(Risking My Life) Proposing to Miss Hazel - Chapter 34
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Chapter 34
Baron was superior to Axel in many ways. He truly lived up to being someone who had defeated monsters with just a tree branch.
He pushed me, holding the medicine bottle, into the house and closed the door, then leisurely disappeared somewhere.
It was only natural that the furious Axel followed after him.
‘Hey! Won’t you stop right there?!’
‘And you two, wh-what’s your relationship!’
‘You bastard, if you keep ignoring me like this, I won’t let it slide!’
Axel’s shouting gradually grew distant. Naturally, Baron’s response couldn’t be heard.
As the surroundings became quiet, strength left my legs. I collapsed right there and gasped for the breath I had been holding.
My vision spun and my head throbbed. I felt like I might actually get sick at this rate.
Axel was remarkable in his own way. He had the talent to turn a healthy person into a patient in just about 10 minutes.
“Crazy bastard…”
Just thinking of him made indignation rise and my stomach churn.
Mistress? That I won’t marry because I want to leech off him?
It was regrettable that I couldn’t trample that shameless face of his, even after he had given a woman unforgettable humiliation.
But I would never be able to do so in the future either.
I wouldn’t even be able to vent this humiliation to anyone.
I was an orphan with nowhere to turn, and Axel was the noble Lord’s one and only son.
It was obvious whose side cruel fate would take.
“Still, thanks to Baron, I got through today safely.”
I wonder if Baron is okay.
I was briefly worried about him who had disappeared like the Pied Piper, taking Axel with him, but I quickly dismissed my concerns.
Baron would somehow handle the situation well. In some extraordinary way that I could never think of even if I died and came back to life.
“Thank you.”
How should I repay this kindness.
It seems like I keep receiving help from Baron.
‘I don’t really like the feeling of only being in debt.’
I poured the potion he gave me into my mouth and collapsed onto the bed.
A faint sweetness lingered on my bitter tongue.
***
Knock knock knock-.
I wonder how long I had slept, but awakened by the knocking sound, I reflexively curled up and watched outside.
The words ‘Who is it?’ just wouldn’t come out of my mouth.
‘It’s not Axel, is it?’
The image of Axel standing in front of our house with red roses would remain a lifelong trauma.
But fortunately, the visitor was someone I could welcome.
“It’s me, Miss Hazel.”
Baron’s voice.
I immediately got up and hurried to the door. But the voice hadn’t come from the entrance.
It was from the window on the opposite side from the hill leading down to the village, beyond which a dense forest spread out.
An unfamiliar silhouette swayed against the white curtain through which sunlight was streaming. I pressed close to the window and whispered carefully.
“Baron?”
“If it’s alright, could you open the window please.”
“Of course.”
Rather than meeting at the entrance where anyone might see, it was better to talk by the window.
If an unmarried man and woman were seen loitering in front of a house, it would easily cause unnecessary misunderstandings.
When I opened the window, a refreshing breeze from the forest brushed my cheek.
The curtain rippled like waves and parted in half.
Baron came through and casually sat on the windowsill.
A fresh smile slanted down at me.
It was a face I could never imagine belonged to someone who had just been threatened and chased by the Lord’s son.
“Miss Hazel, are you feeling alright.”
“Yes, y-yes…”
Since it was fake illness but I even took medicine, I really am fine.
I wanted to say I was perfectly healthy now and thank him, but strangely my mouth wouldn’t open.
He looked down at me silently, then held out a paper bag he was carrying.
Through the slightly open gap, the savory and sweet smell of bread wafted up.
‘I think I’ve seen this paper bag before.’
As I just blinked blankly, he added as if explaining the reason.
“There was something I couldn’t give you earlier.”
“This… you came to give me this?”
“I heard you like this bread.”
I took the bag as if entranced and checked the bread inside.
A croissant with raspberry jam and custard cream.
It was bread I hadn’t eaten once since trying it as a sample a month ago.
With the money to buy one of these breads, I could buy three basic croissants.
Every time I went to Maria’s Bakery, I would just smell this bread and end up buying different bread instead.
How did Baron know I liked this bread.
“Maria told me it was Hazel’s favorite bread.”
“Ah…”
“She said it had the best reviews among the new products.”
“That’s right.”
My cheeks flushed hot.
It was because I remembered making a fuss to Maria that this bread was the most delicious bread in the world.
After praising it like that, I never bought the bread even once…
“Thank you, Baron. This bread is really delicious.”
I broke the croissant in half and offered half to Baron.
Yellow custard cream and red jam flowed nicely between the torn bread layers.
“Delicious things should be shared.”
“I see.”
Baron’s alluring eyes curved into a pretty line.
He obediently took the croissant and bit into it largely.
Jam and bread crumbs should have fallen everywhere, but not only the floor but even his lips remained clean. Even things like this about him were amazing.
“How is it?”
“The fundamentals and balance are good. Excellent.”
Without realizing it, a deflated laugh escaped me. Baron asked back with a voice tinged with laughter.
“Why are you laughing.”
“Just, because it’s so like you, Baron.”
I deliberately gave a roundabout answer and blocked my mouth with the croissant.
Sweet cream and tangy jam swirled ecstatically in my mouth along with the bread that was crispy outside and moist inside.
‘Crazy, it seems even more delicious.’
It was a taste that healed the mental damage from Axel’s misdeeds.
Indeed, the combination of flour, butter, and sugar is great.
As I was eating admiringly, savoring each bite, I heard Baron’s chuckling from across.
“Why are you laughing?”
“You always have to….”
Baron stopped mid-sentence and reached his hand toward my lips.
Poke, he touched the bread crumb with his fingertip and then put that finger into his own mouth.
It happened so quickly that I had no time to stop him.
I was about to ask why he ate that, but chose to finish eating the remaining croissant instead.
Where his finger had brushed felt like ticklish heat was rising.
After finishing the bread in that ticklish atmosphere, I belatedly thanked Baron.
“Thank you for helping me earlier.”
“Don’t mention it.”
“But will you be alright? If you get on the Lord’s Son’s bad side, it won’t be easy living in the village….”
Baron leisurely raised an eyebrow as if it was nothing to worry about. I felt no fear of nobility from him at all.
Was he this relaxed because he was an outsider from the city?
Perhaps Baron had no intention of staying in our village for long.
In fact, most people who came from the city planned to leave the village once the civil war ended, so Baron wouldn’t be any different.
With his outstanding abilities, he could adapt well anywhere.
As these various thoughts continued, my mood inexplicably sank. My heart felt restless and unsettled.
“Oh, and how did you shake off Lord Axel? Wasn’t he incredibly persistent?”
Baron’s bright red eyes rolled around.
He stared intently at somewhere on the mountain, then spoke abruptly without context.
“He disappeared.”
“…?”
“He was nowhere to be seen.”
“????”
A chilling smile formed at the end of his cryptic words.
Somehow I couldn’t bring myself to ask more.
***
That evening.
Felix, who returned after work, brought shocking news.
“Hazel, did you hear that news by any chance?”
“What news?”
“Don’t be too shocked when you hear this.”
“Mm-hmm.”
“Axel apparently missed his footing on the mountain and fell.”
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