I Became the Childhood Friend of the Northern Duchess - Chapter 271



271 – Side Story – The Flower Called Love Blooms Everywhere

The morning after Sonia’s birthday came.

As Allen left Bilhark Hall in casual clothes for his daily walk and headed toward the back yard, he saw the sturdy back of a man.

She paused for a moment, but she soon realized who she was and approached her cautiously, hoping to say hello.

Then, the person who sensed the presence turned his head and greeted him first by raising his hand.

“Good morning. “Did you say Allen?”

“Ah yes. It was definitely Lord Kellagg, right?”

In the past, she would not have been able to answer properly because she was shy, but after a lot of effort, she was able to give a normal answer even to someone as embarrassed as Kelagh.

“That title is unfamiliar, so just call me Mr. Kellarg.”

Kellag nodded his head and attempted to correct the somewhat burdensome title.

Allen expressed his disapproval at first, but with Kelagh’s push, she couldn’t help but nod.

In the first place, she thought it would be more disrespectful to add ‘gong’ when she said it was her own name.

“It’s still early, what’s going on?”

Taking a sip from the canteen in his hand, Kel Rag quietly asked a question.

It’s something I wouldn’t normally do, but today for some reason I opened my mouth first.

I guess it was because I thought of Sonia as a boy who had feelings for him, so my interest arose for no reason.

“Even at my parents’ house, I always go for a walk around this time.”

“It’s an amazing habit. “If you establish good habits at a young age, they will be easier later on.”

Nodding his head in satisfaction, Kelagh threw a stone into the small pond in front of him.

He didn’t really try to do it on purpose, but perhaps because the stone was flat, he made a splash and made it to the other side.

“Wow, you’re good at it.”

“It’s luck.”

Shrugging his shoulders, Kelag picked up another stone lying next to him and held it out to Allen.

With the meaning that you too should try it.

Allen suddenly took it, held the stone, thought about it for a moment, then nodded and threw the stone with all his might toward the pond.

Plop.

However, the stone that never bounced on the water quickly sank to the bottom of the pond.

At that sight, Allen felt somewhat helpless and sank down in his seat, depressed.

“Oh, that doesn’t work.”

“I guess this is my first time trying it. “I saw that my posture was awkward.”

Usually, when throwing a mulsujebi, the upper body is often bent at an angle so that the flat side touches the water surface.

However, a little while ago, Allen left her in the same position she was in, so Kelagh spoke to her just in case.

“Yes… “I’ve seen my father do it, but he’s never tried it for fear of failing.”

“There’s nothing to worry about with just one water drop. “I heard someone will punish me if I fail?”

“Well, it’s not like that. Just a little…”

Allen scratched his cheek sheepishly and swallowed her words.

Through a series of actions, Kelagh was able to guess what kind of person this boy was.

‘I guess I’m the kind of person who is afraid of failure.’

Occasionally.

It’s not that I’m obsessed with success or that I’m a chronic person, but I’m the type of person who is so afraid of the repercussions that will come if I fail that I can’t even try.

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At best, it can be said to be a musujebi, but the more people like this, the more they are influenced by the gaze of others.

So much so that I can’t take lightly even the issue of just failing once and making people around me laugh and then moving on.

This is a personality that Kellarg has seen several times.

From a third party’s point of view, they may feel frustrated and say, “What’s so special?”

But Kel Rag had never given this type of advice to anyone she had ever met.

A person’s values are just as difficult to change, and as long as they do not harm anyone, it is their own way of living.

She thought that in itself was enough reason to respect it.

However, even he, who did not like to interfere in other people’s lives, did just one thing every time he saw such people.

For example, like now.

“Look carefully, Allen.”

Kel Rag found another flat stone and lifted her body up.

At this, Allen’s eyes opened wide.

“Yes? Look…”

“I mean, look at what I’m doing. “I will teach you how to do Mulsujebi well, so learn with your own eyes.”

“Oh, yes!”

He lowered his waist and took a serious stance, placed a rock between his thumb and index finger, and swung his arm as hard as he could.

Container. Container. Container. Container…

“Wow!”

Stones crossing the pond, splashing more and faster than before.

Even though he was old enough to be considered a child, Allen couldn’t help but stand up and admire her.

“Did you see it? How do you feel?”

“Uh… The point seemed to be to allow as much of the stone area to be in contact with the water as possible.”

“That is correct. Then, try it this time.”

Kellag picks up a suitable rock and hands it to Allen again.

Allen’s eyes were filled with embarrassment as he took it, but he grabbed her by the shoulder and directed her towards the pond and opened her mouth.

“If it doesn’t work once, just throw it 10 or 100 times. Don’t be scared and throw it.”

“… Yes!”

Allen, who felt that Kelagh’s words touched his heart, responded cheerfully and adjusted his posture.

He lowered his waist, spread his legs, and tilted his body backwards, just as Kelagh had shown earlier.

And then.

Whoosh!

She swung her arms with all her might

Plop.

But for some reason, this time, the stone just becomes a decoration below the water.

As soon as Allen’s shoulders began to slacken, Kelagh picked up a rock again and handed it to him.

“Try again. “Don’t be discouraged.”

“…”

This time, Allen just nodded his head without answering and took his stance again.

Normally, she would not have even dared to try because she was so frustrated with two total failures, but for some reason, she felt like she wanted to keep trying.

Container. Container. Tong.

The stone thrown just like before bounced over the pond a total of three times and eventually sank to the bottom of the water.

At that sight, Allen clenched her fists as she felt a rush of pride.

“And!” Bo, did you see it?”

“Okay. “It’s pretty good, right?”

Kellag smiled proudly and roughly stroked Allen’s head.

“Look at this. “What did I say that only one water sujebi failed?”

“Oh, no…”

Allen, who seemed to have heard her true intentions, answered in a trembling voice.

At this, the smile on Kel Rag’s lips grew even stronger, and his rough hand fell from his head.

“Yes? Nothing changes just because of a small failure. Continue to live with that in mind. Well, it’s your way of life, so I’m not going to tell you to change it…”

Kellag, quietly scratching the bridge of his nose, placed his hands on both waists and added her words while looking down at Allen.

“At least when you get dumped by the girl you like, wouldn’t it be unfair to give up all at once?”

“Ah…”

His eyes her inadvertently landed on Bilhark’s coffin, where someone was probably fast asleep right now.

In response to that action, Allen this time realized Kellag’s intentions and let out a low exclamation.

“… Thank you! I’ll do my best!”

“Yes.”

In response to the bold answer that eventually came back, Kelagh smiled with satisfaction and ruffled Allen’s hair once again.

Even though he still has a somewhat immature side and seems a bit plain, I thought he was a guy I liked because of his eyes.

*

There was no one by Claire’s side when she returned to her room after eating a generous lunch.

A little while ago, Sonia was about to go out after receiving a call from someone saying something happened.

Claire quietly returned to the guest room and sat down on the bed, as walking around a friend’s house without her was somehow frowned upon.

How many minutes have passed like that?

Crash!

– Claire! Claire!

Suddenly, someone’s voice came from outside her, desperately looking for her.

Without even having to guess who the voice was from, Claire immediately walked towards the entrance and opened the door.

Jump up!

“Woah, there you are! “I survived!”

Sonia’s breathing was so heavy that she seemed like she was about to fall, as if she was being chased by some kind of monster.

She quickly closed the door and approached the bed, pushing Claire’s back

This happened in about 3 seconds.

“What’s all the fuss about? Sonia.”

“Listen to me! “I’m in big trouble now!?”

In any case, it was rare for Sonia, who had a strong heart, to be this surprised, so Claire felt her curiosity rising.

But curiosity is curiosity, and first of all, I have to calm down my friend who seems to be out of breath.

I was so afraid that I would die without even being able to say anything.

“Calm down and catch your breath first. “Because I’m not going anywhere.”

“Uh, okay. Huh… Paa.”

However, this did not mean that pregnant women should take rough abdominal breathing like they do during childbirth.

Anyway, after much effort, her breathing quickly returned to normal.

“So what happened? Earlier, I went out because I had other things to do…”

“Well, that’s it. Actually, I went out because Allen called me…”

“Allen?”

Claire tilted her head at this quite unexpected person.

That’s because Claire knew Allen’s love for Sonia.

That’s why I knew that he felt very awkward when he was alone with Sonia, and that they couldn’t talk well together.

But did Allen call Sonia out separately?

Claire felt a faint scent of love and faintly.

“Huh. She said Allen suddenly asked if she could come out for a moment, so she went out and she suddenly…”

“… “Did you even confess?”

“Uh, huh? How did you know?”

Sonia’s eyes widened at Claire’s actions as she put the words she was about to say out of her mouth.

Was he even watching?

But then, I don’t understand the reaction from a moment ago.

Then there is only one possibility.

“No way, Claire…”

“Yes, I knew. “At least Allen likes Sonia.”

“So I was the only one who didn’t know?”

Sonia blinked her eyes in disbelief.

“They say that there are many times when you don’t even know that someone else’s love is towards you.”

“Ugh, somehow I’m embarrassed…”

Soon Sonia put her head under her blanket to hide her new red face.

Claire smiled with a stomach that was almost like a hermit crab.

“So did you give me an answer?”

“Oh, not yet… “I asked for just one week.”

“Hehe, doesn’t that seem like Sonia somehow?”

For some reason, Claire assumed that Sonia would have clearly expressed her intention on the spot, whether it was acceptance or rejection, but she was spectacularly wrong.

But I actually liked that.

Allen was a friend to Claire, and I was thankful that Sonia didn’t seem to take his feelings her lightly.

‘Now that I think about it, there was an answer I had been putting off too.’

While I was looking at my friend who was shaking his legs with red cheeks.

Claire suddenly remembered the face of a boy four years younger than her and smiled softly.

It seems like that love is still maintained, but I don’t know.

As time went by and he became an adult and grew up nicely, I tried to guess whether he would be interested in a woman who was four years older than me, but I didn’t get a positive answer.

It simply decorated a page of my younger brother’s memories.

Satisfied with just that fact, she nodded her head in satisfaction.

Claire, who thinks this way, is at best a fifteen-year-old girl.

“Ugh, Claire. “What kind of face should I look at Allen from tomorrow?”

“You can just meet normally. On the contrary, if I push you away with this, won’t Allen be even more sad?”

“It’s difficult… ! Is love really this difficult?”

Claire smiled bitterly as she patted the back of her friend who was whining next to her.

How it will end will depend entirely on Sonia’s mind her her her, but I hope that the two close friends can meet the end amicably without any heartache.

That was all she wanted.