Answer Me, Please

an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth, isn’t it?”

The face of the man, who had been laughing at a joke until a while ago, hardened.
Not only him, but all the men around looked at Rosetta coldly.

Rosetta shuddered.
Their gazes all turned into sharp blades that were thrown at her countless times.
She doesn’t know what happened between the tribes in the past, but it was clear that they had a big grudge against the Basque.
And the anger was clearly directed at Rosetta.

Are they going to kill me?

When she thought of such a possibility, cold sweat began to flow down her spine.
All sorts of terrifying images flashed through her mind; buried alive in the ground, stabbed many times with a knife and lying covered in blood, etc.

As the fear grew more and more, unexpected words rang from above.

“This woman will be my wife.”

Rosetta raised her head and looked at the man holding her.
The words spoken by the man who had been silent and not involved in the conversation were immediately followed by other men’s protests before Rosetta could react.

“Riga, are you going to marry this woman?”

“Not another woman, but the daughter of the Basque chieftain?”

The red-haired man groaned in anger.
“What a nonsensical thing to say.
You don’t have to get married, you just have to get revenge for the past.
She’s a Basque girl!”

He suddenly reached out to Rosetta but the man on the horse with Rosetta blocked it, and his hand fell off again before reaching her.

“Krell, who gave you the authority to refute my opinion?”

The red-haired man immediately shut his mouth at the man’s question.

“The kingdom of Lisa is behind the Basque.
Do you think we have the power to deal with them now?”

This time, the other men also became silent at the same time, as if they were dead rats.

“If you are ready to wage an all-out war against the Lisa Kingdom right now, you can do whatever you want.”

Surprisingly, they no longer objected to the man’s words.
A man named Krell still seems to have a lot of complaints, but he couldn’t raise any further objections.

But among them, Rosetta alone could never understand.

“What do you mean, married? This is kidnapping and a crime, not a marriage!” Rosetta protested fiercely.
“Besides, why do you decide to marry me without listening to my opinion?”

Then the man’s eyes turned to Rosetta.
He asked, “Then, was the original marriage completely your will?”

Rosetta was speechless at the sudden question.
This man was referring to the wedding that Rosie, the real bride, should have had, but Rosetta naturally recalled the wedding she was going to have.

“Rosetta, don’t you want to marry me?”

On the day that the marriage had already been decided by the family, Isell followed Rosetta and asked such a question carefully.
Rosetta sat in the garden and plucked prickly grass.

Rosetta said nothing, and his handsome face was filled with worry.

“You don’t have to worry.
Even after getting married, I will never force you to do something you don’t want.
I’ll wait until you’re ready.
Whatever time it is.”

He patted Rosetta’s head and spoke sweetly, and Rosetta nodded quietly.

It wasn’t that she hated him.
Rather, when she was a child, whenever he returned to his estate after staying in the capital, Rosetta would hold him and cry until her tears dried.
With her small head, she didn’t understand why he couldn’t continue to live here like her sister and brother.

Actually, that was the problem.
It was just awkward for Rosetta that Issel—her brother’s friend who was like her own family—would suddenly become her husband.

She might have accepted him naturally as a man and as her husband if he had given her a little more time.
Aside from her family, he was Rosetta’s favorite person and there were no other men in Rosetta’s narrow world anyway.

At that time, Rosetta was angry because her opinion was completely excluded from all decisions, no matter how good it was for her.
Isell also said that he would not force anything on her, but he never said that he would cancel the marriage.

If you really don’t want to get married, you can strongly protest or refuse it.
But Rosetta didn’t have the guts to do that.
Moreover, she, who had no skills, had no choice but to marry and help the kingdom.
So, all Rosetta did was complain that if she was allowed to go on the trip, she would marry Isell.

Perhaps Rosetta’s expression told everything, the man didn’t bother to hear her answer.
From then on, no conversation was heard and everyone focused only on running horses.

“Riga, the chase seems to be completely out of the way now.”

After a while, someone said so.
Hearing this, the man nodded his head lightly and gave orders to his companions,

“We camp here.”

All the horses running were stopped.
All the other men got off their horses and started preparing for the camp.
Rosetta couldn’t help but be greatly surprised once more.

What do you mean camping? You’re going to spend the night outside without a roof?

The men moved in unison, leveling the ground and setting up tents in an instant.
Meanwhile, the man held Rosetta’s waist without getting off his horse.
Rosetta twisted her body at the fact that she was too close to the man.

“Let go of me now.”