I Was Given a Political Marriage

24 – The past of violets (1)

“Bored.”

“Sister, don’t you do anything after calling a guest?”

“I will not.”

As always, Eileen was not interested in anything.

She didn’t want to spend even one nerve on her unloving fiancé.

“Then why did you bring…”

“Um, a game and the head of the household asked me to bring it.”

“…Poor.”

‘It’s pitiful.’

To her, the evaluation of Xian was only that of a low-class aristocrat who was good at chess.

At least, the fact that he was superior to other men aroused interest, but it still feels unfortunate to call it love.

It was around the time that the thought that it was okay even if it wasn’t him was still dominating my head.

“Oh, I don’t know. I’m going to water the flowers.”

“Violets? I gave them to you earlier.”

“Your sister…do you treasure that flower?”

“That’s right. Because that’s the last remaining trace.”

Contrary to the appearance of not paying much attention, Aileen takes care of the flowers delicately.

Her younger sister, Ira, was proud of her attentive older sister, but was in a bit of sadness.

A large picture that can be seen even if you slightly raise your head.

In the picture, everyone was smiling harmoniously.

“If that flower withers. Will we eventually forget it too?”

“I hope that doesn’t happen. It remains as a painting, right?”

Even though the flowers he grew will wither and disappear someday, he believes that memories will remain.

Eileen looked at the man in the picture and closed her eyes.

When I closed my eyes, I couldn’t see anything, but for some reason it felt like someone’s voice was ringing in my ears.

A warm hand that always caressed her with an expressionless face.

It was a memory of a handsome man with black hair and red eyes reading a book while stroking Eileen and Aira.

“Stop talking about your father. The more you talk, the more depressed you become.”

“But… don’t you miss your sister? That flower is the last.”

The Estes family’s violets he cultivated until his death.

According to a story he had heard in the past, it was the flower he brought with him when he came to the marquess family.

Before Aira and Eileen were born, the flower bed was filled with violets, so the scale must have been great.

However, after he died, of course, the violets withered and disappeared one by one because they were not cared for by anyone.

The last remaining violets were barely saved after Eileen and Aira’s efforts.

‘But even those flowers are not in good condition. Because there are no seeds in the first place, and the tip of the root has begun to wither.’

A flower that once begins to wither fades endlessly.

But that’s why it blooms beautifully and spends the last splendidly.

It was like the most beautiful last dance.

“But where did Xi’an go?”

“I don’t even know where my fiancé is now…? It’s too much.”

“Keum, well, won’t you find it on your own? If you want to find it that way, you should find it first.”

As Eileen put on her glasses and turned off her nerves, Ira, who watched her, sighed and tried to leave.

She, who was more affectionate than her sister, moved to find her fiancé instead.

‘It’s nonsense… He’s my fiancé anyway.’

It’s an engagement in words, but in reality it’s a good deal.

There won’t be much time left for parting, so there’s no need to give affection.

“Hmm? What’s over there…”

Before I can look away, I find Aira outside.

She was at the flower bed where she was watering a moment ago, and her fiancé, Xian, was with her sister next to her.

‘I’m looking at violets. Another unnecessary explanation.’

The longer the two of them talked, the more pitying Xi’an looked at them, the more it bothered them.

How dare he nod his head as if he understood what he knew, even though he was an outsider.

“All men are like that. They are simple creatures who live on a kind of self-satisfaction called empathy.”

All the men I’ve met so far have been like that. Stupid people who try to avoid difficult tasks and always grow more while trying to put things to rest.

Among them, there were many people who tried to sell their conscience and beliefs, so I didn’t like it all the more.

‘Well, it’s not me, but Ira, I think.’

They said they could give birth to a child, but I didn’t want to give birth to a child without love.

If I was born like that, I would be unhappy. I thought that if Ira had a child, I would pass it on and leave.

“Whoa, I just hope it all passes.”

I was so envious of the birds flying freely in the sky.

I wanted to feel the pure feelings again without any worries.

‘The more I learn, the darker the world becomes.’

I didn’t know it when I was young, but the more I got to know the world, the darker the world became.

The reality I didn’t want to know was a poison I couldn’t forget.

A beautiful poison that cannot be avoided and accumulates in the body.

“Huh… my head hurts.”

Eileen complained of a headache and leaned back on the sofa.

Drowsiness comes in an instant when comfort comes.

She closed her eyes and escaped a little from reality.

~girl sleeping~

bang!

“Kyaaagh!?”

I tried to sleep comfortably, but woke up hastily to the sound of lightning.

“What the hell is this… Oh, it must have been raining outside.”

Aileen looked out the window in a cold sweat and soon realized that the weather was overcast and rain and lightning were falling outside.

She had just woken up and struggled with a hazy mind, but she gradually returned to reality as she stretched.

“Ira~? Hasn’t he come yet?”

Eileen went out into the dark hallway and slowly walked around the mansion looking for her younger sister and attendants.

For some reason, no one answered, and the quiet silence approached with a sharp chill.

“Is anyone there? Maid!!”

“Yes, yes…! The lady is awake.”

“Yeah, but do you know where Ira went?”

A maid I met after looking for a while. Maybe he was quite busy right now, and he was running around, unaware that his hair was messy.

“Lady Aira… Whoa, she went to find Master Xian.”

“Hmm? Where are you going to find it in this weather? And everyone is running around looking for cyan?”

“Yeah… Well, I have to go find the Twilight Hall.”

Eileen looked at the maid who ran away like that again.

Perhaps curious about the location of her fiancé who had suddenly disappeared, she too began to move slowly.

‘To come to someone else’s family and make them suffer like this. What men really are.’

Sooner or later, he’ll beat the only chess he’s good at, so he’ll be completely discouraged.

If that’s the case, then I won’t even care at all… .

I looked around for a while and noticed something odd.

-Wheeik! bang!

The situation outside where the cold wind blows fiercely. Outside, someone was squatting and covering something with an umbrella.

‘Who the hell… no, why are you standing there?’

At that moment, I burst out of curiosity and slowly walked outside.

As soon as I came out, a white breath greeted me, probably because the temperature had dropped a lot because of the rain.

“What are you doing there? The attendants are all looking for people.”

“Ah, sorry…! Eileen, is that because of me?”

“…I guess you know it well.”

I didn’t know who it was from a distance, but as I got closer I could see it.

Black hair and small body. He knew that this boy whose hands and ears were burning red and exhaled was his fiancé.

“Knowing that, what are you doing here? It’s windy, don’t you know that going in quickly will cause less harm to others?”

“I’m sorry… But from the outside, this flower looked like it would blow away in the wind.”

When I lowered my gaze to the horse in Xian, there was a purple flower swaying.

‘violet… ? Why does Xi’an want this flower?’

“I’ll apologize to the attendants later. But… can you help me move these flowers?

“Why are you keeping it? It has nothing to do with you in the first place.”

“But it’s a precious flower. You said that it’s a precious flower, even if it’s a child, and you’re going to protect it unconditionally… You said. I couldn’t leave it alone.”

The appearance of Xian protecting the flowers with a bright smile.

It looked like an innocent child wrapping his whole body to protect something precious.

‘Will you protect my precious things? why?’

I couldn’t quite understand. why is he even doing this?

No, is he trying to protect a flower that has no meaning to him?

I couldn’t understand it with common sense, and I couldn’t relate to what it was with emotion.

“Eh, first of all… Let’s move this one. Earlier, I gently scooped up the roots along with the soil.”

“Ah, what. This way.”

Eileen, who was dazed, went back to the mansion with Cian, who scooped up dirt in her hands.

And he brought me a small potted plant and made me put it there.

“Huh, I’ll just water it here for a while and put it in a pot later.”

“…”

Xian looks at the flowers and smiles innocently. The more I watched it, the weirder it got.

why? Why is this person moving like this?

“Why are you protecting flowers like this?”

“I told you earlier. You said you valued it.”

“Then why did you keep it? You didn’t have to do that.”

Sian tilted his head and scratched his head as if he still didn’t understand.

“Why… It’s just that, since I have something precious, I thought others would know the value of looking at this flower.”

“I raised it with care, but it would be pitiful if it broke down, right?”

‘ah… .’

And for the first time, she could feel something from Xian, who was embracing innocence by her side.

[Eileen, flowers are not forever beautiful. Now, at this moment, it is pure and beautiful, and it is more beautiful and pure because it will fade someday.]

I still couldn’t understand what my father said in the past, but I still felt something strange when I saw the Xian.

The innocence of those days that I couldn’t feel now.

‘It’s unique.’

He was very peculiar.