When she entered the ceremony hand in hand with Count Blanchefort, she was not playing with a doll, but a doll herself. She wondered if she would reach around her waist. A girl in a beautiful and delicate wedding dress was led to him with a veil.
Face to face, he looked younger than he thought. So, she now she should stand next to that girl and have a ceremony. Zachary's mouth was dry.
Perhaps reading Zachary's puzzled look, Bianca was afraid to look at Zachary and cried.
Although he expected it to a certain extent, Zachary was stunned when he saw Bianca crying and screaming loudly.
As Zachary stood tall, not knowing what to do, the people around Bianca comforted her. But Bianca never stopped crying. She feared Zachary, as if he were some kind of demon lord.
As the people around Bianca comforted Bianca, Zachary opened his mouth to help. But since he was afraid that Zachary would speak, Bianca's scream, which had calmed down a bit, grew louder and louder. Zachary closed his mouth again at the sound of her crying.
Zachary's face hardened as the wedding progressed along with Bianca's screams. His heart softened with despair, and he was able to let go of all expectations shortly after the wedding ended.
After a horrible wedding, the new bride and groom headed to the groom's estate together. And that was the beginning of true hell.
At that time, the land of Arno was not developed, so there were many shortages, and the castle was very simple because there was not enough money to enlarge it. Zachary's hard-earned estate was nothing compared to Blanca's Blanchefort.
From Bianca's point of view, it must have been like diving into hell all at once.
People who meet for the first time in an unknown and ugly place. The only person she knew was the nanny who had followed her, so it was only natural that Bianca would have a hard time adjusting to Arno.
Still, Zachary tried. He knew that he had been hated at first sight. But even so, she was his wife, he couldn't cry terribly every time he saw him forever. Anyway, it had been a while since the wedding.
Ever since she became his wife, Zachary had sworn that he would do his best and tried to fulfill that oath.
Zachary struggled to figure out how to break Bianca's limits. Although the castle is simple, Bianca's room was decorated in a way that was not much different from when she was staying at Blanchefort, she hired a cook known for her excellent skills for Bianca and tried to buy what she said she wanted. Even if he was a bit too heavy for the situation of the Arno family, who had just become a baron.
While trying to meet the standards of Bianca, who grew up in a wealthy family like Blanchefort, the Arno family's budget naturally ran out.
There was a limit to the amount of money that could be made in a limited territory, and in the end, Zachary had no choice but to go to war. Sometimes even as a mercenary.
Since he was so attached to the battlefield, the smell of blood and dirt did not disappear from his body. Since he often left the estate, it was rare to see Bianca face to face. If they saw each other often, they could create a bond, but even that didn't work, so it was natural for them to go round and round without getting closer to each other.
A thirteen year age difference.
A bride too young and noble.
And a forceful husband who is always away and doesn't know how to treat women.
Not the worst, but their marriage must have been a terrible combination.
Would it have been different if Zachary had been a little more gentle and kind?
He knew how to distance himself from people who didn't like him, but he didn't know how to approach her with a smile.
Because nobody approached Zachary like that.
When he thinks of Bianca, Zachary remembers her crying with sadness on the day of the wedding. It was the same when Bianca grew up.
If Zachary got a little closer, his pale green eyes, like green vegetation on a summer day, seemed to darken like a dark cloud. Thus, Zachary was blocked by the young bride's refusal and couldn't get a step closer.
As a result, Bianca naturally thought that her husband hated her. She must have been influenced by her nanny Jean, who was protectively by her side.
'Baron Arno does not suit the lady. He is on a different level. There should have been a better marriage, but the Count didn't care either. How could he handle his marriage like that?
Jean lived denigrating Zachary. If she found the hospitality a little sloppy, he would make a fuss. This caused Jean and Vincent to collide several times, causing a loud ruckus.
"My young lady could have married a marquez or even a duke... How did she end up being tied to a baron?
'The Baron is giving his wife as much support as he can.
"What can you do with it?" She can't wash her body with rose oil every day, she can't soften her face with honey, and she can't even eat fruits from the far south.
“The lady is now also a member of this Arno family. You have to make some concessions for the future of the Arno family.
"It's a Blanchefort!" How noble is my lady's blood, and since she came here, she should be treated with respect. But she instead asks that she should adapt to poverty? Isn't this all because Baron Arno is not enough of a husband?
The day he heard such a comment, even Vincent's cold heart trembled with anger. Zachary knew that Jean whispered mean things to Bianca about him, but he couldn't help it. Jean was the only person Bianca trusted in the entire Arno castle.
Sadly, Jean passed away three years ago due to illness. Bianca cried for three days and three nights as if the world had collapsed.
Deeply anticipating that Bianca might turn on him, Zachary went to comfort her, only to be greeted by a cold door.
Nine years have passed. Zachary went from being the son of a viscount, to a baron, and then to an earl.
Roland, who expelled Zachary de Huegh, was still Viscount Huegh. Zachary's career has given him the ability to take revenge on his brother, reward those who have invested in his future, and grant most of his wife Bianca's wishes. The current Zachary could satisfy all of Nanny Jean's complaints, even if he wasn't quite on par with the Blanchefort family yet.
But their relationship was the same as when he was a baron.
The seven-year-old girl, now sixteen, was still reluctant towards Zachary and didn't much care for her duties as countess. As if she wasn't her place.
Zachary didn't even care about that. Because he didn't even expect anything to change. Still, Zachary did his best for Bianca. Even if Bianca didn't fully acknowledge that fact, she hoped that she vaguely felt it.
And he supposed it would only end in hope.
In Zachary's eyes, Bianca was still the crying seven-year-old.
And then, out of the blue, he talked about a non-existent lover and his successor.
Zachary was stunned to see her as if she had become a different person from one day to the next.
Zachary's head, which had gotten used to Bianca's attitude towards him, was tingling. To the point where she wondered if the Blanchefort family had contacted her.
It was very strange of him to mention the first night. Not only that. The distance between them grew closer and closer.
Her scent. Those bright green eyes staring up at him. He felt ashamed for his everything.
And at the same time, an unknown desire rose.
He couldn't take his eyes off her lips, and it was difficult for him to pronounce a word correctly. Looking at her, her mouth went dry, as if she longed for a drink of water in the desert.
Vincent and the others were glad that she had decided to do her duty as the Earl's wife, but Zachary couldn't accept their change.
Furthermore, she shed tears in front of him after a long time. When he recalled her pitiful appearance while he was crying sadly, the appearance of her crying wife at the time of her marriage overlapped.
Come to think of it, when did Bianca stop crying?
Her watery eyes soon dried.
At the time, he was relieved that Bianca didn't cry, but looking back now, that was the omen that Bianca had closed her heart.
Zachary let out a pitiful groan, but it was too late.
You can't be late this time either.
When Bianca cried because she couldn't have her child, he was very embarrassed, but Zachary calmed down trying to organize his thoughts on his own.
Yes. Bianca was still young. She does not know anything. She doesn't even know what she's talking about.
After being influenced by her and taking her as he wishes, it is clear that his still young body will suffer. Then the same thing will happen with her wedding. She will avoid him, and he will never be able to reach her.
That can't happen. After almost a decade, she barely turned her gaze from her to him, so she can't go back to that moment. At least until she is eighteen. Yes. She must have been eighteen.
Zachary, as an adult, had to hold the reins firmly. He trusted his patience and restraint. He had already waited for nine years, it didn't matter if he added another year.
It has endured a constant series of hellish wars, so what is this?
Yes. That's what he thought then.
It's no big deal, you can take it.
And it was irreversibly late when he realized that it had been an arrogant miscalculation.
No comments:
Post a Comment