Published at 23rd of November 2022 9:54 am

Chapter 18

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After that day, Evelyn deliberately refrained from meeting Islay.

Islay also stepped down a little to avoid putting pressure on her, as he noticed she was avoiding him.

Taking the opportunity, Evelyn took her time to clean up.

Of course, coffee houses couldn't be sold.

It was because the moment of sale, Islay would surely notice the change in Evelyn's personal life.

'Well, it's not much to sell anyway.'

Thinking so, Evelyn smiled bitterly.

In addition, it occurred to me that it would be better to leave the house for Bianca.

'One day Bianca might need a place she can call home.'

The money you received from the Duke's loan remains, so it won't be difficult to settle in the system right away.

So one day, the early dawn when the blue darkness subsided.

Evelyn, who was walking out into the front yard holding Bianca's hand tightly, suddenly looked around.

"......."

The memories that I had built up with my daughter, soaked her like a wave.

Bianca settled in this house as soon as she was born.

Although it looked shabby to others, it was a house full of memories of mother and daughter.

Flowers with onggi bells on a small flower bed, and a garden after playing house with a child.

All of Bianca's height, even the comb-gum that she marked her child's height every half year on the white wall to see how tall Bianca grew.

Evelyn and Bianca's hands were in contact.

"Mom, aren't you coming?"

Then Bianca tilted her head and asked a question.

Staring at Bianca, Evelyn smiled softly.

"No, I have to go. Hold on......."

She locked the front door, taking the key out of her pocket.

Click, the key goes off clearly.

Holding the child's hand, walking often, headed to the station wagon.

It was such an early hour that the surrounding area was quiet and deserted.

The horseman, who was burning a cigarette while leaning against the horseman's seat, glanced back at the mother and daughter.

"Are you going to get in?"

Listening to the voice, Evelyn was captivated by a brief sense of deja vu.

Formerly, when Bianca had just been pregnant and was leaving for the west of the Empire.

Because it was the same question I heard from a horseman.

'That's how you leave Ray again.'

It just crossed my mind.

Quickly getting Bianca into the carriage, Evelyn nodded loudly.

"Yes, get in!"

After a while, Evelyn got on the wagon, too.

Pulling her daughter's shoulder next to her, the carriage started.

Feeling the vibrations of the regularly wobbly carriage, Evelyn struggled to suppress her complex mind.

–

So the mother and daughter left the city of Annette.

It was another farewell.

Three months later, Island Hildesheim.

In a spectacular landscape incomparable to the city of Annette, a mother and a child crossed the well-organized road at a rapid pace.

A beautiful woman with dark hair, and blonde hair that is recognizable from afar.

The two were Evelyn and Bianca.

"Bibi, if you don't go fast, you'll be late."

At her mother's urging, Bianca stomped fast, her short legs.

The blonde hair, which had been braided in pigtails, fluttered cheerfully.

Looking at her daughter wearing a yellow jacket and a white pleated skirt, Evelyn was seized with pride.

Because Bibi was wearing the school uniform of Polina Catcher.

'How hard it was to get Bibi into Polina Kindergarten.......'

Evelyn's eyes suddenly became dim, reflecting on the past.

Polina Kindergarten was also a well-known kindergarten in the system, where children from wealthy families usually attended.

Too high a threshold for Bianca, an almost plebeian, downcast aristocrat.

So Evelyn, in order to incorporate Bianca in the middle, had to sell a great deal of footwork.

'Even children from the aristocracy seem to be bored.'

The reason why aristocrats send their children to kindergartens is to foster social skills.

Kids like that, they have a tutor at home.

'I can't do that for you, but.......'

Deeply sorry, Evelyn glanced down at Bianca.

But as soon as she met her mother's eyes, Bianca just smiled.

"Mom, I'll be back."

After a while, Bianca greeted her mother kindly.

I've already arrived at Pollyna kindergarten.

In front of the fancy building, which was no match for the kindergarten previously attended in the city of Annette, a number of luxury wagons lined up.

To take care of the children.

Of course, it was more unseemly than the wagon that Islay rode casually.......

"Oh, that's worse than Uncle Ray's wagon."

Bianca, who had been muttering so thoughtlessly, was surprised.

Every time there was a topic about Islay, the mother's face was blurred like a dark sky.

Fortunately, Evelyn bent over, only stroking Bianca's head a couple of times.

"Have a safe trip, Bibi."

"Yes!"

Nodding loudly, Bianca waved her hand again and again into kindergarten.

After watching it for a long time, Evelyn suddenly looked around.

In a complicated state of mind, she sighed briefly.

'......come to think of it, there's no one walking around.'

Because most of the children in Polina kindergarten were children of a good family.

We take it for granted to ride a carriage even for safety reasons, but our Bianca.......

"......."

Evelyn's expression was all dark.

However, if Bianca was to be cared for until she became an adult in the future, every penny given by the Duke's Grandmother could not be wasted.

Tuition at Hildesheim's Imperial School was incomparably higher than that of Polina Kindergarten.

In addition, the actual amount of money needed would be enormous.

Her face, which had a complex light, gradually became firm.

'......I can't just keep thinking like this.'

It didn't suit me to do nothing and just flutter.

Also, what Evelyn could do was clear.

That's opening the coffee house.

–

When a small, compact coffee house first opened on Linten Street, little did people even know it existed.

This was because Linten Street was used more by the commoners than by the aristocrats, so the stores that drank coffee and relaxed like coffee houses were in low demand.

When the coffee house first opened, people thought it was going to go down quickly.

But for months, the coffee house was alive and well.

At first, there was a rumor that I knew.......

"Have you been to that coffee house?"

"Oh, you mean the place where the hostess runs alone?"

Now, before I knew it, it became a landmark on Linten Street.

"That coffee, it's delicious."

"Oh, Mrs. Laura, have you been to that coffee house?"

"Of course, I've never had a coffee as delicious as it was there."

People spoke in unison like that.

Coffeehouse quickly began to secure regulars.

So, after the rumor spread, the coffee house became famous.

"Today's sales are......."

Lunch time is just over, and people go back to work and start concentrating at 2pm.

In the absence of customers, Evelyn was looking intently at the books that sorted out her income and expenditure.

A glimpse of the numbers with her eyes, Evelyn breathed a long sigh of relief after a while.

"......Sigh, I'm so much."

Fortunately, the coffee house seems to have settled somehow.

Evelyn rolled the pen in her hand, meticulously calculating the actual profit.

Material costs, labor costs, and monthly rent.......

"I don't think that's too much to pay for the rent."

Mumbling like that, Evelyn shook her head.

Back in the system, she was greeted with bloody prices that had soared through the roof for seven years.

That's why Evelyn had quite a hard time adjusting to the island's waters again.

'Anyway, if only this amount of income is maintained steadily.......'

For the time being, I don't think I have to touch the money given by the Duke's Grandmother.

Also, if the deposit doesn't move, it will be difficult for Islay to find her.......

"......What the hell am I thinking?"

After a brief silence, Evelyn shook her head with a smile.

It was pathetic of me to still not get out of the thoughts of Islay.

Rather, Hildesheim Imperial School said it had an entrance examination.

By the time Bianca enters the school, she will have to prepare for the entrance exam.......

But then.

Jingle-.

As the guest came in, the paper hanging on the door sounded a cheerful bell.

Evelyn raised her head suddenly.

"Welcome!"

In greeting like that, Evelyn's eyes, which were lifting up quickly, were rounded up.

He does, too, because the woman who showed up was someone she knew very well.

"......Emma?"

Surprised, Evelyn put the woman's name in her mouth.

Folding down the parasol she was using, Emma curled her brown eyes finely.

"Long time no see, Eve."

The distinctive cheerful voice rang.

In the heat of longing, Evelyn's face was blackened.

Evelyn recommended a position first.

Emma, who sat down, spoke to Evelyn with a wistful face.

"It's already been seven years, hasn't it?"

"I mean, time flies."

Looking back at Emma, Evelyn also smiled faintly.

Emma, no.

She was an old friend of Evelyn's.

Emma's first meeting was at a coffee house seven years ago.

Emma then worked with Evelyn as a waitress.

It was Emma who first confessed that Evelyn was dating Islay.

"Congratulations, Eve!"

Emma patted Evelyn on the back and laughed loudly.

Had it not been for her support, Evelyn would not have finally had the courage to accept Islay.

"Eve, you haven't really changed."

Emma smiled and opened her mouth.

Emma's friend, whom she met after seven years, was beautiful as if she had missed time alone.

Evelyn replied, gently folding her eyes.

"So do you, Emma."

The appearance of long brown hair braiding and bright eyes glistening was the same as before.

At that time, Emma opened her eyes.

Then add the words as if they came to mind.

"Oh, you don't know."

"Huh?"

"I'm not Anise anymore, I'm Sutherland."

Sutherland?

Evelyn tilted her head.

Emma proudly raised her left hand, showing Evelyn.

"Well, I've been married for a while."

Only then did Evelyn recognize the wedding ring on Emma's fourth finger.

In the middle of a thick gold ring, a glass jewel the size of a baby's fingernail was embedded.

"Well, it's not a diamond, but...... but my husband went through a lot to buy it for me when the business was difficult."

Emma, smiling shyly, looked very happy.

Looking at the smile, Evelyn was forced to relive Islay's words.

'When I propose to you, I want to give you an amber jewel that looks exactly like Eve's pupil color.'

Was the jewelry ring that Bianca saw prepared for me?

"Eve?"

Emma's mysterious voice then broke Evelyn's notion.

Evelyn smiled awkwardly and handed her an apology.

"Oh, sorry."

"No, but what are you thinking about?"

"Not a big deal...So, should I call you Mrs. Sutherland now?

Evelyn hurriedly turned the conversation around.

Fortunately Emma has accepted her change of subject.

"Usually called Mrs. Sutherland."

"Well, you can just call me Emma."

Emma added that.

"I see. So what's your husband like?"

"Well, I run a small top. I'm helping with that."

Emma replied with a proud face.

It was her husband who raised the "top of Sutherland" for the first time, but the two joined forces to grow in earnest with Emma's marriage.

Currently, the two couples are jointly running the top, and it has been said that they are quite established.

"So, come visit the top headquarters at least once. All right?

"Yes, I will. Oh, do you want a cup of coffee?"

"Oh, thank you!"

Emma was delighted.

Grinning, Evelyn walked toward the kitchen.

"Sit down for a minute, then."

After a while, the savory aroma of coffee spread gently into the air.

Taking a deep breath of the scent, Emma looked around.

Although the coffee house was small, I felt the loveliness unique to the place I managed with care.

Table and crumbly pick-ups with no dust left.

There were no handprints on the polished glass.

After a while, Evelyn approached the tray with a cup of coffee and a plate of cookies.

"What are you looking at?"

"It's just that you haven't changed a bit."

Emma smiled softly.

She always managed the coffee house meticulously when she worked as a former employee, but she still looks like that.

And the taste of coffee.......

"As expected... people's skills are not rusty."

Emma, who took a sip of coffee, looked pleased.

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