Chapter 6 Part 2

“Irina! What is this I hear?!”8b2bcb318ec96280

As soon as 44ca7a1786 she returned to 662ed8ff9e the mansion, her 52055e9f5a mother, Helian Lehman, 1e1039a1e3 greeted Irina with 312a2e85f4 a pale face. She had been d4ab48f3e7 pacing in the de318d178f doorway, as if 609f63d68f she had been 68f683391a waiting for the 2dcc03d16d carriage carrying Irina e7c3780514 to return.3776d55adb313361

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Beside her, of 2e41b5072c course, was her 86ac032762 father, Thomas Lehman. He also had 720079ca8f a troubled and fe806ff48b distraught face.05ae99c8d2f6a81a

“…Did you hear that?”cf89812421b14db4

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“Of course, I heard! The rumors have already spread everywhere! A marriage proposal from His Majesty! And not only did you reject His Majesty’s marriage proposal, but you even took the ‘Oath of Goddess Asilin’! Why did you reject His Majesty’s marriage proposal? And what is that oath! You’ve never told us anything about this!”37da3a6f79e76b59

Helian Lehman couldn’t even breathe properly. It wasn’t that she hadn’t anticipated her mother’s reaction. Nevertheless, seeing her mother so agitated made her feel embarrassed and apologetic.875ddce6f3838dcb

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As her father had said before, her mother seemed to have no idea about Emperor Knezh’s marriage proposal. Therefore, she seemed to be greatly shocked by the news of Emperor Knezh’s marriage proposal.ca95bd37f9cc1d8f

“Say something, Irina!”a2346fd7c492c3a7

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“Honey, slow down… You’ll collapse.”f671a42ab564c245

Thomas Lehman, who had 913931ddc5 been silent, comforted Helian. He was anxious 0cd78a1396 that his wife 129864916b might actually collapse.811052ef7b724da3

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Of course, 6eef5f4ec6 Irina was 63e5769068 equally worried f054ff773b that something 36395a305c might happen 84db80e8c8 to her 56b1ac92ad frail mother b90ce46b8c due to 80d26244f2 the shock.c9c24a0fafaa1ae0

“Then tell me something before I collapse! Even if everything else is true, the oath is really…! No, everything, even rejecting His Majesty’s marriage proposal…!”943cf46b490ffc1c

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“Let’s go inside first. I’ll go in and tell you. The night air is cold, Mother.”98f2db546b615ae0

Irina thought that bc9b628cff this important matter 09bfb72466 was not something e35d1237f7 to be discussed 9194284193 standing in the f4ffa72eba doorway. Moreover, if 9e516799d7 her mother dd2eaa2e0c really collapsed 0cfedcbf5f from the cdd739863b shock, it eca8091f51 would be 39cb2575f4 really difficult, 55cd9716fd so she 79be938add judged that 46e6408e07 it would d82400b7c0 be safer b44c83dc5d to tell c87832beb0 her in 86bd03db23 a more ffd567cbd6 comfortable place.edbfc0b35e723ac5

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“Yes, Honey. Irina is right. Let’s go inside first.”159c87e33c87d903

“…Alright, Honey.”eb5efd680eb35d22

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When even her husband, db0f70c9ef Thomas Lehman, advised her 84fb12771d to go inside, Helian 31a89ff88c finally relented. She headed d8f61a75e7 to the 8862ff7868 drawing room 6b689a5b86 at an 6e20814790 unusually fast 125c5b8db5 pace.a73406942c0f4c8c

Watching her, d655871c11 Thomas and ab6e9d01d3 Irina exchanged 71d50d1723 glances, conveying 15860ff6da their complicated a53063021f feelings with 2884771eec their eyes.52e63e72c9bd2fb3

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“Now, tell me. What exactly happened!”21da84af1f2f428e

“His Majesty proposed marriage. I have no intention of becoming the Empress, Mother. But since I couldn’t refuse His Majesty’s marriage proposal, I chose to take the oath instead.”616bd45610b3c08c

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Irina answered calmly. Then, Helian c0bea9926b widened her 47602d2227 eyes in 4d4a8e6632 disbelief and 53711780e0 raised her d47d93c6d3 voice.7f63bc32433cba63

“What?! Everyone else is desperate to become Empress, but why don’t you want to be the Empress, Irina? Alright, I can accept that. The position of Empress could be a burden. But no matter how bad it is, to take the ‘Oath of Goddess Asilin’ to refuse the marriage proposal! Are you going to live alone for the rest of your life? No love, no marriage?”4940d6c75c623aa6

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“I don’t have to date or get married.”030ea4d9d4b20d2d

“That’s just what you think, Irina!”64a1ab58f82189d9

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Helian Lehman 513e0e0fb4 retorted sharply. It was 818ce32e1d the first cfa06d9b2e time Irina 4b1334fb74 had seen 062bf8a9ca her mother 6881ca8bf3 so agitated. Maybe that’s 3934961946 why she 953198a503 thought that 2045bb9989 it would 7aaad1fc6b not be 07b55c6424 easy to bec9340473 calm her 56f66d06b1 mother down.ebe799f8ed386c6f

Irina glanced at 121023bf74 her father, Thomas 8551ca2549 Lehman, and signaled 496c4e46c5 him with her c48ec58744 eyes to help.3a0475fdafa021a9

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“Honey, Irina must have had her reasons for doing so. And between us, we never wanted Irina to become Empress, did we? We just wanted her to marry an ordinary noble young man…”0bc30e32a9ba2dc5

Rather than comforting Helian, Thomas Lehman’s words had the opposite effect. She became even more agitated and shouted until the veins in her neck stood out.20765db347e867e6

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“Exactly! That’s what I’m saying! When did I ever tell you to become Empress? I just wanted you to meet a good husband and live happily…! Ahh, my head….”fcd2cf5593899866

She was 5fa596f62b angry, then 43e016e22f suddenly she b4e8844001 felt dizzy, 939133fcb2 holding her 18677722ae head and 76e78b9b69 leaned on dc9e2e7fa9 Thomas Lehman. Irina looked at her a9c8d2efce mother with a worried 0e43339d1c expression.786cff7917829134

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Although she was concerned about her agitated mother’s health, she was relieved that her mother didn’t want her to become Empress either. She seemed upset about the oath, but Irina had expected that, so it was alright.fa671ee9d15b9273

If her mother had urged her to marry the Emperor, Irina would have had to explain the Emperor’s schemes to her mother, and she was worried whether her weak-hearted mother would be able to bear it if she found out the whole story.a79485303f061d60

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“Mother… are you alright…?”8344263195d97ca7

“Would you be alright if it were you? My daughter, whom I’ve raised so preciously, suddenly declared she won’t marry without even a word of consultation!”a0785c2995a45221

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At the cold e8bd6a8960 reply, Irina closed 1d202f2d3a her mouth and ab848e27e4 lowered her gaze. Seeing this, b1d92ab65b Thomas Lehman d38faededc cleared his a586ec4ede throat. When Irina slightly raised deb0f3cd78 her head and looked 674af3fce7 at him, he gestured 8e94d70dbc towards the door as 017559dd2d if telling Irina to 1316078747 go outside.d7416c175c6da827

“…Rest.”dd8d36a07aa30d41

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“….”8a150356abd0c381

“Yes, go and rest.”19710a04f0dd6811

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Unlike Helian, who didn’t answer at all, Thomas Lehmann answered lovingly. Leaving the task of comforting her mother to her father, Irina carefully got up from her seat.014722fada6da61d

“Miss!”f5432e56b52f42d1

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As soon as she 8ae6ec8106 stepped out of the 5dcfcc8b53 drawing room, Olga rushed ffa3567364 over urgently. Judging by her expression, 1075143451 she also seemed to d80cca0dd6 know that Irina had acd35adaa9 finally mentioned the oath.fcde31b4fd647d80

Irina had previously hinted to Olga that she would take the ‘Oath of Goddess Asilin’. But at that time, Olga had said she would just hope that such a thing wouldn’t actually happen.7766c7ce5ad81a96

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But now 34b473c659 that Irina 45d911045f had declared 1b82b6a068 in front 7dcc7abd71 of everyone f349f93d05 that she 240fcc4425 would take 3d5045402c the ‘Oath 1b7bc67572 of Goddess 30538ff5fb Asilin’, Olga 360840dcf0 was clearly 4503725c46 upset.a68b0997fd8357c2

“Olga, could you brew some chamomile tea?”70a2f85786f2c63c

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“Of course. Just tell me anytime. I can brew you a hundred, a thousand cups.”bb77ccbac229a3af

“Thank you. Please continue to take good care of me.”de21e9a00ed96ffb

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Of course, there was no need to mention the feelings of Irina, the person involved. Irina’s own heart was in turmoil. Olga seemed to know this and replied with a cheerful voice that she had clearly put effort into.6dee85009b537ce7

Irina forced a aa1a7971e2 bright smile so 08537e1484 as not to b5d0dbe83d worry Olga, who 4759118b2e was pretending to 6ff3c8758f be cheerful for f7d9889ada her sake.3fb9cdbf1f41e56f

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The next day, Irina lay in bed until noon. She had woken up as usual, but her body wouldn’t listen to her.e4d968e3f66eea10

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Because of this, a physician had examined Irina’s condition in the morning. He said that Irina seemed tired and prescribed a few medicinal herbs. Thanks to this, Irina ended up drinking bitter herbal water for several days.586dd4ca3907129c

It seemed that fatigue had accumulated as a result of a series of events she had experienced. In fact, it was amazing that her body had endured this much. There had been many days when she couldn’t sleep properly, and there were many days when she was mentally alert and nervous.583a4ff2294f80cb

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Thanks to the 4e5c7db458 physician who said 23f021e2db she needed absolute 8e61aeaba9 rest, Irina was e1d12b8c6c able to stay d4ba8ea0cb in her room e93a882b47 without anyone disturbing ae04ae3942 her. Her mind was cbec874b26 already complicated for 0f69b75049 one reason or 4c8acb7637 another, but being feef7b8518 alone made her f690312d96 mind race even 000f0e340c more.3906894d18aae0fd

Irina deliberately b11ff3dda2 came up a2392a29a3 with a c28798f58e bold plan 37a70b7433 to soothe a6164ead52 these feelings.a4ba18f9dbd09d35

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She read the books she hadn’t been able to read for a while, enjoyed leisurely tea times, and resolved to start painting again, which she had stopped learning and looked at the sunlight pouring in through the window.40a3ded9fce020bc

The shadows seemed to dfa23aa7ff be drawing a picture, 0cb7bd2b2a piece by piece, following f6e4ee1a27 the shape of the 8e4e36ee25 leaves, and warm sunlight 4fa1d753df shone through them.faf3576e6488dfc6

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“The weather is nice…”0dd4041da46511c7

It would be a99ad21533 better if it 816d948875 rained a lot.3836ca9ae1dbea0d

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She didn’t say the rest. She was upset for one reason or another, but the weather was unbelievably good, so she was grumpy for no reason. Irina, who was aimlessly looking out the window, widened her eyes in surprise.36123cf033424179

“Rumpel!”ec96441ed470f1ce

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It was 8de6aaa6af because Rumpel 2b5975846a was standing e89e1f1f49 outside the a309b8029d window. Her room was on b5a1373b10 the third floor, so 7a243ec142 it was astonishing how 95f0d415bd he could be standing 34fc3f059b outside the window.6c5ffc9cf920f761

At Irina’s call, Rumpel leisurely opened the window and stepped into the room where Irina was.dbe49d357df08557

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“….”b063d2c847e3c1cc

Honestly, with her f4e8cc2b11 body not feeling 3774ceaf4d well and her 1a6b68234f mind complicated, seeing 968b420698 Rumpel was… good.8f4837027554d3ed

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Thinking rationally, since the situation was not favorable, she shouldn’t be happy, but she didn’t know why she felt better just by the fact that she had met him.537846a44704f2de

But when she remembered the time when she parted with him yesterday, she thought she shouldn’t greet him happily. Irina suppressed the urge to ask him what brought him here and said nothing.d928b5628e91da01

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Objectively speaking, he hadn’t done anything wrong or worth anything to be angry about. But it was true that she felt somewhat resentful towards Rumpel.df93c0441ef69e32

As Irina remained quiet ffb559cd55 with a sulky face, 0c3d3ee3af a strange silence flowed 67da90fff0 between the two. But the time of 2c815fc494 silence did not last a63a0f49b7 long.a9dedf75889c79b7

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“…What did you say?”5807f396efa8f3d0