When My Enemies Began to Regret

Fanora flushed at his words. “Andras!”

“Did Lady Fanora dislike it?”

“That… that’s…”

“I really liked it. But it passed by so quickly…”

Where did the boy who sat on the stairs and spun his necklace with an innocent face go?

Soon, a man with red hair approached. Fanora looked at him as he got closer and lowered her head. She hadn’t even paid attention until now. But once she became aware of it, she became increasingly concerned about his bulging hands.

“Can’t I?”

She originally planned to refuse. But Fanora rolled her eyes and nodded. In the end, she couldn’t overcome her curiosity to check again what she felt just now.

Does she know that her partner had similar thoughts during their first kiss?

They shared their body temperatures again. This time, unlike before, it was a kiss with a cautious and quiet atmosphere.

“…”

“…”

By the time the second skinship ended, both people were looking at each other. Fanora looked at her reflection reflected in his eyes, then turned her head.

“How long has it been since I was treated so badly, and now I’m already shaken,” muttered her in a self-pitying tone.

Then Carl immediately spoke passionately. “Lady Fanora has Io in her hands. You also know my weakness. What are you afraid of?”

“!”

“And there are advantages to marrying me.”

Fanora looked up at him and tilted her head. This was because she remembered what Carl said at the training ground one day. “Didn’t you say you weren’t going to get married?”

“It’s been a while since I changed my mind. And the person who changed me like this is Lady Fanora.”

“…”

“At that time, Lady Fanora said you had to marry to be happy. I was against it…”

Fanora shut her mouth as Carl explained why he had changed his mind.

“Now that I think about it, it makes sense. It’s natural to be happy if you can live with the person you love.”

“…”

“And I don’t like the idea of you having another lover. I made such a compromise a long time ago. I want to make you happy with my own hands.”

“Carl.”

“…That’s why I wanted to get married.”

People’s thoughts change throughout their lives. Carl now views marriage positively. On the contrary, Fanora thought negatively about starting a family this time. Because Fanora was now feeling skeptical about love itself.

“What’s the advantage of marrying you?” She asked back what he had said without much expectation.

Then Carl smiled broadly and spoke softly. “If you stay married for three years, I can provide you with a surprising amount of inheritance at the family level. Because Andras often dies early. You don’t need to be tied to me for long…”

It was half a joke, but part of him hoped it would interest her. She didn’t trust love. Living for a long time with someone you can’t trust is an uncertain future for anyone. Therefore, he wanted to induce marriage even by using the bait of inheritance and a short period.

“Lady Fanora?”

However, Fanora’s reaction was completely different from what I imagined. She glared at Carl for the first time, and without answering anything, she left the terrace.

“She’s angry.”

He thought, at most, he would get tongue-kicked.

Carl stopped still in the place because he thought he would only provoke her temper if he chased her hastily. It wasn’t bad for him to watch the moonlight alone.

“If I even like her angry face, I guess I’ve already fallen too deep, right?”

* * *

It was the next day.

“This could be our last time… It’s a shame we parted away so quickly, Lady Celsius.”

“Don’t say that, Sister-in-law. You promised last night, didn’t you? Let’s keep in touch in the future.”

They were ready to go out before the morning dew dried up. There was no time to waste as they noticed Gamiel’s strange behavior.

“It’s because I don’t think it’s going to be easy to see you.”

“Please deliver this to my eldest brother’s grave.”

“It’s already been a few years… You always bring his favorite flowers every spring.”

Fanora watched them lightly hugging. Then Haniel smiled and gestured. It was as if she wanted to hug Fanora too.

“Take care of yourself, Lady Felton.” Fanora willingly lent her arms to her. It was a picturesque farewell to her.

“…Can I ask you a favor?”

“Yes?”

However, Haniel whispered in a small voice as she got closer to hugging.

“Please take good care of Carl. He has many shortcomings and is cruel.”

“…”

“But that kid is kinder than anyone else to the person he likes.”

Fanora nodded her head small, deeply sympathetic to her words.

They got on the carriage after saying goodbye like this. The road to the capital took a couple of hours, and the carriage’s atmosphere was somewhat tense.

The two were the best at being shy. Because of that, they had to sit at a distance and talk like that until they reached the capital.

“But I learned something good from experimenting with Europa. You can’t use more than one holy relic at the same time.”

“I know, right!”

“Carl, if you had all three holy relics in your hands, which would you choose?”

“It would still be Ganimede.”

The conversation they had in the carriage was usually a topic that didn’t matter what the conclusion was. Of course, being happy was one thing. It’s always fun to have conversations with people who listen to you.

It was a few hours later.

Fanora and Carl safely crossed the gate and returned to the capital. She relaxed her shoulders as her eyes took in the familiar sight of the village.

“I will finish the remaining work in Celsius. I have business in one way or another to make money to spend in society, but I need to save it…”

Fanora soon stopped loosening her stiff shoulders and thought for a moment. What followed were a few short questions. “…Carl, do you have any lingering feelings left in Kasius now?”

“Lingering feelings?”

“Everything went well with your sister-in-law.”

“…”

“So the reason you’re fighting with Gamiel—”

However, Carl spoke firmly before the opponent’s words were finished. “This and that are different issues.”

She clearly asked Haniel to stop him, but maybe she broke the promise? Fanora quickly shook her head. Carl’s sister-in-law wasn’t one to break promises without meaning.

Why is he trying to protect Kasius? Fanora thought deeply and opened her mouth. “Again, I have no intention of helping. I’m going to get my foot out before I get caught up in the war.”

“…I’m going to flee to another kingdom.”

“I got it.”

This time, it was a bit of persuasion. But Carl only nodded his head and didn’t react much.

“Are you worried about the Andras who will remain in Kasius? Or is there another reason? First of all, just tell me. I’ll take care of it.”

If she had the chance to regress again, she would have tried to stop the war without hesitation. The conflict with Gamiel, which she had been neglecting, became a major headache for her.

Fanora immediately stamped her foot and said, “Even if you knew the future, it would only be fragmentary information. The battlefield was still a dangerous place. Don’t make a pointless attempt. Just run away to a safe kingdom…”

Carl quietly listened to her persuasion and asked back while crossing his arms. “Lady Fanora, do you know what the battlefields mean to me?”

“Mean?”

“I’ve been told ever since I crawled around to the point my ears get scabs. If you were born as Andras, you must protect Kasius.”

“Since you’re from that family, of course, you will receive such education.”

Their tone of speech wasn’t much different from usual. However, Fanora felt uncomfortable with this conversation. Because things weren’t going the way she wanted.

Carl came up to Fanora with a big stride and tilted his head. His size created a small shadow between them. “I want to participate in the war with Gamiel if I get the chance. Lady Fanora, you want to stop that, right?”

Fanora internally agreed with Carl’s words but frowned at Carl’s following question.

“But why are you stopping me?”

Did he really say this now? Fanora was about to get angry. But after hearing his words one after another, she was speechless.

“What are you going to do if your feeling for me is just a fleeting feeling?”

“!”

“Lady Fanora will have a lot of work to do even after leaving Kasius, but I have nothing left to do if I give up the name Andras. After I lose everything, I will only look to Lady Fanora for the rest of my life. Do you have any thoughts of taking responsibility for it?”

Fanora pursed her lips and looked bewildered.

Carl spoke the following words without stopping. “And I still haven’t received an answer to the question I asked last time. Lady Fanora, can you really abandon so many people in Kasius and choose me?”

The questions that followed were equally embarrassing. However, after reflecting on it, Carl’s question had a fundamental problem.

“Why have you kept asking me that question since last time? I just want you to live. That’s all it takes.”

“But…”

  “Besides, why was Kasius’s defeat not depend on my choice? If a kingdom is ruined just because of a single knight, then it’s right for it to be ruined!”

Carly was inwardly agreeing with her words. But it wasn’t the answer he hoped for, so he sighed heavily, pressing his hand to his temple. “

”

And at that moment, a person was calling out Carl Andras, who had a complicated expression.

“Huh? What the? Isn’t it Carl?”

“?!”

“Dude, where have you been? Are you coming back now?”

Car and Fanora turned their heads at the same time when they heard the voice. Then, a familiar person appeared before their eyes. A man with red hair, a body as big as a bear, and a messy beard covering his face. He’s the second son of the Andras family.

“Older Brother.”

“Oh my, Lady Celsius is also with you. Hello!”

Andras’s second son, Carlos, greeted Fanora. Fanora also awkwardly greeted him.

“Anyway… You idiot, all you have to do is leave a letter saying that you’re going out.”

“Didn’t you find it?”

“And how long have you been the vice-commander, but you keep leaving your post? It’s like you’re slipping away.”

Did he have a lot of complaints about his younger brother? Carlos hit his younger brother’s head as soon as he approached. What followed was a normal conversation between brothers.

“It’s just a title anyway. They don’t even give me any real authority.”

“Are you messing around again?”

But a few seconds later, Carlos glanced at Fanora as if he had remembered something and spoke. “Anyway, I have something to tell you… I don’t think this is a story to be discussed here. Come home right now.”

It must have been quite important to tell the story by looking at Carlos’s expression. Carl eventually left his place as if he was being half-dragged by his older brother.

Fanora muttered as she watched their backs moving away. “I thought he would change his mind once he finished with his sister-in-law’s business…”

In the end, she failed again to persuade him.

* * *