I Didn’t Save You To Get Proposed To - Chapter 15
I had thoroughly adapted to life in Marquis after about 10 days.
I quickly found the best place to do yoga.
The water in the valley flows, and no one visits the lovely walk or the old broadleaf trees.
I always came here after the liberal arts class that Marchioness had assigned to me.
When I was doing yoga on a flat rock, my escort, Dalton, would always look at me with strange eyes.
‘Well, a woman who stays silent for hours a day in a strange posture may seem strange.’
I made a pose and took a deep breath while dressed in sportswear custom-made in the capital. When I first took over Elsia’s body, I couldn’t even do simple stretching, let alone yoga.
I began performing easy yoga while developing muscle for reducing weight, and as a result, I began to lose weight more quickly.
And now I’m at the stage where I can do all of the poses with ease.
Yoga is essentially a physical exercise, but it has a philosophical foundation that promotes meditation and freedom.
I couldn’t get rid of all secular interests in Korea, but I was a person who believed that mental training was equally necessary.
Yoga without breathing is merely stretching. After closing my eyes, I opened them again to change positions, inhaling a cleansing tube breath.
Quietly and calmly…
“Kyaaaaaaa!”
I yelled at the man who came in front of me as I quietly tried to take the next position.
Of course, the position gave way and made me drop to the ground.
This is because a young man with blue hair hung upside down from a tree like a bat and stared at me.
“W-what’s the problem!”
My scream drew the attention of the escort knight.
“H-hey!”
I got into trouble and pointed to the top of the tree.
The young man with blue hair swung back and stood in front of us. Dalton, who was in a rush, was surprised and took a step back to him.
“Niel, Master Niel! What brings you here…”
“I came here because the mana flow was extraordinary…” The young man frowned and continued to gaze at me.
Dalton’s reaction indicates that he isn’t an intruder.
“Young Master Niel participated in the Southern Hunting Tournament.”
If it was Niel, he was the first son in this family.
“It’s a piece of crap that doesn’t have a match.”
I recalled what the Marchioness had said quietly.
“He can use magic quite a bit, yet he is still less human.”
He even ruined his fifth engagement due to cheating!
Like a person with the nickname of ‘A Man of Pleasure’, he looks like he’s going to be attracted to a girl.
If Ixion is a classic and neat, cold-looking man, this is a really fox statue.
Softly curved eyes, sparkling golden eyes, and sea-blue hair.
Ixion, like a warrior, exudes a heavy and youthful energy, whereas Niel exudes a leisurely and light atmosphere.
‘But he’s a jerk who’s obsessed with women.’
I blinked because I couldn’t hide my expression.
“Hey, I think you already know what kind of person I am, but I no longer intend to get involved into a family with the same surname as mine. It isn’t all that bad.”
He reached out to me with an enticing smile.
As if he were calculated, the corners of his mouth raised appropriately.
“It’s Niel Evgeny calling. I’m not sure why, but my mother turned the capital upside down and announced that she would accept you as her adopted daughter. My birthday is three months before yours, but you don’t have to call me older brother.”
It was said in a very polite tone.
I gently touched his hand, reluctantly responding, and quickly removed it.
“You’ve changed a lot from the last banquet. Of course, I recognized it at first glance, but there must be a large number of people who don’t.”
Perhaps he saw me at the 3rd Prince’s birthday party.
As if he had read my mind, he burst out laughing.
“How can I forget about you? It was the first time in my life that I witnessed such a powerful confession. You rushed recklessly without an escort and asked for a dance in front of the icy prince, claiming it was a once-in-a-lifetime wish—”
Unknowingly, I twinkled more than necessary in his golden eyes.
I also expected to be made fun of, but I didn’t want to hear it in the face like this.
“You danced once and then left without looking back!”
“I’m well aware of that.”
We’re the same age, and I don’t need to call you older brother, so I started the first word coldly.
“You don’t have to tell me.”
Even with my cold eyes, Niel didn’t stop grinning.
“But suddenly my mother took you as her adopted daughter without discussing anything with us, and I was dying to see what happened behind it—”
“Did you go to a hunting competition just to see what it was like?”
“It doesn’t get any better than playing with beautiful women. In any case.”
His expression quickly shifted to serious.
“You must have put everything aside and run now that you see it in person.”
‘What the hell is going on with this jerk?’
Dalton, who was looking at us with worried expressions, winced at the same time as the words.
I couldn’t completely ignore it because we shared the same surname, so I crossed my arms and stared at him without responding.
“Hey, my younger sister is the same age. I’ve never had such a wizard’s curiosity in my life—.”
With a suspicious expression on my face, I looked at him.
“Yes, the flow is unusual, isn’t it? Can you please take my hand again?”
It was Dalton, who was extremely nervous, who rose to the occasion.
Dalton, a good-looking knight in his mid-forties, stood in my way like crazy.
“Please, Big Master!”
“Dalton?”
“Don’t wear a human mask no matter how much blood you don’t mix!”
I held my forehead.
How much of the owner’s image is there to make him say that he would protect me from the owner’s son when the guard Knight rolled into the opening hall?
“She’ll be crying for a few days if Madam finds out!”
“Dalton, I’m sorry. That is not the case. It’s not true at all.”
Niel looked at me with a desperate expression, as if I were the only person who could help him here, and he was sweating.
“Hey, Elsia. Your mana is truly strange. Do you know how to cast magic? No, it’s not just mana for someone who knows how to use magic. Isn’t it unique?”
“Is it magic? I’m not sure how to use it, and I’ve never learned.”
‘If Elsia was good at magic, why was she imprisoned in that room for three years?’
I shook my head and offered a pitiful response.
Dalton shuddered at the words, as if he already knew.
“You, you breathe strangely with a strange posture. Every time this happens, mana fluctuates!”
‘—What’s with the strange breathing?’
In yoga, breathing was extremely important.
“You don’t have a normal body! You don’t understand, do you?”
With wide eyes, I looked at him. I think about it every day now when I look in the mirror.
“Lady, let’s go. It would be nice to return to the mansion with a large group of people watching.”
Dalton cut me off, as if he couldn’t hear me any longer.
Niel clung to Dalton as I stumbled backwards.
“Just one more hand, please!”
“Let’s go. Come on.”
“At the very least, show me a finger!”
“Let’s go, miss! Hurry!”
Dalton almost pushed me around. Even if a demon appears, it will not be this wary.
‘Is this really necessary? It’s amazing how you can recognize other people’s breathing even if they’re in a strange posture.’
Dalton, on the other hand, was blunt after kicking Niel out.
“Lady.”
“…Yes?”
“The Marchioness carries a lot of weight. The Marquis fell last year, and his successor, Young Master Heim, is always nervous due to his frail body. And, not long ago, Artise’s three masterpieces took advantage of the chaos and swooped in, coming dangerously close.”
‘Ah—’
Dalton continued in a concerned tone.
“If Master Niel and Young Lady are involved in strange ways here—.”
“What are you saying!”
I jumped and shook my head in surprise.
First, I never looked at a man, no matter how attractive he was.
Even now, I never imagined we’d have such a dramatic love with my step brother.
“That is not going to happen! Oh my goodness, what nonsense—”
“……At first, that’s what all women say.”
Dalton shook his head, as if he couldn’t believe it.
“And when a Big Master works hard, everyone in the world loves it. Until now, there had been no exceptions to this rule. This time, magic is a truly one-of-a-kind material.”
I sighed deeply. No matter how many times I say no, this will make me feel completely untrustworthy.
“Even the lady is so beautiful— It’s well worth it in the eyes of a Big Master.”
Dalton had never seen me in the capital before.
I gave an awkward smile and didn’t say anything.
It had only been a few days since I had arrived at the Marquis, and I had slimmed down considerably.
I wasn’t on a special diet, but I’m eating much better now than I was at the Imperial Palace.
Everything felt so natural, as if I’d never gained weight before.
My eyes were slightly larger and my nose was slightly higher. The folded-in-half chin became thinner as well.
Sera and other maids were also attached to me, and I used to take care of my skin and hair every day. So it wasn’t unreasonable for Dalton to look at me and say, ‘too beautiful.’
It was certainly strange to consider.
It didn’t fall into the category of physical change that I expected.
It was clearly exaggerated to claim that it was the result of a normal diet.
“Your mana is truly odd.”
I was concerned that it was related to what Niel had said.
Dalton reminded me once more that I should never be alone with Niel, but Niel’s words lingered in his ears.
