I Became the Childhood Friend of the Northern Duchess - Chapter 279



279 – Side Story – From Childhood Friends to Married Couples (1)

When the sun has changed and the vegetation has just begun to sprout.

One after another, auspicious news came to Robeheim Castle.

From the news of Sonia’s pregnancy, which she has been married for half a year now, to the news that Evan and Claire’s wedding date has been set.

Even as she watched her brother her come to fruition, Serena did not seem to have much interest in her love life yet.

Instead, what she is deeply interested in is none other than the position of head of the family.

As it has long been her dream to become a woman like her mother and be with someone like her father, after her coming-of-age ceremony, she devoted herself to mathematics and worked hard and hard to become a person worthy of the owner of the Lobeheim family.

“Sister, are you planning to stay in your room again today?”

At her breakfast, Evan made a subtle remark to his sister.

She was worried because she had barely seen Serena come out of her room in the past week.

“Huh. There’s still a lot to learn…”

In response, Serena continued to sharpen her knife and nodded her head slightly.

Although the area under her eyes was a bit puffy, she still felt proud.

As I learned each new thing about her, it seemed like she was getting closer and closer to becoming the being she dreamed of.

Although Evan admired his sister her ‘s appearance her her, she expressed concern because she did not want her to be so absorbed that her body her her her was damaged.

“Take a break. “I’m not interested in being the head of a family anyway.”

“That’s why I’m more worried. Since you have given up your right to succession, I have to become a suitable person for the head of the family.”

It was like that.

In fact, after Evan became Claire’s lover, she gave up her right to succeed him early.

It wasn’t a foolish reason that she didn’t want to spend time on other things because she was so focused on her love life. To put it bluntly, she just made a decision about an issue she had been thinking about for a long time.

If Serena was a child who quietly followed her her dreams her her alone, in contrast, Evan was the type of person who enjoyed her her current life her her her.

Therefore, even though she was educated to become the head of the family from a young age, she also had doubts.

Is he really suitable for the position of head of a family, and is this really the path he wants?

Then she overheard Serena’s dream of her.

She said that her dream was to become a great head of a family like her mother and lead people.

‘It’s been since then.’

It was after hearing that that Evan began to seriously worry about succession rights.

I have an older sister who has such a serious dream and wants to become the head of the family, but I wonder if it’s okay for him, who doesn’t even have the will of her, to be her competition of her

While continuing her concerns, she came to fruition with Claire and received advice from her.

Claire said:

‘She walks the path Evan wants. Because now I am by his side.’

I literally felt like I gained a thousand soldiers and ten thousand horses.

Starting that day, Evan announced her intention to completely give up her right to succession in front of her parents, and although they were confused at first, they announced after hearing her intention.

Because it was only then that I realized that it wasn’t a decision made lightly based on a moment’s whim.

“Now that I think about it, what about dad and mom? When did she get out?”

Wiping her mouth lightly with a napkin, Serena took a quick look at her empty head table and asked.

Normally there would have been at least four people sitting at this large table, but today there were only two of us.

“Early in the morning. “They say you’re coming tomorrow or the day after tomorrow?”

“Okay? “You left early.”

Serena nodded as if she understood what had been said in advance at dinner last night.

Compared to her, who sleeps a lot, Evan doesn’t miss training every morning, so she must have encountered the two people who left the castle early.

“Where did you say you were going?”

“I don’t remember the name… “They said it was where her father’s home was.”

“Oh, that’s right.”

Recalling her memories of yesterday, Serena cast her gaze out the window.

When her golden eyes, just like her father’s, gazed, she could see the endless sky stretching far away.

Thinking that the two of them were probably looking at the same scene, she smiled softly and got up from her seat.

For some reason, it suddenly occurred to me that studying would go well today.

*

It was quite a long time since the Robeheim couple, who were famous for rarely leaving the castle, got into a carriage and headed somewhere together.

Especially the fact that we walked alone without even family or employees accompanying us.

It rattled. Rattling.

As the carriage gently swayed as it passed down the slope, the two people inside leaned against each other.

It was a scene that would have happened even if the situation had not been like this in the first place.

The shaking of the carriage was just a good excuse for the two of them to get close, but when they were alone, they were a couple who still exuded a romantic atmosphere despite the years.

“I guess Serena is still locked in her room right now?”

In response to the question asked by Ariel, who was leaning her head on her husband’s chest, Edgar answered in the affirmative without any hesitation.

“Maybe. “It seems like you work harder than you did when you were young.”

“I think so too. I hope you don’t overdo it too much.”

In fact, it was decided that Serena would inherit the position of head of the family, but her passion for learning did not fade.

On the contrary, Ariel almost stuck out her tongue when she saw that everyone was so absorbed in any subject these days.

While her parents hoped that they wouldn’t be so preoccupied with harming her health, she was also thankful for that sentiment.

In any case, it means that they take the idea of following in her parents’ footsteps her very seriously.

“How do you feel as the current head of the family? Do you think Serena will do well?”

“Of course. Regardless of her position as a mother, I believe she will do well.”

Of course, her ability as the head of the family was important, but in Ariel’s opinion her her her attitude her her her her her her her her her her her her her her her her her her her her her her her her her her her her her her her her her her her her her her her her her her her her her her her the most important.

From that perspective, Serena was a woman who thought more deeply about the important responsibilities and duties she had to take on as the head of the family than any other current head of the family.

She also had the brilliance inherited from her parents to back it up.

That’s why Ariel was able to guarantee.

If she is the daughter she gave birth to, she will definitely become a superior head of the family.

“When I return, I will be busy preparing for the wedding ceremony and succession ceremony.”

“I know. But once it’s over, she becomes that much more relaxed.”

Ariel had no doubt that if she was busy for a while, she would become surprisingly free after that.

Just as she had gone on a river and river trip with Helen after Julken handed over her position as head of the family, she also plans to relax with Edgar once this is all over and burn the remaining four months while she devotes herself to political affairs. She is working on

“Anyway, how long has it been since you last went to Ardenum?”

Ariel, who was leaning against her husband with her eyes closed, opened her mouth when the scenery outside her carriage changed from a snowy field to a forest, and from a forest to a village whose name I had never heard of. ＞

At her question, a low sigh came from Edgar’s mouth as he was measuring the past years, and she quickly finished calculating and told the truth.

“17 years have passed.”

“It’s been that long.”

Ariel blinked her eyes blankly, as if she didn’t know that it would be that long after almost 20 years.

It may have been about that time since all members of the Bilhark family moved their residence to Robeheim Castle and received permission from the imperial family to retain only the owners and did not come after the ruler was changed.

Even so, it’s been 17 years.

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It was surprising to her that she hadn’t even taken a step for so long.

She might drop by to reminisce about nostalgia for the past.

“Ed.”

As Ariel got older, she often called him ‘honey’ or ‘you’ rather than her name. For the first time in a while, Ariel’s nickname came out of her mouth.

“Hmm?”

“Will the place we stayed in be the same?”

“… I don’t know. From what I heard, it seems that only the manager visits the mansion occasionally.”

Edgar shrugged her shoulders and put the relatively recent information into her mouth.

The somewhat shabby residence, written as a castle and read as a mansion, used by the Bilhark family in the past, has now been transformed into only a space to store memories.

This is because the agent who currently governs Ardenum also lives in another mansion close to the village.

“Is there somewhere you want to go?”

“Not really. If I had to ask, I would like to go to the balcony.”

I thought he was going to say that he wanted to go to the mountain behind us that we climbed together, but Edgar’s eyes widened when he gave an unexpected answer.

“What balcony?”

“The balcony where I often spy on you when I go to the mansion. Do you remember?”

“… Ah, the place where you made excuses to me but were later found out?”

“Well, there’s no need to go into detail about that.”

Hearing Ariel’s sulky her voice her her her, he immediately nodded his head, soothing his wife her her her.

Every time I remember.

Although I didn’t know it at the time, when I found out about it later, I thought how cute she was.

It was a completely different time from the current, proud ruler of the North.

The freshness of my childhood, when I didn’t want to be caught even looking at the person I liked, so I secretly hid on the balcony and pretended to look at the garden.

If I were to tell this to Serena or Evan, they probably wouldn’t believe it easily.

There was a significant gap with the current Ariel.

“Anyway, I hope we arrive quickly.”

“I know. Oh, do you want that warehouse to stay the same?”

“Maybe there is? They said they left the original things as is.”

The warehouse refers to a place where two people climbed together as children, lay down and looked at the stars.

It was also the place where Ariel first realized that she could cover the night sky with a blanket.

In fact, not only in the warehouse, but also throughout the mansion, there are all kinds of memories of the two people together.

If I were to list them all, I could probably talk about them all night long.

But even so, it was good.

Staying up all night, telling stories about those times until you get bored, and falling asleep in the same bed with your faces facing each other.

Perhaps there is no more romantic scene for those who turned from childhood friends to become married couples.