Chapter 64: Thoughts of Emily

After that, we enjoyed various festival activities.

From street stalls, the fun of festivals, to plays.

Yona and I purely enjoyed it, but Aris was different. She showed a new reaction every time.

At first, when we were about to eat food at a street stall, she acted as a taster, saying that it might be poisoned.

Secondly, when we were watching a play based on the battles of knights, she always kept her hand on the scabbard, saying that a surprise attack might come at any moment.

‘Well, it’s good for me if the guard is so thorough.’

Still, I wanted Aris to enjoy the festival. It seems that she is not the only guard.

“Let’s go now. It’s already 8 o’clock.”

“What? Already? It’s not completely dark yet, though?”

“It’s summer. The sun sets slowly in summer.”

Like Earth, the length of day in this world is different in summer and winter. The reason has not yet been revealed, but even though it is 8 o’clock now, it is not completely dark.

Yona looked up at me with a disappointed look. I want to play more too, but I can’t help it.

“If you really can’t, we can come again later. It’s going on for a week anyway.”

“Promise me.”

I chuckled and hooked my pinky finger with Yona’s pinky finger.

It’s unusual for Yona to say this, so she must be very disappointed.

“Promise.”

“Copy!”

After rubbing our hands and stamping, I picked up Yona.

“Sister. Are you very feeling hot? You’re sweating a lot.”

“Oh. It’s a little hot.”

It was hot because it was midsummer. Especially the festival where many people gathered. Places with many people were hot and humid.

Yona has a temperature control artifact, and Aris is an aura user, so it doesn’t matter, but I’m not.

“Aris?”

“Oh, yes. Let’s go.”

Aris glanced at the night market, which was brightly lit by lighting, and left. It seems that she is a little disappointed.

I asked her, hooking arms with her.

“How was the festival today?”

“I was concentrating on guarding, so I don’t know well.”

“Oh, really?”

She was working hard on guarding. But I saw it. I was impressed with the street food I ate while tasting, and I ate a few more secretly from us.

I’m not trying to insult her.

Rather, I’m glad that she also enjoyed the festival.

So we were able to arrive at the mansion without any problems.

When I came home, I went straight to the bathroom. I filled the large bathtub with hot water.

Drip.

Hazy steam began to fill the bathroom. The bathtub was filled with water.

Unlike Aris and Yona, I was very tired because I didn’t have any way to battle the heat. To the point where I can sleep if I lie down in bed right now.

But before I go to sleep, I have to learn to dance by going into Emily’s room until I memorize all the dances.

It’s 9 o’clock now. I made an appointment at 10 o’clock, so I can’t sleep.

So I’m going to relieve my fatigue by taking a bath in the bathtub.

“Hmm. Just right. This should be enough.”

After checking the water temperature, I went in.

Splash.

The overflowing water wet the floor of the bathtub. Warm water wrapped around my whole body, and in an instant, I felt drowsy.

“Yeah… this is heaven.”

Muscle pain and fatigue caused by walking all day were instantly relieved. I scooped up the water a little and smelled it.

It’s not ordinary water.

“Medicinal herbs that are good for relieving fatigue were used.”

Before receiving the bath water, I asked the maid if I could use the bathtub. I think she prepared it then.

I put my head all the way in.

Bubble bubble bubble

It’s really good.

In Korea, I rarely went to the public bath. It’s not that I was stingy about the bathhouse fee because I showered every day anyway.

But now that I think about it, I think I lost half of my life. If I had known that bathing was this good, I would have done it sooner.

“But I’m enjoying this luxury now. This is enough.”

I owe all of this luxury to Emily and Yona.

If I hadn’t become a librarian, I don’t know what would have happened to Aris, Liela, Janna, and Armil.

‘I would be living somehow with the knowledge of the future, but I wouldn’t be as happy as I am now.’

I’ve been so happy lately.

So much so that I doubt if I can be this happy.

“Hmm. By the way, will the hero come this time too?”

I heard that the hero also blocked the movement of the demon king. It’s an imperial banquet, so of course the hero will come.

The hero I saw in the illustration was handsome even to me.

If it goes according to the original work, Emily and the hero will surely fall in love with each other and get married.

“….”

It’s a strange feeling.

Why is this?

I was definitely intoxicated by the sweet romance between the two when I read the original work.

“Is this the heart of a father who is sending his daughter to get married?”

It seems to be so. Because I care about Emily a lot.

Otherwise, this feeling cannot be explained.

“Hey. What am I saying? Why am I thinking this?”

Emily was really happy when she met the hero. If she’s her true friend, she should celebrate the love between the two.

It’s not a matter for an outsider like me to intervene.

“If the hero comes… I should actively push her.”

I sincerely hope that Emily will be happy.

I called it iron-blooded, but during the time I spent with her, I was able to learn more about her.

Then another thought flashed through my mind.

“Yeah. That’s right. The person who’s aiming for her isn’t just one hero?!”

The genre of the novel is romance fantasy. It has a reverse harem characteristic where two or more male leads flock to the female lead, Emily.

Not only male leads, but also because of the characteristics of romance fantasy, there are quite a lot of men who like her.

“The princes were like that too.”

Especially the first prince. Even in the original work, the first prince was connected to Emily. Even though her family collapsed, it was because of her face. That’s how much the first prince liked Emily.

That heart will be revealed at this banquet.

“The personality of the first prince I know is a bit dangerous.”

All the princes are selfish and trash. They are the axis of evil, completely different from the hero.

I can’t let them get in touch with Emily.

But how do you plan to stop them?

There is no justification for me, a mere baronet, to stop a prince. In the end, all I can do is approach the princes first and attract their attention, or stick with Emily all day. It’s one of the two.

Then the alarm went off.

Beep beep beep. Beep beep beep.

It means it’s 8:40.

I stopped thinking and started washing.

So I wiped the water with a towel and came out.

“What should I wear?”

I stood there looking at the closet.

After doing it for a day yesterday, dancing was harder than I thought. It was to the point where my body was soaked with sweat after dancing.

Considering that, it would be best to be as thin as possible.

“Let’s go with this.”

I took out the thinnest black negligee I had. I put it on.

It’s the first time I’ve worn it since I bought it for summer.

“It’s definitely comfortable, but it’s a bit embarrassing.”

It’s so thin that there are places that are see-through. It’s revealing for a nightgown.

“Well, Emily won’t care anyway, so this should be fine.”

After neatly arranging my hair with a comb, I put on a white cardigan and headed to Emily’s room.

Knock, knock.

“Emily. It’s me. Rachel.”

Click.

The door opened.

“Come in.”

Emily opened the door and greeted me. When I entered, there was a cool breeze and a refreshing lemon scent.

There was a bit of tiredness in Emily’s eyes.

“Shall we start right away?”

“Okay. Just a moment.”

I took off the cardigan that was covering my body. Then a cool breeze came in through the negligee.

It was refreshing and I felt good.

But Emily’s reaction was strange.

She was staring at me blankly.

“Emily?”

“….”

“Huh?”

“Huh? Oh, uh, no. Sorry. I’m a little tired.”

She blushed and swept her white hair. I regretted not bringing coffee.

When I was playing with Yona, she was alone in here and only worked, but I couldn’t even make her a cup of coffee. It’s a mistake.

“Emily. Are you very tired?”

“Ah, no? I’m fine.”

“Come here.”

I ignored her saying that she was fine and laid Emily on the bed.

“Rachel?”

“No, lie down.”

“Huh?”

Emily lay down reluctantly. I sat next to her and put my hands on her shoulders.

I lived a very difficult life in my previous life.

Two part-time jobs a day is basic, and when there are many, I even run three.

To pay off the loan I took out to pay for my grandmother’s hospital bills.

Weekends? There was no such thing.

There was only part-time work, sleep, and a short break, repeating like a hellish loop.

My mind and body were exhausted.

My mind could hold on to some extent.

But the body was not.

My body, which was on a forced march without rest, broke down like clothes getting wet in a drizzle, and eventually weakened.

Even when I sleep, my body is stiff, and my whole body hurts as if it is being pricked by needles. Especially, my legs were very swollen because of the part-time job that required me to stand up every hour.

It was obvious that if I continued like this, I wouldn’t even be able to do part-time work properly. Then, what came to mind was massage.

Whenever I had time, I watched YouTube and watched massage lectures. I experimented on my body to relieve muscle tension.

It’s time to show off the skills I honed then.

“I’ll give you a massage, so relax.”

“Massage?”

“Yeah. Oh, don’t you like it?”

“Ah, no! I, I like it.”