The Male Lead’s Father Refuses to Break Off Our Engagement

Chapter 135

Side Story Chapter 6

 

Evelia smiled slightly and patted his back.

“How have you been at the academy ?”

“Good!”

“And everything okay with your friends?”

“Nothing much…”

Ruth was about to reply that everything was fine, as was his habit, when Aria’s face flashed through his mind.

When we parted ways a little while ago,

 

‘Say hello to your family and come see me right away!’ 

 

Aria’s face flashed in Ruth’s mind.

In an instant, Ruth’s face burned like a burning sweet potato.

Sylvia giggled before Evelia.

“Brother, your face turned red!”

Edwin followed her words.

“Brother, your face turned red!”

“Your face is red!”

“Your face is red!”

Ruth, who could not stand the teasing from his two younger siblings, said,

“I’m going to change into something more comfortable.”

He stuttered an excuse and ran into the mansion.

“Mom, brother is strange.”

“That’s right, brother is strange!”

Evelia smile, taking Sylvia and Edwin’s hands in each of hers.

“Yes, Ruth is strange.”

Even without hearing a detailed explanation, Evelia could understand.

Something big changed between Ruth and Aria.

Now it was time for the two children, who were the main characters in the original novel to move on with their lives.

 

*****

 

“Sister Eve, I’m here!”

That evening, Aria, dressed up, came without contact.

Originally, Aria came and went to the Adelhard Mansion as if it were her own home, and there were many cases, like today, where she came without any contact.

Evelia, who had been expecting Aria to arrive soon, was not surprised and welcomed her.

“Oh my, Aria. Welcome, I missed you.”

“Sister!”

“Sister!”

Sylvia and Edwin, who had been clinging to Ruth all day, also ran happily when they saw Aria.

Aria handed the two children gifts.

“You’ve grown a lot in half a year. How have you been?”

“Good!”

When Sylvia was born, Aria begged her parents to have a younger sibling, but in the end, she did not get one.

After that, she considered Sylvia and Edwin to be her siblings.

“And where is Ruth?”

Aria asked Evelia, but the answer came from Sylvia.

“Brother is in the study room!”

“Then why didn’t he come out when I came?”

As Aria sulked, Ruth came down the stairs, smiling slyly.

Evelia could barely suppress her laughter as she looked at the two children.

It seemed like only yesterday that they’re little kid was happy to have their first friend, but it was a new feeling to see that my two children had already grown up like that.

“Aria, are you here?”

“What do you mean, ‘here’? I told you to come straight to my mansion.”

Aria walked toward Ruth, who stopped in the middle of the stairs. Then, she crossed her arms around him and came down towards Evelia .

“Sister Eve! No, mother!”

“… Mother?”

Evelia’s eyes widened.

Aria declared before Evelia could get used to the bold title.

“We will get married when we graduate! Please allow it!”

“No, wait Aria…”

Ruth waved his hands in confusion, but Aria continued to shout without hesitation.

“I really like Ruth! Ruth said he likes me a lot too! So…!”

Although she spoke confidently, Aria’s face, ears, and neck turned red as she was unable to hide her embarrassment.

“Please allow us!”

“Of course.”

The answer came not from Ivelia, but from the doorway of the mansion, where Cassis stood, dressed in his best clothes.

“Dad!”

“Cassis.”

Cassis patted the backs of the two children running towards him.

He approached Evelia, kissed her briefly, and left.

“When you graduate, Ruth will be independent, and you two can do as you wish.”

“Father….”

“Honey.”

Ruth was embarrassed, and Evelia was a little amused.

And Aria…

“Thank you, father!”

Her brother, Samuel, would be shouting words that would have horrified him if he had heard it.

 

*****

 

At dinner, Aria turned the Adelhard mansion upside down.

Evelia observed Ruth and Aria throughout the meal.

‘I’m glad Ruth looks happy too.’

It seemed like Aria’s statement that they wanted to get married after graduation was one-sided, but it seemed to be true that Ruth liked Aria a lot.

To be honest, Evelia had noticed Ruth’s feelings for Aria for a long time.

Not because of the original story, but because of Ruth’s attitude and facial expressions towards Aria.

‘I didn’t expect them to recognize each other’s feelings this early, but it’s a good thing.’

After Aria returned, Sylvia and Edwin made a fuss about sleeping with Ruth.

Ruth resolved the conflict by sleeping with his two younger siblings. The two younger siblings seemed a little dissatisfied, but they agreed to sleep together.

Evelia kissed the foreheads of the three children who were sleeping soundly in the same bed, then headed to the room with a smile on her face.

“What are you so happy about?”

As soon as I opened the door and went inside, Cassis asked.

He was sitting on a chair in light clothes, looking at documents, and his appearance was not much different from when she first met him.

In fact, he looked younger.

“It’s been a while since the mansion has been this noisy.”

As Evelia approached him, Cassis hugged her waist tightly.

“Wasn’t the mansion always noisy?”

Cassis was right.

Sylvia and Edwin were mischievous children, and every day they ran around the mansion, getting into trouble before anyone could stop them.

Evelia and Cassis had to frantically chase after them several times a day.

“But Ruth came. With Ruth coming, I think the empty space has finally been filled.”

“Do you still like that kid that much?”

“……? You’re asking a strange question, do you like him or not?”

Evelia, observing Cassis’ expression , burst into laughter.

“What is it ? Are you jealous?”

“Is there something to be jealous of? There’s still a long way for Ruth to catch up with me.”

Cassis stood up in an instant. He picked Evelia up and headed to bed. He laid her down on the bed and lightly climbed on top of her body.

Evelia lay down and hugged Cassis’ neck.

“Still, admit it. Our Ruth grew up really well, right?”

“Yes. thanks to you…”

“Thanks to us, because you and I raised him with love.”

Evelia slightly raised her head and kissed Cassis on the lips. As I naturally parted my lips, Cassis continued to kiss me deeply and deeply.

Evelia, who had been responding to his kiss for a moment, slightly turned her head and took a breath. Then she muttered to Cassis, who was about to kiss her again.

“Thank you for rejecting my offer that day.”

“… That day?”

“The day I first came to this mansion .”

Evelia still remembered that day vividly.

The day when she, who became Evelia, came to Cassis to break off the engagement to avoid her fate in the original.

The day she first met a boy named Lucius Adelhard.

“If you had willingly broken off the engagement with me that day, we would be living different lives now, right?”

Sometimes I make that assumption.

What would it have been like if they had agreed to break off the engagement that day and gone their separate ways?

Evelia thought she could stand on her own with the help of Samuel, the head of the information guild, but things may not have worked out as well as she expected.

Even if I was lucky and everything worked out well, I wouldn’t be as happy as I am now.

What about Cassis and Ruth, on the other hand?

Without Evelia, the father and son would have repeated the mistakes like in the original story.

Cassis would have died without being able to resolve their misunderstanding, and Ruth would have been left alone in despair.

Until Aria, a ray of light, saves him.

Assuming a terrible future for the two of them, the tip of my nose got cold.

“Thank you so much for holding me back then. Because it allows me to be by your and Ruth’s side.”

“Well.”

Cassis muttered, bowing his head towards her.

“I don’t think so.”

“… Yes?”

“Even if I agreed to the break-off of the engagement you proposed that day, Eve.”

He smiled softly.

“I would have come back for you one day.”

When Cassis whispered that my heart beats only for you, Evelia burst out laughing and patted his shoulder.

Cassis, who also laughed out loud, kissed her again.

 

 

-End of the Side Story-