Author: aji (あじ)
Translator: sleepingjay
Jill
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Jill had gone to the mountains that had been the property of the head of the Moorwright family for generations.
Autumn dawn, loosely cycling through palettes, was dyeing the beautiful mountains red.
With familiar steps, he pushed forward through the wild trail that was naturally overflowing with vitality. The breathing sounds behind him disturbed his heart, and gave him pause.
“……”
Unable to bear it as that breathing became harsher, panting and wheezing, Jill turned around.
Lilius, who had teleported to chase after him all this way, had a tragic appearance, barefeet and dressed in a thin nightgown.
Without thought, a deep wrinkle was etched between Jill’s eyebrows.
“You plan to climb up a mountain dressed like that?”
“……Yeah.”
“Do you make it a hobby to purposely get yourself hurt?”
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“……”
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Shaking off Lilius’s grip, Jill started walking once again.
Considering how Lilius was, he would probably lose his temper and go back to the mansion after being subjected to such a cold attitude.
Confirming that the footsteps didn’t follow him, he breathed a sigh of relief. At that moment—
Soft pattering steps, unsteady gait. Lilius rushed towards Jill, and in his surprise at seeing this, true anger bled through to his voice this time.
“What are you doing!”
“That’s, Jill was going ahead.”
“Did I invite you here? Aren’t you the one coming here arbitrarily? If you want to talk, we can do that after I return to the mansion.”
“……No. I don’t want to go back.”
“Are you a kid? ……Do whatever you want, if you get lost or hurt, you’re on your own. It’s not any of my business.”
Jill was at a loss by Lilius’s crestfallenness and unreasonableness.
But right now, he didn’t want to be engulfed by Lilius’s fickle mood and have his heart in a disarray. Jill had his own pace, just as Lilius had his own pace.
Right now, he wanted to be alone.
That was why he had come to this place, which nobody but himself knew about. And yet……
Just a little bit more until he arrived at his destination. And yet, his feet stopped without his input.
“—Tsk.”
He clucked his tongue, irritated with helpless frustration and impatience. Then, he retraced back through the road he had climbed up.
Finally, he found Lilius after going down the mountain. He was trudging along like a lost child, his face on the verge of tears.
Even when Jill stood in front of him, his usually unyielding eyes remained downcast.
“This is why I said you would get hurt.”
“…..”
Blood was welling up on the feet he was gazing down at, and it looked painful. It seemed that the skin had been cut by pebbles.
The temperature in the mountainous area was lower than the town where the mansion was located. Lilius’s thin body was shaking from the cold.
‘Anyway, this guy can’t leave me alone.’
If that was what Lilius thought, then that was extremely contemptuous of him. However, even if Lilius was looking down on him, now that he had fallen in love, he would continue being played in Lilius’s palms.
In spite of all his words pushing Lilius away, Jill couldn’t leave him alone.
He took off the coat he was wearing and wrapped it around that delicate body, then hugged up the small body that was still paralysed in shock.
“Ah, uwaa—”
Letting out a muffled scream, Lilius clung to Jill’s chest on reflex.
The one who falls in love first, loses.
Right now, he fully realised the meaning of those words.
I want to punch Jill so much rn…
Sameeee
Argh these two are so frustrating.
Thanks for the chapter <3
Thanks for the chapter.
They both are so frustrating that I wish I could hoard more chapters and binge read them, but unfortunately I’m not strong enough to ignore notifications.
Thank you for the chapter!!!
thanks for the chapter! ♡
thanks for the chapter!
…ok so the more I read, the more unbalanced this courtship seems to become? What I’m seeing is a Lilius who is working hard to reach out despite his fear and trauma and a Jill who is (at the core of all this angsting he’s doing) dissatisfied and unsettled that Lilius isn’t giving him the reassurance he wants fast enough?? are other people seeing things differently…. Though they both have their faults, some faults seem weightier than others….