If I Were Reborn, I Wouldn’t Marry You - Chapter 76

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Chapter 76

While returning in a messy state covered in sand, I saw a family on vacation at the villa next door.

Two girls and five boys, plus a middle-aged couple who appeared to be their parents.

It was a familiar family composition.

I was just walking along thinking I wanted to hurry inside and wash up, but the moment I saw them, I felt my mind snap to attention.

I quickly scanned the boys.

And within a few seconds, I found the person I was looking for.

‘That’s the Windermere heir.’

I had seen the adult Windermere heir a few times before.

The ash-brown hair, amber eyes, and strangely sensitive-looking impression were exactly the same as in my memories. It seemed he was the type whose appearance didn’t change much as he grew, so I could recognize him at a glance.

‘At this time, he would be called by the name Caspian Windermere more often than being the sole Windermere heir…’

I poked Leonhardt repeatedly and asked to confirm.

“Right?”

Leonhardt checked the direction I was indicating with my eyes, nodded slightly, and whispered.

“They must have arrived today.”

“Then the accident will happen the day after tomorrow.”

While we were having a quiet conversation, a lion’s roar erupted from the Windermere Baronial Family’s side.

“Julian, stop bothering your brother! Caspian, why do you have that expression when you came here to have fun?”

Whether his personality was formidable even as a child or he simply disliked the Orbis trip, Caspian had a sullen face, which seemed to have rubbed Lady Windermere the wrong way.

“What’s wrong with my expression?”

Caspian retorted in a grumpy tone.

“Caspian Mallon Windermere.”

“…It’s because the sun is too bright.”

At the calling of his full name, which was like a final warning, his attitude became drastically more docile.

I chuckled softly at the sight.

‘His personality wasn’t particularly bad when he was young.’

It seemed he just disliked the Orbis trip.

‘They say spirit users have good intuition. Maybe he sensed some ominous energy.’

Leonhardt and I, captivated by Lady Windermere’s commanding presence, must have been watching the Windermere Baronial Family for quite a while.

Lady Windermere, sensing our gaze, looked in our direction.

‘Oops.’

I tried to look like I was just curious about new people, making my eyes sparkle with interest.

Fortunately, my acting worked well this time too.

Lady Windermere confirmed that the source of the stares were just children, gave us a slight smile, then began tending to her own children again.

“Kids, did you all get off?”

Perhaps conscious of our presence, her voice became drastically gentler.

‘Let’s go.’

I signaled Leonhardt with my eyes.

Just then, the maid who had accompanied us to the beach smiled warmly and urged us along.

“Oh my, young miss and young master. Sand is falling with every step you take. I know you still want to play more, but there’s tomorrow too, so let’s wash up and rest for today.”

“Mm-hmm.”

It was perfect timing, given that we had spent too much time on the road observing Caspian.

We nodded obediently and started walking.

When we arrived at the villa, Anna greeted us.

“Oh my! You both had such a fun time!”

Anna exclaimed in admiration at the sight of Leonhardt and me, who were usually quite mature children due to our adult mental ages, covered in sand.

“It was totally fun.”

When I answered with sparkling eyes like a child, Anna guided Leonhardt and me straight to the bathroom.

“The bath will be fun too.”

Maids followed along our walking path, sweeping with brooms.

‘Like Hansel and Gretel…’

When we carefully reached the bathroom, the maids had already prepared the bath water.

“Shall we use lavender-scented bath salts today?”

I nodded in response to Anna’s words and got straight into the bathtub.

It felt good to get into the warm bath water.

The sand stuck all over my body was uncomfortable, and since it was still early summer weather, mornings and evenings were chilly.

“Ah, this is nice.”

When I spoke in a tone like an old grandmother whose bones ache when it rains, Anna laughed quietly.

After washing squeaky clean and drying my hair until it was fluffy, I changed into cute pajamas that Anna had chosen and headed to Leonhardt’s room.

As expected, Leonhardt, who seemed to have just finished bathing, was waiting for me.

“Come in.”

Leonhardt slightly pulled out the chair placed next to him as if telling me to sit there.

I sat at the table where warm milk was placed and nagged Leonhardt.

“For preventing colds, drying your hair properly is more important than warm milk, isn’t it?”

Leonhardt countered my words while drinking milk with elegant movements.

“My hair will dry soon, and I don’t catch colds.”

He had good reason to be confident, as I could count on my fingers the times I’d seen Leonhardt sick.

That’s why I was so flustered when Leonhardt got sick after using his ability last time.

It was the first time I’d seen him ill.

Feeling unreasonably wronged, I just pouted.

In contrast, I had quite a few minor ailments.

“It’s nice that you’re healthy.”

After grumbling, I also took a sip of milk.

When something warm entered my body that had cooled slightly after the bath, my body trembled lightly as a reaction.

“Are you cold?”

Without even waiting for an answer, Leonhardt put down his milk cup and immediately rummaged through his luggage to pull out a cardigan and hand it to me.

“At least wear this. You’ll catch a cold.”

It was a bit funny that he was taking care of me when he hadn’t even dried his own hair properly.

However, I obediently accepted Leonhardt’s kindness.

I really was a bit cold.

“Thank you.”

Leonhardt had grown quite a lot in the past two years.

Until last year, I was taller, so if I had borrowed Leonhardt’s clothes, the sleeves would have been short, but now they fit reasonably well.

In the very early days after my regression, I had boasted to Leonhardt that I would be stronger than him for the next four years, but seeing Leonhardt’s growth rate, it seemed my prediction would be wrong at this rate.

‘He’s growing much faster than in the first round?’

Right now was, time-wise, similar to when we had met in the first round.

Back then, Leonhardt was shorter than me, but now we were almost the same height.

His body, which had been skinny from irregular meals and malnutrition, had improved a lot due to systematic exercise and sufficient meals.

His originally good bone structure had settled in sturdily, and his growth and development had long since caught up with his peers.

“It definitely might not take the full four years.”

I corrected my past words while looking at Leonhardt, who had grown so much.

“What won’t?”

Leonhardt tilted his head, not having heard properly what I said.

“Nothing.”

I just shook my head.

Somehow it felt embarrassing to tell Leonhardt that he had grown a lot.

‘I guess I really think of him like a younger brother now.’

When I chuckled softly, newly aware of how much my perception had changed over the past two years, Leonhardt slightly furrowed his brow.

Before the persistently curious Leonhardt could interrogate me, I quickly changed the subject.

“We’re going to go through with our plan as we discussed, right?”

“Yes.”

The reason the Windermere Baronial Family was suddenly leaving Orbis the day after tomorrow was because the youngest, Izolb, had suddenly fallen ill.

Heavy rain would pour for two days starting tomorrow, and it seemed he had caught a cold due to the sudden temperature change it would bring.

While nobles generally brought their personal physicians on vacation, the Windermere Lordship, not being particularly wealthy, could not do so.

Moreover, this area only had rental villas for nobles, so there were no proper doctors available.

It was a natural choice for Windermere Marquis to decide to return to his estate early as soon as the rain stopped.

High fever was fatal for a child, after all.

‘That’s when the landslide happened.’

It was just past the thaw season now.

The ground that had been frozen all winter had melted, weakening the foundation, and when unusually heavy rain fell unsuitable for early summer, a landslide occurred.

We couldn’t prevent the heavy rain or landslide.

‘But we could prevent the Windermere Viscount’s Family from returning.’

For that purpose, we had brought the Ducal House’s personal physician.

Someone skilled enough to cure a young child’s fever in an instant.

‘We just need to make it so Izolb can receive treatment here if he falls ill.’

But for that, we needed to become somewhat friendly with the people of the Windermere Viscount’s Family.

Suddenly showing kindness to people we didn’t even know lacked credibility.

This was what we had prepared to create that connection.

I exchanged glances with Leonhardt.

“Are you ready?”

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