※It's time to soften again※
Since you're traveling... At least the Empire of Eseren is a country free of war, so it shouldn't be dangerous. I nodded unconsciously, wondering if you'd gone on a trip and not even appear in novels.
"Yeonhwa...? Are you in any pain?"
"Yeah... No, yes...? Oh, yes...”
Did I forget how to answer when I lost my memory? My answer came out in error because Seungcheol asked me out of the blue.
"Thank goodness..."
Now, my brothers looked at me with a much more relaxed expression. Their expressions softened. However, it was a bit burdensome to have 13 people times 2 eyes, a total of 26, staring at me. Jisoo oppa especially.
Because he was staring at me as if he was going to pierce me, I ended up drinking only the tea. Jisoo-oppa watched me closely as I drank tea and asked me.
“Yeonhwa, have you forgotten all your manners...?”
“You lost your memory. Then you must have forgotten etiquette too...”
Jun-Hwi answered on my behalf as if it was obvious.ah.Jisoo-oppa, who let out a short exclamation, nodded slightly. "Of course I don't know, since I don't even know the rules of etiquette." I nodded slightly as well. "No, wait. Does that mean there's etiquette for drinking tea? What? I don't want to be noble. While I was thinking about these random things, there was a knock on the door outside.
dripping-
"Come in."
"Your Majesty, I have a letter from Prelga."
A maid carefully came in and handed Jisoo a letter, and he took it. As soon as he heard the word Prelga, Jisoo's expression hardened, and he read the letter with a murderous look on his face. The smiles on the faces of the twelve brothers besides Jisoo disappeared when they saw me, and a heavy air filled the room. Some of them gave a hollow laugh as if they were surprised, while the rest quietly glanced at the letter with cold expressions next to Jisoo.
"Prelga... Really..."
Wonwoo scoffed. Jisoo, who had finished reading the letter, folded it twice and tore it into unrecognizable pieces.Tell them to not let anyone enter or leave the perimeter for a week starting tomorrow.The maid answered quietly, trembling with fear, and then leisurely left the room.
"Brother, what did you say?"
"You're saying you'll come see me soon? That's ridiculous."
Jisoo laughed softly. The torn letter was thrown into the fireplace. The flames suddenly flared up, then died down, and the letter was reduced to ashes.
What is the Prelgar? Why does my face harden upon hearing the name? What did the Prelgar do wrong? The book doesn't even mention the Prelgar family... This world feels different from the novels I know...Even if it's the same, I won't let it flow like that.
"Huh? Yeonhwa, what did you say?"
As I muttered quietly without realizing it, Seungcheol turned his head and looked at me.
“Ah… It’s nothing…”
After finishing the tea and putting down the cup, Jisoo-oppa thought for a moment and then said.
"Um... Yeonhwa, how about learning etiquette...? Since we are nobles, we definitely need to learn etiquette... So, I think you should learn etiquette from the etiquette teacher who taught you before..."
"...If you have to learn, you have to learn. And you'll meet a lot of other people in the future, so you have to be polite."
It's annoying, but I can't let the status of Jisoo's family, or rather, my family, the Leos, fall. I really don't know anything about etiquette...
"Okay. Then I'll tell Bruzega."
Bruzega... Bruzega...? Oh, the family of the etiquette teacher who taught Jisoo oppa was Bruzega. The Bruzega family was originally a different noble family, but they hid that fact and pretended to be on the Leos' side, teaching Jisoo oppa and Yeonhwa the wrong etiquette and embarrassing them. Later, they revealed that they were on the different noble family and ran away.
“I… other than Bruze… wouldn’t it be okay to go to another family…?”
"Huh? Not Bruzega…? Bruzega originally taught me…?"
Jisoo seemed flustered, but also delighted. Did he know that the Bruzes weren't on our side, or did he just like that I, Yeonhwa, had expressed my opinion?
“I just… don’t feel well.”
"Well, if that's what you want, then I'll look into other families."
I must have had too much tea, because I felt full. I nodded slightly and put down my teacup. By the way, how is this house structured?
"Hey, can I take a look around the house? I've been stuck in this room for two days and haven't left..."
“Oh, then come with me… Ah… I have a lot of paperwork left to process…”
“Then, should we take care of the remaining paperwork? Go around the house with Yeonhwa.”
“But you don’t know much about our dukedom… do you? Then I’ll ask you a favor.”
Jisoo wanted to show me the house himself, but he was too busy and fidgety. Min-gyu stepped in, saying he'd handle everything with the other brothers. Jisoo smiled happily and thanked me.
"Let's go, Yeonhwa."
Jisoo grabbed my hand and led me. I was dragged along, and Sia quickly put down the teapot with a little tea left and followed me.Ella, I'll clean up the car for you, and you can take the paperwork to my room. Thank you.Jisoo Oppa spoke at a rapid pace and ran down the hallway.
"Jisoo oppa...! Slow down a little..."
Ah, I guess I got used to calling him oppa after just a few times. Now it comes out smoothly. - It hasn't even been a day since I started calling him oppa - I walked slowly down the long hallway, passing many rooms, going down the stairs to the second floor, and finally got outside. Even after getting outside, Jisoo oppa didn't stop walking and went to the left. There was a small garden there.
"Wow-!"
“This is a place you liked even before you lost your memory. Would you like to take a look around?”
"yes...!"
I walked along the flower path with Jisoo. Colorful flowers and well-kept trees lined both sides. In the center was a small pond.
"The garden is bigger than I thought..."
"Because you liked it, your father tore down the unused house he had here and planted flowers and trees."
Ah…? Big-scale Jisoo oppa… No, father…? No, I just couldn’t close my mouth at this Leos family. No, why would they destroy a house because of a single lotus flower…
“Because of me…? My poor house…?”
“Because it was a house that wasn’t being used anyway.”
Jisoo laughed, saying he remembered me running around in the garden, so happy I could see it. Before I knew it, I had finished walking around the garden and was back in front of the house. When I opened the door, the large house, which I hadn't seen properly when I was rushing out earlier, looked even more splendid.
"On the first floor, there's a living room, kitchen, laundry room, servants' quarters, a banquet hall, and more. Well, there's nothing particularly worth seeing on the first floor, so let's go up to the second floor."
"I see," I said, nodding slightly. Jisoo-oppa smiled, took my hand, and we climbed the stairs. We passed through the long hallway on the second floor and arrived at a room halfway down. Jisoo-oppa looked at the door, head held high, without saying a word. Then he sighed softly and opened the door.
The room was cleaner than I'd expected, spotless and dust-free, but still bearing the marks of its age. Though the lights weren't on, sunlight streamed in through the windows, providing a clear view. There was a large bed, a dressing table, a toilet, a sofa, a small table, and a large portrait of a family member hung on one wall. We stood before it.
"...Father and...mother...?"
"... huh."
Jisoo Oppa smiled slightly.
The portrait showed me, Jisoo, my mother, and my father. They looked younger than we are now, and my father had silver hair and silver eyes, and my mother had brown hair and brown eyes. They both looked very happy and suited each other very well.
“You look happy… You seem to be on good terms.”
"Sai? You were so sweet. You were famous as a lovey-dovey couple within the empire."
"So I guess the two of you went on the trip together."
Jisoo's expression hardened for a moment and then he came back.
"huh..."
The deep sunset light seeped into the window, casting shadows on the portrait.
(Behind the scenes
"... Hong Ji-soo... Was this planned..."
“Is it possible for documents to leave the desk and end up on the floor…?”
"Even in our territory, there was no document of this level..."
Suffering from extreme labor...
(The thought of staying with Yeonhwa a little longer and then going out to discuss that girl has long since disappeared because of Yeonhwa...
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Ugh... I'm back after a long time, if it's long or short...ㅠ
Whenever I write something, I always get it checked by my friends.
One of them (Sonic) was especially helpful..!
Sorry for coming back so lateㅜㅜㅜㅜ