27 – The wicked woman has a lot of appetite
“⋯⋯Where are you looking?”
I was startled by Shael’s words. Shael was asking me in cold words. She already knew that my gaze was on Clie.
Sael looked like she was in a bad mood.
If you think about it, it makes sense. No matter how much she doesn’t love her, it’s a situation that makes anyone feel bad when her fiancé stares at another woman.
I also wouldn’t like Shael staring at another guy.
Because the woman I was looking at was also the woman who spilled the wine on Shael.
“I think I just looked at that woman.”
Shael was pointing at Clie with his hand.
What should I say? Should I deny it? To that end, Sael’s words were full of confidence.
Anything that came to mind was answered.
“⋯⋯I was just curious about how the crown prince and the owner of the mage tower are friends.”
“It wasn’t that kind of look.”
⋯If excuses didn’t work, attack was the answer. Conversely, I asked Shael.
“Are you jealous right now?”
“⋯⋯ Ha.”
Shael, who had been watching me more closely, immediately withdrew his gaze. As expected, an attack is the answer rather than an excuse for a wicked woman.
Then, Shael looked at the owner of the mage tower and she said.
“Put.”
No, I laughed.
Some onlookers who knew of the mage lord’s dirty personality also seemed to have similar feelings to Shael. Although he was afraid that the wizards of the Mage Tower would see him, he hid his expression.
Some people who had only heard of the mage tower lord were sympathetic to him. ⋯I did pass out, looking so sick.
Moreover, they did not know the real reason why the fight between Duke Jespen and the Mage Master was established. All he knew was that the Master of the Magic Tower had challenged Duke Jespen to a duel.
Because the fact that I was injured by the Mage Tower Master is unknown except for Duke Jespen, the main characters in the novel, and Sael.
I didn’t know what would happen if this was passed on to Ezran Baslet, who is now my father.
Even in the imperial family, the owner of the mage tower cannot be easily touched. Is it different from being a duke?
But for good reasons, it was different. My injury could have been a good reason for that.
Even though the mage tower had great power, it was the same for dukes. The power of the Mage Tower is not purely the owner of the Mage Tower.
In the distant future, the Master of the Magic Tower will have great power with overwhelming force. Of course, he still has some power, but it will be different if the opponent is a duke.
So, I didn’t know what the situation would be like if the matter spilled over to Duke Ezran. What if the lord of the mage tower is expelled?
If so, the development will be very different from the original novel. It was only natural that the identity of one of the male protagonists would change.
The wizard who was to sit in the seat of the owner of the tower was also the reason. Do the wizards of the Mage Tower, who are crazy about magic, possess normal thinking?
There is a high probability that he will have a similar personality to Aren. Maybe even worse
So, it was better for Aren, who had an inhibitor called Cliella, to be the master of the mage. Even though her personality is dirty, it’s because it’s that easy to deal with.
It was a necessary existence. Power that will be of great help even in war in the future.
My injuries were not revealed to the outside world for those reasons. It was unfair, but I was able to forget it because of what happened just now.
Because the Magic Tower Master was beaten that badly.
“How much do you eat?”
Shael was eating sweets that looked sweet even at first glance. Before the duel started, even right after it ended.
“⋯What is it?”
As if asking what the problem was, Shael asked back. Could it be that she was told that she didn’t need to lose weight because she was very light?
Shael was unbridled. Even though she was thin, it was not good for her health.
Moreover, even after the fight was over, it was not yet time to get up.
It was because Duke Jespen suddenly brought in the family wizards to perform a magic performance.
It seemed that Shael was going to continue eating the snacks until her spectacle was over. How can she stop the villain’s gluttony?
I said to Shael.
“I gain weight.”
“I hear it’s already very light?”
I couldn’t deny it because it was what I said.
“It’s not good for your health.”
“I am healthy.”
Still, Shael didn’t listen to me. So what I chose was another way.
Admiral Lee Dok. Control poison with poison.
⋯ So, as a dessert, you control the dessert.
I started tearing off the wrapping paper lying next to me. It was an appeasement measure to seduce the wicked woman in preparation for an unexpected event.
In the original novel, there was a mention of the dessert shop that the villain liked. Clie was also a place he liked, so the two of them often ran into each other.
It was also the place where the evil woman went every day. She could have had a maid, but she went there personally just because she wanted to eat it right after it was made.
I was able to relive that memory and go to the dessert shop her villainess would have loved.
I used the recipes I had learned at the time. Strangely, the dessert shop disappeared after that.
So there was no way the wicked woman would have tried this dessert.
I opened the box and handed the cupcakes to Shael.
“Try it.”
“⋯?”
Shael looked at the cupcakes. Shael took a bite of her teeth and started eating the cupcakes in a hurry. Suddenly, the cupcakes were gone.
“Where did you buy it?”
“I made it myself.”
“⋯.”
Shael was silent and looked at me. Predictably, it was an unspoken signal for more. I said with a friendly smile.
“If you put up with the sweets for today, I’ll give you another one for dinner.”
“⋯Something.”
? It wasn’t something to say from the recipient’s point of view.
However, the villainess had finally stopped her gluttony, so she didn’t say anything. Of course, in return, no more desserts for the time being.
At least until tomorrow, she will have to endure her gluttony.
I smiled inwardly at Shael and looked around. I looked at Clie with a sidelong glance. Something needed to be figured out.
It was Clie who was slightly rejecting the crown prince and the master of the mage tower. It was the same even now. He wasn’t even looking at the prince sitting next to him.
Clié, the terminally ill female lead who is eventually cured of her illness. She is shrewd and has a personality that knows how to exploit her own flaws.
However, Clie was acting slightly differently from her original novel.
I needed to find out why. I doubted that my intervention was the cause. I tried to keep other things from changing in order to only affect Shael.
I was able to think about the number of cases. First of all, what if someone possessed Clie just like me?
However, that assumption was difficult to establish. The Clie that I am looking at now has maintained its habit.
The posture of tapping the handle of the seat with the fingers of the right hand and resting the chin on the left hand.
It was similar to the cover of a romance fantasy novel. In the writer’s words, that posture was said to be a habit.
Perhaps, if someone possessed it, there was no need to stay like this.
Isn’t it just a matter of curing the disease and connecting with one of the male protagonists who still like Clie?
Of course, even so, the possibility that she is the possessor cannot be ruled out. However, she had a case of greater probability.
What if the female protagonist returned? In the second half of her novel, it was said that she could only return once with the enormous holy power she later possessed.
I don’t know the reason for that setting, which is completely implausible. Because I was the one who couldn’t read the ending and side story to the end.
However, I was just inferring that the current girl might have regressed using her own holy power.
In the meantime, Clie stood up. She seemed to be heading for the toilet at Clié.
This is an opportunity. A golden opportunity to talk about Clie.
She has no intention of intervening with characters other than Sael, but she needs to know how the situation develops.
“I’m going to go to the bathroom for a while.”
Shael nodded her head. Fortunately, the bathroom was out of sight from the bleachers.
I went straight to the bathroom. Clie, who had been hidden behind the wall, began to be seen.
Before I arrived, Clie went into the bathroom.
I couldn’t enter the women’s bathroom, so it was time to wait outside.
Clie came out of the bathroom. It was less than three seconds after she entered the bathroom.
As if she had been waiting for me, Clié was walking towards me. Even though her seat isn’t this way.
It’s also strange. There is no doubt that something is different from the original. Claire told me.
“Ah, isn’t it Prince Eran?”
“⋯Yes.”
How can I open Clie? After thinking about it for a while, I was about to say something to her. Someone’s words interrupted my words.
“⋯What are you doing?”
It was Shael. Quite a confusing situation. Doesn’t it look like Clie and I met after secretly promising each other?
Even in such a situation, I couldn’t help but laugh out loud. It was because a small amount of powdered sugar could be seen on Shael’s lips.
It was also what I used when making dessert.
In that short amount of time, you secretly ate it?