Rosetta was just frozen at first. I didn't even realize what happened to me. Then, I felt the solid chest of a man who was closely matched with his face. Along with him, a strange body odor mixed with blood and sweat.
Only then did I feel reality and my mind began to return little by little.
"Ah…"
I opened my mouth to talk, but I couldn't. The speed of the horse was too fast. The strong wind hit me mercilessly in the face and went away. On the shaky horse, everything was unstable, and above all, the strength of the man's arm was so strong that it was breathtaking. If Rosie rode a horse without a saddle, this man was driving at the speed of others with just one hand.
Rosetta barely uttered a few words.
"Hey, let me go!"
But perhaps he didn't hear that, but the man didn't seem to have the slightest intention of loosening his grip. Eventually, a cool voice rang as Rosetta began to struggle all over.
[Do you want to fall like this?]
That was a completely incomprehensible word. An unfamiliar language that sounded like a mixture of wind sounds made Rosetta even more frightening.
"What you're saying now, I don't know what you mean....”
The man's eyebrows went up for a moment. The man stared at Rosetta with dry eyes and uttered.
"I guess you didn't learn Ardenese at all. If you don't want to fall off and break your neck, don't move."
The icy voice automatically shrank. Rosetta recalled a moment ago, when he was cutting down tribal men without any mercy. Maybe, even for her.
I might do the same thing. Then I didn't hear a thing about rebelling against this man.
When Rosetta lost her will to resist, the man turned to the man next to her.
"Who's coming after you?"
"Not yet."
"…unexpected. I thought you'd try to get your bride back somehow."
"A lot of the men in the tribe were away. Maybe that's why?"
"What happened to the groom's side?"
"You've been ordered to do as well.
"That's enough. Our goal is to reach our territory within three days."
"Yes!"
At the end of the conversation, the horse's speed slowed down a little. Rosetta suddenly realized that this is not the time to stand still. They must have kidnapped because they thought they were Rosie. It may be intended to prevent marriage alliances. So I had to let them know first. That he is not Rosie.
"Well, I'm not getting married today!"
Rosetta cried out urgently.
"You guys, you picked the wrong person. I'm not the real bride!"
At that moment, all the men around started laughing loudly. Only the man holding her had no expression or response. One of the men threw a word full of ridicule.
"You're not a bride in this bridal suit? I'd rather say I sympathize with you than be more credible.”
"Hey, that's absolutely not true. I've seen everything you've been doing in bed with."
"He rolled with a whore yesterday, too.
The men's boisterous laughter grew louder with a low quality joke. Men continued harassment and farmland.
"Shouldn't we check whether it's a bride or not?"
"How are you going to check that?”
"If you're a virgin, you're a priest, if you're not a virgin, you're not a priest
"What a fool. Do you call that a horse?"
Rosetta's face quickly blushed with shame. No one has ever dared to say that in front of her. Any man would always lower his posture in front of Rosetta and treat her with the utmost courtesy and refined language they could possess.
Now this was nothing short of an insult to her. Rosetta shouted violently.
"I took the stand for a reason, and that's why I'm dressed as a bride!"
"A substitute? A substitute for an important marriage at stake for the future of the tribe? Then isn't the old Basque man already senile?"
Again, the sound of laughter rang. Rosetta was really livid when she didn't listen to her words.
"So there's a reason for that....”
[Liga] Give me this girl.]
One of the men suddenly changed his language and looked at Rosetta. It was a man with noticeable red hair. The overall impression and the eyes were not very good. Especially, I felt really bad looking at the delicious meatballs.
Rosetta searched the atmosphere instead of turning up the volume again. I didn't know what he meant, but it was clear that what he just said was never good for him.
[She's not interested in girls anyway. So can I taste it first?]
The other men kicked their tongues softly.
[No wonder you've been looking at her for so long]]
[Whatever] Krel, he's quick at this kind of course.]
Isn't that too hasty? Riga hasn't even decided what to do with her yet.]
Then the red-haired man gave a cold answer to everyone.
"Don't be ridiculous, isn't that obvious? Considering what her father did to our tribe in the past, there is only one disposition. Isn't it our law to pay back an eye for an eye and a tooth for an tooth equally?"
A little while ago, the face that was laughing with a loud joke was hardened. He was not the only one. All the men around looked at Rosetta with cold eyes.
Rosetta shrank heavily. Their eyes were all sharp blades and felt like they were flying countless times. I don't know what happened between tribes in the past, but it was clear that they had a big grudge against the Basque tribe. And the anger was obviously directed at itself.
Are you trying to kill me like this?
When I thought of such an idea, cold sweat began to flow down my spine. All sorts of horrible scenes passed through my head. Buried alive in the ground, and lying bleeding with eggs countless times on a knife....
At a time when fear grew, unexpected words rang right above.
"This woman will be my wife."
Rosetta raised her head in surprise and looked at the man holding her. Before Rosetta responded to the words from the mouth of the man who was silent alone without being involved in the conversation, other men immediately protested.
"Liga, are you going to marry this woman?”
"Not another woman, but the Basque chief's daughter?"
The red-haired man screams angrily.
"What do you mean by that? I'm not getting married, I'm getting revenge in the past. What the fuck is this Basque bitch!
He suddenly reached out to Rosetta. But the hand fell off again before reaching Rosetta. The man on the horse with Rosetta cut off his hand.
"Krel, who gave you the authority to contradict my opinion?”
The red-haired man's mouth immediately closed at the man's stroke.
"Behind the Basque lies the Kingdom of Lisa. Do you think we're capable of dealing with them now?"
This time, other men were dead quiet at the same time.
"If you're ready for an all-out war with the Kingdom of Lisa right now, you can do as you please."
Surprisingly, they no longer objected to the man's A man named Krell was also still full of complaints, but no further objections were made.
But only Rosetta among these was never convinced.
"What do you mean, marriage? This is a kidnapping and a crime. It's not what you call a marriage!"
Rosetta protested strongly.
"And why do you decide not to marry each other without listening to my opinion?”
Then the man's eyes turned toward Rosetta.
"So was the original marriage your whole will?”
The sudden question left Rosetta speechless. This man was referring to a marriage that Rosie, a real bride, should have had, but Rosetta naturally recalled the wedding she was supposed to have.
"Rosetta, don't you want to marry me?"
On a day when the marriage was already decided and only notified by her family, Issel followed Rosetta and asked a cautious question. Rosetta sat in the garden and plucked only the grass.
Rosetta kept saying nothing and his neat face was filled with worry.
"You don't have to worry. I'll never force you to do what you don't want after marriage. I'll wait until you're ready. No matter when it becomes."
He stroked Rosetta's head and spoke tenderly, and Rosetta nodded silently. It wasn't that I hated him. Rather, whenever he returned to his estate after living in the capital as a child, Rosetta would cry for the world to leave, telling him not to hold on to him. I couldn't understand why he shouldn't continue living here like his sister and brother.
As a matter of fact that was the problematic. Rosetta felt awkward that she, who was an old friend and family of her brother, suddenly became a husband. If I had given him a little more time, maybe I would have taken him as a man and a husband naturally. Except for his family, he was Rosetta's favorite and there was no other man in Rosetta's narrow world anyway.
Rosetta was angry at the time because her opinion was completely excluded from all the decisions, no matter how much it was for her. Issel said she would not force him to do anything, but she never said she would marry him.
Of course, if marriage really didn't want to do it, it would have to be strongly protested or rejected. But Rosetta didn't have the guts to do that either. Moreover, he, who had no power, had no choice but to marry and serve the kingdom. So all Rosetta did was complain about getting married when she sent her on a trip.
He didn't bother to hear an answer whether Rosetta's expression told him everything. Since then, conversations have disappeared among others, and everyone has focused on running horses.
"Liga, the chase is now completely out of the question."
Long after that, it came from someone. When the man heard that, he nodded lightly and ordered his party.
"I camp here."
All the horses on the man's horse stopped. All the other men got off their horses and began to prepare for camp. Rosetta was bound to be surprised once again. Camping? You spend the night outdoors without a roof?
The men moved in unison, quickly picked out the ground and set up tents. Meanwhile, the man was holding Rosetta's waist without getting off the horse. Rosetta twisted, recalling the fact that he was so close to the man that he was stuck together.
"Now let me go."
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