At first, I was very happy to meet Rudnine again in front of the Thiels Mine.
But it is true that on the way to the Duke of Iels's castle with him, my feelings became more and more complicated.
I had already firmly decided to distance myself from him, but that resolve proved meaningless as I followed him around in a matter of days.
“Are they all here?”
It seemed like it had been quite some time since we had walked together, so I broke the uncomfortable silence and asked first.
Rudnine turned to me, tightening his grip on my hand.
“It’s in front of us.”
As he said, I walked a little further and came across a dead-end hallway.
Standing in front of the sturdy door, he took out a necklace from his bosom with a familiar gesture.
At the end of the necklace was a small, finger-sized key, but upon closer inspection, it was very elaborate.
It was a key with the Iels family crest, a moon and sword, engraved in detail on the end.
This is the treasure trove of the Iels family.
Nowadays, magic artifacts are always included in treasure vaults, but this place still seems to stick to keys.
Of course, it's not because you don't have enough money to buy magic artifacts.
Oh, I think it's been said that the Iels family hasn't been very fond of magic for generations.
Come to think of it, did Rudnine hate magic too?
I was wondering because it was something I had never thought of, when I heard the sound of a key clicking next to me.
The heavy sound of a heavy door opening echoed, and a dark hallway covered in red carpet came into view.
"Ah."
Rudnine let go of my hand and slowly walked alone into the darkness, then turned on the lamp hanging on the wall.
There were more than ten more doors there...
My lips parted in surprise.
Isn't that amazing? Are you saying that door is filled with the treasures of the Iels family?
I gulped as the blade of the sword hanging in the hallway glinted in the crimson light of the lamp.
For a moment, I was overcome with anxiety that I shouldn't go in there.
Why does this man not hesitate to bring an outsider into the treasure vault of the family?
I just asked to see the Thiels Magic Stone; I never asked to be taken to the treasure vault of the Duke.
For some reason, I felt like the ghosts of the previous Dukes of Iels were swarming around me and yelling at me, which was very burdensome.
No, this isn't it.
Was that why Rudnine's expression remained so stern? Did I mislead him?
Terrified, I hurried closer to him.
“Rudd, there’s no need for this!”
“Is this really necessary?”
Rudnine turned his feet, which were about to head somewhere, and stopped.
“This place, well... I don’t think it’s the place for me.”
As I rubbed my hands together in anxiety, he let out a long, ominous sigh.
“Yvonne.”
He strode towards me and, in an instant, pushed me against the wall, blocking my path.
I looked up at him and froze stiffly.
Ah...!
I knew he was much taller than I, but the atmosphere was quite different now.
Not only was I intimidated, but the gazes were so blatant and intense that I cringed.
I was out of breath.
Rudnine's face was looking at me with his head bowed and eyes downcast, and he was so close that I could see his closely set eyelashes.
It was strange.
His aura was both menacing and thrilling, as if he were about to kill me, and thrilling and thrilling, as if we were about to kiss.
In the quiet warehouse where the treasure slept, only the two people's breathing and the sound of their nervous hearts could be heard.
In the end, it was I who couldn't stand it anymore and broke the silence.
“Rudd. Are you angry?”
After being trapped by him and thinking for a long time, the answer I came up with was this.
"Ah."
Rudnine, who had been staring blankly at me, raised his thick eyebrows and let out a short sigh.
“I see. I was angry.”
You didn't know?
No, then was my mouth, which gave me the answer, an equation?
I was so startled that I covered half of my face with both hands, and he gently comforted me.
“Don’t do that.”
"Yes?!"
“I can’t see Yvonne’s face very well.”
"But-"
I was mumbling with my mouth covered, and Rudnine lowered his gaze to the ends of my long hair, then raised it again.
"Well, Yvonne, do you know why I'm upset? You're curious, aren't you?"
“Rudd!”
When I lowered my hand in surprise, he smiled brightly with wide eyes.
"As Yvonne said, I'm angry. I feel sad and resentful that Yvonne keeps drawing the line."
He was clearly smiling, but the area around his eyes seemed to be red.
The sadness was too evident to be attributed to the lamp light.
I wanted to check properly, but I couldn't because I thought that if I checked, I would never be able to get him out of my mind again.
No, this won't work.
I pulled back, even though I knew there was nowhere to run.
I smiled awkwardly, avoiding his gaze as he watched me struggle against the wall.
"That's right. I'm sorry for upsetting you. Then, like Rudd said, let's have dinner, and show me the Thiels magic stone later, when you've calmed down. Right now, Rudd's in a bad mood, and you're in a bad state."
“Am I in bad condition?”
He stroked his chin and cheek slowly, thinking deeply.
No, not at all.
The deadly gaze, the suffocating hot breath, and the pitch-black eyes that only contain me are so stimulating.
I'm going crazy.
I can't take this guy's progress anymore.
I suppressed the dark desire inside me to kiss him right away and twisted my body to sneak out of his net.
Bam.
He leisurely blocked my escape route with one arm.
Rudnine smiled wickedly as he looked at my shaking eyes.
"If you've done something wrong, please tell me, Yvonne. Don't keep running away like this."
I wasn't really trying to run away.
'And you did nothing wrong.'
"Now, let me ask you this. Surely, you promised me something at Yvonne's lab, didn't you? Why did you come here alone, risking your life, without even consulting me?"
“I wasn’t completely alone.”
He continued speaking without even pretending to hear my excuses.
"Isn't Empress Giselle chasing Yvonne? The warlocks sent their familiars, and they were ambushed?"
“I solved it well...”
I thought I answered correctly, but his expression only grew more and more stern.
Sob sob.
Still leaning against the wall, he roughly swept his hair from his forehead with his other hand and bit his lower lip.
It was a look full of resentment.
"Yvonne. You clearly promised me last time. I'm not your current lover, but I'm your only fish, and I told you I deserve it. I deserve to worry about your safety more than anyone else."
“Yes, that’s right.”
My mouth felt hot as if thorns had grown all over my tongue as I answered.
"Yvonne came here without telling me. It was intentional. Is that correct?"
That's right. I ran away because I didn't want to get close to him.
I was so distressed that I couldn't even answer anymore, and my voice was gone.
I did it because I liked you so much. I was afraid that my future decisions might be a flaw for you.
If I had to make the decision to become a warlock, I would gladly accept it and protect the land you live in.
I was grateful just to live under the same sky, and tried to live quietly and quietly.
He continued to speak.
"Tell me, Yvonne. If I have any shortcomings, I will admit them and correct them. If I have done something wrong... I apologize. Don't abandon me like this."
I didn't abandon you. How could I abandon you?
I couldn't stand his pleading any longer and felt like crying.
If this good man did anything wrong, it was that he completely destroyed the expensive Thiels mine by misunderstanding it on his own.
Since it is also his personal property, it cannot be said that he did anything wrong.
And since there were a lot of Thiels that had been mined in advance anyway, there was no problem.
I shook my head quickly.
"Rudd, don't do that! Why would someone so perfect think like that? You don't have a single flaw. It's just that I'm full of problems."
Rudnine's face turned slightly pale, but I pursed my lips and took a deep breath.
And then I continued speaking carefully.
"Well, I'm a bit shameless, you know. I wanted to come here alone. I didn't want to bother explaining to Rudd why I needed the Thiels Magic Stone. I just wanted to get this done quickly. I'm so selfish."
I shrugged my shoulders and smiled like a shameless woman.
My stomach hurt so much.
Rudnine, who had been staring at me with a blank look in his eyes, slowly removed his hand from the wall.
Ah, I guess it's over now.
Your relationship with me. Really? Now, it wasn't just a feeling of bitterness; it was a feeling of my heart being torn apart.
It was funny.
It was intentional, but seeing him in pain was so much fun to watch.
But things took a strange turn.
“Ha, Yvonne.”
“!!!”
The look in his eyes seemed to change, and in an instant, he wrapped his arms around my waist and pulled me closer.
As his face came closer to my nose, I took a sharp breath.
“Yvonne told me to wait, so I tried to wait quietly.”
It sounded like a beast growling.
“You keep running away from me, it’s no good.”
His breath on my ear was so hot and eerie, it gave me chills.
“If you don’t tell me everything, I won’t be able to give you the Thiels Magic Stone.”
"... Yes?"
As he spun me around with his arms around my waist, a sturdy warehouse door came into view.
“There are plenty of Thiels there, but Yvonne can’t even take a single step in.”
And he added something that was simply unbelievable.
“It’s a threat, Yvonne Argenthoz.”
...This can't be happening.
My hands were shaking violently in shock.
Now, is this Duke of Rudnaine Iels, the kind and affectionate man I'm meeting?
I'm being threatened by Rudnine Iels right now!
The Duke of Argenthoz was deeply disturbed. No, he was delighted.
He had personally ambushed one of the ancient demon altars and killed a big shot named Arthur Rognier, but had returned only to hear from his aide that Yvonne and the Duke of Iels were on the verge of engagement.
Of course, the story right before the engagement was distorted, and it is a fact that Yvonne and the Duke of Iels were openly enjoying a date in the capital.
“Huh, huh, huh, huh!”
The Duke of Iels skipped an important meeting and rushed to a date with Yvonne!
'So that's why you reacted so stiffly and strangely to Prince Felix and Yvonne's engagement?'
Duke Argenthoz now found Duke Iels, who had been so polite and difficult for his age, very cute.
"If you loved my daughter so much, you should have come to me a long time ago and asked for my help. And you, Duke, are you? Tsk. Do you take after the old-fashioned side of the former Duke of Iels?"
Contrary to his grumbling, the corners of Duke Argenthoz's mouth twitched.
But it is true that on the way to the Duke of Iels's castle with him, my feelings became more and more complicated.
I had already firmly decided to distance myself from him, but that resolve proved meaningless as I followed him around in a matter of days.
“Are they all here?”
It seemed like it had been quite some time since we had walked together, so I broke the uncomfortable silence and asked first.
Rudnine turned to me, tightening his grip on my hand.
“It’s in front of us.”
As he said, I walked a little further and came across a dead-end hallway.
Standing in front of the sturdy door, he took out a necklace from his bosom with a familiar gesture.
At the end of the necklace was a small, finger-sized key, but upon closer inspection, it was very elaborate.
It was a key with the Iels family crest, a moon and sword, engraved in detail on the end.
This is the treasure trove of the Iels family.
Nowadays, magic artifacts are always included in treasure vaults, but this place still seems to stick to keys.
Of course, it's not because you don't have enough money to buy magic artifacts.
Oh, I think it's been said that the Iels family hasn't been very fond of magic for generations.
Come to think of it, did Rudnine hate magic too?
I was wondering because it was something I had never thought of, when I heard the sound of a key clicking next to me.
The heavy sound of a heavy door opening echoed, and a dark hallway covered in red carpet came into view.
"Ah."
Rudnine let go of my hand and slowly walked alone into the darkness, then turned on the lamp hanging on the wall.
There were more than ten more doors there...
My lips parted in surprise.
Isn't that amazing? Are you saying that door is filled with the treasures of the Iels family?
I gulped as the blade of the sword hanging in the hallway glinted in the crimson light of the lamp.
For a moment, I was overcome with anxiety that I shouldn't go in there.
Why does this man not hesitate to bring an outsider into the treasure vault of the family?
I just asked to see the Thiels Magic Stone; I never asked to be taken to the treasure vault of the Duke.
For some reason, I felt like the ghosts of the previous Dukes of Iels were swarming around me and yelling at me, which was very burdensome.
No, this isn't it.
Was that why Rudnine's expression remained so stern? Did I mislead him?
Terrified, I hurried closer to him.
“Rudd, there’s no need for this!”
“Is this really necessary?”
Rudnine turned his feet, which were about to head somewhere, and stopped.
“This place, well... I don’t think it’s the place for me.”
As I rubbed my hands together in anxiety, he let out a long, ominous sigh.
“Yvonne.”
He strode towards me and, in an instant, pushed me against the wall, blocking my path.
I looked up at him and froze stiffly.
Ah...!
I knew he was much taller than I, but the atmosphere was quite different now.
Not only was I intimidated, but the gazes were so blatant and intense that I cringed.
I was out of breath.
Rudnine's face was looking at me with his head bowed and eyes downcast, and he was so close that I could see his closely set eyelashes.
It was strange.
His aura was both menacing and thrilling, as if he were about to kill me, and thrilling and thrilling, as if we were about to kiss.
In the quiet warehouse where the treasure slept, only the two people's breathing and the sound of their nervous hearts could be heard.
In the end, it was I who couldn't stand it anymore and broke the silence.
“Rudd. Are you angry?”
After being trapped by him and thinking for a long time, the answer I came up with was this.
"Ah."
Rudnine, who had been staring blankly at me, raised his thick eyebrows and let out a short sigh.
“I see. I was angry.”
You didn't know?
No, then was my mouth, which gave me the answer, an equation?
I was so startled that I covered half of my face with both hands, and he gently comforted me.
“Don’t do that.”
"Yes?!"
“I can’t see Yvonne’s face very well.”
"But-"
I was mumbling with my mouth covered, and Rudnine lowered his gaze to the ends of my long hair, then raised it again.
"Well, Yvonne, do you know why I'm upset? You're curious, aren't you?"
“Rudd!”
When I lowered my hand in surprise, he smiled brightly with wide eyes.
"As Yvonne said, I'm angry. I feel sad and resentful that Yvonne keeps drawing the line."
He was clearly smiling, but the area around his eyes seemed to be red.
The sadness was too evident to be attributed to the lamp light.
I wanted to check properly, but I couldn't because I thought that if I checked, I would never be able to get him out of my mind again.
No, this won't work.
I pulled back, even though I knew there was nowhere to run.
I smiled awkwardly, avoiding his gaze as he watched me struggle against the wall.
"That's right. I'm sorry for upsetting you. Then, like Rudd said, let's have dinner, and show me the Thiels magic stone later, when you've calmed down. Right now, Rudd's in a bad mood, and you're in a bad state."
“Am I in bad condition?”
He stroked his chin and cheek slowly, thinking deeply.
No, not at all.
The deadly gaze, the suffocating hot breath, and the pitch-black eyes that only contain me are so stimulating.
I'm going crazy.
I can't take this guy's progress anymore.
I suppressed the dark desire inside me to kiss him right away and twisted my body to sneak out of his net.
Bam.
He leisurely blocked my escape route with one arm.
Rudnine smiled wickedly as he looked at my shaking eyes.
"If you've done something wrong, please tell me, Yvonne. Don't keep running away like this."
I wasn't really trying to run away.
'And you did nothing wrong.'
"Now, let me ask you this. Surely, you promised me something at Yvonne's lab, didn't you? Why did you come here alone, risking your life, without even consulting me?"
“I wasn’t completely alone.”
He continued speaking without even pretending to hear my excuses.
"Isn't Empress Giselle chasing Yvonne? The warlocks sent their familiars, and they were ambushed?"
“I solved it well...”
I thought I answered correctly, but his expression only grew more and more stern.
Sob sob.
Still leaning against the wall, he roughly swept his hair from his forehead with his other hand and bit his lower lip.
It was a look full of resentment.
"Yvonne. You clearly promised me last time. I'm not your current lover, but I'm your only fish, and I told you I deserve it. I deserve to worry about your safety more than anyone else."
“Yes, that’s right.”
My mouth felt hot as if thorns had grown all over my tongue as I answered.
"Yvonne came here without telling me. It was intentional. Is that correct?"
That's right. I ran away because I didn't want to get close to him.
I was so distressed that I couldn't even answer anymore, and my voice was gone.
I did it because I liked you so much. I was afraid that my future decisions might be a flaw for you.
If I had to make the decision to become a warlock, I would gladly accept it and protect the land you live in.
I was grateful just to live under the same sky, and tried to live quietly and quietly.
He continued to speak.
"Tell me, Yvonne. If I have any shortcomings, I will admit them and correct them. If I have done something wrong... I apologize. Don't abandon me like this."
I didn't abandon you. How could I abandon you?
I couldn't stand his pleading any longer and felt like crying.
If this good man did anything wrong, it was that he completely destroyed the expensive Thiels mine by misunderstanding it on his own.
Since it is also his personal property, it cannot be said that he did anything wrong.
And since there were a lot of Thiels that had been mined in advance anyway, there was no problem.
I shook my head quickly.
"Rudd, don't do that! Why would someone so perfect think like that? You don't have a single flaw. It's just that I'm full of problems."
Rudnine's face turned slightly pale, but I pursed my lips and took a deep breath.
And then I continued speaking carefully.
"Well, I'm a bit shameless, you know. I wanted to come here alone. I didn't want to bother explaining to Rudd why I needed the Thiels Magic Stone. I just wanted to get this done quickly. I'm so selfish."
I shrugged my shoulders and smiled like a shameless woman.
My stomach hurt so much.
Rudnine, who had been staring at me with a blank look in his eyes, slowly removed his hand from the wall.
Ah, I guess it's over now.
Your relationship with me. Really? Now, it wasn't just a feeling of bitterness; it was a feeling of my heart being torn apart.
It was funny.
It was intentional, but seeing him in pain was so much fun to watch.
But things took a strange turn.
“Ha, Yvonne.”
“!!!”
The look in his eyes seemed to change, and in an instant, he wrapped his arms around my waist and pulled me closer.
As his face came closer to my nose, I took a sharp breath.
“Yvonne told me to wait, so I tried to wait quietly.”
It sounded like a beast growling.
“You keep running away from me, it’s no good.”
His breath on my ear was so hot and eerie, it gave me chills.
“If you don’t tell me everything, I won’t be able to give you the Thiels Magic Stone.”
"... Yes?"
As he spun me around with his arms around my waist, a sturdy warehouse door came into view.
“There are plenty of Thiels there, but Yvonne can’t even take a single step in.”
And he added something that was simply unbelievable.
“It’s a threat, Yvonne Argenthoz.”
...This can't be happening.
My hands were shaking violently in shock.
Now, is this Duke of Rudnaine Iels, the kind and affectionate man I'm meeting?
I'm being threatened by Rudnine Iels right now!
***
The Duke of Argenthoz was deeply disturbed. No, he was delighted.
He had personally ambushed one of the ancient demon altars and killed a big shot named Arthur Rognier, but had returned only to hear from his aide that Yvonne and the Duke of Iels were on the verge of engagement.
Of course, the story right before the engagement was distorted, and it is a fact that Yvonne and the Duke of Iels were openly enjoying a date in the capital.
“Huh, huh, huh, huh!”
The Duke of Iels skipped an important meeting and rushed to a date with Yvonne!
'So that's why you reacted so stiffly and strangely to Prince Felix and Yvonne's engagement?'
Duke Argenthoz now found Duke Iels, who had been so polite and difficult for his age, very cute.
"If you loved my daughter so much, you should have come to me a long time ago and asked for my help. And you, Duke, are you? Tsk. Do you take after the old-fashioned side of the former Duke of Iels?"
Contrary to his grumbling, the corners of Duke Argenthoz's mouth twitched.
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