Novel Bin Chapter 7.2
I focused on the book.
I could hear my brother’s tongue clicking in distaste behind me, but I pretended not to notice it.
I heard the door shut. Mikhail left the room, and I tried to concentrate on my book, but it didn’t work out.
Then, when I was barely starting to focus, I turned my head toward the tapping sound, and something black was knocking on the window.
Ugh.
I tried to concentrate on the book again without paying attention, but something the shadow kept whacking on the window.
I gave up trying to focus as the noise scratched my nerves.
Fed up, I got up from my seat and went all the way to the window.
What is this? It was a creature that could not be seen clearly on the other side of the glass. Is it even alive?
I opened the window and grabbed it.
Its body was the size of my palm, so I had no difficulty holding it in one hand.
Looking closely, something black was wearing a bird’s skin. It seemed like a bat or not, so it was ambiguous to define it. The eyeballs melted down. It was a grotesque figure in which the bones were twisted.
I’m holding my breath without thinking. The black thing smelled of a decaying carcass. I looked around, wondering from which direction this creature came from.
The dark red beak opened.
“Bad girl! A cold woman! Bastard! You’re a man!”
‘Is that Mikhail?’
“…..”
Mikhail often experimented with dead creatures.
I don’t know what kind of experiment this creature is, but I don’t think it’s a success.
“Mikhail Oravany, can you hear me? Turn this off if you can hear me. Shut up.”
“No! Stupid! Fool! Urchin!”
‘….’.
Mikhail’s experimental creature, like a parrot, constantly repeated abusive language.
Its cacophony made me throw the thing far away with mana.
The last time I looked out the window, there was a sunset. But now there’s darkness without a ray of light enveloping the sky.
I don’t even want to guess how much time has passed.
I’m sure Alastair is gone by now, right?
-He says he won’t go until he sees you.
What Mikhail said kept hovering over my head.
You’re not still waiting, are you?
While wondering, I had an inking that he could very well be waiting.
‘No way.’ I turned to the book…. But I didn’t feel like reading anymore.
My nerves were all over the place. The books couldn’t catch my eye.
In a huff, I shut the book and put it back in the bookcase.
After leaving the study, I naturally walked towards my room.
Suddenly, I stopped.
Just in case….. I’m just a very inquisitive person.
I changed the directions of my steps.
I’ll just take a peek.
I’ll be in my room in no time after checking.
I ran down the hall in haste.
It had been night for a while now.
The cold wind stung my skin through my thin indoor clothes. Due to the chill, I shuddered.
I crossed my arms and sought warmth from rubbing my hands up and down my limbs. I surveyed the scene in the darkness
He would’ve been holding out in the cold wind all this time if he was here……
I saw a man standing.
His cheeks were flushed as if he had been standing for a lengthy duration.
“······Serina.”
It was Alastair.
He smiled brightly at me.
Then he stepped off his seat and strode toward me.
I don’t know what to do.
If I told you to go, you should go. Why did you just stand there foolishly?
I blinked up at him.
I felt a little apprehensive because I had to tilt my head far back to look at his face.
He had been taller than me three years ago, but now he dwarfed his past self.
Once a boy, Alastair is now a man that towers over me, with a bigger head, very expansive shoulders, a thick neck, and a sharp jawline.
His eyes under strong eyebrows were colorfully luminous, containing a striking tenderness.
“It’s getting cold.”
Alastair took off his jacket and covered me.
Yes, it was cold, but who should be taking care of who?
Stunned, I almost frowned in amazement.
“……”
“…..I can’t tell you to go in because of my greed.”
“I told you to go. Why are you out here?”
“Because I want to see you.”
Alastair smiled slyly.
I lifted my hand and carefully swept it over his red-hot face.
Alastair’s eyes opened wide.
How long he stood? His cheeks were icy cold.
I stroked his cheek as if to give him warmth.
“You’ve seen it. Now don’t come again.”
“…….No.”
“Go back. Unfortunately, I don’t have time to deal with you.”
His hand cupped the back of my hand, and he held it against his face, burrowing his cheek against my palm.Thi/s chapter is updat𝓮d by nov(e)(l)biin.co/m
Bent over, he raises his eyes and looks at me.
I can’t help but laugh at him being coquettish like a pet cat.
Where on earth did you learn this?
“Do you remember your vow, Serina, that if I proved my worth, you would stay next to me?”
His hopeful confidence shimmered in the dark.