The Tyrant Mistook Me For A Companion

What did I just see.

It was as if I had witnessed a secret meeting between the two.

I hurriedly stepped back, and as soon as my eyes met Leon, I couldn’t do anything and froze in position.

I could see the lips that were so intimately engaged.

Leon stared at me without even closing his eyes. The gaze I met in the air was shaking violently.

Nevertheless, neither I nor Leon did anything else.

I faltered.

Without realizing it, I stood back and stared at the two.

‘My feet won’t move.’

I was stuck as if my feet were tied to the floor.

As if Janice realized Leon’s strangeness, she removed his body that she was attached to.

Then she turned around and looked at me.

“Oh, Lady Elle.”

With a bewildered face, she grabbed Leon by the wrist.

I drew an awkward smile on my face as I looked at them without saying a word.

“Sorry, I must have interrupted you.”

“That’s not it. Elle, this is……!”

Leon hurriedly separated himself from Janice and came to me.

But I took a step back and shook my head.

This would be the right thing to do.

I was kind of confused.

I didn’t want to doubt the choices I had made 

I did, but when I faced reality, it came to me horribly.

‘If you knew. Why?’

In addition, now that I have a pattern, even a handful of hope has disappeared.

I tried to fix my face with a smile.

“It’s nice to see you two.”

At my words, Janice’s eyes widened.

The blush on her face and shyness seemed like a person who was really in love.

“To call you like this today…… It’s to ask the princess a favour.”

“Just say anything.”

Janice nodded happily. Both of her eyes were still on Leon.

“The princess will hold a banquet and invite the Velois family.”

It’s not a big deal, right?

She smiled broadly and shrugged her shoulders.

“We’ll do our best to serve you, too.”

“That’s all right. I have a purpose, too. I think I’ve already been rewarded?”

Leon’s expression hardened at Janice’s words. His eyes glowed indescribably.

In return…

You confirmed Leon’s heart, so that’s it?

I glanced at the clock without further questioning.

“Then, enjoy yourself a little more.”

“Elle, no, Elle.”

Leon called me up in a hurry, but I didn’t look back at all.

* * *

I sat blankly in the garden and fiddled with my wrists.

“Why are you so naive?”

I can’t say that it’s amazing to see you came without showing any signs. So should I say Edgar is like me?

When I turned my head back, Edgar’s face turned upside down.

I smiled as if nothing had happened.

“Really funny.”

Edgar came over to me and took a seat.

I ran out of the drawing room and hid in the garden. how did he find me again?

“I can’t pretend I didn’t see you, so you don’t need to be moved. “

“Of course.”

That’s right.

I looked at Edgar with a face that looked like I didn’t expect anything..

It looks like my expression is worth buying.

“Is it okay to walk around like this?”

“My daughter must have gotten more arrogant while I was sleeping.”

“It is a surprise.”

It’s been a long time since such an unnourished conversation, and it wasn’t bad.

“I saw earlier that Princess Janice had gone back.”

“Really? She left earlier than I thought.”

“I don’t know what you’re thinking, but don’t walk on the road that ruins yourself.”

“Are you worried about me now?”

I looked at Edgar with surprised eyes. Did he grow up from death?

If that’s not the case, he’s not fully healed yet?

“Your face is the problem. It’s revealing all your emotions and you’re mistaking that you’re hiding it well.”

Edgar pressed his forehead and sighed.

“I had no intention of hiding anything.”

“Not even once.”

He raised his eyebrows and pursed his lips in a straight line.

“Since you’re up, I don’t have to worry about the Velois family now.”

“You talk like someone who’s going somewhere.”

I stopped touching my wrist and nodded.

“……Actually, there’s a problem.”

Can I tell him this? I’m still not sure.

Nevertheless, the reason why I had to say this was clear.

Because Edgar was my father, and he was my only family. So, shouldn’t he be the bottom line?

I buried my face in my hand and sighed for a long time.

“I think it’s pretty serious seeing your face talk like that.”

Edgar raised his hand and bit the hidden knights.

“……Wow, they’ve been watching!”

I got goosebumps on my body. And then you pretend you came across me.

Edgar stared at the accessory on my wrist, and soon reached out and grabbed my hand.

Slowly, the accessory released by his hands fell to the ground with a snap, revealing an indelible pattern.

No, the indelible pattern is probably the right word.

“Since when? When did it start?”

His voice sounded low. You wouldn’t want to believe in the existence of the red pattern. The colour of a curse that no one welcomes.

A red symbol of death that a person has to die for the other person to live.

Edgar’s eyes flashed with madness.

“Did you find your companion?”

“……No. I’ve only noticed it for a day.”

“Who knows?”

“None, no one.”

It would be a relief, but Lord Hessen and Diria also knew only from the patterns I had painted for accessories.

Because that’s how I knew it at first too.

The pattern may have been erased a long time ago. When I realized the indelible red pattern, I only had a complicated mind at first.

Has the arrogance of knowing the future clouded my eyes?

Tears flowed out.

Why did it have to be me? I wanted to scream.

“Why, I… Am I not supposed to be happy? I guess it’s just right to be unhappy until the end.”

Hot tears flowed down my cheeks and wet the back of my hands. To be honest, it was unfair.

Isn’t it a life that I’ve never thought that I would be happy from the beginning.

I struggled to live, and I tried hard to twist the fate given to me.

Then, I got a problem that I had no way out of.

Maybe I was punished because I had feelings for something that I shouldn’t be greedy for.

“Elle, who says so.”

“……What?”

“I asked who said you should be unhappy.”

“It’s….”

No one said that, but a given life did.

I closed my mouth, wondering if it would be useful to say this.

“I have no intention of making you unhappy.”

“……Count?”

“Didn’t I tell you. There will be no one who can touch the Velois family.”

A ferocious look flashed across Edgar’s eyes.

“I would rather have a cheeky daughter.”

He reached out and wiped away my tears, picked up the accessory, and covered the pattern again.

“I think we should put off handing over pattern hunters to the royal family.”

“What? But it’s……!”

“I think there’s still something left to do, so delaying a little won’t change.”

At that moment I caught Edgar’s arm in a hurry because I had an uneasy feeling.

“No, whatever you think, don’t do it.”

By any chance, by any chance.

If he’s going to find my companion and kill him……I have to stop him.

The Velois family may no longer be able to stand up if this goes outside.

It was clear that the lives of those who were not related to this would also be in danger.

Edgar patted my hand with a look of reassurance.

“It’s okay for the time being, so it’s better not to go outside.”

“……That would create suspicion.”

“There’s a way.”

I looked up at Edgar and wiped away my tears.

I listened quietly to him, thinking that I had done well to speak.

* * *

I’m not a good speaker.

I was getting out of the Velois family in a carriage.

I saw the house from the window, leaving the mansion as if I were running away, hiding even from Lord Hessen and Diria.

‘…I’m sorry, Leon.’

In addition, I couldn’t say a word to Leon.

It would be a disturbance if he knew, but it might be better not to say it because he will leave for the tower anyway.

I sighed deeply as I looked at the jewels and maps in my pocket.

I don’t know if this is right, but there was no choice.

The day after I disappeared, Edgar reported missing to the royal family.