Chapter 46

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nChapter 46

nA candidate for a priest who has been nurtured and cherished since childhood cannot be let go.

nBecause it can be tainted with evil.

nBut it sounds like a rolling stone from the lowest place won’t be cared less whether they fall into evil or not.

nIt was blatant discrimination.

n‘Besides, wanting him to volunteer on his own means making it his own choice and letting him take on the responsibility.’

nAs expected, humans are humans.

nEven for a priest who stands in the church and preaches the doctrine of God.

nAria knew a little about how the priest apprentices who were educated under him grew up.

nBecause they made a great contribution to making war as sacred as possible in front of the Church in the future.

n‘What is good and what is evil.’

nAccording to Garcia’s standards, is it good to listen to the Pope and evil to not listen to the Pope?

nOne thing was certain.

n“Valentine representing evil and Garcia representing good are the same.”

nThe essence was no different.

n‘Anyway, it seems that soon someone with an angelic name will come as an apprentice from the Holy Empire.’

nThe priests didn’t seem to mind.

nIt seemed that they had to send a child with divine powers to Valentine’s.

n‘Because there is no way to do such a loss without any profit considering Garcia.’

nIs there some kind of contract?

nAria had no choice but to doubt.

n‘I thought that Valentine and Garcia were opposites of each other. Did they have a relationship?’

nWhen there is darkness, there is also light. They obviously said so.

n“What do you mean?”

nDoes it mean that Valentine is necessarily evil?

nThat’s the law that governs everything in the world, though.

n‘But there seems to be something deeper…..’

nIt was when she was immersed in her thoughts.

n“What are you doing standing in the hallway?”

nSuddenly Lloyd’s voice was heard.

n“If you can’t sleep, ask them to sing a lullaby.”

nAria looked up at the approaching boy and flapped her lips.

n– Sing it for me.

n“No, are you crazy?”

nLloyd let out a harsh sound without realizing it, then rubbed his lips.

nAs if he had made a mistake.

n“Not me. The chief handmaiden or something.”

n– I don’t like anyone but Lloyd.

n“You keep saying things like that, so I’m mistaken…”

nHa.….

nThe boy sighed deeply.

nAria looked at Lloyd, wiping his bangs wildly, and she suddenly wondered.

n– It seems that we often meet at the detached villa.

n“Well, one of the rooms here is being used as my office.”

nAria widened her eyes.

n– Really?

nEven in the same building, it was not on the same floor, so she didn’t seem to hear Lloyd’s voice.

nIf she had known earlier, she would have gone for him.

nShe looked disappointed.

n“Didn’t you know?”

nHe thought she knew it.

nIn a place overlooking Lloyd’s office window, she would always stand looking up at the sky endlessly, as if asking to take a look.

nEven when it rained on.

nHe wondered what the purpose was.

n“You just had no idea.”

nAria heard those words and tilted her head.

nLloyd rubbed his finger against his heated earlobes with an expressionless face.

nHe knew for the first time that he lived with so many misunderstandings up to this point.

n– Lloyd.

nThen Aria pulled Lloyd’s hem, who was turning his gaze away, and flapped her lips.

n– Your mother told me to curse at you.

n“…..”

nThis was another development he hadn’t thought of.

nHe said after being silent for a moment.

n“……Where are you going to do?”

nLloyd thought it’d be better off listening to her cursing.

nEven if that makes her feel better.

n– I’ve never cursed.

n“You probably know.”

nThis person.

nAria thought for a moment before she poured out the swear words she knew.

n– Retard, half-wit, dumb, monster, f***, stupid bastard….

nIt stopped right there.

nIt was because she couldn’t think of it anymore.

n“The last thing was the one I taught you.”

n-Huh.

n“Did you hear somewhere else about the rest?”

nThat….that’s how it is.

nAria didn’t answer the question, but Lloyd was already convinced.

nThe back of his hand was tightly engraved with veins, and his jaw tightened.

nHis eyes, which had darkened as pitch-black, flashed a blatant expression of threatening energy.

n“I should have taken care of it sooner.”

nCount Cortez.

nAria instantly figured out who the boy was thinking of now.

nIt wasn’t a complete misunderstanding.

n‘The second last thing I heard from Carlin.”

nShe’ll keep this a secret forever. Aria swore to herself.

nIt was difficult for her if the capable and useful shaman was sent to the underworld.

nThis time Lloyd spoke up.

n“It’s not that you’re bothering me, I just realized that I care about you for no reason. Although it’s late.”

nAria was confused as to how to take these words.

nHe cared about her for no reason.

n‘Are you saying in a roundabout way that you cared for me because I look like your mother when she was sick?’

nLloyd’s words continued.

n“I understand why you want to marry me and I have decided to accept it.”

nIt seems like he’s talking while grinding his teeth.

nAria became even more lost as she read the hazy resentment from the boy’s black eyes.

nShe wants to give him happiness in return for being saved by Lloyd.

n‘In the end, he will be angry, but…..’

nAria had a time-limit.

nThe fact that she would die anyway was also the reason why she completely hides that she can sing a siren song.

n‘Still, it would be a shock if someone who he had been married to for 10 years died suddenly without saying anything.’

nAngry with himself and with his partner.

nSo Aria was never going to tell him her own circumstances in detail.

nThen Lloyd will remember her for the rest of his life.

n‘Lloyd, will outlive me. I don’t want him to carry the guilt for nothing.’

nSo, a light sympathy was enough as Lloyd decided to marry Aria.

n‘It’s rather the best scenario.’

nThey stay married as they are, and when he becomes an adult he can go out and find the rest that he didn’t know about.

n“Are you listening to me?”

nIt was when she was in deep thought.

nLloyd narrowed his eyes and pulled Aria’s cheeks to either side.

n“I’m serious.”

nIt looked really serious.

nHis hand was fiddling with Aria’s cheek.

nHe just stretched her cheeks without much thought, because he liked the feel.

n“Marshmallow……”

nIs this serious?

nAria, caught by Lloyd’s serious expression, was stunned for a moment.

nWhen she showed her sullen eyes, the boy let go of his hand and coughed a little.

n“I made my own judgment and threatened your life and made it difficult.”

n“…..”

n“I want to apologize.”

nAria was startled.

nIt was because Lloyd clasped her hand politely and bent one knee to the floor.

n“It will never happen again.”

n“…..”

n“I swear, Aria.”

nThe boy’s eyes, who had always been cold, seemed deep for that moment.

nEven the end is invisible.

nAria couldn’t take her eyes off the lake-like eyes that illuminated the night sky.

nHe called her ‘Aria,’

nFor the first time.

n“Never again, no one will be able to deny Ariadne Valentine.”

n“…..”

n“I’m here. Don’t go anywhere. This is your home.”

nMy home.

n‘… home?’

nAria had no home.

nShe lived in a cage with iron bars.

nShe was a livestock raised in strict confinement.

nWhere is the luxury of talking to and expressing emotions to livestock that are desperate to live day by day?

nThe Siren’s only worth was singing, and it was thanks to it that she survived.

n‘Home.’

nIt was a more miraculous word to her than the siren song.

nShe never dared to wish, believing that even if she died and woke up, she wouldn’t have it.

nAria’s eyes, who had reacted bluntly to everything he did, shook greatly.

n“Anyway, I’m your husband now.”

n– Am I, Lloyd’s wife?

n“Yes, Wife.”

nLloyd replied bluntly.

nHe didn’t make a bitter face, nor did he make an awkward face as if he was spitting out unfamiliar words.

nJust as he would say that apples are red by its natural definition, he called her his wife.

n“If you allow it, I’ll tell the employees of each department to prepare for the wedding as soon as possible.”

nWedding?

nNaturally, she thought that when they got married, they would only exchange documents in an informal way.

n‘I don’t think we can do that?’

nAria was perplexed.

nBecause weddings of young nobles were prohibited by law.

nThat was the privilege of only those who had the right to hereditary powers to the throne.

nIn other words, the only person that can hold a wedding at such a young age is only the Crown Prince.

n‘That skeptical and inflexible Emperor would certainly take it as treason.’

nHe will definitely run wild.

nOr, he can remember the incident forever and accuse him of it later.

nAria was well aware of the current Emperor’s personality. Because she’s been watching him closer than anyone else.

n– It’s illegal to hold a wedding.

nWhen Aria asked, Lloyd replied.

n“You still follow the law. When did you see the Valentine’s do the law?”

n“….”

nThat’s right….

nAria had nothing to say.

nIf the Emperor wanted to nitpick the wedding, they would have to catch up with the shaman who was blazing in Valentine’s castle.

nHe was a criminal just by his existence.

n‘Then, what the Grand Duke said wasn’t a joke?’

nOf course, she thought it was a joke to say that he would give her a wedding as luxurious as the Empress’.

nBut it wasn’t.

n– But then it’d be a blemish for Lloyd when you remarry again.

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