I Ran Away And The Reverse Harem Started

Chapter 14 A moment of embarrassment flashed across Miriam’s face at my question, but she curled the corners of her mouth in a nonchalant manner.“Uh, yeah. I’m so, so curious. Why do you sleep like that. Is it different from normal people?”“Right, It’s different.”I nodded coolly.“It’s been like that for about ten years now. I wakes up in the middle of the night and runs outside calling for my mom.”“……”“At that time, I can’t see anything, I just move my feet. People around me look at me like I’m possessed by a ghost. But I’m not planning on doing anything crazy, I’m just walking around like a crazy person in my dreams. When I open my eyes, I’m at the beach, or sometimes I’m in front of a cliff.”“…….”“Actually, this is a secret that only my family knows. Since I kept running out at night, my family gave me a rope and told me to tie my wrists to the bed. It definitely reduced the number of times I ran out. I couldn’t move the bed while I was asleep.”“…….”I took a deep breath and looked around.The maids looked at me with bewildered faces as if they were seeing something strange.I took another step toward Miriam.As I got close enough to touch her, I saw Miriam’s face gradually harden.“But I don’t know what I did to deserve being called a lunatic. I just went out in the middle of the night, and I tied myself up to prevent that. Everyone has a secret, right?”I put my chin on Miriam’s shoulder and whispered to her.Miriam flinched in surprise.“Just in case, Miriam, I want you to keep the secrets a secret.”“…….”“If you get caught by me, it won’t end in this kind of embarrassment.”I turned to go back to my room, but then turned back to look at Miriam and the group in the kitchen.“Oh, and by the way, you’d better not go anywhere near my room at night, just in case you run into me wandering around in my sleep with my leash loose.”“…….”“I sleepwalk, so I don’t know what I do when I sleep. There are already so many knives here…”I looked at the kitchen knives in the kitchen, then turned my gaze again and smiled at them.“We should be careful with each other.”Miriam and the group now looked at me with frightened faces.  * * * In fact, it was not long after I had come to live in Lynne’s family that I began to sleepwalk.One day, Uncle Hans found me in the hill behind the village, but I had no memory of it at all.Why did I go up the mountain in the middle of the night?Uncle Hans went looking for me with his family after hearing that I was missing. And I learned something shocking on my way back home.“You’ve done this more than once or twice. I’ve seen you sitting still in bed or walking around the room for a long time even in the middle of the night.”Lynne, who was 13 years old at the time, said this to me.I was quite shocked.I sleepwalking? When on earth did I start having this symptom? It definitely didn’t happen when I was living at the orphanage.“Lynne, didn’t Rosieta say anything in her sleep?”Aunt Marylin asked Lynne as she wrapped a blanket around my shoulders.Lynne glanced at me once and spoke in her usual tone.“Just, she said she wanted to see her mother and go back.”“…….”Uncle and Auntie were silent.I couldn’t say anything either. Because I didn’t have much to say.The person I mumbled in my sleep that I missed could not have been the birth mother who abandoned Rosieta.It must have been my mother who gave birth to me in my previous life. It’s been more than ten years since I’ve lived in this world, so it’s become a blur.‘Oh, my God. I thought I’d gotten used to the orphanage and stopped thinking about my family.’I thought I had pushed my family to the back of my mind as I adjusted to the world of books and the rigors of orphanage life.But my longing for them came out unconsciously in the form of sleepwalking.I let out a small sigh and carefully apologized to Lynne.“I’m sorry, Lynne.”“Why are you sorry?”“Why? You must have been scared because of me. You said I was mumbling and wandering around at night… If it’s really uncomfortable, I’ll sleep in the kitchen. I’m really sorry.”When I said that, Lynne raised her eyebrows in displeasure.“It was really scary. But it wasn’t your fault. How could that illness be your fault?”“…….”“Don’t apologize for that anymore. I won’t accept an apology.”After discussing it with uncle and aunt, we decided to tie my wrists to a pillar every time I slept.I didn’t want uncle wandering around looking for me at night anymore, and I didn’t want Lynne to be anxious.All I brought to work at this mansion was a spare set of clothes and this string.‘But I got caught after only a week of working. What a shame.’It was the last thing I wanted to be found out by anyone.“… Still, I’ve already given Miriam and her group a warning, so they won’t touch me for the time being.”I looked out the small window in my room.I looked at the huge ivory-colored mansion, brightly lit.In such a large place, it probably wouldn’t be noticeable if I were the only one missing.“Ugh, I don’t know.”I flopped down on my bed, thinking I should get a good night’s rest.Sleep poured in, probably due to my depressed mood.  * * *  When I opened my eyes, I was in my room, and the surroundings were covered in a bluish darkness.I checked the time, and it was late evening.“It’s already this late…”I cleared my throat.By now, Daniel and Deborah had already arrived and finished dinner. Still, my condition wasn’t bad, perhaps because I slept a little.I think it’s okay to keep sleeping like this… Should I wake up in the morning after I’ve had a good night’s sleep?I was tossing and turning in my bed.Knock-‘Huh?’I poked my eyes out from under the blanket. I looked at the door, but it was quiet outside.‘Did I hear it wrong?’Well, by now everyone should be helping out at the mansion. There shouldn’t be anyone there.I was about to turn my body back to the wall and close my eyes.Knock-Tap!I turned right to where the sound was coming from and saw a window.A small window with a view of the mansion. That’s where the sound was coming from.I got out of bed and stood in front of the window.I pushed open the window and stuck my head out.And sure enough.“Are you awake?”Colin was standing a little way from my window.“Colin? How did you….”Colin smiled happily and approached me.“I noticed you weren’t among the maids. It’s easy to notice that the red-haired maid is gone from our house.”Colin smiled as he said that.His soft, green eyes sparkled affectionately in the darkness.Colin seemed to think for a moment, then placed a hand on my cheek. It was so light as cotton wool that I could barely feel it.“… What happened? You don’t look well, Rose.”I blinked and looked at Colin.Colin was the most perceptive of the four of us.Maybe it was because of his age, but whenever someone was feeling down or depressed, Colin was the first to approach and comfort them.My perceptive and affectionate childhood friend.I smiled, forgetting the unpleasant incident before I went to sleep.“There was something. But it’s okay now.”“Really?”“Yeah. I feel a little better when I wake up.”I didn’t care if they searched my room or whispered among themselves. I was just a little angry.When I nodded, Colin smiled too.“Then maybe it’ll get better when you see this.”“Huh?”Colin shrugged his shoulders as if he had brought something great. Then he handed me what he had hidden behind his back.He unwrapped the white handkerchief and found two sweet-smelling slices of apple pie.I said in admiration.“Did you get that from the kitchen?”“Yeah. I stole it because I thought Rose hadn’t had a meal.”He spoke so proudly that I couldn’t help but laugh.“What’s the point of stealing? After all, all the stuff in that mansion is yours.”“Is that so?”Colin asked me slyly, shrugging his shoulders like an actor. I finally let out a laugh.Colin called me softly.“Rose.”“Yes?”When our eyes met, Colin’s eyes glowed faintly in the darkness.Colin, who had been joking to cheer me up just a moment ago, cautiously opened his mouth.“I won’t ask you what’s bothering you. It seems like you want to solve it on your own.”“……”“Instead, why don’t you give me some time, I’d love to help you feel better.”Colin opened his eyes and stared at me for a moment.He smiled, biting his lip slightly, as if searching for an answer.“Hmm.”I turned my head as if I was deliberately thinking.When I glanced at Colin out of the corner of my eye, he was watching me, his shoulders slumping.I couldn’t say, ‘No, I’ll just sleep.’“Okay, then let’s just play until the maids come. I don’t want to get caught.”“That’s fine.”Colin smiled brightly at my answer and added confidently.What could he possibly believe?I stared in disbelief, then hurriedly grabbed my outdoor flip-flops and threw them out the window.“Wait a minute, Rose.”“Huh?”I was about to climb over the windowsill when Colin stopped me.“If you do that, your skirt might get caught and ripped.”Colin looked at my white one-piece nightgown and said.Then he put his hands under my shoulders and lifted me up.“Whoa!”In an instant, my eye level was as high as Colin’s.Colin lifted me up as if he was carrying a very light object, and gently placed me on the grass beyond the windowsill.I grabbed Colin’s arm because of the spinning vision.“Co-Colin, I thought you only read books… You’re strong too.”“You are too light for me.”Colin said with a snicker.