The Lady Only Deals With the Real Ones - Chapter 235

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A single star slid long across the night sea.

One, two.

The lights that had been streaking sparsely over the waves soon poured down enough to paint the vast sea white.

“…Did Father prepare this?”

“How could anyone prepare something like this?”

He meant it was a real meteor shower.

Theodor laughed and patted Tesagh’s back, who stood speechless and still.

“Go on quickly.”

Then he subtly pulled Ailren back with him.

Tesagh turned his head and slowly approached Elisha, who stood in the midst of the shower of light.

Violet eyes filled with starlight turned toward Tesagh.

The two looked at each other in silence for a while.

“Ahem.”

Elisha lifted her chin slightly, cleared her throat, and extended her left hand.

Tesagh smiled and knelt down, pressing his lips deeply to Elisha’s ring finger where the ring was placed.

“Let’s be happy together, Elisha.”

Tesagh, who had always said only you need to be happy, spoke those words.

Elisha looked up once at the sky where stars were falling, then helped him stand and embraced him tightly.

“Yes. It will come true.”

The child directly shaped by the World Tree answered.

That was enough.

Elisha, who had been quietly watching the gradually subsiding meteor shower with their fingers intertwined, asked casually.

“By the way, it seems the Duke’s family doesn’t know that Tesagh proposed to me with house deeds?”

“Even if they knew, they would have scolded me for doing it so ungracefully.”

“But I like that aspect of Tesagh.”

“…The ungraceful aspect?”

“No. I like how you’re sincere about everything, even if you’re clumsy. To be precise, I like that aspect too.”

Elisha poked Tesagh’s reddened ear and giggled.

They heard sniffling sounds from behind. When they turned around, Theodor, who had been hiding behind a box watching them, was wiping away tears.

“You two look so good together.”

“Well, yes.”

“Thank you, Lord Theodor. Thanks to you, I received a proposal in such a wonderful place.”

Elisha pinched Tesagh’s back as he muttered ‘Can I really call this Father’s doing?’ and answered instead.

Theodor blew his nose, saying he should hurry and tell Belastard, then suddenly spoke.

“Oh, but Miss Elisha. How did you recognize me?”

“Your expression.”

“Expression?”

“Yes. When you were disguised as a hotel manager, you smiled at me. Your smiling expression was similar to Tesagh’s. So I had a hunch.”

“I resemble Father?”

“I resemble this guy?”

It was puzzling why both were so surprised. Of course, their impressions were completely different.

Theodor was gentle and soft, but Tesagh resembled Belastard and was much sharper.

In fact, except for the hair color inherited from Theodor, when expressionless, Tesagh looked like Belastard could have given birth to him alone.

But when smiling, Tesagh had a similar feeling to Theodor.

‘So that’s why his eyes were ash-colored when he disguised himself as ‘Alter.”

It seemed to be a color taken from Theodor’s eyes.

Had Tesagh been secretly thinking about his father regularly? Elisha was chuckling when—

“As expected of an appraiser, you have good observation skills. I thought Miss Elisha saw through my magic because she’s a saint.”

“Haha, that’s not it. I don’t have divine power anymore. I just thought you might be disguised like when Tesagh used a disguise magic tool… Hmm?”

Wait.

Tesagh had definitely said there was no disguise magic tool made for Theodor.

So Elisha had speculated that Theodor might have a magic tool ordered from somewhere other than the Duke’s Mage Tower.

‘But the Magic Tower’s technology is supposedly the best in the duchy. Yet even the disguise magic tools made at the Magic Tower could only change eye and hair color…’

How could Theodor change his face and body shape as if wearing someone else’s skin?

“Lord Theodor, you said ‘my magic’?”

“Ah, yes. I’m a mage, you see.”

“…What?”

“Yes?”

“Huh? Didn’t Belastard tell you?”

Question marks floated around.

“Wait. You’re saying Father is a mage? Since when?”

“Since when? Since I was born.”

“What on earth does that…?”

“That’s why I was more concerned about your magic immunity, and I kept it secret that I’m a mage in case you might be confused. But Belastard said she would tell you recently…?”

“This is the first I’m hearing of it!”

The father and son fell into confusion, but Elisha and Ailren nodded as if understanding.

“So that’s how you could adventure around the world alone on a small boat.”

“That’s why you could return safely despite being kidnapped several times. Now I understand.”

“Right! I had wondered why there was a Magic Tower at the Duke’s residence. That was also because of Lord Theodor.”

“Ah, that makes sense.”

Unlike the two who were understanding on their own, Tesagh, who was rarely shocked, summoned Belastard.

“Mother, what do you mean Father is a mage?”

Belastard said calmly.

-Ah, I was supposed to tell you. I forgot.

“…”

-You keep waking people up at 4 AM and nagging them to work, so my brain cells are dying. Anyway, you heard it from Theodor, right? That’s enough then.

“…”

-I’m hanging up.

Elisha, watching Tesagh frozen with a pale face, whispered to Ailren.

“Count Ailren, could you possibly exclude this part when reporting mission completion to the royal family?”

“I’m sorry, but it’s difficult to omit things on my own discretion. However, if Your Highness gives an order instead of a request, I can exclude it.”

“Then may I give you an order?”

“Yes, I will follow your order.”

It was much later when Tesagh came to his senses.

The next day.

When they arrived back at the port where the cruise had departed, four people disembarked.

“Well then, Miss Elisha, let’s meet again at the Duke’s residence. Count Ailren, you’ve had a hard time because of me too.”

“Please go in, Father.”

“Yes, well… Tesagh, I’ll see you soon too…”

Theodor, who had dark circles under his eyes from having a long interrogation-like conversation with Tesagh all night, disappeared first through the magic circle.

“Then will you two return directly to Moro Duchy?”

“Hmm, probably so.”

The wedding preparations would be done in Moro Duchy, but the wedding ceremony was planned to be held in Rionet Duchy.

So Elisha nodded, but strangely, Tesagh, who she expected would suggest departing for Moro Duchy immediately, was quiet.

He was looking at the magic circle where Theodor had disappeared.

“Tesagh?”

“Elisha, before that, we should go to Presrife Imperial Palace first.”

“That’s fine with me, but why?”

Tesagh spoke quietly.

“I have something to tell you.”

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[Crescenziano Diosa Pilgrim]

Crescens was looking at the nameplate on the prison cell.

After waking up, he met with no one and simply stared at the wall, which some said was due to shock.

Some called it trauma from fear of being used again, while others interpreted it as inevitable emptiness from one of his two personalities disappearing.

But they were all wrong.

“I just originally dislike meeting people and enjoy looking at walls.”

They said it was a foregone conclusion that he would receive a not guilty verdict at his trial in a few days.

People only saw him as a pitiful and unfortunate victim manipulated by another personality.

It should be something to celebrate. At least he wouldn’t rot in prison for life for crimes committed by his other personality.

‘But if I said I wasn’t particularly happy about it, if I said I wouldn’t mind staying in prison.’

What expressions would all those people who pity me make?

‘Ah, not everyone though.’

Crescens recalled his first and last visitation.

“A gift, you say.”

“Yes. A gift that Brother absolutely needs and will find very useful. However, there’s just one condition—would you like to hear it?”

She had offered to give him a gift, but

“No.”

That strange brother of his cut her off with a single word.

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