Isekai: Princess Marquess Becomes Entrepreneur of Tempe

Chapter 60. Last Matter

"... but I don't know when Miss will wake up. His heart rate sounds really weak..."

The doctor gave a final diagnosis, and it left Louis flabbergasted. He did not think that his actions could make Elona come to this way.

"Nothing's gonna happen to Elona, is it, Doc?! Yeah, right?!!" tanya Art made sure with half a shout. But the doctor only responded with a weak look.

"We must first look at the development of his condition. I'll check regularly." said the doctor.

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BUGH!!!

"Yeah!!"

Mai's screams were heard from Elona's room after the doctor's return from Locke's residence, because Art immediately approached Louis and punched him in the face to fall down. Louis spontaneously held the tip of his lips in pain from being torn and bleeding.

"You...!!"

Not yet had Louis fight, Art was already above Louis and beat him in the face many times.

"What did you do until Elona was like that, huh!! Answer!!"

"I don't know!!" Louis tried to prevent Art from hitting him by holding his arm. Then once there was a chance, Louis tried to fight back. Art's fist struck Louis's palm, while the other hand grabbed Art's collar tightly and rolled the man aside.

"You stop!! Guards!!" Mai rushed out of the room and called out to the bodyguards.

Now it was Louis' turn who was on Art's body and punched him also bertubi. But Art's movements were faster, he immediately held back Louis' hand that was punching him. In order to escape the clutches of Art's hand, Louis tried to reach for anything attached to Art's body.

Until finally, Louis touched Art's head covering cloth and pulled it. Spontaneous, a shiny golden hair appeared behind it.

Louis was so surprised to see the golden hair, that he retreated and stood up from over Art's body. The head covering cloth just fell out of his hand. He pointed at Art with a look of horrified eyes.

"You are. you are..."

Arthur stood up from his position and tidied up his tangled clothes. Then, he grabbed the head covering cloth that had fallen off the floor, and approached Louis with an irregular roaring breath.

"Yes, I'm Arthur, Duke Eckart's only son" Art said. "Why you? Shocked, because the village youth that you underestimated yesterday the castle turned out to be a level above you?!"

"..." - ".Louis could only be silent now. He no longer dared to fight, because dealing with a prospective duke would mean threatening the survival of his family.

Seeing Louis's shrunken guts, Art challenged him even more.

"Come on! Why quit?! Are you afraid that I will use my family's influence on this?!

I'm not that kind of person! Because I love Elona sincerely as myself, not because I'm an Eckart!

I do not know what you have done to Elona, but if anything happens to her because of it, remember my words well:

I will not hesitate to use my power to eliminate all Vandyke descendants!!"

*****

Next day.

Art seemed to fall asleep right on the side of Elona's bed while continuing to hold her hand. Mai walked into the room and opened the window curtain. The incoming sunlight woke Art up. The man blinked his eyes and rubbed them with his hands for a while.

Art glanced at Elona who was still lying on her bed. Beauty was still visible on her face even though her facial water was pale and unconscious. Art stroked the girl's hair, tidying it up with gentleness.

"Young Master, are there any signs Miss will wake up?" Mai asked weakly. His eyes still look swollen from crying all night thinking about Elona's condition.

Art just shook his head in response. Then, the man turned his gaze towards Mai and said, "Take Ryndall to immediately send a super-lightning letter to Stefan. If necessary, ask him to send it himself so that it gets faster. Tell me in the letter, Elona is in need of her brother."

"But, Mr. Stefan will be so furious if he finds out that Mr. Louis is following Miss up here and causing all this!" exciting Mai.

"I also don't want to add to the burden of Stefan and Iris' thoughts. But how else. We have to try every way, and maybe with Stefan here, Elona can come to her senses."

*****

Meanwhile, in the soybean fields of Armelin City.

Louis Vandyke came to the farm early in the morning. It comes using a regular tunic, leather boots, and a pacul on hand. Louis intends to open up land that has not been touched at all, as he has been doing for the past month. The man had intended to do so even though no one had asked for it this time.

Right after Art's threat yesterday, Louis immediately left Locke's residence. The man did not answer a single word to Art. What Elona told him yesterday was true, that he should not have kept Kiara waiting. It should be if he is indeed worried about his heart, just choose or not at all, and instead give false hope. It was clear Elona had rejected her many times, then what else did she want to prove?

At the moment, Louis hated himself so much that he could not take a stand. He hurt two people who cared about him at once.

And with all this hatred piling up against himself, Louis worked the land of Elona without being ruled and without being paid. He continued to work and work, until he forgot the break and went home so late at night.

On the third night Louis worked to force himself like that, it turned out Kiara was waiting for his return right in front of his inn room.

"Louis! Where have you been?? I've been looking for you for three days, but I can't see you at all!!"

Kiara immediately walked over to Louis who had returned to the inn in clothes full of dirt and a very tired face.

"Louis! What was?? Why are you so pale? You sick?" Kiara asked attentively as she stroked the face of her beloved man.

But Louis shook Kiara's hand and said, "I'm fine. I just got home from working on Elona's soybean field."

"Did Elona ask you to do it?"

"I can't let you! You are forcing yourself too much! Your adjutant said that three days ago you left too early and went home too late, then often missed meals. I-"

"Already, Kiara..." Louis interrupted the words of the girl in front of him.

"Let me do it this way. I've been guilty of a lot to you and to Elona. Now, let me atone for my sins in my own way. You go back to the capital, no need to wait for me..."

"But, Louis-"

Kiara's words were no longer listened to by the man. He walked limply to the inn room he was in and closed the door.

*****

At night, at Locke's residence in Armelin City.

"Well, I warned you not to get carried away with Louis, but you did!" tara said to Elona who was crying.

At this time, Elona and Tara meet again in dreamland. Elona is back in a state of still crying over Louis' actions. Tara is upset that Elona is not listening to her.

"But... Louis was originally a good person." said Elona who still defended her former fiance.

"Yes, I know! But I hate his planless nature! He could not make his own choices firmly. Well this is all because of the influence of his father who always presses him, anyway..." Tara grunted in annoyance.

"Here, don't cry anymore! What matters now is that your desire to be with him the last time has been fulfilled. That's all that matters. And you enjoyed it, right?"

Elona nodded her head upon hearing Tara's question, then she wiped away the remains of tears on her cheeks and tried to smile.

"You're right. Had Kiara not come, I still could not be with Louis any longer. So, I have to be grateful that I've been able to be with him and have fun with him, right?"

Tara smiled to see her different friends the world had started to cheer again.

"Then what now?" ask Tara.

Elona thought for a moment before finally saying, "May I ask permission to take over this body once again? I want to see my brother one last time..."

"Why should you ask me for permission, this is your body. Please go!" tara said as she chuckled.

"Tara, aren't you also still some business to be done?"

A voice suddenly sounded out of nowhere. Elona and Tara jump, and search for the source.

"This is the voice that spoke to me at that time!" said Elona.

"Who's talking?" ask Tara.

"The two of you don't need to know who I am, and there's no need to look for my figure. Let's just say I'm the protector of the universe." the voice spoke again.

"Then, what do you mean, if I still have some unfinished business?" ask Tara again curious.

Before long, a circle appeared floating in front of them and displayed a picture like a color television. There clearly visible, the figure of Tara lying in a hospital bed with a body full of white bandages, complete with various life support equipment.

"You're still alive on earth. But just like Elona Locke, you can't linger there anymore. Look at that,"

Seen on one side of the bed, a man was waiting for Tara's body by always holding his hand. Tara could not forget that figure.

"Grei...?"

The lover who had betrayed Tara by having an affair with her own cousin, was apparently there keeping the girl's body by her side, all day and night.

"He's been waiting for you to wake up from your long sleep for a year. Now, I'll give you a chance to say goodbye to her one last time" the voice said.

Tara was stunned to see Geri who was not also moving from her side. During her life in this fantasy world, Tara actually always wondered if Geri would regret knowing that Tara had an accident because of her?

What about the wealth left by her parents, once Tara is gone? Clearly, Tara did not want all the hard-earned treasure her parents had gathered for her to end up in vain at the hands of her cruel relatives.

"Alright, it seems like I do have some business to do there. I have to do one last thing before I actually get off the earth."

"Then... shall we part here?" ask Elona.

"It seems so.." said Tara.

Elona ran over to Tara and hugged her tightly.

"Thank you very much, Tara... I am grateful that you are replacing me and not anyone else. If we could live in the same world together, I'm sure we could be best friends..."

Tears dripped down the cheeks of the two girls, accompanied by increasingly warm and tight hugs. They both imagine if they could go have fun together, surely they will argue which ice cream taste better, chocolate or strawberry. But unfortunately, that won't be possible.

"Goodbye, Elona. I'm happy to meet and befriend you. I haven't had any close friends. I didn't expect to see you in this situation..."

Then, both of them went towards their true bodies for the last time.

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

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