After saying that, Rittery intended to take back his hand, but Artolia refused to let him go.
"Why did you retract your hand? Do you hate me just because I'm not a man? Besides, why couldn't he tell Kel about this?”
" I did take back my hand because you're not a man, but I don't hate you because Teacher Merlin warned me not to hold hands with women and not to do anything indecent with women. If I did these things, he would burn me to death, even though I still don't understand what indecent things are.”
After answering one of Altolia's questions truthfully, Ritter continued with a weird expression before she could speak,""Also, the reason why we can't tell Kel about this is very simple. Kel is a big-mouthed idiot with a muddled mind.”
"But as a knight, I can't…”
"Not saying anything is not a lie. If he didn't understand what it meant, he would pretend that nothing had happened today.”
Although Ritter said that, he couldn't pretend that nothing had happened today, because Artolia had changed from 'he' to 'she'.
However, just as Altolia was about to open her pink lips to comfort the conflicted Ritter, Merlin, who had first seen the situation through the crystal ball and then rushed to Ritter's house to hear the second half of their conversation, pushed open the door and appeared in their field of vision."Well said, as expected of my student.”
"You ~ have ~ won ~ the ~ prize ~, Mei ~ Lin ~ Old ~ Master.”
Although Ritey did not notice that Merlin was listening to his conversation with Artolia, he believed that Merlin would definitely know what was going on since he would use the crystal ball to see what he was doing every morning. Even if he did not see what he was doing through the crystal ball today, he would know what was going to happen today through his ability to predict the future. That was why Ritey had responded word by word to Merlin, who had long known what would happen today but had not told him anything in advance.
"Little Fox, I'm also a teacher…”
"I understand you. You have your own difficulties, but have you ever understood me? 'I've understood you…I'm sorry, Litte was rude. Please forgive me, Teacher Merlin.”
Ritter changed his words at the crucial point. If it were not for the fact that Altolia was here, he would have quarreled with Merlin, even though he would have to apologize to Merlin after that.
Looking at Ritter, who was still angry a second ago, but was now calm, Merlin knew that Ritter was in a bad mood. He sighed helplessly and took off the white Wizard hat on his head."Litte, you are a smart child, so you should know that Teacher had no choice but to hide this from you.”
"Yes, I know, but I can't accept it.”
After a long silence, Ritter withdrew his hand and covered his eyes.
"Litte, are you going to leave Toria just because she's a woman?”
"I…"
As soon as Ritter opened his mouth, he was interrupted by Altolia who called his name softly. The dilemma in his heart was also cleared by her voice.
Litte, who had put down the hand covering his eyes and sat on the ground, first glanced at Merlin, who had a calm expression. Then, under Merlin's gaze, he took the initiative to hold Altoria's small hand, which was full of calluses due to the fact that she had swung her sword too many times a day."My Lord, I swore that I would give everything I have to you. Therefore, I have no right to choose to leave you before you don't want me anymore, no matter what happens.”
"Then just now…"
"I need some time to digest this matter. That's what I wanted to say just now.”
Before Altolia could finish her sentence, Ritter gave her an answer. The moment he finished his words, he revealed a smile as humorous as usual.
Fortunately, this time, Ritter did not get beaten up by Artolia, who hated him for teasing the maids with such a smile. He was not even hit on the head by Merlin, who had forbidden him from teasing the maids with such a smile. The reason was that Ritter's smile meant that he did not care about anything anymore.
However, it did not take long for this smile to disappear from Litte's "handsome"(beautiful) face, which made some women feel a little crazy and strange. Instead, it was replaced by an expression as if he had swallowed a fly. The reason was that Merlin had said such words.
"Litte, I don't mind you holding Toria's hand, but if you dare to do anything to Toria that you shouldn't do, I won't just have a problem with it.”
"Can you not treat me as an idiot like Kel whose brain is filled with paste? Teacher Merlin."
"It's precisely because I didn't treat you as a…um…child like Kel that I said that. Otherwise, I would have taught you how to treat Toria in a way that even a child like Kel would never forget.”
Merlin, who knew Ritter well, was not entirely at ease with him, but he was not that worried either. That was why he used the method of " talking " to remind Ritter of what he should do and what he should not do, as well as the consequences of doing what he should not do.
In fact, Merlin knew that if Ritter did not listen to him and did something to (or with) Altolia, he could not do anything to him. At most, he would beat him up. Even if Altolia did not say those words or behave like that, Merlin knew that she could not leave Ritter now.
Unfortunately and fortunately, Ritter also knew about this, but even so, he would not be 'right' about it. He wouldn't do something that he shouldn't do with Altoria, at least not now. The reason was that Rittery treated Altoria like a master, servant, and friend. He was a young boy who knew nothing about love except for holding hands with Nasha, who had been together with Altoria since they were young.
However, Merlin was worried that Ritter would be led astray by Kel, that thirteen-year-old fool who dared to go to that kind of place. Merlin, who felt that reminding Ritter might backfire, pondered for a while and walked to Ritter who was still sitting on the ground. He knocked his head with his staff."Four years…In the four years before Toria comes of age, if you dare to do anything indecent to Toria, I will personally tie you to a cross and burn you to ashes! Did you hear that? Little Fox!"
"Teacher Merlin, you…I haven't said anything yet. Why did you hit my head with your staff?”
"What do you think?"
"I…I heard what you said, so please put down your magic staff that is used to cast spells, not to knock my head. By the way…how should I deal with these things?”
As he spoke, Litte rubbed the back of his hand that had touched the blood on his head, which Merlin had hit with his magic staff. He understood what he meant, but it was not important. What was important was how to deal with the problem of Altoria.
"You're a smart and capable child, so I'll leave everything to you.”
"Uh…Teacher Merlin, you must be joking…Ka…You can be bad. Sooner or later, you'll be so bad that smoke will come out of your head.”
The helpless Ritter could only describe Merlin in this way. First, he put on the white wizard hat that he had taken off when he was talking. Then, he opened the door and ran away when he was talking. Not only that, he also closed the door behind him.
Unfortunately, no matter how Litte described Merlin, he could not change the fact that he would not return after leaving, and he had to deal with the problem that was supposed to be handled by Altoria, who knew even less than him.
In the end, because he didn't want Kel, who might come to find him later, to notice anything unusual, Rittery stood up and looked at Altoria, who was holding his hand.""My…Toria, let's discuss this. Can you let go of me first?”
"Alright, but you have to give me a reason.”
"Hmm…I need to clean up the blood-stained bedding and pants. I also need to find you a clean pair of pants and something to wipe your body with.”
Rittery had no way to deal with a normal male Artolia before, and now he was even more helpless against an abnormal female Artolia. He chose to reason with her in an extremely gentle tone.
Fortunately, Artolia, who was in an abnormal state, wasn't unreasonable, so she let go of Ritter's hand and let him do what he had to do.
As soon as he was free, he rushed to his wooden wardrobe, which Kel called " coffin ". He opened it and started to search for his knight's suit with gray edges and high collar. Although he soon found it, he didn't stop searching because he wanted to find a cotton shirt or pants that he couldn't wear to wipe Altolia's body.
After a short while, Ritter finally found a pair of brown cotton pants which he felt uncomfortable wearing last year and would definitely feel even more uncomfortable wearing this year. After finding the two items, Ritter turned around and closed the wide-open wardrobe with his foot. After that, he returned to Altolia who had been gazing at him and said in a gentle tone,"Does your stomach still hurt?"
"It hurts."
"Then…"
"It hurts!"
"If fate gives me a chance to choose my gender, I will definitely choose to be a woman.”
Facing Artolia who asked him to wipe her body and change her pants in this way, Rittery wanted to refuse but couldn't. He hated himself for being a man and not a woman. If he was a woman, he wouldn't be so embarrassed at this moment.
With a goatskin parchment with the words 'I want to die' pasted on his face, Ritter put the pair of pants on Altoria and the medicine box beside her, then bit his tongue hard and said,""Oh…I hope Kel's method works, or I'm dead.”
"Litte, what are you talking about? I don't understand a single word you're saying."
"It's right that you don't understand a word. Don't ask me why, unless you want to see me burned to death by Teacher Merlin.”
After saying that, Ritter took off her pants and leggings quickly and gently. Before his face turned red and his body reacted instinctively, he quickly picked up the wooden sword that he had thrown aside and hit his head. Therefore, he restrained his instinctive reaction under the stimulation of the intense pain.
Seeing this, Artolia was about to ask why Littey did that, but he stopped her with the same smile and shook his head when he pushed her away from the carriage. Artolia closed her eyes and accepted his care.
Ten minutes later, which was even more painful than ten days of confinement, Rittery, who had finished everything, looked at Altoria, whose face was as red as his own, with his flushed cheeks and sweat dripping from his forehead to his chin.""Next time…you must not make me do this kind of thing again. My little heart can't withstand this kind of stimulation.”
"Alright. And, Ritter, you are mine.”
Artolia was reluctant at the beginning, but when she said 'also', her tone became serious and firm. Rittery, who understood what she meant, looked at her in surprise and nodded hard…# Date:08 24 2019 5:46PM
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