Chapter 16

I Didn’t Mean to Become a Hindrance, but Why Do We Keep Running into Each Other?

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(Gabriel’s 3rd person POV)

While staring at him, Rosériel smiled innocently.

“Hey, I never said that. And my sister has never mentioned Gabriel either.”

‘She’s definitely stabbing me with her words.’

The words she said with a smiling face completely crushed Gabriel’s hope.

‘This sneaky girl.’

Gabriel didn’t respond.

While observing him and feeling sullen, Rosériel pouted her lips. ‘He looks like a grumpy little chick.’

“I don’t know the reason why, but my sister is definitely avoiding the topic. But if you force my sister on something that she doesn’t want, even if his Majesty the Emperor comes, I will definitely beat your ass! What you need to do is to give my sister time to adjust and choose on her own.”

“But that’s different. Didn’t you say that you’d help me?”

“Did I? When did I say that? All I remember is that I said that ‘I wanted to be friends with Gabriel’, but I won’t help you.”

‘This is absurd. I’m really regretting it.’

‘Did I ask the wrong person for help? And why am I hanging out with her?’

“But, Gabriel, why do you like my sister? Is there any specific reason? Do you like her more than the stars in the sky?”

“It’s just…..”

“If you say that you like her just because she’s pretty, I’ll clip your lips with a clothespin.”

(PN: Hahahaha I love it. Calling him out for that overused romance trope)

Gabriel leaned back slightly and his previously twinkling eyes dimmed.

‘Who the hell are all these people that are hiding? There seem to be servants hovering everywhere.’

‘In the grass, inside the garden, outside the glasshouse and so on. I’m also concerned that they might have the wrong impression of us.’

“But it’s good if you feel like your heart is about to explode. Am I right?”

“Hey, why aren’t you answering me? Are you not confident? Don’t you know your own feelings? Gabriel is such an idiot!”

“…….”

‘This little girl really doesn’t filter her words.’ Gabriel’s face was acutely distorted.

“Then how about now? Even if you can’t see my sister, you’re always thinking about her, aren’t you?”

‘I can say this without a doubt.’

“Yes. It makes me feel happy whenever I see her, and I keep thinking about her even when I’m not looking at her. And I’ve never thought of marrying anyone other than your sister.”

“Wow…. You’re so adamant, but you’re talking in a really bad way!”

Gabriel decided not to be fooled, considering how Rosériel could smile sweetly while talking like this.

Rosériel looked as if she couldn’t harm a single flower. And yet despite her innocent appearance, she acts like an antagonist, continually stabbing him with words even now.

The worst part was, Gabriel was in an extremely vulnerable state of mind because she was the twin sister of the girl that he loves.

“I have no intention of marrying Gabriel either. And what else?”

‘Why do I have to say this to her when I can’t even say it directly to Hildea.’ But since he had no choice, Gabriel said shyly,

“I just want time to stop when I’m looking at her, even just for a bit.”

The more he speaks, the more frustrated he becomes.

Gabriel wants to somehow talk to Hildea, but as soon as she saw him earlier, the girl suddenly frowned and ran away.

‘I think Hildea hates me.’

“Wow Gabriel, you’re only twelve years old, but I never would have thought that you would be this mature. I’m overwhelmed.”

She spoke in a weird way as if she was already an adult.

(TN: Omo is this a sign that Rosériel might be reincarnated as well?)

“By the way, our maid said this: if you fall in love at first sight, you have to get to know that person instead of just looking at her from afar.”

Gabriel’s eyebrows twitched.

He thought that the person who would know Hildea the best would be her twin sister, who is the one in front of him. Gabriel then sat down to listen to more.

“You have no idea how pretty my sister is when she smiles. You don’t know, right? Hehe. You’re jealous right?”

‘Maybe.’

“My sister always pats me warmly, and it feels really good. She also said that she liked me the most. Do you envy me?”

‘Hearing her words…’

“Oh, you don’t know about it? Maybe because you know nothing about my sister!”

Gabriel felt worse and worse.

‘Are you kidding me? You’re not even trying to help me.’

He recalled what the knights had advised,

“What they’re saying is that it would be better to arrange a marriage with Rosériel, who looks bright and innocent, rather than Hildea, who looks cold and unsympathetic.”

‘This is all stupid.’

‘I’m already jealous. Just how many times does she have to rub it in?’

(TN: Aww poor Gabriel, being bullied by Rosé.)

He struggled to hold back his anger.

And finally while grinding his teeth, he asked her,

“So, what does your sister like? You seem to have forgotten that we met because I was going to ask you to tell me about that, Lady Rosériel.”

“You don’t even know the rules of life!”

“What?”

“Originally, if you want something, you need to be sincere about getting it! Why is your attitude so overbearing? Who is the one who desperately needs it? Should I just go back?”

“…….”

“If you find someone you like, you have to grab the person who knows her well and rip out the information, okay?”

“…….”

“Gabriel probably doesn’t know anything about what my sister likes, where she goes often, or what she’s interested in, right? I know that you know nothing about her.”

Even Gabriel, who was emotionally dull, could understand that this girl was clearly mocking him.

“What does she enjoy?”

“That’s more like it!”

Gazing at him gently, Rosé then opened her mouth, grinning widely, and offered Gabriel what he had been waiting for.

“My sister likes flowers and pots. She’s growing them one by one, on one of the window sills, but now there are well over ten. And I like shiny things.

“I don’t think the latter part is something that I need to hear.”

“Because I’m good at drawing. I have a lot of drawings of my sister, and I also have one that shows my sister’s smile.”

“…Shiny things, I’ll definitely remember that.”

(TN: This chapter is really hilarious, poor Gabriel.)

(PRN: Rosé knows what the important things in life are )

Gabriel listened intently while muttering to himself, trying hard to remember everything.

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(Hildea’s POV)

‘It seems very strange.’

It hasn’t been that long since Gabriel entered the Hillington Mansion and stayed here.

However, for some reason, Gabriel and Rosé were always together wherever I went.

‘What kind of coincidence is this?’

‘It’s as if they would suddenly appear in a place where I usually stay or pop up within my periphery.’

‘How can this be happening? Is it all just a happenstance?’

I let out a sigh and frown.

Of course, I have no problem approaching my sister Rosé, but it’s a different story if she’s together with Gabriel. When that happened, I would automatically leave without even realizing what I was doing.

As a result, all of the walks that I had planned to take were cancelled. On seeing them, I immediately stopped doing what I intended to do and went back to my room earlier than scheduled.

‘It’s uncomfortable. Very uncomfortable.’

But oddly enough, just like now.

“This is not a common place for people to go to, Duke of Belfius.”

There are times when I run into Gabriel in a place where I shouldn’t see him

‘Why is he here? Don’t tell me that he’s spying on our house?’

“…Gabriel is enough.”

I’m shocked by his blunt response.

‘If you don’t like pretending to be friendly with me, then don’t talk to me. But what’s wrong with you? Why are you giving me that cold stare and asking me to call you by your first name?’

I’m offended, but then again we have no reason to be close.

“Then I’ll do that, Gabriel.”

Adding on, I asked him how he was doing.

“Have you been comfortable living in the mansion?”

It’s a polite greeting.

‘I don’t have to try to improve the first impression that was already ruined, so I won’t try to laugh.’

“Thanks to you, I’m comfortable.”

I blanked out for a second. Then I think about what he said.

‘Is he blatantly being sarcastic saying that to someone who has never treated him kindly or greeted him properly?’

A heavy silence descended between the two of us. If Rosé was here, we would have had a lively conversation.

‘He’s so unlucky today. Why did he have to meet me, whom he hates so much?’

As the silence extends, I feel pitiful.

I take a deep breath and then immediately tell him,

“If you have nothing to say…”

I can see that this conversation is going nowhere, so if he’s waiting for someone, he can patiently stand here for a few more minutes.

“Then I’ll be going on my way now? I have other things to do.”

“Ah.”

“If you are on your way to meet Rosé, you can go to the right. I’m going to the left side, so you don’t have to worry because you won’t see me after this. You can relax now.”

I prayed earnestly.

‘That we wouldn’t have such awkward encounters over and over again.’

‘I don’t want to be in an awkward situation with my future brother-in-law, right?’

“Flower.”

After turning around without regrets, Gabriel suddenly replied to me.

“That.”

“…..?”

“Flower.”

‘Is it hot?’

Gabriel’s earlobes seem to be burning red for some reason, and I looked at him blankly for a second. Our eyes suddenly meet.

I’m surprised and try to avoid his gaze. However, I’m even more shocked and offended by the boy’s behavior: he shifted his eyes in a different direction as if he glimpsed something that he didn’t want to see.

‘You don’t have to treat me differently.’

‘I also have no intention of marrying you.’

As always, whenever the two of us are together, he keeps his mouth shut and gives off unpleasant vibes. Every time I meet Gabriel, it becomes a bad memory for me.

(TN: Poor Gabriel.)

It’s the same today.

“You don’t seem to have anything to say, so I should get going”.

“Lady Hildea is…”

But I was stopped from leaving again when he started to speak once more.

“I heard that Lady Hildea likes flowers.”

“……”

I opened my eyes wide.

He spoke quite quickly, as if speaking slowly was not an option, and he seemed afraid of being cut off.

I glared at Gabriel with piercing eyes, but he didn’t make eye contact with me.

‘What are you doing?’

‘Are you trying to get close to me?’

‘But why don’t you look me in the eye?’

‘Or did you hear something from Rosé?’

“Is that right?”

“Well….”

“If that’s the case, I will…”

The rumor that I like flowers and pots was a misunderstanding that arose when I was collecting flower pots to test my abilities.

“Yes, I do.”

‘Actually, I don’t like flowers that much.’

Even so, the flowers that bloomed when I used my powers were particularly lively and fresh, and I’m fond of them.

But there is no reason or need for such an explanation. I just nodded.

“But I wonder why you ask that.”

“If you ask, I mean, I want to know. So….”

“Yes?”

“Ugh.”

Gabriel paused for a moment, like a person who had shortness of breath.

Sometimes I couldn’t speak properly as well, so I waited for him to respond first.

“I’m sorry.”

“No. It’s okay.”

I’m not sure why.

Then after a while, Gabriel spoke slowly.

“I intend to send a letter from the battlefield, to Lady Rosé.”

‘Oh, I see. It seems like he wants to tell me that he’ll be sending a letter to Rosé.’

(PN: I swear it’s a miracle these 2 managed to fall in love XD)

TO BE CONTINUED…..