that came out of her mouth was a lie, he thought.
She was definitely a good liar.