My Wife Waited in the Wheat Fields

#1 Homecoming (3)

It was beyond Elric’s understanding.

Naturally, the thoughts that came to mind were how she had been for the past ten years.

The fact that the marriage has not yet been annulled means that for the past ten years the woman has lived at Portman’s mansion as his wife.

It means that she has been waiting for such a long time without a husband.

I wonder why he did such a thing, but there was a bigger question enough to cover up such a question right now.

“Let’s go in at once.”

Why don’t you ask anything?

Is that the first thing you say when you see your husband who ran away on the first night of your honeymoon?

Those words filled my throat, but I couldn’t bring myself to come out.

It was judged that it was too rude to ask the subject who came back after running away.

Isn’t that right, wouldn’t that question make fun of the woman who had to wait for him for whatever reason?

Elric glanced at Tyria. She appeared to be in a calm state, and the gait of her turn was too straight.

It was the shame I felt 10 years ago.

I didn’t know that I would feel this kind of feeling again, but I naturally felt ashamed as the way my body and mind were staggering was in stark contrast to her.

“Aren’t you going?”

“… Oh, I will go.”

I tried to smile, but it was probably not natural.

I grabbed my cane and tried to stop the limping step.

Even so, the body was uncomfortable, so I had to walk slowly.

Perhaps noticing this, she began to pace at a noticeably slower pace than before.

I could only see her back because I was walking two steps ahead.

The distance caused awkwardness.

Elric focused on his own beat.

‘Don’t run amok… It’s not.’

Just like back then, even when he saw his wife who was in some ways more beautiful than then, his mind did not go as blank as when he was a boy.

I don’t know if it’s growth or wear.

No matter what happened, I couldn’t see the foolish side, so I should say it’s fortunate.

That moment of serenity soon became a challenge to awkwardness.

“… How did you get into the wheat field?”

Since she didn’t ask anything, he pretended to be calm as well.

“I was checking the condition of the wheat. Isn’t it harvest time soon?”

“Oh, are you talking directly?”

“yes.”

That was the end.

No more words were spoken.

As the silence grew heavier than before, Elric reprimanded himself for his arrogance.

‘this… .’

It wouldn’t have been as awkward as this if I had kept my mouth shut.

The moment I walked through the wheat fields burning at sunset felt like an eternity.

Elric felt like wielding a sword on the battlefield.

When it comes to life and death, I don’t have to worry about miscellaneous things.

This discomfort had been going on for a long time.

Like a week on the train, time worked diligently.

It was a more frustrating time than then, but Elric arrived at his destination anyway.

“You are waiting for a moment. I will call the butler.”

Tyria said so and disappeared inside the mansion.

Elric finally took a deep breath and looked up at the mansion belatedly.

The three-story brick building boasting a fountain in the yard was letting go of all the worries of the past.

“ah… .”

That’s it.

When the discomfort associated with Tyria disappeared, what filled the vacancy was, of course, memories.

Even though he had been away for 10 years, everything in this mansion started to come to mind, including how many stairs there were, how the rooms were decorated, and what kind of stains were there.

A tired smile appeared on Elric’s lips.

That was the moment.

“Hmm? Who are you?”

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It was a voice from behind.

Elric looked around and opened his eyes wide.

It was an old man with gray hair, well dressed in a black tuxedo.

Although the wrinkles deepened over the years, Elric was able to recognize his true identity at once.

‘The roads seem to have crossed paths.’

It seems that Tyria and the direction were different, so we ended up facing each other.

was a butler Butler Aldio, Elric’s most reliable ally, who took the role instead of his cold father, was in front of him.

Elric felt his heart throb at the reunion.

Those feelings were dripping in the voice that flowed out.

“Can’t you recognize me?”

Aldio’s eyes narrowed.

Soon after, his expression slowly began to change.

At first, he made his wrinkles darker as if he was wary, then he opened his mouth in a daze, and at the end, he opened his eyes wide in amazement.

“Do, young boy!”

Aldio quickly stepped over and grabbed Elric by the shoulder.

“young master! Are you right, Bocchan!”

There was a lot of emotion in that old voice.

Joy, sadness, sadness and joy.

Such a violent reaction stirred up emotions again.

Elric wrapped his free arm around him.

“Long time no see. I am back.”

At the old man’s trembling, Elric felt a sense of warmth.

*

It wasn’t until some time had passed that Aldio really came to his senses.

He thumped his chest and regained his breath before speaking with a completely clear face.

“I almost didn’t get to know you. You have changed so much!”

Elric chuckled.

Heck, the last time I saw him was when he was a boy who couldn’t even show off his manhood properly.

It’s no wonder you don’t know.

If it’s just big, it doesn’t make sense.

How rough the past 10 years of Elric’s life have been. In order to survive on the battlefield, he had to grit his teeth and train mana.

The recoil made the skeleton grow. Unlike the past, when he was skinny, his body became firmer, and above all, his eyes were affected by mana and became dark red.

It would not be easy for people who only know what he looked like 10 years ago to recognize him at once.

“It has changed quite a bit. I understand what you’re doing… .”

Moment,

stop-

Elric stopped talking.

“hmm? Why?”

Elric could not easily answer Aldio’s question.

This is because there is a strange thing that I realized only after I spit out the words myself.

Elric’s gaze turned to the mansion.

To be precise, he headed towards the entrance of the mansion where Tyria entered just before.

‘… Didn’t you recognize it at once?’

She recognized herself at once, even though she hadn’t revealed anything about her true identity.

Even though it was the first and last time we saw each other on the wedding day.

How could he have noticed the boy he had only seen once in his life, even though he had changed so much?

That point raised doubts in Elric.

“young master? Are you okay?”

“… Oh, no. I have something to think about.”

Maybe it’s just a good eye.

Elric cleared his throat and cleared his thoughts.

*

Tyria watched Elric talking to the butler through the window.

It was a face I hadn’t seen in 10 years, but I recognized it at once.

How could I not recognize it, the face of a man who promised a lifetime.

The brown hair, the drowsy look, the sharp bridge of the nose and the scars next to the earlobes were exactly as she remembered them.

Tyria’s heart was still beating.

After looking at the wheat field, I was surprised to see him suddenly standing there.

I pretended to be calm, hoping that I wouldn’t be embarrassed, but on second thought, it seemed that there was an awkward side to me.

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Feeling a bit nervous, Tyria took a deep breath.

In doing so, he was reflecting on the moment of reunion to see if he had made any mistakes.

-why… .

Shockingly, the moment his words came to mind, Tyria’s shoulders trembled.

The fine brow furrowed.

Her lips were also tightly shut, and her eyes were on Elric, who was smiling brightly outside the window.

It’s a face you haven’t shown yourself.

He created only uncomfortable silence for me as we walked together.

Not just now, but before the reunion… It was the same on the day I left.

The corners of his mouth were blatantly pointed downwards until the wedding ceremony.

The moment he finally put the ring on, his face was full of frowns.

It was sad and wept alone. However, what really saddened her happened next.

That night Elric left the mansion and never returned.

My chest feels stuffy.

I pressed my hand over my chest, but nothing got better.

The pleasure was short-lived. What follows is reality.

After 10 years, his appearance was different from Tyria’s wind.

A question as if he wished he was not here.

A bright smile that he never showed and an attitude that he never wanted to know about anything.

A sad smile filled with bitterness appeared on Tyria’s lips.

‘also… .’

Even after so much time has passed, it seems to him that he is not satisfied with his marriage partner.

That fact hurt.

And, what hurts more than that fact would be the future of not being able to let go of him.

As in the past 10 years, Tyria will continue to wait without a promise until the day his heart turns to her.

Perhaps a more difficult time will unfold than before.

Now, even the belief that he would come back smiling and hug me had been shattered.

It was more painful than I could have imagined, holding in my arms a heart that could not be reciprocated.