Chapter 18 (2/2)
Dylan ran to Elisabeth.
“Are you crazy? Do you know how dangerous this place is?”
Dylan shouted wildly in agitation. Anyone could tell he was half out of his mind.
Elisabeth asked, with a slight tilt of her head:
“What are you doing here?”
“What am I doing here! I came looking for you! Do you know how worried I was!”
Dylan grabbed Elisabeth by the shoulder. It was a hand that didn’t need strength, but it was hot. Elisabeth opened her eyes wide.
“Why?”
“What?”
“You said I wasn’t your younger sister.”
Elisabeth, who inadvertently said her true intentions, muttered an ‘Oops.’
‘Crazy!’
I said, ‘Let’s stop being sad like a child,’ but I just made a huge last-minute remark.
Knowing his guilt, Dylan stammered in contemplation.
“I’m going to pick you up because you were gone….”
“Then- then let’s go. “
Elisabeth said in a hurry. The ‘last-minute remark’ that she couldn’t believe came from her own mouth was making her crazy.
Dylan was briefly taken aback by Elisabeth’s ever-more determined attitude. But soon he regained consciousness and grabbed Elisabeth’s hand. Elisabeth was embarrassed and even shook off her hand.
Elisabeth and Dylan’s eyes met awkwardly in the air.
“I- I can go alone.”
It was even more embarrassing than when I heard Dylan’s <Unfair little sister remarks> on the drill hall earlier. Elisabeth wanted to get out of this embarrassing situation quickly.
But in Dylan’s eyes, Elisabeth right now…
<I don’t want to be with you who doesn’t even recognize me as a sister.>
….seemed to declare that.
‘I didn’t mean to say that.’
Dylan looked anxiously at Elisabeth, who closed her heart like a wounded kitten.
“How can a child like you be alone? You don’t even know the way here. So I’m going to… “
“I- I said I got it ! Let’s go. “
Elisabeth jerked back because she could not see Dylan’s face in addition to the rising sense of shame. Then she often walked ahead of Dylan, who seemed to move a little. Dylan hurried after Elisabeth and said:
“Why are you suddenly angry?”
“I’m not angry!”
Why does a person’s voice get louder when he or she is embarrassed?
Elisabeth regretted once more.
“Let’s- let’s just go back quickly.”
“Because of what I said in the drill hall earlier…”
“No!”
Elisabeth, who had been stabbed to the point, desperately denied it.
“Sometimes people need to know how to pretend, but I’m sorry I said it too right.”
‘You apologized for something, but the way was weird?’
There was a sound of something being ‘snipped’ from inside Elisabeth.
“ ‘Too right’ you say, what are you saying. I’m a Daughtry, too!”
“I’ve already told you what that means.”
“How can you say that in front of other people? Not your younger sister you say!”
The agitated Elisabeth choked up. When I came here, I felt here that I was the type of person who got excited and cried when it felt unfair. It was very disgraceful.
“Elisabeth.”
And this boy in front of her eyes was weak against Elisabeth’s tears.
Dylan, who was stunned as if he had been hit by a blow, approached her. Elisabeth swallowed the tears that were about to come out and stepped back.
“Forget it. I’m going alone.”
Elisabeth often ran forward. Dylan sighed and slowly chased after Elisabeth. However, no matter how slow Dylan went, it was faster than Elisabeth’s frequent steps.
Elisabeth glanced back and frowned at Dylan standing right behind her back.
“Don’t follow me!”
“You’re going slow. Hurry up.”
“Tch.”
Elisabeth often roared with all her might. It was an incredibly powerful gesture that he could not believe it was a girl who had just been crying. Looking at the small back, Dylan seemed to be laughing even in this situation.
When Elisabeth turned around in a strange mood, Dylan hurriedly covered the tails of his mouth with his hand.
“You’re…laughing?”
“When did I ever laugh?”
Dylan answered, avoiding her eyes.
“You’re so mean.”
“Elisabeth.”
Dylan called low. Elisabeth spoke indifferently.
“His Grace is not wrong. It’s really bad luck.”
“Stay still.”
“Why?”
Elisabeth asked bluntly.
Dylan hugged Elisabeth at a tremendous speed and hid her behind him.
Only then could Elisabeth see the thing while behind his back.
Under the dark shade of a tree, the eyes of the wild beasts shone. Elisabeth held onto Dylan’s hem without even realizing it.
Dylan wrapped the terrified hands of Elisabeth.
“Turn around, close your eyes, and shut your ears.”
“I, I will.”
Elisabeth became a good girl and did what Dylan told her to do.
Dylan looked back for a moment at the frightened little child and turned his head.
Dylan’s eyes towards the beasts were completely different from when he was looking towards Elisabeth.
The beasts growled while approaching.
Dylan took out his sword. The beasts hesitated as the sword began to shine silver. However, when the beast who appears to be the head moves forward with a stomp, other beasts also start to approach.