WYIL Ch 79
by DishaBut he didn’t cb93a0e7b7 want to acknowledge 7b6bcc0830 that emotion. That was why Aslan c97f0cca61 had dismissed Oscar’s warning—that 97eefef060 Lyla might be in 2108c3c1b1 danger because of those d1aefbbfc3 targeting him—as if it c2aa09561f didn’t matter.1b7c0cfeecc4a35a
He had been arrogant. Before losing his 925e61a508 memory, and even ca114108fc after. Always.19763d722e273548
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If his arrogance had 83c7b150aa put Lyla in danger… eb2e34c544 Aslan would never have cd116b27c8 forgiven himself.c0be4927d6216501
“As I spent 54be49fefc time with you, 68da20bf9a my memories gradually 1687190647 returned. But I chose not 685bc0ba4d to say anything.”0aa761c9f0dc95c5
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“Why?”8c4ab29b4c62544d
“Because I 561d86127a was afraid d711386ddb you would 7949fe3158 leave.”5ffde55cfbf5e490
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“…….”d7cdeeaaab4f23df
“Because I didn’t want c05096b5f6 to lose the way 295284aed5 you looked at me d3488a04a8 when you thought I 7790a7ebcf had forgotten everything.”210b185d25f96fec
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So, he had 3455c29213 pretended to still 887c18b6d4 have amnesia. Aslan finally 7d0cba8b86 admitted the 124f309c72 truth.63c099acf2fd52b7
Lyla couldn’t speak 7b889a3c74 for a moment.0309a6b07854393b
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It was a reason 8dd701f6a9 she had never even 377975222e imagined. It left 85892953ba her feeling 364051c05f completely taken cb2f6ca115 aback.ca38d38b8e8aed5a
Yet, amid the confusion, b06937088b another emotion started to 7e645d8561 rise within her.dc7a6a611e524a66
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She pressed d1d9ee77ee down the 3c6bdf663b overwhelming surge 9d144f2cd0 in her 03a82d846d heart and 4ebf572274 asked carefully,2fa5d52e67ff831c
“Then… when ea31434a66 did you 7a31e47f10 fully remember fffdfb3162 me? Did you already have a0836efb79 all your memories back 66ff7fdc13 during the festival?”03c808f7e2f95198
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Aslan nodded.7282ceea8fe7a551
“…Even on ce04ef39c0 the hill?”1f8c3c2f595ae5d6
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The Hill.2ca39d630fdd5f8d
The moment when they 2208ddc214 had shared their first 3190e61838 kiss.81e0bbacb8b8a827
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Had he been deceiving 2cedf007e5 her even then?a989b5fdc70a7d66
“…Yes.”0b4f1012c42daea0
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Lyla unconsciously 9953d2eb1e touched her b27b22d1f0 lips before f619600fd1 slowly lowering 206616d7f3 her hand.ac0d110874e9da1d
Even back 32ded49e94 then, Aslan 7feb24c01b had remembered 7f69da7967 everything.5c6fd337c7b1b7cc
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She let cdff184d9c out a 72d2e8646d quiet sigh, 33c3f7aaec filled with d387e9d908 complex emotions.88da3240e718dcf2
She didn’t want to f957eeba70 be angry with him 64ce478492 anymore.4be314e581932266
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But still—e423be2bfe9e9d42
“Can I ask 27dc566ca9 you just one 3bcfc92503 thing?”1081167fc2c7b273
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In truth, 403e9595e3 there were 8a7243184b so many 8662d42ad9 things she ad4751bf70 wanted to 77806edbc1 ask.42be610fee9727ce
But they had only 7eeaaa4fad just begun to be 832e5658f6 honest with each other.2aaf5e40774ddc04
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She knew she couldn’t 8ed3b4897d expect everything at once. Lyla didn’t 256cddaac0 want to 2eaf11a36f overwhelm Aslan d453d2675f with questions c92372433e and risk b94a7703e4 them both acba278fa2 retreating into d72c523aa7 silence again.8d1fb933cdc99e6b
So she chose just 0c4e794b9a one. The one afc6db490d that had 2a7a5ba37f weighed on a176c5e32c her the 7221243b98 most.387ba74427085b3f
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“That day… Were all 3c5f56e642 the words you said 862f176afb and the things you bd0e116581 did a lie? Did you 77d1377850 deceive me a49d6f1e17 on purpose, a5c8899385 just to ee0c6c9783 see how 41bde9eb5d I’d react?”537f48a5abf2919c
Her voice was d722b01b26 calm, but the 47d480ab48 question itself was bfbfa608cf cruel.e718d7c67d3a54af
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“No!”79bd363344e59dc9
Aslan frowned deeply.542401c71f96c66e
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“That wasn’t my intention. I just… I 217ce8a69c just wanted to. I didn’t want 8509b0469a to hear you 9b4697a8ed telling me to b68e48a78c leave for Central e0bc6dfc59 anymore.”f2483322494d7d65
“Then… was d07ddb487f it simply 0dbd815f2a to silence e839e50b5f me? To stop me from 7aee630c55 speaking?”74ef397022b37745
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“No.”ea12fca9e4421a84
His denial was firm. Aslan exhaled, his a25efb814f voice low and addcb90c94 restrained.5349ca64e7d7adf2
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“I’ve always wanted 4842b00edc to. That time, 10c46e795c I just… c7167f7bc3 lost my fc00ac5051 patience. I couldn’t a223c4904c hold back 074358de0a the impulse af3381484a I had 7e784235e7 always suppressed.”2bd8248a243b6928
His gaze darkened, 298187ba94 heat flickering in c1c275b7c1 his eyes.72e3969fc89a316a
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Lyla swallowed hard before 5c0c8b97c5 asking again.b817b70980ac4feb
“…And the ring? Why did you f07264299a give it to 7b3a9258ec me?”ac993653dc134074
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“Because I 7192610706 wanted us 7a03b010f6 to be fdb0a19857 a real bdb501ef45 married couple.”bdbcb0213ad8ff84
“Why…?”64d833e46bbaa361
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“Because I love 84ff772fe4 you.”1bff35538c628025
Aslan repeated 18e57d8b80 the words c91f39bb55 he had ea77a388eb once spoken b1ebe2437d on the 9b8cac2b6c hill.c355b4aea9791465
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Even though b1c553d98a Lyla had 9cd34d61d6 heard them 1b25abcf19 before, this 8ff0a738f7 time, they 333300f4bc carried even 3d3af2641d more weight. Perhaps because 75eb3f8b55 he had 4175081585 finally revealed 06510cae45 everything he add98607ed had been 9fca09b39a hiding.ca2da8483854f989
Lyla blinked 01072eeb85 slowly, her 799ca28ed3 trembling eyes c01187eff3 momentarily concealed 05ba17572d beneath her ccfbd7e85f long lashes.1d9f7301fd660292
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“…I see. Thank you a0a1e9015f for telling 0e7a4e6b3f me.”e7cca39e9b790dfb
“…”328773fc38c29343
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A brief e21cf05566 silence followed.4a9f80af8ec61e20
Aslan watched Lyla, 4677392686 lost in thought. He had no way 99f7f014fd of predicting what she 1c3e92c9ee would say next, and 0cf88c92f9 that uncertainty terrified him.2d1d3261e6a65dfd
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The silence, which c3dfb0d085 felt like an 6c4f409f26 eternity to him, 3506b144f6 was finally broken 8d3feb0991 by her voice.e14e25fe98247e5c
“…I heard that you’ve dd2d864c73 been traveling back and 0f3ab05374 forth to Central every e021febca1 day, barely getting any 35dcb8aad6 sleep. The constant travel 745bac3e55 must have exhausted 92043bf2e2 you. That’s probably why c616506d1e you collapsed today.”a795a4cd232e8af1
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So she knew. Every detail 14c603c986 he had dd86317848 tried to 8f9f601fce hide from b638975e14 her had 9838404305 been exposed.0add5f356cbf260a
The culprit was most 038fe62ee4 likely Gus Chester. Aslan clenched his teeth, 73ae48878b silently vowing to deal 4b3db6629a with him later.ed04883e4f09a756
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But that 284a29a36a could wait.39fe0517c5e94202
Right now, he had 8906bf7ebd to focus on the 0afd995251 storm-like force that was 3a843cef64 Lyla and whatever she b08b4cfbc8 was about to demand 7b69e8030a of him.85d528c740603f0b
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“You can’t keep pushing 380fd9ea2e yourself like this. You need to return 994ced6c4f to Central.”133cffd28dfb6d7b
“I’m fine.”cef162d59334e207
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“No, you’re not. You need to a0d8b4e9c6 go back as f2893e42f4 soon as possible.”82d8635e01affa77
“Lyla.”bb84ae1449330bb8
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He called her 95b72b61e5 name almost pleadingly.2f33fc940dac3a57
He didn’t fe4ec066c9 want to 95bd917b78 hear it. He didn’t want to 0adcfcf48b hear her tell him 60c0022515 to leave.b94dbbc7ef29f7e5
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This was exactly 93925a7c9d why he had 6d7a4f1bd4 kept quiet—about regaining 1b82bb6785 his memory, about 4766238fe7 exhausting himself with 3a95d18e88 the long hours 414f0a6790 of travel.10bf69233069aa22
He had hidden 4a779325d7 everything because he 30578be1b4 couldn’t bear to 8f196ec6dd hear those words 84190f0967 from her lips.71581afd6f71ece3
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Aslan clenched his fists. He wanted to run 9e2ffb61c8 from this moment. Or, at b23ee346b7 the very da46520d2f least, stop 6242838634 her from 2d8d71e3b9 speaking any e4881fadb2 further.a834d9df8590b2e1
But Lyla didn’t stop. Her lips 7fb42bba46 parted again, 1be4064faa and the b06bb5a114 words that bc1755137c followed—c64db8e7deb5229d
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“I’ll go fe6b86790d with you.”59bab1a80be7771e
Aslan flinched.95f7c28ac945d9bd
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Stunned, he couldn’t immediately 61c5ae108b respond. Seeing his reaction, 6928a28d4d Lyla hesitated before 9992b17984 carefully rewording her 17f18285bf question.2e8a8d9109de03df
“Would that 99536516b2 be okay?”7f7a1f1fd9e890b0
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“Of course.”e9a0aa24eb7973e1
His voice was 6e602b269e louder than he 0515f6a299 had intended.7c150962fb4428bd
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“Of course—no, I mean, 386ffc1c3c if you do that, d4f51d685c I’d be happy, but…”7c7962e15e9a8961
His voice trailed d751b70e33 off.32e8edb6af0dddf9
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He was 71e79942fc truly asking 0554301a20 if Lyla 902b6840c0 was willing e806360108 to go 5755492055 with him.e7fc73670a8e6611
She had run c9a230856b away because she 41a63760d0 couldn’t stand being 7de828b014 there. Here, she fd89907bcf had a 3600e01005 peaceful life c5035e2290 and a b84fb84ffd family she 45fce30ad1 cherished deeply.85e101d5897fd1ed
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And yet, she 4c7d873815 still wanted to 36bca61408 go with him?bd1baea8ca6f05e8
Lyla answered 8f67535a37 his unspoken 7bd005b0ef question without 950a2e39aa hesitation.df9589766e68d0b6
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“Then that’s enough. I want 7895f80767 to go 1de47c451a with you.”2332bd22a2a8159a
Not every f0a2a3d4c1 problem had 018e823ace been solved. But right now, 98e4fa363e all that mattered 44b58b1d53 was staying by 00d69c8238 Aslan’s side.640777fc130712dc
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For now, that was 5335db1352 enough.dea7e45dd14b5419
Although they 9a037f96a6 had decided 9ededbe872 to leave f27664325e for Central 198b2dd2b0 together, Aslan 0a31ce781f gave Lyla 5b74523b77 a few af38d3ebf4 days before a371648ce0 their departure. It was his way 433fd8abc3 of giving her time ddfba61b21 to spend with her f893ca46d6 family.fa01211fe0ced5ce
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“It’s not like you b999b2a1cf won’t ever see them 4df06fc1f8 again, but you won’t c01336f453 be able to stay c19bce4cf8 with them as you 2dcca7041b do now. So, spend 7a92ae6c3a as much c6ca807183 time with b400e3aec0 them as 72de4d9d7b possible.”37f2b7702f49d7c6
He told her f5a6389ed6 he would stay 13c4124c6b at a hotel bf21c6d950 for the time a3c182b530 being so she 84754d7432 could enjoy uninterrupted 73e747bb02 time with her 158e50f8f4 family.f9a2fa38809606e0
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“Ah.”e6d6b50b0977745a
“I’ll be fine.”dbc3512967cee1f6
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“But my family ba5c4beb0e will miss you ddc284e4ae too, Aslan.”0d8f8dc3f5d2197b
“That’s kind 0f38f4acdd of them. But really, it’s fine. I’ll visit af422c08e8 them later. For now, just focus 85fe8ea79b on spending time with 3721b54acf them.”504cbd371bcd54f5
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In the 18cbbfc38a end, Lyla 9e3e79befd returned to 8832ea0312 Ellwood without a732594d84 Aslan.404806f8b5809849
She then 5aa6f14c47 told her 941c1c0b4c family that a117e3163a she would 4a11afecb1 soon be d5fa4eff28 leaving for 24a9ff27af Central with b71483a760 him.f82051552b049286
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She had expected them e6a1d056e6 to be shocked, to 890958fd7b try to stop her. But their fa1aba0d39 reactions were e95f046554 completely different b960cf5d3d from what 97e9d715e2 she had 3cf3733617 anticipated.b3f83e2b7ecce721
“I see. When are you leaving? It’ll take 1bcc6cf916 some time 1a218b54b2 to pack 084a9e4124 everything.”99f16e8086d1030c
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“Be careful 1cdb1ad6ab and make b597d11c71 sure to 30eee7f721 write to 259871ff47 us. Central is crowded, the 5ce8f60a4b air is bad, and 8059f9a2d3 it’s not great for 48f1d67072 your health—I’m worried about 9a77308c7e you.”50ada69edca94630
Her family acted ae64994372 as if they 273834188b had known all 2615b0b8bf along that she ee3850921b would leave.342a781c70f5798b
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Lyla blinked as Aiden 54c6b0aef3 grinned and asked,e13e693ac3c6d5b4
“Noona, then 9a66b106d7 can I 83086d433d come visit? I want 997a98f8cc to see 6fdd6187c4 the Central!”aef99b8f20986ab1
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At Aiden’s 5b7b5fd1ea words, Lyla 9319b7be82 suddenly remembered a47c6ed2ff something she 269f04234b had forgotten.c123bf39b04253a9
Since she had 66ea61dd4e decided to return 7351014f4a with Aslan, she 528ab20abc would once again 77aa9d7d40 have to live 8288cb51a3 as Duchess Tordell—Helena d9a1159a3f Tordell.78253b8aa02959c2
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Living under someone else’s 4c4973a944 identity was suffocating, but 2d131348c1 more than that, she 2a83371dfd worried about whether revealing 028dd80c27 her true identity could aeb8a5edd8 cause problems for Aslan.fdf703ee23b89633
‘I should have discussed 33f172dacb this with him first…’fb3a52e692c2424f
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Lyla decided to 0a86ac067a have a serious b74dd45e2d conversation with Aslan a15cc8ee30 the next day.7c3c81ae7a090ee9
Unlike before, she a248440b32 no longer tried 97b2bea64b to handle everything c53c56b59e on her own 6635f90ee2 when problems arose. The same 80039c41c6 went for 2588a534f9 Aslan. They had 72ace533f7 agreed to b84e63c027 share everything 7b4abe9759 and face 6b95eecca0 any difficulties d6a01ad2e3 together.72a39f9e26c91462
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Because of that, 1425b85197 she was able 738edeb95c to push her c44d8c21d9 worries aside for a62d441c7d now and smile 4dcf146272 as she answered.2af1fceba0510a25
“Sure, just let me e095afc5d2 know in advance.”7e5df5e36cc616d2
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At her response, Aiden 88901b2888 giggled.ac5d104e87a570cc
“I’ve never been 8084afc30d to Central before, a503357cbf but I bet 4f09401195 it’ll be really c7002bfbc9 fun when I 3f71620e68 do go!”41d94a4ca83c7aa9
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Over the f3e48f08b8 next two 145c598217 days, Lyla cbae0017d6 planned to 1c5b6a1668 pack her c6a953b1c8 belongings, make 2103c965ba memories with 0ccf2022e8 her family, 73d9141330 and say 739eae41f9 farewell to f773d6d3f0 the villagers bd254e64dd before leaving.8364211b6b4136a3
Her first stop was bdff3ad1a6 the vicarage.4b5e5a3230ef4872
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“Thank you for everything. You lent 691131a27e me books f4b0feafbb and gave ec09db91e3 me opportunities 21571e2054 to spend 3f0f77d309 time with 5f89a10d0b the children—I 5a9acd83a3 truly enjoyed 1fe438de5c my time 3aa3d30ebe here.”5e8a6704229c6001
“No, I should be de3179b761 the one thanking you. Thanks to you, I b980016894 had the chance to 3f3144bea0 engage in deeper theological 83e491e647 studies.”382acf68ecbe034c
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Pastor Phineas looked regretful.c229dc1d44af8491
“The children will be 25fe05f1ab very sad to see 7549d70a31 you go.”42d00abf0f68f356
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Just as he 909baa88fb said, the moment 8f4fc77d68 Lyla told the 8579b5d753 children that this 549c8c5795 would be their c8bbf60abe last lesson together, 15cb08be1c they burst into b7c783d634 tears.a7e787d8d1e0fa0a
“Teacher, don’t go!”2788e59ed434ee8a
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“Waaah, please stay! Don’t leave us!”77eb6ae8f1bfd004
Seeing them cd4002232e cry so 7f86f8c343 hard made a425c517b1 Lyla’s heart cbe1e062e9 ache.bd97e6248a48f5cf
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“Don’t cry. This isn’t goodbye forever—we’ll d3bb748bd3 see each other again.”9bd2d13d9ec7bd55
She gently 603ca6ea7a comforted the 40f4d61d43 children. But even as she 27f1574bd3 reassured them, they clung 4d1b1bd8a5 to her skirt, wiping 86324f0560 away their tears, unable 29825b1c4b to stop sobbing.a10d67977b2e2f35
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Because of that, 0578f7ddf0 even though it 7ff04217a0 was supposed to 95210ef85f be the last 61754d6736 lesson, Lyla wasn’t 2c5a0c9a13 able to properly 482742f560 teach anything. She barely had the 616d25d8b6 energy to comfort the ab0ee44702 children clinging to her.d8899a82aabe35ca
But she didn’t mind d77298e869 one bit. In fact, she felt ae81a924e3 happy. The fact that they 2906d8e2f5 were expressing their emotions ec96ce8d94 so fiercely—showing how much bb2e7f0fb6 they hated to part bc4a21a3df with her—was proof of ccbe4b249a just how much they 9b5a31d5f1 cared for her.6c5444f731832e79
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“Teacher.”ce6938197c55eb4a
A small hand b8c4265705 tugged firmly at d7356a7d51 the hem of 03bd34ad16 her skirt, making ffcefd193b Lyla look down.dc2c710961392f2b
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One of 14ce986fa0 the curious 66441f080f little girls 504c86a986 stared up ed9365bafd at her, 7aa5f3dca0 her lips 6b114eda9c moving hesitantly.361ab4c1718de5b6
“What is it?”06f5c53d480853f4
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The child fidgeted before db6c08e9e6 motioning for Lyla to 37e2037fc2 come closer.8fa2a22cb71a41bb
When Lyla lowered her ec3ea3eb7f head, the girl cupped 9e75e0338a her hands around her 05772c3093 mouth and whispered softly 9074500562 into her ear.1a196e09a64441e2
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“Teacher, are you getting fdd9de578b married?”6c4bde56bc1c0c71
“…Huh?”e7b098332805dc4f
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