CHAPTER 07

CHAPTER 07: I Know What.

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The bush shook a little. Arne's eyes narrowed.

ARNE : 'What is it now?'

The man in contact hid among the bushes, but it was too late. She saw red hair that shouldn't be here.

ARNE : 'The unpleasant pretense I've felt so far is, no way… …?'

She couldn't have seen it well. Arne shot towards the bush so that no one else could feel it. Startled. The red hair rose slightly appeared then disappeared. It was just for a short moment, but she confirmed it. Sadly, it was someone she knew.

ARNE : 'Why is that kid here?'

Why is the one who should have been in the Western Empire found in the gardens of the Ternewzen Castle? He was not a member of the Imperial Knights, which Ciklion IV attached to while rebuking Arne as an Imperial Lady. Not even a wedding guest. No matter how much she tried, she couldn't think of the reason why he was here, so it was when Arne was narrowing her eyebrows. The man pulled his head out over the bush. Once again, both their eyes met. Arne made an impression.

ARNE : 'Why are you here?'

RED HAIRED : 'Hehe.'

ARNE : 'Get out.'

RED HAIRED : 'No!'

There was a silent conversation with only glances and facial expressions. At Arne's glance, she couldn't see anything anymore. The red-haired man, shook his head horizontally and made a pitiful expression. It was a brief moment when Arne wanted get up to catch him and expel him herself, as she would be stuck thinking about him going off.

EVA : "Ah, Your Grace, Madam Arne!"

ARNE : "Huh?"

At the same time as Eva's desperate shout, Arne flinched, feeling the presence of touching behind her back. Kassian smiled as he grabbed Arne's body, which was staggering.

KASSIAN : "Are you okay?"

ARNE : "… …Ah."

… …After all, it was not an illusion.

ARNE : 'I didn't feel it again.'

Arne's mind flashed. Arne's confused gaze turned to Kassian. No matter how much she was focusing elsewhere, this situation didn't make sense. A knight of the size of Arne showed up at her back, but she only noticed now? If it was a battlefield, there was nothing to say because she'd be died.

ARNE : 'Of course, if it was a battlefield, it would not have created this situation itself... ...'

Is it the aftermath of being a normal lady for a while and taking a break from training? No matter what, it was because of a strict order from the Duchess to not even get close to 'a' sword for at least three months of maintaining the marriage, but there was no excuse. However, even if she takes a break, the feelings that have reached the stage will not rust at once. Didn't she even notice the red hair hiding as evidence?

ARNE : 'Then, there is one conclusion left.

Arne's tense gaze looked up at Kassian.

ARNE : 'Are you really good at it?'

How can Arne no feel his presence? Somehow, Kassian appeared to have been physically trained in some way.

ARNE : 'Surely... ... He should have been caught, right?'

Arne tried a reasonable doubt about what an ordinary lady and what had already been ruined from the beginning. Maybe he had already noticed that she was a Sword Master. Because a stickman recognizes a stickman. As Arne looked at him in silence, he looked at her, and Kassian tilted his head. She couldn't figure out why he was so vigilant.

KASSIAN : 'It's like a cat with its fur tight.'

Maybe this kind of reaction was discovered yesterday that she was about to die, and Kassian became more serious. When Kassian carefully released his hand that held Arne, Arne was groaning. He knew Arne was overwhelmed with his touch, but Kassian let Arne go, pretending not to know.

KASSIAN : "What are you doing?"

ARNE : "Well.... it's nothing."

Arne, who later recalled that there was a red hair among the bushes, moved to cover the bushes. It would be useless if Kassian was a real sword master, but it was a reflex action. As Arne moved awkwardly away, a subtle crack appeared in Kassian's smile.

KASSIAN : "... ..."

ARNE : "... ..."

Arne covered the bush with her body. As Kassian tried to look behind her, Arne hurriedly grabbed him.

ARNE : "Haha."

As if hiding something, Kassian pretended not to know. He had already noticed that something was hiding in the bush, but now it wasn't important.

ARNE : "By the way, what are you doing here... ...?"

Arne asked desperately, thinking that she should somehow turn Kassian's attention. At Arne's question, Kassian's gaze turned to the mountain of gifts.

KASSIAN : "Do you like the gift?"

ARNE : "Gift... ...? Oh, those."

KASSIAN : "those?"

ARNE : "Haha. Yes, I like it."

At Arne's attitude of no interest, Kassian narrowed his eyes. He didn't think that she could be happy with something like a gift, but isn't this too uninteresting? It was when Arne and Kassian were looking at each other with different thoughts.

ARNE'S MOTHER: - [Are you, my son-in-law?!]

A loud voice from the magic sphere greeted Kassian. When the duchess appeared, their eyes turned to the magic sphere. In a moment, Arne's expression hardened.

ARNE'S MOTHER: - [Oh my son-in-law! I can see my son-in-law's face like this. Can you come closer to the magic sphere to make it more visible? Oh, look at your good looks. Arne, you wish. Because that handsome man is your husband.]

Arne forcibly laughed, barely swallowing the words that she had kept inside, because of that face. Kassian greeted the duchess.

KASSIAN : "Greetings to the Duchess of Brillhit. I should have met you in person and say my greetings, but I apologize for saying it only now."

ARNE'S MOTHER: - [Oh~ What a heavy greeting between us. Call me your mother-in-law comfortably. Wouldn't all of us be in one family now?]

KASSIAN : "My mother-in-law is right. Arne's beauty is because she resembles her mother."

ARNE'S MOTHER: - [Oh, oh. Look what his saying. Yes, all my daughters are pretty just like me. Our son-in law doesn't just have a handsome face~!]

Unable to endure the shame of her mother's embarrassing spirit, Arne desperately avoided the situation by covering her face with her hand.

ARNE : 'please.... please... ...'

Whether Arne was being shy or not, Kassian enjoyed this situation.

KASSIAN : "I wanted to attend the wedding ceremony, but I am sorry for not being able to hold the ceremony in the Western Empire."

ARNE'S MOTHER: - [Well, it could be. It is also because of my weak body. It would be a lie if I weren't sorry, but what would be important to that format? My son-in-law is going to be very much in the process of construction, so I have to understand. Ho Ho. I wanted to see what would happen when the meeting was over, but it seems that our relationship was a bond. Is it not? Ho ho ho.]

KASSIAN : "I'm sorry about that. Suddenly something urgent happened."

Kassian's gaze briefly turned to Arne. Arne, who met his eyes, avoided his gaze without knowing it. she remembered the black history she had forgotten.

ARNE'S MOTHER: - [If something urgent happens, I can't help it. It's not because I'm sorry or I don't like it.]

ARNE : "Mom, please."

When Arne was embarrassed till die, Kassian laughed unknowingly. Arne saw this for the first time. In other things, Arne, the savage, looked like a completely different person in front of the Duchess. Kassian smiled when he realized that instinctively he had to embrace the Duchess to attack Arne.

KASSIAN : "I will make time later and visit the Western Empire with Arne."

ARNE'S MOTHER: - [You are coming to this far place? After all, we only think about you, son-in-law. We're okay though. We don't mind. What is important for us, is that the two pf you to live well. Right, Arne?]

ARNE : "… … Huh? Yes."

ARNE'S MOTHER: - [Tsk. Look at that answer, it wasn't alright either. Son-in-law, my child is like this.]

ARNE : "Haha."

ARNE'S MOTHER: - [Are you doing really well?]

ARNE : "… …"

The weight of the voice was different for this question. When asked by the Duchess if she was doing well to pretend to be an ordinary lady, Arne looked elsewhere. The duchess' eyes narrowed.

ARNE'S MOTHER: - [Look at this, son-in-law. My child is so shy~ If it weren't for you, she would never have married. My son-in-law, please take good care of her. Yes?]

KASSIAN : "Yes, I will take good care of her."

ARNE'S MOTHER: - [Oops~ As expected, we can only rely on you, son-in law.]

The duchess laughed loudly and suddenly started talking about something else.

ARNE'S MOTHER: - [Oh right. I forgot to say my greetings. I don't know how surprised my husband and I were at the enormous gift from my son-in-law this time. I didn't know he would take care of us like this. No matter how envious the wives who see it, I really have a higher snot. Thanks, son-in-law. It's all thanks to you.]

KASSIAN : "I will send you next time."

ARNE'S MOTHER: - [Oh~ I didn't mean to sound greedy, but I'll take it because you sent it. Thanks, son-in-law.]

Please... I hope they stop. Arne wanted to be freed from the hell of chatter that would never end. All of this was due to the development of civilization and the magic sphere.

ARNE : 'Magic tools, must be removed.'

Eventually, Arne, who couldn't stand it, moved.

ARNE'S MOTHER: - [So I mean, son-in-law... ...]

Paat. The light of the magic sphere disappeared. Out of the magic sphere, Arne, and Kassian. In a moment, silence came.

KASSIAN : "... ..."

ARNE : "... ..."

Arne didn't have the courage to see Kassian.

ARNE : "Sorry."

KASSIAN : "About what?"

ARNE : "Just, everything… …"

KASSIAN : "I enjoyed it. Your mother is very pleasant."

Gaiety... ...? Could it be that the main sentence can be struck with one word of pleasure? Arne was in earnest agony and saw Kassian.

ARNE : "By the way, what are you really doing? Isn't it time for work?"

At Arne's question unintentionally penetrating Kassian's routine, Kassian opened his eyes round for a moment and then laughed. It was the first time that he felt so good that someone was aware of himself. It wasn't a bad mood. No, it was okay. After chewing over the unfamiliarity, Kassian's smile deepened.

KASSIAN : "Did you feel better?"

ARNE : "Better... ...?"

What's wrong with her health? As if answering Arne's question, Kassian added.

KASSIAN : "I mean yesterday."

ARNE : "Yesterday… …"

ARNE : 'What happened yesterday?'

In a moment, Kassian's eyes darkened. In his eyes, Arne recalled the memories of yesterday she had forgotten.

ARNE : 'Oh, the windowsill?'

The incident was mistaken for trying to die after climbing on the windowsill to avoid the first night. Even Kassian is still misunderstanding that Arne was trying to commit suicide. Arne missed the moment. How to solve this misunderstanding?

KASSIAN : "Is this marriage so unbearable?"

Not really… …

KASSIAN : "I'm sorry I didn't notice in advance that you were suffering enough to even make up your mind against this world."

That's not really...

KASSIAN : "So why don't you tell me why? I will help."

ARNE : "No, it's okay."

Arne was serious. It was really good.

KASSIAN : "Yes, there's no way you could just confess."

But Kassian's misunderstanding was too deep.

ARNE : "No, it's real! It's really okay!"

KASSIAN : "I see."

ARNE : "It's really okay!"

KASSIAN : "Yes, you don't have to struggle like that."

Arne appealed that she was okay, but it did not reach Kassian.

ARNE : 'This is driving me crazy!

It wasn't like that, so Arne wanted to die. Should she tell the truth like this? But she hated it more than dying. She was too embarrassed. It was more embarrassing than my mother's chattering.

KASSIAN : "I'd like it if you could tell me later, so if you feel like that, please feel free to speak up at that time. Well, I'm always free." (T/N: original: "I'm 20, 000.", which totally didn't make sense, so I changed it to "Well, I'm always free.")

Ugh. Arne's conscience started to hurt when seeing Kassian smile. She thought that if she let the misunderstandings deepen like this, she couldn't do anything to this man. Eventually, Arne, who was in conflict, decided.

ARNE : "Wait!"

Arne grabbed Kassian's hem and closed her eyes tightly.

ARNE : "Actually... ..."

A word she could barely spit out.

ARNE : "... ...The first night."

KASSIAN : "The first night?"

ARNE : "I'm scared of the first night."

To be precise, she was afraid that the first night would be the night of the murder of her husband, but Arne had no intention of filling the omitted middle.

ARNE : "I'm scared of the first night, so I was trying to run away... …"

After hearing Arne's excuse, Kassian couldn't figure out how to react to an unexpected answer. He didn't even know what he was hearing right now. she was scared of the first night... ... What did he do? It was absurd. And it was funny.

KASSIAN : 'Only because of that... ...?'

It was an unexpected reason. It was a reason he had never really expected. It's a story of a bride running away from the window because she's scared of the first night. In the meantime, her face turned red, and Arne, who was ashamed, was crazy and cute. When Kassian suddenly burst into laughter, Arne, who was bowing her head with her eyes closed in shame, quietly raised her head. she couldn't understand why he was laughing, so she looked at him blankly, and Kassian, who had laughed in a low voice for a long time, gently grasped Arne's shoulder. And whisper in a voice sweeter than honey.

KASSIAN : "If you don't want to, I won't lift a finger."

ARNE : "... ...Yeah? Really?"

KASSIAN : "Yeah."

Can he do that? It shouldn't be? In surprise and confusion, Arne blinked her eyes. Even that was cute, and Kassian said quietly in a low voice.

KASSIAN : "Of course, it's our own secret."

ARNE : "... ..."

A suggestion like the whisper of the devil. The blue eyes, resembling the winter, of Kassian shone darkly. Looking up at Kassian's eyes innocently, Arne immediately thought that he had something different.... She knew nothing of.

ARNE : "good."

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[SINCE I CANNOT POST THE ILLUSTARTION THAT PIG CAKE(THE ARTIST) MADE, HERE IS A LINK:] (LEADS TO THE ILLUSTRATION...)

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SORRY FOR THE BAD TRANSLATION, SOME OF THE WORDS CAN'T BE TRANSLATED BY G.TRANSLATE, AND I HAVE NO CLUE WHAT THEY MEANT.

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ASSOCIATED NAMES : 칼끝에 입술

TYPE : Web Novel (KR)

GENRE : Adventure; Comedy; Drama; Fantasy; Josei; Romance; Shoujo

TAGS : Aristocracy; Arranged Marriage; Beautiful Female Lead; Comedic Undertone; Devoted Love Interests; Doting Love Interests; Enemies Become Lovers; European Ambience; Female Protagonist; Handsome Male Lead; Kind Love Interests; Knights; Male Yandere; Misunderstandings; Power Couple; Sword And Magic; Sword Wielder; Tomboyish Female Lead

LANGUAGE : Korean (translated to English)

AUTHOR(S) : 윤슬

ARTIST(S) : Pig Cake; 돼지케이크

ORIGINAL PUBLISHER : Naver

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