I Won’t Pick Up The T*ash I Threw Away Again - Chapter 269

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“…So I think I need to go to the Kingdom of Natsha for a while.”

As soon as Leilah returned to the manor, she told Kalian that she would be going to the Kingdom of Natsha in three days.

She also told him exactly the reason Hes had given her.

She thought Kalian would be just as confused as she was.

“I see. Have a safe trip.”

Contrary to her expectations, Kalian easily accepted it and moved on.

This wasn’t like him at all.

Leilah asked, slightly flustered.

“Is it really okay for me to just go?”

“Of course you should just go. Were you planning to dance while you’re there?”

Leilah frowned.

“You know that’s not what I meant.”

“Sorry. You looked so serious that I was trying to lighten the mood with a joke, but I went too far.”

Kalian smiled and gently brushed Leilah’s hair back.

“If you’re worried about being away from home for a long time, it’s fine. Nothing will happen, so you can go with complete peace of mind.”

Of course she was worried about that too.

But what was currently worrying Leilah and what she couldn’t understand was Kalian’s reaction, which was different from usual.

If it were the usual Kalian, as soon as he heard Leilah’s explanation, he would have grabbed his coat, saying he needed to meet Hes immediately and confront him.

But instead of confronting anyone, he immediately accepted it, which was strange.

“Are you sick somewhere?”

Thinking that might be why, Leilah frowned and touched Kalian’s forehead.

“You don’t have a fever.”

“I’m not sick.”

Kalian took that hand and brought it to his lips.

“If you’re going to touch me anyway, I prefer this. I wouldn’t mind a bit lower either.”

“….”

Seeing him make strange jokes, he’s definitely not sick.

But he’s acting like it’s nothing that I’m suddenly going to the Kingdom of Natsha.

“You know something.”

Otherwise, there was no explanation for why Kalian was so calm.

Leilah narrowed her eyes and looked at Kalian.

“What do you know?”

“I don’t know anything.”

“Kal.”

“Mm.”

Kalian had intended to play dumb until the end, but he couldn’t when Leilah rarely used his nickname and demanded an answer.

But he couldn’t tell her the truth either.

“It’s nothing bad for you, so don’t worry and go.”

Kalian tried to deflect by lightly kissing Leilah’s lips.

“Then let’s sleep in separate rooms until I return from the Kingdom of Natsha.”

“….”

Instead, it had the opposite effect.

* * *

Kalian and Leilah had never once slept in separate rooms.

Even when Leilah said she would sleep alone for a while because she had to work late dealing with backlogged tasks.

Kalian said that separate rooms were absolutely out of the question even if the sky fell, and he waited until Leilah returned so they could sleep together.

For those two to sleep in separate rooms.

That alone was surprising, but the usual cringe-worthy morning send-offs also disappeared.

And only a cold atmosphere lingered over the previously warm and friendly dinner, so the servants of the Aster estate were all shocked.

“Just how badly did they fight for it to be like this?”

“Maybe His Majesty got angry because the Count is going to the Kingdom of Natsha in three days?”

“No way. His Majesty doesn’t interfere with the Count’s work.”

“Then….”

Since they didn’t know why Leilah and Kalian had fought, all sorts of speculation ran wild.

The reason opinions gradually leaned toward it definitely not being Leilah’s fault was.

“….”

Because Kalian was restlessly pacing in front of the bedroom where Leilah was sleeping, like a dog that urgently needed the bathroom.

* * *

The long-awaited day of departure for the Kingdom of Natsha.

Leilah, who had woken up earlier than usual and finished preparing, checked her luggage to see if she had forgotten anything.

Sara, who was helping Leilah get ready beside her, asked in a small voice.

“Are you really okay with not making up with His Majesty?”

The hand rummaging through the luggage paused.

Leilah looked at Sara with a darker expression than usual.

Leilah had also been unable to sleep all night.

As if hoping Kalian would come in, she had stared at the tightly closed bedroom door all night long.

“It’s not too late even now, so how about making up with His Majesty?”

“…We never fought.”

Leilah answered in a tight voice.

“So there’s no need to make up.”

“But….”

“Stop.”

When Leilah cut her off as if telling her not to ask anymore, Sara had no choice but to close her mouth.

“More importantly, Leo is still sleeping, right?”

“Yes. He’s probably still asleep.”

The current time was 5:20 AM.

It was too early for a child who had just turned four to be awake.

“I’ll just look at his sleeping face before I go.”

Since she wouldn’t see her beloved son for a long time, she wanted to see his bright smiling face, but that was her own selfishness.

She’d have to settle for seeing his sleeping face at least.

Leilah’s eyes widened as she picked up her luggage and left the bedroom.

“Leo?”

Leo, who should have been traveling in dreamland by now, was standing in front of the bedroom.

“….”

Together with Kalian.

Since declaring separate rooms, she hadn’t looked directly at his face, but facing him like this was both bewildering and welcome.

Perhaps that’s why.

Feeling like tears would burst out if she kept looking at Kalian’s face, Leilah bit her lips tightly and looked down at Leo.

His round, bright eyes that showed no trace of sleepiness and his hair that looked like magpies had built a nest in it were adorable.

“Leo, did you sleep well?”

When Leilah asked affectionately, Leo nodded and pointed at the luggage she was holding.

“Were you perhaps planning to leave without seeing my face?”

Although he still had a lisp because he was young, judging by his expression and tone, he was like an adult.

Who would think that child is four years old.

Sara shook her head inwardly.

Leilah felt extremely proud as she tidied Leo’s disheveled hair.

“Of course not. I was just about to go see you. Since it’s time for you to be sleeping, I was only going to look at your sleeping face before leaving.”

“Mother is going far away, so naturally I should wake up to see you off.”

“My goodness. How can your heart be so beautiful.”

Leilah smiled as brightly as the happiest person in the world and hugged Leo tightly.

“Leilah.”

“….”

The smile blooming on Leilah’s face faded when Kalian called her name.

Was he going to tell her now why she had to go to the Kingdom of Natsha?

Or was he going to say something about insisting on separate rooms until now?

Leilah swallowed dryly as she looked up at Kalian.

Kalian smiled as usual, as if they had never fought, and said.

“See you later.”

* * *

Whoosh—

Waves pushed by fierce winds crashed against the breakwater, creating white foam as they shattered.

“….”

Leilah faced the sea breeze with her entire body as she looked up at the pure white passenger ship.

It was the passenger ship she would take to the Kingdom of Natsha.

“I’m really going.”

She had left home many times for work, but this was the first time leaving the Empire.

Since giving birth to Leo, she had never been away from home for more than three days, but now it would be a whole three weeks.

“Will it really be okay.”

The ridiculous thought crossed her mind that her son might forget her face.

She worried whether the administrators could properly handle all that work while she was away.

And Kalian….

“….”

Leilah’s expression darkened as she thought of Kalian.

Though she had spoken coldly to Sara, that wasn’t her true feelings.

Before leaving the manor, she had tried to reconcile with Kalian.

She hadn’t been that angry to begin with.

If they didn’t make up now, by the time she returned from the Kingdom of Natsha, their strained emotions would have grown stale and irreparable.

And Kalian probably had unavoidable circumstances that prevented him from speaking, so she kept worrying that she had pushed him too hard.

So before leaving, she had intended to say that she seemed to have acted too emotionally, and that she was sorry.

But seeing Kalian smile as if nothing had happened made her desire to reconcile completely disappear.

It seemed like Kalian was fine while she alone had suffered emotionally.

So instead of reconciling, she left the manor without even saying goodbye….

“I think I made a mistake.”

Thinking back carefully, Kalian had definitely extended a hand of reconciliation in his own way.

“Sigh.”

She could have just swallowed her pride once, but what was this pride worth that she held onto it and made things difficult.

Leilah smiled slightly, finding it strange and amusing that she even had such pride.

“The ship will depart soon! Those going to the Kingdom of Natsha, please board quickly!”

Coming to her senses at the sailor’s shout, Leilah looked around.

She was supposed to meet the administrators who would go to the Kingdom of Natsha with her here, but no one had come.

‘When are they coming?’

At this rate, it would be a disaster if the ship departed.

As Leilah anxiously stamped her feet, someone smoothly took her luggage bag, startling her as she turned her head.

“…!”

Leilah’s eyes widened beyond their limits when she saw who it was.

Deep blue hair and eyes like they held the depths of the ocean.

“Y-Your Majesty?”

It was Kalian, her husband.

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