The salon was beginning to buzz with activity. I navigated through the crowd and swiftly walked outside like the wind.
As soon as I stepped out of the salon, I headed towards the tea house, Aphrodite. If I were lucky enough to encounter the ‘writer,’ I would burst into laughter right in front of her!
However, an unexpected situation unfolded.
“Bianca!”
I halted my steps. Wasn’t that Ares’s voice?
I slowly turned around to identify the person calling me. Indeed, Ares was urgently walking towards me, almost running.
…You, how did you come alone, leaving Lea behind?
As I stood there silently watching him, Ares approached me with quick strides. Confusion was written all over his face.
…Why are you avoiding me?
“I must hear the reason from you today. Why are you avoiding me like this!”
I pressed my lips together. I hadn’t rushed out to avoid him, but I couldn’t completely deny it either. However, I couldn’t admit that I was avoiding him because I had a secret crush on him.
His voice was so loud that passersby glanced at us. I didn’t want to draw this much attention.
To calm him down, I responded calmly.
“There are many eyes watching. How about relocating for now?”
However, he didn’t seem ready to move so easily.
“Do you know that you have never once called my name?”
“…”
Of course, I knew. I intentionally avoided calling his name because I felt that saying ‘Ares’ would reveal my emotions.
His face, which had been full of confusion, now seemed to carry a hint of sadness.
…Being upset just because an alleged villain never called your name. How would I, who stands before you and doesn’t want to get closer to you because I’m about to die, feel? My heart that doesn’t want to become closer to you due to the impending death, how sad must that be?
I turned my head away from him. Faced with his question, I had no words to answer.
“Bianca!”
He walked towards me and blocked my path. I looked at him expressionlessly and, in a dry voice, spoke to him.
“Just go now. Lea is alone.”
“Why do you think I should always be with her?”
Even in his voice, I could sense his injustice.
“You are already together, but you speak as if you’re not. It feels like you’re reprimanding me, perhaps it’s just my imagination?”
I responded calmly with a composed voice.
You two will be together forever from now on, always happy, loving each other.
“As you said, I’m not feeling well. It seems like I pushed myself to attend, so I’m going back now. So, have a pleasant tea party.”
Quickly go back and deepen your relationship with Lea as the writer intended. Hurry.
I avoided Ares, who stood in my way, and headed back to the teahouse. I deliberately stirred up the cold wind, just in case he followed me.
Translators: Stardust. Read on moonlight novels only
The joy of hitting the back of the writer’s head was short-lived, and soon my heart was filled with sadness about my fate.
Can I stop my death? Just as I overturned the scene where the three people should sit together at the tea party, can I break the event of my death?
If that’s the case, when he followed me like this, I would gladly return to the salon with him.
Without realising it, I arrived at the teahouse and sat in the seat by the window where I always sat. The writer was not there.
Haha. Disregarding the splendid tea party led by Metis and coming to a teahouse like this, anyone who hears will say that Bianca Uranos is definitely crazy. Hoho.
I quietly sipped tea and reflected on the sudden situation I caused today.
I don’t know if the scene of me leaving the salon will be in the novel. However, I thought it might somehow influence the direction of the story that unfolds afterward.
Because Ares followed me out.
I still wondered why he chose to follow me instead of staying with Lea, but for now, I decided to set aside his intentions and focus on the outward events.
Every time I mentioned the two of them together, Ares continued to insist that he and Lea were just friends.
What about Lea? Does she still see Ares only as a friend?
Emotions don’t necessarily arise simultaneously and don’t grow at the same pace. While Ares might truly consider Lea a friend now, Lea might not feel the same way.
So, when he followed me today, what was Lea thinking while staying alone in the salon? Did she want me to come back and take her with me, or did she feel hurt that Ares left her behind?
If Lea felt hurt when Ares followed me, would I truly become a ‘villain’ in her eyes? Would I become a meddler, interfering with their romance?
…I am not a villain. I must not be.
The information given to me is still too limited. I felt a sense of urgency that if I made a wrong move, I might inadvertently follow the villain route as the ‘writer’ intended.
I must thoroughly focus on actions that benefit the two of them. Even if I witness Ares holding another woman in his arms, I won’t let myself become a villain.
If there’s one thing I truly wish for, it’s that the people left behind when I depart live happily until the end. I hope my parents and Metis find happiness after I’m gone.
Ares Stanley as well, to someone like me who briefly passed by, I hope he remains eternally happy with Lea Saturanos without being weighed down by sorrow and regret for too long. I only wish that he doesn’t forget my existence in happiness too quickly, and it would be nice if he remembered me for a little longer. Not as a villain but as someone who cheered them on.
