Chapter 109.1

There was a bit of dryness in his voice when he spoke calmly. Her eyes were a little red when she looked at Yurina, but Yurina couldn’t really find any malice or pretense.

‘Does she really just like me?’

Yurina put herself in Lydia’s shoes and thought. If she didn’t know that this was the world of a novel, she assumed a case where she met Reynard by chance.

She imagined him being hurt every day, being stared at by people because of his red eyes. Even if she punished the man who pointed a finger at him and reassured him that he wasn’t cursed, she would have hurt him no less.

But one day, what if someone discovers that the red eyes are in fact blessed by the goddess? So what if Reynard could no longer hate his eyes and be confident?

‘I’d be very grateful.’

Exactly like Lydia, who sits right in front of her with the look of a puppy. Naturally, she will be grateful for the meeting with her random savior, and moreover, she will want to repay.

Now it was clear what had been in Lydia’s heart all these years. However, her kindness still seemed uncomfortable. She honestly couldn’t take it as pure favor.

Would it feel different if Lydia wasn’t from the De Flon family?

When she thought of Marquis De Flon, her sympathy for Lydia seemed to disappear.

Yurina wiggled the fingers that were bound in Lydia’s hand and carefully pulled them out. Lydia looked at her empty hand in frustration, and reached out to grab it again.

“We only saw each other twice. So so I think it’s natural that you feel uncomfortable. But in the future, if we meet and talk more often, won’t we become good friends? I’m not used to social life, and I need help. Will you help me out a bit?”

“Sure.”

“It’s nice to have support behind your back. I hope you and I can see each other more often, as did Kai and Sir Reynard. We will all become good friends for sure. Surely you agree?”

“Maybe. Ray said that he was pleased to meet Sir Karion, the same Blessed.”

“I really want this to happen. Kai doesn’t have any other friends besides me, so I thought it would be nice to enlist someone to talk to openly.”

Yurina took the cup and looked at Lydia’s expression as she talked about Karion.

The smile that she kept holding all the way, her twinkling eyes, her rosy cheeks and her sonorous voice filled with enthusiasm. She didn’t hide her affection for Karion. But when Karion spoke to Lydia before, everything was completely different.

He didn’t say much, but Yurina could easily read what his expression meant back then. After all, that was the expression Reynard wore whenever he looked at Yurina.

So, that face was definitely the face of someone who fell in love.

Perhaps this is because Karion didn’t leave for the academy and spent the last 7 years with Lydia at the estate? 

And now it turns out that Lydia De Flon has begun to take on the minor character Karion, instead of the main character Curtis Genosian, the male lead.

* * *

Meanwhile, Raynard stood at the window overlooking the garden and watched Yurina and Lydia talk.

It was a little frustrating, because that window was closed, so he couldn’t know what the two were saying. But still, he could see Lydia smiling and Yurina showing no hesitation. This gave him some relief.

When Lydia suddenly approached Yurina, he was startled and was about to use movement magic, but thanks to Yurina’s good response, the unfortunate accident of breaking Lydia’s arm didn’t happen.

‘Isn’t it really all right?’

If things had gone too far, he might have overheard the dialogue, but he was unwilling to do so without getting Yurina’s consent. He wanted to trust her just as much as Yurina believed in him.

‘But this world is just a book…?’

Looking at Yurina, who was nodding rhythmically in response to Lydia’s endless babble, Raynard leaned his forehead against the window and remembered the story he learned from Yurina.

A world different from this place. History from the book. Yurina Carthia is doomed to die because of the crown prince. And there is another Blessed ‘Karion’.

To be honest, Yurina’s words were absurd and full of unbelievable things. Although he didn’t show it at the time, Reynard was actually quite embarrassed.

And how shocking that his world is actually a book created by a certain person.

However, seeing Yurina shaking and crying at the end of the story made Reynard want to dig deeper into the bowels. He grew up believing that a goddess rules this world, and now… what is the actual difference between a goddess and a person, the author of a book?

What’s more, when he heard that Yurina had only found him with clues from that book, Raynard thought it was lucky that it was all just a tale from the book she had read.

If Yurina hadn’t read the book, he would never have met her…

And then a terrible outcome, which he didn’t even want to imagine.

However, it is still shocking that the fate of the people around him was prescribed from the very beginning.

Marquis and Marchioness Carthia, Yurina’s three older brothers, Betsy and Yurina, all of whom he loved more than life, were actually destined to die horrific deaths.

‘Marquis De Flon and black magic…’

All he learned about black magic in the academy was only the most basic theory. Little was known about black magic. Looking back at the fact that the imperial wizards, the elite magicians from all over the empire, were unable to detect black magic on that wolf, it became clear how much black magic had been forgotten.

Raynard sensed black magic, but he didn’t know how it worked, so he wasn’t sure he could prevent another attack.

‘I can’t stay still like this.’

Reynard watched the two persons slowly tidying up the table, then picked up the quill he had left on the table. Then he began writing hastily.

The recipient of the letter was Aiden Tessie.

* * *

“By the way, why have you been living only in the manor? Usually, you live by going back and forth to the capital. If you visit our capital more often, we could have become friends a long time ago. Of course, now we can contact more often, but I’m a little sorry that I couldn’t meet the young lady earlier.”

As she approached the front door to see Lydia out, Yurina asked with feigned regret. Lydia shrugged as if she could sympathize with Yurina’s words.

“Because Kai has been living in the manor. It will take at least two or three months for me to come to the capital and return to the manor, but in the meantime, Kai must be alone in the manor without friends. Even if it turns out that his red eyes aren’t sinister, not all people are friendly to him.”

“Can’t Sir Karion come to the capital too?”

Lydia sighed heavily.