What did Your Majesty wish for? I just wish for peace and happiness, just like now."
And finally, when Bellona's voice echoed in his head.
A determined light appeared in Carsis's eyes, where the trembling had disappeared.
I had a nightmare.
A nightmare where everything I loved was engulfed in a huge flame and turned to ash.
At that time, I was struggling to breathe due to the thick smoke and was engulfed in pain as if my entire body's internal organs were melting from the hot flames.
A man appeared.
"You are..."
The man who had brightened my previously dark vision was now right in front of me.
Black hair like a curtain of night, but in contrast, red eyes like the blazing sun.
"Carsis."
Bellona, who had been staring intently at the man's face, let out a short sigh as if realizing his identity.
Why didn't I remember you?
A man with affectionate hands that caress her and eyes as warm as the spring sunshine.
I liked that kind of guy.
The man's hair was messy and disheveled, the man's hands were covered in calluses. It was all so good that it touched her heart and made her burst into tears.
"Carsis!"
She hugged the man as if she were clinging to him, not even thinking about wiping away the tears that were flowing incessantly.
"Bellona."
And the moment the man called her name, her heart swelled.
Her heart pounded as if it was going to burst at the sound of a man's voice that she hadn't heard in a long time.
But that was only for a moment.
"Uh?"
The man's face began to blur even though it was right in front of her.
As if someone was forcibly erasing his face.
It was when Bellona called the man's name countless times with an impatient heart.
“...Sis. Car... Sis...!”
Bellona's eyes opened wide as she tossed and turned in bed.
“Haa, haa...”
Bellona sat up abruptly and wiped the beads of sweat from her forehead as she looked around.
The place with the familiar furniture was her room.
“Was it a dream?”
After waking up, she closed and opened her eyes repeatedly to grasp the situation.
'I fell asleep right after coming back from the festival...'
Bellona tilted her head as if something was strange.
Even though she felt like she had slept for a long time, she felt an inexplicable fatigue.
And above all.
“What did I dream about...?”
Not a single dream that had been vivid until just a moment ago remained in her mind.
It feels like she's forgotten something very important...
It was while she was racking her brain to recall a dream she had forgotten.
“Are you awake?”
Bellona's head snapped up at the sound of a voice nearby.
"...Your Majesty?"
She wonders if she hasn't woken up yet.
Bellona's body froze in an unrealistic situation that seemed like an extension of a dream.
“Why are you...”
She looked around just in case, but this was definitely her room in the Jupiter mansion.
“Is this also a dream?”
Carsis, who was staring at Bellona, who was asking a somewhat foolish question, let out a low laugh.
“This isn’t a dream.”
'If it's not a dream, then why on earth is the Emperor in this room? No, more importantly, what time is it?'
Bellona looked out the window to get a better view of the situation.
Then, as if to announce the start of a new day, a gentle sunlight began to brighten the sky.
If that's true, then it's only been a few hours since she fell asleep.
She tilted her head as if she didn't get a clear answer and asked Carsis.
“But why is Your Majesty in my room?”
Carsis, who had been silent for a moment in response to Bellona's question, answered.
“Young Lady has been asleep for a week.”
“Huh? What is that...”
A week?
I'm sure I fell asleep after the festival last night.
Bellona's eyes shook as if confused by the Emperor's answer.
“Why did I sleep for so long...? No, more than that, I think I was dreaming something...”
It was a very vivid dream.
A dream that was so painful, sad, and miserable, but still left a hazy feeling in a corner of her heart.
“...Something feels strange. I feel like I had a very important dream, but I can’t remember anything. In the dream, I was definitely...”
As she tried to recall the content of her dream, she felt as if she was walking along a foggy lakeside, and her eyebrows furrowed.
Carsis said, taking Bellona's hand.
"It's okay."
"... Yes?"
“Don’t try to force yourself to remember. Bad dreams... are better forgotten.”
But, contrary to his words to forget, Carsis' expression looked somewhat sad.
Bellona, who had been staring at the man for a while, asked him with a puzzled look.
“How did you know I had a bad dream?”
It was strange that Carsis acted as if he knew what she was dreaming about, even though she only said that it seemed important about the dream and never said it was a nightmare.
Then Carsis answered with a bitter smile.
“...I just felt like it would be like that.”
Carsis eventually decided to keep all the memories to himself.
Bellona just wanted to remain as she was now, a pure and bright person, like a flower in a glass greenhouse.
"Your Majesty, what did you wish for? I just wish for peace and happiness, just like now..."
Because that was Bellona's wish.
Although the lantern with the wish fell down wet from the rain, he wanted to make her wish come true.
So this is it.
Even if the current Bellona doesn't choose him, it's okay to live alone with forgotten memories.
While he was comforting himself like that.
“But it wasn’t just bad dreams.”
A bright voice reached his ears.
“I definitely had nightmares... but I also had good dreams. Of course, I don’t remember which ones.”
Bellona's cheeks were red, as she felt embarrassed that she couldn't remember the content of her dream, even though she had said that it was a good dream.
“...”
And Carsis stared blankly at Bellona's flushed face.
It seemed like he wouldn't be able to keep the promise he had made a little while ago.
“Bellona.”
Carsis stroked Bellona's cheek as she looked at him with a clear face.
Bellona's eyes opened wide in surprise at his sudden touch. Looking down at those eyes, Carsis opened his mouth.
“I have loved you for a very long time.”
From a very long time ago, longer than you can remember.
It was a lie when he said it was okay if she didn't choose him.
So even though it may be a bit premature, he wanted to confess his feelings for her at least now, at this moment.
“So I’ll wait.”
He wanted to relieve her of some of the emotions that were overflowing and suffocating me.
“Until you choose me.”
He hopes that the sincerity that he poured out like vomiting reaches her.
With those words, he kissed the back of Bellona's hand.
As if a knight were swearing an oath to his master.
And in that fleeting moment when his lips touched the back of her hand, a brief silence followed, as if time had stopped between the two.
Carsis rose from his seat with a calm demeanor.
“Then please take care of yourself.”
And then, as if nothing had happened, he turned around to leave the room.
“Yes, just a moment...!”
Bellona grabbed Carsis' arms with both hands.
The movement was so sudden that Bellona's body, which was sitting on the bed, swayed.
“Ah. This, this is so...”
But Bellona stuttered as if she was surprised that she had caught him. Her face had long since turned red like a ripe apple.
“That, that’s why I captured Carsis...”
Carsis stared intently at Bellona's face, which was turning red and burning, and waited patiently for her to speak.
“I, I don’t know if it’s because I’m not fully awake, or because of what happened at the festival that day, or because of the confession you just made...”
Bellona, who had been rambling on and on without answering, closed her eyes tightly.
“I, I don’t hate Carsis either...!”
“...”
“No, rather... I think I like you a little bit!”
“...”
Bellona, who had found the courage to confess her true feelings to Carsis, slowly opened her eyes.
Then the man was staring at her with a face that was hard to read.
At this, Bellona poured out her heart, feeling like she didn't know what to do.
“Ca, the festival I saw with Carsis was so much fun. I really liked the teddy bear you gave me. And I was glad to see you when I woke up. And also...”
It was at that moment that her vision became dizzy because of her lips moving uncontrollably.
“!”
Carsis pulled Bellona's nape and kissed her lips.
Bellona was momentarily taken aback by the sudden kiss, but soon she tilted her head and slowly closed her eyes.
"What wish did you make?"
The question Bellona had asked him a while ago, after she had flown her lantern, echoed in his head.
My wish is.
'Please, please love me again.'
At that time, he was mumbling to himself the answer he had not yet been able to give.
Although the lantern didn't fly, Bellona made his wish come true.
Just as Carsis granted Bellona's wish.
And finally, when Bellona's voice echoed in his head.
A determined light appeared in Carsis's eyes, where the trembling had disappeared.
***
I had a nightmare.
A nightmare where everything I loved was engulfed in a huge flame and turned to ash.
At that time, I was struggling to breathe due to the thick smoke and was engulfed in pain as if my entire body's internal organs were melting from the hot flames.
A man appeared.
"You are..."
The man who had brightened my previously dark vision was now right in front of me.
Black hair like a curtain of night, but in contrast, red eyes like the blazing sun.
"Carsis."
Bellona, who had been staring intently at the man's face, let out a short sigh as if realizing his identity.
Why didn't I remember you?
A man with affectionate hands that caress her and eyes as warm as the spring sunshine.
I liked that kind of guy.
The man's hair was messy and disheveled, the man's hands were covered in calluses. It was all so good that it touched her heart and made her burst into tears.
"Carsis!"
She hugged the man as if she were clinging to him, not even thinking about wiping away the tears that were flowing incessantly.
"Bellona."
And the moment the man called her name, her heart swelled.
Her heart pounded as if it was going to burst at the sound of a man's voice that she hadn't heard in a long time.
But that was only for a moment.
"Uh?"
The man's face began to blur even though it was right in front of her.
As if someone was forcibly erasing his face.
It was when Bellona called the man's name countless times with an impatient heart.
“...Sis. Car... Sis...!”
Bellona's eyes opened wide as she tossed and turned in bed.
“Haa, haa...”
Bellona sat up abruptly and wiped the beads of sweat from her forehead as she looked around.
The place with the familiar furniture was her room.
“Was it a dream?”
After waking up, she closed and opened her eyes repeatedly to grasp the situation.
'I fell asleep right after coming back from the festival...'
Bellona tilted her head as if something was strange.
Even though she felt like she had slept for a long time, she felt an inexplicable fatigue.
And above all.
“What did I dream about...?”
Not a single dream that had been vivid until just a moment ago remained in her mind.
It feels like she's forgotten something very important...
It was while she was racking her brain to recall a dream she had forgotten.
“Are you awake?”
Bellona's head snapped up at the sound of a voice nearby.
"...Your Majesty?"
She wonders if she hasn't woken up yet.
Bellona's body froze in an unrealistic situation that seemed like an extension of a dream.
“Why are you...”
She looked around just in case, but this was definitely her room in the Jupiter mansion.
“Is this also a dream?”
Carsis, who was staring at Bellona, who was asking a somewhat foolish question, let out a low laugh.
“This isn’t a dream.”
'If it's not a dream, then why on earth is the Emperor in this room? No, more importantly, what time is it?'
Bellona looked out the window to get a better view of the situation.
Then, as if to announce the start of a new day, a gentle sunlight began to brighten the sky.
If that's true, then it's only been a few hours since she fell asleep.
She tilted her head as if she didn't get a clear answer and asked Carsis.
“But why is Your Majesty in my room?”
Carsis, who had been silent for a moment in response to Bellona's question, answered.
“Young Lady has been asleep for a week.”
“Huh? What is that...”
A week?
I'm sure I fell asleep after the festival last night.
Bellona's eyes shook as if confused by the Emperor's answer.
“Why did I sleep for so long...? No, more than that, I think I was dreaming something...”
It was a very vivid dream.
A dream that was so painful, sad, and miserable, but still left a hazy feeling in a corner of her heart.
“...Something feels strange. I feel like I had a very important dream, but I can’t remember anything. In the dream, I was definitely...”
As she tried to recall the content of her dream, she felt as if she was walking along a foggy lakeside, and her eyebrows furrowed.
Carsis said, taking Bellona's hand.
"It's okay."
"... Yes?"
“Don’t try to force yourself to remember. Bad dreams... are better forgotten.”
But, contrary to his words to forget, Carsis' expression looked somewhat sad.
Bellona, who had been staring at the man for a while, asked him with a puzzled look.
“How did you know I had a bad dream?”
It was strange that Carsis acted as if he knew what she was dreaming about, even though she only said that it seemed important about the dream and never said it was a nightmare.
Then Carsis answered with a bitter smile.
“...I just felt like it would be like that.”
Carsis eventually decided to keep all the memories to himself.
Bellona just wanted to remain as she was now, a pure and bright person, like a flower in a glass greenhouse.
"Your Majesty, what did you wish for? I just wish for peace and happiness, just like now..."
Because that was Bellona's wish.
Although the lantern with the wish fell down wet from the rain, he wanted to make her wish come true.
So this is it.
Even if the current Bellona doesn't choose him, it's okay to live alone with forgotten memories.
While he was comforting himself like that.
“But it wasn’t just bad dreams.”
A bright voice reached his ears.
“I definitely had nightmares... but I also had good dreams. Of course, I don’t remember which ones.”
Bellona's cheeks were red, as she felt embarrassed that she couldn't remember the content of her dream, even though she had said that it was a good dream.
“...”
And Carsis stared blankly at Bellona's flushed face.
It seemed like he wouldn't be able to keep the promise he had made a little while ago.
“Bellona.”
Carsis stroked Bellona's cheek as she looked at him with a clear face.
Bellona's eyes opened wide in surprise at his sudden touch. Looking down at those eyes, Carsis opened his mouth.
“I have loved you for a very long time.”
From a very long time ago, longer than you can remember.
It was a lie when he said it was okay if she didn't choose him.
So even though it may be a bit premature, he wanted to confess his feelings for her at least now, at this moment.
“So I’ll wait.”
He wanted to relieve her of some of the emotions that were overflowing and suffocating me.
“Until you choose me.”
He hopes that the sincerity that he poured out like vomiting reaches her.
With those words, he kissed the back of Bellona's hand.
As if a knight were swearing an oath to his master.
And in that fleeting moment when his lips touched the back of her hand, a brief silence followed, as if time had stopped between the two.
Carsis rose from his seat with a calm demeanor.
“Then please take care of yourself.”
And then, as if nothing had happened, he turned around to leave the room.
“Yes, just a moment...!”
Bellona grabbed Carsis' arms with both hands.
The movement was so sudden that Bellona's body, which was sitting on the bed, swayed.
“Ah. This, this is so...”
But Bellona stuttered as if she was surprised that she had caught him. Her face had long since turned red like a ripe apple.
“That, that’s why I captured Carsis...”
Carsis stared intently at Bellona's face, which was turning red and burning, and waited patiently for her to speak.
“I, I don’t know if it’s because I’m not fully awake, or because of what happened at the festival that day, or because of the confession you just made...”
Bellona, who had been rambling on and on without answering, closed her eyes tightly.
“I, I don’t hate Carsis either...!”
“...”
“No, rather... I think I like you a little bit!”
“...”
Bellona, who had found the courage to confess her true feelings to Carsis, slowly opened her eyes.
Then the man was staring at her with a face that was hard to read.
At this, Bellona poured out her heart, feeling like she didn't know what to do.
“Ca, the festival I saw with Carsis was so much fun. I really liked the teddy bear you gave me. And I was glad to see you when I woke up. And also...”
It was at that moment that her vision became dizzy because of her lips moving uncontrollably.
“!”
Carsis pulled Bellona's nape and kissed her lips.
Bellona was momentarily taken aback by the sudden kiss, but soon she tilted her head and slowly closed her eyes.
"What wish did you make?"
The question Bellona had asked him a while ago, after she had flown her lantern, echoed in his head.
My wish is.
'Please, please love me again.'
At that time, he was mumbling to himself the answer he had not yet been able to give.
Although the lantern didn't fly, Bellona made his wish come true.
Just as Carsis granted Bellona's wish.
I was locked up by the crazy dog I raised
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