Isekai: Princess Marquess Becomes Entrepreneur of Tempe

Chapter 62. Live for Him

Meanwhile, at Locke's residence, in Armelin

"So, all this time... The Elona I know is someone from another world?"

Art asked in a still unconvinced tone, after Elona told him everything. The girl recounts Tara's origins and how she got inside Elona's body.

The girl nodded at Art's question. The man seemed to be holding his head for a moment, seemingly feeling inexhaustible with everything he had heard.

"So, the one who accompanied Louis the streets was not Tara, but me, Art. I'm sorry, yeah. Because of me, you have a misunderstanding with Tara.." continued Elona.

"So... This is what you were - um yesterday, I mean Tara said that the explanation is complicated...?" tanya Art made sure, and Elona nodded once more.

From the corner of the room, Mai who had been silent, began to approach Elona's bed.

"I've been expecting something different from Miss since a year ago. Miss started to change, more often out of the room, more courageous. it was not Miss Elona all this time." said the servant girl.

Elona smiled gently at Mai, then turned to Stefan and Art in turn.

"I want to ask you all to keep Tara as you look after me. There is not a single thing that sets us apart, because he replaced me very well. And Tara loves you all as much as I do..."

"Elona... Why did you say that? Don't tell me you want to go!!" Stefan yelling.

"Sister, I have to go. I can't linger here anymore." said Elona weakly.

"No, you can't! I'll summon the grand magus priest so you can stay here!" exciting Stefan.

"Sister.he is it. not even a grand magus will be able to change destiny..."

Without notice, Elona's teardrops fell down both of her cheeks. The girl was really sad to see her brother who wanted to fight against the will of the god just so that he could come back to life.

"I've been gone a long time, sister..."

Stefan also appeared to shed tears. He hugged his beloved sister tightly.

"Where could I possibly be. Although Tara was already considered my own sister, but you are also my sister, Elona..."

"Sister, thank you very much... Brother has been taking very good care of me all this time.Say my regards to Brother Iris and my future nephew, yes..."

Elona turned to Art and Mai and said, "You two also please take good care of Tara, yes. Especially you, Art... Tara may never say it, but she loves you. Don't waste him, yeah...

And you, Mai, thank you for being my friend all these years..."

"What is this lady talking about? Miss who brought me here and gave me life once again.I should be grateful..."

Elona hugged her beloved servant tightly. "Blessed, Mai..."

Soon, Elona's eyes closed, leaving a prolonged cry from Stefan and Mai.

While Art watched everything in silence. Slowly, he came out of Elona's room and from Locke's residence.

*****

At night, in the border forest.

"Hiaatt!!! Haaatt!!"

With a single slash, Art had killed the wolf that had come to him. Currently, he is returning to his old hobby, which is hunting in the forest.

Art spent hours there. Every now and then he slashed at monsters, more often than not just riding his horse saddle and going around the forest quietly and slowly. That is a habit that he always does every time he is having problems or many thoughts. Hunting is a way to release stress.

Is this the secret he wanted to tell me? If he was from another world?

All the knowledge he had was....since he was from another world?

Art kept thinking about what she had said and done by the girl she loved, whom she had known by the name of Elona.

Means... The name Tara that he called in his nightmare at that time, is his own name?

Though all this time the signs are so clear, why am I a fool not aware of it...

All this time he endured all his own grief. He was even willing to make sacrifices for Locke's family and the townspeople he did not know, in a place that was foreign to him.

But instead of believing him, I doubted him. What right would I have if I hid my identity?!

Lama Art recalled what he did yesterday that was even angry and yelled at the girl. Then, Elona's original words flashed again in his memory.

"Tara may never say it, but she loves you..."

"Damn it!!" Art bellowed furiously into the air, awakening the entire forest dwellers.

"Why am I even scolding him! Why don't I just trust him!! I don't deserve to be loved by him! I don't deserve it!!"

Anger mixed with cries burst forth from the young man, and resulted in wild animals falling on the blade of his sword one by one.

Tonight, Art hunts blindly, far exceeding his usual.

*****

The next day, at Locke's residence in Armelin.

"Elona?"

"Sister Stefan...?"

In the morning, Elona's body opened her eyes again. Stefan smiles at her, even though he knows this is Tara and not her real sister Elona.

But, as soon as she opened her eyes, the girl sobbed and hugged her brother.

"I'm sorry.I'm not Elona.I'm sorry, because I've taken her position..."

"What are you talking about? You're my brother too! You're still the Elona I've known for the past year. I've given up on her, so have you.. or do you want me to call you by your real name?"

Tara shook her head and said, "No, sister, let me wear her name until the end of my life. I want to remember her forever, as a friend and also the person I consider my sister. Can, right?"

"I'm thankful you didn't forget him..."

"Miss... Tara?"

The young lady smiled as well. "Not Tara, but Elona. Call me the way you call her, yeah. I'll live for him until I'm gone."

Mai cries and hugs Elona's body. "I'm sorry if I'm presumptuous, miss.but, thank you so much for everything..."

"Yes, Mai. I'm also grateful to you, yeah."

Mai let go of her embrace and wiped her tears. "Oh yeah, I almost forgot. Someone wants to see you downstairs."

"Who?"

"Miss Kiara Perez."

*****

Kiara seemed to be waiting for Elona in the lower lobby with a tense look on her face. He was afraid that his presence would not be desired here. However, Locke's guards gave him a way in, and the servants asked him to wait in the lobby, not recognizing that he was the one who had taken his master's fiancee.

Without long waiting, the owner of the house came with a white dress wrapped in pink embroidery entering the room. Elona's body looked fine even though her face looked pale. He enters the room accompanied by Stefan.

According to tradition that the lower caste must give greetings first, then Kiara also moved from her seat and did curtsy.

"Greetings, Miss Elona Locke."

Elona nodded her head. "Greetings. Don't be so formal. Sit down."

"How are you?"

"Not to make any pleasantries. Considering all your efforts to take Louis away from me is no use for pleasantries either, so just get to the heart of the conversation. What are you gonna do here?"

Elona's statement immediately hit Kiara without hesitation. Girl Iu was wrong with her behavior.

"Alright, then I'll just go straight," Kiara said. "I want you to lift your sentence for Louis right now."

Elona listened to Kiara's words and scrunched her forehead. "What punishment? I'm not punishing anyone right now."

"But, Louis, he..." Kiara took a breath and exhaled, before continuing the conversation. "At this time Louis is trying to atone for his sin on you, by working on your soybean fields day and night without a single break."

"What?! But I didn't tell him that!" elona was surprised.

"I know, but Louis did it anyway. He said he would stop when he heard your words of forgiveness. He felt his sin now so heavy. Therefore, please come to him and say if you want to forgive him!"

Kiara explained at length. But even so, Elona did not budge in the slightest. The girl sighed and drank her tea slowly.

"... it's none of my business" said Elona softly after sipping her tea.

"What?!"

"It's none of my business!" elona replied firmly. Then, he called the guards to enter the lobby.

"Guards" said Elona as soon as her bodyguards were in the room. "Take this girl out of my house right now. If you need to get out of this city. I don't want to see his face here anymore!"

"What?! Elona please! I'll get out of here, I promise! But at least forgive Louis. Forgive him! Otherwise, he would not stop to force himself to work like that!"

Kiara was still trying to give an explanation while continuing to thrash from the clutches of the Locke troops. But Elona just looked at him coldly.

"It's too late. The old Elona is gone and it's all because of you two! Now, I'm the new Elona, and I'm sick of seeing you right now. Go, before I do anything even crazier."

"But, please! Miss Elona! Just listen to me this once!!"

In vain had Kiara shouted, when her body had been dragged by Locke's guards in the yard, and left to crash just like that.

"Damn!" curse the girl while standing and clean her dirty dress exposed to the ground.

"Tomorrow I'll come again, Elona. I'll keep begging until you forgive Louis!"

But the next day, Kiara had not come again to the Locke residence, a bodyguard Perez came and gave bad news for him.

"Miss Kiara, bad! Master Louis!"

"What's wrong with her?"

"Master Louis fell unconscious and sustained a heavy injury to his hand!!"

"What?!"

Kiara immediately rushed up to her horse cart and went towards the inn where Louis was staying while at Armelin.

In his inn room, Louis was lying limp on the bed. His forehead was sweating coldly, and his body temperature was high. The doctor's diagnosis said that the man had muscle injuries on both his hands due to working too long without rest.

Kiara immediately sat down and shed tears. Had Elona been willing to forgive Louis yesterday, none of this would have happened.

Kiara clasped Louis' limp hands. His mind is so upset right now. He remembered Elona, who threw him out and threw his body to the ground.

"Look, you, Elona Locke...! I'll make the calculations! The factory knows, huh? No one in this world who knows the ins and outs of the factory knows more than me!!"

*****

A few days later, at Locke's residence in Armelin. Stefan and Elona were just about to eat their breakfast when a waiter came rushing into the dining room

"Miss Elona! There is important news!!"

"What's wrong? Say."

"Your factory, Miss! Your soybean factory just had a fire blast early this morning!

"What?!"

*****

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

...\=\= cover art by @fuheechi_ \=\=...