piratefiction Chapter 18
Chapter 18
Chapter 18
I shook my head right away.
“No, you don’t have to be so scared.”
“Pardon?”
“My father doesn’t have a sickening hobby of making a bright actress his mistress and killing her.”
Sarah was startled by my blatant remarks.
“He’s not even a rude person who flirts with a girl the age of his daughter.”
“...”
Leaving Sarah speechless with a surprised look, I went back to my seat. Unlike before, Sarah followed me with wary eyes and sat face to face.Rêạd new chapters at novelhall.com
“You’re not upset, aren’t you? You want to live a comfortable life as a mistress, but I kicked Count Erghetti out without knowing your feelings?”
“Not at all!”
“Right, I thought so. Don’t get me wrong, I just helped you because you looked tired.”
“Then you’re saying you didn’t come here for any other reason?”
“I can at least tell you that I’m not here for the reason you’re worried about. And if you don’t mind, I’d like to help you.”
“Help...me?”
“I can try to come to your play regularly. Then soon it will be known Duke Diollus has his eyes on Sarah.”
“...”
“Then, perhaps, the nobles who have made proposals to you will naturally fall out?”
As I shrugged my shoulders, Sarah, who had been listening silently, opened her mouth with a suspicious expression.
“May I ask why you are trying to help me so much?”
“That’s right. There is no favor without reason. To be honest, I also have something I want from Sarah.”
I added, trying to placate Sarah, who was hesitant.
“But more than that, I sincerely hope that a genius actress like Sarah can do the acting that she loves, comfortably.”
“What do you want from me?”
“Mm. I want to get a little help from Sarah in the business I want to start. I’m not forcing you, it’s okay to say no. I’ll keep coming to see your play.”
Sarah looked at me with a slightly softened expression, as if boundaries had been lifted by my sincere words.
I smiled and said to her, who was curious about my real proposal.
“What do you think? Do you want to listen to it?”
***
“Then I’m afraid we’ll have dinner later...”
As I left the waiting room after finishing our conversation.
Sarah Hugo was terrified.
Because Duke Diollus, the father of Princess Rubette, was waiting outside.
“Dad? Why are you waiting here?”
“...”
The duke narrowed his brows, looking down at Rubette with discontent.
“Are you out of your mind to walk around alone without an escort?”
“Umm, what could happen in a crowded theater...”
“Ha...”
The duke sighed with a disapproving look, and pushed Rubette’s back to the front.
“Let’s go, hurry.”
Rubette, who was in his power, waved at Sarah.
“Oh, right, Sarah! I will contact you!”
“Ah! Y-Yes...”
Sarah, who had forgotten that she had to greet the duke, was dazed, nodded her head and waved her hand.
The father and daughter left the theater in a flash.
“Sarah, are you okay? As expected, Duke Diollus is here to make a proposal, right?”
“Wishit. I wanted to build a small house and live in a place with good air.”
“I’m going to build a small house with a good atmosphere.”
“I also wanted to have a cat. A cat with black, yellow, and white fur.”
“I also want a cat with tricolored fur.”
Rubette, who just wished for a little happiness, eventually saved me, who wasn’t even aware of her existence, and disappeared.
‘That’s the life you want, huh? Build a pretty house and raise a cat in the forest.’
Trying to listen to her wishes, I turned my head and looked at my dad and asked again.
“How much does a house on the outskirts cost?”
“How old are you now, and you want to live outside? You’re going to go out without getting married and live alone?”
Dad looked a little angry.
“Why do you look angry?”
“Because you are talking nonsense.”
“Can’t I go out and live alone? Do I have to get Dad’s permission?”
“Isn’t it obvious?”
“A person who has never been interested in me even though we have lived under one roof?”
“...”
My father, who became speechless, soon said with a long sigh,
“In any case, no. You’re still too young. It’s dangerous...”
“How strange. I thought Dad would be happy if I said I’d leave the house.”
“Me?”
I continued to speak as I looked at my father who was asking as if I was saying something absurd.
“Yes. Didn’t you think of me as the family shame?”
“...”
Dad’s eyes widened.
I was a little choked up, but I shrugged and added, pretending it didn’t matter.
“Don’t you think I’m a cripple? Born into a chosen family who can wield spirits...”
“...”
“...but is an incompetent fellow who can’t even sign a contract with a spirit.”
Depressed, I looked out the window again.
A fat body, a timid and gloomy personality from constant abuse. Such surroundings certainly helped to isolate Rubette.
However.
‘There is another reason why everyone ignored Rubette, both inside and outside.’
Even though Rubette was a member of the Diollus family, she was the only one who couldn’t sign a contract with a spirit.
‘Well, to be precise, everyone knows that she didn’t do well.’
But whatever the circumstances, I don’t think that’s a good reason for Rubette to be lonely all her life.
“You know, I’ve always wanted to eat with my dad, come out to play, have a little chat.”
“...”
“So I am happy now. But once in a while, when I think of the expression my dad used to make, my heart...”
I pressed my hand on my tight chest.
“...hurts.”
Even as I was casually talking to my dad face to face, I was caught up by a certain memory that came to mind.
“Do you remember when I failed to sign a contract with a spirit?”
I looked back at my dad.
“The expression on Dad’s face at that time is so engraved in my heart that I can’t forget it.”
Dad was staring at me with trembling eyes.
“You looked like me like I was a failure, and left me alone and just walked away.”
Looking at my father’s frozen face, I thought of that terrible winter that year, that is, my 15th birthday.