Culinary Chronicles of the Court Flower: Volume 4 [Complete] by Miri Mikawa

Author:Miri Mikawa
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Light Novel, princess, fantasy, drama, romance, j-novel heart, cooking, royalty, female protagonist, history, personal growth
Publisher: J-Novel Club (generated)

III

“I’ll light the candle right away,” Shusei said as he felt around in the darkness. The candle was soon burning once more.

Shusei held the candle as he walked up to the doors with Rimi, but they refused to budge. The two of them tried banging on the doors and shouting, but there was no sign of people outside. Shusei let out a despairing sigh while Rimi turned pale.

“Why is the crossbar down?” Rimi asked.

“There doesn’t seem to be anyone around. Someone had to have done it intentionally, but I can’t imagine who,” Shusei said.

This isn’t good. The candle won’t last much longer, Shusei thought as he looked down at the candle in his hand and almost clicked his tongue.

If Rimi and Shusei were nowhere to be found come morning, Jotetsu would be the first to notice. With his perceptiveness, he would be able to gather information from the guardsmen and the aides to find out where they had gone. But there was no telling how long that might take.

“Someone is bound to notice at some point. All we can do is wait until then,” Shusei said.

Rimi gave Shusei a sad nod. That meant there was no point in simply standing around, so they both sat down next to the doors with their backs to the wall. The candle that was lit in front of them was quickly melting, growing shorter.

“The candle!” Rimi said in a worried tone when the candle had melted enough that it was running down the holder.

Just as the candle seemed ready to go out at any moment, Shusei suddenly took Rimi’s left hand with his right.

“It will become dark soon, but don’t worry. I will be right here,” Shusei reassured Rimi in an attempt to make her relax a little.

Then, everything turned pitch black. Shusei couldn’t tell if his eyes were open or closed.

“Are you all right, Rimi?” Shusei asked.

“Yes,” Rimi’s voice replied, and Shusei felt a soft palm take his free left hand.

Shusei turned his gaze to the left in surprise. Despite the darkness, he could make out Rimi’s figure. She looked worried but was still smiling slightly as she gripped Shusei’s hand even harder. She then snuggled up to him, her head on his shoulder. Joy started bubbling up inside of Shusei for a moment before he caught himself.

This doesn’t make sense, the composed part of him said. My right hand is holding Rimi’s hand. I grabbed it myself to help ease her worries.

Shusei squeezed his right hand harder, and Rimi responded in kind with her left hand.

This is the real Rimi.

Shusei couldn’t sense Rimi’s presence to his right. It was as though the appearance of the second Rimi to his left had caused an invisible wall to appear on his right. He couldn’t even hear her breathing. But even as he had become isolated from the real Rimi, his right hand remained connected to her.

Shusei shook off the hand belonging to the Rimi on his left. She looked at him with a sad gaze as if to ask why.

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