The Escort Knight Who Is Being Obsessed Over by the Villainess Wants To Run Away

24. Why did you bring me to a family gathering?

I got a kiss on the cheek out of nowhere while I was sleeping.

The sleeping Elijah invaded my sanctuary.

Somehow, I turned my head while feeling a primal fear that is difficult to understand.

The sleeping face of Elijah was getting closer.

‘No way!’

I let out an ugly scream inside and hurriedly turned my head back.

Elijah’s lips touched my cheek.

Fortunately, the purity of her lips was preserved.

‘This, this, what is this… !’

I looked at Elijah again.

Be careful that the same thing might happen.

Fortunately, this time she was calm.

‘You, you man… ! I’ll scold you! Uh? You’re my master, but I’ll scold you anyway… ! Do you think i can’t Ha, I can do it!’

Unlike me, Elijah was very calm.

Sleep soundly as if there were no problems or hardships in the world.

Not knowing the speed of others.

‘Haa…. What the heck is this, uh….’

I want to let out a deep sigh, but I can’t because I’m afraid I’ll wake up.

In the end, I just swallowed it.

‘… I am.’

Is it belatedly dejected or ridiculous? A similar feeling flooded in.

He laughed quietly.

‘I go through all sorts of things in my life, really….’

It’s a kiss. Even to Elijah?

Before being possessed, if someone had said that to me, I would have completely ignored it.

Some bullsh*t.

‘What are you dreaming of?’

Unlike usual, Elijah fell asleep laughing.

Besides, a kiss that is not like Elijah at all.

It is clear that he must have had a dream and then moved to reality.

Kissing someone must mean that it is such a good dream.

I don’t know anything about Elijah.

Who would be able to make Elijah laugh like this?

If you think about her drool talk, I think the most likely one is her birth mother.

I don’t even know who it is.

“Hey…. Hi-Hi….”

Elijah laughed like her child.

It wriggles and clings to my arms.

‘It’s not good for your health, you.’

How many times do you swallow a sigh when you get into an unfortunate accident at dawn?

I just hugged Elijah.

As before.

Then he laughs again while rubbing her face.

‘Don’t laugh. I’m going to get used to it like this.’

Why do I want this child to strangle her.

Did I do anything wrong to Elijah?

Or not.

Really maybe.

Maybe.

Isn’t the tragedy already averted?

‘The time hasn’t come, but some relationship changes have made it impossible for that to happen….’

I hugged Elijah.

I didn’t have to hug him, I just hugged him because I wanted to.

A little warmth that fits comfortably in your arms.

Her soft hair smells good.

It’s strange.

No, it was unfamiliar, but now it’s not an unfamiliar scent.

It is comfortable.

‘If it were not for a tragedy, I would….’

I quietly closed my eyes.

How do we become?

***

Anemone in a cage.

Elijah hugged her knees and looked at the flower.

It’s nice to just look at it, I watched it all day long.

A smile bloomed on her face just by looking at it.

“Pretty.”

The fireflies that went outside are back.

A child flying in the void leaving an ivory-colored afterimage like a line.

The child threw away some of her fallen leaves outside the cage today.

Elijah stretched out her hand in welcome.

As if it were natural, the firefly landed on her hand.

She was in a good mood, so Elijah walked bouncing.

In the cage where quite a few leaves have disappeared.

There is space to dance.

The ivory light of the firefly sitting on my hand shimmered like a jewel in a ring.

“Thank you.”

When Elijah greets her, she flaps her wings briefly as if a firefly reciprocates.

She sat down in front of the anemone again.

A firefly sits on her hand, but sometimes she sits on the petals of an anemone.

Everything was fine.

But suddenly, a shadow fell.

Shadows are engraved on the floor like stripes following the shape of the bars of the cage.

“Huh?”

Having a shadow means that there is light.

Elijah raised her head.

Beyond the cage.

A huge light floating brightly.

Ivory It was the moon.

Full moon.

The shape of the moon split across the bars of the cage was like a piece of cake.

“Wow.”

Elijah was genuinely amazed.

A world of cages dangling in the dark.

There was light outside.

The round moon gave light.

The moonlit anemone shines brilliantly and blooms more fully.

Elijah also smiled more clearly.

The moon that seems to last forever has arrived.

***

“Hmm….”

I struggled to open my eyes.

I couldn’t open my heavy eyes easily.

I couldn’t fall asleep because of Elijah, who was lying on my arm.

This guy is on my cheek…. No. Let’s not think

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‘It must be hard after training this morning….’

Seeing that Anna doesn’t wake up, it doesn’t seem like the time to wake up.

‘… By the way, who do you think is there?’

I sighed slightly, opening my eyes with difficulty.

A room where soft sunlight shines through the curtains.

Someone’s hazy figure is getting clearer.

‘Ria… ?’

It was Leah, Elijah’s exclusive maid.

She was still looking down at Elijah.

Do not wake up, just be still.

‘… Was he someone who could make a face like that?’

In case someone is not Elijah’s maid, Leah usually has a very blunt and cold impression.

I don’t know what I mean.

I’ve hardly ever had a conversation.

Anyway, it gives off a fairly chilly atmosphere from the outside.

By the way, the look on Elijah’s face right now….

“… ….”

Ah. We met eyes.

Your expression changes quickly.

As usual.

No, colder than usual.

‘What is it? Did I just look at that face wrong….’

Seeing that you don’t wake me up, I can sleep a little longer.

I was so tired that I just closed my eyes.

At that time, Elijah groaned and dug into my arms.

‘Yes…. Hug me hug….’

I let it go as it pleases.

“Miss Elijah. Time to get up.”

Leah woke her up by pulling back the curtains.

A dazzling light flooded the room.

‘Ugh…. My eyes hurt….’

Even when I close my eyes, the light stings me.

“Ugh….”

Unlike me, like a vampire who was defeated by the light, Elijah raised her body right away.

She yawns and stretches her arms up.

“Ahhhhh….”

‘It’s cute and messy since the morning….’

Elijah fumbled on her bed with her swollen eyes.

I handed over a cat doll that I held and slept with for several days.

After receiving it, Elijah smiled at me.

‘Don’t laugh…. Be kind….’

I also struggled to get up.

I have to get up even if I’m tired. Is there anything special?

You can eat lunch and get some sleep.

I bowed my head to Elijah.

“Good morning.”

Come to think of it, this is the third time.

Sleeping with Elijah.

But this is the first time I have had a normal morning.

At first, Leah broke into her door.

The second time, an assassin came.

Elijah said with a grin.

“Yes. You?”

“Yes, thanks….”

I couldn’t sleep thanks to that.

I decided not to gossip.

Leah, who got Elijah up, touched her clothes.

I just stared at them in a daze.

‘Looking at it now, the two of you are a bit…. Resemblance….’

Elijah walked toward the window.

A place where the dazzling sunlight pours down.

The place where the potted plants received from Elijah are located.

As Elijah looked down at her flower pot, she exclaimed.

“… Huh!”

What’s going on?

Without time to check, Elijah disappeared.

“My lady?”

When Leah asked back, she reappeared.

She seemed to have gone somewhere using teleport.

When she returned, there was a flowerpot in her hand.

I put the flowerpot that Elijah brought next to mine.

“Come and see!”

A voice that speaks like excitement.

It’s like a chirping bird.

I got up and walked over.

Plant pots placed side by side.

There….

“Sprout!”

Small green buds opened.

Elijah smiled at me.

The sunlight streaming in through the window illuminated her face.

Your bright smile is dazzling.

That face that smiled so much that teeth were exposed.

That innocent child-like figure who is happy that a single bud has sprouted.

I can’t help but feel like Elijah.

Because he was different from the Elijah I knew.

I just stared blankly at it.

Although he is different from the Elijah I knew.

Because he laughed so well with the Elijah I know.

“I see.”

In the end, I also laughed along with you.

When Elijah saw me like that, he opened her eyes wide in amazement.

“This is the first time you smile at me like this.”

I was shy and touched my face.

Is that so?

Certainly, she was always nervous and embarrassed in front of Elijah, so I don’t remember much of her laughter.

“It looks good.”

“… ….”

After saying that, Elijah laughed again.

I laughed along too.

A melting smile seeps into my heart.

Anemones sprouted small buds.

***

Elijah took her blanket and doll in his arms.

She smelled the scent of her that she wanted more strongly than ever.

Not knowing that it was body odor, she hugged Elijah tightly.

Think while wrapped in comfort.

There are many things left to do.

In exchange for bringing Narsisi, the Bebel family’s internal strife will begin in earnest.

We also need to find the member of the assassin’s guild who carried out the murder of her mother.

If you have to, turn over that guild.

And you must find out why the royal family and the Wolsin Church planted spies in their training center.

She is researching memory magic for him.

If I figure out the magic, I want to find Judas’ memories too.

Judas was in her own business.

She felt it was natural and she was happy.

‘Maybe….’

Just one person.

Wouldn’t it be possible to become the only existence that one can trust and rely on?

The weak expectations that were buried long ago have sprouted.

Elijah did not dare to trample on that sprout.

Let’s wait a little longer.

Anyway, fighting oneself is a long-term battle.

It’s going to take a very long time, so it’s okay to wait and see.

I pictured the day Judah would kneel down to be appointed as an escort knight in front of him.

You’ll know when the time comes.

Whether or not you have your side in the world.

Lea is approaching.

Carefully calls Elijah, who is lost in her thoughts.

“My lady. Time to move for the next schedule.”

“Yes.”

Elijah stood up from her seat leisurely.

It was a satisfying morning.

She headed to the dungeon.

The place where Narcissus is imprisoned.

She should have been tame enough by now.

A space illuminated by torches.

A ghost-like woman looking through the iron bars.

She looked up at Elijah with her wide eyes.

Blonde disheveled and dirty clothes.

Ripped lips here and there.

A haggard look.

There was no dignified and healthy aristocrat like before.

Elijah smiled at her.

“Good morning. Duchess.”

“Me…. Kill…. Give….”

“Are you tired?”

“Just…. Kill….”

Elijah opened the iron window and entered.

Ttogak, Ttogak.

The sound of stabbing steps.

Stop in front of Narcissus.

Narcissus must be suffering from a burning pain that burns her whole body.

I’m sure it still is.

Perhaps he has resigned himself to being quiet.

Humans are animals of adaptation.

Then, how about resetting the adaptation?

Elijah’s eyes are stained with strange colors.

Glowing golden pupils.

The orange shimmering on her outside.

The red color that is her background.

A harmony of three colors embodying fire.

Elijah grinned.

“You’ll feel better now.”

“… ?”

Narcissus just tilted her head like a zombie.

That moment.

“Ah, ah! Ah, ah ah… !”

A ecstatic scream burst out of nowhere.

Like a surge of faith after accepting God.

Like the thrill of seeing a miracle.

A dazzling joy flowed through Narsisi’s whole body.

“Ah, ah ah ah!”

The pain is gone.

From head to toe.

From the outside of the skin to the inside of the organs.

The filled flames and lava-like scorch disappeared as if they had been washed away.

“Huh, huh… ! hehehehe… ! hahahaha… !”

Narsisi finally shed tears.

I wasn’t sad or sad.

He was just thrilled.

I was grateful that life could be so comfortable and the world could be beautiful.

Praised Elijah, who performed the miracle of invulnerability.

“aaa… !”

Eternal scare.

Elijah was the only master who could freely control her pain.

That was the god of Narcissus.

“The Duchess.”

Elijah called quietly.

However, Narcissus, blinded by ecstatic faith, did not hear.

With a light sigh, Elijah returned her eternity scare.

“Ah, heh…” ?! Turn off, ha ha ha ha!

Soon, Narcissus stirred his body and screamed at him.

It was so intense that the handcuffs fixed to the wall were shaking.

Elijah briefly gave her pain and reaped it.

“Huh, huh, huh, huh…. Eh, Eli, Elijah….”

Narsisi finally looked up at Elijah.

“Now, do you understand your situation? Ma’am?”

“Yes…. That, yes I understand enough, enough, really, painfully….”

“I have a few things to tell you.”

“Anything! I want to say anything!”

“There are many things, but first one. Balak and his sons are coming to get you.”

“… ….”

“Of course I can’t take you right away. Perhaps it will be judged through a trial. In that trial, your wife’s remarks are very important.”

Narsisi slowly rolled her eyes.

It is a worried face.

Should I take the side of Elijah or the side of Balak?

Elijah was interested in the troubled Narcissus.

He acted like he would do anything to himself until just now, but at the mention of a trustworthy ally he immediately succumbs to temptation.

Elijah decided to ease the agony.

“Of course, as a victim and a witness, your wife has the right to speak freely. But… The magic of eternal damnation is a magic that only I can control. Wouldn’t it be beneficial for your wife to cooperate with each other if possible?”

Narcissus immediately understood the meaning and nodded his head.

She said that the important thing to her right now was not her family or anything else.

She could lick Elijah’s feet as much as he could, if only he could free him from that terrible burning pain.

“Well then! Of course!”

Elijah nodded her head nonchalantly.

Seeing the servile Narcissus right in front of her eyes, she wasn’t very happy or excited.

I’d rather be happy when I’m holding Judas.

“And there is something I want to ask you. Do you know anything about the contact point between the Grand Duke and the Moonsin Church or the Empire?”

Balack sent Gaston and Talent to his training center.

And those two were spies of the Moonsin Church and the imperial family, respectively.

We need to make sure the two are connected with Balak.

“It would be better if it was a meaningful and secret point of contact that others would not know about.”

“Whoa, Moon God and the Empire… ?”

Narcissi hesitated as if he had heard an unfamiliar story.

Elijah crossed her arms in disappointment.

“Wait a minute! Now wait…. Bird, time to think, that, well, it’s hard to know because the Empire so regularly seeks friendship and meets. But, if it’s the Moonsin Church…. Ah!”

“Does anything come to mind?”

“Not often, but there was a bishop of the Church of the Moonsin who communicated with the Grand Duke from time to time. So the name….”

Think one more time before speaking.

Elijah waited for her words to continue.

She didn’t even know the name she knew.

“… It was angra Yes, it must have been Angra.”

“Angra… ?”

The Helios family and the Moonsin Bridge.

Balak and the Moonshine Bridge. Angra.

Angra, protector of Judah.

Angra believed to have raised the assassin Tredito.

The royal family. Moonsingyo. Ballack.

Her three forces surrounding her.

Elijah instinctively felt it.

‘Something is about to happen.’

*

The door to the parlor opened, and Elijah entered.

Customers were sitting on the wide sofa.

A total of 6 people.

Elijah glanced at them and sat across from her.

All the guests were not looking at Elijah.

She saw the boy holding her hand and following her.

It was Judas.

He’s dizzy now.

‘Why did you bring me here… !’

Elijah said she had nowhere to go with herself, and she came along and she was here.

The parlor where Balak and his direct children gather.

Elijah sat with Judas side by side.

Lea was waiting behind him.

Balak glanced at Leah, who avoided her gaze with her eyes downcast.

Elijah spoke first.

“You had a lot of trouble coming a long way. I’m sorry to say this, but I’ve been busy lately, so I hope you understand that I can’t treat you warmly.”

What are you doing to bother me?

I don’t have the heart to entertain, and since we’re both busy, let’s finish quickly.

That’s what it meant.

On the other hand, Judas admired that Elijah’s attitude was milder than expected.

I wondered if this was also a type of mask.

No one answered on the other side.

Everyone was staring at Judas.

Like seeing an uncomfortable guest who shouldn’t be here.

Judas had a similar idea. She

She never knew why she had brought her here.

Her impatient Ballak opened her mouth.

“Why did you bring that guy here? Let it out.”

Still, she didn’t like being under the same roof as Elijah.

But she comes in with her now holding her hand.

It was very disrespectful and dissatisfied, but she didn’t show it as much as possible.

But Elijah had no intention of backing down.

“That is a matter for me, the owner of this mansion, to decide.”

“Elijah. Didn’t you say that you would come to discuss what was going on inside our family? We cannot bring in outsiders.”

Judas felt like she was sitting on a cushion of thorns.

His stifled and uncomfortable feeling disappeared at the next words of Elijah.

It felt like he had been hit in the head.

The idea that he was put in an uncomfortable position was nothing compared to what he said.

Hearing her words, Lia dropped the teacup she was carrying.

However, due to the impact of her remarks, no one paid attention to the mistake.

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Elijah said nonchalantly.

“So I think we might get engaged.”