"I don't want to leave you."
"Then don't go."
"But, Eus, but-"
Ran raised her confused green eyes and looked at Eustaf.
"Shh - That's all right. Stay here with me."
"But, but, Eus, I'm scared. I'm scared-"
An unbearable sensation gripped her sharply. There was anxiety as if someone was stabbing her behind her back.
Ran was sobbed at the sensation that a panic attack would come.
Eustaf's hand gently swept down her shoulder. But the other hand held her wrist tightly.
Ran looked down at the ground and breathed out a harsh breath. Only after a few deep breaths Ran could speak out.
"I'm weird. Eustaf."
At her words, Eustaf said cautiously, looking into whether Ran could talk.
"Maybe you're caught by the sorcerer's spell."
Ran curled up her toes. It was more painful that I could not run now than the coldness of the cold stone floor.
"A sorcerer·······?"
"Yes, the sorcerer who controlled the Empress, as I said before."
"Yes·····."
Ran breathed heavily. She said with her eyes closed.
"Let's go down for now."
Then Eustaf grabbed Ran to relax and said.
"The way down is this way, not that way."
Eustaf said so, holding Ran by the arm, began to walk down the narrow stairs.
It was hard for him to stay calm, too. I wanted to pick her up right away, lock her in a windowless room, and lock the door.
But if you do that, it may shock Ran even more. I didn't want to.
You shouldn't do that.
I'm glad my fingertips touched Ran. The close moment felt like my whole body's blood was escaping even if I think about it again.
Ran looked back several times and stopped, each time Eustaf called Ran in a soft voice as if soothing a wounded lamb, causing her to stagger down on her own.
Eustaf took her into the nearest room.
When Ran went in, he locked the door from the inside, and quickly closed the window while Ran was nervously hovering around the room.
Only a warm orange lamp shone in the dark.
Ran pulled her hair and tried to calm it down in her head. Logically, yes, I know it's stupid to try to jump.
But I couldn't stand it.
"Ran, Ran, look at me."
Eustaf shook her shoulder lightly, and Ran looked up. His blue eyes seem to be sucked in.
"Tell me exactly. What did he say?"
When Ran turned her eyes unknowingly, Eustaf said again, "Look at me." Ran looked into his eyes with a trembling breath.
"When the full moon rises, fly up. At the top of the mansion."
Eustaf's blue eyes sank thicker. He said, gently caressing Ran's wet cheeks.
"Ran, do you believe everything I say?"
Ran nodded. Eustaf was good, whispered to her.
"There is no full moon. There's no moon."
Ran blinked loudly.
"I ate all the moon and moonlight."
Eustaf said so and kissed Ran with his lips slightly open. Ran, who had been hardened by his gentle induction of her, began to react to his kisses little by little.
Eustaf finished kissing and lightly suffered from his lips.
"Because I've eaten it all up."
It's a joke that allusions are meant to be.
Just by changing the switch, it works.
Ran nodded.
She hugged Eustaf and took a deep breath. He smelled of winter.
The smell of Lazia's snow.
I think I'm coming back to my senses little by little.
"Eus."
"Yes."
"Sorry."
"No."
Eustaf said so, wrapping Ran's face in both hands, making her see himself and licked her cheek.
"Eustaf!"
Ran jumped, and he grinned, "That's salty."
Ran felt her trembling body and anxious thoughts faded a little. She pushed the anxiety into one corner and said.
"What do we do now?"
"We have to call the sorcerer or Haresh."
"The sorcerer-"
"It'll be the last choice."
Ran nodded at Eustaf's words.
"I don't want to be caught in the dark."
She murmured and pulled her hair back and Eustaf restrained the hand. Ran shook her head.
"No, it's okay. Now."
He looked suspicious, but Eustaf let go and Ran gave a big sigh.
Then the mansion became noisy.
"Master! Where are you!"
Lumiere's desperate voice opened Ran's eyes wide, and Eustaf turned to the door and looked at Ran.
"You can stay here- No, I'll come with you."
Eustaf reached out his hand and Ran held it gently. After opening the locked door and going out into the hallway, Eustaf whistled sharply, and there was a sound of running from over there, but Lumiere ran.
He looked visibly relieved when he saw Ran. Lumiere swept his face with both hands and said.
"If you're going to be closed, please tell me, Master. I was surprised that the bedroom was empty."
At his smile, Ran looked at Eustaf.
"You have to tell Lumiere, too."
Lumiere's face became serious.
"What's the matter?"
At that time, I could see the servants who were asleep at Lumiere's disturbance and Eustaf's whistles running with lamps up, saying, "What's going on?"
Among the group there is Sina.
Eustaf raised his hand to silence them and said, "It's over, go back," and since everyone woke up in the middle of the night, he simply stepped down even though he could express his dissatisfaction.
It showed his belief to be Patriarch and his leadership. All that was left was Lumiere and Sina. Sina said in tears.
"I found the garden because Unnie disappeared. But I could hear the sound from the top..."
'Oh, you heard my argue with Eustaf.'
Ran nodded and said.
"Let's come in and talk for now."
It was Eustaf who came into the room and talked instead of Ran. Ran sat on the sofa, leaning against Eustaf and closing her eyes.
Lumiere opened her eyes wide, and Sina thought hard and said.
"Then why don't we just jump?"
"What?"
Lumiere turned his head and Eustaf's eyes narrowed. When Ran saw Sina, Sina scratched her cheek and said.
"Don't you think you can make your body soar with magic or something like that? Or you can accept it from the bottom. And, uh..... just fly on the lunar calendar, so it's not a repeat order to keep doing that."
Ran opened her mouth blankly at Sina's words.
Of course, it cannot be a repetitive command. It's over if you do it once.
Sina was embarrassed by the way she looked at her, so she spoke as if she were making excuses.
"Of course, I don't know much about it....."
"It's worth a try."
That's what Eustaf said and raised himself up.
"I'll tell Marquis Cyrus and ask him to lend me the wizard. I'll use some flying magic."
The high-ranking noble without a wizard is the Duke of Lazia, so there must be a wizard in the Marquess Cyrus. When Eustaf left, Sina took over the spot.
Lumiere rose from his seat and stepped back to the door.
Sina said, holding Ran's hand tightly.
"Unnie is okay?"
"Yes."
Ran said with a sigh. Actually, I don't know if it's okay or not.
"But I like Sina's idea. I think it's worth trying. Thank you."
"No, I'm glad this helps."
Sina shook her head.
It was bothering me that Lumiere and she, both of them, strangely confirmed the full moon.
Sina's room was right next to Ran's, and there was a door that had never been used before.
This was the first time that Sina had used the door.
"And I went to .... wake Lumiere up in surprise because Lan Unnie wasn't there."
Ran asked, frowning.
"Was I that weird?"
Sina looked at her head.
"No, you looked pretty good, but weirdly full, no, only when you was talking about that round thing."
It was a poem that changed its words secretly in case the word "full moon" became a trigger.
Ran looked up and said, "Did I?" But thanks to him, Eustaf held him back from jumping....
"Good for you."
Ran made a noise and spat out a word. I didn't want to give any other thought to dig in.
Ran then quickly told Sina to turn her mind around.
"Why don't you wake up my maid? I can't believe you're going to wake Lumiere up right away-"
When Ran said with a smile, Sina was embarrassed and looked at Lumiere at the doorway far away, and then she made excuses after seeing Ran.
"Well, my Unnie maid still a little awkward.... and I thought I shouldn't be caught sneaking into the room. It's reliable in Lumiere..."
"I'm not saying anything? Good job."
When Ran tapped Sina's hand, Sina looked relieved. And then she said,
"Unnie better get dressed properly for now. To meet the wizard. I'll call the maid."
Ran nodded at Sina's words, and Sina pulled the rope vigorously. I always pull it, but I couldn't get rid of the strange feeling whenever I pulled it.
After a while, she ordered the servant who came in to bring her clothes, and Dimodia and Kara, dressed neatly as if they had been awake, came in and changed Ran's clothes.
Meanwhile, a wizard arrived from Marquis Cyrus.
The wizard looked puzzled and even more embarrassed when asked to cast a flying spell on Ran, who was jumping from the tower.
"No?"
"No, I can."
When asked by Eustaf, the wizard shook his head and answered quickly.
"Then I beg you."
The wizard politely replied, "All right."
Anyway, there was no good against the Duke of Lazia's.
Moreover, the capriciousness of the nobility has been well- known. I wondered what flight magic was at dawn, but I could still go back to sleep after this.
The wizard, Ran, and Eustaf climbed the narrow staircase again. Eustaf let the wizard go up first and kissed and said to Ran before he left the tower.
"We return all the moonlight."
LlRan smiled without realizing it, then poked his eyes and smiled again.
Now I can do something comfortably.
I enjoyed the fact.
The wizard said as Ran climbed up the tower.
"Please wait a moment. I'll cast a spell."
The wizard waved his cane and memorized the small spell, and Ran saw a sparkling magic image drawn under her feet and said "Whoa-!". The wizard said and exhaled.
"You can run now."
Ran laughed and jumped so lightly on the railing that make Eustaf heart sank even though he knew it.
Sina and Lumiere, who were watching from under the tower, felt the same way.
However, Ran's body, which was falling down, rose again and she burst into laughter.
The dark hair shone like gold thread in the bright moonlight, and the eyelashes surrounding her green eyes sparkled like gold frames.
Feeling dizzy, Eustaf looked at Ran.
There was a little anxiety in his mind.
Just as Ran suddenly came to his life one day, maybe she suddenly disappeared one day.
There were times when I couldn't stand my anger at everything that tried to take her away from me when I thought like that.
And now, I'm anxious to see Ran dancing in the air lightly.
I really think she's going to fly.
"Look, Eus, it's really flying."
She grabbed the hem of the dress with an innocent face and nodded at her lightly twirling words.
"Yes, you are."
Eustaf approached the railing and pushed his hand out, and Ran gently held his hand.
Ran's body was lightly drawn and touched the railing with a small sound of twinkling shoes.
However, she still had her dress and her hair floating lightly because it didn't weigh at all of it.
"How is it?"
At Eustaf's words, Ran rolled her green eyes lightly and breathed a sigh of relief.
"The whisper is gone."
At the words, Eustaf jerked her around and hugged her tightly. With his feet floating, Ran hugged him tightly.
"It's okay now. I'm sorry to have worried you."
Eustaf took a deep breath of her scent without saying anything. Deep relief rose from the inside of his heart.
Ran grinned at the wizard.
"Now you can release the magic."
While staring blankly at Ran, the wizard swung his wand again in fear of emptiness, and Eustaf could now clearly feel Ran's weight.
"Ran."
He called her name again and gave strength to Ran's arms.
"Don't fly away."
At Eustaf's words, Ran held him tightly together.
"Yes."
In a small answer, Ran turned his arm back and gently swept Eustaf's arm.
"Hurt, ointment should be applied."
Those were the wounds she scratched earlier. Eustaf said.
"It's better if I get sick."
"If you ask me to do it, I'll say no."
At Ran's words, Eustaf burst into laughter and buried his face tightly in the back of her neck.
"Hmmm, hm."
It was not until the unbearable wizard coughed a few times that Eustaf let Ran go. Nevertheless, I could see that he was anxious, so Ran began to walk down the stairs first.
As I came down from the tower, Sina and Lumiere, who were waiting, asked with a nervous face.
"How it is, Unnie? Are you all right?"
"Yes, I'm fine now."
When Ran smiled and said, Sina gave a deep sigh of relief.
"I'm glad. I'm so glad to hear that."
"Thank you, Sina. Thanks to you."
"No."
Sina jumped up, and Ran said, "Go to bed tonight. Let's talk tomorrow," she said, nodding.
"Yes, Unnie should take a rest, too."
"Lumie, take her back."
Lumiere looked at her and nodded at Ran's words. When Lumiere and Sina left together, Ran told Eustaf.
"Today, shall we stay up all night?"
When Eustaf looked at Ran, she said with a cool look.
"It's just that we're going to be nervous about going to bed ..."
"Of course."
Eustaf kissed Ran on the back of her hand and smiled.
"Shall we play a game together?"
"Yes."
Ran nodded.