Chapter 6 - Dream (1/2)

Translator: Blushy

Editor: delishnoodles

I stood alone in the Rosenstein mansion garden.

I can’t really recall why I was standing in the garden when the sun is about to set.

I feel like I wanted to give something.

To that woman who he loves and who is also a dear friend of mine.

――― Yes.

The small box in my hand.

I wanted to give her the box wrapped in beautiful wrapping paper and tied with a ribbon.

I chose this gift carefully because I wanted to see her happy face and see her enjoy it even if she couldn’t see the gift.

I visited her room, but she wasn’t there, then I met her maid, Elisa, while I was walking, and she told me that she was in the garden.

She had probably taken a walk for a change of pace, so I thought it would be bad if I disturbed her. I could pass it to her tomorrow, but Elisa had said something unpleasant, and I wanted to do something about my discomfort, so I went to meet her in the end.

The eerie feeling that I was sinking in a swamp should feel better if I meet her, talk about trivial things and see her smile broadly.

It was cold outside.

The air was clear, the sky was covered in thin clouds like a haze and dyed in red.

The sun was red like blood and was about to set beyond the smoky mountains.

―――Perhaps she could feel the golden light drifting about even if she can’t see.

I imagined this as I walked through the garden that was changing from winter to spring.

The plants were sprouting, the flowers were growing buds, and the withered grass was returning to green.

In another half a month, it will get warmer, and the pretty flowers will start blooming everywhere.

My room is filled with jasmine which Claire had picked, and roses that that person had given me.

Red, white, yellow, light pink, and orange. The roses come in many different colours.

And I welcome the happiest spring of my life.

The first and last happiest days of my life―――.

I walked around the rose garden, but I couldn’t find her, so I walked between the rose hedges which were like a maze.

Then, I heard cute laughter out of nowhere.

There was someone behind the hedge.

I heard the low voice of a man speaking along with a bright and beautiful voice.

I thought it might have been her, but I wasn’t sure.

I looked between the gaps in the hedge to check.

I was going to sneak off without saying anything if it was a servant’s tryst.

She was there.

The light laughter belonged to her and next to her was that person.

They sat side by side in a white chair in the open space beyond the hedge and were chatting happily.

――― I finally found her.

I felt relieved when I saw them. I carefully adjusted the item in my hand and walked towards them.

I don’t plan on disturbing them.

I will give this to her, have a little conversation and then leave right away.

I saw it then.

From the gap that was slightly opened between the rose trees, with the light of the setting sun shining on him, I saw him smile gently and lovingly. I had never seen this smile on him before.

――― Ah, why?

It is more beautiful than anything else in the world and shines brighter than the golden scenery of a sunset.

“… am, Madam.”

My body was shaking, and I woke up. I saw Renee’s poker-face as she sat across from me when I opened my eyes.

“Madam, we’ll be at the mansion soon.”

I nodded sluggishly and rubbed my heavy eyelids that felt like lead.

I had dozed off on the way back to the mansion from Claude’s apartment.

The dull shaking of the carriage invited sleepiness at the best times, but I stayed up late chatting with Claude last night, so it spurred me to sleep.

I saw a familiar view when I looked out the window.

The road was lined with lush green maple trees, and it made it seem like the city area where the buildings were cramped together was a dream.

On the other side of the trees was a deep green forest. Some roads off to the side lead to villas owned by nobles, and stylish roofs and chimneys were peeking out from between the gaps of the trees.

Running along this tree-lined road was a forest, and we should arrive at the white mansion owned by the Rosenstein House.

“I’ll take another nap when we get back to the mansion.”

Countess Rosenstein is a lazy woman.

It is appropriate for her to take a nap until evening after returning from her lover’s house.

*Fuwaah* I let out a big yawn and crossed my legs as if it were tiresome.

We passed the forest while I was spacing out, and I can see the white mansion. It was a beautiful mansion which was built on a clear plot of land, and it shone under the blue sky.

The white cobblestone pavement extended straight into the vast garden, the fresh grass, tall plants that never wither even in winter, and fountains filled with rich water.

Various flowers are planted in the flower beds according to the season. Colourful roses bloom in summer and autumn, and their sweet smell drifts in the air.

If heaven does exist, then it would surely be a place like the rose garden of the Rosenstein estate.

The scenery of heaven that I imagined overlapped with the landscape of the Rosenstein mansion garden.

Before long, the carriage entered the estate and stopped in front of the front door.

I got off the carriage with the help of the coachman and entered the magnificent mansion.

I passed through the front door and entered an old-fashioned room that felt just as old as it looked. It was usually quiet here, but today was different.

A burst of bright and beautiful laughter sounded through the room.

It stopped as soon as I had entered the hall and only a light reverberation remained.

“Madam,” I had already seen them even without Renee telling me anything.

The man and woman who had their arms crossed in a friendly manner as they stood in the middle of the mildly arched stairs.

“What’s wrong? Orphe,” the woman asked curiously.

The man looked straight down at me, but the woman didn’t notice me.

Her eyes were looking restlessly around the room and weren’t on me who was standing at the entrance.

“Orphe?”

The man kept his eyes on me as he whispered something into the woman’s ears.

Then, the woman opened her eyes in surprise, and her movements stopped as if she was frozen.

I looked up coldly at her and glared at the man in the deafening silence.

Then, I said, “Good morning, Orpheus and Diana. You both still get along well. Are you going for a walk now?”

Orpheus and Diana.

The two people standing up there are my husband and his cousin.

The two were openly linking hands in front of me; they didn’t simply just get along.

They are both genuine lovers, and Diana couldn’t see, so they would link arms like this.

She was freeloading at this house because she was blind, and the previous Lord of the Rosenstein House had taken her in because she lost her parents and her eyesight in an epidemic.

“It’s a beautiful day today. It’s perfect for a walk. Please take your time and have fun,” my pointless high-pitched voice resounded. Orpheus didn’t move a single eyebrow, but Diana hung her head down awkwardly.

I raised my lips as if I was sneering at them and squinted.

“Ophelia, umm…” Diana said.

I walked up the stairs, stopped and raised my face.

The two were close to me, and I could reach them if I went up another two or three steps.