Ikemen ni Tenseishita kedo, Cheat ha Dekimasenseshita

noticed, I was already lying on my bed.

 

Perhaps I fell asleep for a bit there.
Anyway, by the time I became aware again, the room was dark.
And when I opened the curtain, the sky was already dark.
But I could see a beautiful moon hanging up in the night sky, lighting up my room through the gap in the curtain I opened.

 

I looked around and saw that on the side table, the little chick figurine Muriel made sat.
Perhaps Richard placed it beside me so I could see it immediately once I woke up.

 

“Muriel…”

 

Her pale face flashed through my mind again.
She looked as if she had already died.
So much like my late father in my previous life.
He also passed away when I was around ten years old.
At that time, I remembered my big sister, who had just entered junior high at the time, had to direct the funeral direction in place of my mother, who couldn’t leave my father’s side.

 

If I’m not wrong, my big sister at that time had said, “You must never leave Mother’s side.
Remember, you must be able to fill the hole left in Mother’s heart due to the loss of our father.
Make sure that you don’t die on her like our father too.
Our mother is still alive; otherwise, we might have already drifted on the streets right now, so stay by Mother’s side.
Leave the other troublesome things to your big sister.
All you need to do is just stay as you are and stay by Mother’s side.
Understood?”

 

“Something that I can do… Muriel is still alive….”

 

Yes, it’s still alright.
Muriel is still alive. Hope bloomed inside my heart with that thought in mind, and I left the table side and took out a box.
Inside the box were the gems from the appraisal ceremony.
I grabbed the gems and made a wish.

 

“Please make a hexagram-shaped hole that is big enough for the thread to pass through.”

 

—— Roger that.
Leave it to me.

 

Listening to the gem’s bright reply, I unintentionally let out a smile.
Thus, in front of my eyes, a hexagram-shaped hole formed in the center of the gem.

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I then took out silver and gold threads from my sewing box and affixed them to the needle.
After that, I threaded the strands into the hexagram-shaped hole.
With triangle-shaped gold thread and inverted triangle-shaped silver thread, I twisted the two threads that came out from the other end and knitted the one inside with the finest lace needle.

 

When it was about ⅔ done, I knitted a petal pattern with yellow, green, blue, red, black, and white thread.
I also made a crystal flower bud wrapped in gold and silver thread and tucked it in the center of six colored petals.

 

I then knitted a small ribbon in the center of this flower.
At the very least, I wanted this to cover the dark red bruise on her wrist.
Since the healer could do nothing, and Muriel might find a misanga-like bracelet to be unpleasant after this incident, I wanted to do something about that bruise.

 

After all, it seemed that that dark red bruise was the culprit that kept draining her lifeforce even at this very moment.
And though this was nothing more than a cover, it was better than nothing.

 

At this point, I just wanted to do something for Muriel.

 

That was why I would give her this, no matter how trivial it seemed to be.

 

Knitting like an obsessed madman, I paid no heed to what happened around me, and by the time I noticed, it had already become an extremely long bracelet.
One that was enough to coil around Muriel’s wrist a few times over.

 

Finally, I put a finishing touch on the end of the threads and tidied up my sewing box.
After that, I left my room, the finished bracelet in my hand.

 

However, right after stepping out of my room, I remembered that I couldn’t just deliver this to Muriel.
That was right; I had to bring the chick figurine along.
I turned back and picked up the chick figurine and thought. You’re worrying about your creator, too, right? Let’s go meet her.

 

“Where are you going to at this time, Young Master?”

 

The one who called out to me was Kevin.
It seemed he was keeping a watch on me.

 

“It’s still midnight.
Please go back to your room.”

 

“I want to deliver this to Muriel.
I’ll be back right after I deliver this.”

 

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“I know that you’ve been doing something in your room since a while ago, but can’t you at least wait until tomorrow? I’ll accompany you however you want if you deliver it by then.
Right now, you have to rest.
Master had told you to take a rest too, right? I mean, I’m sure that Muriel-sama is also worrying about you.”

 

I knew that.
I knew all that.
But I was really anxious right now.
It felt like a black mist was eating me up from the inside.

 

“Sorry, but it has to be done right now.
Tonight.
I might regret it later if I do not deliver this gift right now.
So, please, let me pass.”

 

I bowed my head.
I had to go no matter what.

 

Kevin hesitated for a while, but in the end, he heaved a sigh, “Okay.
I understand.
I guess I really can’t win against you, Young Master.
Moreover, Young Master has only shown his selfishness at a time like this, so… A~h, geez, fine.
Let’s get scolded together later on.”

 

“Of course.
We’ll go through the fire together.”

 

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Upon arriving at the mansion’s entrance, I saw that Richard had already been waiting for us.
He even prepared the carriage.

 

“I’ve been waiting for you, Theodore-sama.”

 

Eh? What’s happening here?

 

“It is just as Kevin-sama had predicted.
That’s why I had arranged the carriage for you while you did something in your room.” I turned around to look at Kevin, but he averted his face and whistled innocently.

 

Dammit.
I got tricked again.
Still, you’ve my gratitude, Kevin.

 

“Thank you, everyone.
We’ll be going back right after I deliver my present.
Please forgive my selfishness just this once.” I said as I entered the carriage, my mind already flying far away.

 

Wait for me, Muriel.
I’m coming.