The Isolated Marchioness Just Wants to Make a Living - Chapter 103

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Chapter 103

That’s when it happened.

“Huh?”

Something caught my eye.

“Look, it’s the Second Prince over there!”

A tall young man with soft brown hair.

He was lying under a tree with his knights, wearing a happy expression on his face.

But Alpheus only glanced at him briefly before walking straight ahead again.

“Right, let’s go.”

Excuse me?

Didn’t you say it was a friendship that would never exist again in this world?

“Really…? You’re just going to leave like this?”

I muttered in surprise.

“Aren’t you going to embrace his limp body and wail loudly, rub cheeks together while promising to save him, reminisce about memories while completely losing your mind regardless of whether enemies come or not?”

Then Alpheus answered firmly.

“Brisa, we’re in the middle of battle right now. You need to be able to distinguish between what’s important and what’s not.”

I stared blankly up at the protagonist whose atmosphere had completely changed.

“If you can’t do that, you lose. For victory, you must do whatever it takes.”

The war hero’s attitude was consistent as he departed immediately without even stroking Wolf-dog’s body once.

I moved my legs hurriedly while feeling a bit intimidated and watching Alpheus’s mood.

Alpheus looked down at me, then said with a light sigh.

“Get on.”

“Huh?”

“It’ll be faster if I carry you.”

At the same time, my body was lifted up.

“You’re going to go like this? It must be tiring…”

“It’s not that tiring. It’s fine.”

Alpheus really did seem fine.

Well, in the forest where time had stopped, we didn’t get hungry or sleepy.

I was carried by Alpheus and quietly looked around.

How long had we walked like that?

“Brisa.”

Alpheus stopped walking.

“Hide here.”

And he set me down behind a tree.

Having decided to listen well to my protector’s words, I silently nodded.

As I peeked out from behind the tree to watch Alpheus, I could indeed hear footsteps approaching from afar.

Someone approaching in a forest where everything had stopped was truly terrifying.

[This is quite surprising.]

A low woman’s voice echoed throughout the forest.

[How sad, to come this far and not receive the blessing of dreams…]

I opened my eyes wide at the sight of the woman who revealed herself before Alpheus.

‘Delmia Naisar?’

A beauty with the Naisar family’s characteristic red-gold hair flowing long and ruby-red eyes flashing.

‘But why is her dress like that?’

I unconsciously opened my mouth in surprise.

‘A mini skirt and fishnet stockings… how shameless.’

Wait?

Mini skirt and fishnet stockings are words from my previous life, aren’t they?

They’re also clothes that don’t exist here.

“You must be Lady Delmia. You resemble Harrison.”

Alpheus said calmly.

“I don’t particularly want to fight with the sister of a close friend. I’d prefer if we could resolve this through dialogue.”

However, all his muscles were tensed as if ready to spring into action at any moment.

[Ah, your dream of wanting a fair and just world must be entertaining only to you.]

Delmia smiled mysteriously while closing her eyes into crescent shapes.

That sight was so breathtakingly beautiful that even a little girl like me was left speechless.

[To think I’d have to step in personally… Ahhh!]

That’s when it happened.

Alpheus immediately rushed forward and kicked Delmia in the neck.

‘Oh.’

I swallowed my breath and opened my eyes wide.

‘He pretended to want dialogue while saying he didn’t want to fight ungentlemanly, then launched a surprise attack while she was talking!’

It was a rediscovery of Alpheus.

‘As expected of a war hero! He really will do anything for victory!’

Naturally, I too had expected Alpheus to maintain an attitude of ‘let’s not stop trying to resolve this amicably until the end.’

But when it came to combat, he was serious. He was sufficiently underhanded. Enough to momentarily forget his protagonist syndrome.

[Ugh! Ahhhhhhh!]

Every time Delmia was helplessly beaten, the forest shook.

The transparent leaves surrounding the forest swayed, letting sunlight in.

Where the sunlight entered, life finally moved. Grass awakened and the dew that had formed began to flow.

‘Alpheus was right! Beating her actually does something!’

Of course, Delmia was already no ordinary human, as she endured the beating without sustaining a single wound.

[Kyah, wait! Kyahhhhh, wait a moment! I’m really angry now!]

That’s when it happened.

As Alpheus’s fist aimed precisely for Delmia’s vital spot, black wings spread wide behind her back.

‘…Huh?’

Delmia fluttered and flew up.

I gaped at that bizarre sight.

[Human, to dare make me show my true form…]

Pitch-black wings and a long tail protruding from her waist. The tip was pointed like a triangle.

‘I…’

I thought blankly.

‘I, I know that… I think I know what it is.’

It was my first time seeing it, but I had that very frustrating feeling of almost knowing what it was.

The feeling of definitely knowing something but not being able to remember the name.

[I cannot bestow the blessing of dreams upon you.]

With a terrifying voice, Delmia’s red eyes flashed brightly.

[Then I shall make you wander in nightmares for the rest of your life.]

Then Alpheus, who had been looking up at Delmia in surprise at the suddenly appeared wings, staggered.

I could instinctively tell.

Alpheus was in danger.

In the original story, Alpheus had nearly died because of that sea monster in the Eastern Region. In other words, it wasn’t that attacks didn’t work on him, just that 【Charm】 didn’t work. This meant he could be defeated by Delmia.

“No!”

I rushed out without realizing it.

Just like Alpheus, who had immediately entered the forest following me despite knowing it was dangerous.

Just like Wolf-dog, who had rushed in immediately despite being told to wait.

And at that moment, there was a memory that flashed by.

“Well, if you really must step forward… I’d recommend you try looking into that young lady’s eyes once.”

“…Eyes?”

“Yes. Lady Naisar’s eyes. Look into her eyes once, and ask her to calm down.”

In front of me, Alpheus collapsed with a thud.

“Sister Delmia!”

I leaped over Alpheus and looked up at Delmia.

Delmia’s flashing red eyes turned toward me. Instantly my mind became hazy and hallucinations began appearing before my eyes.

“Ah….”

Above Delmia’s face, I saw Mother’s smiling figure.

[Brisa, shall we eat snacks and do crossword puzzles together? Brisa gets the red pen, Mother gets the blue pen. How about it?]

I blinked blankly.

Father approached from beside her and smiled kindly.

[Ah, is there no place for me now? Seeing there are only two pens, I’m a step too late.]

Father was not showing me his back.

Father, with the same platinum hair as mine neatly combed, gently stroked my hair.

In my drowsy state, an impulse to fall asleep like this surged up.

If I did, would this sweet dream continue?

Mother didn’t go mad, didn’t give tests, didn’t make me study harshly.

Father didn’t drink, didn’t get angry, didn’t turn away from me.

Even knowing it was all an illusion, I couldn’t stop being entranced in a daze.

That’s when it happened.

Father smiled deeply and said affectionately.

[Then I should take the role of giving a gift to the winning lady. What should we wager to make it interesting?]

At that moment.

I screamed out loud.

“No!”

The very fact that Father was talking about ‘wagering’ something made me have a fit.

“Don’t wager anything!”

You kept wagering things and lost Jezel Street and the Baron Plains!

Do you know how much I suffered trying to get those back!

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