Episode 1058
Episode 251 Opponents (8)
Jin looked at Siris in shock.
She had an expressionless face as always. In some ways she seems to be detached from everything, and in other ways she seems indifferent to everyone.
However, as her long-time colleague and friend, Jin knew why Siris always had that look on her face.
responsibility.
From the moment she recognized who she was, Siris’ life was filled with training solely to become the perfect next queen.
A harsh and boring life.
Siris was accustomed to that kind of life since she was very young. It never occurred to her that ‘something else’ might come into play in her life for the Queen Mother.
That is, until I met Jin.
Squeal….
Siris filled his and Jin’s glasses with wine.
“The first day we met, you scammed me at Marmite. Haha… Now that I think about it, it was strange that I applied ointment at that time.”
“What is it like?”
“At first, I gave him ointment to apply on his own. Then he saw your dirty hands and said he would apply it for you. “If it were my personality, I wouldn’t have given you ointment, much less applied it myself.”
“That’s true.”
“I guess it was surprising at the time that I met someone my age in such a rough place. “From a young age, I often acted on behalf of my mother, and when I went out of the palace, I was mainly on missions, so I rarely even talked to my peers.”
Jyn nodded, thinking of Talaris. She had been bragging about sending Siris to important meetings and going to meet her lovers since Siris was about five years old.
Of course, she meant to boast that Siris was that smart, but it was a passage that immediately showed how much pressure she had to endure growing up as a descendant of her royal family. So to speak, she was receiving royal lessons at every moment, and she was always suffering from exams.
“So she saved him, and when she found out that he was Rune Khandel’s youngest child… she was absolutely devastated. But after thinking about it for a while, I realized I wasn’t angry at you.”
“…Siris, are you angry with yourself? That she was deceived.”
“that’s right. I’m angry with myself. I stupidly did a small favor and made a fool of the queen… I even lost the sparring match. “That’s what I thought.”
Phew!
Siris took a sip of her wine and smiled. Jin followed suit, emptying her glass and refilling it.
“But after losing, I put ointment on you again… While I was overwhelmed with feelings of defeat, disappointment, and such, it was strangely refreshing. You know what I want to say, right? The truth is, I’ve always wanted to escape the pressure. “The pressure of being a small palace lord.”
Even though we were together for such a long time.
This was the first time Jin had heard Siris’s intentions like this. And she never even noticed. Because she has always been the perfect oxbow owner.
From around the time she was fifteen, when those under her consort’s care were in trouble, she looked to Siris, not Talaris.
“I had no choice but to work hard, Jin. I’m cold-bloodedly less talented than her mother. Even though my mother was playing around with her, in the past, she was one of the three great powerhouses, including Sir Siron and Lord Ron… I have never taken a day off from training, and I am not even in the top five powerhouses of this generation. That’s why her mother pushed me that hard from a young age.”
Jin didn’t answer, but lightly clinked his glass with her.
“To me, you have always been a good competitor. Our relationship started fresh, and what we experienced together afterwards was dangerous but mysterious. “How many times has your life been saved thanks to our secret palace?”
“I can’t even count them.”
Starting from Colon until now, Bigung has always supported Jin generously. Even when she came to Mila to meet the people from the Demon World, she was riding a mote.
“You have helped me countless times, Siris. “No matter what I do, I can never repay it all.”
“Yes, if you have a conscience, you should know. Haha, then try braiding my hair.”
“Hair?”
“You’ve never tried it, have you?”
“I don’t think there is one.”
Siris held her own long hair out in front of her shoulder, giving it a braid.
“Take her hair between your fingers and gently knot it… this is what you do. Braid only three braids here and here.”
“Let’s make it as pretty as possible.”
“Yeah, if you’re not pretty, I’ll turn your chin away.”
Jean stood up from her seat and stood behind Siris. She carefully picked her hair, and each strand smelled sweet.
Jin was so focused that she didn’t open her mouth for a while, and at some point, Siris started humming to her in a low voice.
Every single strand of her hair was braided.
When she held up the mirror to reflect Jin’s braided hair, their eyes met in the mirror. For some reason, I laughed.
“How is it? “I said I was working hard.”
“Hmm, that’s good. Please be patient until the end.”
Jin braids his hair again, and Siris hums.
Jin, it’s been a long time, no. Maybe she was showing her flirtatious side for the first time, she thought.
It was beautiful. Her silver-white hair was shining like a river in the sunlight.
“Once upon a time.”
“Yes, Siris.”
“At one time, I had the same thoughts as my mother.”
“which…?”
“One day, it occurred to me that it might really be a good idea to have you as the hostess of the secret palace. I don’t remember exactly when it was. Was it time to recapture the compass? Anyway, I thought it would be best for the royal palace.”
For the big palace.
Siris pondered those words and took another drink.
“I don’t know about you, but that issue has been a long topic for me. Because I couldn’t understand my heart. “Did she just think it would be a good idea to marry you for the sake of being a queen, or did she think she wanted to marry you because she loves you?”
Jin couldn’t answer.
But Siris didn’t mind at all as he silently braided her hair. Anyway, I didn’t start talking today because I wanted to hear an answer.
“It had to be the former. “I should have wanted to marry you only for the sake of my wife, not because I love you.”
However, it felt good to see Jin’s hand trembling slightly while braiding her hair. So, playfully, I asked her a question.
“Jin, why don’t you ask why your opinion is not important?”
“that….”
“You could have just refused?”
“That’s not what I meant.”
“Haha, no, it’s not true. You would have refused. “Because you probably already have someone in mind.”
Valeria Heaster.
Siris knew that she and Jean had spent the night together in her red owl.
As soon as she heard the news, she decided she had to talk to Jean. She said she’d better tell Jin how she feels, just once.
“jin.”
“yes.”
“Unfortunately for me, it’s not because of Big Gung… I’ve just had you in my heart since sometime. “I respected you as a competitor, I liked you as a friend, and I loved you as a man.”
Her second hair was braided. Jin calmed her trembling hands and picked out the last strands of her hair.
“I was the one who confessed, so why did you drop it? “If my hair gets damaged, I can’t just get over it.”
“Siris….”
“It would have been nice if I had known this feeling a little earlier. And if I had been more like my mother… well, I might have had a chance. But not anymore. I think it’s time to close this heart. For the Big Palace, and for us.”
we.
It wasn’t just Jin and himself that Siris expressed that way. It was a story that included all of her colleagues.
“The fight that awaits us now will be harder than ever. Then, I don’t want to make a mistake. “I have already made my choice.”
She just couldn’t choose her words.
Jin just braided her hair with her hands that had barely stopped trembling. When she had finished braiding the last of her hair, Jean showed Siris the look in the mirror.
“Oh, you did it well and delicately until the end.”
And just as Jin was about to nod her head.
Siris sat down behind her and naturally pulled her around his neck and kissed her lips.
“With this, all the debt you owed to the Big Palace as a competitor has been paid off. From now on, we won’t be in debt to each other.”
you to me Because you are my best friend and the most precious person.
“So, if you need anything in the future, feel free to tell me anything. It means be shameless like you are now. okay? Instead, promise me two things.”
“…what?”
“First, I hope that your treatment of me will not change in the future. I feel more comfortable with you now than before. “Can you do it?”
Jin slowly nodded her head.
“Secondly… I feel like I’m a bad person if I say this, but whatever. It’s not going to happen anyway. “If by any chance you feel that your thoughts of Valeria are not permanent, come to me.”
Siris turned around again.
For some reason, Jin’s eyes seemed wet, and I didn’t want to see them. I didn’t even want to hear the answer to my second promise.
It wasn’t because Jin seemed to be shaking his head. Likewise, it was because she felt sorry for her precious colleague, Valeria.
There are two glasses left and one glass of wine left.
Siris filled the rest of her drink into her own glass. And as she was about to empty the glass, she impulsively gave herself a chill.
Wow….
The scene followed as the glass filled with the chill that bloomed like a snowflake froze in an instant.
“…For some reason, I don’t want to drink this right now. I’ll have to come back and empty it someday when I remember. Let’s go now, Jin. “Go out first and wait a moment. I’ll ask the manager to keep this and then I’ll leave.”
After Jin left, Siris stared at the frozen glass for a while.
She was the heart of the ox palace lord.
