I Was Just Trying To Raise Male Lead

Chapter 43

 

What was certain was that Amelia also had a quite happy face.

“I heard you and Renee are getting along quite well.”

“Yes. She is such a lovely person.”

As I listened to the natural conversation between the two people, a question suddenly occurred to me. Aside from Roman, this is the first time I’ve seen anyone talk so comfortably with Raynan.

Come to think of it, I hadn’t heard what she’s doing.

“I knew it, but I didn’t expect you to win her favor so quickly. That’s pretty good.”

“Yes?”

I was so caught up in my thoughts about Amelia that I missed Raynan’s words.

When the two people looked at each other and asked with a puzzled expression, Raynan repeated what he said a moment ago.

“It’s pretty good.”

“Me?”

“Yes. It’s rare for Amelia to compliment someone like this.”

“Is that so?”

I looked at Amelia with puzzled eyes. Because it was something she had never expected.

Amelia has always been a generous, warm, and cheerful person.

Raynan seemed to understand what my gaze meant and gave me a slightly disgusted look.

“I don’t know what you mean. I’m being very complimentary, aren’t I, Renee?”

“Yes. She’s the best, really.”

“Look.”

Amelia lifted her chin and smiled. Raynan shook his head and said to me.

“Even though she looks like that, she has a pretty difficult temperament, so I’m glad you caught her eye. But she’s a scary woman, so be careful.”

What? scary woman. It was something that did not suit Amelia at all.

“No. Don’t pay attention to what he’s saying because he’s jealous that Renee likes me.”

Jealousy. But instead of correcting her words, Raynan stood up.

“I better get going.”

“Are you going already?”

At Amelia’s question, Raynan took a step forward.

“Roman might be crying or taking out his anger on someone right now.”

He left after saying something full of laughter. After teasing Roman a lot for one reason or another, he ended up going to work.

“Let’s leave busy people and have fun for ourselves.”

“Yes.”

Thanks to the conversation with Amelia that continued for a long time afterwards, I completely forgot about my complicated feelings in many ways.

 

*****

 

In the end, the intruder was not found and it remained as an unpleasant commotion.

It was only me and some maids who felt uncomfortable. Neither Raynan nor Roman seemed to care at all.

After moving rooms, I met Raynan much more often than Edwin.

Raynan came in and out of the room whenever he had time. He stayed for a very brief moment and then led me into the garden.

Thanks to that, when I wasn’t with him, I spent all my time in my room.

This was because the moment I left the room, I felt much more tired than before.

Amelia, who lived in the room next door, was always with me, and more people stopped to look at her than Chase.

But that also had its limits. I’d get so overwhelmed by all the stares and flattering comments that I’d quickly retreat back to my room.

After a few days of this, Raynan started to intentionally drag me outside. It was like she was worried about me not coming out of my room.

“Renee!”

“Young master Edwin!”

Thanks to this, the number of times Edwin visits me has increased.

We happily held hands and just looked at each other with smiles for a long time without saying a word.

“They see each other every day, but it’s like they haven’t seen each other in years.”

“I think it’s time we got used to it.”

“I guess.”

Only after hearing the conversation between Amelia and Chase, who saw this scene every day, did Edwin let go of the hand he was holding.

“I have to go, but I’m sorry for making young master Edwin come here every time.”

“Huh? No. How good does it feel to think of going to see Renee? I’m so excited!”

As I watched Edwin speak powerfully with his fists clenched, I couldn’t help but hug him.

‘How can he speak so beautifully!’

The moment of reunion that was about to end like that took longer than usual.

“Now stop it and both of you sit down.”

It was only when I heard Amelia’s call that I finally separated from Edwin. Edwin sat down on the sofa with an embarrassed face.

“Ah, young master Edwin! I have news to tell you.”

I remembered a fact that I had forgotten because I was so distracted. If Edwin hears it, he will definitely like it.

“Huh? News?”

“I decided to go on vacation with the Duke. You will also go with us. How do you feel?”

“Vacation? Where?”

I was taken aback by Edwin’s question. Now that I think about it, he didn’t even know where we’re going.

No, there was no way I would have known where it was in the first place.

“I don’t know,” I said, “but at least we’re getting out of Loerian.”

“Really?”

“Yes! I’m really looking forward to going with you.”

I expected him to be extremely happy and jumping around, but to my surprise, Edwin was just rolling his eyes.

“Young master Edwin?”

“Huh?”

“You don’t really want to go?”

“That’s not it… Are you sure I’m coming with you?”

He didn’t look pleased, but disbelieving.

“Yes. The Duke told me to make sure I tell you.”

“… Really?”

“Yes.”

When he heard what Raynan had said, he started shaking his body as if it was starting to come to fruition little by little.

“I’m so excited to go with you!”

“Me too!”

Edwin, who tried to hold back his emotions for a moment, couldn’t hold back his words and burst out in joy.

Seeing the smile on his face, a happy smile naturally appeared on my face as well.

Edwin was wondering what to prepare as he counted his fingers one by one. Neither I nor Amelia and Chase interfered with him.

Edwin, who had been pondering for a while, suddenly raised his head. Then he sat down next to me and whispered so that only I could hear.

“I actually… It’s my first time leaving the Duke’s residence.”

“Really? Me too.”

“There are many places that even the main building is not familiar to me.”

“The main building is very spacious.”

“So I’m really excited.”

After the two of them quietly whispered for a while, Amelia asked in a playful voice.

“What kind of secret are you two talking about like that? Please let me know too.”

“Hmm… No. It is a secret.”

“Ah!”

While listening to Amelia and Edwin’s joking conversation, a good idea suddenly occurred to me.

“Young master Edwin, shall we explore the main building today?”

“Exploring the main building?”

“Yes. When I think about it, there are a lot of places I haven’t been to in the main building.”

“Ahh, Renee!”

Edwin quickly covered my mouth at my words. Amelia tugged the corners of her mouth up and muttered for all to hear.

“Ah, so you had that conversation.”

“It was a secret…”

Edwin, who usually liked to share secrets with me, seemed quite disappointed by the fact that Amelia found out.

I handed an apple with a smile to Edwin, who was looking at me with an upset face.

“Oh, I’m sorry. But I thought it would be really fun to explore the main building with you, so I stopped…”

Edwin, who slumped his shoulders for a moment, soon showed an interesting expression.

“But I think it’ll be really fun. Can I come with you?”

Amelia’s excited voice seemed to excite Edwin. The expression of disappointment that the secret was revealed disappeared completely.

“Yes. Let’s all go together. Chase comes with me.”

Since Edwin moved, Chase would naturally follow. However, Edwin very kindly invited Chase.

“Well then, since we’re talking about it, let’s go now.”

Amelia, who was quick to act, was the first to stand up.

Everyone was about to follow her out of the room, but I felt a force pulling on my skirt.

“Hey Renee…”

“Yes.”

Edwin hesitated for a moment, wondering what he wanted to say.

I could have encouraged him, but I didn’t need to now, not after all the time we’d spent building up.

I looked at him calmly, waiting for him to gather his thoughts and speak.

“Can we walk by holding hands?”

Edwin seemed to have barely opened his mouth, then lowered his head and spoke in a low voice.

But the atmosphere was definitely different from before. Before, it seemed like he was afraid of whether he could say something like this and that he might be rejected.

But now he just seemed embarrassed.

“Sure.”

“Really?”

Edwin raised his head and looked at me with a bright smile on his face.

Instead of answering, I held out my hand. Edwin looked down at my hands for a moment, then he smiled and squeezed my hands.

I also walked forward with a smile similar to Edwin.

“Wow! They make food here. It’s so spacious!”

“There are many dangerous items here, so you must be careful.”

Those working in the kitchen were taken aback by the sudden appearance of Edwin.

When Amelia said they would just look around for a moment, everyone returned to their seats, but they kept glancing in this direction.

“It’s okay because I’m holding Renee’s hand.”

“… Yes.”

The employee who had told Edwin to be careful responded with a puzzled expression.

“This is my first time going into the kitchen like this. It’s very spacious and very….”

“There are a lot of interesting things.”

I was looking for the right words, but Edwin found them for me.

“It really is.”

“Then where should we go next?”

“There is also a banquet hall in the main building. Would you like to check it out?”

“Banquet hall?”

“Banquet hall?”

Edwin and I asked at the same time at Amelia’s suggestion.

“Yes. Well, We haven’t used it in a while. So, let’s go at least once.”

“Yeah, good. What about Renee?”

“I like it too.”

I went to several places at Amelia’s suggestion, but for some reason, they were all far away, so I spent more time walking than sightseeing.

“Now my legs hurt.”

Edwin said with a tearful face.

“We’ve done a lot of walking. Shall we see the rest of the sights another time?”

“Yeah. That would be great.”

After looking around a few places, we headed back to our respective bedrooms. We ran into Roman, who was walking briskly with a bunch of documents in his hands.

“Roman!”

When Edwin found Roman, he waved his hand vigorously and called out to him. Roman seemed to be contemplating whether to just pretend not to see him for a moment and continue on his way, but he soon walked in this direction.

It was also a situation I couldn’t ignore because Edwin let go of my hand and started walking as if he was going to run to him.

No, of course, since Edwin was there, Roman would not have been able to ignore it.

“Young master Edwin.”

“We explored the main building today!”

“Yes. I think so.”

“Huh? Did Roman know too?”

“Yes. The rumor has already spread.”

“Rumor?”

Roman let out an embarrassed laugh at Edwin’s question. Then he came up to me and spoke quietly.

“What on earth have you been doing that has already reached my ears?”

“What?”

“I heard you’re already inspecting the mansion as if you were a Duchess?”

“Yes?”

My voice rose without my knowledge at the sudden remark. An inspection.

“Roman.”

At that time, Amelia, who was standing right behind me, called Roman in a slightly low voice.

“No, you can’t even say this much? It’s because I’m worried…”

She just called his name, but Roman spoke as if making an excuse.

“You seemed to be glaring at me a lot today, so maybe that’s why.”

I recognized the sting in his eyes, even more so than on other days. I was about to say something about my realization, but Amelia grabbed my shoulder and said,

“Nothing to worry about.”

“Ah yes, sure.”

Amelia seemed to know that, but at the same time, she seemed relieved to see me as usual, so she took her hand away and greeted Roman.

“We’re busy, so we’ll leave first.”

“I’m busier.”

Roman’s grumbling voice gradually became distant.