Vol. 5 Finding The Missing Tyrant Chapter 18
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As promised, Valhail and I met on the bench behind the post.
It was the first time Iâd seen him since Iâd healed his whipped body and slept in his house.
âHow is Lord Crawford doing? Is he all right now?â
âYeah, my uncle is fine now.â
The case of Cedric, who drank poison and was on the verge of death, was causing quite a stir in the county.
People were even more surprised when he robbed his seat in a day and then got up and rode his horse out.
Cedricâs physical strength is no different from his heyday of going back and forth to the battlefield.
âWell, heâs still in his mid-30s.â
His face clearly looked younger than his age, and his well-groomed body suggested he was in his late 20s.
People who knew him, on the other hand, couldnât help but be surprised and think Cedric was much older than his actual age whenever he opened his mouth due to his old-fashioned personality.
âIs the culprit really the Countess?â
I suppose that kind of rumor spread here as well.
It was a natural suspicion for anyone with a brain.
âWell, Iâm not sure about that.â
âI heard the temple priest has arrived.â
âYes, high-priest Franz.â
We were sitting on the bench next to each other.
Valhail sat as far away from me as he could and asked questions one after the other, avoiding my gaze.
âIt seems like he was curious about a lot of things.â
However, it had already spread among the people, and he was aware of it.
After all, Iâd been wanting to talk to you for a long time since I last saw youâ¦â¦ Thatâs all I could deduce from his behavior right now.
âWas it you who called him?â
âYes, I requested that he heal my uncle.â
âLord Crawford must have been grateful to you.â
Smirk-
I laughed at his amusing trick.
As I observed while watching it, Valhail only becomes talkative on the day I return to see him after a long absence.
As if he was collecting regrets for the days we couldnât see each other.
âWhat did you say? I canât hear you because youâre too far away.â
It was literally only a meter away.
Of course, even if we were separated by more than a meter, I would be able to hear his voice.
Nonetheless, I shamelessly patted the seat beside me.
âCome closer and tell me.â
Valhail was a bit of a pushover.
He didnât come closer because he disliked it or felt burdened.
âHe was simply embarrassed.â
I canât see it because itâs too dark, but Iâm sure his ears are red.
âYou even slept beside me all night, hugging me tightâ¦â¦â
Why are you being so sly now?
Valhail approached me, sat down, and opened his mouth with difficulty before I finished speaking.
âWhat happened on that dayâ¦â¦â
âWas it a mistake?â
His solemn blue eyes, which had been avoiding me all along, suddenly fixed on me.
âNo.â
A heavy low voice sounded pleasant in the night air.
âI donât make that kind of mistake.â
Valhailâs face was expressionless as he asserted. He is completely sincere.
âIt was impolite of me⦠Thatâs what I was going to say.â
My mouth corners twitched involuntarily.
The fact that he didnât have any women and that I was the first person to sleep next to him.
Everything was satisfactory.
I knew I shouldnât be feeling this way, but I couldnât stop myself.
He thought of me as his only benefactor, and he was a man who could bear to be whipped all over for that reason.
Being special to someone gives you a sense of superiority.
To this person, a sense of superiority that I am before anyone else.
âSomeone hurry up and find this missing tyrantâ¦â¦â
If no one takes him, I may bite and choke him.
Looking at his attractive profile provokes such a desire.
But no one knew as well as I did that when he regained his memory as Valhto Heinrich, he would return to the principality without looking back.
âValhail.â
As he quietly looked back at me, I imagined a steel helmet shaped like a deerâs horn was placed over his head.
âPerhapsâ¦â¦ Do you remember anything?â