Origin(3)

“It’s time.”

Grandma Liana gets up from her seat and says: Asena was told to reconcile with her grandmother, but the cold atmosphere still lingered as if it was not as easy as it sounds.

It bothered me to go to this kind of atmosphere for the meeting, but I left it as it was, as it was impossible to reconcile Grandma and Asena by force.

And looking at it, Asena wasn’t the only one who had an affair with her grandmother. Perhaps Kirsi was also dissatisfied with my leaving, or she did not exchange glances with the grandmother. The strange thing is that even the grandmother knew Kirsi’s dissatisfaction and maintained a certain distance from her.

“…Well..”

While I moan, Grandma leaves the room first. Thein and Helen, who were waiting at the door, greet her.

While Grandma was waiting for us outside, I called the twins.

“Guys.”

Asena, who had been expressing her dissatisfaction with her whole body, responded to my call and looked back at me, and Kirsi also turned away.

“Come for a moment.”

“……”

“why?”

The twins approached me without saying a word while expressing their doubts.

Some sticks out more than necessary, but it’s good that my voice can be heard better.

tell them

“….Guys. I know you are dissatisfied. But, let’s refrain from meeting with each other.”

“……”

“……”

“Through this, we can make peace with the Ice family. You politicians know best how helpful this will be to us or to the people of the Ice family.”

“……”

Kirsi still kept her mouth shut, but Asena finally spoke to me in a suffocating voice as if her discontent had exploded.

“…Oppa, for me, having you by my side is more important than the happiness of someone I don’t even know.”

“…Asena. Let’s listen to your brother.”

“…ha, really…”

Asena expressed her dissatisfaction with the first appearance I had ever seen.

“…..”

I doubted my ears and frowned.

Then Asena looked at me once or twice, then grabbed my hand and rested her head on my shoulder.

It seemed to be an expression of his own apology, but he did not apologize verbally, whether it was because of his pride or because he was just as angry.

Maybe it’s because we grew up together. Maybe it’s because they play an important role in growing up.

He apologized to me right away, but I quickly realized that I wouldn’t have done this if it wasn’t for me.

She must have done whatever she wanted, with her inherently rough villainous figure. In fact, if it wasn’t for me, I wouldn’t have been able to fight her like this. ‘Cause she smashed it anyway

It’s confusing these days. In the novel, the reason that they became villains was that they lost their parents and were ruined by the sense of loss, or were they really evil in nature…

I want to believe it’s not the latter.

It’s because I haven’t been able to control the violence or make a serious mistake that I can’t understand.

She leaned her head against me and stroked Asena.

The fur on her shoulders added to her dignity, but it still doesn’t change Asena for me.

tell her one more time

“…Let’s act right in the case of Sanggyun. As much as my brother told me like this, I’ll get angry if I make a fuss about not liking it. I said it first.”

“………no.”

The answer was Kirsey. This time I looked at her.

“…What?”

“no.”

“Kirsi. don’t hate it I decided to get angry if I act my way, me.”

“……”

Kirsi continued to crumple his expression, and finally, before crying, he bent his legs and squatted down.

Putting her face on her knees, she muttered.

“…why are you showing off your brother well…”

“It’s not taking me away, it’s what I want to go.”

“…because of us?”

“……”

“Oppa… you said you were wrong… because I won’t gossip about it again…”

I said without delaying for that moment.

“…I made a decision.”

Kirsi asks coldly at that moment.

“…do you already like Judy that much?”

“…not necessarily like that.”

“……”

When I woke up after a moment of silence, we were already in a mess. Kirsi crying before going to Sanggyunrye and Asena leaning her head while holding my hand.

I took a deep breath and then said.

“…Now I have to go. Everyone is cold.”

“……”

“……”

“Are you going to show the Ice family something like this?”

To my words, the twins respond. Kirsi wiping away the tears and Asena raising her head.

Kirsi stood up and said.

“…Judy doesn’t look weak even in death.”

“…don’t stop me like that…”

Asena wiggled her hands at that moment, then interlaced her arms and spoke.

“…brother.”

Is it your own struggle? As I looked down at her, Asena whispered a request.

“….kiss Me.”

“………………What?”

Asena looks straight at me and says.

“kiss Me.”

Like a command, slowly, again and again. She says as if to prove that what I heard was not wrong.

After a moment’s hesitation, I was puzzled by what the hell I was thinking.

Even if Asena spoke confusingly, I should understand it perfectly.

It’s embarrassing for nothing, I mumble.

“….just like I say every time I ask you to kiss me, why do you have to kiss me…”

He smiles a little as if the joke is funny, and kisses her on the forehead.

-side.

“Why, now the word kiss is so childish?”

“……”

However, Asena did not respond to my kiss. Like a hardened stone statue, he held my clasped hands tightly and did not let go.

I felt Asena’s silence change the atmosphere strangely. Looking at Asena who seemed to want something more, I wondered if it was a mistake…

I shake my head at that absurd family.

what the hell am i thinking

Of course, I know you like me a lot, but this and that are different.

She probably doesn’t want a kiss, she wants more kisses.

I bowed my head toward Asena’s frozen face.

At that moment, Asena was startled. But I was first.

-side.

kiss her left cheek. He felt the soft touch of her cheeks.

Asena looked at me with a blink of an eye, and then stiffened again. I guess it was still not enough.

This time, he kissed her right cheek.

-side.

Asena’s hardened expression gradually broke. It begins to blush, and the corners of the lips that had been drooping slowly rise upwards.

Still, resentful for breaking his stiff expression, he constantly tried to force the corners of his mouth down, but that didn’t work.

In the end, she sighed and laughed. Looking at her like that, I put my upper body up and stroked her hair. He seemed satisfied with this.

I released her hand, which was losing strength, and said to them.

“Come on, let’s go. Grandma is waiting for you.”

As I was about to leave, someone hugged me from behind.

It was Kirsey.

she says

“…Me too, brother.”

****

We took our seats one by one and looked at each other.

On the other side of Grandma is the Ice duke.

Next is Asena and Sid Ice, the eldest son of the Ice family.

Me, Judy.

Finally, Kirsiwa and Ice’s eldest daughter, Nera Ice, sat down.

A strange tension flows for a while.

I smiled at Judy, who was stiffer than me.

I don’t know why, but when Judy is nervous, my tension is relieved.

When Judy is afraid, I am courageous, and when she is struggling, my heart becomes stronger.

It was the same when dealing with twins. I wanted to be a support for them, so it may be subconsciously.

And seeing this kind of reaction from my body even to Judy, it seemed like I was starting to really want to protect her now.

Even if they were close as friends, the only events that enabled them to become conscious of each other as lovers were holding hands and verbal promises of getting engaged, but mentally they kept getting closer.

That’s it, and I felt sorry for Judy’s hardened appearance. Again, she can’t keep up with her family.

I haven’t heard of how she’s been in the family, so I don’t know why she’s doing this…but anyway. I thought I should be more careful about the people of the Ice family than I thought.

Although they are a pioneering family, since the eldest sons of the Ice family, Sid Aiswa, their eldest daughter, and Nera Ice, do not appear in the novel, so I don’t know their personalities very well.

The only person who can infer his personality is the Ice Duke.

An awkward atmosphere for a while.

After saying hello, the Ice Duke looks at me.

“I’ve been thinking about it for a long time, but Kayden… something. He’s a nice guy.”

He praised me and threw a topic.

“thank you.”

Grandma Liana also trembled and lifted me up.

“…we don’t accept anyone as a member of the family. Cayden was different from the cotyledon.”

“Ahaha…Grandma, I’m ashamed.”

“The only thing that people who didn’t know would attack him was his birth. I can proudly say that Kayden is my bastard.”

The Ice Duke wiped his chin.

“Hmm. Well, I’m glad you did. Judy has also found a good mate. But I don’t know if it’s honoured or not.”

“…even family members, you know I’m not talking nonsense.”

The Ice duke smiled.

“Haha… I know. I still have vivid memories of James being scolded.”

When the Duke of Ice talked, he kept talking about James, the father of the twins.

Sometimes I wondered if he was provoking us, but now he really seems to be remembering and honoring his rival.

The loneliness in his speaking eyes told us that he wasn’t talking about James to insult us.

As if Liana’s grandmother knew it, she didn’t even bother to point it out.

The Ice Duke turned the subject.

“Kayden. You seem to be friends with Judy.”

“you’re right.”

“Can you tell me a little something about your friendship?”

“It’s not difficult. During my first class in the Knights Department, I had a relationship with Judy stealing my words.”

“…Kaden…!”

Judy blushed in surprise at my words.

I hate to be teased in this situation, but to relieve her tension, I continued.

“It was such a pretty word… he didn’t even tell me who he was. I just took the horse and left.”

“…Yes…it was because you were a Priest…!”

The Duke of Ice also jumps on Judy’s horse.

“…okay. Actually, that’s what I’m curious about. My family is my family, so how did we get to know each other?”

“…should I have felt a sense of identity? It’s a bit harsh to say here, but I was the adopted child of the duke… and Judy was the niece of the duke.”

“…to be honest.”

“And choosing the same department of knights must have played a part. I think she had a heart…that she was thinking the same thing as me.”

Actually, I don’t know for sure. Why I was drawn to Judy as a friend. However, I can’t tell the Ice Duke that I don’t know too well, so I somehow attached the reason and said it.

Then, Asena loosened her neck. attention is drawn

For a moment she was so stiff, looking at me gently.

And those eyes were already apologizing to me.

…obviously, you asked me not to do anything weird.

I thought to myself.

Asena says:

“…Duke of Ice, there is one thing you should know.”

“…you tell me.”

Still, as if recognizing that Asena was leaving, he raised his words.

Asena shuts her mouth for a moment, and exhales, with a hardened face.

“Once my brother graduates, he will be expelled from our family.”

“……”

I look at Asena and remain silent.

okay. This is definitely an issue that needs to be addressed. It was rather fortunate that it wasn’t a fuss.

Nor is this story a secret. I told Judy, and I told Daisy. There was nothing good about hiding it.

But at the same time fatal. Even if this marriage talk is immediately destroyed at this moment, there is nothing to say. There are advantages to being associated with me as a Priest, but there is nothing good about connecting with me as a commoner.

immediately embarrassed Raising my face was enough to make me feel embarrassed. Maybe I was just wasting everyone’s time.

That’s why I made a plan to improve my skills as a knight and become a vassal. I had forgotten about this part of the wedding conversation that was captured in such a short time.

“…?”

But what surprised us was the reaction of everyone except me and the twins.

They were as calm as if they had not heard anything.

Ice Duke says:

“…I am aware of that part.”

“……yes?”

Asena asked, shaking rarely.

“I heard from Judy’s letter back in the day… So Kayden, you also said you wanted to join our vassal, obviously.”

At that moment, I felt a warm touch on my right hand.

Kirsi grabbed my hand under the table.

“…Really, brother…?”

She asked, opening her eyes in disbelief.

“…..”

Without answering, I lightly wiped her face.

The Ice Duke continued.

“…I won’t ask why. I’m not making assumptions either. In any case, all that matters to us is the promise of Duchess Liana.”

“……?”

Asena’s gaze shifted to her grandmother.

Liana replied.

“….okay. After graduating, Kayden will live on ice, but… we’re not abandoning him. If there’s a problem with the Ice House, Pryster will see Kaden and make sure to help.”

“That’s it.”

I didn’t show it, but I couldn’t help but admire it in my heart. What was Grandma’s plan?

I could guess why the Ice Duke was so quiet. Promises are promises, but apparently, Grandma and Duke of Ice must have had a lot of conversations. That’s why the Ice Duke wouldn’t even bother asking questions in a place like this.

And yes, obviously, if you follow the promises of Liana and Grandma, there will be no problem in connecting with me as a commoner.

After all, I don’t need it, I need Pryster’s power.

“I can pick up the power of the Fryster, so it shouldn’t be a problem. If there’s only one thing that bothers me… Is it Judy? After all, you will end up marrying a commoner…”

The Ice Duke said there was no problem with the marriage conversation itself, but as I was scratching my cheek because I was embarrassed to raise my face for nothing, a voice lifted my head up.

“…I don’t care.”

The owner of the voice was Judy.

“…even if Kaden is a commoner.”

Unlike before, Judy was standing proudly with her shoulders. His expression was still shy, but it was not because he was pressed by his family, but because he was unfamiliar with saying this to me.

And the moment I saw her like that, I was convinced that we would get along well in the future.

Because I could guess why she was so brave.

Just like I did to her, she, too, was trying to be my support.

“…”

As she smiled at Judy, she felt a cold touch in her right hand again, this time.

When I turned around, my Asena was looking up at me.

Her eyes flutter violently.

He didn’t say anything… but maybe this was her card.

A card to keep me in the family. Grandma broke it

She shook her head briefly. He seemed to be telling me not to go.

I simply nodded my head briefly.

Even if I go away, I will always think of you.

So it’s okay, and I conveyed it to her with my eyes.

And the next moment, the door opened and several servants came in with food.

The meeting is not over yet.

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