TVRTH [Book 1]

Chapter 28

Oscar Frederick, Part V

Translator: Khan

Editor: SootyOwl

"It's OK. I can change clothes. If you keep at it, you'll get wet too."

"I'm fine!"

"And it won't do any good to clean things up like this."

Only then, did Aria realize her poor state, and as she looked at his horrid state, her face turned pale.

'Oh, my God! Oh, no!'

She had thought that day to be a good day, but she had ruined it all with just one go at watering the garden. If she had just gone back to her room, everything would have been fine. However, everything had been ruined by her need to cool off from the heat.

"Well, I'm so sorry..."

'Will this little mistake make him angry and make him reject me as he did in the past? Will he save Mielle? Wouldn't it be useless to go through that horrible experience to have my head cut off again? Am I the one who's going to roll back into the mud again? I thought that if everything else failed but I still got my hands on Oscar, I'd see Mielle in despair, but how could I have made such a ridiculous and stupid mistake?!'

The unexpected accident paralyzed her mind and heart. She couldn't hide her trembling hands, simply uttering an apology.

'Why would you come in now?'

She was so frustrated that the heat gathered in her eyes.

'Why did you come in when I was spraying water in the garden that no one ever enters?'

Of course, the garden had been designed to allow guests to come and go freely, but basically, it was polite to be escorted by a servant when someone moved through another's mansion.

"It's all right. It's my fault for running around without notice."

Oscar also readily accepted Aria's apology by realizing his mistake. Only then, did Aria exhale a relieved breath that had been stifling her heart. She had been so nervous that she hadn't blinked at all, so when relief washed over her, she touched her eyes.

Then, he asked her with surprise, "Are you crying?"

"... Yes?"

'Am I crying? Me? Have I ever cried before?'

No, she hadn't. When her mother had died, she had resented her since she had been left alone in the world, and she had spit out blood just before her tongue was cut and her head was chopped off, but she hadn't shed any tears throughout. Rather, she had hated and cursed the world in the face of evil.

Aria's eyes were red as she lowered her hands while asking herself why. The reason for her tears was because her eyes were burning from the heat.

Oscar, who looked at her wide-eyed even though his hair was dripping with water, seemed worried.

'Oh, this is Oscar's true personality.'

He always maintained a stiff expression, but now, he looked worried. She hadn't known that because she hadn't talked to him properly.

Come to think of it, whenever Aria had been mean to Mielle, he had thrust a sharp stare her way. He hadn't seemed to have any affection for Mielle, but he had been very cold to Aria before. That day, he had been the opposite...

'That was why he offered me a seat himself even when I showed up late at lunch.'

Aria's heart beat fast with excitement, feeling as if she had caught hold of his weakness somehow.