Chapter 130

* * *”Wow, Vision. Really… You really brightened up your face.””….”Oscar finally released Clair after a week had passed.Claire finally started meeting people; the first ones that came to her were Cybill and Elliot.”Really, the radiance of the skin….”Cybill continued admiring her with a naughty expression on her face. Claire bit her lip in embarrassment.”Stop it, Cybill.”Elliot dried such a Cybill.”Why? You’re cute.”Cybill giggled and moved to the seat next to Rafine sitting across from her.”When did my baby grow up like this? huh? I’m even getting married.””stop. Shame on you, sister….”Eventually, when Rafine couldn’t stand it and asked for it, Cybill burst into laughter.Claire pouted her lips and spread her arms toward Cybill.It meant hugging.”Worried?””I did a lot. of course.””We weren’t hurt at all.””… I’m glad. I kept praying.”Cybill looked at Claire’s face with a smile on her lips.Claire stopped whining, asking for more hugs.It was because Cybill was staring at Claire’s face with strange eyes.”what’s the matter?””Claire…. I know that? I always felt it.””What?””You take me, Elliot, and Oscar. It seems to be protecting the three of us.””….””Isn’t that strange?”As Cybill asked, she lightly tapped Claire’s cheek with her index finger.Claire’s tears strangely welled at the attitude that seemed to be dying of love.Claire hugged Cybill without saying a word.Cybill put her chin on Claire’s shoulder and smiled. Then, he stuck out his tongue at Elliot sitting across from him.”Oh, but Raffin. What’s this on the nape of your neck? Have you been bitten by an insect?””….”At Cybill’s prank, Claire bit her lip again. Elliot shook his head.* * *Late night a few days later.Claire, who barely fell asleep, woke up 10 minutes later.Tomorrow was the coronation ceremony of Oscar.After the election, Emperor Servan was scheduled to stay in the Imperial Castle for two weeks as the Emperor and then leave with the Empress.As such, busy days were foreseen after tomorrow.So I have to go to bed early… You wake up in 10 minutes.”Claire, why are you doing this?”As Claire tossed and turned, Oscar, who had not yet slept, also woke up. “I woke up suddenly.””He said he was tired.””So. I’m tired, but….”Oscar put a finger on Clair’s stomach with a meaningful look.I barely let Clair go because she was tired, but I’d rather have just woken up….But Claire grabbed Oscar’s wrist. Then he turned around and said with a serious expression.”I just had a strange dream.””… in that short time? Was it a scary dream?”Oscar asked with a voice mixed with laughter.”No, not that….”Claire began to tell the story of the dream she had just had.In her dream, Claire was walking in a garden. But there must be some child crying near the pond.Claire approached in surprise.Wearing a white robe, with a deep hood, the child had red eyes and a very cute appearance.’Why are you crying? your parents?><....>Claire went in front of him and sat down and asked.The child pointed to one place without an answer to the gentle question.As I followed the tiny fingers, I saw a large statue at the end of my gaze.’Huh? That one.’Claire knew the identity of that statue.Claire asked as if she could guess.’Why that statue? Is it because you are afraid?>The child nodded slowly at the question.”I have nothing to be afraid of. You want to get in there?>To enter the Seogung Palace, you had to pass the statue. Claire made a guess and asked, and the child coldly nodded.”Then let’s go together. I’ll go with you.>Claire got up and held out her hand, and the child grabbed her with a small hand.”There is no need to be afraid. good grandpa got it?><... yes.>At Claire’s words, the child nodded.So the two passed the statue and arrived in front of the gate of Seogung.”I’ll open the door too.”It was a big door for a child to push through.Claire opened the door, and the child slipped into a small gap.”Then bye, see you again.”Claire waved her hand and left. So I passed the statue again and tried to take a walk….No, it’s not that the statue, which was all of a sudden, has been replaced with something else in an instant.Claire blinked in surprise.The statue has shortened in height just like the child I just saw. Still, with a very courageous expression, he stood with a sword like a statue of the first emperor.’So absurd.’Claire in the dream was confused, but moved on without a big deal.That was the content of the dream.”Is it a strange dream?”It was a dream that foretold the birth of a great emperor who would surpass the achievements of the first emperor. It was a secret no one knew yet.”Yes.”Oscar nodded and stroked Claire’s back. It was a hand full of strange heat.Claire stared at Oscar’s face like that.Unlike his gloomy hands, he was pretending to be pure in his expression.Oscar sometimes had such a pure expression on Claire, but Claire knew.That he intentionally makes such a face in order to fool Claire.For this reason, Claire often felt like a lonely child, just like Oscar when she was young.It must have been that a child resembling Oscar appeared in her dream, and the image of the young Oscar lingered in Claire’s mind.How much he loves Oscar.When he left for the war, Clair regretted it very much.I couldn’t tell you that I love you a lot with the excuse of being shy.So, lately, I’ve been trying hard to express myself despite my embarrassment.Not sure how much time they had left, but Claire could swear.Until the end of my life, I will pour out all the love in this world that Oscar did not receive, too much.”I love you.”Claire suddenly whispered her love, and Oscar blinked. It was a sweet confession that made my heart stop whenever I heard it.”I love you, Claire.”Oscar returned the words and laughed more happily than anyone else.Claire calmed her heart and embraced Oscar.I have received the love that I have not received in my past life, and I have been overflowing with love from so many people.So, she wanted to give the love she received for the rest of her life and the next life.It was a miraculous life.It was also a great fortune and a miracle to fall in love with a child who was lonely as if left alone in the world.She didn’t know where she would go at that time, but Claire knew at least one of these.Someday, if I meet this person again… himself again.The fact that I will inevitably hold that hand. End