Iris ripped Gremory apart. Gremory bounced her shoulders and screamed.
"Why? That's a wish."
- Don't do that, just take a little bit of that man's darkness. You're a witch who feeds on other people's pain.
"...I don't really want to eat that darkness."
Gremory tasted the black energy that bloomed all the way out of the house. Her heart was pounding, and she felt like she was about to cry.
"What is this? It's not painful. Astringent. I don't want to eat it."
- It is probably sadness.
"Sadness?"
- When someone really Important dies... I mean, how do you think you would feel if someone in the Grand Duke family died?
"...I think I've experienced that kind of feeling."
The depression she felt when she saw the dead Lenia, and the obsession to save her at all costs. Was that sadness?
'Is Ian experiencing the same feelings as I did back then?'
Then he must be feeling a lot of anger at the quack doctor who ruined his life. Like her, who felt anger at the witch who killed Lenia.
Gremory gathered dark red energy in her fingertips.
- What are you doing?
"To give Ian courage."
The courage to find a quack doctor.
- Well, that's also good.
Iris was surprisingly positive.
Gremory used a spell on Ian to make his courage soar. The madness and courage to find and tear apart the quack doctor to the end.
It wasn't long before Ian burst open the door. With a determined expression, he went straight to the community center.
Every Saturday, a regular village meeting is held there. Realizing that today was Saturday, Ian rushed to the hall as if he were possessed.
Gremory secretly followed Ian. She wondered if there was a quack doctor at the community center, but the results were unexpected.
After entering the hall, Ian knelt down and prayed in front of everyone.
"I'm sorry I've been harsh! Please forgive me!"
The people in the hall were buzzing. Gremory, who was watching from hiding, was also quite surprised by the unexpected behavior.
"Please help me! My daughter is very sick! I need money for medicine, but as everyone knows, I'm stupid and I'm scammed...!"
"That's enough. Stop. I'll pay for the medicine by collecting the village development fund."
The village head urged Ian, who was crying. Ian finally relaxed, and he blinked his eyes and bowed his head to everyone.
"Thank you. Thank you so much."
After getting enough money, Ian immediately rushed to the convent with his daughter on his back.
Gremory, who was watching everything, pouted her lower lip.
"What is this? I didn't induce this situation. I wanted to get him the courage to find a quack and kill him."
- Oh my God, did you mean that you gave him courage? I thought you were merciful again. So that Ian can muster up the courage to ask people for help. If I had known you were thinking that, I would have stopped you right away.
"Why did Ian make that choice? If it were me, I would have gone to kill the guy who smashed my house right away."
- Ian had a daughter to protect. That's what love is. If there is someone to protect, you will make the correct choice. Killing is far from the right choice.
"...Is that so?"
Gremory tilted his head. However, if you commit murder with a sick daughter in the human world, you won't hear anything good.
- Love makes us do strange and courageous actions. Like Kenneth Ortega, the Little Duke, who mustered up a lot of courage and sent you a letter.
"Do you talk like you've ever been in love?"
- I tried. Even though it was unrequited love.
"What is unrequited love?"
- That's right!
***
Chession was driven mad by Gremory, who never returned for a long time.
"What is it? Why didn't she come? It's almost dinner time?"
He wasn't so worried until lunchtime.
Kenneth Ortega, Chession didn't think he could seduce Mori over just one lunch. Our Mori is quite picky.
However, as time passed. He gradually changed his mind. Things were out of hand. His legs trembled uncontrollably, and he kept biting his lip.
'Do you really like him so much? Won't you come home by this time?'
It was well past dinnertime. Chession had a tantrum. What the hell are they doing to make it to this hour?
Gremory returned at 8 p.m. Even though it wasn't too late, Chession had a temper.
"Mori, what if you walk around so late? I'm worried."
"You're worried that it's rare to find someone who has the skills to kill me."
"Well, I'm not worried about meeting an assassin...!"
Worried that he would fall for a man with a sinister intention, Ceston couldn't tell him
"I heard that you have a cold these days..."
"I don't have a cold or anything like that."
"Yes, yes. Because you're from the northern snowfields, you came from such a cold place, but you couldn't catch a cold.. Mori!"
Gremory tried to pass by Chession's nonsense. Then Chession coldly stood in her way.
"Why?"
"Do you have time tomorrow?"
"No. I'm busy."
She needs to explore love more with Iris. Tomorrow, she decided to find out what unrequited love is...
- Hah, brother...
Iris pressed her palm to her forehead and shook her head. Chession's calmed his expression.
"Hmm. I wish you could find some time. I want you to help me inspect the territory."
"Inspection of the territory?"
"As I said earlier, colds are prevalent, so I want to see for myself how prevalent they are. If you're Immune to colds, it's perfect for an Inspection with you."
Finding a suitable excuse, Chession thought he was a genius, and Gremory readily agreed. After all, his schedule for tomorrow was to wander around the territory and observe the humans he had a crush on. It is no different from an inspection.
There were a lot of things she wanted to ask Chession about what happened today. Tomorrow, they will have to go around the Inspection and talk moderately. It's troublesome to talk about it now or tomorrow.
However, Chession did not give way.
"What? Get out of the way. I have to go to bed and be lazy quickly."
"Huh? Uh, wait a minute. I have a question for you."
"What is it?"
"Today... Was it fun?"
Gremory tilted her head. Why did he suddenly ask such a question? He knows what she's done today.
Did he hear rumors that she wandered all over the territory? It is understandable. She was so wrapped around.
"It was kind of fun."
"!"
"What, what's wrong with your expression?"
"That's right. I just want you to have fun."
And so Chession trudged forward, clearing the way.
"What the?"
Gremory went to her room and lay down on the bed without thinking, lazing around and falling asleep.
***
Gremory had a collection of observations in her mind as she wandered around the territory yesterday.
The daughter of a family that was obediently married by arrangement could only find happiness after committing an affair. And the father, who was crying on the bare floor, risked his shame to ask for help from the people around him to save his daughter.
In any case, from Gremory's point of view, love was "something that makes people change." Even people who were fine move in a direction where they don't know where to bounce.
On the other hand, love was very mundane. They laugh together, eat together, and talk about silly things. Gremory was a little envious of that kind of love.
And some of those enviable loves seemed to be already in her possession. The members of the Grand Duke's residence always talked with her, laughed with her, gave her new news, and gave her meals.
Perhaps because of the love she received from them, Gremory felt that she was changing.
'I think I've changed a lot. I didn't think so much about it originally.'
"Mori, what are you thinking?"
A café in the city.
Chession spoke to Mori, who was deep in thought.
"About love."
"...!"
Chession almost fainted. Mori, who was always Insensitive, said such things with her own mouth. Was your date with Kenneth Ortega quite satisfying? Is it enough to even agonize about love?
"...What did you two do yesterday?"
"Two of you? I just walked around and people-watching."
Gremory thought that 'two' naturally referred to Iris and himself. She told him the other day that she could see Iris.
"Hey, people-watching... Ha ha! Yes, it's fun to people-watch."
"Chession."
"Uh!"
"Have you ever done something like love?"
Chession almost fainted.
"Relationship Counseling... Do you want me to do it?"
"Well, that's what it means in a broad sense."
Chession's face, which was decorated differently today, was dyed an earthy color.
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