Chapter 12: Attractive people often attract a love triangle problem. Meanwhile, the less attractive people often struggle to find love.
I'm currently sobbing while hugging a pillow.
Nigel has already forgotten about me.
He already has a new person to replace me!
Of course, that new person is Hareve, no, that's not a new person, but rather a former one while I'm the third wheel. Hence, there's nothing I can do other than back away…
This is very sad.
I close my eyes and recall what happened in the morning when I walked to the Gawain Mansion. Once I arrived at the place, Nigel refused to meet me, so I had to visit Hareve in order to talk about my sorrow. Either he was annoyed or due to other reasons, Hareve ended up visiting Nigel and…Nigel came out to welcome him!
By-him-self!
And there's me, who is in a carriage, unable to do anything except hug a pillow while sobbing! Why should I go with him just to get my feelings hurt…
Real life is even worse than those in the dramas…
I lie around waiting for Hareve. Once he returns, I quickly approach him. “Why did Nigel come out to meet you, but not me…”
This is unfair. Or is it because I am not as attractive as Hareve and my social status is not as high as him? That's why he is not interested in me anymore. Nigel…please don’t grow up to become a guy who views relationships and money as interrelated!
Hareve's rainbow eyes annoyingly glare at me, then he uses his hand to push my head away. “I used to tell you before that your status made it difficult for Nigel to conduct himself.”
“He doesn’t like me?”
“It's not that he doesn’t like you, but it is difficult… Basically, he still doesn’t know what to do, so he ends up using a method which is a bit too straightforward.” After both of us are seated, the carriage moves forward. “If we think about it in a condescending way…what do we get from being nice to you? Our families know your family's secrets anyway. Therefore, instead of wasting our time with the people who can be taken for granted, wouldn’t it be better to build a good relationship with the other families?”
…Is this the point of view of an eight-year-old kid or an eighty-year-old businessman?
How evil.
I wipe my melancholic tears away. “I have sincerity.”
“And we have the secrets. If your family is not sincere to us then…” His voice trails off, but I know the meaning of it…this world is such a cruel place!
Speaking of which, there's nothing I can do anyway. It is so stressful that they know my secret, while I don’t have any secrets about the other eleven families. As for the Gawain family, Nigel is scared of women, but what then? A good-looking person like him won’t have a problem finding a duchess.
Perhaps, the ladies might even think something along the lines of 'That’s so cute!'.
Now, I’m starting to envy him.
Hareve narrows his rainbow eyes. “Just let Nigel think about it for now. You will know once he can come up with an answer.”
I nod while hoping that it will be a good answer.
Out of all Cass’ men, he is the first person I met. Nigel is very nice, adorable, and gentle. If Cass is the best little brother, then Nigel is the best of friends.
Hareve is also a good person, but I’m too afraid of him. Thus, I’ll place him at number one point five.
Hm? Salzaal? …Er…I don’t want to talk about him.
When I recall the incident, I feel like I’m still lucky…lucky that others don’t know about it. At least there was no soldier to bring me back to Salzaal for him to kick me. I'm not sure if it's because his father doesn’t care or because he usually screams on a daily basis that the incident isn't taken seriously.
The carriage continues to move forward until it comes to a halt. Hareve opens the curtains and walks down from the carriage. I wave my hand at him as a gesture of farewell, but the white-haired boy furrows his brows instead.
“Why don’t you come down?”
“Eh?” I raise an eyebrow. Or did Hareve drop me off first? When did he become such a kind person?!
Or…or is he pitying me! Is this the pity that the protagonist's lover gives to the co-star?! Right, you’ve already got the protagonist (Nigel)…
When he sees that I haven’t got down yet, his expression starts to turn grumpy. Therefore, I hurriedly got down from the carriage before my smile froze after I saw what’s in front of me…
This…this is…
“Welcome to the Lancelot Mansion. Today you’ll be staying overnight at this place.”
I don’t want tooooo.
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“H…hello.”
Duchess Lancelot comes out to greet us with a soft smile.
She looks…very ordinary.
This woman looks very plain compared to my mother, whose hair resembles the shape of a drill…I mean, who has beautiful curls. She looks like a normal villager with braided hair who usually bakes bread—the undistinguished supporting character. It’s unbelievable that she is Hareve Lancelot’s mother…
I turn to whisper to the person next to me.
“Is this…your stepmother?”
“This is the person who gave birth to me.”
Heh…maybe I’m curious about the wrong thing.
I whisper to him again. “Did your father abduct her?”
His rainbow eyes glance at me. “The last person who asked my father this question was shortly buried…”
Oh, okay. From my understanding, this is a forbidden question of this household. Thus, I will not be curious about Duchess Lancelot anymore.
Duchess Lancelot slightly smiles before excusing herself. She seems to be frightened of her own son, which makes me wonder. I honestly want to ask Hareve whether he had done anything brutal or had shown his S1 personality in front of his mother before. But…I still want to be alive, so I decided to keep my mouth shut.
Hareve brings me to the bedroom in which I'll be sleeping in tonight, then he leaves. I begin to examine the room. This room is pretty with its light blue tone; I like it. However, the only thing that feels wrong is there's no Cass Bedivere or any cute little kids. Otherwise, I will be happier than this…
I’m going to tear up when I think about my younger brother. I wouldn’t be able to hug Cass tonight!
But…the other person is Hareve. I'm afraid if I complain too much, I might get punched. Therefore, I decided to stay silent, quietly wipe my tears away and take a shower.
I walk out of the shower in a pair of pajamas before looking at myself in the mirror and starting to comb my hair. In my previous life, I didn’t really look after myself. However, since my new body is very adorable and really suits my preference for a little brother, I want to look after this body well.
Now, my shoulder-length golden hair has become slightly longer. I've been thinking about growing my hair because, aside from looking like a handsome and polite guy from the anime when I grow up, I can also style it in various ways as well… This is just in case I want to cosplay myself when my brother refuses to let me cling to him.
I twirl while looking at myself in the mirror until I'm satisfied before climbing onto the bed.
Goodnight..................
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I feel suffocated.
I feel like I'm being threatened by something, but I am unable to open my eyes.
I gasp for air.
There's something on top of my waist.
There's something around my neck.
I think I hear a breathing sound…
It gives me goosebumps as it really feels like I'm having a 'sleep paralysis' if this is a horror movie. But at the same time, I also feel 'scared' that this will turn into a BL2 movie instead…
I know full well that the thing around my neck is someone's breath.
I suppress some of my feelings before opening my eyes with difficulty.
What I see is the ceiling.
I can't even muster up the courage to look to the left. Partly, I'm scared…that it might be a ghost, and I'm also scared that it might be a human.
Hence, I decided to look at my waist…there's a small and delicate arm hugging my waist.
Once I start to regain my senses, I can sense the warmth, which means this may not be a ghost but a human. My face begins to turn pale…this is not Hareve, right? My life will not turn into a typical plot like Hareve is confused with himself and enters the wrong room. Then I unconsciously pull Hareve onto the bed with me and proceed to hug him along with touching him for a bit. After that, we both wake up with a sense of unease and…
But that is a plot for the mass market…but…but if it's really Hareve…
If I really did that, my morning wouldn't definitely be a delightful one. It would be full of my blood, which was caused by Hareve kicking me after I sexually harassed him!
I open my eyes slowly before gritting my teeth. I try to remain calm as much as possible in order to lift that arm from my waist… Let me tell you, I didn’t even try this hard when I was studying for my exam!
I felt relieved after I successfully lifted that hand away from my waist… Phew…perhaps I should sleep on the floor so as to save my life. I turn to Hareve, who’s already asleep, then my smile freezes…
Because that person is not Hareve, but someone even worse.
That person is 'Duchess Lancelot.'
Suddenly, I can hear a funeral song playing from a distance.
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Aarghhhhh!!!
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[1] S (Sadism): the pleasure derives from inflicting pain upon others
[2] BL: Boy Love
Gifts
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received Weekly Power Status
-- Power
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