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“…………”
Luke was certain. The character Eleanor probably didn’t originally have such a twisted fetish.
In fact, that’s correct. At first, it was just a tiny distortion. The mere change that Luke had made an effort. However, just as the flapping of a small butterfly’s wings can eventually cause a tornado, this story continues to spiral out of control.
“H-Hey… Luke? I tried my best, you know. After seeing your [Wings of Darkness], I thought I should be able to fly faster too… So I practiced, created new magic, and then–“
“Hey, listen to me.”
“But… but but but! …Am I… no longer needed? Is that woman… your new favorite…?”
“What’s with this human female? That attitude towards Lord Luke–“
“Dia, be quiet. And Mia, listen to what I’m saying already.”
“–!”
Mia’s eyes held a deep abyss that seemed to pull you in the more you looked. No matter how many words you lined up, they wouldn’t reach her. She was practically out of her mind.
First, he needed to restore Mia’s sanity through physical contact. Luke’s brain, terrifyingly activated with even his survival instincts stimulated, instantly reached this conclusion, leading him to lightly pat Mia’s shoulder.
“Look closely. This woman is Eleanor of the Godwin family. You’re also from a count’s family. Surely you’ve seen her at parties a few times?”
“…Oh, uh, yeah.”
“You have a carriage too, right?”
“…Yeah.”
“She just arrived to attend the party celebrating me, that’s all.”
“I hear you. You’re Luke’s other fiancée, Mia Klein Lenox, right? This is the first time we’ve spoken directly. I’m Eleanor Rene Godwin. Just call me Eleanor, pleased to meet you.”
“Ah, yes… Nice to meet you. …Um, I’m sorry, I–“
“Don’t worry about it. I kind of understand how you feel.”
“…I’m… so sorry…”
The embarrassment of running wild on her own assumptions, only to find out it was a misunderstanding. The regret for being rude to Luke and Eleanor and causing them great trouble. Various such emotions tangled messily in Mia’s heart, overflowing as tears that streamed down her cheeks.
“…………”
Luke could somewhat guess the reason for Mia’s tears. Eleanor also gave him a meaningful look, urging him to comfort her. However, he was preoccupied with various questions and a chilling feeling of his own.
(… Really, one wrong step and I could’ve been stabbed in the back.)
Luke re-recognized Mia’s precariousness.
He couldn’t help but lament why he had taken such a ticking time bomb of a woman as his fiancée. However, it could be said that this was precisely his own fault, as he had originally intended to use her as a pawn on a whim. In the first place, if she hadn’t become deeply involved with Luke, Mia probably wouldn’t have become this twisted.
(…Still, why did Mia come alone? It’s a formal party. At the very least, she should have brought family members and attendants… But she flew here alone through the sky. It makes no sense at all…)
Luke’s mind had already taken significant damage from Eleanor’s revelation of her twisted fetish. Then, as if to add insult to injury, Mia’s sudden invasion. His mental fatigue had already exceeded its tolerable limit.
To begin with, Luke is a character who shut himself in at home after just one defeat. It’s undeniable that behind his arrogance that repels everyone, there is a mental fragility. –Perhaps that’s why.
“Don’t cry, Mia.”
“…!”
Luke was thinking vaguely.
For some reason, many of the women who gather around him have the [M] attribute, but Mia is the only one who doesn’t, he thought. In this situation, it was something utterly irrelevant, almost like an escape from reality. And without deep thought–
“–You’re [special].”
He ended up saying this.
Luke’s intended meaning was that she was [special] because she didn’t have the [M] attribute. Of course, Mia had no way of knowing this, and her interpretation was completely different.
“Special… spe…cial…”
The word [special] that Luke said to her is repeated over and over in Mia’s head.
And then,
“Abababababa–“
–Thud.
Her brain short-circuited, and Mia collapsed.
“You’ve got a way with women too, don’t you?”
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“…Huh?”
Eleanor immediately teased. However, Luke, who wasn’t thinking deeply due to mental fatigue, didn’t understand why Mia suddenly collapsed or why Eleanor was teasing him.
“Um, Lord Luke. Why did this human female suddenly collapse?”
“…How should I know?”
Dia didn’t understand either.
At that moment, a carriage could be seen approaching. –It bore the crest of the Lonsdale family. The carriage naturally stopped in front of Luke and the others.
The door opened, and Alice appeared.
“Luke, it’s been a while– What’s going on here…?”
“…How should I know.”
This was the first conversation between Luke and Alice after their long-awaited reunion–.
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