"Oh, you know you have to go to bed early today, right? If you want to go quietly and without being noticed, you have to leave right after the sun rises, so please come to the hotel lobby on time."
"I know. So don't bother me. Because of you, my Queen can't rest."
"Why do you hate only me?"
Boris grumbled but kept his mouth shut. Julia, who had lowered her eyes, also said nothing more, and since Endymion was originally a man of few words, the meal ended quietly.
The three returned straight to the hotel from the comfortable restaurant where they had eaten.
"Get some rest, and I'll see you in the lobby at sunrise tomorrow morning."
Boris bowed and returned to his room. Julia and Endymion's rooms were on the opposite side of the hallway instead of right next to each other. The two walked along the hallway in silence until they stopped.
"Hood night."
"Yeah, you too."
Julia answered a little late, avoiding eye contact, and entered the room.
Bam.
Endymion waited in the hallway, and only after she was completely inside and closed the door did he enter his room. Julia stood with her back against the door, and when she heard the door next door close, she weakly headed to the bathroom.
Although it was a country hotel, it was clean as it was mainly used by VIPs.
Julia told the hotel maid to leave after she had finished preparing her bath. She was in a bad mood and did not have the presence of mind to accept unfamiliar service.
'Bad kid. He said he wouldn't keep secrets first.'
It was a harsh word that she would never have said under normal circumstances. But Julia's face, as she took off her clothes surrounded by warm steam, was simply sad.
'Is it something you can't talk about? No, maybe the feelings you had when you bought it were something I couldn't talk about?'
Julia bit her lip and quickly took off her clothes. Perhaps it was because of her emotions, but the layers of fabric that covered her body were irritating, even though they were much simpler than what she usually wore.
Who gets mad at you for smiling? You never smile at other people, normally, so why are you smiling in front of a strange woman today? Why on earth are you hiding what you bought from me and making me feel weird?
She wasn't originally that narrow-minded, but once she started to doubt herself, her thoughts kept going in circles.
Julia was smirking like a blazing ember, but she had a vague feeling that she was going too far. Julia hadn't actually seen him do anything to the woman or talk to her in a friendly way.
But that was only for a moment as emotions grew more Intense like an unbridled horse.
"You said you only liked me. So now you're saying you don't care anymore?"
Her heart was pounding. It wasn't a pleasant pounding but a melancholic excitement. She was so touched that tears welled up in her eyes.
"Really, you bad kid..."
In addition, perhaps because she was moving around so roughly, she had a slight headache, and the slight backache she had had since riding the carriage had gotten worse. Julia strained her eyes and took off her outerwear, layer by layer.
"I won't make eye contact with you again. I won't take off your cravat, and I won't hold your hand!"
The face staring back at her in the mirror looked very sensitive to her. Looking at the face that somehow felt a little awkward. Julia reached out to take off her underwear.
"We won't even share a bed anymore...!"
The voice that had been muttering forcefully suddenly stopped. Julia could clearly see the red color on the white underwear.
'Ah, somehow...'
It was because of the period. Her emotions were running wild for no reason, and she became sensitive and agitated by things she would normally deal with calmly.
"It's not time to do it yet, why..."
Julia touched her forehead. She had a regular cycle, so she had no idea this had happened. She didn't feel any pain, so she thought the backache she had felt all day was just from the long carriage ride.
Once she found out the reason, the emotions that had been rising endlessly stopped.
Julia quickly washed herself in hot water. After finishing her bath, she called the maid back and asked her for some clothes and medicine before she could take a deep breath.
"It'll be difficult if this continues."
Julia muttered as she lay down on the clean bed. She was worried that there might be a problem with her trip to the magic tower because she was experiencing pain in her groin that she had never experienced before.
Julia promised herself to take the medicine again tomorrow morning.
'...'
The warm bed gently enveloped her body, but the lingering emotions still tormented her.
She figured it was because her emotions were more extreme than usual due to the period, so it became somewhat bearable, but the unfamiliar back pain and the events of the day were the same.
"Really? Why is that?"
Instead of anger and resentment like before, sadness welled up in her. Julia rubbed her eyes, thinking that she was stupid. She wasn't a child, and she didn't understand why she was so worried and anxious about such things.
"It's true that Mion really likes me."
Because he was more kind and sweet than the male protagonist in the romance novels Julia had read and bookmarked. And not long ago, didn't he save her when her own life was in danger?
'So I know very well that there is no reason to be sad at all.'
But Julia kept getting more and more depressed. Julia, who had lived a calm life, didn't know what to do with her body's reactions that had changed so much. After turning over several times, Julia finally shook off her depression and started muttering loudly.
"Mion remembers everything about me, my actions, my habits, my tastes. He listens to everything I say, says that I'm the most precious thing, and smiles only in front of me."
The corners of her lips, which had been gradually rising, froze. At the fact that she had returned to the starting point, tears welled up in her purple eyes as if they had been waiting for it.
Finally, Julia jumped up and ran out of the room, wearing only a shawl over her nightgown. Her destination, of course, was the next room.
Knock knock!
Without any dignity, Julia banged on the door with her fist. But there was no response from inside the room. Julia took a deep breath and tried mind control.
'No, this won't do. Calm down, you can calm down...'
But when Endymion's smiling face came to mind.
'Are you sure you want to do it?'
Julia, her mind blown, swung the door wide open.
And then she came face to face with Endymion, who had a towel wrapped around his lower body.
He was reaching for the robe draped over the sofa as if he had forgotten to leave it behind. She could glimpse the bathroom door open behind him.
Although Reason pleaded in her head, "Get out again, Quickly!", Julia quickly closed the door behind her.
Bang!
And then, out of nowhere, she shouted.
"Why are you laughing?"
"Julia?"
The blue eyes called out to her as if they were curious. Then, as if by automatic reflex, they curved into a sweet curve. Julia, who became even more saddened by this, cried out, with tears welling up in her eyes.
"You don't usually smile! Why did you smile just now?"
"What?"
Endymion, who did not understand the situation, asked back a beat later. However, Julia, who had already lost control of her emotions and reason, understood it as an evasion. Julia, who was overcome with emotion, cried out sadly, tears falling one by one.
"When did you say you only like me?"
"Why are you crying... What do you mean?"
"Why aren't you answering, sob."
Eventually, Julia burst into tears and cried loudly. As she, who had always been elegant and mature, cried like a child, Endymion came to her in a hurry without even putting on his robe.
"Don't cry. I was wrong."
A firm body soaked in hot water hugged Julia. Warm, elastic muscles wrapped around her securely, making her feel a little better.
Julia sobbed and threw herself into his arms.
"Sigh. Well, I don't even know what I did wrong.... "
"Hmm."
A troubled sound rang in her ears. But Endymion immediately consoled Julia.
"No. It was all my fault."
Her mood lifted as she heard the soft, affectionate voice.
How can my mood be so up and down? Julia made a bland expression, even though she thought she must be crazy.
"Then answer."
"Huh."
Endymion answered quickly. Julia squirmed and pulled away from his embrace, looking up at him with wet eyes.
His blue eyes, framed by long eyelashes, were staring at her intently. The funny thing is, when she saw that, I hesitated to ask why he was laughing.
'You're crying as if there was some great story!'
Julia racked her brain for a few seconds, then opened her mouth hesitantly, feeling her heart pounding with a tremor rather than sadness this time.
"...Why didn't you object to having a separate room?"
A rather odd question popped up. Julia felt like belatedly punching herself in the mouth.
Why, why? It's because there are no double rooms!
"Hmm.'
Endymion showed a rare look of bewilderment. Julia, who had seen it all, felt embarrassed and wanted to hide in a mouse hole. However, in a state of stormy emotions that did not subside, her mouth moved again on its own.
"You, you originally hated sleeping alone with me. You said you had trouble sleeping without me."
"That's right, that's right.'
Endymion gave a soft nod of approval. But Julia felt even more foolish. To make matters worse, her headache and backache were getting worse.
'Just keep your mouth shut. If you talk, there will be no answer!'
Why on earth are you nitpicking over something so random?
Julia writhed in embarrassment, thinking she should just run away. She had been so emotional earlier that she had taken it as a big deal, but it didn't seem to be serious enough to warrant such an attack.
'Yeah. I might have just laughed because I felt good at the moment. Now stop talking about useless rooms!'
Julia blurted out something to end the conversation.
"Ah, come to think of it, it must have been because the bed was for one person. I misunderstood for a moment. Sorry, then sleep well and see you tomorrow..."
Julia tried to quickly get away, but warm, strong arms gently wrapped around her as she ran away.
"I don't think that's it."
That guy's eyes are so quick!
Julia shook her head with a sad face, but Endymion refused to let her go as if he had no idea. Before she knew it, Julia had followed Endymion into the bedroom.
"Hey, it's nothing. I just misunderstood..."
"I need to hear what it is. If you can't trust me and misunderstand me, then it must be something serious, right?"
Endymion hit the nail on the head as he sat Julia down on the edge of the soft bed. Julia, who had no words, shut her mouth like a clam.
"I'll answer, so tell me what it was."
Endymion pulled up a chair and sat down, staring intently at her.
Julia then held her breath as she saw the large body that was right in front of her. But, not knowing what to do, her gaze kept going towards Endymion's body.
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