Isekai: Princess Marquess Becomes Entrepreneur of Tempe

Chapter 57. Drifted

"Yes, I'm Elona Locke. And we are now in your dreams. Greetings, yes."

Tara still looked at Elona in confusion. He then pinched his own cheek. Didn't hurt. Seeing this, Elona laughed.

"Hahaha, I told you, it's in a dream" Elona said with a laugh.

"But if it's a dream," Tara pointed out her doubt, "..why are you here?"

Elona smiled as Tara asked so, she walked towards the lake and sat on its edge, then dipped half her feet into the lake water. Elona took a breath, then looked towards the expanse of light reflected from the surface of the lake water.

"You know, Tara, actually, my soul's been floating around all this time" Elona said.

Tara looked at the fat girl in confusion. He also sat next to her.

"Drawling?"

"Yes. Like... what is it? I live in this body, but I have no control over it. The one in control is you, I can only watch for this long."

"But..why is that?" tara asked curiously. Elona shook her head.

"Eitherway. Ever since the Kiara crash in the school hall and I experienced shortness of breath, my soul has floated. As soon as I woke up, my body moved on its own and I knew everything. What happened to you, your mind, your heart, what you did. everything!" obviously Elona.

Tara looked at Elona in disbelief, and concluded something. "Meanwhile, hovering here is..."

"Yes, maybe I was dying. I could have died afterwards. But, it turns out that destiny says something else. You were sent to replace me and live my body. Thanks for that, yes!" Elona turned to look at Tara and smiled.

However, Tara returned Elona's smile with a horrified look, as she thought of something else.

"Then now... You want to take back your body...?"

Looking at Tara who asked in fear, Elona again laughed, this time to shed tears in her fertilizer.

"No, no! It's not! This body is yours, so take it easy! Ahaha!"

"Oh, thank God." said Tara, then immediately covered her mouth with one hand, "Eh, sorry, I don't mean to be relieved for taking over your body! I'm just relieved that I didn't part with the people I love in this world..."

Elona smiled gently. "It's okay, I get it. But..."

"But what?" tara asked curiously.

"You're not wrong about me taking my body back. But, I will only do it for one day." said Elona.

Tara scrunched her forehead not understanding. "You mean?"

"Let me take over this body for one day only. I'd like to accompany Louis on a walk in the city for the last time..."

"What?!! But Louis is -"

"Yes, I know. According to the story you read, Louis was always mean to me right?! Hiya!" elona said while chuckling.

"Why are you laughing! It's him who's been causing you torture all this time!"

"Oh, not so the real story," Elona prevents Tara from thinking that no-no about Louis further.

"The story you read doesn't describe everything. If you dig my memory deeper, when I was a kid, I was the one who often troubled him."

"What do you mean?" tara didn't understand. Elona answered him with a gentle smile and a sad look.

"Actually, Louis is not a bad guy. He's just depressed. After I lost my mom and dad, I lost my life. I was looking for someone to share a story about my parents.

When I was betrothed to Louis, I was so happy! I have a storytelling friend! I always talk and talk and talk about anything that can make me remember my parents.

Without me knowing, it weighed on Louis. But he was silent and still trying to accompany me, because at that time he still had the figure of his mother as a place to complain. Until one day his mother was gone, he vented his distress at me. Because it turns out I always talk about myself, never about him.

So. I who could not accept the fact that my parents were gone, turned out to be very burdensome for the people I love..."

Elona explains at length about Louis' true personality. At once, Tara felt bad that she had pranked Louis in her fields for a month.

"Then, what you want to do tomorrow is...?" ask Tara again.

Elona took a breath and exhaled slowly. "I want to be by Louis' side for the last time. I also want to say sorry and thank you to him, for trying to be a good fiancee for me, even though it did not last long.

And also I. want to say goodbye to him. because after this, this body will be entirely yours. And I will be no more in this world..."

"What do you mean?!"

"Before meeting you here, there was a sound, which said that my soul could no longer linger in this world, for I was long dead. Maybe the one who spoke was a god. I don't know. Where will my soul go, not my will anymore..."

"I'm sorry I couldn't do anything for you. I'm sorry I hated you for being the antagonist of a story I read..."

In that instant, Elona Locke cried on Tara's shoulder. Two different worlds come together in warm embrace and the same feeling.

"So, you want to take over this body the day after tomorrow?" ask Tara again, and Elona agrees.

"Yes. I want to enjoy the city with him. See the sights, shop, and have lunch together. That's it, enough."

"All right.." - sahut Tara. "Then I'll tell him tomorrow that I'll approve his invitation to go to town."

*****

Next day.

Art left early in the morning from his luxurious residence in Rudiyart City to the soybean factory in Armelin City. After a day yesterday he did not come at all, this morning he was getting ready. He set out with an ordinary folk tunic and a cloth cover on the head that had covered his identity for over a year.

What was different was, this time he was carrying a small box wrapped in red beluduru cloth. The box contains the most expensive ring that has been ordered specifically on famous jewelry designers.

This time, I will definitely reveal all these secrets to Elona. Later if it turns out that he still accepts me, I will propose to him directly that second...

However, it turned out that his plan would not go so smoothly.

The horse he was riding had just entered the edge area in the field when Art saw the girl talking to Louis Vandyke, his former fiancee. Faintly, he heard their conversation.

"On your invitation yesterday to take a walk in the city.well, I will grant it." said Elona. And this immediately made Louis happy for a moment.

"Really?" Louis tried to make sure, and Elona agreed.

"Yes. Just one day, right?!"

"Yes, just one day! I'll pick you up tomorrow, yeah!"

So hot Art's heart saw it. When Louis was gone, Art got off his horse and walked up to Elona. Then Art quickly pulled the girl's arm up to the edge of the tree-lined field.

"Art?! What was?? Why are you pulling me?" Elona asked not understanding.

Arriving at the two of them in a large tree, Art confronts Elona's back on the tree and locks the girl's movements with her hands pressed against the tree trunk.

"What are you doing?! What are your plans with Vandyke tomorrow?!" tanya Art gusar's.

"He asked me to accompany him for a walk in the city for one day" Elona said. His head lowered in fear that Art was angry with him.

And sure enough, Art's veins to be seen on his neck so angry, "What?! Why do you agree?? You want to go back to her?!"

"No!!" Elona immediately rejected him half-screaming.

"Then what?!"

"There's another reason.but, I can't explain it because it's too complicated..."

Suddenly, in one fell swoop, Art touched Elona's nape and pulled her towards the man's face. Her lips forcefully kissed Elona's pink lips. Art melum@tnya ferociously, until Elona was out of breath.

"A-art! Stop that!" unable to bear the rough kiss, Elona pushes Art's body away.

However, instead of apologizing, Art looked back at the girl with a sad look and anger mixed into one.

"I can understand! I can definitely understand! Because I've been by your side all this time, not her!! But it seems like you've never seen any of that!!"

"Art, i..." Elona wanted to answer him, but only silence remained there.

Then the man left angry. He went straight back to his horse and drove it quickly and left the field. The velvet box was still neatly tucked away in his pants pocket. Let alone given, the box was not even shown to the prospective recipient.

"The art! Wait!"

Tear drops fell and flowed warmly on both cheeks of Elona. Her eyes and throat are hot. The mood for the day was broken into pieces. The girl said inwardly.

The one who wanted to take a walk with Louis was not me. But Elona...

*****

...\=\= original writing by @author.ryby \=\=...

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