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Chapter 26

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I close behind me the door that leads to the dungeons of the estate, and I take two deep breaths; trying to eliminate the scent of Hea from my nostrils, before it makes me go crazy and come back down there, but not to talk..

"Earl, can you dedicate me a few seconds?"
Seonghwa begins, appearing in the corridor.
I nod, surprised at his request, and follow him.

We enter the library and stop in front of the desk, in which I remember my father spending whole nights keeping the accounts of this place.
"I'd like to talk to you about a matter very dear to me.."
His tone is serious, and his posture is upright, like a man ready to go down to the battlefield, which I now know very well after years as a soldier.
I sit down on the desk, waiting for the reasons for this attitude.
"..But I want to talk to you from man to man, not from servant to master"
His gaze is cold and intimidating when crosses mine, and there I realize, Seonghwa is older than me.
I start to think that physically he could be even stronger, compared to my physical, slim and sculpted, but lacking experience in heavy work, when I notice the sleeves of his dirty shirt rolled up to the biceps, tense and sculpted, connected to two shoulders worked by the fatigue of his life as a stable handler.
"I'm listening"
I reply, with feigned indifference, assuming the tone I used in the barracks, in my role as an officer.
"Well, I guess you know I will get married soon, with Hea-"
I had to imagine that it was about her.
"And being a man myself, I noticed how you look at her. I know how the world works, and I know that Hea is a young and naive girl. But I also know that you are a man, noble, charming, who knows how to treat a woman-"
"Get to the point"
I interrupt him, now annoyed at the mere thought that this man, standing in front of me, will soon hold the woman I love in his hands.
"I want you to stay away from her. You don't have to touch her, you don't have to look at her and you don't have to think about her...In short, if my wife is not a virgin, you are dead"
His tone is firm and his gaze determined, reminding me that as soon as possible I leave, the better it is.

He adds nothing more and starts to head towards the exit, giving me his back, without even bowing to me as always.
"I won't be your problem anymore"
I say before he leaves;
and he stops in place, without turning around, waiting for the rest of my sentence.
"I'll leave in two days. I will return to being a military man, and your marriage will be safe."
I conclude, and he goes out in silence, leaving me alone with my thoughts.