
"Fuck !!!" linden shouted furiously.
"Why is uncle angry? "
" If you love Miss Ellise, but Miss Ellise does not love you! We still have to respect his decision! "
" Uncle, I didn't force it either! But we all know, it is very rare for a man to marry her right now! Not necessarily the man will keep this secret, if he is big mouth, then Ellise will be exposed to social sanctions! Therefore, I present myself before everyone! "
Linden came directly to Val, Ava immediately held Linden's body, because she lost the power just Ava's body was affected and Val could not avoid.
At the instant the atmosphere was noisy, Ellise began to feel guilty seeing the quarrel due to her actions. He decided to run back to his room, leaving everyone who ended up quitting out of concern for him.
****
Geck! Geck! Geck!
Ellise felt astonished, midnight like this, who was knocking on her room. Ellise got up and opened the door, got Val in front of her.
"Ellise, can I talk to you? "
" Do you want to come in? "
Val shook his head, "No, it's rude to enter your room at midnight like this unaccompanied. "
" But as a child we have done this, there should be no need for a polite word and no. "
" Ellise, don't make all the trouble worse. "
" Where are we going? "
" You remember when we were kids, we were both punished for climbing the tallest tree at the end of the wall? "
Ellise nodded.
" We're going there, do you want to? "
"Hahahaha, Ellise you're not very suitable to be a lady, you can do that not even just men but knights can do. "
Ellise let out a small laugh and went back in to change clothes.
***
" Ellise, can you do it? " ask Val who reached out her hand trying to help Ellise up.
Ellise welcomes Val's helping hand, concentrating on getting back up to where Val is.
" Ellise, how are you? Is it better? " ask Val as soon as Ellise has sat on the branch next to her.
Ellise nodded.
" I'm fine. Only, I can't bear to see you sad because of me. "
" We'll be fine as long as you're okay. "
Ellise looked directly at Val who had noticed him earlier, their sight meeting.
" Sister Val, the problem was, I knew you were lying, you didn't love me. Why did you sacrifice your future for me? "
Val sighed softly, then turned his face to the straight scene before him, Ellise still looked at him.
" Ellise, since childhood, I have been guided and trained to be your guardian knight. At first, neither I nor Ava hated this idea so much, we were very small, still 5 years old, but already forced uncle to hold a sword, for martial arts, to do anything to take care of you. For a child like us, it is of course very tiring and not infrequently we cry from pain. To be honest we hate you and have a grudge against you, our children's days are ruined. Those of us who don't understand anything should be playing our age. Seven years later, when we were first brought to this residence, we saw you smiling at us. You were only a 7-year-old girl back then, you were about 5 years younger than us, yet you treated us very well, even like your own brother, unlike spoiled princesses from other noble families who are selfish, whiny and like to organize. Honestly, at first we thought you were just like them. We started to like you, your smile was very pretty, you gave your handkerchief with your little hands to both of us, we were very moved and started to forget our grudges against you, we feel like this is our path. Moments later, the duke and duchess died, when seeing you cry, we felt the same way. The feeling of wanting to protect is getting stronger, especially when you see your uncle's antics, locking you up here. We wanted to kill him many times, but Uncle Linden forbade us. "
" Of course, the murder of the nobility carries a serious penalty, not just that of killing, but that of the whole family. "
Val chuckled, "Right, we're not afraid of death, we're just afraid our family is affected by it. "
Then Val turned his gaze to Ellise, their sight meeting again.
" Ellise, since childhood we were prepared to protect you, our destiny in your hands, even if I didn't love you, but I loved you more than myself, half because of my warrior soul, half because I considered you a brother. If I marry you, I will treat you very well, I can guarantee all your happiness, what I may not be able to give is the feeling of love, maybe I can learn for it all, learn to love you, learn to love you, but what about the feeling of love that you have, I can't guarantee that I can change it in order to get to me. Ellise, it's just about how you feel I can't, so I feel I'm the best at marrying you to avoid the worst. I do not care about my future, from the beginning my future is for you, to be your guardian, to love you, to raise all your interests above mine. This is no longer the feeling of coercion as when we were kids, but rather I am very happy and honored to do it all. "