I Was Given a Political Marriage

20 – Scarlett’s Heart (1)

It was the point of Aileen returning to her family for a while and taking care of the difficult work.

Even though he returned after a long time, he was drinking a cup of tea in a neatly organized office and getting things done.

‘I want to see Xian.’

He missed the other half of himself he had left behind at the academy even in the midst of struggling through work.

What if something happens while you’re not there, or if someone touches you?

I swallow the worries that come from the depths of my heart and focus on my work again.

“I’m going in for a while.”

“Come in.”

A blonde woman like herself enters the room with a simple knock.

Eileen faced her mother, but couldn’t take her eyes off the papers.

The mother also watched her daughter’s work to see if she didn’t want to interfere with her work, and started talking quietly.

“How’s work going?”

“It was sudden, but it’s getting better. But it would be better to find a merchant other than the family you were with last time.”

It’s been a long time since I said goodbye to the merchants who hit me. Perhaps you will need to find other people to continue this business.

“I knew that, but it’s nice to see you after a long time. How is your fiancé these days?”

“Huu~ If you’re curious. Recently, my relationship has been narrowing.”

“Yeah, anything is welcome as long as you’re getting what you want. Your dad did too.”

Eileen, who was already aware of Hyun’s remarks, just nodded and listened.

How she, the mother, got married and how they were created.

To the point of not taking on a new concubine because she still misses him.

“He also struggled to say he didn’t like it at first. Then, after exchanging each other’s first things that day and coveting them to the end, he finally gave in.”

“I’m different from you. I can wait until the end.”

Eileen believes in Xian until the end. Because someday, if he wants, he will share his first experience that he only dreamed of, and draw a happy future.

Persia Estes, who was watching it with her chin resting on her chin, seemed to be enjoying it.

From the position of a senior who has lived life first, he left appropriate advice.

“Yes, the greater the trust, the greater the feeling of betrayal. I did that.”

“…what did your father do?”

“What did you do? Were you childhood friends before you married me? I tried to run away with that b*tch.”

At that moment, Eileen’s eyes flashed and her expression wrinkled.

Felcia, who noticed that her emotions were distracted for a moment, began to move on to something more provocative.

“If it’s you, can you stand it? If the person you love doesn’t look at you until the end and tries to escape.”

“Yeah…”

“No, you can’t stand it. As a mother and as a child you’ve been watching for decades, you’re definitely not a kid.”

“Then why are you bringing this up now? Are you telling me to go back and take Xi’an by force?”

Aileen, who was furious at her mother who kept denying her, let out the anger boiling from within as she closed her eyes.

Perhaps she was satisfied now, Felsia was about to leave, showing a devilish smile.

The way she looked at her daughter who resembled her was not normal.

“Absolutely not… different.”

Eileen denies it and vows that she will not be forced to drink.

Without knowing that the only imagination that rises from that resolution is slowly emerging.

‘If Xian…’

It was just in case, but because I had a rich imagination, the worst was unfolding before my eyes.

The back of Xian who abandons himself and goes to another woman. And to myself who looks at it in vain.

up When he regained consciousness, he saw a broken quill in his hand.

‘Ominous. No, let’s calm down and don’t worry about things that don’t exist.’

Don’t suffer from the fact that you don’t have it for nothing, it’s something you can decide later.

if that really happens

“You can lock it up.”

Isn’t it just a matter of locking it up so that only I can look at it?

***

Scarlett and Cyan have been exchanging things for a while.

Before I knew it, the small hairpin kept changing, and now it was changed to a strange gold nugget.

“How come it happened like this?”

“But I never thought that hairpin would come all the way here.

It was just amazing. I was so proud and amazed to see that the task, which I thought would be impossible, was progressing so well.

Scarlett looked at Xian, who was smiling brightly, and thought of a suggestion.

“Hey, Xian.”

“Yes why?”

Every time I saw Xian, who smiled brightly and always looked at me, my heart pounded.

When asked, there was no way to explain.

‘draft… Thanks to you.’

Scarlett briefly recalls the past and recalls her meeting with Xian.

Why did you fall for it and where is it so good?

It was a day not too long after coming to the academy.

She came to the academy dreaming of becoming a knight, but the academy was too hard for her.

A culture that he, who was a commoner, could not understand, the guys from knight families who came in through personal connections.

And even unreasonable malice toward oneself.

By the time you think every day is hell. It was the first time I was assaulted.

“Ugh… it hurts like hell.”

You can rebel, but the opponent is not one, but three. It was an unwinnable fight because there was even a difference in skill, so I gave up and just got hit.

While repeating a life that carves invisible wounds on the body every night and does not want to die.

I met the light

“Hey, you look sick. Are you okay? You always look depressed in this park. What’s wrong?”

It was the first favor I received after coming to the academy.

“It’s nothing. It’s just… that, nyan.”

Scarlett opens her mouth to say something, but no more voice comes out.

It was because he had no strength, and his life was too hard to say more than this.

little bit more. I really believe that if you hold on a little longer, it will disappear.

“Well done. I don’t know what it is, but I’ve been doing well so far.”

“Ah? What is this…”

He continued to do innocent favors to himself who knew nothing.

Kindness that wraps you in a warm embrace when you look tired.

I felt my body gradually fill up with the warmth I felt at the symphony.

‘why… No, it’s like this for me.’

I didn’t understand. I couldn’t imagine that the person I met for the first time today would be so kind to me.

“Just don’t say anything. It looks difficult, but you just did a good job today.”

No words came out. Because it was really hard, only tears came out.

This was my first meeting with Xian.

Even after this, I was bullied the same way, and I was comforted by a boy who didn’t even say a word in the same place every day.

That’s why I was able to survive. To repay the favor, I swung my sword with all my might, and after half a year, I was able to make a name for myself in the Knights Faculty.

“Really? Good job today too.”

“Then… will you do it today?”

“Uh, um. It’s okay to do whatever you want.”

Scarlett laid her head on him as if in a daze. I felt the warmth and admired the fragile hand caressing my hair.

‘I hope this daily life continues.’

I hoped that my happy daily life would not be broken, and when a year passed, I felt those feelings change little by little.

Time has become an indispensable precious thing.

I didn’t want to lose it to anyone.

“Scarlett?! Why did you call me and not say anything?”

“Hmm? Ah!? Uh, hmm. I’m sorry I’m getting lost in thought.”

“Isn’t that a strange idea again? Ah~ I’m hungry. Shall we go out to eat?”

Xian’s proposal to go out to eat. Scarlett smiled in response and tried to take his hand.

With just a little movement, the two of you can go hand in hand.

Scarlett came close to reaching his hand with great courage.

“What are you two doing?”

Just before my hand touched it, I was startled by the cool yet cold voice and put it away.

“Huh!? Ah, ah…? That, who are you?”

“What, you’re surprised. What if Aira suddenly calls from behind?”

When I turned around, there was a woman who looked like Eileen, but with shorter hair.

When Sian recognized Ira, Scarlett became nervous.

“Oh, but who’s next to you?”

“This is Scarlett, my friend.”

“Yeah… a friend.”

Although it hurts a little to hear that they are friends, Scarlett introduced herself as a friend.

Aira looks suspiciously at the introduction of a friend.

Xian just let it go, but seemed to catch Scarlett’s awkward reaction right away.

“Hmm, well, that’s it. But what were the two of you doing?”

“I was going to have a meal with you while doing some homework.”

“…”

Ira pecked her eyes because she couldn’t be cold.

Scarlett noticed more and more, then stood behind Xian and whispered quietly in his ear.

“who is this?”

“Um, Eileen’s younger sister. To be more precise, should I say my sister-in-law…?”

Scarlett feels bad at the word sister-in-law.

He showed through actions instead of words that he had reached his limits.

He dragged Xian’s hand roughly and headed somewhere.

“Wait a minute, where are you going?”

The aspiring knight, for whom love was more important than honor, took the person he loved and dragged him into a space known only to him.

It didn’t matter anymore.

If you keep calm like this, you might lose him to another woman like last time.

“Scarlett, where are you going… and why is Ira?”

“Sian, I really wanted to say this, so I brought you here.”

Suddenly, he catches the mood and drives him against the wall.

Unable to escape, the woman in front of him forcefully pushes and oppresses him.

“i like you.”

My head started to go white at Scarlett’s bombshell remarks.