Chapter 60 - Turn The Whole Continent Upside Down (1/2)

Chapter 60

Turn The Whole Continent Upside Down

Lilia went back to the annex. She made eye contact with Mezra, who was leaving the last room, as if the class was over.

“Can I talk to you for a moment?”

Mezra nodded at Lilia’s suggestion. The two entered the nearest drawing room. As soon as he sat in the chair, Lilia asked.

“What do you think?”

“He’s very diligent and polite.”

Mezra poured out compliments with a very satisfied, face. It was a review of 100% job satisfaction.

“If he had attended an academy, he would have won the model award”

He shouted that if she didn’t get it, he would have forced her to give him to her, even if she was the one who recommended Karhan. Lilia glanced at Mezra. Just before, he looked like he was being dragged into a slaughterhouse…. She wondered what had happened in the meantime.

“He lacks the basics, but has good memorization and understanding, so I think he’ll catch up quickly.”

Mezra couldn’t handle the overflowing motivation and clenched his fist.

“T’ll do my best to teach him!”

He seemed to like Karhan very much. Mezra returned, and Lilia picked up cookies from the kitchen and headed to the study room.

As she went inside, Karhan was concentrating on the book, as if he had not noticed her presence. He seemed to be reviewing what he just learned. Lilia watched him from behind. She wondered if she should interfere, but thought Karhan would also need an appropriate rest.

When Lilia put down a plate of cookies, Karhan suddenly raised his head. He blinked as if asking when she had come in.

“Take a break and then do it. It’s the first day. Is it doable?”

“…I lacked a lot of basics, so I had to do a lot of things.”

“But they complimented you a lot?”

Karhan lowered his eyes shyly. Black eyelashes cast a shadow like a shade. Lilia looked at his face silently.

In the past, he looked sharper because under his eyes were dark as if he hadn’t slept well, but these days he looks very good. His skin is no longer dry, too.

As expected, should I eat vegetables too….’

She was thinking about other things, when he slowly lifted his eyelids. Eyes resembling blue flames filled Lilia. As she faced his gaze, Karhan whispered,

“If I work hard and achieve results…… Will you compliment me?”

(P/R: im coughing up blood at this cuteness)

Perhaps the professor’s praise was not enough. Lilia smiled inside because he looked like a puppy who wanted praise after completing a mission.

“You did a great job even though it was your first class.”

Karhan’s eyes curved like an inverted crescent moon. When his warm gaze touched her, her heart fluttered. It felt like her heart was stretching and clumping as if it were flour dough. Thump, thump, the sound of her heart was a little loud as if the chef was pounding the dough.

“I’ll work harder, so please keep watching.”

“…Of course. If you become a Duke later, don’t pretend you don’t know me.”

Karhan only nodded as if it were natural.

“I have a question.”

“What is it?”

“You asked me to break the contract last time…….”

Karhan mumbled his words. Hesitating, he asked quietly,

“Pretending to be my lover……. Are you quitting?”

Now Lilia and Karhan are not in a contractual relationship, but in a cooperative relationship. The reason for pretending to be a lover was to keep Richard in check, but it would no longer work. Lilia looked at Karhan looking at her with a little nervousness in his eyes.

“No. I think we have to keep that up.”

Lilia told the reason.

“I’ve already told my parents that I’m dating you, and if we break up, there’s no justification for you going in and out of my house. And….”

Lilia recalled Karhan’s mother, the Duchess of Evantheon. When she hears that she broke up with him, she will immediately call Stella Delotta. Even though Karhan is different from before. He could not handle Stella and the Duchess of Evantheon.

“There are many problems, so wouldn’t it be better to stay like this for the time being?”

At that time, Karhan’s shoulders lost strength. The slightly lowered shoulder looked natural as if relieved. Lilia, who was looking at him, still asked just in case,

“Do you not like it?”

“No, it’s not like that”

Karhan immediately denied it. He whispered, folding his eyes in half.

“……I like how it is.”

There was a clear emotion. Lilia looked at his softened face for a long time, then parted her lips with a little trembling.

“It’s your first day, so don’t overdo it.”

Leaving those words behind, Lilia immediately left the room. Tok, The sound of the door closing rang, and soon there was only silence in the hallway.

Nevertheless, the thumping sound in her chest did not diminish at all, and lingered in the pinna of her ears. Lilia stood with her back against her door, shook her head, and stepped away from the place.

The next day, Lilia made an appointment to meet Vanessa. She was deliberately refraining from visiting because she thought it would be inconvenient to visit, but Lilia got a call from her first. The work was about to be completed, so Vanessa asked if she could come and take a look.

After leaving the mansion, Llia arrived in front of the building where the Atelier was located after buying snacks. As she climbed the stairs, she heard a child’s laughter from above.

‘Child?’

Lilia paused for a moment and looked up. At that time, she made eye contact with the girl on the second floor stairs.