The ruby cat's eyes were full of Chession's image. Chession got up from his chair and approached Gremory.
"Your eyes are sparkling, right? Do you want to go to the wedding?"
"I'm curious. What kind of place will it be?"
"Because you like pretty places."
"I'm curious about beautiful love, not a pretty place."
"Oh..."
"I wonder what it would be like to love the other person so much that you collect all kinds of beautiful things. I want to go and see it."
Chession's eyes began to falter. Meanwhile, the black cat was looking at Chession with curious eyes. While wagging its tail.
And when Chession blinked for a moment. Gremory in human form stood where the cat was.
Her appearance standing under the bright sunlight was really beautiful today.
'Are you curious about the feeling of collecting all kinds of beautiful things?'
At that moment, Chession was overwhelmed with an unbearable impulse. He wanted to scoop up the jewels in the Grand Duke's residence right now and give them to Mori.
'Is it because of last night's work? Why is my mind so uncontrollable?'
Last night, when Mori was about to reveal her past, Chession was honestly happy. She thinks Mori finally opened her heart. The fact that he was closer to Mori made Chession even more excited.
In the meantime, Gremory touched Chession's heart, which was on the verge of bursting.
"Come to think of it. Chession, you seem a bit like Count Marbellion."
"Yes? Me?"
"You also showed me all the beautiful things in the human world."
"..."
"So, can your actions be considered part of love? Or an expression of crush?... One minute. You're red. Why?"
Chession tasted like death. He was inexhaustibly curious about Mori's inner thoughts about saying such things casually.
"Yes, it's because you keep saying things like that casually! Mori! Once again, don't talk to other guys! Just talk to me! Yes?"
"I know."
"And I...!"
Chession, who was trying to confess his feelings impulsively, paused for a moment. To be honest, every aspect of Mori was adorable, and he was going crazy. It's only natural that her face is beautiful, and when she looked up at him with such pure curiosity, he felt like she was going to take hia breath away. When she shows weakness like last night, he wants to hug her all day long.
However, he couldn't control his heart, so he couldn't do what he was doing as if he were spitting out a confession. Mori has a lot of wounds and is in a state of emotional dullness. It seemed like it would take a long time for Mori to feel normal emotions.
Perhaps because he cut off while speaking, Gremory shook her head.
"What are you?"
"...I like your soft cat hair."
"Really? I'll tell you the truth."
Gremory, who had turned into a cat again, jumped up like a gun and embraced Chession's arms. Chession sat down on the sofa. He thought that Mori was so cute that he didn't have to work in the morning.
When Gremory was in the middle of his arms and he was stroking her, Gremory called out to Chession in a sleepy volce.
"Chession."
"Yes, Mori."
"I like your arms so much. It's warm."
"..."
"What? I feel like it's suddenly warmer."
"..."
"I think you're sweating. Is it hot?"
"Oh, no. Don't worry about it, go on."
When Gremory fell asleep, her transformation was soon released, and he took on human form. Chession stared at Gremory's face for a long time, then carefully handed over the black hair that flowed down her face.
***
Count Marbellion's wedding was nothing short of gorgeous, as Chession said. Fountains carved from rare minerals, crystals, and rare gems hanging from landscape trees sparkled in the sunlight.
Before the wedding was in full swing, Chession walked through the garden with Gremory. Gremory's eyes were fixed on the colorful flowers. Chession chuckled at this.
"Are you curious about flowers? There are many flowers in the Grand Duke's garden."
"It's not as diverse as here. Wow, this is the first time I've seen this flower."
Chession's laughter began to twist a little. He thought she wasn't Interested in the garden because she was only looking for raw meat, but she was also looking for what kind of flowers there were. If he knew this would happen, he would pay attention to the garden. His garden was barely matched with an assortment.
"Mori, what flower do you like the most?"
He'll fill the whole garden with that.
"Everything is fine except for the yellow flowers."
"If it's a yellow flower, you're talking about a rilkena flower, right?"
"Yes. I don't like that."
"I don't like that either."
"Why? Are you a witch too?"
"It's because it's making you sick. Oh, I asked a magic lab I know well to study RiIkena flowers. To find out if the Rilkena flower is toxic enough to cause a person to vomit blood."
"It's not because it's toxic... Wow! It's beautiful!"
Gremory, whose eyes suddenly turned, began to run somewhere. In the direction she was running, Rilkena flowers were in full bloom.
A frightened Chession grabbed Gremory's shoulder.
"Oh my God, Mori! You hate that flower! Why are you doing this all of a sudden?"
"Let this go! I have to eat that right away!"
"Why is this? Mori, please stop!"
Chession managed to separate the fidgeting Gremory from the Rilkena flowers. In the process, it was inevitable that people's eyes would be drawn.
Catherine, who was at the wedding, could be heard chattering with her new friends in the distance.
"Huh, you are uneducated. Where and how do you roll it so that your eyes turn to flowers like that?"
"Could it be a witch possessed by Rilkena flowers? Hoho, that's exactly what it looks like."
"The Grand Duke is also... Why did he set his eyes on such a woman?"
"It's just for warming up the bed. She looks pretty good."
"Seeing such an ugly appearance, she will soon be abandoned. Right, Young Lady Ortega?"
Catherine's new friends began to ignite a fire in Catherine's heart.
"Of course. And that woman's place will soon be mine."
"Cheer up, Young Lady Ortega! I always support you."
"There is a birthday of His Royal Highness the Grand Duke next month, right? Young Lady Ortega, give him a very valuable gift. Something that a woman like that beggar can never give, something that His Highness cannot refuse. If you're an Ortega, you can do it."
"Whoa, of course."
While Catherine chattered and Gremory's rampage calmed down.
The outdoor wedding of the Count of Marbellion began in earnest.
Gremory couldn't take her eyes off the Counts of Marbellion. It was because it was the first time she had seen love without a hint of darkness. Their ring fingers were connected by white and clear threads. It meant that it was a relationship made by heaven.
'I've often seen bad relationships made by heaven, but I've never seen such a beautiful relationship.'
Gremory looked at her hand for no reason. Since the witch's eyes could only see the connections of humans, she could not see anything in her hands.
'...I wish I had that kind of relationship, too.'
It was then that she looked up at Chession's face in a daze. Someone knocked on the table and passed by. At the same time, the wine glass at the end of the table fell on Gremory's dress.
"Oh, I'm sorry! It was a mistake!"
The blue-haired young lady stumbled as she spilled her glass. Gremory, who wasn't particularly interested in the moist shell, firmly beckoned that it was okay.
"It's okay. Please tell me where the toilet is."
"Yes! Come with me! I'm so sorry!"
Gremory went to the bathroom with the blue-haired young lady and roughly tidied up her clothes. The blue-haired Young Lady tried to take off her coat, saying that it would cover the red flag of the wine, but Gremory refused.
However, a problem arose.
This woman was weird. It was possible to take her to the bathroom, but she forgot the way back.
"I'm sorry, it's my first time coming to a mansion... I've only been to the bathroom once."
"It also branches."
"I'm sorry..."
Gremory took the blue-haired young lady with her crying face around the vast Count's house. Fortunately, she met a knight who was standing guard and was able to hear the way back.
"Over there, you can go straight past the gallery that you see in a straight line."
Gremory walked through the gallery with the blue-haired Young Lady. The gallery hung portraits of successive Counts and Countesses. Gremory continued to walk on without paying much attention to them.
Then, Gremory's steps suddenly stopped. The blue-haired Young Lady, who had stopped together, looked at Gremory's expression.
"Hey, why are you doing that?"
"...This is it."
"Yes? It's a portrait of the 3rd Countess."
The blue-haired Young Lady read the explanatory line attached to the gold plaque under the portrait.
"It is said that she was a very beautiful person with light green curly hair. Her name is Alice Marbellion. Oh, she died 200 years ago at the age of twenty-six... The cause is unknown."
Gremory stared blankly at Alice's portrait. So, a portrait of Alice who looks exactly like Alice, who is now Seara's nanny.
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