Chapter 84

“We will dwell fortunately ever after. Perceive?”

The 2 gazed at one another after which smiled. Disappointment and happiness, and the sorrow of dropping a liked one… It was a smile blended with feelings.

The 2 of them hugged one another.

‘Len.’

He felt like crying at her heat physique temperature. Zachary, who was having fun with her heat, all of a sudden thought.

‘Can I take pleasure in this type of happiness alone?’

His father’s dying. The load on his shoulders was heavy. Nonetheless, even when he suffered from infinite guilt and debt, even when he was punished for that dying… Now, he wished to totally take pleasure in Iellie’s affection.

‘…Father.’

He tightened her arms as he held her. Hoping to one way or the other shake off his ideas of his father.

As Iellie despatched a letter to her dad and mom outlining the temporary scenario, Zachary requested a query with concern.

“Didn’t you inform father-in-law and mother-in-law till now?”

“Sure. Effectively, it’s okay. It was far more pressing to see you once more.”

“Nonetheless, they will need to have been very involved.”

“They will need to have been a little bit frightened, however…”

Iellie rolled her eyes. Her conscience was a bit pricked that she got here out with out saying something to her dad and mom.

“Effectively, the letter was despatched. They’ll get a little bit indignant later, although that may’t be helped.”

“…Is it okay, although?”

“What can I do? It has already occurred.”

She answered casually and entered her room. The view of her room was in no way totally different from when she had stayed right here. Together with her eyes broad open, Iellie turned to Zachary, and he smiled brightly.

“Oh my, the room is identical?”

“That’s…”

“You didn’t clear this room in any respect since I left the Duke’s Fortress?”

At her query, Zachary nodded his head barely with a barely embarrassed face. He scratched his cheek and spoke.

“…I haven’t cleared out every part about you.”

“Why?”

“That…”

Zachary paused for a second. He didn’t know easy methods to clarify it, however what was sure was that he couldn’t even contact something associated to her. He was afraid as a result of he thought that even the accrued reminiscences of her could be ruined.

“Perhaps, it’s since you nonetheless have emotions for me?”

“I believe so.”

Iellie threw a joke with a smirk on her face, and Zachary affirmed with a critical expression.

“Now, you understand how essential I’m, proper?”

“In fact.”

Seeing him smile apologetically, Iellie determined to cease teasing Zachary at this level.

“I don’t know if everybody within the Duke’s citadel was doing nicely.”

“Effectively, plainly the working surroundings has grow to be a little bit harder than it was once…”

“Why? Nothing like wage or welfare has modified, proper?”

With a puzzled face, she glanced again at him. Zachary crouched his shoulders.

“That’s… There may be the environment of the office.”

“What’s with the environment?”

“Actually, the environment on the Duke’s Fortress after you left is a bit…”

Zachary narrowed his forehead barely. After Iellie left, the Duke had been bedridden the entire time, and he continued to be on the finish of his nerves. What would life be like serving a sick Duke and a delicate Younger Duke?

‘The workers will need to have suffered a little bit.’

On the time, it was so painful to lose Iellie that he couldn’t even go searching, however now that he thought of it, he was a little bit sorry. Zachary secretly made up his thoughts that he would give rewards to the workers.

“Is the funeral tomorrow?”

“Proper.”

He nodded his head barely. As she rigorously examined his face, Iellie requested a query.

“Are you okay?”

“Sure, I’m okay.”

Nevertheless, opposite to his phrases, Zachary’s expression nonetheless regarded distressed.

‘…Father.’

Together with her abrupt return, the emotions, which had been separated, fill its spot right away. Zachary regarded sophisticated. The emotion on his face is not only disappointment over the lack of his father. Contained in the disappointment, there was a ache that would not be revealed.

The day earlier than the funeral, Iellie met the individuals of the Duke’s Fortress once more. All of them greeted her with smiling faces.

“Welcome, Miss.”

“I’m glad to see you once more.”

She was warmly welcomed by the individuals of the Duke’s Fortress. Iellie, who was touched inside, smiled softly. Particularly, Mary, standing subsequent to her, even had tears in her eyes. After they first met, she cried, although this time, Mary cried once more.

Iellie was very moved.

“You’re very welcome again, Miss.”

“Thanks, Mary. I couldn’t ask as a result of I wasn’t feeling nicely earlier than, how have you ever been?”

“I need to inform you that I’ve been nicely, however…”

“Why? Did one thing occur?”

Stunned, Iellie requested her. Mary smiled awkwardly, then gently shook her head.

“No, it’s not like that.”

“Then?”

“I simply thought it felt new.”

Mary checked out Iellie with a contented face. She spoke to the bewildered Iellie.

“As I mentioned earlier than, the reality is, the environment of the Duke’s citadel was actually darkish when the Miss wasn’t right here.”

Saying so, Mary narrowed her forehead. She lowered her voice and whispered, like a baby telling one thing to an grownup.

“The earlier Duke was nonetheless unwell, and the present Duke was additionally in such a nasty temper.”

“Oh, I see.”

“It felt like I used to be crossing a single-bridged tree every single day.”

Then, she shrugged her shoulders and frowned. Mary then opened her mouth as she gave the impression to be pondering one thing.

“And likewise, the truth that the earlier Duke died so all of a sudden.”

“…I see. Everybody have to be very stunned.”

“Sure, particularly, the present Duke was very heartbroken.”

Iellie nodded her head barely. Regardless of how a lot they hated one another, the 2 had been father-and-son who shared blood… that heartache couldn’t be small.

“Apart from, the present Duke was the primary particular person to find the earlier Duke’s dying.”

“Zachary did?”

“Sure. At the moment, the present Duke knowledgeable us that the earlier Duke had handed away.”

Mary remembered what Zachary regarded like on the time… The face that was chilly as if it had been carved from ice with a knife.

‘Father is useless.’

These are the one phrases saying his father’s dying. Zachary declared in a unvoiced voice as if he had ripped out all feelings. Nevertheless, the tears that would not be erased dried up on his face.

“Everybody mentioned that the present Duke doesn’t appear to grieve over the dying of the earlier Duke, however…”

‘Perhaps, I’m being too nosy.’

Pondering so, she glanced at Iellie’s eyes. Nevertheless, Iellie simply listened to her critically. After she hesitated for a second, Mary spoke up.

“I don’t suppose so.”

“Mary.”

“As a result of it was the primary time I had ever seen the Duke’s face so unhappy.”

She checked out Iellie with a critical face. At the moment, she might always remember the Duke’s face.

“Folks speak nonetheless they need, however that’s as a result of they didn’t see the Duke’s face at the moment.”

“Is Zachary so unhappy?”

Iellie requested in a hoarse voice. What did he really feel? Mary set free a protracted sigh.

“Sure. I didn’t know that the earlier Duke would die so all of a sudden.”

“I see.”

“So, everybody felt sorry for the Duke. In fact, the Duke turned very delicate afterward, however…”

As she listened to Mary’s phrases, Iellie felt her coronary heart ache. She would, after all, really feel that. Maybe Zachary, at the moment, had sharpened his thoughts in order to not fall from the second he misplaced his father.

‘I ought to have been by his aspect.’

Iellie swallowed a sigh. It could nonetheless be very tough. Nonetheless, she couldn’t specific her emotions as a result of it may be a burden on him, who was having a tough time. His determine, shutting his mouth whereas attempting to say one thing, regarded very clear.

‘…Truly, it hasn’t been lengthy for the reason that Duke handed away.’

Iellie’s face deepened. How she interpreted her darkish face, Mary shook her head unexpectedly.

“No, nevertheless it’s not your fault.”

“Mary.”

“Miss, on the time, you had been down within the South, proper? How would you understand that the earlier Duke had handed away?”

Mary’s face, who was attempting to consolation Iellie one way or the other, was burning pink. She continued.

“And, it was the Duke who requested Miss for a divorce.”

“Nevertheless…”

“Actually, the truth that Miss has returned this time is an indication of nice consideration for the Duke.”

Mary’s voice was agency. Her voice was so agency that Iellie stared at her with out realizing it.

“So, you don’t need to really feel responsible in any respect. Received it?”

“Sure, thanks.”

Iellie gave a smile. Mary, who checked out her, smiled alongside. Lengthy after she left, the individuals of the Duke’s citadel had been nonetheless on her aspect.

The depths of her chest warmed.

On the day Theron, the earlier Duke Hessenweitz, left, it rained calmly from the morning. It was a uncommon winter rain within the Duchy. Raindrops poured down like tears as if saddened by the departure of the earlier Duke.

‘…That is how I ship the Duke.’

Iellie, who obtained up early within the morning and was grooming herself to attend the funeral, stared blankly out the window, considering. At present she wore a black veiled hat to cowl her face and a black gown.

‘Is that this sufficient to see the Duke off?’

She was drenched in disappointment. Till she left the Duke’s citadel, she didn’t suppose the outfit she wore when she met her father-in-law could be a mourning outfit… the look of her Father-in-law gleamed in her eyes.

‘Duke.’

The Duke, whose cool and calm environment intently resembled Zachary. He was a form particular person to her. It reminded her of his willingness to drink as a result of she had been making candy lemon tea, which he didn’t like.

‘He didn’t know easy methods to specific kindness, however…’

What was his relationship with Zachary when she left? Maybe even when he died, they solely spit out harsh phrases and damage one another.

Confused, she gently closed her eyes.

‘I nonetheless need to see him.’

She wished he had been as snug when he handed. Nonetheless, she didn’t suppose he would go like this. Not less than, she wished to indicate her face earlier than.

Her advanced minds mingled.

“Miss, the Grasp has come to choose you up.”

When Mary gave a small message to her, Iellie lifted her head all of a sudden. Zachary was standing in entrance of the door. His countenance was pale.

Perhaps, he was dizzy as nicely. He struggled to smile.

“Len, I’m right here to choose you up.”

“Zachary.”

Zachary, who was taking a look at her quietly, reached out his hand with a fast look. Iellie grabbed his hand tightly.

“Did you get some sleep? Your face appears to be like drained.”

“It’s okay. I’m a little bit drained, however…”

It will need to have been harder for Zachary to ship the Duke off than to Iellie. There was a shadow beneath his eyes, in all probability as a result of he couldn’t sleep correctly. She raised her hand and rubbed his face.

“Nonetheless, to not the purpose the place you must fear.”

“I’m upset if you happen to speak prefer it was another person’s matter.”

“I didn’t imply to speak prefer it was another person’s matter…”

As he was about to say one thing, he shut his mouth. Zachary lowered his gaze barely and whispered a little bit.

“I used to be simply afraid you’d fear about me, sorry.”

“Don’t be sorry, however typically let me fear about you as a lot as I would like.”

Smiling softly, Iellie intertwined her fingers with Zachary’s. He smiled faintly and opened his mouth to her.

“I selected a household funeral association for the funeral.”

“Actually?”

“Sure. I solely referred to as the minimal variety of individuals and tried to maintain it easy.”

Zachary glanced by the rain-filled window. The looks of the 2 gazing over the pouring rain, Zachary was absolutely leaning on Iellie’s heat.

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