45 – The Villainess Strikes Back (2)
The voices coming from behind stopped. Then Shael immediately got up from his seat and started walking.
I started following Sael.
“Where are you going?”
“⋯⋯I don’t know.”
Shael’s face was still red with shame. It was clear that she was trying to ostracize me to hide it.
Of course, there’s no way I’ll easily let go of Shael.
Shael moves her steps quickly. I also sped up and chased after him. Shael was entering her magical sphere.
In fact, the Azbel family also had numerous magic tools, as befits a famous magic family, but they were not for amusement like this magic tool store.
Shael didn’t have much interest in magic tools either.
So, Shael started to walk around looking at her magical tools in wonder. Shael reached out her hand towards her magic tool.
“I need to buy some of these.”
Sleep magic tool. In reality, it was a magical tool with similar effects to sleeping pills. ⋯ Why the hell are you buying this?
Even the price is not cheap.
“Why on earth would you buy that?”
“Don’t try to find out.”
Come to think of it, recently Shael tried to put me to sleep. Maybe it wasn’t once or twice…
I can’t figure out why.
Shael started walking in search of another magic tool. This time, there was a magic tool that even drew my attention.
‘⋯⋯Muzzle?’
It was even a muzzle put on a person. Why the hell is this…?
There are different kinds of people in the world, so I didn’t bother making it a problem.
But I had no choice but to make it a problem. Why? Because Shael reached her hand towards her muzzle.
“⋯⋯ Why?”
Shael didn’t answer my words. Rather, after Shael put her muzzle in her basket, she reached out for the magic tools beside it.
They were magic tools on display next to the muzzle. Of course, it was possible to predict that those types would not be ordinary either.
And that prediction was perfectly met.
Even if you look at Sael, she put a rope that seems to be used in strange places and handcuffs that prevent her from using her magical powers in her basket.
What is now in the basket⋯ sleep magic tools, ropes, and handcuffs.
⋯⋯ Why are you selling things that look like they will be used in suspicious places at first glance?
“⋯.”
As I was silent, Shael headed to the counter. She said as the cashier kindly ushered in.
“Ah, these items are not supposed to be used in strange places. May I ask what it is for?”
Shael opened her mouth without thinking. She pointed at me at the same time and ⋯⋯.
“I want to use it on this person.”
“⋯Ah! You were a fresh lover.”
You’re going to use it on me? Did i hear it wrong That’s probably not it.
The calculation was over before I could say anything. Selling these things, just asking about their use?
The world in romance fantasy novels was very harsh.
“What the hell are those things?”
Still, Shael did not answer. I just follow her
Then Shael went into an accessory shop. So I have no choice but to follow Shael.
“What are you buying?”
“Anything.”
I walked through the store with Shael. From necklaces to precious rings. It all looked gorgeous and noble.
It was then that a pair of rings caught my eye. A ring with a blue jewel was shining with a blue light.
It was a very beautiful ring. Even Sael, who is not so interested in jewelry, is interested.
“⋯It looks like a coupling.”
“That’s right.”
It was unusual for Sael to show interest in something other than dessert. So, it is only natural that she would like to buy it.
ㅡ5 million gold
But why is it so expensive?
I swallowed dry saliva. I didn’t expect it to be this expensive, even if it was studded with jewels.
It was more expensive than all my possessions. No matter how much I was a son of a ducal family, that was all.
It was all about receiving gold every month as maintenance cost. Of course, that was an insignificant amount.
Actually, the Baslett family was on the poor side of the duchy.
As I paused, Shael picked up a pair of rings. Then it was calculated.
⋯⋯Are you both going to be alone?
Fortunately, it wasn’t. Shael was handing me a ring.
“Take it.”
Even as she thanked Shael, she wondered. That wicked woman gave me an expensive gift.
It was a good thing for me, but honestly, I couldn’t help but tilt my head.
After confirming this, Shael spoke.
“It’s weird to wear both pairs.”
“⋯⋯Yes, it does.”
To be honest, that was the reason I couldn’t understand. Obviously there must be some other reason. But I didn’t bother to ask.
Because if I did that, it would be clear that the ring I was given as a gift would be taken away.
Instead, he spoke to Shael, who was wearing a ring on the ring finger of her left hand.
“Cutting your finger on the ring finger of your left hand signifies an oath of love. Do you know?”
“⋯.”
Shael’s face hardened. Because she had no way for the villain who was ignorant of love to know this.
“⋯I didn’t include it in that sense.”
“Is that so?”
“Also, I don’t believe in that.”
“I see.”
Quick reply. At the same time, I also put the ring on my left ring finger. While showing her hand to Shael.
Then Shael, who hesitated for a moment and hardened her face, spoke.
“Put it on the other finger.”
“⋯ Why is that?”
It was a question mixed with a slight laugh. Then Shael frowned at her.
Perhaps because I realized that I would never wear it on another finger.
Shael sighed and pulled out the ring from his ring finger. This time, Shael’s ring was placed on her index finger.
I said that to Shael.
“By the way, wearing a ring on your index finger means you want to marry your fiancé.”
“⋯.”
Of course not. In fact, I don’t even know what it means to wear a ring on your index finger.
I’m not an accessory expert, so there’s no way I know that.
But that wasn’t the point. The important thing is that Sael was tricked by me.
Shael stretched out her hand again to remove the ring from her index finger. My mouth opened before that.
“Didn’t you just say that you don’t believe in these things?”
“⋯.”
Shael glared at me and opened her mouth. With all her grumpiness.
“Be quiet before taking the ring road.”
“⋯.”
I had no choice but to be quiet. Without saying a word, I walked with Shael.
At some point, Sael’s ring was placed on the ring finger.
* * *
Shael put the ring on her ring finger. As Eran said, if this means an oath of love, it’s a little bit, but…
Because I wanted to wear it on my ring finger without knowing why. In the first place, as I said earlier, Sael did not believe in such superstitions.
Shael proudly walked with the ring on her ring finger. I could feel Eran’s gaze, so a little excuse was a bonus.
“I don’t attach much importance to things like rings.”
“Yes. Did you?”
Eran’s way of speaking was slightly sarcastic. Shael added to this.
“I don’t care about the rumors I heard at the dessert shop a while ago.”
“For all that said, her face turned very red when she heard the rumors.”
Eran answered Shael’s words. As usual she said she would have retorted.
But she seemed to be right at first glance, so she couldn’t even refute it.
Eran’s words continued.
“Rumoured that there is a hidden daughter… there were also rumors that it might be because you attacked me.”
Eran was talking like he was making fun of himself. The back story that Shael may have attacked Eran and gave birth to her child.
That was what the young ladies I saw at the dessert shop earlier said. As soon as she heard the rumors, she should have scolded them ⋯⋯.
Unfortunately, she couldn’t do that because of Eran. For now, Shael decided to focus on the task in front of her.
Ran looked at her Shael and had her smile on her face.
Shael began to think. She has a plan to silence her fiancé.
She has a way of threatening to take back the ring she gave her as a gift.
I could also mention the rumor that Eran looked at Shael passionately at the banquet hall of the Magic Tower.
But they were too weak a weapon. As an analogy, it’s only about one arrow.
So, to defeat Eran at once, I needed a massive weapon like a cannon ball. She was thinking about how she could feed Eran her trick.
At last, a great weapon was forged in her mind. At the same time, Shael opened her mouth.
“Be quiet before I pounce on you, as the rumors say I pounced on you.”
“⋯.”
Eran’s mouth opened and closed. At her, Ran’s face was flushed. She remains uncommonly embarrassed.
In fact, she was the kind of comment that would make anyone blush in her embarrassment. Quiet before they pounce on you?
It was a fatal and unconventional attack by the wicked woman. Shael felt as if he had defeated Eran.
Usually, he would have ridiculed and made fun of Eran. But Shael couldn’t.
The reason was simple.
Shael’s attack was so powerful that ⋯ even she herself was blushing.