THYU - Chapter 13

THYU - Chapter 13

To Help You Understand

Winter went back to his bedroom and began grooming himself, which Violet had dragged around all day.

Winter was not negligent in dressing up. Although he was not very fashion-conscious, he was always clean-shaven, wore clothes that were tailored to fit his body, and took a long time to groom his hair.

He recognized that his appearance was useful. Since he would go to any lengths to make money, there was no way he could not be considered a beauty. 

Winter came out of the room, ready for work. Normally, he would go to work without even looking back, but today, he was quite worried about Violet.

The menstrual pain he felt for the first time was truly terrible. Moreover, he felt so dirty that he felt like throwing everything he could and screaming.

Winter doesn't know how his wife is putting up with this.

Winter turned around nervously as he was about to leave.

"Oh, I'm so busy." 

He told Lulu to open the door and went in to see that Violet had taken the medicine and was fast asleep.

Winter knelt under the bed and stared at her.

"Violet."

She seemed to be deep asleep and couldn't hear. Winter followed her...

"Do not hurt."

Then he brushed her hair with his fingertips, tucking it behind her small ear, and said.

"Don't even think about leaving my house. Just live with me."

Even after he finished speaking, he looked at his wife's face for a while and then stood up. He felt itchy for some reason, so he rubbed his neck and grumbled. 

"Looking at your face, it's strange that I can't go to work."

When he came out, Hayel, who was waiting in front of the carriage, asked. 

"What took you so long?"

"So what."

As Winter sat down in the carriage, Hayel held out an invitation.

"We are having a support party at Cantus again this year."

Cantus was a monastery located in south-central Larkround.

The monks of Cantus held a small sponsorship party every year and presented homemade wine as a gift in return for donations. After obtaining and drinking the wine, Winter became very greedy for Cantus wine. Ultimately, he wanted to offer it exclusively to a new high-end hotel in the capital. But no matter how much money Winter had, it was extremely difficult to get that wine.

The problem was that Winter stayed away from etiquette. Many of the monks of Cantus were of royal blood, so they were arrogant and required a very high level of etiquette. 

Hayel said privately. 

"Perhaps, Little Madame. If only you two knew how to switch bodies."

".....Are you asking me to change it just for that day?" 

"You've already thought about it, right?

"I had to try it." 

Winter thought for a moment and answered.

"She's never been to a party before, but now if I ask her to, will she do it? There's even talk of divorce."

"That's right." 

"Let's go."

Winter nodded. After that, he was lost in his thoughts, recalling Hayel's words.

The reason the two people changed bodies in the first place was because he was mixed with the blood of the Kanik clan. Still, it seemed obvious that Violet knew the method.

"What on earth is that method?"

To find a clue, he began organizing the situation in his head, step by step. from the first time the two people. switched bodies.

***

"Oh, I don't want to go home." 

Violet woke up, stretched, and said. As Violet looked out the window with the sun streaming in, she remembered Ash and Catherine pushing her into the closet.

It seems like Winter left the party without saying hello and came looking for her, so it won't be easy to just ignore it this time. But Violet shook her head so as not to be afraid in advance. 

Violet raised her upper body, found the chocolate top on the table, and tilted her head. Violet then walked over, adjusting her gown, and took off a round piece of chocolate that had been attached in layers.

"...... What?"

Violet was confused and scared, but Lulu came into the bedroom.

"Are you awake now? I guess the medicine was strong because you slept all yesterday."

When Violet turned around, there was another cake in Lulu's hand.

"What on earth is all this?"

"Secretary Hayel gave the chef the cost of ingredients to make the dessert. I don't know how much he paid, but this crazy man created a mountain of dessert without knowing the amount. Someone wants to eat it all. There are still a lot." 

"Isn't this all?"

"Sure! I was about to throw it away because it was unusable even if it was slightly dented, so the hotel staff took care of it for breakfast."

Lulu grumbled. Violet, who saw the chocolate top and cake and thought there must be someone to share it with, sat down in front of the table and said.

"I would like you to send a telegram secretly. Without anyone knowing." 

"Secretly? What's going on?"

"That is... That friend is running away from home, so I don't want anyone to catch her."

"Little Madame, is your friend running away from home? Ugh, she's a troublemaker."

Lulu laughed cheerfully.

***

After finishing breakfast, Violet went straight to see her mother.

After a 30-minute carriage ride, she arrived at the mansion where Ella resides, inside the Filiche estate.

Ash also lived there, and the field where he pretended to be farming was right in front of the mansion.

When her daughter got off the carriage, Mrs. Ella Filice came out to meet her with a bright face.

"Violet, what's going on here?"

"I'm sorry for not being able to visit you for so long, Mom."

Ella asked as Violet greeted her. 

"Would you like to come in and have some tea?"

"Would you like to take a walk? Please show me around."

"That's a good idea."

Ella smiled.

Violet said as she walked along the walkway around the mansion. 

"I'm sorry I can't come often."

"You are from the Blooming family now, so how can you come here often?"

Ella spoke in a soft, non-excited voice.

"You're doing well, there's nothing to worry about. What should we do with our poor Ash?"

"Your brother seemed to be doing well."

When Violet was ten years old, her eldest brother passed away. Before that, Ella only knew her son, but after that, her obsession with her remaining son grew stronger. Violet understood his mother. Her eldest brother's early death was like splitting Ella's world in half. 

Ella continued speaking as if she was heartbroken. 

"I'm doing well. This is a child who gave up the throne he should have had. Just thinking about how he feels...."

"Mom, there are times when I have a hard time too."

"You do well on your own."

Most of the things she did were not because she was good at it alone, but because she had to do it alone.

Violet bit her lip and then spoke in a quiet voice reminiscent of her mother.

"Once my husband leaves, there is no definite time when he will return home. and all the southern nobles hate me. I'm really tired now...."

"Violet."

Ella sighed as if she couldn't hear.

"That can be solved if you are nice to the people around you, so who are you to blame for that?"

"..."

Seeing her mother like this, it seemed like if Violet wasn't stuck in the Blooming family, it would be a problem for Ash In some way. At that point, it was already impossible to ask her mother for help.

It wasn't that Ella didn't love her daughter, but that didn't mean she pitied her either. To her, the only thing she felt sorry for was Ash. Sometimes, Violet wanted to be her mother's pitiful daughter.

***

Violet returned to the hotel with a complicated mind.

Fortunately, some news that would make her feel better was waiting for her.

It was a telegram call from Sharon, her childhood friend. It was a call to come to Ogel Garden, south of the capital, where the two often went to play when they were young. 

Violet left the hotel with Flip, who was waiting for her with the luggage that Lulu had already packed for her.

When Violet arrived at Ogel Garden, Sharon came running excitedly from afaг.

"Violet!"

"Sharon!"

Violet had recently met Sharon, but since it had been so long since she had seen her, Sharon welcomed her violently and hugged her around the waist.

"It's been so long!"

"Wow, Sharon... You've grown so much."

Sharon, who played the role of a baby when she was young, has grown up faster than Violet. She didn't notice it when she was in Winter's body, but when she returned to her own body, she felt a difference.

Sharon grabbed Violet's hand.

"Let's go, grandma is waiting."

"It's been a long time since I last saw you."

The owner of this flower garden was Sharon's maternal grandmother. Enna Tesia Ogel.

Enna always had a blunt expression and way of speaking, but Violet knew very well what a kind person she was. 

As Enna entered the mansion, dragging Sharon, who was hanging on her waist with difficulty, she spoke grumpily.

"You must be surprised that our granddaughter hasn't grown up even though we haven't seen each other in a long time, Ma'am."

"Speak less!" 

"You're an adult now, so that's rude."

Enna responded and then smiled slightly at Violet's upset expression.

"But, well, if you say so, there's nothing you can do about it. Instead, call me grandma like you used to."

Violet was relieved to hear her words and smiled faintly.

"Yes, I will."

***

For Violet, who loves flowers, visiting the flower garden was the happiest time.

Although summer had begun and the garden was filled with greenery, Violet knew what kind of flowering tree it was even without flowers. 

Sharon said to Enna as if bragging.

"There's really no flower that Violet doesn't know, right, Grandma? You know everything about weeds?"

"That's true, but I don't know why you're bragging."

"I'm just showing off my friend!"

"Is that something like that? Then it's something to be proud of." 

Violet couldn't hide her embarrassment at the two people's compliments.

Flip laid out a cloth under the shade of the wisteria and arranged the desserts he had neatly brought with him, and the three women sat in a circle and started viewing the flowers. While all sorts of stories were being exchanged, the sun began to set. 

At that time, a maid came running frantically.

"Ma, am! We're in big trouble! A carriage came loaded with flowers for tomorrow's dinner, but something went wrong on the way and the flowers all withered and became unusable!" 

Enna looked embarrassed at those words.

"Oh my, all the roses in the garden have fallen... A dinner held in a flower garden without flowers, the guests wilI be disappointed."

Enna, who was always blunt, looked sullen. If she makes an expression like this, she must be in an extremely depressed state inside. At that time, she secretly asked Violet, who felt even more sorry for her.

"Isn't there a better way, Violet?"

"Ah, then. How about changing the theme of your dinner to a summer flower garden? It was full of seashell flowers and it was really cute. I think it would be nice to enjoy the atmosphere of a summer night by decorating tree branches with leaves with green ribbons and putting green grapes or green olives in clear liquor such as white wine." 

Enna, who was quietly listening to Violet's excited words for the first time in a while, asked vaguely. 

"Would Lord Winter die without you even for a day?"

Violet smiled and shook her head, and Enna stood up.

"Go to sleep today. If you help me, I'll thank you so I won't be upset. I don't know if there's something you don't have."

"I think it would be good if you gave it as a salary. I also wanted to make money."

"Grandma, me too! I ran away from home and have no money!" 

Enna nodded as Sharon also helped from the side. 

"Come on, let's get moving."

Enna said and hurried to the mansion, probably in a hurry. She said as Violet looked back at Flip. 

"Flip, I'm sorry, but I sent a telegram to tell my husband that I was staying at Ogel Garden today...."

While speaking, Violet closed her mouth.

She remembered her mother asking who to blame for her husband not coming home. Suddenly she felt aggrieved. In three years, there was never a time when Violet wasn't there when Winter came home. He always didn't contact her, and she always just waited vaguely.

Violet shook her head.

"I don't think there's a need to leave a contact message since there's a good chance he won't come in. If my husband comes back to the hotel and asks, Lulu will contact you here."

"Yes, I think so too."

Flip nodded eagerly. It seemed like he had sensed Violet's feelings.

'I hope that person can feel how difficult it is to wait for someone who doesn't know when they will come...'

Violet thought so and walked along with Enna and Sharon. 

He always told her his schedule whether Winter confirmed it or not, so it was quite a departure for her.

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