I Won't Go Back To My Family Who Abandon Me novel Chapter 32

It's finally the second day of the Hunting festival. There were many lovers confirming their feelings for each other, and they looked more wistful than yesterday.

But somehow Leticia's expression seemed unsettled.

"I'm sorry I should have been next to you yesterday."

Elle wished she could know what Enoch was thinking when he stepped away for a drink.

Leticia spoke in a soft voice to Elle, who vowed never to step away from Leticia's side in the future.

"There's nothing to be sorry about Elle. Don't say that."

"But... You don't look well."

"I'm really fine. It's just..."

Leticia stopped talking mid sentence without realizing it.

She still remembered the woman's smiling face at the banquet. A smile spread across her face, but her eyes were hard as they were evaluating her like an object. No wonder she thought it looked so calculating.

It didn't really matter.

There was only one thing Leticia seized on.

˜The way she looked at it must be...'

She felt a sense of déjà vu that she had felt somewhere.

But she couldn't remember where, so she had a lump in her chest since last night.

"It's just that it bothers me a little bit."

Leticia managed to smile and clasp hands with the anxious looking Elle.

"Come to think of it, when will Lord Achilles arrive?"

Elle was forced to let the subject go, since it was obvious that Leticia didn't want to talk about it anymore.

"My brother was a bit of a disappointment yesterday, at least that's how I see it."

"What? Why?"

"Why wouldn't he be?"

Elle looked at Leticia like the answer was obvious.

"It's because he only caught a rabbit."

"I thought it was cute, though."

"What's the point of it being cute? He caught a rabbit the size of my palm and used it for something stupid. When did you get here?"

Elle smiled awkwardly at Enoch, who was looking down at her with his arms crossed.

"Good morning, Brother."

"Do you know your mistake?"

"...."

"...."

Elle hid behind Leticia, knowing that she'd done something wrong. Enoch, who was looking at the scene in disapproval, tapped Elle lightly on the head and moved towards the hunting ground.

He could feel someone clasp his jacket from behind. As he turned around, Leticia was standing with an uneasy look.

As soon as he tried to ask what was wrong.

"Don't feel too pressured. I don't want you to get hurt while overdoing it."

"Leticia."

"I'm just thankful that you returned back safely."

She was worried that the conversation he'd overheard might have hurt his pride and he might push himself to catch some better game.

But Enoch smirked as if he was fine.

"It's natural to feel burdened and push yourself to look cool to someone you're interested in."

"What? Oh, that's true, but..."

Leticia hesitated to speak, but eventually looked up at Enoch and said.

"Then can't we have two rabbits?"

Enoch couldn't help but laugh out loud at the sparkle in her blue eyes.

"If I can't find anything else, I'll bring you another rabbit."

"Yes! I don't care if you don't catch anything, just don't get hurt."

Enoch glanced down at her small hands holding onto his cuff, then looked at her again.

Light pink hair, the color of newly bloomed cherry blossom, scattered across her slender shoulders. The sky-blue eyes that looked straight at him with worry about his safety. Enoch, who was staring at her soft lips, took something out.

Leticia recognized the white rose immediately and looked up at him with surprise written on her face. The moment their eyes met, Enoch smiled with a gentle rise to the corners of his mouth.

"Don't hate me or get revenge on me since I didn't play a joke this time."

Leticia immediately recognized the laughter in his low voice and whispered while smoothing his cuff with her fingertips.

"Revenge is a trivial matter."

The thought of revenge would seem insignificant to anyone else.

However, Enoch's face hardened.

"So it's even scarier."

"What?"

"Who knows if there's someone else who might want to give you a white rose like yesterday?"

"That's..."

Leticia blinked her eyes and turned her head slightly. She didn't expect he'd keep that in mind until today. Enoch tickled Leticia's cheek with the white rose he was holding, while he squinted slightly in disapproval.

"Don't receive a white rose from other people."

She didn't say much, but she could easily understand he meant for her to wear only his rose.

"I won't."

Leticia was carefully touching the rose he'd handed her. She looked up at Enoch with a smile on her face.

"This is enough for me, too."

She repeated the words that Enoch had said yesterday.

The words he'd whispered sweetly, while smoothing the blue ribbon she'd given him.

This was a small, but trivial revenge Leticia could give Enoch.

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"There's going to be a Hunting festival winner at today's banquet, right?"

Elle asked this as soon as Leticia returned from seeing Enoch off at the hunting grounds.

As Elle said, today was the last chance to win the hunting festival and the final winner was revealed. Maybe that's why people often got hurt because it was a particularly intense day.

The winner will be recognized as a knight at the final banquet, which is the main event of the Hunting festival.