Volume 8 - CH 2

I Will Avoid the Male Lead and Make a Harem

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We lived in this castle together for five years before Adrian left for training, so they probably ran into each other a lot.

I was curious about Adrian and Selina’s relationship, so I inquired because I saw an opportunity.

“Will you tell me?”

“W-way back when you were a kid.”

Penny, whose eyes were welling up with tears, continued to speak slowly.

“How many times did he…… say he was going to kill me?”

“You?”

What the hell is going on?

Why would he kill the only maid of the person he likes?

‘Did he not like me when he was still a child?’

Or did he take it out on Penny to exact revenge on Selina after she ignored him?

‘Adrian must have been young, so he would not have tried killing her seriously.’

Hiccups, hiccups, hiccups-

Penny appeared to be out of her mind since she began hiccupping.

I brought her some warm water and waited for her to soothe.

And what Penny, who had regained her composure, said was shocking.

“You always pleaded with him because he threatened to strangle me and throw me out the window.”

“……What?”

It felt like a fuse had blown in my head.

“Why the hell did he bother you like that?”

“Because…… he likes you, My Lady.”

Penny spoke quietly.

Penny, as expected, was aware.

It’s strange if Penny doesn’t know what Camilla knows.

“But even so, why the hell did he bother you?”

Shouldn’t he instead treat her nicely?

“He said he wanted me to disappear because I was the only one you were looking for, My Lady.”

“Ha.”

That’s incredible. So you tried to kill Penny out of jealousy? To draw attention?

‘He was a total lunatic.’

I was at a loss for words.

I had no understanding of his way of thinking.

“I’m not sure I’ll like him even if he’s nice, but why does he bother you?”

Poor penny. She must have had a hard time.

When I patted Penny’s head, she opened her mouth again.

“Actually… He was really nice. Even to me.”

“But you said he threatened to kill you.”

“No, he was initially nice to me.”

Penny stated as much.

Shannon and Adrian arrived at the Count of Crawford’s castle shortly after Camilla and the Count of Crawford remarried.

Adrian is said to have been a perfect returnee for Camilla, who raised him only in gold.

However, he almost fell in love with Selina at first sight, so Selina avoided Shannon and Adrian.

Then, when Camilla abused her mentally and she had no one to turn to, she hung out with Adrian, who closely followed her.

“But then you abruptly stated that you would no longer interact with him, My Lady.”

“I did?”

“Yes.”

“Why did I…? I don’t really remember.”

“You didn’t tell me what it was for.”

Something major must have occurred.

“Didn’t my mother hit me and tell me I couldn’t play with Adrian?”

“No. Madam had no idea young master liked you until that point. She even bought you a book to read alongside Lady Shannon and Young Master. ”

Despite this, Selina was extremely intelligent. Her intelligence is probably the highest of the three.

“Then why did I do that?”

“I’m not sure. It occurred between you two…… You didn’t tell me no matter how many times I asked.”

What exactly is it? I had an ominous hunch.

“And from there.”

Adrian began to be as nice to Penny and me as he could.

He was always nice to me, but at that time he was more to the point where he could take the candy that just went into his mouth to Selina.

“So I said, ‘They’re so pitiful, so just play with him for once,’ and the lady was completely upset with me and…… sob sob.”

“I was upset with you?”

What would Selina do if she became agitated? I looked at Penny, intrigued.

“You had not looked or spoken to me in a week.”

It was very Selina-like.

“How did you react when I was upset?”

“You stopped me when I said I was leaving the count.”

Selina appeared to cling to Penny in haste after Penny stated her plan to leave.

It was also very Selina-like.

“Had it been four months?” Every night, the young master comes to your room and waits in the hallway for several hours before returning alone……”

Oh my goodness, four months. His obsession has grown since he was a child.

“He used to bring me food and money and tell me to deliver the letter to her.”

“What letter?”

“I’m not sure. Because you threw it all away without even reading it.”

“……”

“He had been doing that for a long time, and when he saw us in the garden with our arms folded…… all of a sudden.”

“All of a sudden?”

Penny shivered as she thought back on what had happened that day.

“Suddenly, he dashed forward and pushed me hard. It was daylight, and I saw how much blood was leaking from being stamped with stones……”

Penny lifted her skirt and pointed to her knee.

“Do you see this wound? This wound was from that time.”

There was a large scar where her finger pointed.

“You cried a lot, and Lady Shannon freaked out…… I noticed it at the time.”

Penny’s expression was terrifying, as if she were reliving a nightmare.

“Even in the midst of that shambles, with the ladies sobbing…… He stuck next to you and looked at you as if you were so lovely.”

Penny’s pupils constricted.

“Truly looked like a madman.”

I was covered in goosebumps.

Perhaps we should add a thriller…… to the genre of this tragic story.