I Didn’t Save You To Get Proposed To - Chapter 48

‘Say what you really want to say, okay? We’ll create a romantic atmosphere right in front of your eyes.’

With a determined expression, Aiden said. Ixion was lost in thought as he played music in front of him and seemed to be shouting something. No matter what Aiden did, there was no high expectation.

Ixion was actually disturbed all day after receiving the Emperor’s letter. He had to go to the capital since it was an Imperial order, and it was clear that he would be handed an unwelcome order.

Perhaps today was the last chance to catch her.

She still saw Niel every evening and spoke to him in a much more friendly tone, no matter how close he had gotten to her in the previous few days. She also said that the Marquis are far better than the complicated capital. Even getting her up to the capital was difficult. Because it was clear that she would absolutely refuse.

However, he could not go up to the capital without saying a word in vain. It was difficult to predict when he would see her again after going back.

“Elsia, do you like staying in the Marquis?”

“Yes.”

Ixion’s first word, which he struggled to say after a long silence, was pretty bland. Without hesitation, Elsia nodded.

“I like a quiet and peaceful place like this. I don’t like busy places. Obviously, the Eastheim Empire’s capital is so prosperous that it is chaotic.”

He had no option but to be discouraged because that was exactly what he had expected.

“As expected.”

Ixion’s face hardened even more. He rolled his eyes and glanced at her as if pondering something before calling her name rashly.

“Elsia.”

He felt a lust for power for the first time. So that he would never again be separated from the person he wants to be with due to someone else’s order.

“I want to say something.”

It was hard to bring up the next word.

‘I wanted to go to the capital with you, and I wanted to stay with you even longer,’ but his words did not come out.

Her red eyes, which were fixed on him, were filled with innocent curiosity.

‘Prince, I don’t like you any longer. It was all so long ago.’

He had already been rejected once. He hesitated for a moment because he remembered her speaking calmly and without hesitation. Ixion recognized it was like lightning at that point.

‘I saved you so that you can live a happy life for a long time. So propose to someone you love. Not to repay or take responsibility, but to someone you really love, who you really can’t live without.’

He had already stopped thinking about things like reward and responsibility after hearing Aiden’s advice to not think complicated and do what he wanted.

He couldn’t think of anything to say as he stared at Elsia blinking in front of him, and all he wanted was to avoid being separated. Whatever it takes, he wants to be with her. It made no difference whether she changed her mind. It had to be Elsia at this point.

Finding the cause of his frustration, he impulsively moved closer to her.

******

“What’s all this?”

Niel stopped by the room to check on Elsia’s Mana and had come out of the garden. When he noticed the knights cleaning up the house by blowing out the candles, he tilted his head.

“What is this?”

Knights who carry musical instruments, knights who burn their hands removing candles, knights who pick up out-of-season petals—. Niel walked around the scene unintentionally. He soon came across Aiden, who had a serious expression on his face.

“Sir Aiden.” Niel lounged around and stood next to him. “What’s all this fuss about?”

“Ah.”

Aiden paced nervously and found Niel, unable to hide his displeasure.

“Why is the wizard here?”

“Here’s the Marquis.”

Niel folded his arms and grinned.

“I think you keep forgetting, I’m the eldest son of Evgeny. This is my house. I’m free to walk around.”

“Aren’t you Evgeny only when you feel comfortable?”

“But it’s Evgeny. Anyway.”

As he had no intention of playing word games with Aiden, Niel glanced at the entrance of the garden surrounded by the knights.

“It’s a magician’s sense, but I’ve seen what’s going on with our Prince and Elsia.”

“Your playboy’s touch is amazing.”

Aiden sighed deeply.

“I understand that you care about your sister, but it’s their job. You don’t have to worry about it.”

“There was a time when Elsia went missing after being left alone. I can’t believe it.”

“Because the young lady has only recently reached adulthood, her brother’s faith is unnecessary.”

“Elsia is—” Niel smiled with his eyes bent. “She doesn’t like the Prince.”

“—We don’t know about that. The two have gotten a lot closer recently.”

“Yeah, what are you doing today after the Prince is calling out Elsia so loudly? Is he even proposing?”

“It’s not like that—”

Aiden paused for a moment before speaking frankly, knowing that he would be leaving the Marquis the next day.

“We’re going to the capital tomorrow. There was an order from the Emperor.”

“Ah.”

“Then he’s just inviting her to come along.”

“You’ve wasted your time, Sir Aiden.”

Niel laughed. Because Elsia couldn’t go to the capital. First of all, there are no monsters in the capital so there was no reason to go because divine magic could not be used there. In addition, Elsia used to be angry whenever she talked about the palace.

“Elsia will never go.”

“Well, that’s up to the Lady.”

“Shall we make a bet?”

As Aiden shrugged his shoulders, Niel smiled and twinkled his eyes.

“If Elsia doesn’t go, you won’t come to the Marquis until next winter.”

“…..”

“I know that the monsters have been subjugated enough.”

“All right. Instead—”

With loyalty to the Lord and antipathy to Niel, Aiden is determined to accept his provocation. Moreover, if the story did not seem to go well, he promised to return from the garden neatly and on time. Things would have gone fine if those two hadn’t come out of the garden like way, and there were plans in place for that. That’s why Aiden and the Knights are cautiously passing time.

“If the Lady is going to the capital.” Aiden answered naturally, his green eyes flashing. “Allow the Prince full access to the Marquis’ house in the capital. Please also provide me with a guest room.”

“….”

“You’re Evgeny’s eldest son, aren’t you?”

“All right.”

Elsia won’t go to the capital anyway. Niel nodded curiously.

******

“Ridan! Are you sure you don’t want to cooperate?” Irene had stepped briskly at the Duke of Roziad. “Is a letter that hard? I’m doing well, I hope you’re doing well, that’s enough.”

Ridan looked at Irene quietly, pushing up her round glasses. He is a great nobleman, but he stayed in his study all day without social activities and looked into theology books. She knew that he was a classy scholar type with low social skills, but Ridan didn’t send a letter to Elsia to say hello. Although the two of them are only friends with Elsia, Irene, upset by Ridan’s indifferent behavior, eventually visits him personally.

“I didn’t know you were such a lightweight.”

Irene looked at Ridan, who had no emotion on his face, with her hand on her waist.

“You even offered anything similar to a marriage proposal to come to the Duke’s residence when Elsia left for Evgeny— and she turned around so coldly?”

“….”

“I have no idea what your whim is, Elsia gave us a friendly letter that we wanted to look at—”

“That’s why I don’t send it.”

Finally, Ridan’s mouth, which had been silent, opened. He snapped over the book he was reading the same line over and over again.

“The weight of what Elsia wants to see and what I want to see is different.”

“—Huh?”

“The problem is that my heart is not light, and heavier than I thought.”

Irene’s face was flushed with humiliation. In some ways, she believed it was normal for Ridan to give his heart to Elsia while he was always with her. When Elsia smiled at Ridan and told him to be comfortable with her, she was standing by his side, believing that he had no choice but to fall in love with her.

The house was saved by a woman with whom she had no relationship. She also believed he was careless, but he showed his cool and smart side. He was ready to leave, yet he always gave her a warm welcome.

Later, she heard that the only jewelry Elsia had was also given to Ridan as a sign of condolences. At that time, she didn’t know she would go to Evgeny, so it was like giving away her entire fortune.

“B-but..”

Still, Elsia likes Ixion, and Ixion also proposes to get married, so she thought that such a feeling that was close to friendship would soon be buried. Besides, Elsia has left far away. Didn’t the relationship between a man and a woman grow out of sight?

“I know, always.”

Ridan said calmly.

“But I still can’t get my mind sorted.”

Rumors spread across the capital that Ixion had gone down to Marquis Evgeny because of her. He even knew about Ridan, who was in seclusion with almost no social activities.

“I’m afraid I’ll cross the line and put Elsia in trouble, that’s what I’m worried about.”

Irene bit her lips for a moment at Ridan’s words. Elsia’s position was not very good because she was already from Artise. If the rumor overlaps with someone, it could be a problem when she becomes a princess.

“I thought I could hold it. But since Elsia left, I’ve missed her so much that I can’t wait to see her.”

Because she knew what Ridan meant, Irene could not even comfort him.

“That’s why it’s hard to write a letter, because I’m afraid to say anything.”

“Ridan—. Elsia doesn’t even know how you feel.”

“I’ll say it once, once. Once Elsia comes to the capital—”

When Elsia left and came back to the capital, he had something to say. Ridan was about to confess his heart then and end it all.

“Just like she asked the Prince to dance for the last time.”

Irene sighed deeply. She doesn’t know why people all have similar minds.

When she thought that the reason for Ridan’s not sending a letter to Elsia would be similar to the reason why Elsia went down to the Marquis without seeing the return of Ixion, the tip of her nose grew cold.