Chapter 20 (2/2)

My mom intentionally covered my eyes, not making eye contact.

“Pretend you didn’t hear it. It’s not a good word.”

“Yes.”

“That’s right.”

Mom patted me on the head, saying I was well-behaved, and then told Lennox, who approached me.

“You remember the little prison made in the woods, right?”

“The one made to catch wild animals? There is, but … Ah!”

“Put him in. Even if he was hypnotized, an assassin is an assassin. There’s no harm in being careful.”

Lennox nodded, saying he would take care of it safely.

“Then I’ll put a restraint spell. Since this happened, shall we find out who’s behind this?”

“I’ll do it. I was making a confession inducer and that’s great too.”

“Yes, I will leave this up to you.”

Not only did they not kill someone, the appropriate coping also passed by easily.

While being held in my mother’s arms, I carefully thought about their work.

‘It looks like people who work together are important.’

When I saw those three, I felt something was in sync.

Seeing them handling things well with a common opinion and without a single conflict, I felt proud.

‘This is my family.’

A family that I made myself and a family that cherishes me!

The pat on my back still feels warm. The gaze towards me is also full of worries.

‘I don’t want to disappoint them. As much as I want to protect myself, I want to protect them.’

The story I knew had a very loose plot.

As there were no side stories, the Benedito merchants group’s story was not even mentioned briefly.

Since this was the place where the Male protagonist was, you might think that he got along well, but it’s still unknown…

He might have left the merchants’ group easily in the original to be happy with the heroine.

‘I’m going to change my story happily. Let’s not forget this promise.’

So that the precious people around me can be happy together.

I thought as I looked at the back of the male protagonist disappearing while being tied.

‘To do that, part two has to be twisted. Since I’m not confident in the killing… let’s be nice to the male protagonist.’

I’ll stop the daughter of the Duke and Eunice to be happy as the female protagonist.

I won’t let them live in happiness.

‘For my happiness. To protect me and my dear ones.’

Even though I’m still afraid of everything, afraid to be in this world, I’ll make it through. I must overcome everything I am scared of.

On this fearful night, a new will rose in my eyes.

* * *

In complete darkness, I was being chased by something.

I moved my injured foot freely, and it didn’t hurt even if I pinched my cheek, so I knew this was a dream.

When I ran for a long time without knowing what I chased by, someone tried to catch me at that moment,

I opened my eyes in a flash at the feeling of holding and shaking me.

“Gasp, Hyuk-“

My whole body was soaked in sweat as if I were running in reality.

“What was that?”

What the hell was that nightmare? I’m not even sure what it is.

I raised my hand to wipe out my wet forehead, and at that moment, someone wiped my forehead with a soft cloth.

Of course, I thought it would be Lennox or Ricarda, but the shadow feeling was different.

Isn’t the shadow bigger than usual?

When I turned my head with a face stained with embarrassment, a man I saw for the first time stood in front of me.

“Oh, I must have surprised you.”

“Who…?”

“You’ve never seen me since I woke up, have you? I’m Winston Chasher, secretary of the Guild Master. Please call me Winston.”

“Ah. Yes.”

“Please speak comfortably to me. You’re the one I need to serve.”

As I nodded at Winston’s kind words, he bowed his head to say thank you.

“The guild master has to take care of yesterday’s matter so she’s got a lot of work. It’s the same for Young masters too. So I’ll take care of you for today.”

“Ah! I see.”

Well, that happened yesterday.

I nodded that I understood, and Winston who smiled at my words dragged a small tray in front of me.

“Young master Ricarda prepared the meal and went out. You should have your meal now.”

“… I’m not hungry.”

“Didn’t you make an appointment with the Guild master? Saying you will have your meals regularly.”

“… please give it to me.”

I tried to ignore it, but when did you hear it from mother?

I lifted the spoon in front of me with a wry expression.

“Thank you for the meal.”

“You must chew it and eat well.”

It tastes good, but in the early morning, I didn’t have an appetite, so I purposely began to eat slowly.

“I’ll also prepare warm water for you.”

Winston smiled and took care of what was needed right away.

Naturally, he put out a glass of water in front of me, and his hand looked awkward.

‘It seems to be stiffened.’

Perhaps because he felt my gaze on him, Winston stealthily covered his hands as if he were familiar with my gaze.

“You’ve never seen this before, have you? I don’t know if it’s a little scary to show this to Miss. It’s called the prosthetic arm.”