Jared Murphy woke up feeling lazy and painful.
When I let my gaze wander over where I was, I found it to be my room reserved for Olivier's mansion.
The moment I have my doubts about when I was asleep here, I think of the fight against Pfile to flash back, and wake up my upper body well.
"- Oops!
For a moment, severe pain ran on my stomach and shoulders, and small and large pain hit me from all over my body.
"After that, what happened?
I couldn't help but speak up, knowing I didn't hear back.
"Oh, you've noticed, Mr. Jared"
Then Hannellone, who came into the room without making a sound, looked surprised. But smile happily soon.
"Hannellone, are you all right!
Hannellone puts her index finger on her mouth when she puts the bucket she had on the table, as she cautions Jared, who raised her voice loudly.
"Not if you speak up. You're absolutely at rest, and Olivier's gonna wake up."
"Olivier...? Oh, oh, did you stay by my side?"
I realize when they say it, that Olivier, sitting right next to me in a chair, is lying on his bed and resting.
Relieved that she was by her side, she exhaled loudly.
"This kid was really worried about Mr. Jared. I've been holding my hand and calling while you've lost consciousness and been getting high fever."
"... Was it? Um, how long have I been asleep?
"Maybe a day. He said you fell in the garden and had a doctor look right at you, but it wasn't surprising that you were dead. The injury itself was healed, and you seem to have fixed it a lot with medical magic, but the blood you lost won't go back, and the magic won't work for a few days."
I found out what caused my body to be heavy and lazy.
The same symptoms that occurred to Jared the other day when Raulenz exercised his magic until he ran out of magic.
"Pfile is - no, it's nothing"
"I know about the Raiders. You don't have to be careful."
"You knew that after all."
That's what Trane expected, but Jared thought the same thing. There's no way the mother who lives with her daughter Olivier doesn't grasp her actions.
"Yes, I knew that my life was being targeted, that this raider was a formidable enemy like never before, and that Olivier and Trane had always protected me."
"Why haven't you told him that properly?
"As Trane noticed, so did Olivier. I needed to play a stupid woman who didn't know anything. It may only sound like an excuse, but I had to pretend I didn't even know they were sending me to a separate residence and the side room was making fun of me."
Hannellone lays her eyes down spicy. I guess she was fighting alone again, too, just as Olivier felt so hard to protect her mother. It may have been an invisible battle, but it must have been terribly hard for Hannellone.
"I didn't mind if I was the only one aiming for my life. But even my daughters got involved. Because Olivier acted before I tried to take any action. That's why I pretended to know nothing, so that I wouldn't get in my daughter's way, so that the side room wouldn't care about me or anything."
"It must have been hard."
"Yeah, right. But Olivier and Trane would have been harder. He tried to protect me until he sacrificed himself."
A strong man, Jared thought sincerely. I can't say anything to my daughter, who guides my mother, and I can only ask her to guess. I can't even predict to Jared how hard that was as a mother.
Hannellone sees her sleeping daughter and smiles.
"I believed. That my beloved daughters and husbands will one day overcome this difficulty. All I could do was wait and pretend I didn't know, but you showed up, too. Thanks to you, Olivier seemed to have fun for the first time in a long time, and my husband trusted you. And yesterday he fought for us with his life in vain. I don't know how grateful I am, either."
Thankful, Jared had a troubled look on his face and shook his neck sideways when he was conveyed his sincere gratitude.
"Don't thank me. You just fought on your own because I wanted to protect you on my own. Plus, I broke the garden, and I worried a lot. Excuse me."
Jared wasn't going to ask Hannellone to thank him.
Someone didn't ask me to, Jared fought determined to protect him on his own.
Olivier stopped getting involved, but it was Jared's will that still fought through him.
"Don't be modest. I am truly glad that I, like you, will be my son. I think they told me to be a court magician and so on, but I'm sure my daughter can't get married without you anymore."
"... is it?
"Yeah, it's my mother's idea. Definitely."
Jared is confused by Hannellone, who plays pranks and smiles.
Sure, I'm in my fiancée's shoes, but if the danger kept me away from Hannellone and the Oliviers, I thought I was sorry for your help. Even Olivier should be able to find someone with a decent position if the problem goes away.
Don't think there's a man who deserves more than the Baron's, and the eldest son who can't succeed the housekeeper.
But - if, really, Hannellone's right, I might just be a little happy.
"I'll tell Trane that Mr. Jared is awake. I want to change the bandages for you, but I'm coming because Trane's the best. In the meantime, talk to your raccoon daughter."
"Huh?"
I don't think so. Moving my gaze to Olivier,
"... gu, gu"
"Outrageous!
"... su, su, munya"
"No, because I know you're awake already"
Jared stuck with me and Hannellone leaves the room desperately enjoying laughing at Olivier, who keeps rising evil.
"... I'm asleep."
"We're having a conversation, right? Ha, wake up because you're already in trouble"
"What's the trouble! Sorry to hear that, Raccoon Sleeping! I left it because I heard you talking to your mother, I'm sorry!
"You didn't say it was bad."
I was somewhere horrified that she was Jared's known girlfriend to Olivier, who was angry at herself.
She seemed so cute that she wanted to suspect that her mother was embarrassed to have seen her raccoon fall asleep, or that she was really twenty-six years old when she crimson her face.
When you make sure you don't look injured anywhere, your grin spills.
"What are you laughing at?"
Olivier mistakenly assumes that Jared laughed about himself, or he creeps up on his cheek in a grumpy fashion.
It doesn't hurt because I don't put much effort into it. But I noticed her fingers trembling in small pieces.
"Olivier?
"I'm so glad..."
Releasing his hand, Olivier wipes his fingers with tears that abruptly overflow.
"How could you suddenly... possibly even get hurt?
"No, you don't. I'm sorry. When you lost consciousness, I really wondered what to do. You've helped me, but you're dying because of the bleeding, so if you see how healthy you are, be relieved."
"Sorry to bother you"
"Don't make me worry anymore. - And if you ask me, I'm sure you'll be impotent again, but I'll tell you for once."
Olivier must be stunned about Jared, who told me not to be impotent.
Careless, but I was delighted that he even wept and worried about me.
"Hey, Jared Murphy"
"What is it, Olivier Alway?
"As your mother said, I knew you knew everything. On top of that, I was running wild trying to protect your mother on my own. I saw you hurt, and I realized how stupid I was."
I mock myself and squeal, but I think it's the only thing I can do.
The fact that my mother was targeted. My father couldn't be on his side because of his position. Then it is inevitable that Olivier, my daughter, will be desperate. But the timing was also bad. Olivier has acted more than Hannellone has acted.
Therefore my mother pretended not to know anything, and Olivier noticed her mother pretending, while my mother pretended not to see for her daughter, and my daughter pretended not to see for her mother.
It's not the Oliviers fault. It's all because of someone who tried to intimidate Hannellone until he hired someone.
"But not from now on, right? We don't have to keep secrets from each other anymore, so we just have to work together to get through the difficulties."
"Right, right. Thank you. I'll make sure I get over it with my mothers."
But Olivier keeps looking anxious.
"Are you okay with that? Something as dangerous as this one should always be. You don't want us to get involved in the situation, dying, disgusting?
"I won't."
To Jared, who responded instantly, mucky Olivier.
"Think about it a little longer."
"I don't regret what's going to happen to me from now on, because I'm working on it with enough thought. But if you regret it..."
"What if?"
Holding Olivier's hand hard, Jared stares into his eyes.
"- When something happened to you. So I will continue to protect you. I want to protect you, so I'll keep protecting you."
"... Jared"
"So let me protect you."
Taking Jared's word, Olivier softly overlaps the other hand in the hand being held.
And when I swell my cheeks just to say I'm a little unhappy,
"I want you to tell me you will protect me, not you."
- I want you to protect Olivier.
"Yes, protect me, my fiancée."
Olivier smiles happy with Jared's words.
As I watched her smile, I did feel my heart warm.
I still have no emotions I can call affection. But I think I like it, and I think it's important. Of course, Hannellone and Trane are important, not just Olivier. I want to protect it.
But the only thing I wanted to protect about Olivier was a little bit different strength.
I want to be a clumsy Olivier force who had to be strong to protect her mother and couldn't make someone close to her.
I want to set her free soon.
Such thoughts creep up from the depths of my chest.
If I noticed, Olivier was staring at me with her moistened eyes. Jared got embarrassed and tried to escape, but he can't leave because he's holding hands.
I felt Olivier's exhale slowly approaching, and her heartbeat rattled unconsciously.
When Olivier sought and realized he was trying to respond, and Jared also tried to move,
"Ha, Hannellone, you shouldn't have gotten on so much..."
"It's okay, those kids just see each other right now. That's the kind of thing Trane looks at seriously."
"This is the first love scene for Master Olivier, so you can't miss it as a maid. Besides, there is also the possibility of becoming the mistress of Master Jared more than serving Master Olivier and Master Hannellone for the rest of his life, for your information..."
"Okay. If that's what you mean, take a good look and study."
"Absolutely."
I noticed the two of them following and peeking, and Jared and Olivier stopped moving all together.
She was clearly aware of what she was about to do, and when she turned bright red and trembled,
"Mother, Trane! Why are you peeking at me?
To deceive, I yelled.
The hand I was holding away made me feel just a little lonely.
In Jared's sight, people who wanted to protect him seem to enjoy it.
Olivier, who turns bright red and angry, and Hannellone, who excuses. Trane, who is snug.
Seeing as the three of them seemed to enjoy themselves, I could realise that it was temporary but I could protect them.
And Jared makes a new determination.
Similar strong enemies may continue to emerge than Pfile was part of the assassination organization Vault Toyfer.
Perhaps the battle should continue until the mastermind you asked the organization to do is clear. The Duke of Alway will take care of it, but Jared can't even look into the side chamber. But if you were asked to cooperate, you would be able to help without getting lost.
A little sooner or later, so that Olivier and his family can live in peace. May the Oliviers be happy, I sincerely hope.
"Jared Murphy! You can complain with me too!
This time, I became the fiancée of the Duke's maid. But rumors say he has a bad personality and is ten years older.
But you can't count on rumors, Olivier Alway was a woman of family thought.
Jared Murphy will continue to fight with her and to protect her family.