I Can’t Run Away From the Girl Who Saved Me - Chapter 213



213 – Words Unspoken

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Before we knew it, the sun was slowly setting behind the mountain.

When I looked up, I saw signs that the blue sky was starting to turn red.

Perhaps in a little while, a bright red sunset will illuminate the goldfields.

I slowly walked towards the mansion, my legs tired from work.

“Ash!”

When I was about halfway between the graveyard and the mansion, Sylvia came running toward me from a distance, waving her hand.

I greeted Sylvia with a smile and asked.

“Are you here to pick me up?”

“Yeah, I couldn’t even wait because it was so hard not having Ash by my side. You must have had a hard time by yourself, right?”

As she said that, Sylvia brushed the dirt off my clothes with her hand.

I answered with a smile.

“Hey, Sylvia, you’ve had a hard time too. How’s the mansion? Did you find it properly?”

“Yeah, Pia guided me properly.”

“How much of the organization is done?”

“… huh,”

Sylvia answered after a moment’s hesitation.

I tilted my head to see if there was something bothering me, and only then could I smell the pungent smell of blood coming from her body.

“…”

“… There was a lot to sort out.”

Now that I think about it, there was a day when Pia teleported me to my room.

It occurred to me that there were strangers occupying the mansion.

How stupid of you to forget such an important fact.

“organize…”

“Yeah, clean up.”

It’s a mess.

The arrangement she speaks of would certainly be murder.

As I became aware of that fact, the smell of blood prickling my nose suddenly became very strong.

At that moment, an uneasy thought came to my mind and I asked Sylvia in a trembling voice.

“… Sylvia… tell me honestly.”

“huh…”

“The curse… still remains?”

Sylvia was startled by my question and shook her head vigorously.

“No, that’s not it.”

“But… why.”

Sylvia hesitated for a moment, then sighed slowly and opened her mouth.

“I think you already noticed… The opponents were thieves. Well, in this world, everyone is no different from a thief.”

“ah…”

I let out a sigh.

It seems that those who occupied the mansion were thieves.

But even so, is it worth killing?

Even if the opponent was a thief, it bothered me that Sylvia, a warrior who saved humanity, was harming people.

Because Sylvia is the hero who saved this collapsing humanity.

Besides, perhaps those thieves were residents of the Goldfield Estate.

In there… there might have been a face I knew.

“Ash.”

At that moment, Pia appeared on my shoulder.

I don’t know how long she’d been doing this, but she’d been climbing onto my shoulders.

It was as if he had been given a ride on a horse.

Pia shook her head and said.

“There weren’t any faces Ash recognized. They were from outside.”

“… How do you know?”

“Well, if Ash knows that person, then I know that person too.”

“Oh, I see…”

Pia nodded as she said so.

“They’ve trashed the mansion, not just the staff but the Count’s mansion as well, it’ll take weeks just to clean it up.”

“Writer Baek’s mansion isn’t that big, so how badly did it get damaged?”

“It looks like they tore down a wall and used it to start a fire.”

“oh my god.”

I sighed.

It must have been a harsh winter outside the forest of fallen trees.

No, it must be a bitter winter all over the world now.

“… It’ll be okay.”

I nodded.

If Sylvia had killed him, it would have been obvious that he was an enemy of humanity.

I firmly believed that no matter how damaged she was by her long suffering, she would be able to make that kind of judgment.

I couldn’t help but believe it from the start.

I have to live with her for the rest of my life.

“Yeah, you’ve had a hard time.”

As I said that, I hugged Sylvia’s body, which was covered in the smell of blood.

Sylvia rubbed her nose against the nape of my neck and made a purring sound.

There’s no way someone this cute would do something so evil.

It was such a lovely sight that it made me think that way.

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“I’ll finish cleaning up the mansion. You two, go for a walk. Get used to the area.”

Pia looked at me and said.

At the sudden suggestion, I looked up at Pia, who was still sitting on my shoulder, and asked.

“Is there still a lot to clean up?”

“I have to wipe the blood.”

“…ah,”

I nodded at Pia’s firm words.

Pia, who saw me nodding, quickly disappeared, telling me to come back soon.

“… Was there a lot?”

“To some extent…”

Sylvia said with an awkward smile.

“I was so angry I couldn’t stand it, that those thugs had ruined the place that was supposed to be my and Ash’s treasure trove.”

“So you killed them all?”

“I didn’t kill them all, just a few as a warning. I killed them pretty badly though.”

“…”

“No, the first one to come running was a woman! He ran at me. My body was made of ash, but he didn’t even know the place…”

“… good job.”

I nodded, taking Sylvia’s hand.

“… Aren’t you disappointed?”

“Why me?”

“That’s right… I was locked in the forest to protect people, but I ended up killing people like that…”

“He’s a thief… and it’s my house… and…”

“… hmm?”

“I’m angry now hearing that, Sylvia is mine.”

Sylvia smiled bashfully.

“I feel like I want to pounce on it right now.”

“My back hurts… Let’s do it tomorrow… no, let’s start the day after tomorrow.”

I shook my head, holding my waist.

On top of my already damaged body, I suffered from back pain from the long carriage ride.

Moreover, they even dug up the soil in that condition.

Today, I wanted to avoid straining my back even if it meant beating myself to death.

But Sylvia licked her lips again and gently stroked my chest with her straightened index finger.

And then he muttered in a low, dirty voice that sounded like a purr.

“I… don’t think I can wait that long.”

“I really can’t…”

“Eek.”

“Instead, I’ll take you to a really cool date spot right now.”

I took Sylvia’s hand and stepped forward.

Sylvia followed my hand and walked at the same pace as me.

We walked around the grounds, talking about this and that.

Sylvia asked where we were going now, but I smiled and avoided answering.

The sunset was turning the sky a bright red.

And I knew the best place to enjoy this sunset.

The sunset lasts only a short time, so it might be over before I even get there, but given my physical condition, I couldn’t move my feet any faster than I did now.

I walked at a pace that was not too fast for the crowd and had a pleasant conversation with Sylvia.

First impression.

First meeting.

The moment I first realized I was in love.

The night we first got together.

How has Sylvia been while I was gone?

And what will the future that unfolds before us look like?

Some of the stories were ones I had already heard, and some were new to me.

However, I could listen to a familiar story hundreds of times over if it was in her voice, and I could welcome an unfamiliar story with joy if it was accompanied by her breathing.

All the way up the steep hill, Sylvia chattered.

I was so out of breath that I couldn’t answer properly, but Sylvia’s cheerful voice gave me the strength to keep up.

When we finally reached the top of the hill, luckily the sunset was in its most perfect colors.

“and…”

Before I could even begin to explain, Sylvia was already looking at the sight before her eyes, admiring it.

I could tell just by looking at it.

She was looking at this beautiful sight, lost in thought.

Because I was like that too, and so was Layla.

A hill with the perfect view of Goldfield’s golden wheat fields.

This place, which was the most beloved place for everyone living in the estate, was a famous dating course and confession spot in the estate.

The place I promised to show Sylvia someday.

Finally, I was standing here with her.

As I was catching my breath, leaning against the zelkova tree that still stood majestically on the hill, my gaze caught sight of a worn rope that had fallen to the ground.

“…”

It was the remains of the swing I had made for Layla.

It seemed like it had already been abandoned a long time ago.

I turned my gaze forward again.

The golden wheat fields I loved so much were already ruined, but Sylvia’s platinum hair blowing in the wind under the sunset was just as beautiful.

I took one last deep breath and then quietly approached Sylvia, who was lost in thought.

And then he quietly intertwined his fingers with hers.

Sylvia also gently squeezed my arm without saying anything.

“…how is it?”

“So… pretty.”

“Hehe, do you like it?”

“Yeah, it’s the coolest thing I’ve ever seen.”

“Isn’t it? It used to be prettier. Now the wheat fields are all ruined, but… In the old days, under the red sky, the golden sea rippled all the way to the horizon…”

“Wow… that would have been really great.”

“… It was ecstatic.”

Sylvia looked at the scenery before her for a long time.

I too stood there in silence, overlapping the memories in my head with the scenery before my eyes.

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As I hunched my shoulders against the cold wind blowing from beyond the mountain, Sylvia uncrossed her hands and wrapped her arms around my shoulders.

I was moved by her hand.

Naturally, she hugged me from behind.

Sylvia hugged me tightly, placed her lips close to my ear, and whispered quietly.

“I think I understand why Ash was so proud of the Goldfield Estate. And why Maria loved her hometown so much.”

I turned my head and looked at her face.

She was closer than I thought.

“… How about Sylvia?”

“what?”

“Do you think you could love this place?”

Sylvia chuckled.

“What kind of nonsense is that? I would have loved this place even without the beautiful scenery. It’s a bonus that it’s not a fucking forest, and this is the hometown of the person I love.”

“Sylvia…”

Sylvia said, leaning her head gently on my shoulder.

“It’s so nice just to know that it’s Ash’s hometown… and it’s so beautiful… I’ve never seen anything this beautiful in my life.”

I said, leaning my cheek lightly against her head.

“I’ve seen something prettier.”

“Oh my god, what is that?”

It was a stupid conversation.

Words that sound strange and even predictable, like lines from a popular novel I read as a child.

But, I insisted on saying that obvious answer.

Because at this moment, there is nothing more perfect than that obvious answer.

“It’s you, Sylvia.”

“oh,”

“The most beautiful thing I ever saw was Sylvia.”

“Oh my, stop it. Girl, it’s so embarrassing… No, stop it, I’m really embarrassed.”

“Haha, okay, let’s stop.”

We stood on the hill for a long time.

Finally, even the sunset disappeared beyond the horizon and darkness began to fall over the sky.

I turned my head again.

Sylvia also turned her head towards me.

There was no signal, but we both felt like we were thinking the same thing.

And in return, we slowly overlapped our lips, merging our shadows into one.

A hot kiss that warms up a body chilled by the night breeze.

All the parts that were touching each other while hugging each other were warm, but the place where their lips overlapped was so hot that it felt like it was going to burn.

There is a white mist on her breath.

My breath also turned white.

As our breaths became visible to each other, we pressed our lips even tighter together so as not to miss even a single breath.

“ha…”

After a long kiss, our lips slowly began to move apart, and a silvery thread of saliva hung between them.

The thread slowly fell down and then suddenly snapped.

At the same time, the two of us opened our mouths together.

“Hey… Sylvia”

“Ash, you know.”

At the same time, Sylvia and I stopped talking and looked at each other and laughed together.

Even these awkward moments were so lovely.

“Sylvia, speak first,”

“Well, Ash first.”

“What is it? I’m curious.”

“I wonder too. What Ash is trying to say.”

Isn’t it obvious what to say in this situation?

A man brings his lover to his special place.

The two confirmed their affection for each other under the beautiful scenery.

There was only one final word to end the situation.

It was clear that Sylvia was probably trying to say the same thing.

“Then should we talk at the same time?”

“… uh?”

“I’ll count to three, so speak at the same time.”

For some reason, Sylvia looked a little puzzled, then slowly nodded and said.

“Okay… well… well then, I guess so.”

I was concerned about her trembling reaction, but it was probably nothing.

It was probably some silly reason, like wanting to hear my voice in its entirety.

I looked at Sylvia’s face and started counting slowly.

“One. Two.”

Sylvia swallowed hard.

“three!”

I shouted loudly.

“I love you, Sylvie…”

“I’m pregnant.”

…What did I just hear?

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