Became the Escort Knight of the Villain in the Romance Novel

48 – Under the flowing stars (3)

After leaving the restaurant, it was still bright outside.

It didn’t come out until a little after noon in the first place, so Irene, who was still looking at the bright sky, opened her mouth small.

“…There is more to the Duchy than I knew.”

“Because there are things you can’t see on paper.”

For example, this restaurant was like that, and there were many other things she didn’t know about on this street.

If there were festivals or anniversaries, we would have seen more of those things.

I was a bit disappointed, but rather there was an atmosphere that could only be felt in this quiet street.

The occasional sound of people’s footsteps, the sound of the wind passing buildings in silence.

Even the bell of the clock tower signaling the hour.

When it was crowded, I couldn’t even hear my own voice because I was drowned in the noise.

There are things you can only hear and see when it’s quiet like this, so wouldn’t it be better if it came out now?

However, I couldn’t walk like this, so I looked at Irene and cautiously opened my mouth.

“There is a lake nearby, would you like to take a look?”

“A lake?”

“It’s pretty famous, but like this restaurant, only people in the know go to it. You probably won’t be disappointed. By now, all the water would have melted.”

There was a lake. Not an ordinary lake, but a lake that can only be found in the northern part of the country.

In the past, it was a place where legend has it that a dragon dwelled and still sleeps at the bottom of the lake.

It is said that people who have seen it once will find it again as if possessed, hence the name Siren.

Occasionally, false rumors were also heard. The magic created by dragons is still there,

A rumor that it creates the scenery and atmosphere that people there have longed for.

Or being able to see a magical sight that is completely unimaginable.

However, contrary to such absurd rumors. It was true that the lake was beautiful.

I thought it would be nice to walk a bit after eating, so I said that.

Irene pondered for a while, then she nodded her head and looked at me gently.

“Yes.”

Her simple consent made me smile. I had a strong desire to continue this time a little longer.

How long will it be like this without Lopena and Sir Chris?

Lake, it is natural for me to mention that there is such a place, but the words came out of my own heart.

As I passed through the alleyway where the restaurant was located, I saw a plaza with slightly more people than before.

Maybe they are just out to have lunch now, even watching the young children running from afar.

Irene looked at the tent erected on one side and tilted her head.

“What is that?”

Turning her gaze at those words, the purple tent immediately caught my eye at the place Irene pointed to.

Are you sure it’s a place related to divination? It was very strange to have such a thing in a place like this,

But… There is no reason not to. It was a world of magic. Because there was only fortune telling.

The appearance of the constellation hanging above the purple tent was definitely a kind of token used by astrologers.

Speaking of astrology, isn’t it usually for those who look at the stars and predict something?

After I explained that, Irene’s eyes twinkled as she heard the short explanation.

It wasn’t an illusion, it was really shiny. Sometimes she has eyes that change when Irene shows interest in her.

Seeing her blue eyes shimmer, she smiled, and then Irene looked at me blankly and opened her mouth.

“Isn’t Evan interested in that? Like astrology.”

“I like stars. But astrology…well.”

Thinking about it, there was nothing wrong with that. After walking around the lake, I was thinking about what to do.

Wouldn’t it be nice to try something like that once in a while?

However, Irene must have thought that I was not interested in such a thing, so she kept her mouth shut and let her shoulders droop.

Her eyes were so shiny until just now, but at the attitude that changed in an instant, I laughed and spit out the words again.

“But once in a while is fine.”

“I’m only going to try it once.”

There is no one in the world who tries fortune-telling twice in a row.

However, Irene’s gaze had already reached that fortune teller, and she seemed full of desire to go inside right away.

Speaking of fortune telling, in fact, when she lived in the original world, she seemed to go to the fortune teller quite often.

Although it was time to ask about the odds of winning the competition rather than anything related to her love or family.

Anyway, what kind of story are you going to hear?

As I cautiously opened the tent door and went in, there was an old man who anyone could see was an astrologer.

An old man with long white beard and glasses on his nose.

In time, when the old man’s purple eyes stared at us, I was startled by the sound that came out of his mouth and opened my mouth slightly.

“A guest. So, lover?”

#

There was a time when he was called the Imperial Wizard.

Of course, now he was just an old man wandering around to avoid annoying disciples, but he would occasionally recall memories of the past.

Azest Merwin, though everyone found themselves that way. Rather than such honor, he wanted to find something he needed first.

‘Traces of the dragon.’

The dragons disappeared when the empire was founded, but can it be said that they completely disappeared?

It was difficult to handle the growing number of warlocks with the power of the empire.

I barely defeated them back then, when the empire was in its heyday, but how can I stop the black magicians in the current situation of the empire that is slowly disappearing?

“Purification,” A quality possessed by dragons. If it was the pure power of mana that drives away the darkness, he would be able to deal with the warlock.

So now that I have come all the way to Julis to find the lake where the dragon was said to sleep,

During the day, in order to hide his identity, he used fortune-telling he had once learned to open a small fortune teller.

Since the travel expenses were considerably less than expected, I was trying to get some money…

Azest’s face hardened as he was about to greet the guests the moment the tent door was opened.

‘The big players are here.’

Irene Yuris, the owner of Yuris, and Evan Fried, her escort knight.

Although it’s been quite some time since I left the capital, how can I not know the two most famous people in the empire?

It seems that he came out secretly because he was wearing plain clothes compared to his status, but the air flow felt between the two was subtle.

‘…I haven’t heard that Sogaju’s personality is so good, but her expression is quite bright.’

I only remember seeing Yuris’ sogaju once, but the atmosphere is quite different from that time.

At that time, if it was like looking at sharp ice that could break at any moment,

Now, all the sharpness of that time has disappeared, and she only looks like a young girl in her prime. And the escort knight next to him.

The one who solved both cases related to the black magician, probably a knight with similar strength to the crown prince.

Genius, although various modifiers came to mind.

More interesting was the white mana possessed by a knight named Evan Fried.

The pure white mana that was revealed during the ceremony was obviously quite different from that possessed by ordinary people.

If you think about it, wouldn’t the family of Fried itself have something to do with what he was researching?

However, the thoughts quickly dissipated.

It was because my body flinched at the gaze of the two men and women staring at me.

One eye glistened with interest in her, the other eye gazing at such a woman with satisfaction.

No matter how you look at it, it doesn’t seem like a normal relationship, right?

“A guest. So, lover?”

When I asked, Evan opened his lips slightly in embarrassment. I guess I’m not even a lover yet.

It was common for people to date separately even after leaving their fiancé, so I was just in case.

After organizing his thoughts for a while, Azest opened his mouth again.

“Then is there anything else you want to ask? If you don’t like it, it doesn’t matter if I ask about the most popular ones.”

“What is the most popular?”

“Isn’t that obvious, it’s a love affair.”

Irene’s eyes widened slightly.

I didn’t have much interest in dating. Although for a moment Evan’s face flashed through her mind.

Irene shook her head and carefully opened her mouth.

“Do you have anything else? Not a love point.”

“Wealth luck, where she takes the test, or how far she can rise in her own position in the future is possible.”

However, does Juris’ Sogaju have any interest in riches?

After a grin, Azest stared at Irene, who was immersed in her troubles.

It was as if the options had already been decided. Doesn’t the escort knight next to her also seem curious about that?

After a while, Irene sighed and opened her mouth after finishing her thoughts.

“…Let’s do it as a love point.”

She wasn’t curious about wealth or test scores.

She had a strong desire to ask more about the future, but isn’t the only thing related to the future among the things the fortune teller suggested is love luck?

A green light shimmered before her eyes,

Irene, who tried to ignore it, immediately stared at her fortune teller handling her crystal ball.

“It is not always possible to see stars from the outside.”

Astrology was based on the stars, but it was not always possible to see the stars only at night.

There is a miracle called magic, so why wait until night?

For the most part, astrologers were excellent wizards. However, he was confident that he would do better than the archmage and the astrologers.

As she blew mana into her crystal ball, the stars began to slowly form.

It took a while for Evan to marvel at the crystal ball that had changed as if it had taken the night sky as it was, and Azest smiled bitterly when he saw the stars.

‘…I don’t know whether to say this is good or bad.’

She had read the divinations of many lovers, but this was the first time she had seen such an ambiguous divination.

What’s even more amazing is that even though the two people’s divinations were viewed separately, they came out the same as if they were printed on a plate.

After clearing his throat for a moment, Azest uttered a low voice as he looked at Irene.

“It’s amazing. I looked at the divinations of the two separately, but why did they come out the same?”

“Has the fortune-telling already come out? It’s faster than you think.”

“I am not that incompetent. By the way, since the two are the same, can I speak at the same time?”

Irene looked at her Evan for a moment, then she replied with a nod of her head.

It was strange that the fortune-telling was the same, but isn’t it just a divination?

Irene nodded, and Ajest, who held her breath for a moment, slowly began to open her mouth.

“As for the relationship between the two, I’m sorry, but I can say it’s pretty rough. Too many hardships. Much blood will be shed, and many enemies will lurk. Do you even want to be in love with the enemy of the family?”

“…No, not really.”

Isn’t Irene your enemy? Evan, who frowned for a moment at what her fortune teller said, was quite complicated in his head.

A lot of enemies lurk. Even so, a lot of blood is shed.

She doesn’t mind if it’s shedding herself, but Irene’s shedding was problematic.

The fortune telling is the same, d. Evan’s eyes widened at the fortuneteller’s words after a while.

“However, if it comes to fruition. Of course, the process of reaching that result will never be smooth. All in all, assuming what if… I think it looks pretty good. It can be said that there will be no conflict with that person until the day I die.”

Fruit. Thinking of that word, Evan shrugged her shoulders and sighed lightly.

I thought it would be difficult, but I never thought I would hear such fortune telling.

The words ‘It’s good if it works’ didn’t really comfort me.

As the slightly excited mood calmed down and Evan’s expression darkened,

Ajest smiled and opened his mouth as he looked at Evan.

“However, it is only fortune telling. If you believe, you believe, if you don’t, you don’t believe. The most important thing, isn’t it resolution and commitment?”

“…I guess so.”

Evan smiled bitterly once and then slowly stood up from his seat.

Maybe I just listened to fortune telling. If only he had said no emphatically when Irene instigated him…

But no matter how much I think about it, I don’t think I can do that.

I was just trying to get the divination I just heard out of my head.

“Is this enough money?”

“Your lady doesn’t seem to have much of an idea. Is she not very interested in dating?”

“…Now it is. I don’t know if it’s later.”

Azest’s eyes widened when he saw the jingling gold coin,

I smiled and hurriedly put the gold coin into his chest.

Irene’s thoughts were complicated as well.

Rather than the contents of the fortune-telling, it was because of the face of a person who continued to disturb her mind while listening to the fortune-telling.

Why does her own escort article keep popping up in her head?

After gently closing her eyes for a moment, Irene, who opened them, got up from her seat and moved her steps outside her tent.

‘…Hmm.’

What kind of relationship will the two of them form?

Azest looked at Evan, who had a rather complicated expression on his face as if he was organizing his thoughts, and eventually smiled once.

‘No matter how you think about it, it’s both sides.’

How long will it take for the two of them to realize that?

Eventually, Azest looked inside the empty tent and quietly closed his eyes.

#

After coming out of the tent, they were walking toward the lakeside as if they were talking to each other.

My thoughts were complicated. Perhaps it was because he had just heard the fortune-telling, a strange awkwardness enveloped the surroundings, making it difficult to even breathe.

“Dots aren’t as fun as you think, are they?”

“…I see. It just got complicated in my head.”

Irene slightly frowned at Evan’s words.

At first, she was just interested, but when she heard the fortune telling, somehow, the words felt real.

Love… To be honest, I thought it was a word that was far from me.

Isn’t it a situation where you can afford to love someone in the first place?

Warlocks were appearing right away, and there were even speculations that the 5 generations were related to him.

Love in such a situation, but Irene’s eyes narrowed at the green eyes that came to mind again.

Evan, her very own escort knight. It was just her escort knight.

…No, it wasn’t just an escort knight.

Being together makes me feel at ease. Evan was probably the most trustworthy person out of all the people around him.

He might have been that way. When he heard about her love story earlier, his face kept popping up in his head.

Besides, there were also things that bothered me.

Evan’s expression, which gets darker as he listens to the fortune-telling, doesn’t seem to tell him that he has a crush on him right now.

Even though I knew I didn’t have to worry about it, I kept worrying about it and it seemed like I was choking my breath for some reason.

‘If you ask…’

However, when asked about his private life, she was stung by her conscience and could not open her mouth easily.

She was frustrated. It took a while to exhale the breath that had risen up to his chin,

Irene’s head slowly lifted at the unusual scent carried by the wind.

“This is where I said.”

Evan replied with a light smile at the lakeside finally revealed.

Siren, it is said that it is a place so beautiful that it bewitches those who see it once.

The sun has started to set, and the sunset has begun to spread lightly.

As the bright red light crashes into the lake and spreads calmly,

The lake that had been soaked in that light soon began to glow with red light.

Like a mirage dissipates, the water of the lake, which contains all the splendor of the world, touches the wind, creating gentle ripples.

If you break and scatter dozens or hundreds of jewels, will you be able to show that kind of sparkle?

Even if thousands of red daffodils are scattered, can such beauty be expressed?

Irene just stared blankly at the scene, as if paint had been sprinkled on the canvas, as if it had captured the scene of a painting as it was.

It was beautiful.

Like a mirror, the sun was shining in the middle of the lake.

It seemed as if the field of vision was filled with red light at the scenery that colored the transparent lake red, scattering its brilliant light all over the place.

Like a blazing fire, yellow and red lights engulfed the lakeside, but the flames felt rather cold.

Evan let out a small exclamation at the sight of a flame that was not dangerous, yet more splendid than any other flame in the world.

“…Ah.”

Around the time when blue eyes and green eyes were filled with red.

As Evan gazed blankly at the lakeside, he heard a familiar sound in his ears.

Ding, eyes wide open. A sound I will never forget, but at least not on this lake shore.

Follow me-

The corners of Evan’s mouth quivered at the sound that gently swept across the space.

As if to admire this beautiful sight, Irene’s head was also drawn by the sound coming from somewhere on the quiet lakeside.

“…This sound.”

“The sound of the piano…”

A piano, Evan’s eyes narrowed at this unforgettable melody.