Chapter 52 *** #D-71 My Largo. I always didn't tell you much about the night I spent with him. Even though I vowed to tell you everything. Even though I vowed to write down everything that happened in those 131 days. Even though I promised to fill you in with every word I knew. This was the time that every couple in the world should spend, and yet, this was the most intimate and secretive contact between us. Nevertheless, that first night was so traumatizing, so unforgettable even six years...
Chapter 51 *** - That's.................. an overly subjective judgment. - I know, I know. It's not rational, it's emotional, it's subjective. His words were affirmative, but his tone was fierce. I felt like he was going to go after the maid and hold her at gunpoint if I didn't stop him. He, the master of this country, had the authority to do so, and she, the maid, would die without question. - But what can I do, I will follow what my heart commands. For a moment, he, my steadfast friend,...
Chapter 50 *** - yes? - Weren't we, on this night, just like lovers? Lovers. A relationship between two people who love each other deeply. It was a word that smeared like ointment on my troubled heart all day. - No prince, no princess, no 'seer’, just you and me, a couple pledged for eternity. His raspy voice in the spring night made me a complete person in that time. Eternity, around and around and around again. The diamond on the finger of my left hand, resting on his left shoulder, seemed...
Chapter 49 *** - Your Highness! He only laughed at my horrified cries. Still, I couldn't bring myself to say that I wanted a bed. Finally, my feet hit the floor of the clock tower. It was close to midnight, and the bee-like crowd had thinned out. Only a few people remained, enjoying the festive revelry with small firecrackers. Lowering me to the ground, he took my hand in his. - Let's go for one last spin before curfew. He pointed to a spot near the clock tower. In a world of darkness, it was...
Chapter 48 *** My despair-fueled cries dripped onto the world. - Where is my eternity, which God has now granted me..................? In the paradise that God had prepared for me, or in the maw of the sinners, or in the void and nothingness? In my desperate struggle, a bitter smile spread across his beautiful face. He picked me up and held me once more. A large hand caressed my tear-stained cheek. Thick thumbs stroked under my eyes. He calmed the flood of my eyes, which had finally broken...
Chapter 47 *** - It's not going to happen, so stop doubting yourself and hold on tight. Reaching out with a trembling hand, I clasped the nape of his neck. No matter how much he assured me, I wasn’t relaxed. The spiral staircase was tight and worn, and it looked like it might collapse under the weight of the two of us. One step, two steps. Clinging desperately to him, my body swayed like a swing with his movements. With each calm step up the tower, a nameless feeling blossomed in my heart....
Chapter 46 *** I could feel his eyes on me wherever I went. - Pick me one of those, please. - Is there something you'd like to have? A voice echoed my words. I looked at the crude dolls I hadn't paid much attention to. They were all shapes and sizes. They must have been painstakingly sewn by the children of the capital. For this day, for days and nights. The corners of my mouth curled up as I realized that this was something I was familiar with from my time in the slums. - I like big...
Chapter 45 **** The person I was not too long ago would have taken it really perversely, but now I don't think anything of it, just that it must have happened. - To take it a step further, some of the maids who picked out the undergarments were demoted for choosing the wrong material for the day's outfit, and the one who made the dresses was punished for having the wrong length ribbon knot. It was always about perfection. -It must have been hard for you. The image of the queen overlapped for a...
Largo · 11. February 2024
Chapter 44 ** #D-73 ...... The Lunar New Year, which may be the last, had come to an end. My body was relieved, but my mind was uncomfortable. Only a feeling of desolation remained in my heart, and I sat in place, staring at the endlessly falling hourglass. Who would have thought that I would feel life, know life, and think about what it means to live during a period that was usually just a nuisance, annoyance, and discomfort. Who knew that even this would make me long and ache. Now I, too,...
Largo · 05. February 2024
Chapter 43 *** Naturally, I panicked at the unexpected object that was given. - What the⋯⋯⋯⋯⋯ is this? - It's supposed to be good for you. That was why every month, at the beginning of the month, there was pomegranate juice. I questioned how he knew, and why he was carrying something I didn't. I stared at him, and he just shrugged it off. -You say we have nothing to hide between us. - Of course not....... It's just that we skipped a month, and even I had forgotten that I had a period....