Lady Devil - Chapter 93

#93

At my request, Johannes postponed his schedule for a day and went out early the next morning. Throughout that day when Johannes was absent, I stayed alone with Aliona as usual, and Aliona did not properly meet my gaze even once. She only mumbled short answers to my questions.

It must have been the expected course of events, but Aliona had finally begun to avoid me.

I am accustomed to silence. Griselda, who was my only conversation partner, was a good nanny but not a good companion, so there were many days when I spent a day or two without any meaningful conversation with her in the chamber where it was just the two of us.

Perhaps it should be considered fortunate. Since I had never had a particularly long conversation with anyone since being confined to the chamber, I had never felt particularly uncomfortable until then. In fact, I am the kind of person who can easily spend two weeks without speaking. In the chamber, such silence was the norm.

However, it must have been different for Aliona. That lovely and innocent child was visibly lively and talkative. But such a child was now trapped in a room with a despicable woman who had violated taboos.

How difficult it must have been. She must have found it disgusting to even speak with a woman who shamelessly displayed improper affection right in front of her, yet she couldn’t leave on her own. It’s truly a pitiful situation.

I understood the girl’s clumsy avoidance to some extent. However, I had no other words to offer first. I could only imagine how uncomfortable that time of flowing silence must have been for that child and feel sorry for her.

That it was just an excessive display of affection.

That we weren’t actually siblings.

At that time, I could have made various excuses to Aliona. However, judging from Johannes’s attitude of not wanting to hide our relationship, it didn’t seem like there would be trouble even if Aliona ran out to report us right away. With no major worries or discomfort like this, why should I make any excuses?

Yes, around that time, I had no worries other than my inner conflicts. Because Johannes was there.

“Um…”

In the end, it was Aliona who approached me first, unable to bear the awkward silence. It was when she was wiping my body as I lay face down on the bed. With my head turned to the side, I saw the girl, who had not said a word other than an awkward morning greeting, hesitantly opening and closing her mouth.

“Is there something you want to ask?”

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