Episode 26

It's been weeks since Julia didn't even step out of the bedroom.

Surveillance around the castle increased, and Fernando kept her every move every day.

He wouldn't even give her a single chance to escape.

As a result, Julia's will was broken in an instant. There was absolutely no way I could get out of this situation.

Such a suffocating time continued to pass.

In the afternoon after noon, Yulia was sitting quietly on the bed.

There was a hint of resignation in her eyes.

After a while, I heard someone opening the door. Yulia completely closed her eyes and bowed her head.

Because there was only one person in this bedroom.

"Yulia."

The sound of footsteps approached with a soft voice. While Yulia was silent with her head buried in her lap, one side of her bed was hollow.

Fernan, who was sitting next to her, reached out and placed her hand on her shoulder. Still, Julia did not raise her head.

Fernando looked around the bedroom, leaving her still. A few hours ago, the meal he had brought had been left untouched.

A few books and neatly folded clothes on the table were still there.

Fernan, who gently narrowed his brow, opened his mouth.

"I don't know anything else, but I eat."

"… … ."

"Do I have to force it to listen?"

Fernan continued to talk to Yulia, who didn't answer.

Hiding his nervousness, he finally grabbed Julia's cheek and made her look at me.

At that moment, Yulia's pale face turned to him, but she looked down and did not look at him.

Fernan, who had been staring at her long, drooping eyelashes, reached out and hugged her forcibly. He moved her steps as she was, and sat her Julia down in front of her table.

Then he took the cooled meal tray and gave the order to the attendant to bring a new one.

Tak, while Fernando closed the door and entered the room again, Julia had just got up and went back to bed.

"Yulia."

As soon as she grabbed her hand, Julia pushed him away with a weak force. The eyes looking back at him were empty.

While Fernando had a distant expression on his face, the servant immediately brought a new meal.

Only then did Fernando come to his senses and lead Julia back to the table.

"eat."

When Julia turned her head quickly, he gently grabbed her delicate chin and turned her back to me.

He picked up the food from the tableware and brought it to her lips. When Julia did not open her mouth, Fernando muttered in a quiet voice.

"If you want to hold on like this all day, do it."

"… … ."

At that moment, Yulia raised her gaze and looked at him, and touched her lips for the first time.

"… I will eat it myself."

Fernan's expression softened slightly at the small voice that flowed out.

He took Julia's hand and gave the tableware directly, then sat across from it.

Julia, who looked down at the freshly made warm food, glanced at Fernan on the other side.

Until she eats it all, Fernando will surely sit still.

In the end, Julia moved the dishes slowly and ate food several times.

However, he was not feeling well and had no appetite at all, so he had to put down the tableware without eating half of it.

As soon as he got up and walked back to the bed, Fernando meekly removed the tray without saying anything else.

Julia was lying on the bed slowly. The fact that this was Fernan's bedroom didn't bother her anymore.

I just wanted to sleep like this.

However, I was forced to open my eyes immediately by a hand that raised me up by supporting my body.

"Have you already slept enough?"

Yulia tried to lie back on the bed without saying a word, but was stopped again.

Fernan, who gently grabbed her shoulder, met her eyes. However, Julia turned her gaze away without looking at him.

"Stop being stubborn."

"… … ."

"If you just say one word that you will be by my side, it will be over."

Julia's still gaze turned to Fernan at that time. But as time passed, nothing came out of her.

The gaze that looked at him with his lips tightly closed contained a will that he would not say what he wanted.

Fernan's handsome face gradually hardened.

He stared at her closed lips, then reached out and lifted his tender chin.

He bowed his head as if to kiss him, and stopped just before their lips touched.

Julia didn't conform or resist, just lowering her gaze.

"… … ."

Fernan looked at her for a long time and then slowly raised her head and let go of her face.

Julia turned and looked at him and released the hem of the dress she was holding tight.

Laying back again and closing his eyes, Fernan did not speak any more.

Julia erased all the thoughts that were pounding and shaking in her head.

* * *

From that day on, Julia was ill with a seething fever. She said she had a fever.

Although her doctor visited her several times, she showed no signs of getting better even after taking the medicine.

Julia, who was lying on the bed as if buried, exhaled a deep breath. At first I heard someone's voice.

"Your Majesty, your body is weaker than before."

"… … ."

"Even a light walk is fine, so you need to move your body. You should also increase the amount of food you eat. More than anything… No more psychological pressure."

When I opened my eyes gently, I saw Fernan, who was silently listening to the doctor's resolute words.

As she closed her eyes again, Julia quickly fell into Suma.

While Julia was asleep, the son-in-law quickly became dark.

As time passed, a faint moonlight leaked into the room that had become a rampant night.

Fernan stood quietly next to Julia, who was sleeping deeply. A large hand touched her forehead.

Yulia's eyes softened at the cold and pleasant touch.

The hand, which had stayed for a while as if to measure the heat, soon fell from his forehead to his cheek. The cheeks, which were heated by the cold touch, gradually cooled.

A soft voice fell over the sleeping Julia's head.

"Yulia."

There's no way she was listening, but he kept muttering.

"Don't even think about leaving."

"… … ."

"Even if it hurts, it hurts by my side."

Fernan took her hand, which was quietly on one side. Even though her delicate hand was completely wrapped around her, the strength of her remaining hand was applied.

I know it's my fault that Julia is so sick.

They locked him up and blocked him from going anywhere, so it must have put a lot of pressure on his still weak body.

But he didn't know what else to do to catch her.

I felt more and more uncertain about everything.

The wave of emotions she always felt when she saw Julia was twisted and crumpled while she kept trying to get away from him.

Even if I didn't want to make you sick, I wanted to keep you by my side even if it hurts.

I could give you anything if you quietly stayed by my side. Because I want to give you everything you want in this hand.

But why do you keep trying to run away?

Why don't you look at me like I used to?

Julia, who had expressed her love for him with all her eyes, was no longer there. That fact twisted and stimulated his mind. The more he tried to run away, the more he couldn't let go.

Anxious eyes that she couldn't even do herself looked at her sleeping.

Then, as she suddenly moved her hand in her sleep, she gently grabbed his hand.

The faint feeling of being wrapped around him shook his heart. He wiped Yulia's forehead, which was covered in cold sweat.

I hoped she would never let go of my hand like this. She longed to stay forever within my realm.

* * *

It was the day when the snow, which had not come for a while, started to slowly fall when Yulia came out of a long fever.

It's still dark morning. After a long time, Julia felt her head light up and got her body up.

I blinked my eyes blankly, and when I looked away, I saw Inyoung sitting upright on the sofa.

The face reflected in the moonlight was, of course, Fernando.

Julia looked at him with a calm gaze. He did not move as if he was sleeping in a sitting position.

Come to think of it, I had never seen Fernando sleeping before.

His bed belonged to Julia, and it was only natural for Julia to spend all of her attention on the outside.

Julia felt an incomprehensible feeling and quietly got out of bed.

Even while she was moving with her feet on the floor, Fernando did not open her eyes.

I killed as much as possible and approached him. The closed eyelids did not move at all.

Julia, who was paying close attention to his face, glanced at the door.

Suddenly, a thought crossed my mind that I might be able to get out of here now.