
Will dumbfounded.
He didn't even know what surprised him. Because he hates her? Or because he is sad? Or because his face was slapped?
'If that's not the case, my wife should just take it for granted, how can someone say such a thing?'
He will look at his wife.
Not to hate Will.
“I never hated him.”he said
It was a sad and bitter comment.
Even though he has no tears. He will feel his wife crying.
"You know what?"
His wife bit her lip for a while and opened it.
“I have no regrets.”
As if determined, his wife raised her head.
“Having this child, of course, is not a plan. It happens naturally, just like any other married couple.”
Slowly, the story unfolds.
Just as she married as a noble duty, she thought the same thing about giving birth. It is her duty as a faithful wife to have a successor.
In fact, he always wondered if he could bond with a child.
“However, the child who came to me is very beautiful.”
He also wondered how he felt like this.
Will remain as firm as ever.
"Did you remember when you felt the baby move?"
Eyes will tremble for a moment.
Of course, he remembered.
[Sweetie, the baby kicked!]
Rarely did his wife speak to Akan in a pleasant voice.
Attracted by the mystery of his words, he grabbed his wife's stomach.
Clearly, the boy's powerful movements felt full in his palms.
He remembered it as a very strange moment.
"This is our son."
As he said, his wife said.
"He's a tough guy."
His wife had a face she had never seen.
Because it is difficult to give birth, it is because his health is not good. Unconsciously, she thought she was a weak wife.
“In the beginning of having children, I was confused. Although I was scared, excited, I could not express my feelings; I did not know. But I still fell in love with my son.”
Wife says.
“Because you are an old man, isn't that the same for you?”
Would surprised.
He didn't know this answer would come back. He never thought like this.
'Old man?'
When she saw Charlize, she did not feel like she was the child of the deceased Grand Duke and Grand Duchess.
It was only because Charlize was born after killing the Grand Duchess, and she was treated more like a stranger than a family.
His wife spoke in a firm tone.
“We are her parents, we gave birth to this child, and we are the closest family member of this child. But it is inexcusable to ask if I hate him because I almost died. ”
“…”
"You don't know, so I thought you asked, and this time I'll listen."
Did he mean that he would understand even though he was angry?
After a moment of silence, he looked at Akan. He will lower his hand that touches his cheek.
After a silent look, the wife broke the silence.
"It must be because of the grandmaster."
It was taboo throughout their marriage.
He would stop and look at his wife. He sighed slowly.
"I know the story of Ronan's family."
He felt his wife's breath tremble. More obvious words of sadness followed.
“Because I have seen what the people in this castle think of him. But."
“…”
“It wasn't the grandmaster's fault. It was just an accident. I used to think so.”
He didn't stop crying. Soon his wife began to cry, probably because she was overwhelmed with emotion.
The sight of tears makes you confused.
It felt like his heart stopped beating.
“I... While giving birth to our child, I was willing to die.”
His wife sobbed, but somehow kept talking.
“She was very beautiful, very beautiful, very sad when she heard that her mother was going to die, and at that moment, I thought, at least for this child, I want her to see the light, I want her to see the light, because he's my favorite son, and I've been with him for ten months.”
"…Wife."
"Isn't he a child mixed with your blood and mine?"
Would surprised.
When he called, his wife became more intense.
“Who doesn't want to live? But..the reason I wanted to live at that moment was because I wanted to meet our beautiful son.”
Tears flowed from his wife's eyes.
In life, people rarely hear words that change their lives.
Will have a hunch that those words were spoken by his current wife.
Eye contact.
Transparent tears and a pure heart. Unexpected love flows in despair. A heart that cannot be hidden. That's really breaking the line.
The heart will feel tight.
“I want to see him grow up, hold his hand, and be with him. I love her so much that I can't think of anything else in my life.”
His wife cried and said,
'He can't even think of such a life.'
Would surprised. Astounded. Very surprising. The Grand Duchess, of course, Charlize.
"He must love her."
Because he chose Charlize and lost his life.
He felt like he was hit on the head with a hammer.
A piece of memory appeared in his mind that he was trying to forget.
At the time of Charlize's birth, doctors told the suffering Grand Duchess.
[If you abort the fetus, you can live.]
[No, please.].
And the Grand Duchess, apparently, pleaded with the doctor in a somewhat fading voice.
He looked at the doctor with desperate eyes and shook his head.
Dante doesn't remember, but it'll be small to hear it.
'That's.'
"Because he loves Charlize."
He felt the stubbornness he had built with arrogance crumble.
It's almost collapsing.
No, he's passed out.
He didn't even know what was flowing from his eyes. Cold tears fall. He choked. He can't close his eyes.
“Then you never hated the child..?”.
He will feel his voice as a stranger.
Wife replied.
“Yes, never.”
Will think of the late Grand Duchess.
From the beginning, she heard that she was weak and rejected everyone's disapproval, and gave birth to Charlize.
He thinks Charlize has killed the Grand Duchess. An assassin who took the life of the Grand Duchess.
“Actually, maybe because I have a child.”
His pulse was racing and his eyes were strangely red. Hands shaking.
“If my son is treated like that, my heart will be broken and torn to shreds. So, I feel sorry for your mother who died without seeing such a beautiful grandmaster. I sympathize with him.”
Would cry.
Wife's crying.
The fire in the fireplace lit up.
Regrets piercing the lungs Will sharply. She must be very valuable to the Grand Duchess. He would be happy to save his life.
She must have closed her eyes hoping that everyone would bless her. But what happened to them and the others?
'We threw Charlize into the cold room, hoping she would die.'
Treat him as an assassin, not as Ronan.
If he sees this. The Grand Duchess.
His heart will be broken. Because of his shock, Will doesn't even know what he's doing.
His regret was so great that he could not even feel it. It felt like he had just been crushed to death.
'What have we done so far?'
The world will collapse and be destroyed.
Why didn't he realize it until now? The reason why the Grand Duchess gave birth to Charlize was because she loved him.
'Charlize. Charlize.'
Where should he start? Where should he start thinking? No, he couldn't even say an apology or penance.
From the very beginning, he destroyed the child and left it horribly.
Now it cannot be pulled back. Realizing that, a terrible cry came out.
Would hurt.
The consciousness was so sudden that it was too painful to handle.
'Charlize must have suffered more than this.'
Tears flowed like crazy.
But there is no time to be ashamed.
Because his heart was torn apart.
His eyes turned white with regret, and his back neck became sore and his entire body turned cold. He's very sorry.
Enough to want to die.
To the extent that he wanted to tear his mouth apart from speaking rudely to the child. To the extent that he wanted to dig into her eyes that had turned away from him. Enough to want to cut a hand that was never good to the boy.
Would cry.
The tears did not stop. No matter how much he exhaled, he seemed to be unable to breathe. It was hot and painful.
He corrupted the child's talent with an arrogant mind. He injured Charlize, who was able to shine brightly, to death.
He ignored Charlize's attempts to be loved. He turned. He didn't recognize her. He just takes it.
"W…!"
Charlize will not be back. It's just a realization.
A precious and beautiful sister. An existence that the Grand Duchess loved with her life.
Lost forever.
There's no way to go back. He felt his head would explode from frustration and despair. Instead, he wanted to die.
His lungs were upside down and he wanted to tear his chest apart.
“I, i..”.
Would cry. Words are not enough. Yeah, he's very aware of it.
"I can't even make excuses right now."
For even the last reason it was stopped.
“…”
Dante and the Grand Duke, who had come to talk about Charlize, were looking at this.
They were behind the wall because they couldn't intervene with his wife when she talked about her son.
The crying will be heard.
'What did I hear?'
Dante's eyes were so shocked that they lost focus. Suddenly, his body trembled.
clinking.
He heard the wall on his head collapse. The wall is hope.
But there are no more fires to burn. It's dead already. Only ashes remained and disappeared. Now he cannot deny or justify it.
They had sinned against Charlize to death. They make mistakes that can never be forgiven.
'This.'
That was Ronan's sin.
"…no."
The Grand Duke next to him suddenly spoke to himself as if he was denying it.
Not long after, the Grand Duke found out about his wife's heart.
[If it's female, it's Charlize, if it's male, it's Shan.]
[We still have four months left until giving birth, but have you decided on her name?]
The Grand Duchess smiled and hugged the Grand Duke. He whispered in a soft voice.
[Because I'm happy. It makes me happy just thinking about meeting this kid. I don't want to think about it.]
The Grand Duchess smiled brightly. Bright enough to make the world brighter.
Such a face was filled with happiness, to the extent that the Grand Duke had never seen it before.
[In ancient languages, Charlize meant happiness. Shan means the sun. I want this child to live a life nobler and happier than the sun. I can't wait to meet this kid.]
“…”
Memories flowed as if they had been waiting. Tears fell from the eyes of the Grand Duke. He didn't close his eyes.
He did not close his eyes even though they appeared to be burning. He heard. He just heard his son crying. He felt. He felt the end.
However, the reality was not accepted by the Grand Duke.
Because it.
"You mean we're wrong?"
Not likely.
That's not possible.
***