Instead of My Beloved Sister, I Married a Monster - Chapter 86

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Chapter 86

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It had already been three days since Klause came to visit Litberg, and Evnia was still successfully maintaining a distant relationship with him.

Of course, it wasn’t a result achieved without any effort.

To avoid creating opportunities to encounter him at all, she left early in the morning and returned late at night, completely delegating the task of caring for their guest to Hanna.

Perhaps having undergone some great change of heart after conversing with Evnia, Hanna accepted that duty with an extremely determined attitude.

“Don’t worry, Lady Evnia. Of course family comes before men.”

Though she had no memory of ever fighting with Hanna over a man, and couldn’t even tell whether the subject was Ram, Klause, or even Seven, Evnia just let it slide.

Anyway, wasn’t it good that she was the priority?

Fortunately, there were plenty of places outside the manor where Evnia could stay and spend her time.

Evnia went around visiting the homes of Litberg residents one by one, caring for the injured and nursing weakened elderly people.

Since she had nothing else to do while out anyway, she decided to help people with the ability she had recently acquired.

Though her body was tired, it was rewarding instead, and above all, it was a daily routine that faithfully served her purpose of avoiding Klause.

No matter how much he was in a position of courting her, there was no way such a noble young master would follow her into these harsh environments.

In the first place, he still hadn’t even properly figured out her whereabouts.

‘I just need to endure like this for one week.’

Being in a position where she’d been caught with something like a weakness, she couldn’t flatly refuse even that request and drive him away.

Evnia only hoped that this week would become time for him to sort out his feelings.

Struggling to calm her troubled heart, Evnia set down the basket containing laundry on the ground.

It was when she pushed her hand into the stream to first gauge the water temperature before wetting the clothes.

Suddenly, a familiar color caught her eye.

Evnia reached out her fingertips as if entranced toward the brilliant blue-green creature swimming nearby.

As if proving her suspicion wasn’t mistaken, that fish rushed over like an arrow and bit her finger.

This too was a familiar sensation.

“…Lord Giyermo?”

Just as Evnia questioned herself in a voice of disbelief, a loud explosion sound rang out with a bang!

Evnia reflexively squeezed her eyes shut and opened them again, startled by the unexpected noise.

The thick smoke that had covered all directions dispersed, and soon a masked man revealed himself from within.

Giyermo looked Evnia up and down as if finding it absurd and said,

“You have quite a talent for fishing.”

Could he possibly be calling the incident of biting her finger fishing?

But she had never even cast bait in the first place.

Evnia asked in bewilderment,

“Lord Giyermo, what on earth were you doing here? And in such a form?”

“If you’re thinking of catching me and dragging me to Litberg Castle, you’d better give up. I was only in this form to avoid being caught by my master, not because my power was drained like last time.”

Giyermo replied with wary eyes.

Though she had certainly heard an answer to her question, it didn’t feel like her doubts were resolved at all.

‘Could he possibly think I was trying to catch him and take him to the manor?’

Of course, it was an absurd suspicion.

Since so many shocking events had occurred after Giyermo disappeared, Evnia had actually been living half-forgetting his existence.

“It would be nice if you returned to the manor, but I have no intention of forcing you to come… In the first place, even meeting now was coincidental…”

“It’s no use trying to bewitch me with such words. You must have been planning to cruelly ravage me in fish form, taking advantage of my moment of carelessness. If not, then why did you bring that brutishly-looking club?”

“That’s just a laundry paddle…”

Since Evnia’s ability had no particular effect on old age ailments, when caring for elderly people, physical labor itself was more helpful in most cases.

She had brought it because there was a lot of accumulated laundry at the grandmother’s house she had just visited, but who would have thought she’d encounter Giyermo and cause such a misunderstanding?

Well, if not for the laundry, she wouldn’t have had reason to visit the stream in the first place.

After pondering deeply for a moment, Evnia said,

“Lord Giyermo, I’m not angry.”

Seeing how his train of thought kept flowing toward retaliation, it seemed Giyermo thought she was angry with him.

Sure enough, as if her prediction wasn’t wrong, Giyermo snorted upon hearing her words. It was as if he found it quite unlikely.

‘Recognizing wrongdoing and feeling remorse are completely separate matters.’

Having gained this fresh realization, Evnia picked up the basket she had set on the ground and dipped it into the stream water.

She had no enthusiasm to reassure Giyermo through coaxing and appeasing, and even if she did, such energy needed to be used on this laundry from now on.

As she silently pounded with the paddle, she could feel Giyermo staring down at her from above.

She thought he would watch briefly then soon leave, but unexpectedly he lingered around her vicinity for a long time.

He even went so far as to speak to her again.

“See, you are angry.”

“I told you I’m not.”

“My master threw me against a wall, you know. I think you’d want to slap my cheek at least.”

“Lord Ram was naturally displeased. But I wasn’t bothered by it.”

No, beyond not being bothered, it was actually quite good.

Thanks to that, hadn’t she at least gotten to kiss her husband, whom she thought she’d die without ever sharing a kiss with?

Though she didn’t think Giyermo had done well, she had no particular personal complaints about that incident.

At this, Giyermo tilted his head with a puzzled expression.

“That’s strange. Before, you said you had no intention of getting along with my master.”

“I said it wouldn’t work out for me. The two meanings are very different.”

Though Giyermo didn’t seem to fully understand Evnia’s words, at least he appeared to believe her statement that she wasn’t angry with him.

Lightly flicking his fingers to summon a chair beside Evnia, he sat on it in an elegant posture.

With Giyermo looking down while she did laundry below, it felt exactly like he was the young master and she was the maid.

The young master graciously made a proposal.

“Well, though it’s not something worth apologizing for, it’s also true that I caused you some inconvenience… As a small token of sincerity, I’ll grant you one wish.”

“Oh… Thank you, but I’ll decline.”

Evnia refused without even glancing at him once.

So eventually such a dark proposal would come to me too.

Thinking she might become one of the countless people who ruined their lives by falling into the trap called wishes, her heart suddenly began pounding.

Absurdly, Giyermo acted as if he couldn’t understand Evnia’s refusal.

“Why are you refusing? It’s not an opportunity that comes easily every day.”

“I’m more surprised that you thought I’d make a wish even knowing about all the past incidents…”

“There were some incidents and accidents in the past, but now it’s different.”

“What’s different?”

Having just recently caused trouble and being in a situation of living in hiding, on what basis was he so confident of change?

Unable to contain her curiosity, as soon as she turned to look at him, their gazes met immediately.

As if his eyes had been directed toward her from the beginning, he answered by moving only his mouth without the slightest movement.

“You’re here.”

“…”

“You can tell me directly, can’t you? In what way and how I should grant wishes, until I understand exactly.”

So this was… did he mean he’d grant customized wishes?

Though it was quite a tempting proposal, Evnia hadn’t forgotten the advice Ram and Seven had left.

This time too, she refused without long consideration.

“It’s still fine.”

“Are you saying you can’t trust me?”

Giyermo frowned and questioned her.

Evnia quietly shook her head.

Though distrust of him was one reason, Evnia had refused his proposal because her wish was something that couldn’t be fulfilled through him in the first place.

A bitter smile appeared on Evnia’s lips.

“My wish is…”

Please make that person love me.

It was a wish that could never be fulfilled.

If she truly cared for that man, it was a wish she shouldn’t even dare beg from God.

“I don’t have one.”

“….”

“So it’s fine. Don’t worry about it.”

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