After washing in hot water, I felt relieved after eating lightly with milk tea and fruit.
Kara said with a grin.
"I ordered a new couch."
"Huk-"
Ran's face turned red and coughed. Kara spoke nonchalantly.
"I randomly ordered a similar design, will it be okay?"
"It's all right."
The word barely came out.
"Kara, you're so."
When Ran stared, Kara covered her mouth with her hands and laughed loudly.
Even after that - going into battle - Kara remained nonchalantly among the maid in her maiden uniform, and Soda and Kara remained silent.
No, what should I say? She seemed to feel secure.
I was wary of wolves, but when I saw them, I felt confident that they were shepherd's board colliery.
It got a little awkward with Dimodia, but she still seemed to be long about Dimodia. In addition, it seemed like it was because Dimodia was pretending.
Later, she called only Soda and Kara slightly to talk about Kara, and Kara replied with an elegant smile.
"I saw Dragon in front of me, and this is about it."
Ran nodded, 'That's true.'
If your comparison is a legendary dragon, you are afraid of anything.
'I feel like I'm okay with anything now.'
Then Ran held the two hands tightly.
"Thank you for your understanding. Both of them."
Kara bowed her head, saying that she was ecstatic, and Soda's face heated up with emotion like a young lady.
Since then, the maid have been doing well, building their own bonds.
Should I say that the ground becomes stronger after the rain?
"You don't have to change it without saying that. No, change it. And claim to Eustaf."
"I should," Kara laughed as she added grumbling.
Others may say she is a climbing maid, but Ran liked such a Kara.
She will speak without hesitation what other people can't say because of hissing.
And if you're in a position like that, you're precious. Kara said, coughing in vain.
"Of course, it's good to have a close relationship."
"That's right."
Dimodia nodded.
Ran asked quickly to get out of the topic.
"Well, what's the rest of my schedule for today?"
"You were originally supposed to meet the top share of Golden Rose, but I've been informed that you'll be coming tomorrow for unavoidable reasons."
"Levery? She'll stay here for a few days, and the guest room will be ready, right?"
Kara looked down lightly, "Of course," she said.
"Well, that's enough, and what else?"
Kara bowed down and whispered.
"They say Khan has something to say in the evening."
"All right."
Ran nodded her head.
'Even if it's evening, it's soon.'
Ran peeked out the window. Looking at the sunset sky and the clock alternately, I could definitely feel spring coming.
'It's getting longer and longer.'
Ran put sweet and sour strawberries in her mouth. Before spring, the taste of the strawberries that came out at the time when the winter cold eased a little was fantastic. Ran sighed, feeling the sweetness bursting on her tongue.
With the last pill in her mouth, Ran got up from her seat.
"Then I'll get back to work."
*******
Khan looked at his new lord with interesting eyes.
Ran was reading his report meticulously.
After Nok-yeong became a member of the Duchess's-soon to become Queen Lazia -, Ran has seemed to be looking at the organizational chart in many ways.
"There's a wider range of information you can bring than you think? It's a real catch."
Khan laughed as Ran lightly folded the report.
"Have you tested it?"
"Yes."
When you take over a new organization, it's natural to see where it can function.
He replied nonchalantly and said Ran.
"I'm thinking of transforming the green light into a top."
"Top?"
"Right."
Ran grinned.
"You can go everywhere on the continent, and you're sensitive to information and trends. Besides, I can make money."
Ran said she tried to raise gold coins.
"And money goes from emperors to beggars, everywhere."
The reason why aristocrats can be aristocrats is because they own their estates and have a huge amount of wealth.
Because I couldn't do this, my status system collapsed.
It was capital that eventually broke down the status system regardless of the ancient and eastern regions.
So Ran didn't want to let go of any capital.
'I'm not arguing for anything like Golden Rose.'
I don't think money can do anything. Man does not move only by money.
I'll give you 10 billion won to pass by, so you want to jump off the cliff now? You can do anything with the money except give it to your family,' and everyone will refuse.
That kind of work doesn't make a living by paying for it.
Ran looked at Khan, and Khan looked at her with black eyes.
Ran's heart ached and his eyes dropped. Because I remembered Sina.
I forgot because I was busy at work, but it was hard to resist when I suddenly came up like this.
Lumiere's body was near the gate, but a separate grave was also set up in the cemetery for the dead of the Knights of Blue flame.
He was as dead as he knew he would be born again over there, but she would never see him again.
Ran pushed the idea far away. Don't cry now.
'Nice.'
Ran turned her thoughts to the present.
Nokyeong's loyalty to the Lazian family is not just for money.
Ran bought the point very high.
A man fights for what he thinks is right and dies.
If they thought it was the right way to do so for Lazia, Lazia had to pay back accordingly.
"We're going to make a new top and a branch across the continent. I will make a bill and make it worthwhile in any country."
Khan looked around his head.
"It's a big dream, but will it be Nokyeong alone? Besides, Nokyeong's mission is ······."
"Yes, so it's divided into three."
Ran picked three fingers.
"One is a person who specializes in information collection, like Nokyeong now. And the other one is someone who works hard in commerce who doesn't know that."
Khan eyes were slightly outstanding.
"I understand what you mean."
Ran grinned.
"A strong light gives you a deeper shadow."
To hide trees in the forest.
To look plausible, you really need someone you believe is harmless.
- What? This top is a spy? What are you talking about? A person who really doesn't know anything.
And someone who can work behind him because he has that kind of person.
"And thirdly, the real elite."
"Nokyeong is an information-gathering organization, and I don't do that. It's a mystery. Those who do things that might be called."
At Khan's words, Ran just laughed.
Even the fact that there was no definite answer was the owner of Nokyeong, so I felt proud of him.
Ran leaned deeply against the chair and continued.
"So there will be a whole reopening. Anyway, let's get our hands on the wealth of the continent."
"Understand."
Short words and Khan grinned.
"Give me a greening."
Ran replied with a light nod.
"The essence of green is to you."
Khan said, "I'll bring you a new report," and then backed away and slipped into the shadows in the room.
Ran looked up and saw it, but she never matched where and how it disappeared.
'It's really fascinating.'
Ran took her eyes off the corner of the room and looked at the candle on the desk.
There was a magic lamp, so there was no need for candles for lights. It was a scented candle.
I stared blankly at the candle, which smelled sweet and subtle, shaking.
'Ah.'
Alone.
There is no one here, and she was alone in the room now.
Ran pulled her legs over the chair and gathered her knees. She pressed her face tightly with both hands and breathed out long.
It's different anyway.
Yeah, I know that.
But if it went as it was, Lumie wouldn't have died.
It made Ran's heart sting.
Lily also sent a long letter explaining the situation, but she didn't know how far she would understand.
She may resent herself.
Of course, Lily would have died if she had gone the way she was. But that's Ran's excuse and they don't know.
If you cry like this, Lumie must have laughed, saying, "You too, master."
'Ah.'
The thought of this made me cry unbearably. She buried her forehead between her knees and sobbed.
"Ran."
At that time, she looked up at the voice calling her. Eustaf was standing.
I didn't know that the lighting was dark before I knew it. The candle glistened dimly in the darkness.
Thinking it was a good thing, Ran quickly wiped her eyes away.
"I must have dozed off."
"That's not what you sounds like."
Eustaf reached out and gently pressed her wet cheek. A warm, callous hand with hard flesh.
It's the hand of the person I love. Ran closed her eyes and exhaled.
Eustaf leaned over, curled up with her knees together, lifted Ran lightly, and he swung her on the chair and sat her on his thighs.
Eustaf whispered, pressing Ran's face on his shoulder.
"You can cry your heart out."
"...."
Ran's face was distorted.
Lumiere was a precious person to Ran, and she had no feelings for romance, but I thought it was a bit awkward to cry because of him in Eustaf's arms. Later on, I think it's because I think Eustaf was always on the lookout for Lumiere.
But I still wanted to be comforted by Eustaf.
Because he is the person I love the most. I hope he understands me.
So Ran burst into tears to his heart's content.
Eustaf gently patted the crying Ran on the back. I didn't want to see Ran's face holding back until she was in front of me.
I wanted you to cry and be silly. Because she's the one I love.
A long time later, her cries began to calm down, and Eustaf kissed Ran's temple.
"Shhh - That's all right. I'm here."
Ran nodded in his arms and dragged her tightly in his arms, so Eustaf held back his laughter.
It's not the time to laugh.
"And so did Ran. He's going to be born again over there and meet Sina. And that's what happens."
"Yes."
He answered with a nasal voice, and as she had already heard, again and again, consolation was gained.
"Eus."
"Yes."
"Eus, don't get sick and don't get hurt, okay?"
"Of course."
Eustaf's answer gave Ran a small exhale.
A little awkward, Ran couldn't look at him and fiddled with the hem of his clothes.
"What about Eus? If you want to cry, you can cry as much as you want."
At Ran's words, Eustaf was silent for a moment and muttered, "I don't know", he said.
When Ran looked up, Eustaf returned a faint smile and said.
"I'm angry about what Lazia lost. But I've never thought of crying sad like Ran."
It doesn't feel like that.
Even when my mother died, and when my father died.
Not a tear came out.
It was rather amazing to Ran that such tears came out.
Eustaf asked, thinking that wet gold eyelashes and sparkling green eyes are beautiful.
"Is it strange?"
"No."
Ran shook her head and said, burying her cheek in his chest.
"Isn't it balanced because I cry twice?"
"That's fine."
Eustaf wrapped his arms around Ran's waist. Ran rubbed her cheeks, straightened her waist, raised her head and kissed him lightly.
"Eus has me."
"There's Ran."
A person who is not an enemy or a subordinate, but an equal conversation and exchange of thoughts.
When Ran's lips were raised and a smile was drawn, Eustaf was relieved and bowed his head and leaned his forehead on her shoulder.
Ran snugly stroked his hair lightly.
After a while, Eustaf took a light breath and raised his head.
"You're making a top."
"Ah, you've already started talking?"
"Yes, and you can tell by the way it goes."
"Don't you think it's okay?"
"I think it would be better to run the top directly from the royal family, but ·······."
"Oh, is it his somatic problem?"
Ran bit lightly on the lower lip. This aristocratic pride was still incomprehensible to Ran, a very pragmatic person from modern times.
Even if a ruined man freezes to death, he does not bathe himself with a rope and his back.
I know it's that kind of feeling. This noble family is more like that in strange places.
'Just by looking at Olivia.'
Ran suddenly thought of her.
'You don't admit you're wrong.'
If you're wrong in your way, you can admit that you're wrong and turn quickly, but you don't change your direction because "It used to be good this way" or "My pride to change it now." And when the method fails, the anger is poured into the wrong place.
'Oh, well, isn't it just a matter of nobility. No, the nobles are worse. out of the pride of nobility'
In comparison, Lazia is a big surprise.
Maybe because they live in the north, survival comes first.
'For the Empire, it's kind of barbaric. It's a thousand-year- old family, so it's pretty recognizable.'
"Then, does the top make you less dignified as a kingdom? Can't we?"
"From what I've experienced so far, ······ I don't think that dignity is that important."
"Right? Of course, I'll do it. Besides, I have it, so it'll be okay. It's more like a queen's game than a king."
"Excited."
For a moment, Eustaf murmured, recalling the money Ran had conceived, and Ran laughed.
"That's what I'm saying."
Eustaf smirked and whispered to her.
"I like it when Ran smiles like that."