I Became the Childhood Friend of the Northern Duchess - Chapter 280



280 – Side Story – From Childhood Friends to Married Couples (2) Completed

After arriving at Ardenum, the two people received a key from the manger guarding the mansion, opened the gate, and entered.

I heard that the person sent by the Robeheim family is directly managing it, but it looks like it’s not just the inside of the mansion.

“Hoo…”

“It’s really the same.”

“Yes.”

When they opened the gate and entered the garden, which was the first thing they saw, and was greeted by a neat and tidy appearance as if someone had just touched it a moment ago, the two people let out a soft exclamation.

It’s truly amazing.

Almost 20 years have already passed since I stopped by here.

Even the exterior walls of the mansion and the surrounding scenery are not much different from those days.

So much so that I wonder if someone has used time-stopping magic.

Edgar looked at this scene as if he was taking out an old diary that had been preserved with charcoal.

“Ed, look at that. That flower is still blooming.”

Then, Ariel pulled on her arm sleeve noisily, causing her to turn her gaze elsewhere.

There were abundant flowers with purple patterns engraved on the tips of their white petals.

It is also a fairly familiar flower in the two people’s memories.

This is a flower that bloomed profusely in summer, the time when the Loveheim mother and daughter visited this place most often.

“Was it Lisianthus? “I don’t remember much.”

Tracing her memory, Ariel nodded as Edgar spoke the name of her flower.

“I guess that’s right? “It’s the flower that my mother liked.”

“It did. Now that I think about it, I’ve never seen it in the garden of Robeheim Castle.”

Since the flowers preferred by gardeners are different for each family, not all flowers in bloom are the same.

Therefore, she was also a servant whom he remembered having rarely seen since coming to Loveheim Castle, but seeing him again gave him new feelings.

“Speaking of which, I’ll have to talk to the gardener when I get back. “It’s your mother’s favorite flower, so be sure to decorate it.”

“Your mother will be happy.”

Even though she became an in-law of the Loveheim family, Katria, who is still frugal, would not necessarily want such a thing.

However, when she actually did it, it was clear that she would smile brightly like a child, so when she imagined that, Edgar was already smiling.

“Wow, that tree is still the same. “I think it’s bigger than before.”

“I know. “You have better growth potential than me?”

The next thing that caught the two people’s attention was none other than the quince tree.

It is also the place where the Type Capsule was buried together in the past, and it is like a kind of leader that stands alone in the garden of the Bilhark family, where there are almost no large trees.

Even when the two of us were young, it was a tree so tall that we could barely see the tip if we tilted our heads upward, but now that we’ve gotten older, the difference feels even bigger.

It is said that humans can grow to about 2 meters at most, but is this because trees have a higher growth limit?

Thinking they couldn’t tell from a distance, the Loveheims walked under the tree as a test and craned their heads upward like they did back then.

Sure enough, just like back then, looking at the edge of the towering quince tree was quite a daunting task.

“I was very angry when I was young, but not now.”

“Isn’t it because I’m past the age where I can compete with my height?”

When she was young, Ariel was quite sensitive about her height.

They often brought Edgar over to see who was taller, and sometimes they even carved their marks on the walls inside her mansion.

But wouldn’t it be impossible for her to have such a competitive spirit in a situation where she is getting old and unable to grow up?

At least that was Edgar’s guess.

“Well. I think it’s a little different from that. If I had to ask, I’d be happy because it was consistent.”

Ariel shook her head and offered a different opinion, then walked forward and brushed the outside of the quince tree with her hand.

I was glad that there was someone who literally still looked down on the two of them, not because of the competitive spirit that was like that of childhood.

Since ancient times, people’s eye level changes as they grow.

It may just be due to a change in height, or it may also be due to a change in class or status.

In it, Ariel has changed so much from the girl who looked up at the quince tree as a child.

She was in a position where she had to rule over someone, and most of the time she looked down on someone, and even people who were about two heads taller bowed their heads in front of her.

However, this tree was still the same.

Rather than attaching any great meaning to it, I was just happy with the fact that something had not changed.

The fact that I can feel the emotions of a childish girl again, looking up the same way as I did back then, and still wondering what’s at the edge.

“Now let’s go inside.” “I think I’ve seen almost the entire garden.”

“Okay.”

After taking a quick glance around her her garden her her her, ending with her quince tree her, Ariel spun around in her place her her her, putting her back on her feet her her her.

Thanks to her beauty, which was still in its prime, her appearance only doubled.

Edgar watched her happily and followed her today, not next to her, but behind her.

As if she was reliving her memories from her childhood when she still seemed like a younger sister to protect her rather than her own woman.

Squeak.

Still, there was one thing that proved her past years.

It is the small scream made by an unoiled wooden door.

Ariel easily opened it and entered, staring blankly at the red staircase she faced.

Then, suddenly, Edgar’s voice came from behind.

“Now that I think about it, on the day we met our wild boar, did it escape from the warehouse over there?”

Ariel was lost in thought for a moment as he asked, pointing to the hallway on the first floor next to the stairs, and then she nodded.

If I remember correctly, yes.

In order to avoid the guard’s surveillance, he went out through the wall of the warehouse using the wall-passing spell called Perbado, which he had learned on his own.

Thanks to this, when entering the warehouse, I had to breathe in a lot of cloudy dust through my nose and mouth.

Ariel, who was lost in thought while recalling the memories of those days, felt a mixture of emotions once again.

“It’s amazing to see it again like this.”

“What?”

“Just everything. When I was young, I never thought I would have the courage to confess to you, or that you would confess to me.”

This is a relationship that has lasted since the days when we were just crawling on the floor and not even able to speak properly.

It was amazing that it continued for this long, but it was truly surprising to Ariel that a big change had occurred in that relationship.

Who would have known?

I never thought that my childhood friends, who would just hang out together in the hills behind the neighborhood and say bad things to each other about being idiots and fools, would become a couple when they got this old.

Even Helen, who had been watching them all this time, called it one of the most amazing experiences of her life, so it must be true that it was truly miraculous.

But looking back now, Ariel suddenly had this thought.

From the moment we met by chance in this mansion, I think the current outcome was predetermined.

It is said that it was her most special fate her sent by her god her to save her daughter her her her, who had almost lived a colorless life confined to her her castle her her her her.

Kkook.

Ariel, holding her husband’s hand as she was, climbed the stairs together with her light steps.

In the past, I played rock-paper-scissors to climb up here, and all I could think about was to win and climb up faster than Edgar.

But now, we are at exactly this level.

I no longer want to look up or down, behind or in front.

The best thing to do is just look at the scenery on the other side that you can’t see, and have a casual conversation about what trees are on the other side or what flowers are in full bloom.

All we have to do is follow each other’s steps and walk to the end together.

I don’t know how long the remaining journey will be, or what new adversity will come.

As long as you don’t let go of the hand you’re holding right now, you won’t have to be afraid of anything.

So the Robeheim couple slowly walked down the second floor hallway, taking steps side by side.

Sometimes I looked into the master bedroom where Edgar’s parents lived, and sometimes I visited a study I had rarely been to.

There was no furniture left anywhere, so it was just a plain sight, but it had a fresh taste in its own way.

“This was your room, right?”

“That’s right.”

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The last place we arrived at was none other than Edgar’s room.

I had no doubt that this time too, an empty room would greet the two people, but when I opened the door and entered, a very different scene than I expected unfolded.

“… Huh? “Is this room the same?”

Ariel blinked as she saw that the bed, bookshelfs, and table were all still there.

Perhaps thanks to the caretaker’s hand, each and every book on the bookshelf was neat and clean without a speck of dust.

Edgar also wondered why this room was so untouched, but she quickly thought of one reason and shook her head.

“I know. “Maybe I should go to the castle first.”

Unlike the members of the Bilhark family who followed the couple later when they got married, Edgar had already left for Hespania.

Therefore, it seems that the items in this room were left as is, thinking that there was no need to bring them out later.

Thanks to this, Edgar was able to see the room as it was back then, and he felt like he had made a fortune.

“Ah, it’s been a while since I read this book. “You read it to me often.”

“I’ve read it more than twenty times. “Maybe?”

“Well, not to that extent. Anyway, he always read it to me when I took a nap…”

Ariel, who was counting the number of times, felt a pang when she realized that it would actually be 20 times.

It’s still good on the eyes.

At that time, she was busy playing outside with her Edgar her her her, and unlike Edgar, who was lively, she quickly got tired and fell asleep.

Still, she didn’t want to spend less time with him, so she lied and said she wasn’t sleepy, and she lay down on the bed, clinging to him and saying all sorts of things.

Then, she thought Edgar couldn’t go on like this, so she took a book from the shelf and read it to him in a soft voice. There was such a magic in it that she could not resist, so much so that her eyelids quickly closed and she fell into a deep sleep. Br＞

‘There really is no place where memories do not remain.’

Ariel patted the side of her bed and carefully sat down on it.

As Edgar sat down next to her, she seemed to recall the scenes from those days even more clearly.

She also rolled around on the bed and played around.

When Ariel proudly showed off the precious toy she brought from somewhere, Edgar gave her an indifferent look and snorted.

Then, in the end, he noticed that she was sullen and forced him to act like he was interested in her.

All the scenes that passed by without thinking are collected and become memories, and then they are scattered all over the place, behind leaving invisible traces, and we live together with the owners of the memories and the place.

“I must take this with me when I go back. “I need to see if there’s anything else I can pack.”

Holding the book in her hand carefully in her arms, she went straight to her bookshelf and began looking through it to see if there were any memories left from those days.

Edgar, who was staring at her back, belatedly got up from his seat and came to her side, and then he opened his arms and hugged his wife warmly.

It was a bonus that she carefully covered her wife’s slender hand with her bare hand.

“When I return, I will have a lot of stories to tell my children.”

At his words her her her, which were filled with many meanings, Ariel calmed her eyes and carefully turned around.

Although she may have changed outwardly since those days, her golden eyes that face her directly and the warmth they contain are still the same.

Ariel, who felt infinite love for her, raised her tiptoes and kissed him with her lips.

A kiss to confirm love that is neither too intense nor too light.

When it was over and their lips separated, Ariel opened her mouth with a mature smile that she could never wear in her childish days.

“… Huh. There will be more in the future. “It’s enough to keep the kids entertained all night long.”

“That’s right.”

The time you will live in the future will be longer than the time you have lived.

The time we will spend together will be longer than the time we have been together.

There will be more memories to build than memories you have accumulated.

There will be more content to open and write in the future than to open the diary again.

Even today, when we look back on the past, it will become a new past and will be remembered again in the distant future.

At that time, the wrinkles on each other’s hands may become darker and the eyes may become dull, but one thing is certain: even then, the smiles will still be as bright as they are now.

Just like those days when she smiled even though her hands and face were covered in dirt.

Reflecting on that fact, the two continued to hunt for treasure together like they did when they were children.

However, unlike those days, this time the competitive spirit of who can find it first or who can find more has long since disappeared.

I just open new drawers one by one and retrieve the treasures of memories they contain.

That’s the biggest change that occurred between them, from childhood friends to a couple.

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