How a Hero Lives as a Writer

54 – Interlude: Reina Albert Austin Aucklea

Raina slowly opened her eyes to the cold air caressing her cheek.

It seems that the spirit who visited me on the day I drank the elixir was playing a joke.

“Woke up.”

Reina stretched herself and sat down on the bed.

She then pulled back the curtains and checked out her window.

It was winter and the nights were long, so it was still dark outside.

Still, Reina found the scene so new and beautiful.

ㅡ Why?

For some reason, this kind of intention came from the spirit.

“I rarely wake up in the morning.”

From the moment she turned 10 years old, she gradually began to sleep more, and before she knew it, she could only be active for 4 hours a day.

It was past noon when she opened her eyes most of the time, so it was a refreshing experience to be able to see such a dark morning.

ㅡ Aren’t you tired?

“Are you asking that while waking up someone who is having trouble sleeping?”

Rayna poked her finger with her finger, thinking that this fairy was somehow like a warrior.

“It feels a little different than before.”

Even though she was fine, she suddenly fell asleep, and her consciousness blurred and she lost her mind.

When she woke up, she didn’t feel like she had slept.

She was so often that she sat idly for an hour until she woke up.

But now it’s different.

I felt refreshed enough to think that sleep was such a sweet thing.

“A day like this… I didn’t expect her to come….”

ㅡ Calm down.

“Whoa.”

Reina thinks she’s lucky she has a fairy, and she gets her emotions under control.

These days, her emotions are getting more and more intense.

Because what was so obvious to her others was a miracle to her.

All of this started with that person.

Reina stroked the stone bed she was lying on.

ㅡ Let’s spend this winter warmly.

‘It was a rocket mass heater, right?’

I remembered the face of the warrior who urged me to run away while explaining the heating method called Ondol.

“Whoops.”

For some reason, I couldn’t help but laugh out loud.

ㅡ You were crying earlier, but are you laughing now?

“I didn’t cry.”

As Reina waved her hand in annoyance, a knock sounded.

ㅡ Did you cough, Reina-sama?

“Yes, come in.”

The one who opened the door was Amelia, the daughter of Viscount Berrywood and Raina’s exclusive maid.

“Good morning, Amy.”

“Good morning, Lady Reina.”

Amelia smiled and prepared her face by pouring water from a pot on the rocket mass heater.

“Thank you.”

Raina thanked Amelia and started washing her face.

Amelia turned her gaze away from Reina and looked at the place where the rocket mass heater was installed.

‘This is all thanks to the hero.’

The water in the pot placed on the circular cylinder of the rocket mass heater adjusts the humidity in the room, tidying up the room that is prone to dryness.

You can easily prepare boiled water there, so it is easy to prepare water for washing your face or prepare refreshments.

Not only that, but it also helped to eliminate the heavy labor of making the bed.

I would like to know what kind of hard work it is to make a bed, but here in Aucklia, it was quite hard work.

The ladies-in-waiting had to iron the bedding every day with an iron called a ‘bed warmer’ on Earth before the owner went to sleep.

Since this iron was heated with charcoal, it took a lot of time.

But since the advent of the rocket mass heater, this kind of work has only been done once a week.

To them, the rocket mass heater was not just a heating device, but a revolution.

But what was even greater than the rocket mass heater was the miracle right in front of my eyes.

Raina, who suffered from an incurable disease that is said to fall into eternal sleep sooner or later, smiles brightly.

If this is not a miracle, what is it?

“Excuse me.”

After washing her face, Amelia started tidying up Rayna’s appearance.

“Today, I decided to practice dancing with the artist.”

“Okay.”

‘Be cute.’

Reina was so lovable when she told her story that she asked to be decorated with a little more care than usual.

“Come to think of it, Amelia also enters the academy, right?”

“Yes. To her credit, she got the chance to attend the academy.”

“Then can Amy and I be friends with her?”

Reina covered her mouth and gave a small smile.

“You even call me by my nickname, but I guess we weren’t friends?”

Upon hearing Amelia’s words, Rayna opened her eyes and began to noticeably panic.

But she soon puffed out her cheeks when she saw Amelia’s expression in the mirror.

“My older brother, Amy, and the writer too!”

“Sorry.”

“Are you saying sorry to your friend?”

“Aren’t there many types of friends?”

“If you’re friends, can’t you at least speak comfortably?”

Rayna looked at Amelia with a look of mixed anticipation on her face.

Amelia let out a small sigh and shook her head.

“Don’t embarrass me.”

“Yes….”

‘It’s gotten a lot brighter.’

The expression ‘a healthy mind resides in a healthy body.

While Amelia was thinking about that, Rayna looked at her reflection in her mirror with her serious expression on her face.

‘You don’t look too young… ?’

She even plucked up the courage to try on a dress that slightly accentuated her figure.

However, rather than looking at her with those eyes, her hero seemed to see herself as her sister or someone close to her.

‘I’m a girl too….’

I know there is an age gap.

However, such an age difference was normal in Mare’s aristocratic society.

‘It doesn’t seem like there is that much of a difference….’

Raina let out a short sigh.

“Are there any strange parts?”

“No.”

Just thinking of the hero made me involuntarily let out a sigh.

Why do you not understand my heart like this?

As I was idly thinking about the hero, the dressing up was over before I knew it.

“Thanks, Amy.”

Raina changed into her clothes that Amelia had prepared for her and headed to the restaurant.

The whole family was already gathered in the restaurant.

Reina greeted her family, and she sat back in a chair that was just the right size.

Then Prince Albert put his hands together and began to pray.

Thinking that this is strange since it’s been such a long time, Reina neatly put her hands together and closed her eyes.

“Today, too, I express my gratitude to the Creator who bestowed this sacrament on me.”

Before the incurable disease broke out, it was a prayer that ended here.

But now the prayers are a bit longer.

“God of creation, thank you for bringing spring to Aucklea.”

That’s how breakfast started.

Reina still couldn’t quite realize this unfamiliar sight.

Her mother, who couldn’t even remember her face, is sitting at her table smiling.

My older brother who left to study abroad has returned, and my father, who always has a firm expression, eats with a bright smile.

The food that was placed in front of her was also miraculous.

The people are starving, but you can’t be extravagant because you’re a noble.

So, it was always a simple diet, but now the table is filled with foods that are both delicious and nutritious.

Every time Raina saw such a sight, she would fall into the illusion that she was still in her dream.

ㅡ This is not a dream.

Her spirit caressed Reina’s cheek.

The strange coldness felt from her spirit awakened Reina’s dull head.

‘Yes. It’s not a dream.’

Reina finished her meal and returned to her room to check her time.

The hero usually came after lunch, so there was still quite a bit of time left.

‘Should a lady read it?’

Reina decided to pass the time by reading The Lady, which was written by a hero.

***

A little after noon, the hero appeared in the castle.

Reina tried to run to the hero with a happy expression, but she immediately remembered her mother’s advice and decided to walk slowly.

“Are you here?”

“I was so excited about this moment of dancing with you that I rushed over, lady.”

Puck.

If it was really like that, wouldn’t it have come early in the morning?

At first I was polite, but after I stopped talking, I hated the warrior who became more and more smirking.

Still, for some reason, she forgives such a hero.

It was a strange feeling.

“I’m really bad at dancing, is that okay?”

“It’s fortunate that the author has divine power.”

“What?”

“Threatening a lady….”

The hero stretched out his hand toward Reina, his eyebrows twitching.

“Would you like to dance a song with me, lady?”

“Please take good care of me.”

Reina held the hero’s hand and she slowly began to dance her way.

But the dance lasted less than five minutes.

“… It’s really~ really~ fortunate that you have divine power.”

“Sorry.”

Reina ran her hand over her leg, which had been healed by the hero’s divine power.

“You should learn the movements completely first.”

“Please, sir.”

Reina very slowly began teaching her hero the moves.

The hero continued her practice by stepping on Reina’s feet or kicking her shins several times after that.

“I think I will have to go back to the hospital bed at this rate, writer.”

“… I’m sorry, Lady.”

“But, are you getting used to it?”

“Maybe it’s because I met a good teacher. But it’s kind of strange.”

“What is it?”

“You must have been in bed for a long time. When did you practice?”

“If you stay in bed for a long time, your body gets dull. So she would often dance like this instead of exercising.”

The hero put on a slightly complicated expression, but then shook her head and showed a bright expression.

“Thanks to that, I won’t be able to earn the title of Dog Leg Dance Champion.”

“What the hell is that dog leg dance?”

“Do you want to see it?”

“Can you show me?”

“I made some pocket money at the town hall with this. I’m going to show you something special only for you.”

Only for you.

Specially.

It’s not a big deal to show off a dance, but for some reason, the meaningful words make my heart flutter.

Reina looked at the hero with excitement, but….

“Don’t do it anywhere else.”

“Yes.”

The warrior’s dog leg dance was so shocking that I decided to erase it from my head.

‘Really….’

Still, this erratic side must be a sign of friendship in its own way, only shown in front of close people.

Reina, whose 100-year-old bean pods were washed, decided to accept the warrior’s eccentricity like that.