Before Ritey could finish his sentence, Artolia interrupted him. Both Ritey and Merlin fell to the bed and groaned in pain. Neither of them expected Artolia to say such a pleasant and scary thing.
"This old man is frightened and needs some time to calm down, so I will take my leave first. As for you guys…sigh…take care of yourselves, especially Litte.”
Merlin sat up and left behind this sentence. He stood up and held the staff that looked like a 'walking stick' no matter how he looked at it, and left with his slightly swollen forehead.
Lying on the bed and watching Merlin leave, Rittley wanted to say," I'm scared too, so I need some time to calm down. If you want to leave, please take me with you." However, Rittley thought that if he said that, Atoria might break his legs on the spot. He could only hold Atoria's waist with a face full of despair and hide his face in her belly."Toria, if you want to sell potions with me, you have to swear to me that you won't talk nonsense or ruin my money-making plan. Otherwise, I won't take you even if you kill me!”
Rittery, who had become bolder in the past year, often did intimate things to Artolia when they were alone. Even so, Rittery never kissed her. It was not because Artolia didn't want him to kiss her, nor because he didn't want to kiss her. It was because they had a serious discussion about it one night and came to a conclusion.
" I don't want to ruin this kind of relationship that feels good even though it's neither too good nor too bad.'
From then on, the two of them had been master and servant, friends, and even lovers until now, even though the process was a little painful for Litte.
After hearing Ritter's words, Artolia lowered her head and looked at Ritter, who was hiding his face in his abdomen, making his voice a little muffled and making her feel a little hot and itchy. She thought for a while and then said,""Alright, I swear to you that I will never speak nonsense and will never ruin your money-making plan. However, I have to make it clear that if you lie to the poor, my oath will be void.”
After that, Artolia used the hand that had grabbed Litte's hair to smooth his messy golden hair.
Ritter wanted to refute but couldn't. He sighed helplessly."Sigh…you…I really don't know what to say about you.”
Rittery's tone was mixed with helplessness and indulgence. He pampered Artolia more than anyone else. No matter what she did wrong, Rittery would always say that she did the right thing. If she really couldn't say it, she would take the responsibility or just say that she did it.
Even though Merlin repeatedly stressed that spoiling Altolia would make her a terrible person, Litte did not change anything. This was because Altolia, who had been raised as a boy since she was young, had never received the love and tolerance that a girl should have. She had always been rewarded for doing something right, and she did not even receive praise verbally. However, if she did something wrong, she would be severely punished.
Of course, Rittery also knew that giving rewards or verbal praise for doing the right thing might make Altolia become the kind of person who would do the right thing for rewards and compliments. However, it would be too much if she didn't get any rewards or verbal compliments. Therefore, Rittery didn't change anything.
Artolia knew that Ritter had agreed. She pulled him up before he could sit up. Without giving him a chance to speak, she threw a white and blue dress without any lace into his arms."Ritter, help me get dressed."
Artolia, who had asked Ritter to dress her, was not like this before. She would dress herself and then when Ritter saw her, to be precise, Ritter would help her tidy up the wrinkles or the parts that were not properly dressed.
Now, because she was so spoiled by Ritter, she hadn't dressed herself for a long time. Even if she went back to her room to sleep, she would ask Ritter to dress her in the morning.
Through these experiences, Ritter, who had experienced the hardships of Altolia who used to wake him up every morning, and Ritter, who was unwilling to get up in the morning and even more unwilling to serve her after getting up, risked being knocked on the head and asked Merlin to share a room with her.
Fortunately, Littey, who thought that his head would be hit by Merlin's staff, was not treated this way. Instead, he received a " yes " answer.
However, it did not take long for Ritter to regret making this request to Merlin. He realized that he, who had to comb, dress, wash, and bathe Altolia every day, and who had to deal with her monthly problem, had become the noble lady's personal maid.
Rittery was very dissatisfied but could not complain to anyone because it was her own request. She could only hold back her tears and learn from the old maid whom Merlin had found who thought she was a girl disguised as a man. As a young girl, Altoria should have learned what a woman should pay attention to, what she should eat, and what she should do to protect herself during the few days of each month. He could only hide the words " Why should a young man like me learn something that only young girls need to learn " in his heart, and then cry out with tears," I want to die ". Then, the old maid raised her hand and knocked his head hard. In the end, he continued to learn knowledge with tears in his eyes.
Now, Ritter, who had learned everything she knew from the old maid's careful teaching, squatted down in front of Artolia, who was standing by the bed, and put on the long blue dress from top to bottom. He looked at her, who had a natural expression on her face, and said,""Looking at you now, I really want to go to Teacher Merlin and ask him to make a medicine that can turn me into a woman. Then, I'll drink this medicine and borrow a maid costume from Nasha!”
The serious Ritter was not joking. He was serious. No matter what, he could not turn into a girl. At most, he could turn into someone who was neither male nor female.
"You want to…"
"Alright, stop talking. I'm going to comb your hair.”
Rittery had guessed what Artolia wanted to say, so she didn't want to hear what she had to say. That was why she stopped her in this way. Artolia was a little unhappy about it, but she did as Rittery said and protested to him silently.
Facing such a situation, Litte thought that she might as well protest to him in a voice, because it would not hurt much. Even if it hurt, it would only be a moment. It was much less painful than stepping on her own foot silently.
However, because of what he had just said and he didn't want to continue the topic, Ritter could only be a mute who couldn't say anything. He used the white rhinoceros horn comb with roses carved on it that he had bought from a merchant who came to England at a high price to comb Altolia's hair.
Ritey endured the pain and combed and tied up Altolia's hair, turning her into a handsome young beauty. After taking a look at her sunflower-like hairstyle, which was still facing him and refusing to let go of his feet, he lifted her up and said,""Toria, why don't you…”
"Sorry, I didn't notice that your foot was under mine.”
Artolia knew what Ritter was going to say before he put his hands under her armpits. If she didn't want to confirm whether she knew it was right or wrong, she would have said it before Ritter did.
However, Artolia was satisfied with the result, because she found that Ritter stopped breathing after she finished speaking.
Of course, Rittery stopped breathing not because he was dead, but because he was choked by Altolia's words. After forcing himself to breathe, Rittery coughed twice and shook Altolia's body like a crocodile biting its prey."My Toria can't be so bad! Speak! Who exactly are you! Why did you disguise yourself as Toria!"
The exasperated Rittery wanted to give Altolia a few hard hits on her butt. However, when he thought of the consequences of hitting her butt a few times last time, he held it in, because it took him seven days to coax her.
"I…"
Altolia was interrupted by Kaina's disgusting and stupid voice.
"Toria! I'm here to play with you! Also, you bastard, Lie Te Yi, hurry up and kneel on the ground to welcome your Grandpa Kai!”
After hearing Kel's words, Ritter let out a deep sigh and put down Altolia's body. When Altolia looked at him unhappily, he put the wooden comb made of rhinoceros horn back under his pillow.""If this wooden comb is seen by that idiot Kel, I'm sure that a thief like me, who doesn't even want to look at it, will definitely be robbed. Even if I'm not robbed, I'll be robbed. That's because the merchant who sold this wooden comb to me for 100 gold coins told me that there's a small noble who looks pretty good and is willing to spend 80 gold coins to buy this wooden comb and give it to a noble lady. By the way, Toria, don't look at me with that expression unless you want to see the idiot Kel, who has been getting more and more disgusting recently, disgust me to death.”
From the moment he started to doubt Altolia's gender until now, Kel had been trying to curry favor with her and ostracize Ritter. In order to get closer to Altolia, he had even exchanged seats with Ritter in order to get beaten up by him. Although the result was tragic, Ritter, who had been tricked by Kel several times, couldn't forgive him. That was why Ritter was so seriously injured…
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Love was despicable.
Above! mage
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