The Nymph Wants to be Plundered - Chapter 218

‘I can’t ask about it with my own mouth… Even though I didn’t see it, it must have been a beautiful scene.’

Being here, even the summer heat seemed to have retreated somewhere, so she just sat there endlessly. The waiting, hoping for someone to return, was neither boring nor difficult. She liked being in this quiet and peaceful space where not even a breeze stirred.

Somehow, she felt that way. Previously, while occasionally suffering from homesickness, she had been afraid that the jasmine tree that embraced her might die, so rather than showing those emotions even slightly, she had tried to bury them completely. She had lived treating her unrefined sadness and longing, and memories mixed with boredom, as if they didn’t exist.

When she returned to Jupiter, such days wouldn’t come. When memories that remained as afterimages suddenly came to mind, she wanted to savor them one by one with a smile, without hurrying to let them pass.

‘Even so, I won’t cry much.’

As she whispered to herself, a shadow suddenly fell before her. It was him, who had now become a familiar silhouette.

“Were you making a promise about tears just now, Miss Lena?”

Evelyn smiled as she held out the handkerchief that was only slightly wet at the edges.

“It would be a lie to say I won’t cry at all, so I don’t want to deceive even myself.”

At her charming reply, he bent his waist deeply and brought his face close. Even though the density of his handsomeness was somewhat less than his original face, he still had more than enough to enchant the woman before him. With this kind of tickling words, for instance.

“What a wonderful lady you are.”

“Hehe, stop it!”

Evelyn, who burst into laughter, spent leisurely time with him. After a while, Johan even brought Faye to express their gratitude and prepared separate spaces for the two to rest. Johan’s eyes shook violently like a buoy hit by waves when they said they weren’t married, but he seemed to believe them with difficulty since Cayan was a knight. Probably. Having received a meal at the newlywed house, the two walked side by side back to the village chief’s house, whispering softly.

“How was it…?”

“What do you mean, Miss Lena?”

“That… my friend’s husband. I’m curious what he’s like from a man’s perspective.”

Rather than trusting his own eye for people, Cassis had relied on reputations and words and actions that naturally accumulated over time, but since she asked, he gladly answered.

“He seems fine.”

“You’re using formal speech again…!”

He laughed softly and told her simply in a comfortable tone.

“The husband kept glancing at his wife frequently even while looking at us. With eyes that seemed very satisfied. But he seemed completely unaware that he was doing it.”

“Yes. He looked really affectionate.”

She was deeply feeling that Faye’s choice was right—Faye who had passionately argued that Johan was a good man. Good for her, really. The bitter feelings she had felt on Faye’s wedding day had faded at some point before coming here. The man who fully held the reason for that brought a natural smile to his lips.

“They look like a happy couple….”

“……”

While Evelyn had no idea what Cassis might be thinking, she tried to guess. If Laocon and Nike consulted soon to plan setting up house together, he would be pondering what to do for their wedding, right? Since both were necessary and precious to him, her heart was full of joy that things were going well.

A particularly bright red sunset blazed across the distant sky. The wind that blew ceaselessly toward her arms, which were about to become drowsy, wasn’t cold, but he wrapped his arm around her back supportively.

How strange. Even though the wind didn’t blow any less, and even though her arms weren’t covered, even the parts that the wind didn’t touch were becoming warm together. Was it because they were together, because they were with each other?

Not as much as Johan glanced at Faye, but Faye also couldn’t hide the smile on her lips when looking at her husband. Could it be that wonderful? Evelyn felt she knew without having to ask her friend who hadn’t recognized her. They were a perfect pair and would be happy forever. They would live with smiling faces on this land that had raised them.

I… had to be uprooted and leave the village, but Faye. I wish for your wellbeing and happiness.

Evelyn, walking side by side with him, stopped and discovered something. A short poplar tree whose flowers had fallen after spring passed, but whose green leaves had grown abundantly. She pointed at the tree with her finger.

“Faye’s wedding that I met today was held with that tree in between. The ceremony was set up around here, they placed plenty of food beyond there, and the guests were over there, so I was completely alone. And then from beyond those bushes over there….”