If I Were Reborn, I Wouldn’t Marry You - Chapter 7

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Chapter 8

“Ahaha.”

Leonhardt stared blankly at Miela laughing loudly.

‘When was it.’

That Miela laughed like this.

He couldn’t remember the exact time.

But he was certain it was before she married him.

The joy of seeing Miela’s bright smile after so long was greater than the shame of acting like a fool.

Leonhardt waited with his earlobes burning from embarrassment until Miela laughed as much as she wanted.

After a while, Miela wiped away the tears that had gathered from laughing too much with the back of her hand and said cheerfully.

“For the next 4 years? 5 years? I’ll probably be stronger than you!”

Miela, placing both hands on her hips and acting all proud, was as fresh as an early spring sprout.

Enough to make Leonhardt’s lips, which had frozen after going from being a cold and capable Emperor back to a wretched monster of the Separate Palace, soften and relax.

“We’ll have to see if it takes a full 4 years.”

And enough to naturally tease Miela just like he did in childhood.

Perhaps thanks to that. Considering their last meeting before the regression was the worst, and their first meeting after regression was frantically short, the atmosphere was quite gentle.

After a few more childish exchanges, Miela suddenly looked startled.

“What, what’s wrong?”

When Leonhardt asked while reading the situation, Miela covered her head with both hands and shouted.

“This isn’t the time for this. I got caught up talking to you.”

Leonhardt, who hadn’t done anything to get Miela caught up in, felt quite wronged.

However, he wasn’t given a chance to make excuses.

Without giving Leonhardt even a second of her attention, Miela untied the strings of the rabbit bag with somewhat rough movements.

“This is a wooden sword. It’s old since Lester used it when he was young, but it’ll be better than tree branches.”

Miela boldly held out the sword as if knights do when pointing at those defeated in duels.

“Oh, okay. Thank you.”

Leonhardt was overwhelmed by Miela’s vigor and accepted the wooden sword.

“And this is…”

Miela’s small hands, as tiny as her lips, moved busily.

From the rabbit bag came an endless stream of toys and dried fruits, snacks that could be stored and eaten for a long time.

In an instant, Leonhardt’s small arms were filled with all sorts of items.

It was amazing how she had managed to stuff all that into a bag that wasn’t even that big.

Leonhardt adjusted a toy ball that was about to fall.

The plump rabbit bag quickly became deflated.

After rummaging deep inside the rabbit bag for a while, Miela smiled brightly and handed him a marble the size of an adult’s fist.

“Lastly, a communication device!”

Leonhardt carefully accepted the marble that was much more crude and colorful than the communication devices he knew.

“This is a communication device?”

Perhaps noticing his bewilderment, Miela answered in a voice trying to sound more confident to hide her embarrassment.

“It is a toy communication device though.”

“A toy?”

When Leonhardt asked back, Miela chattered on.

“Even though it looks like that, its functions are almost the same as the real thing. It’s just that the communication time is limited to about 10 minutes a day and there’s a distance restriction.”

So it was meant for young nobles to use with friends their age for play.

Miela also added an explanation that the Ducal Palace and Separate Palace were just barely within the communication range of toy communication devices.

“Keep it safe. Contact me between 2 PM and 4 PM, or after 9 PM at night depending on the situation.”

“Okay.”

Leonhardt nodded obediently and carefully set down the wooden sword, toys, snacks, and other things Miela had given him.

Then he hid the communication device first in the deepest spot under the bed.

Miela also helped Leonhardt hide the other items.

Even though the maids had become a little more diligent than before, they didn’t clean thoroughly under the bed.

So the two of them quickly became covered in dust.

Miela brushed off the dust that had stuck to her hair.

She didn’t forget to kick the dust that had fallen on the floor back under the bed.

Leonhardt also brushed off the dust on himself with the clumsy hand movements of a four-year-old.

“Oh, right.”

Miela, who had finished brushing off dust first, suddenly made a serious expression.

“What?”

“I didn’t bring any mana stones. Then you won’t be able to use it many times. About four or five times?”

Among the things Miela had given him, only the communication device needed mana stones.

Leonhardt thought Miela had given him the communication device with the intention of contacting her if a ‘very urgent situation’ arose.

However, Miela’s explanation was different from his prediction.

“I probably won’t be able to come for about 2 weeks, so try to use it sparingly for now. I’ll definitely bring mana stones next time I come.”

Leonhardt unconsciously asked.

“Will you come again next time? Is it okay to contact each other that often?”

He had asked a childish question out of hope that she would come frequently.

Leonhardt bit his lower lip childishly.

An awkward silence filled the bedroom.

Leonhardt resented his self-control that had disappeared with becoming younger.

Then he steeled himself while watching Miela’s reaction.

‘Even if she says it was just empty words and that she won’t come, let’s not show disappointment.’

In fact, considering how quite barren their relationship had become after marriage, he should have been grateful that Miela had come to see him even twice.

If he were Miela, he would have eliminated any contact points with a loveless husband as soon as he realized he had returned to childhood.

However, Miela’s reaction was different from what Leonhardt had expected.

She got fiercely angry as if Leonhardt had said something mean like never to come again.

“You! I came here after thinking it through! If you don’t want to contact me, then just say so!”

She even stamped her feet while getting angry, seeming thoroughly upset.

As their bodies became younger, their relationship had also temporarily returned to childhood.

However, that soft atmosphere was instantly shattered by Leonhardt’s foolish mistake.

“Since you have all your memories anyway, you can handle everything by yourself, is that it?”

Miela shot back in a cold tone just like before the regression, then roughly grabbed the rabbit bag.

It seemed like she would leave the Separate Palace right away and never return.

It was different from before when they were bound by political alliance and marriage.

If Miela left like this, he might lose her forever.

The sense of crisis gave courage to the timid Leonhardt.

“It’s not like that…”

Leonhardt slowly reached out his hand and grabbed one end of the rabbit bag.

Miela, who seemed ready to run out of Leonhardt’s bedroom and the Separate Palace at any moment, was obediently caught by Leonhardt’s weak strength.

“If it’s not like that, then what is it.”

Miela asked while crossing her arms and standing with one leg cocked.

The adult Miela, who had been his wife, was someone with tremendous pride.

When Leonhardt made such verbal mistakes with his poor way with words, she would glare at him with sharp eyes and then turn around and leave.

When those hurt feelings were healed by the power of time, she would return to him as an elegant and benevolent Empress again.

It had been a very long time since Leonhardt was given this kind of opportunity.

For a moment, he was at a loss for words.

The usual Leonhardt, that is, the pre-regression Leonhardt, might have let the opportunity slip away while trying to organize the words jumbled in his head.

However, his younger body didn’t know how to refine vocabulary.

“I was curious when you’d come again next time.”

The dejected Leonhardt mumbled with completely garbled pronunciation.

Miela clicked her tongue in a somewhat softened tone.

“I don’t know.”

Leonhardt clutched the rabbit bag a little tighter and mumbled his question.

“You’ll come, right?”

The pleading tone that came out without him realizing it was embarrassing, but it seemed to help lift Miela’s mood.

“Of course I will, you fool. Just because we became children again and our marriage vows became null and void doesn’t mean the time we spent together disappeared.”

Hearing Miela’s words, Leonhardt smiled so beautifully that dimples formed in his cheeks.

Because Miela, who he thought only regarded him as a husband on paper or merely as a suitable match for a precious Young Lady, actually had some form of feelings for him.

“Right. You’re my only friend and family and…”

He swallowed the rest of his words.

‘My lover.’

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