Chapter 175

A wish

" . . . Dan: What on earth are you doing calling me to this place? I have to get back to him soon . "

"Oh, please spend some minutes here with me . . . "

The tone is different from usual, I have not said the name of who was talking . . . The voice was from Yuri .

And the voice of a man called Dan . . . That voice seemed to resemble that of the fiance of Mimosa, that I heard at the venue of the ball when he came to talk to us a while ago .

No doubt . . . it's them, and my blood was boiling .

"I know that it's impossible between us, because you fell in love with that person . . I can see it when you are at his side, at least let me have a good rest here in your lap . . . "

"Oh no, thank you for your feelings but I have to go back urgently . "

"Oh, please wait, Yuri"

. . . . . . As soon as her name comes out, I sighed .

Is she lying to herself? . . . Dan knows her true identity? . . . My thoughts about their situation and Mimosa occupied all my head .

" . . . . . . I gave you a silly excuse . . . In truth . . . . . I fell in love with you, I just wanted to see you alone a moment"

I caught a glimpse of the state of things inside the room through the gap of the door . Dan was kneeling on the floor and kissing her hand .

"I . . . I don't hate you . . . I also wanted to see you . . . "

"Oh, Yuri . . . . . . !"

Dan hugged her in happiness . She accepts it .

" . . . . . . I was an innocent daughter of a baroness, but my father caught me finding a good gentleman to be my companion and even thought I was fortunate to find him, but . . you abandoned me when you knew I had someone to keep me company, you found out such a weak me . . you were so disappointed in me . . but . . but . . I like you . . so I want you to be able to breathe easily with her now at your side "

. . . . . . Her story sounds like . . he does not know her true identity, not? It's my conclusion from their talk .

Simply, she usually believes everything she says or acts, the story she tells is real for her, she really believes that her personality is that of a weak and honest girl . . . and so on . When someone listens to his own lies, it comes to a point that he or she cannot distinguish the truth anymore within him/her .

" . . . but, you became another woman's man, do not you think? . . You're Ms . Mimosa's man now . . "

To her saddened voice, he hurriedly opens his mouth .

"Such . . . . . . My heart is only for you, and forever will be . "

I was curiously thinking about letting Tanya check the relationship between him and her and his relationship with the Twil 's country .

Is this a farce or . . . Is the circumstances that I saw accurate and true?

Dan is . . . . . . Mimosa's fiance .

Until then I had thought only about the aspect that he can help and accompany her . . . about her happiness . . He is the fiance of my precious friend .

Even though I thought that it was a relationship that came abruptly and it was strange . . more from the fact that it was reported with a letter .

But now . . .

My friend was betrayed from her fiance and with the same woman . . just like me .

Imagining that future, my eyes got dark . I know how I suffered . . I don't want her to go through that . .

I return to the hall right away to find Mimosa . Anyway, now I can't think of anything other than to talk with Mimosa about what I saw .

" . . . Mimosa"

I came back to find her standing alone on the wall of the hall .

"Did you need something, Iris?"

"There is something I'd like to tell you in a more secluded place, it will take only a bit of time . Can you?"

"I'm really sorry but . . I can't move from here . . "

"Please! . . it's only a little time . . "

She stills refuses . . but . .

After insisting her for a while, she acknowledged "my only wish", "for only a little time"

I pulled her out and brought her into a suitable vacant room .

"Mimosa . . . . . . where is your fiance now?"

"Come on . . . Don't scare me . . I told him to take a little rest in a waiting room . It might have been tiring since we just greeted everyone as a couple today . "

Well, he was with Yuri . . not resting . . .

. . . . . . No, I was convinced that what I watched a little while ago was done without Mimosa knowing .

Still, I listened to her and asked because I really wanted it to be different from the bottom of my heart .

I wanted to believe that it was my mistake and not that the situation I just saw was true . . .

Even now, there is a feeling in me that wants it to be so .

" . . . Mimosa . . . It's hard to say . . . . . . I wonder if it is better to break the engagement?"

"What's the matter with you suddenly? . . . As we have announced our engagement to everyone this way, you know that I can not break it now after that?"

"You're still in time! . . . . He . . . I think you will be unhappy with him . "

I wanted to explain the situation to her but I was not able to do it .

If I can get any assurance that she will not get hurt, I wouldn't tell her about what I saw just a minute ago .

But . . . I know that she will be hurt in any case even if I do not say it now .

"Stop it . . . I know better than you who he is . If that is all you wanted to say me, I will excuse myself . "

I hurry and grab her hand to stop her from going .

"Wait! . . . . . . . Actually, I know a story not so good about a relationship he has with a woman, so mimosa . . . . . . "

She swept away my arm . At that reaction, my mind stopped .

" . . . . Even if it's true what you say, if he comes back to me at least . . it's all good . . "

Looking at her eyes, I notice it .

"No way . . . you . . . did you know that?"

To my question, her eyes slightly shook .

"Even if I knew, it's all good?"

"It's not good! You're my precious friend . . . . . . I can not bless a marriage where you will not be happy . "

"The value of happiness . . . I'll decide it, if he is at my side, even like this, it is my happiness" . . . You said to me before that even if Prince Edward loved her, while he was still engaged to you, you were happy . I'm happy if I could be by his side . . so please do not say anything about him anymore . "

"But you know how it did end with Ed!!! You cannot copy my mistakes!! "

I shouted with an urge that springs up from the bottom of my heart .

"I wanted to be happy with Ed! . . . . I was thinking seriously that only with being by his side I was happy, until that incident occurred, even if Ed did not see me, I thought it was good . I found myself on his side, staying by him . . . but I was empty . "

My tears start to drop . The emotions are rising, I myself can not control it .

"One day, my heart was filled with dark black things, I hated myself and I drowned into those feelings more and more . . . Mimosa, please don't end like me . . . "

"Iris . . . . . . you, you are not conduction yourself like a noblewoman now,"

Mimosa said so, expressionless .

"Happy by just being on his side? Happy . . . . In truth, I did not think so, what I said was just because . . I wanted to return your words, right? . . . . . . Really, your conduct is not like a noblewoman"

"The blue blood that flows through this body needs to be inherited from now on . . . . . . That is why my ancestors who have never seen before their partners face married and have been together for a long time . Is not that to be a nobleman? "

I could not return an answer .

Too cold, too much .

"So, as long as there is him, even if he has a woman other than me, I will be fine if he does his duty at the end, what I need for a marriage is the future descendants with blue blood flowing through them, like that I will have complied with my duties for my house . There is no more happiness, in that sense, Iris, at that time, you misunderstood the meaning of marriage . That is why that happened with Ed . "

The word comes back at me like a blade and cuts my heart .

"Mimosa, is it really okay . . . ?"

That word I said leaked from between my trembling lips and it sounded like a child .

" . . . ohhh . . . yeah . . . I will live with my feet on the ground rather than falling in love with an unreachable dream . . . . . . so, I decided already . "

My head got cold from her words of determination .

"Yeah . . . I'm sorry . . . I shouldn't have stopped you . . . If you are prepared for it, I will not say it any more . "

When I said it, she smiled .

. . . . . . But her eyes were invaded with sadness .

If anything, I felt tragic for her .

"Well, I can't keep him waiting . I will be rude . See you later Iris . . "

And she left .

She probably did not want this engagement to be so, but she accepted it .

"I have not decided at all . . . "

I muttered when she disappeared .

Marriage for the lineage . . . It is an obvious common occurrence at this period of time and a duty to all noblemen .

I, myself, am thinking about where I have to marry the prince of Acacia .

So I know that this is my ego . But still . . . .

"It's not for the lineage, I wish for your happiness . . . . . . "

I want to see her real smile in the future, which I have seen when we spent time together .