chapter 40
40 – Side) Adele Listonia (4)
Time passed quickly.
After that breakup with Rihanna, she started focusing on what she had to do like her madman.
If it is an heir class, it is an heir class, and if it is a socialite seat, it is a socialite seat.
“My lady…”
Her People who knew her showed signs of concern when they saw her doing her job like crazy.
Because if I didn’t do this at least, she wouldn’t be able to survive.
“······Collock.”
As others were worried, her chronic illness got worse due to overwork.
Even though she felt that an unknown disease was eating away at her body, she did not stop working.
If I don’t do this… She couldn’t stand it.
Rumors of her childhood friend kept coming even in the midst of her frantic work.
It is said that this time, where did the riot occur … Count Kindred also gave up his son …
I heard he was named the worst scumbag in the empire…
Rumors that couldn’t be said to be good rumors about her came through even though she didn’t want to hear them.
When she tried to tell her not to listen, she couldn’t stand it anymore.
“Did you hear about that? I heard that that crazy Young master goes to volunteer work.”
“Does that make sense? How could that idiot…”
“I heard it’s real. There are also witnesses who saw it.”
“······Did you suddenly change your mind? What is it?”
Rumors began to come in that Lian had changed.
Starting with volunteering at an orphanage, she went to the aristocratic family she had wronged and personally apologized.
There have even been stories of him drawing a line against the bad spirits he used to play with.
Obviously, according to the rumors that are being heard now, Lian seemed to be the Lian she knew in the past.
“······It must be a false rumor.”
Having already been hurt once, she didn’t expect much.
It was only natural that the higher her expectations, the greater her disappointment. She believes that Rihanna is back, but she believes that Rihanna has not changed at all.
If she spits her cold words at her like she did then. Because she really couldn’t stand it.
And today, after hearing the rumors again, she was able to say that she did not expect it as a very good decision.
“······A nightlife area?”
Rumors that Lian went in and out of Changgwan and entertainment districts with Youngsik, whom I heard that he had drawn the line.
As expected, it was clear that the rumors that Lian had reformed were false rumors. If it was true that Rihanna was truly reformed, rumors like that wouldn’t have come to her ears again.
As she expected, it must have been just a kind of passing rumor.
The ripple effect of the rumor that her childhood friend went to an entertainment district was far greater than expected.
“Break off your marriage with Prince Kindred.”
Her father, who had been watching her and Rihanna’s progress until now, came to see her this morning and told her to break up the engagement.
“······Yes, Dad.”
She also gave her sign of positivity with her absent-minded nod.
The distance between her and her childhood friend has already widened beyond repair. It was natural to break up the marriage.
Tomorrow. Tomorrow, her relationship with Lian was over.
The façade of the betrothal relationship that has remained so far will be officially severed.
There really would be nothing left.
And today.
“······What?”
“Lian…Princess Kindred has come to visit.”
Rian came to visit her personally.
***
“Long time no see, Adele.”
Those were the first words her Rihanna uttered when she saw her.
It was a pretty brazen statement considering what her Rihanna did to her, but it didn’t really hurt her as she already had little feelings left for her Rihanna.
“······What’s going on?”
With a cold voice that you can’t easily assume is just her voice. She only asked why she came.
“I just want to see your face after a long time.”
But the answer that came back was that she just wanted to see her face.
She didn’t come to repent for her actions up until now, nor did she come to apologize to her.
I just want to see her face.
I wonder what it would have been like if I had heard these words before Rihanna and her fell apart.
Maybe I couldn’t sleep properly that day because I was excited. She’s that much she once liked Rihanna.
But not now. Too many disappointments had already accumulated, and those disappointments widened her wounds even more.
She and Ryan have already grown too far apart.
“Is that the end?”
“·······What?”
“Say something. Is that the end?”
Lian nodded her head slowly.
“Yes. I guess so.”
“Then let’s go now. Lian Kindred. I don’t have anything I want to talk to you about.”
“Okay.”
At her shrewd cheers, Lian slowly stood up and opened the door to her drawing room.
Kiki-
Then, turning around her, she left a word for her.
“······Be well, Adele. Don’t be sick.”
“····.”
Her heart was like a chimney, wanting to shoot at her, saying, “What does it matter to you?” Just like Rian did.
Lian’s face looked so sad when she said that.
The back of Lian as she turned her feet and left her drawing room looked so sad.
She couldn’t bear to shoot.
The next day, Ryan Kindred and Adele Listonia officially broke up their engagement.
***
Time passed again.
Since her breakup with Rihanna, she has been full of good things for her.
First of all, her chronic illness, which had been tormenting her continuously, disappeared without a trace.
Neither she nor the members of the Duke of Listonia could know how her mysterious illness, which had been bothering everyone until now, had been resolved.
Her The disappearance of her illness, which once plagued her, was something to celebrate. On the day she was cured, there was a drinking party at the Duke of Listonia.
The day after the drinking party.
“Master? Are you my master?”
Surprisingly, she has awakened her own magical power.
‘Make a contract with me…’
At first, she was taken aback by the unknown voice she heard from the morning.
Realizing that it was the call of the spirit, she made a contract with the spirit by memorizing her contract chant.
– I’ll make a contract.
As a result, there was an Undine floating beside her now.
By awakening her unique magical power, the other magics she had practiced so far were meaningless.
Through endless efforts she has always made, she was able to perfectly adapt to her unique magic, elemental magic.
The letter of acceptance from Selenium Academy, which naturally arrived after that.
Perfectly adapting to her unique magic, she did not miss the top spot even in the first class where the best gathered, and she became an example for other academy students.
Her seniors and her professors praised her for being her best student. Her classmates were envious when they saw her like that. Her juniors have shown her respect for her.
Although there were many men who came to her. All of them politely declined.
Because she was afraid of being hurt by someone she liked again.
Three years passed just like that.
Having worked hard in her academy, she is now back at the Duke of Listonia’s residence for the academy’s last summer vacation.
She was tired of her busy daily life and was taking a break after a long time, but soon news came that she completely broke her break time.
“······Letter?”
“Yes, lady. They say it was sent by Count Kindred.”
The family of Count Kindred.
It was a family name I hadn’t heard in a very long time.
She told her that she wanted to see her face for the first time in a long time, and she hadn’t come back to her until three years later.
Because most of the students at the academy knew that Rian and I broke up our engagement. Part of the reason was that she had nothing to listen to because everyone was quiet.
Still, considering what Rian had done up until now, she should have heard the news at least once or twice. Even Phillip Edgar, a delinquent student whom she heard was Rihanna’s friend, is doing well at her academy.
As for Rihanna, she really seems to have disappeared somewhere. No matter what the rumor is, she is nowhere to be seen.
The family of Count Kindred also didn’t participate well in her aristocratic events after she and Rian broke off their marriage. It’s safe to say that it’s really been 3 years since I heard the news from Lian.
“······Why did you send it?”
But even though she hadn’t heard of Lian after a long time, she didn’t feel welcome at all.
It was fortunate that she didn’t feel pleased, but rather did not feel resentment. The relationship she had with her was one she couldn’t put into words.
– How are you, Adele? Don’t get sick
Although he wished her happiness the last time they met. She was the one who thought that too would be a lie, not the truth.
I still didn’t have good feelings for Lian.
“What is it?”
“I don’t know because I haven’t read it either. Miss.”
Apart from the fact that she wasn’t welcome, she was the one who was curious about the content of her letter.
She received the letter from the butler of the Duke of Listonia and began to read it.
And within seconds of reading her letter. She sensed something strange about this letter.
“······It’s not a letter… It’s an obituary.”
The letter was not in the form of a normal letter she thought. Because it was an obituary to announce the news that someone had died.
“······Lian?”
And the main character of the obituary was none other than Lian Kindred.
“Death of an unknown chronic disease?”
The news of Lian, who came after 3 years, was an obituary officially announcing that he had died.