My head got clean after crying.
'Come to think of it, it's only for a moment.'
When Sina comes, Sina will be the one to go with him.
'It's the same with Lumiere.'
I'm curious. Ran took her head off his shoulder and whispered, thinking so.
"Sorry."
"There's nothing to be sorry about."
Rarely, Eustaf changed the ending. He went on to say.
"Please tell me in advance if you have any pain next time."
"Yes"
"I won't leave Noonim just because Noonim is sick or I'll leave you behind."
Ran opened her eyes wide at the words and smiled quietly.
"Eus seems to have the talent of being a playboy."
"Not as much as Noonim."
"What?"
Surprised Ran countered, No way.
"What kind of popularity am I? Leave the crown prince out of the question."
"Of course, dogs should be excluded."
"That's right!"
After answering loudly, Ran looked around .
"Eus, you're being taken for real desecration of the imperial family."
As she whispered, Eustaf smiled without a change in his expression.
At that time, I could see a carriage running at a high speed over there. It was at the speed of thinking that the carriage might break.
"That's Ross."
Ran squinted at Eustaf's words.
'I like his eyes, too.'
I can't see it yet, ah!
The carriage's horseman was Ross, who quickly got closer. He jumped out of the carriage with swollen eyes.
"Lord!"
He turned in front of Eustaf.
"You're all right, really, really..."
Unable to speak, Ross rubbed his face. When I saw Lumiere's face jumping from behind the wagon, Ran reached out without realizing it.
"Ms. Ran!"
"It's okay. It's okay."
She held Lumiere's hand and exclaimed,
"What's wrong with your hand?!"
My hands were covered in blood. I could see my fingernails broken and missing.
"Just, I had some work. It's okay. Ms. Ran says....your ankle...!"
Lumiere stretched out her arms and said.
"I'll hold you."
"That's enough."
"No, I will!"
Ross jumped out of his seat. Ran struggled, too.
"Now drop me off. There's a carriage. Plus, Eus was injured."
"What!"
Ross jumped up.
"But you're well!"
"You said it's okay, but..."
"Where are you hurt? Are you alright, young master?"
Ross looked at Eustaf with a puzzled look, and in the meantime, he pulled Ran and hugged her in case Lumiere took her away. Eustaf's blue eyes seemed to burn, but sank.
"Lumiere, you hurt your hand."
Ran was embarrassed and whispered to him, and Lumiere smiled sweetly like cotton candy.
"It's okay. Ms Ran is alright."
"Get me off the wagon. How did you get here?"
Ross found Eustaf's wound and hugged him as if to move him, and Eustaf refused with a single knife.
In the meantime, Lumiere carefully seated Ran in the compartment behind the wagon.
"The Spirit has come out."
Lumiere looked at Ran's ankle and ask. Lan opened her eyes wide.
"Spirit?"
"Yes, and they said they sent you and your company to the lake nearby. That's why I came running. I don't know the details."
"Ah..."
So, you're saying Shal's here, right?
What the hell would he have said... Ran sighed .
Eustaf said, climbing next to her.
"Let's go."
Lumiere looked at Eustaf with his animal-like eyes and smiled softly.
"We'll start right away."
Soon, as the wagon started, Ran leaned against the wall of the carriage and sighed.
"I'm tired ..."
When she relaxed, she fell asleep without realizing it. Eustaf felt her body leaning and leaning against his shoulder.
When I turned around, Ran was completely asleep. The whole body was wet and messed up, and there were still traces of crying around the eyes. Eustaf turned around and carefully wiped the tears, letting her lean comfortably.
'It's a good the weather's warm.'
Otherwise, both would have been shaking. But rather than soaking wet ·······.
Then I looked around the carriage, and there was no common blanket.
'What the hell.'
Thank you for coming all the way here, but it would have been better if you had prepared well. Eustaf thought about how embarrassed Ross and Dimodia must have been.
The mine was shut down by falling rocks, and both Lazian successors were trapped inside. In an instant, all the people who would succeed Lazia disappeared. It was not that I didn't understand what was hectic.
As soon as the carriage entered the underground city and arrived at the mansion, Dimodia ran out with a large towel.
"I have a bathroom ready, too. Where did you get hurt?"
Dimodia's voice was calm and soft, and Eustaf was relieved that one of theirs is working properly.
"Noonim hurt her leg, and I have a back injury. Noonim, wake up."
Eustaf grabbed Ran by the shoulder and shook her. By shaking hard a few times, Ran opened her eyes.
"Huh?"
"We're here. You should see a doctor and wash up."
"And the Spirit is waiting."
Ran opened her eyes wide as Dimodia put the last word. Ran paused as she tried to move from her seat.
"I can't move a step right now. It hurts even if I stay still."
"I..."
Ross said when Eustaf came to carry me.
"No, Master, you're going to hurt your back."
"That's right, that's right."
When Ran responded, Lumiere said, "I'll do it," and got out of the carriage with Ran. Then, as Eustaf gets off, Dimodia crosses the towel.
Lactu and some Dwarfs were out in front of the mansion.
"The word of the Spirit is true. Are you feeling all right?"
"Except for ankles and tiredness."
Seeing Ran carried by Lumiere, Lactu nodded as she spoke.
"But I'm glad you stopped. How desperate your lover was! I got in trouble for stopping him from digging up a stone with his bare hands."
"What?"
Lover? Who?
For a moment, Lumiere's hand passed by Ran's head. Panicked, Ran said.
"I don't have a lover. No, more than that, Lumiere's hand! No, put me down. I thought it would be better if you held me with that hand..."
Lumiere went inside with the rambling Ran, and Lactu said, "Not a lover? Then is it a one-sided love?" and followed suit.
"Lumiere and I are not like that!"
Ran refuted the remark in a loud voice. When Lumiere laid Ran on the chair inside, Dwarf, dressed as a doctor, approached Ran and examined her ankle.
Lactu said with a close look.
"But he's so desperate..."
"No, akkk!"
Ran screamed without realizing it. It was because Dr. Dwarf touched Ran's ankle.
"I think there's something wrong with this bone. You could be lame for life. I'll put it on properly, but..."
-Do you want me to fix it?
Then the translucent upper body rose from the floor. Ran almost shouted 'Shal!' without realizing it.
The Dwarfs stepped back politely, not surprised by what they had experienced. Lactu said, "My spirit, it is an honor to see you again."
- You're a traveler who makes me happy for the first time in a long time. You can call me Nadium.
When Shal spoke to Ran, Ran called him, "Nadium," and he grinned again.
-Do you want me to fix that ankle?
"I'd appreciate it if you could."
-Then what are you gonna give me in return?
"I'll pay for it."
Shal-Nadium turned his head. Eustaf was standing. Nadium's blue mineral hair shook strangely.
-You're the owner of the blue ring.
"That's right."
"No, they're both guests! In addition, Ran prevented our city from being flooded. It's natural that we pay the price."
Lactu took a step forward and said Nadium, looking around.
-That's great.
Then he reached out his hand. His translucent hand swirled around her legs like an octopus leg without joints.
"...!!"
Ran shrank with coldness. Soon, however, the coldness crept into the bone and the pain disappeared, and when Nadium took his hands off, her ankle returned as white and thin as usual from swollen purple.
"Can you fix Eustaf if possible? Oh, Lumiere too."
When Ran asked, Nadium reached out to Eustaf without saying much, and he flinched and soon looked back with a curious face.
His wound was also clean and gone. He then fixed Lumiere's wounds, and Nadium turned to Lactu and said,
- Don't dig further into my side. Because it's noisy.
"All right."
- And make a lake so that the mineral water can stay.
"It will take time, but I will."
- I like flowers. Throw one flower-shaped piece into the lake every year.
"Yes"
- Then I'll mix the presents in the lake for you. This is a gift from me to you. It's been a long time since we had a good conversation.
Saying so, Nadium reached out his hand.
A pearl-colored object as big as a bowling ball was created on his palm.
Ran knew what it was.
'Nadium!'
When Ran got up from her chair and reached out her hand, Nadium fell on her hands. The weight was very light.
-Then.
After saying it like that, Nadium disappeared. Pang!
The mountain disappeared like a raindrop burst with a sound. Lactu and Dwarfs surrounded Ran with sparkling eyes.
"What the hell is that?"
"Can I touch it?"
"Show me."
"Oh, light!"
"Is it metal?"
"It looks like a new metal..."
"Listen to the sound. Looks like it's gonna be high-intensity. How do you compare it to Missreel?"
Ran quickly picked up the Nadium that was moving back and forth among the Dwarfs and said with a grin.
"I'm an outsider in handling metal, so I'd like to leave this Nadium to you if possible."
"Nadium?"
"That sounds like a nice name."
"I see. Leave it to me."
Ran smiled even more and continued.
"Of course, we'll have to negotiate first before that."
********
It was the morning of Eton, after sleeping all day, Ran woke up.
When I woke up with blank eyes, Dimodia said in a refreshing voice.
"Are you now awake?"
"Yes..."
Ran yawned long.
"Are you hungry? Dwarf's food is surprisingly good."
Dimodia said so and pushed her to go wash up by causing a disturbance in bed.
Ran jumped up after fully rejuvenating herself in the hot tub.
After filling her stomach with a thick tomato stew, Ran changed her clothes and left the room.
Ross, who was escorting, greeted her, "You're finally up."
When I wondered if he was being sarcastic, Ran nodded because he was not that kind of face.
"I finally woke up. What about Eustaf?"
"The young master is in a fight."
"Fight?"
"With Lumiere."
What? That's a rare combination. Ran asked, thinking so.
"Where?"
The venue for the two men's battle was the rooftop, so Ran went up to the top floor. Even though it was underground, the wind blew gently how it was designed.
It was quite spacious as the roof of the mansion, so Ran found two people fighting at the far end.
Ran flinched at the sharp sound of iron.
'Not a wooden sword?'
As I approached quickly in embarrassment, I could see the two were fighting with the real sword. It was very dangerous for an outsider to look at.
However, in fear of getting too close or making noise, Ran just stomped her feet in a suitable distance.
Lumiere's sword was quickly deflected into Eustaf's neck. Eustaf kicked his tongue inside, avoiding it.
'They're really spraying life.'
This kind of fight is fun, but at the same time, it was annoying.
'They're going to get rid of it.'
There are many ways. It's best to get rid of bugs in advance.
Eustaf had no intention of losing.
Lumiere noticed that Eustaf's swordsmanship had changed a little. And I could feel the gaze behind my back.
Lumiere quickly calmed down because he could tell who it was without looking back.
Deep, deep.
- It's okay, it's okay.
The hand and voice that she patted on the head.
Lumiere was spaced out. Eustaf's eyes were blinded.
Life is suppressed and it begins to appear in swordsmanship.
Eustaf began to attack more sharply, and Lumiere began to control the appearance of running wild while fitting it.
A long time later, Eustaf stepped back and naturally finished the battle. Eustaf grinned at Ran, who was running up her head.
"You'll fall while running."
"I'm not that pathetic. Are you both okay?"
Lumiere smiled at Ran.
"The young master did a doing a good job."
"I'd rather give Noonim the role of a detective."
"Huh?"
When Ran approached, Lumiere smiled feverishly and folded her hair behind her ear.
"I'm glad you look well."
"I slept 24 hours a night and slept more. Is Lumiere's hand okay now?"
She took Lumiere's hand and looked. Thanks to Nadium, his fingernails were healed.
"That's a relief."
Ran breathed a sigh of relief. She frowned and said.
"Why would you do such a reckless thing? You know you shouldn't dig a mine with your hands."
"It's better than being a dog that lost its master."
Ran opened her mouth with a smile and a pretty bitter sound.
How should I put it?
For Ran, Lumiere felt like a sore finger. I couldn't save him at his own time. He's a second male lead, so he can't keep up with Sina.
"It's not liked a dog."
Ran said so and bowed to Lumiere's hand and kissed it. The moment I felt Lumiere was stiff, Ran's body was dragged away.
"Ack!!.. Eus?"
"What are you doing?"
His voice was so disheveled that Ran was embarrassed to think that I had made a big mistake.
"Huh? No, it's also precious to Lumiere...."
You value yourself.
"Be aware of your position."
"Uh, yeah."
When Ran replied, Eustaf let go of her collar. Ran trimmed her collar and cleared her throat.
Lumiere was looking at the back of his hand as if it were stuck.
"Lumiere...?"
When Ran called him carefully, Lumiere looked up and smiled at her.
'Uwa..!'
It was a smile that made me feel like my heart was beating against something without realizing it.
At that time, Eustaf stepped between them and pulled Ran's arm. As Ran was being dragged by him.
"Eus? Why?"
"I can't take any more chances."
"Huh?"
"Noonim."
Eustaf just stopped. Ran also stopped and looked at him.