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Chapter 30 – Spring Is Busy (5)

“Yes?”

He didn’t show the kindness to repeat himself.

The door opened and closed in an instant. Sienna knew that now was not the time for her to complain.

She hid inside, without a word.

Of course, Arthur followed her.

But, she met a familiar face.

“…We meet again? Thief kid.”

“Haha. Hello? Pretty older sister. Have you become prettier lately?”

Lily smiled softly, revealing her teeth.

“Where’s our wallet?”

“Ah, I think I donated it. The nobles are good at things like that. What did you call it? Oh, charitable work?”

“We do it of our own will. In your case, we call it extortion, crime, theft, theft, pickpocketing, unscrupulousness, something like that.”

As Sienna smiled aristocratically hard, and Lily puffed her cheeks to express her displeasure.

“Hey, you’re too much for the kid.”

“Nice children don’t do this.”

“I am a poor child!”

Saying so, Lily, who came out boldly, changed her course abruptly. “Sniff. I’m sorry, sister. It was because I was hungry. I haven’t eaten for a few days already…”

It was an operation to arouse sympathy.

When a child sheds tears, most adults tend to be weak.

And, the operation worked well again.

“Poor thing.”

Arthur’s eyes quickly became moist.

Of course, it didn’t work at all for Sienna.

‘You believe in that bad acting…?’

She was short and slender, but her hair was shiny and her cheeks were plump and reddish, so it didn’t look like she was having a hard time. Besides, the clothes she was wearing were like new everywhere.

She doesn’t know the child’s personal circumstances, though she never backs down.

‘Is this how it’s going to be?’

Sienna shut her eyes and opened them slowly as she watched Lily constantly performing her acting.

In an instant, thick tears streamed down Sienna’s pitiful face.

“Prin…! No, miss!”

“Si, sister?”

Lily was startled and wiped away her tears in an instant. Meanwhile, Arthur rolled her eyes, trying to figure out what was going on.

Sienna grinned and wiped her tears with the back of her hand.

“Your pickpocketing skills are great, but your acting isn’t great.”

“What?”

“I’m better at crying than you, right?”

“.…”

“The kid is already learning bad things.”

Lily was perplexed.

This was the second time her tears operation didn’t work. Besides, it was the first time she had ever seen another crazy human squeezing fake tears right in front of her.

‘This sister is weird. She’s worse than Kias.’

Lily shook her head violently and slyly hid behind Arthur.

Sienna asked as she nodded towards her door.

“There seems to be a suspicious person out there. Who is it?”

“Bastards.”

Lily was suddenly furious and snorted at her.

‘Bastards?’

Although she was quite curious about the story, she didn’t want to get too involved, so she didn’t ask further.

However, she had a strong feeling that she needed to run away as the noise beyond the door was getting louder and louder.

“Isn’t there something like a back door here?”

“None.”

“But, is that person okay? It sounds like the wound is pretty deep.”

“Kias? He’ll be fine.”

“Is his name Kias?”

“Yes. He is our captain. Kias is strong.”

Lily raised her shoulders and said in a proud voice. It was a little cute because her appearance was somehow childish.

“Then, what’s your name?”

“Me? Lily.”

“It’s a pretty name.”

“Right?”

Sienna glanced around, after Lily’s blunt reply.

There were no windows inside, and a small lamp was illuminating the room. All they have was an old wooden bed, a small bookshelf, and a low chest of drawers.

There was nowhere to hide and nowhere to run.

They didn’t come to attack her, and Lily’s captain, who fights outside, was said to be strong, and there’s a capable Arthur by her side, so she’s not particularly concerned.

“Why don’t you go out and help?”

“My job is to protect you.”

“I thought you would say that.”

She didn’t want to put Arthur in trouble. Nevertheless, she doesn’t feel at all comfortable with letting the injured person go alone…

Before she could finish her thoughts, the door smashed, and a man in a black suit was thrown around.

‘Well then…’

Nothing goes easily.

The blades flashed and clashed in front of her.

Clang. Her shoulders twitched at the sound of a sharp ringing.

“Hide behind me!”

She thought so, even if she didn’t have to say it.

Sienna took Lily’s hand and hid her body in the corner.

Arthur swiftly dealt with those who had flowed into the room. Beyond the door, more enemies clung to Kias.

Even though his wounds were painful, Kias did not frown once and dealt with the enemies.

“Why are you grimacing at me?”

The more she thought about it, the more strange it felt.

In any case, Kias was a swordsman with a skill comparable to Arthur even in Sienna’s dark eyes. In terms of posture, he felt more upright and elegant than Arthur. He kept glancing at this side as if he was concerned about Lily inside.

Then, the moment Sienna’s eyes met, he bit his lip this time.

‘It must be because it hurts…’

It’s definitely not because she was disgusting, because she was ugly, or because he hates red hair.

Sienna decided not to misunderstand.

Anyway, this was an emergency right now.

On the other hand, Lily’s hand was trembling. Although she was a cheeky little girl, she was still a child nonetheless. She wouldn’t not be surprised by the sound of friction that pierces her ears.

Sienna tightened her hand, holding Lily.

“It will be over soon.”

“….”

“My escort knight is very competent.”

In fact, they seemed bewildered by Arthur’s appearance as if they were only looking for Kias. All of them were quite talented, but Arthur and Kias took the lead.

As Siena said, the situation was almost settled.

Nevertheless, the whole hut was in chaos as a few tenacious people continued to attack. At some point, Arthur was dealing with the guys in the room and fighting over the door.

Kias, who had endured well, came to the room, staggering perhaps the wound had been further widened.

“Lily.”

Calling that name.

“Kias! I’m fine!”

Lily reassured him with a courageous reply.

As he looked at Lily waving her hand, he smiled faintly, almost invisibly, but his knee suddenly broke. Then, he moaned as he covered his stomach with his hands.

At that moment, an assassin, who had been stunned for a moment, woke up.

He drew his sword at the prey in front of him.

“Aaaaah!”

He had no time to hesitate.

Sienna squeezed her eyes shut, caught what was in her hand, and she slammed it over the head.

“Ugh!”

Clink.

A few seconds after hearing a tear in her ears, she opened her eyes. The first thing she saw was white pills scattered on the floor.

Then, the assassin fainted again.

‘He probably fainted, right?’

Sienna sneaked up and put her finger under the nose.

“…He’s resting.”

Even in self-defense, murder was a no.

As she stroked her startled chest, she was startled again by the blazing eyes. Like a human standing in front of a beast empty-handed, she could not move.

‘What, what? Why are you staring at me? I saved you.’

She couldn’t even speak to his face but muttered inside, and the guy she thought had passed out came to his senses.

“Ugh…”

‘What kind of phoenix are you?’

Sienna trembled, took off her shoes, and slammed with all her might when he was about to wake up.

At that, the assassin groaned again briefly and fell down. This time, he seemed to have passed out properly.

“Whoa. That surprised me.”

As she barely raised her body, beyond the door, an unimaginable figure was watching her.

“Huh…?”

Sienna waved her hands vigorously.

She was so happy that she almost ran to hug him.

“Dan!”

Dandelion was blooming in the chaos. He approached her with a hardened face with a look like he didn’t understand the situation in front of him.

“How are you here…?”

She tilted her head.

‘Come to think of it… Where am I?’

Sienna slowly stepped back in time.

So, she went out to play outside the castle, and she met Emmett, got pickpocketed, did some fortune telling, went east, then went east more, then found the pickpocket kid again and chased after her, and this is where she ended.

“Uh… Where is this place?”

She asked again.

Sienna feels like an idiot, but she can’t help it. She really didn’t know where this was.

At her question, Dandelion’s expression became more subtle. He looked at her at the same time like Kias with an absurd look.

‘What. What.’

In an unusual atmosphere, she unknowingly took a step backward, but something dug into her feet.

“Ugh!”

She closed her eyes tightly at the throbbing pain.

She knew without looking. It was the shard of the glass bottle she had just broken.

Dandelion, who was far away, was startled and ran to her.

Arthur followed.

“Are you okay?”

“Are you okay?”

To the two men who asked at the same time, she wept and said.

“…Hurts.”

It really hurt.

Tears seemed to come out of her eyes, though she was trying so hard to hold back because she thought it would be too embarrassing.

Dandelion lifted her up, barely standing, and put her on the bed.

He then turned to Kias, the owner of the room, and asked.

“Do you have any bandages or medicines?”

“…The second drawer.”

When he opened the drawer, there was a jumble of disinfectants, bandages and tweezers. Dandelion got the things he needed, and Lily ran to Kias.

Arthur nodded his head to see to let her know that he was going to check if there were any remaining intruders.

As he left, he also dragged the man Sienna stunned out of the room.

At some point, there were only two people left in the room, but she couldn’t see who closed the door.

Sienna’s gaze never fell from him.

…The only light in the room was placed next to her feet.

Dandelion gazed up at Sienna, with his knees bent next to her.

“Excuse me.”

“Yes. Yes?”

His hand touched her foot.

At that moment, she forgot the pain and her shoulders stiffened. Everywhere he touched, it was burning like a fire.

Dandelion raised her hand and placed it on his shoulder.

“Take my shoulder. You can scream.”

He spoke bitterly, and she soon knew what he was going to do next.

With the tweezers, he carefully pulled the shards of glass from under her feet.

“Upphh!”

Sienna shut her mouth and swallowed the scream.

The moment of it being pulled out was more painful than when it was embedded. Thanks to this, the hand holding his shoulder became prominent and white.

For a moment, the eyes that lost focus were entangled in the air.

“….”

“….”

That brief moment felt far away.

She felt the blood rushing around. An unknown cause of pain or some kind of heat spread all over her body.

‘There are stars in my eyes…’

She was thinking pointless thoughts even in the midst of her heartbreaking senses. He was more beautiful if she looked closely.

Those were definitely words for Dandelion.

The spot beneath the innocent eyes was strangely strange.

What was the spot that made you look pretty…?

It was when she thought about being between his inner double eyelids.

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