Eugene heard quite a shocking story from John.
He learned that the maid who always accompanied Tia and also the one to run away with her was a dark sorcerer and she tried to sacrifice Tia.
And that the maid that Charlize brought with her who looked exactly like Tia was also a dark sorcerer.
Eugene felt dizzy after hearing the shocking story.
“But that dark sorcerer that Charlize brought with her was so arrogant. She only listens to Charlize.”
“Haa, Charlize. What on earth are you doing?”
Eugene muttered as he placed his hand on his forehead.
John comforted Eugene, telling him not to worry too much.
“Come to think of it, I owe her a favor.”
“What the hell are you talking about?”
“She saved my life.”
“Charilze? Saved Lord John?”
Eugene shook his head slightly as if he found it hard to believe.
However, there was no way that the great wizard of the Empire, John, who was respected by the people and the Emperor himself, would lie.
Therefore, he concluded that John’s words were true.
Eugene let out a deep sigh.
“Since Lord John is not someone who would lie, I would believe it. But did Charlize really save you?”
“Yes. She lifted my curse.”
“How?”
“I have no idea either, but when I asked His Majesty, he said she lifted it with the power of a deal with the demon.”
“Demon, ah. By the way, where is the Great Demon Lua? She didn’t bring him…”
“He disappeared from the Island of the Sick.”
“Huh? Disappeared?”
“He suddenly got lost in thought and disappeared.”
“Then, what about the Demon Hunter…?”
“Oh, you mean the demon Lua keeps bringing with him?”
“Was there another demon?”
“What are you talking about? Eugene. It seems you don’t know many things.”
“I’ve just been so busy with work that I haven’t been able to look around me properly.”
“The Demon Hunter you mentioned. He was a demon too.”
“Haha, damn it.”
Eugene felt cheated.
He couldn’t help but wonder if the world is about to really end like this.
The fact that the demons were showing their faces in the human world so frequently indicated that the world was headed toward its doom.
“Eugene, stop fretting over everything. We’re here for you.”
“Yes, I’m not worried because I know the great individuals of the Empire are here for me.”
“Okay, then. I’ll head back to the magic tower. Since Charlize is not here, I have to go to work too.”
“Yes, take care, John.”
“Take care of yourself too, Eugene.”
Whoosh.
With that, John muttered a light magic spell and quickly disappeared from Eugene’s sight.
After seeing John disappearing from his sight, Eugene sat down with a sigh.
Charlize, this damn thing has finally reached the end of my patience.
He felt further frustrated because not only Tia was being crazy over Charlize, even Jeremy was behaving the same.
He thought that this shameful information absolutely must not leak out to the public. So he quickly wrote a letter to his close friend and the leader of the Epels Guild, who had great influence in the gossip industry.
The letter was sent in secret.
***
“It’s finally over.”
Charlize muttered as she left the boutique shop.
Lily linked arms with Charlize and smiled like a fool.
“I think the dresses would suit you very well.”
“It would since you had chosen it for me.”
“If it were before, you would have already slapped me the first thing for being rude. You’ve changed a lot, too. Is it because you need my help?”
“Well, that’s not wrong.”
“So what role do you want me to play?”
“I just want you to be happy. Oh, of course, don’t think of me as someone important in your life.”
“… I think of my sister as my most precious family.”
“We’re not even related by blood, so what kind of precious family are you talking about?”
“You may think that way, but I think of you as more than just my precious family.”
“You’re a serious siscom. Do you know that?”
“Siscom?”
“You’re an idiot for your sister. You’re those stupid little sisters who only know how to please your sister.”
“I don’t care even if you call me that. I’m prepared to die for you, Sister.”
“What are you preparing to die for? Just do as you usually do. Your role is to marry the man you love, have children and live happily ever after. Can you do this much? For me.”
Charlize planned to use Lily thoroughly.
That was why she was doing something as useless as a date.
To Charlize, Lily was just an important chess piece that would move solely for her.
Nothing more, nothing less.
But Lily thought of Charlize as her true family.
Her sisterly love and adoration for Charlize was so overwhelming that she said a lot of things that could be misunderstood, but it was not a big deal.
Charlize only wanted to keep a certain distance from Lily and observe the original storyline unfold from a distance.
The problem was that Lily, and the original female protagonist, Tia, only thought of the male protagonists as friends.
Charlize’s mind was wandering around, thinking about how she could connect with the male protagonists and Tia as her feet moved.
But suddenly, cheers erupted from those around her.
“Wow!”
“A hero!!”
“Look here! Hero!”
Hero?
Another unexpected story development occurred.
Charlize raised her head to get a glimpse of the supposed ‘hero’ who was being welcomed and cheered by the people. But at that moment, someone pushed her from behind and she fell forward.
Lily couldn’t catch Charlize who was falling forward in the crowd, the same goes for Lena as well.
Thump.
She ended up sitting on the hard ground on her butt helplessly.
Oh, I’m gonna lose it now.
Charlize tried to raise her head again, but the huge uproar around her continued loudly.
“She’s going to get trampled by the horse if she sits there like that!”
“She’s going to have an accident!”
“Kyaaaaah!”
As strange screams were heard around her, Charlize quickly realized that the situation wasn’t favorable.
When she looked straight ahead, she noticed that a large black horse was about to pounce on her.
Charlize wanted to get up and run away quickly, but for some reason, her legs wouldn’t move.
Am I going to die a dog’s death like this?
No, it doesn’t matter since I’ll live even if I die anyway.
With the feeling of resignation, Charlize stayed motionless on the ground and waited for her impending doom. However, the black horse luckily stopped in front of her.
Thump.
Someone got off the black horse.
Charlize didn’t feel the presence of ‘someone’ approaching her due to the noise and confusion around her.
She just saw her surroundings hazy, as if covered by mist.
“Charlize.”
Then she heard it. A familiar and gentle low voice brushed past Charlize’s ears.
The beautiful voice cleared up Charlize’s confused mind.
“… Lua?”
Charlize raised her head.
Lua’s faint face, barely visible through the strong sunlight, caught her sight.
“I thought I was going crazy missing you, Charlize.”
Lua bent down and held out his right hand to Charlize, who had fallen.
Charlize quickly grabbed Lua’s pale hand at the commotion around her.
She got up with Lua’s help, but her knees were so badly scraped that she couldn’t help but stumble.
“Charlize, be careful.”
Lua held Charlize’s staggering waist tightly with one arm and whispered softly into her ear.
He even lightly bit on Charlize’s earlobe.
“I came back as a hero to marry Charlize.”
Charlize showed an indifferent expression to Lua’s sudden skinship.
After all, since she and Lua even slept together in the same bed, this kind of skinship was cute compared to that.
Seeing Charlize unresponsive, Lua expressed his disappointment.
“You didn’t want to see me?”
“….”
“I was going crazy because I thought Charlize missed me. I almost destroyed the world.”
“….”
“Charlize.”
“Hey, Lua. Can we move away from the crowd first? There are too many people watching here.”
Feeling uncomfortable with the gazes of people around, Charlize asked Lua in a small voice.
Lua made a face as if he didn’t care.
And so the two met again after quite a long time.
***
Lua, who appeared as the hero of the continent, had a rather long story to share.
Lua, the hero of the continent, was awarded the title of Duke of the Empire and received a mansion as large as the imperial palace.
Lua Perologena.
In the reception room of Perologena’s mansion, there were only Charlize and Lua.
This was because Charlize had sent Lily and Lena to the Duke of Rebecca’s residence first.
[Sister, what about our date…?]
[Sorry. Let’s do it another time. I have something to discuss with Lua right now.]
[Okay. But you can’t stay the night here.]
[Lena, take Tia quickly!]
[Sister!]
After forcibly sending Lily, who didn’t want to go away, Charlize followed Lua to the mansion he owned.
The mansion was so magnificent that it made the Duke of Rebecca’s mansion look ordinary in comparison.
She didn’t explore the mansion much.
For now, the first thing she wanted to do was to resolve her curiosity about how Lua became the Duke of the Empire.
Charlize asked Lua, who was leisurely watching her.
“Lua, what’s been going on?”
Lua’s eyes turned into crescents as he smiled and answered Charlize’s obvious question.
“I did some social work to marry Charlize.”
“… Marry me? But I said we’re only partners, Lua.”
“My heart has already completely fallen for Charlize. I’m sorry, Charlize. I don’t think I can be a loyal dog who only listens to Charlize anymore.”
Charlize was speechless at Lua’s bold confession.
The quiet and gentle Lua had changed.
Her eyelashes slowly fluttered down.
