Chapter 2.1: Will the bride teach me?

‘why did you take such sudden action?’

I was at the new room where Jeremy hasn’t entered yet. As I sat on the bed, I pondered over the kiss of oath.

‘Strange. You asked what was a kiss in the past life. Why did you kiss me this time? Even in my first life, in my second life, I never kissed him’

We slept on the same bed everyday, let alone kissing, we never held hands except when necessary. He was faithful to acting as an idiot and i was a fake bride who came to watch him. But in this life, for the first day of the regression, we even kissed each other.

But why didn’t you act like an idiot, prince? I can’t even bother to ask because acting like an idiot was a secret. Besides the fact that i knew the secret, Jeremy now had no idea.

‘Oh. I don’t know’

I thought something would come to mind if i thought about it but it seems to have only gotten more complicated in my head. And…. kissing, a kiss, that moment shimmered in front of my eyes and I felt like I was going crazy.

‘i can’t concentrate because i keep thinking about the moment we kissed, focus! Come on, calm down, Hillain. Now that i think about it, why did the prince kiss me?… I need to think.’

I stop moving while my face dry in frustration. Suddenly, a serious question entered my mind.

‘But was it a kiss or a peck……?’

In the end, i hadn’t figured out what Jeremy’s plan was but my thoughts leaked the other way.

‘Um, it touched for a short time and then fell off, so it’s a bit conceiving to call it a kiss. If I had to do it again…… would it be a kiss? Hmmm’

Hey me, what are you thinking? I shook my head, drowning myself to such a sinister thought.

‘Why are you thinking like that? It’s an emergency right now. What if Ain saw Jeremy doing the kiss oath and thought that he’s suspicious? I have to check it later.’

I glanced at the clock. The time to go to report to the Crown prince is 1 am. I have to report on Jeremy’s daily routine or suspicious circumstances and I have to deceive him by mixing facts with lies.

‘I only have three hours left, don’t I?’

Three hours was not a lot of time. It is very difficult to deceive Ain. Since he was sharp and quick witted person, it was essential to think ahead about what he might ask.

‘But what do i say? First of all, I think I need to explain the kiss. Uh…… My appearance was so pretty that the prince seems to have gone mad. Even an idiot knows what’s pretty…..?

I slowly turned my gaze to the mirror. In the reflection, a girl with dull black and bright red eyes is frowning.

‘ha..haha…. I can’t say that or else my conscience will hurt.’

Taking a deep breath, she pushed the first plan out of her head.

“Then what do I say? Uh…. It wasn’t a kiss or anything. The idiot doesn’t know what’s a kiss, haha”

“It wasn’t a kiss or anything with me….?”

“Argh….. Prince!”

When did you come in? In front of the door stood Jeremy with the wounded expression on his face. His moist, pale purple eyes fluttered finely and contained a faint light.

This. I was so lost in thought that i didn’t even know Jeremy was coming. Besides, it seems that my own words leaked out without me knowing…

“I’m an idiot but still…… I know what’s an oath kiss.”

Tears welled up in jeremy’s pale purple eyes. Looking at the wounded little-animal like expression and drooping shoulders, i opened my mouth slightly.

‘Did you get tired of saying you don’t know what an oath kiss is? Wow. It’s cute but it’s too cute, right?’

If someone could read my mind they would think that I’m a fan they would have never thought existed.

Even you get my point, you have to admit it. Because I’m not like any other fan but a very serious Jeremy fan.

“Bride……..your face….. It’s a little scary”

“Uh……. Yeah? What expression did I just make? haha….”

I laughed out an awkward laugh without realizing.

‘By the way, this is not the time to laugh like this. How far did the prince listen to my self talk? I’m too stupid. I was messing around with what to do with the report without knowing that jeremy was coming. Do you have a brain or not?’

Belatedly, i changed my expression to a hard one, but…… Judging by Jeremy’s reaction, it didn’t look like this was a case either.

“Did Jeremy do something wrong?” (T/n: I can’t imagine a grown, handsome man, with a white hair, would speak in third person lol)

While i was blaming myself Jeremy, asked me with tears on his pretty face.  My heart started pounding at Jeremy’s tears. But as always…. Jeremy’s crying face was so powerful.

In a nutshell, the prince could be said to be the prettiest crying man in the world. How is he so pretty…… Even though i knew it was acting, i had the urged to make him cry even more.

“Bride. Maybe you didn’t like my kiss..?”

Jeremy looked down at me with a somber expression on his face. With his cute figure, all the worries that complicated my mind were blown away and what took the vacant place was my heart telling me to make Jeremy cry a little more. (T/n: lol what a sadist)

“Hmmmm, little bit?”

Jeremy looked shocked at my words. Forgetting that the situation was serious, i pressed the corner of my lips that were about to go up.

“Really?…… I’m sorry, bride”

Jeremy came closer to me while crying. When I gave up a seat slightly to the side, Jeremy came and sat down next to me. Then, with his shoulders drooping, he looked at me….. I mean, pouting would just make you look like a baby bird.

“It’s okay, maybe I also can’t. Well.”

With his head down to the ground who wore a gloomy expression on his face, Jeremy grew even more solemn.

“So it was like that earlier, that it wasn’t a kiss or anything….”

Jeremy lifted he’s thick eyelashes and glanced at me. But he wiggled his hands to make sure he wasn’t seen peeking and looked away again. His pale face was so cute and i covered my mouth. Jeremy gave me a slightly resentful look.

“Somehow i think you’re making fun of me. You making Jeremy a little sad.”

Oh. I don’t mean to make fun of you. It’s just  because you were too cute. I was a bit harsh.

“It’s not like that and i’m sorry i said it wasn’t a kiss or anything. It’s just a little different from what i know”

Well, to put it bluntly, could you even say that was an kiss of oath? Wasn’t it more like a lightning kiss?

“Then why don’t the bride teach me?” (T/n: keugh- *cough* *cough*)

“Then why don’t the bride teach me?” (T/n: keugh- *cough* *cough*)

I didn’t know that he would ask me to teach him so i was a little embarrassed by his words. When i glanced at him and looked at him, a smile crept into his eyes.

“Huh?”

He tilted his head slightly to urge me. He seemed to enjoy my bewildered appearance.

‘It wasn’t supposed to be like this’

It was a joke that i started to see Jeremy’s cute side but i felt like i was caught in a trap he had set. I tried to continue speaking to pretend as if nothing bothered me.

“So, the kiss……”

Wait a moment. I haven’t tried it either, how do you explain that? To me, who lived as a shadow knight until i was 18 and as a fake bride after that, kissing and anything like that was an unknown world to me.

“That’s first…….kiss you…?”

I was just trying to explain what I saw in the book and move on.

“Huh. Like this?”

But suddenly Jeremy’s face came closer. Porcelain-clean skin and doll like eyelashes. His face up close was frighteningly alluring.

Soft and moist lips gently overlap my lips. Astonished and frozen i was. Jeremy parted his lips slightly. I could feel his breath from less than 1 cm away.

“And then?”

Jeremy asked raising his thick eyelashes slightly. A strange color emanated from the two half closed eyes.

“………”

I dyed my cheeks red at the innocent temptation mixed with foolishness.

“That, That”

Stuttering like a broken machine, Jeremy grinned widely. It was a smile that seem to make fun of me.

“Did Jeremy do it right?” (T/n: 100/10)

“Yeah….”

Jeremy grinned, wondering if it was funny to hear my voice getting smaller.

“The bride’s face turned red like a tomato”

He gently swept my cheeks with his hands and patted my soft cheeks.

‘Ah, I lost. Lost!’

I took out the white flag. I tried to tease Jeremy but it looks like i was the one being teased.

‘its all because because of that color’

As I stared at Jeremy’s foxy smile, he hurriedly got up.

“Then! Good night”

My face couldn’t handle the heat and it was almost steaming so i layed down on the bed and covered my face with a blanket.

“Bride, sleep well”

Jeremy responded with a pretty voice to my pointless greeting. I quickly answered ‘yes’ and then pretended to fall asleep. I’m too embarrassed to look at his face after kissing. Although the wedding dress weighed down on my body and the head dress and tiara kept pooking at my head, I endured it with superhuman patience.

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‘I have to go and report’

In the end, i spent two and a half hours with my eyes open. I couldn’t even lie down comfortably let alone sleep because of the head dress that kept piercing the top of my head.

‘is the prince sleeping?’

Looking back, I saw Jeremy sleeping. Still, i didn’t forget to turn on the ‘sleeping scent’ in case he might wake up. The sleeping incense was a scented candle that make you fall into a deep sleep that no one could even wake you up. I got up, covering my nose to avoid inhaling the incense. Then i grabbed the hem of the cumbersome dress and stood in front of the window.

‘i haven’t prepared the knights uniform yet… Is it okay if I go in a dress?

I paused for a moment and imagined myself reporting to the master.

‘wouldn’t it look like a crazy woman was running around in the dark with the hem of her white wedding dress fluttering? Ummm, i don’t think it will look normal no matter what the situation is.’

If anyone ever found me, They would be surprised….. This isn’t a ghost bride or anything like that after all.

‘Shall we shange into other clothes then?’

Just then, on the table, I saw the pajamas the maids had prepared. I cautiously approached the table and lifted my pajamas….. Oh my god, look at this lace. Are these pajamas?

The night gown was a one piece made of silk, But there was a lot of exposure and decorations due to the laces. So was the gown.

Still, it was easier to move than a dress. Having no choice, I picked up my pajamas but there was one more obstacle.

‘how do you take this dress off? No matter how much i searched, i can’t find the button to take off my clothes, is there even any?’

Oh I see. I remember the trouble of not being able to take off the dress even at the wedding before returning. At that time, I rougly ripped the bottom hem of my dress and went to report……. It was quite cold back then.

I went out in a mini skirt (the ripped gown) on a winter night so i was glad i didn’t freeze to death.

‘i hate being cold. Should….we just go with this outfit?’

Eventually, I gave up taking off my dress and climbed on the window sill. I acted that way because i was confident that i would not be noticed. Because hiding my presence was my specialty. Even if i walked around in more clothes than this, i was still confident that I  wouldn’t be noticed.

‘Then shall we go?’

Before leaping out of the window, i rolled the hem of the sloppy dress tightly with my hands.

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Shadow knight.

Secretly belonging to the imperial family, this position’s real name was Secret Service Guard (t/n: how eye catching lol) and the shadow knight was a nickname given to them because they follow their master like a shadow.

The difference from usual escorts is that it supports in the darkness so that the master can enjoy the light and glory in the bright places.

That is, it was their job to do all kinds of dirty and ugly things on behalf of their master. The work of the shadow knight was difficult, and many people lost their lives early. On the other hand, those who survive various missions and stayed by the master’s side were called by the master’s name.

They could only be remembered by a single person only after passing through many hurdles of death.

“Hill”

Ain, a man with classical golden hair, called me.

He called me ‘Hill’

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“Yes”

I took a step forward in the dark and knelt before him. Ain’s eyebrows rose obliquely to the white dress that contrasted with the darkness.

“Is that how you came, Hill?”

As he tilted his glass of red wine, he grinned. As he removed his lips from the glass, the blood-red wine stained his lips red. His shirt was half rippen open, probably because he was stuffy at the drunken fever.