Why Are You Doing This, Duke? Volume 1 Chapter 3 part13-14

Part 3: The Spring Breeze in the Mountains (8)

Er-in looked up at the peacock and carefully touched the gray-haired carac that had fallen on his forehead. Her eyes were as transparent as a spray of sunlit bar. Lowering her fingertips from the straight forehead and stroking along the long brows, he followed and groped her face. The warm body temperature and silky texture of the hand somehow made my teeth feel stiff and choked.

“Lex?”

“Yes.”

“What's the standard?”

“What criteria? “

“…… That's the standard by which you fall in love with me.”

Originally, she wanted to say what the criteria for magic to be triggered, but Erin, who can't speak of those words, changed her words. She must have been a little impatient with the Duke who did the same thing even though he saw something that almost fell. When she see Lex, who is worried about her, her heart feels like it's getting cold.

The Duke leaned his head and whispered low as he looked into the books.

“There is no standard. Of course I love you. It's like a bee flying endlessly in search of flowers, like a city liver as if it were flowing through the city without having to be seen.”

Like magic is magic. Erin murmured into him and sadly touched his cheeks.

‘Oh, what's wrong with me? You can't do this!'

She clasped her hands as she tried to become depressed.

“Lex, there's something I want to try.”

“Just say anything.”

“I'm going to try to get a book that's as high as this one- oh, not now!”

As soon as she pointed out, she shook her head to the Duke who pulled out the book.

“You're watching from the back, and you're supposed to bring this out with a funny face?”

“It's not funny at all. You're so short that I can't help but feel sorry for you.”

Erin, who was attacked for a moment by the truth, paused for a moment, shook her head, grabbed her arm, and stepped back.

Erin deliberately stepped up and pretended to take out a book on a high level. The Duke, who had stood back, came at once and stood close behind her. A mint of fresh water mixed with sweet musk gave off a strong scent. He stretched out his long arm and asked in a ringing voice, holding the book over her hand. 

“You need this, Songbird?” 

“Oh, Your Grace. Thank you.” 

“You've got wings, so you can fly. You've been waiting for my help?”

Erin, who was excited about the duke's close-up back, froze at the unexpected remark. Lex, showing the ultimate affection so much that she couldn't follow, seemed to know then if he taught one. It was really burned! But why not tell?

But when Erin turned, the duke looked down at her and didn't stop. Why? When Erin smiled and confronted him, he frowned.

“By the way, Erin, I can't stand it anymore.” 

“What?”

Instead of answering, the Duke licked his lips with his tongue and mysteriously lowered his eyes.

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Part 3: The Spring Breeze in the Mountains (13)

There was nothing  to feel guilty about, she didn't do any crime, but it was hard to face the cold looking Duke, not Lex. She quickly moved away from him, lowering herself behind a stall where the fruit had piled up. 

But not long afterwards, good quality shoes stopped her in front.

With only a glance, the Duke with his straight back, stood while looking down at the tip of his chin. Erin picked up anything on the dirt floor and stood up, hiding it in her hands.

“Oh, why did this fall?”

The Duke snorted as she smiled awkwardly. 

“You have dropped the body. Why don't you pick it up?”

Since you've seen me hide, so  can't you just ignore me? Erin peeped the stone in her hand and looked around, avoiding his gaze. The Duke's knight stood far away and turned their attention away pretending they didn't know anything.

‘I've been caught by the people in this outfit again.'

She have never encountered anyone before, so strangely with the Duke. She greeted politely, hiding her new red crab face.

“Good morning, Your Highness. SO coincidental to see you here.”

“My wife is doing this on the dirt floor and you must be very happy.”

When the Duke with his arms crossed spoke coldly, Erin made a small protest against him as she shook her head.

“That's why I've been deliberately ignoring you.”

“Now that I've spoken to you, do you think there's anyone who doesn't know who you are?”

“I do not know the enemy, so if you do not speak, no one will know.”

“Didn't you think that hiding was more suspicious?”

Although he spoke low, the Duke did not seem to care about the eyes of the people, nor did he care about anyone listening to their conversations. Rather, Erin looked around and lowered her voice

“I'm embarrassed if I'm dressed like this.”

“I told you what it was, I never said it was embarrassing.”

“That's what you mean.”

“Do you think I'm embarrassed?”

“Are you okay with me then?”

“…….”

The Duke clenched his lips disapprovingly. Erin, who won the fight but stressed herself as 'embarrassed by her mouth,' became a cry. She can't tell him here that she was disguised to try to find a magic book. She sped away and wondered how to get out of this position. 

Rowan, too, gazed at her in anger at having come to such a long talk on the road. Why does his wife do something he doesn't like every time he sees her? And he could ignore it, but he didn't know why he was so angry.

As soon as he thought of her while he was at work, he left everything behind and pursued my wife. Her words of going to the village were to be remembered.It was easy to find her even in a crowded space. The brilliant gold was shining brightly in the dirty, bustling corner of the market. 

But it was strange.

Apparently, he had seen her, and the moment Erin pretended to have not seen  him, pretending to be unaware of each other the magic was broken. Even as the indescribable sense of loss struck his whole body, he instinctively chased her after her. Why did he chase her, knowing that he didn't have to be swayed by her because he had returned? 

‘The magic is eating my sanity.'

Rowan, who did not understand his own behavior, had to bite and cut off. While looking at each other silently for a while, Erin turned first by biting her lips.

“Where are you going?”

Rowan, who reflexively reached out and grabbed her arm, asked, and Erin pouted her lips.

“I'm embarrassed. I'm going to go somewhere without people.”

“Can you stop using the word “embarrassing?”

As his voice was lowered, she muttered, gazing over her shoulder.

“Please pass on the people.”

“Why.”

“Embarrassing-“

“……..”

“…… I have something to look for, not. It's a book about magic.”

As you can see, Erin, who rolled her eyeballs, sprang up momentarily and whispered in his ear. As the warm breath touched his ears, Rowan's body trembled as if it had been a surprise attack. 

It was similar to the feeling of trembling when she and his body touched her as she fell from a ladder in the library.

Erin buried her face on his chest and her squiggly hair and floral smell overwhelmed him. What about the small, board-like feeling he held in his arms? Now, the slender wrist of the woman holding it was also small in his hand. 

‘Does my body have already been enchanted?'

When he let go of her wrist, Erin stepped back and stood looking as if asking permission.

“….. Your Grace?”

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Part 3: The Spring Breeze in the Mountains (14)

Rowan frowned as she called for an answer. The magic books was secretly sending people to collect at random. So there couldn't be any books available for this market, but he kindly didn't want to say that. But his wife, a woman, was not reluctant to wander around the market defenselessly.

When he was immobile, Erin sighed and said.

“I'll leave then. Go back safely.”

When she disappeared out of sight, she had to be deceived again, as if her eyes were missing.

By the way.

Why feel so dirty. He had never been beaten or even looked for anyone in person, pretending to be unaware of anyone. She was the first to do it. But she cut me relentlessly, what's so easy. When he looked insane, he was very offended when he was subjected to ‘non-discrimination' against a woman who jumped like a dog.

He turned foolishly, looked back her, and sighed with annoyance. When the magic returned, he would find her anyway, so it was more efficient to stick with her. He needed to keep an eye on what he was doing.

The knights hurriedly followed as they moved. Rowan did not look at them, but he pointed out.

“That woman – “

Pointing at Erin, who was leading by a glance, he stopped talking. He had to change his words because calling his wife ‘that woman' is different from ‘normal'. He sighed briefly and commanded in a lowered voice.

“I'll spend time with my wife, so step back from the sight.”

“But it's a place where there are a lot of obstacles and people, so security is difficult.”

Ugh. As he glared  with annoyance in his eyes, the escort stopped and asked him.

‘What am I doing here?'

The bookstore Erin was looking for was in the back alley famous for its poor quality.

He was glad that the maids and escorts didn't see this. A small, shabby back alley, palm-only hole shop, barely enough for one adult to pass. He had never been to such a cramped alley on the battlefield. 

Rowan stood helplessly in the dirty alley. This led him to believe that she knew what “embarrassment” she mentioned earlier. But he was more upset that a woman would go around this place alone.

‘You're not doing anything suspicious by yourself again, are you?'

How long it's been, Rowan stared at the entrance of the bookstore like a rat hole, and Erin jumped out of the way. Seeing her approaching him at high speed, Rowan reflexively raised his hand to the sword of his waist band and alerted himself.

The breathless woman came close and rose, whispering hurriedly under his chin.

“Your Grace, I'm sorry, but please lend me some money.”

“……what?”

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