I Won’t Pick Up The T*ash I Threw Away Again - Chapter 272

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#5

The journey to the Kingdom of Natsha went smoothly.

The weather was clear and the wind favorable, so a crewman informed them that at this rate, they would likely arrive a day earlier than scheduled.

“Diane thinks we’re arriving in three days, so I should send a letter saying we might arrive early.”

As befitting a large passenger ship, messenger birds were prepared for sending letters.

Leilah placed the letter paper on the table and dipped the quill pen in ink.

Kalian, sitting across from her, asked.

“Are you going to scold That Woman for what she did?”

“For what?”

“That Woman enticed you to bring you to the Kingdom of Natsha.”

Ah, that.

A gentle smile spread across Leilah’s lips.

Worried that ink might splatter on the letter paper, Leilah put down the quill pen and looked at Kalian.

“Of course Diane brought it up first, but anyway, it was His Majesty who accepted her proposal and made this plan. So the person who should be scolded isn’t Diane, but His Majesty.”

As if it wasn’t the answer he wanted, Kalian’s nose bridge twitched.

“If That Woman hadn’t brought it up, I wouldn’t have made this plan either.”

“Do you want me to scold Diane?”

“Of course. She’s clearly an accomplice, so it’s unfair for me to be scolded alone.”

Kalian placed his hand diagonally on the table and rested his chin on it.

“While you’re at it, scold Hes too. That guy is also an accomplice.”

“If you put it that way, isn’t Countess Cloud also an accomplice?”

“….”

Kalian’s expression instantly hardened, and the hand that had been supporting his chin came down obediently onto the table.

“The Duchess only received a request to look after Leo for a while, she doesn’t know what happened, so she’s not an accomplice.”

Kalian smiled as if nothing had happened, but it was already too late—Leilah had noticed.

His relationship with the Duchess still hasn’t completely recovered.

It wasn’t that Kalian and Esramel thought of each other as enemies and fought to the death.

Rather, Esramel tried to become close with Kalian, but he didn’t accept it.

More precisely, it was too awkward and he didn’t know what to do.

They had kept their distance for such a long time.

With a pitying heart, Leilah gently placed her hand on top of Kalian’s.

Kalian, who immediately understood what it meant, smiled dimly.

“Well now, I can’t fool my wife’s eyes.”

As if trying to lift the sunken atmosphere again, his playful tone made Leilah respond with an equally playful smile.

“Were you trying to deceive me again?”

Kalian raised his free hand up to shoulder height.

“I made another mistake. From now on, I should speak honestly without hiding even the most trivial things.”

“Please do so.”

“Then shall we go to bed?”

Huh? Why is the conversation going in that direction?

Sensing an ominous premonition, Leilah tried to pull her hand away, but Kalian caught it as if snatching it.

“You said to speak honestly without hiding even the most trivial things.”

He slowly stroked the back of Leilah’s hand with his thumb.

“I want to spend quality time with you in bed.”

Leilah’s face turned red as a beet.

“Y-you don’t need to speak so honestly about such things!”

“Why. Are you embarrassed?”

“Of course I am…!”

Thud-

Before Leilah could finish speaking, a tremendous crash sounded as if something had collided.

At the same time, the entire ship shook, causing Leilah to lose her balance and fall forward, unintentionally ending up in Kalian’s arms.

“Are you okay?”

“Yes. I’m fine.”

While still in Kalian’s embrace, Leilah looked toward the cabin door.

“What do you think happened?”

Kalian also looked toward the cabin door as he answered.

“It seems like something did.”

Otherwise, there was no reason for the ship to rock like this.

Kalian separated Leilah from his embrace and stood up.

“The ship might shake again, so hold onto the table tightly.”

“Where are you going?”

“Outside. I need to check what happened.”

Leilah grabbed Kalian’s collar as he was about to leave and shouted urgently.

“Let’s go together!”

“No. It might be dangerous outside, so you stay here.”

“Then it might be dangerous for His Majesty too.”

“I’ll be fine.”

Kalian smiled brightly.

“I may not look it, but I’ve spent years on battlefields. Plus, I’ve received the dragon’s blessing, so I can protect myself.”

And he gently stroked Leilah’s hand that was gripping his collar so tightly she had turned pale.

“But you’re different. Of course, if you were in danger, I would definitely save you even if it cost me my life, but since there are unexpected situations, stay here.”

How could she hold him back when he said such things?

Moreover, she had once held Kalian back unnecessarily before, so she couldn’t be stubborn about it.

Leilah had no choice but to let go of his collar.

Thud, her falling arm indirectly represented her feelings.

“It’s okay.”

Kalian smiled and stroked Leilah’s hair.

“I’ll be back soon.”

Peck-

Kalian lightly kissed Leilah’s forehead and left the cabin.

“….”

Left alone, Leilah rubbed the spot where Kalian’s lips had touched.

Every morning when Leilah went to work, Kalian would give her a forehead kiss, telling her to have a good day.

So it was nothing special at all, just an everyday action, but why did she feel so anxious?

She had an ominous premonition that something would happen to Kalian.

But I still can’t go out.

If I go out unnecessarily and hold him back like that time, it would be terrible.

Then Kalian might exhaust all his strength trying to save me and end up at death’s door.

Leilah forcibly controlled her desire to follow Kalian immediately and put strength in her feet.

Thud, thud-

Just waiting was difficult enough, but the successive crashes and vibrations amplified her anxiety.

She bit her lips so hard they bled from the helplessness of being unable to do anything.

Please return safely.

And please return as quickly as possible.

Otherwise, she felt like she wouldn’t be able to endure it and would rush out.

Leilah looked at the tightly closed cabin door, hoping desperately again and again.

How much time had passed like that?

“…!”

It was when Leilah, having lost her balance due to the ship’s continuous rocking, was barely holding on by gripping the table.

Clang-

The cabin door was roughly opened from outside.

Is it Kalian?

Leilah, who had lifted her head with delight, furrowed her brows when she discovered a strange man standing in front of the door.

Judging by the clothes he was wearing, he seemed to be a crewman of this passenger ship.

Could it be?

“Has something happened to His Majesty by any chance?”

She thought he might have come to find her to inform her of that news, but fortunately that wasn’t the case as the crewman shook his head.

However, she couldn’t feel relieved.

“A Volador has attacked the passenger ship!”

“!”

Because an even bigger problem had arisen in a different sense.

Volador.

It was a sea monster similar in form to a Kraken, but larger and more ferocious.

It was equally troublesome to deal with.

It was even more burdensome to face since humans had to fight on the sea where they couldn’t move freely.

Fortunately in this misfortune, their numbers were small and most lived in the deep sea, so appearances were extremely rare.

But of all times, a Volador had appeared.

There was a reason the crewman was in such a panic.

“The navy and crew are fighting hard right now, but just in case, it would be better for you to evacuate first, Count!”

Evacuate?

Me alone… run away?

Leaving Kalian behind?

Leilah’s eyes, staring at the floor, shook greatly.

“There’s a boat prepared at the back. Count, you can board that and evacuate!”

Thinking logically, the crew would have evacuated Kalian first before anyone else.

He was the Former Emperor of the Empire, after all.

There was no one of higher status than Kalian here, so it was right to take care of him first.

Right. Normally, that would be correct.

The problem was that Kalian was a person beyond common sense.

Leilah could bet everything she had that Kalian hadn’t evacuated.

She was certain he would be fighting the sea monster at the very front, ahead of everyone else.

‘Then I won’t go either.’

She didn’t want to do something like running away and leaving Kalian alone.

“There isn’t much time left! At this rate, we’ll all be annihilated!”

The crewman’s urgent words not only added fuel to Leilah’s blazing determination but also raised questions.

“You seem to think we’re going to lose.”

“I’m sorry to say this… but unfortunately, that possibility is high.”

The crewman continued with a gloomy face.

“Volador is an extremely difficult monster to deal with. It has no weaknesses either.”

No weaknesses?

That can’t be.

When I researched it, there was definitely a weakness.

‘Come to think of it, that weakness was in an extremely difficult place to attack.’

That’s why it was written in the book that it was somewhat embarrassing to call it a weakness.

Could it be that’s why they think they’ll lose?

“Please hurry and go, Count!”

…Then all the more reason I need to go.

Because I know how to exploit that weakness.

“Count!”

“I won’t run away.”

“What? What do you mean… Count!”

Despite the crewman’s attempts to stop her, Leilah paid no heed and ran up to the deck where Kalian and the crew were.

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