WHERE DREAM AND REALITY MEET (4)
She seemed to have had a strange dream. Lucia squinted her eyes and tried her best to recall the dream, but she couldn’t remember anything. She felt like it was a very pleasant dream. She dawdled for a bit, feeling down then she got up. As soon as she left her blanket, which was heated by her body temperature, the cold air in the room covered her entire body.
She placed her feet down beside the bed and the sensation of the cold wooden floor on the soles of her feet made her shiver. She used her feet to grope for her slippers and put them on. The inside of the slippers was cold as well, but it was made of soft wool so it quickly grew warm.
She dipped her hand in the water that she had left out last night in advance. The chill from it made goosebumps rise till the crown of her head. ‘Ueeee’, she groaned bizarrely and quickly finished washing herself with the cold water.
Lucia looked at her blurry image in the mirror. Clear mirrors were very expensive items, so unfortunately, the mirror she had was stained with black.
This sort of mirror also had its advantages. Because it showed no blemishes or wrinkles, it had the effect of making the reflected image pretty. There wasn’t anyone to show herself to anyways, so it was enough to just check that there was nothing on her face; that’s what she thought, but nowadays, the blurry mirror irritated her.
Fixing a stare at the mirror, she brought her face close to it. And with that, she could see a small wrinkle that wasn’t very noticeable.
‘My life has just gone by without me even noticing. I’m already so old…’
She had already gotten older than the age her mother was when she passed away. As she grew older, she realized her mother was actually very young when she gave birth to her. She couldn’t help but wonder how many nights her mother secretly cried to herself while raising a daughter at such a young age. She felt sorry to her mother for not living a good life despite her efforts.
“This isn’t the time for this.”
After sitting absentmindedly for a while, she suddenly sprang to her feet and threw on her clothes. As she left her bedroom, she found the door of the opposite room open. She used to use this room for storing miscellaneous things, but now, there was a guest staying there for a while.
Lucia quietly approached and glanced inside the room. As expected, it was empty. The guest was an early riser so he always woke up earlier than Lucia, then he would leave the door open as if to indicate that he was already up.
‘I didn’t think he’d stay here this long.’
She was seized with a strange feeling. Someway or the other, she had been living together with this guest who suddenly appeared for a little over a month.
‘It’s amazing how it doesn’t feel uncomfortable.’
Even though a stranger had butt into the space where she had lived alone for many years, it didn’t feel out of place, as if she had lived with someone for a long time.
The man probably couldn’t even imagine it. That the bumpkin living in this little rural area knew his identity. Lucia had heard a banging on her door at sunset and when she opened the door, she couldn’t even begin to describe how surprised she saw to see the man standing in front of her. When he asked if he could rent a bed for the night, she had quickly nodded her head like a fool.
‘Don’t even dream about it. He’ll be leaving soon.’
Lucia chided herself. He was someone way out of her league.
‘When he leaves, he’ll quickly forget about an old peasant like me.’
He wouldn’t even remembered her as a woman he passed by. Even though she knew that, she was aware of the changes in herself as these days, she kept looking in the mirror. The gentle breeze blowing in her heart kept making her excited.
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Lucia went into the kitchen to prepare breakfast. She chopped the ingredients and lit the fire. She habitually reached out to scoop water from the water jar that was filled to the brim, but then she paused. The water jar that was half-full from yesterday’s use was now filled to the brim as always.
Even though she had never asked, he filled the jar with water, every morning without fail. And in his spare time, he chopped firewood. Her storage was filled with so much firewood that she felt like they could last all winter.
Lucia suddenly laughed. She wasn’t sure why such a precious personage was so stringent in doing this kind of unpleasant tasks.
When the soup began to boil, she stepped out to look for him. She checked his room first since he might have come back while she was cooking but it was empty. Next, she checked the backyard where the firewood was usually cut. But there was no sign of him there too. She walked around the house several times, but he was nowhere to be found.
‘Did he leave? Without even saying goodbye?’
Her heart felt a bit empty. She went to the backyard again and stood, vacantly staring at the pile of wood that was yet to become firewood.
“What are you doing?”
Lucia spun around in surprise.
There he was, looking at Lucia with a particularly indifferent expression. In his hand were a few wriggling rabbits bound up together by a vine.
‘Right…hunting.’
He often went hunting in the morning. Lucia’s face grew hot. She felt so embarrassed of herself because she had completely forgotten about it and gotten all sad on her own.
“Ah…breakfast is ready.”
“I guess I’m late.”
“Well…please come in and eat.”
Lucia nodded to him in greeting and hurried into the house. She couldn’t look back because for some reason, she felt his gaze on her back.
Translator’s Corner:
*T/N: If you’re confused, the next chapter explains everything.
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Oh… im not confused. I’m super confused xD
Is this guy the ex-knight liar??
I think he is hugh
I think so
I think this is the original timeline where Lucia never married Hugh. But it looks like this handsome man is Hugh. I assume he found Lucia, the woman he let escape execution, and decided to stay with her for a bit. Meaning even in the original timeline they still end up together in the end ;).
I thought exactly about that
Omo omo a man out of her league….
Hmmmm🤔🤔⁉️
Can’t wait for the next chapter!
Thanks for the release!😘
I am so excited that my head is full!
You do not play! It is true? is He ! I’m sure it’s him! kyyyaaa !! My precious ones if they ended up together in any life! Somehow I feel that hugo , when he gave Damian his position, he was free and met her, whether he recognized her as the woman in the tunnel (which I think is possible) decided to continue seeing her to make her interesting. … It’s all I can think of … please! next! next! next! I want to confirm what I believe with so much devotion!
I’m so excited that I didn’t check the translation ..
Damian is ded af tho, it was implied on a side story with Philip and he’s mourning for him.
The asshat knight before he became an asshat ?
But i really hope he’s Hugh for some reason.
I forgot what chapter . But it is in the original timeline that damian died( or give his position forgot what really happened) hugo left his territory and vanished maybe he remembered lucia and found her living alone.
I think something bad happen to Damian, remember Philip already hopeless and gave his family vision to Lucia. and he became wandering doctor.
Thanks for the chapter!
Thanks for the new chapter!
thanks for the new chapter Ruby-sama! xD
Yup I’m confused af but I’m mostly super worried that this is the actual reality where Eve doesn’t exist, Damian is dead, Bruno is killed, and her whole maternal family is down on the dumps. *Afraidddd*
Is that possible Damian? remember ss next about damian !! Right ?!?!
Its Hugh right 🙂 🙂
After Damian’s death when Hugh returned to being a mercenary, was he injured in the process and found in the isolated village and Lucia is taking care of him?
It’s hard to deduce … but it costs nothing to deduce, right?
Thank you so much for the translation.
It’s Hugh lol
I am 100% sure it’s him lmao
Thanks for the chapter! 😘
Assuming that this man is Hugo which most prolly is (right?). it’s kinda curious how author gives us all this info now, towards the end. in the very beginning, when lucia chose him as the one who could save her from fer ‘future’ we only knew him from what was said about him (rumors) and what she thought of him (which didnt depict him as a nice person either). this greatly misled us readers, since info was kept from us and we didnt know that she knew another side of him. at that time, it really looked like a foolish choice. she herself wondered why did she take this path. i kinda feel cheated by the author xd so it turned out that not just the night she escaped from count mattin, their fate caused them to meet even after that
thanks for the chapter!
Oh my gosh!!!! Yes, it’s gotta be Hugh! I was hoping this would happen after reading the chapter where he let her go!
Thanks so much, Miss Ruby and ShadowDog!!
Oh I forgot to write this, but I think this isn’t the same timeline as Lucia’s dream. It doesn’t seem like she met Philip, so this makes me think there might be multiple different timelines of how Lucia’s life could have turned out.
this is the first i’ve felt compelled to comment but also since i’m not reading on my phone it’s much easier.
i’m really thankful for the translations and having been able to binge read this whenever possible.
i’m also amazed by the writing and thoughtful creation of this story. her dreams continue to be such a huge part of the story from start to end. i’m thinking this is hugh and even in the past/dream they were able to find each other. such a wonderful love.
Oh damn fate you’ve been playing us
They’ve practically lived together even in her other life! AHAHAHAHAH
Aweeee I really love going back to the other timeline. Even in that timeline, they end up together!! I’m so excited.
Doesn’t look like that idiot knight, looks like Hugh. But as Lúcia said that she never had contact with him (as far as she knows) it’s harder to say if it’s him.
Thanks for the chapter, Ruby.
Please translate the novel “Forgotten Juliet , Author: 차유로
Novel was abandoned in gringa, but it is complete in Korean. She’s relatively famous, and the story is amazing seriously.