Love Letter From The Future

2. The Lord is with you (12)

Golden hair, bloody eyes, and white skin.

She was an attractive woman with a sharp nose and bright pupils. Rather than being a product of heredity and coincidence, I was impressed with her beauty, which would be more appropriate to the expression ‘sculpture’.

A northern beauty as if drawn in a painting.

Her name was ‘Delphin Yurdina’.

The slim jawline and straight eyes seemed to represent her strong temperament. She had the appearance of an aristocratic young lady who was always haughty and confident.

But now, as the heir to a prestigious family, her image of always maintaining a confident attitude has disappeared.

On the contrary, the expression helpless was more appropriate. A weakly opened mouth and blurry eyes. That was the look of Delphine senior facing me.

After staring at me for a few seconds with dimmed pupils, she slowly began to regain her emotions after some time had passed.

The first emotion that passed into those crimson eyes was surprise.

Then, shame, fear, and despair formed a thick sediment. Only pain remained in her eyes, which had been dripping with boredom like honey.

Unable to bear it any longer, Delphine turned her head away.

The sound of chewing on my lips could even be heard in my ears. She asked me in a voice that even felt a bit wet.

“… … Why did you come?”

I was silent for a while. To be honest, I didn’t have an answer to give back.

It was because no plausible business came to mind. Because there was only one thing I wanted to ask.

I just wanted to hear the whole story of what happened between Delphine-senpai and ‘me’.

But no matter how much I thought about it, I wasn’t in the mood to bring up such a question right now. It was impossible to ask directly, and it seemed better to induce a conversation naturally.

Seeing how Delphine treated me, I wondered if that would be possible. The emotions she showed me were all negative.

It was difficult. It would have been nice if we could laugh and chat haha, but that’s why it seemed like she and I had already come a long way.

I asked in a voice mixed with a sigh.

“Wasn’t there a relationship where you couldn’t even visit the hospital?”

“… … okay.”

It was a trembling voice. Delphine-senpai’s shoulders were twitching slightly. And when those crimson eyes turned to me again, I had no choice but to keep my mouth shut.

It was because there were water droplets forming in Delphine-senpai’s eyes before she knew it. It meant that it was embarrassing and embarrassing.

The Delphine senior I know doesn’t show tears to others. She was an iron woman who worshiped strength and despised appearing weak.

In other words, those tears were nothing short of proof.

Proof that Delphine-senpai has been shattered.

Only those who had been trampled on in a mess, whether it was their pride or their identity, could make such a pitiful face.

Her voice complaining to me sounded like a plea at first glance.

“Are you here to laugh at me? Do you want to see what the human you trampled on is doing?”

“No, there seems to be a misunderstanding… … .”

“Or why? Are you afraid that I will not understand the subject again and try to retaliate against you?”

“Ha,” Delphine laughed. But the laughter was melancholy. A single tear flowed from Delphine’s watery eyes.

Clutching the blanket in her fist, she trembled for a while. And he was about to shoot me sharply, but when he met my eyes, he lowered his eyes in surprise.

Delphine sunbaenim quickly wiped my eyes with his sleeve, as if my appearance was even more pitiful.

The way she endured the sound of sobbing resembled that of a slender girl. Soon, the sound of words overflowing as if muttering.

“… … Don’t worry, I don’t intend to do that anymore.”

Delphine averted her gaze. It seemed that he didn’t want to admit that he couldn’t bear to face me.

“Did you destroy them all? My pride, my self-esteem, everything… Now, I don’t even have the pride I want to get back.”

Was it that badly suffered?

It was a story I couldn’t remember, but seeing her painful eyes, I could understand her feelings a little bit.

She was a woman who had not bowed her head in front of anyone until not too long ago. She couldn’t even meet my eyes anymore, and she was so intimidated that she shook her shoulders.

Delphine-senpai seemed upset at the sight of her dripping tears. She chewed her lips and wiped her eyes several times. Still, the tears didn’t stop flowing.

The shock of defeat was so severe for her, who had lived her entire life winning.

I folded my arms for a moment and was lost in thought.

What should I do, I asked her as I tapped her arm with my fingers.

“Does it hurt that much?”

“of course… … ! Oh, it hurts.”

Delphine tried to stare at me out of tears, but as soon as he met my eyes, he lowered his tail like a frightened puppy. At most, avoiding their gaze and muttering small words was the limit.

Still, it seemed that she was not completely broken like senior Elsie, perhaps because she was a woman with a strong inner side. He still had the courage to stare at me if he was angry.

It’s just that that courage didn’t last long, and Delphine’s ruby-like eyes trembled with fear.

It was then that my vision caught a glimpse of Delphine’s arm.

Looking at it again, Delphine’s arms were all wrapped in bandages. So was the neck. The lower body was covered by a blanket, so it was unknown, but it was likely that the whole body was injured.

It was a serious injury that could not come out of the intensive care unit for several days. Considering the precedent of my arm being cured in one day, it was reasonable to infer that all my limbs were broken.

It was just shocking. It would have been difficult to suffer such a disastrous defeat.

It was rare, at least, for the heirs of the five noble families of the Empire to suffer such a defeat. He was in the top grade and was about to graduate at the top of his class, but to be treated like that by a junior at the academy.

She must have wanted to die. Her self-esteem was always sky-high. It was natural that the bigger the drop, the harder it was to endure.

Yes, I was convinced in my head.

Even so, strangely, I didn’t like the current Delphine senior.

Why does it make me feel so bad to see her blushing and shedding tears and pretending to be the heroine of a tragic fate?

The answer came shortly after.

With annoyance, I asked Delphine-senpai back.

“But why?”

“… … ?”

Delphine’s eyes turned blankly to me again.

I didn’t expect comfort or sympathy, but I didn’t seem to have imagined that I would be beaten in the face. That was the world she lived in.

In the Yurdina family and the academy, she must have enjoyed a position comparable to that of a queen. If you showed even the slightest discomfort, the people around you would have rushed to fix it.

But I wasn’t. The relationship with senior Delphine was already irreversibly broken, so there was no need to put on a show.

It was the reason why my sincerity was hidden in my voice that followed.

“You didn’t mind when you bullied Seria, did you? You know what? Seria cries whenever you talk about her mother. But the human half-sister is instigating bullying just because she wants to win?”

“That, that… … .”

Delphine opened her mouth as if she wanted to refute something, but she hurriedly avoided my gaze as if she had nothing to say. The heat started to creep into my head more and more.

“Seria’s tears are okay, and let’s not pretend to be victims while whining about being hit only a few times. Also, during the hunting festival, wasn’t it Delphine senior who first stabbed the juniors who were tired from hunting monsters?”

“Oh, it’s not just… … .”

Delphine murmured as if he was genuinely regretful, but that timid whisper didn’t inspire me at all.

Rather, I frowned and asked back.

“… … If not, what is it?”

At my chilly question, Delphine hurriedly lowered her eyes, shrinking even more.

It seemed like there were still many things I wanted to say. However, every time he saw my eyes burning with subtle heat, Delphine had to avoid my gaze in fear.

Seeing this, I laughed inwardly.

How much would it have been if Delphine was right?

At most, it must have been the level of being stabbed in each limb, but that was not enough for a long time.

I didn’t know again if I was tortured until it was minced meat. However, even senior Elsie, who is unmatched in cruelty, does not commit such a terrible thing.

In other words, it meant that the possibility that Delphine-senpai had suffered in such a situation was slim.

Convinced of this, my mouth shot arrows with words one after another.

“Twice. just twice! Do you think only Delphine lost in the intensive care unit? I have also been defeated several times. There were many times when I couldn’t win no matter how hard I struggled. But do you act so hard that you only lose twice?”

“Oh no… It’s not the defeat, it’s what happened after that that’s the problem… … .”

“stop!”

I shook my head vigorously and blocked Delphine’s words. When I came out strong, she hesitated and could not speak any more. It was fortunate that he had an obedient side.

“I don’t want to hear excuses. It seems that Delphine-senpai needs some mental remodeling.”

Then I strode closer to her. And when I put my hand in my chest, Delphine’s face started to turn blue.

Immediately, she pulled the blanket over herself. A trembling cry leaked through them.

“U-don’t do that… Hey, you said you’d never fight again! You’re down on your knees!”

But my steps never stopped. Walking around, the distance between me and Delphine is close.

Delphine must have felt that presence better than anyone else. her screams continued.

“Again, why are you being cocky again? Now, I was wrong… Oh, I won’t, so please… Minced meat please… … !”

My hand, which was rummaging through my arms, knocked on the table next to the bed with a bang.

Delphine-senpai let out a tearing scream as if it were a signal.

“Quaa Come on, save me! Help me! My, please don’t take away my sword, ah… … ?”

However, no matter how loudly she shouted, there was no violence against her body. Delphine, who had been shivering while wearing the blanket over her head for a while, quickly lifted the blanket with a puzzled look.

Ruby-like crimson eyes opened up. Her gaze slowly moved to the table next to the couch where my palm had slapped.

There was a piece of paper there.

It was a list of orphanages received from the saintess.

Delphine senior, whose identity was completely unknown, turned her eyes to me. I looked back at her and asked.

“Scheduled to be dispatched for the next training session, is it empty?”

“Yes, four… This, once… … ?”

It bothered me that he was suddenly using honorific words, probably because he was too scared. However, it was obvious that pointing this out would make her condition worse, so I kept my head down.

“Then let’s go together.”

To Delphine-senpai, whose expression was even more incomprehensible, I strongly suggested it once again.

“Come with me, let’s stay together for two weeks.”

What can I say about Delphine-senpai’s expression upon hearing those words.

It was like a graduate student in the Faculty of Magic who heard the news that the thesis he had worked hard for months had gone into the shredder.