Chapter 13

The corners of my mouth rose and I stood up from my seat.

The Duke, who saw me as a 5-year-old child, and Jake, who saw me as Melissa with a mentality of a 5-year-old, looked at me idiotically.

“If you have any complaints, rap.”

From what I saw before, it seemed that Jake was good at rap.

I blinked at them cutely before leaving the sitting room without any hesitation. There was a feeling that everything had been done a little recklessly, but it couldn’t be helped. However, the very next day, I came to regret this.

If I knew I would be done in, I should have at least thrown the magenta tea in Jake’s face.

I had underestimated the insanity of Podebrat’s name.

***

This was a nightmare. This had to be a nightmare.

I really wanted to believe the scene in front of my eyes was a very cruel dream.

Slap.

However, the slap I had given myself with all my power hurt like hell and as I cried bloody tears, I couldn’t help but acknowledge two things.

“Damn it…….”

It was a mistake to challenge that white-haired sniper. And it was a reality that my room was truly in this state.

I looked around the room that was pleasant and comfortable until yesterday with hopeless eyes. When I had opened my eyes this morning, the inside of my room had turned into hell. Ian Basilios’s nastily smiling faces were looking at me. From the right wall, the left wall, the ceiling, the floor, and the door.

Indeed.

Jake, that bastard, had plastered the inside of my room entirely with Ian Basilios’s portraits. Who knew where he had found all of these, it was as if the portraits of all different expressions and poses had gathered for a feast.

No, it was still the portrait of a member of the Royal Family, so was it okay for it to be plastered to this extent?

At that, it had been plastered firmly with magic that it was impossible to rip it off with my bare hands.

Finally, after I met eyes with the large portrait of Ian holding a rose between his teeth five times, I shrieked so loudly that it resounded across the entire estate.

“AAAACK!”

***

If he wasn’t the devil, he couldn’t have possibly plastered the portrait of the half-naked, winking face of Ian in front of the door. I was afraid to place that burdensome thing in front of my eyes and end up seeing every detail, so I truly couldn’t even look in the direction of the door.

As a result, it took a long time to even escape from this hellish place. This was probably what Jake had planned.

I gripped my fist tightly.

Today, please let that bastard’s beautiful face and my beautiful fist enjoy a very passionate love.

My eyes burned intensely with anger and crazily searched the estate for Jake. However, he was a silent assassin for no reason, and I couldn’t find Jake, let alone a single flake.

Had he already left the estate?

“Hit-and-run…… Cowardly bastard. You’re going to lose all your hair before you go ten li.” (ten li = 3.1 miles = 5 km)

I muttered with a voice filled with anger and grabbed a maid who happened to be passing by. Due to Jake, my expression was incredibly harsh and seeing my face, the maid swallowed a gasp and started to tremble, but I didn’t have the leisure to soothe her fear.

“Did you see Jake?”

“Yes, yes? That…… young m, master…… earlier…… if milady was to ask for his location to let you know…… then disappeared…….”

“What is it?”

“That is…… ‘There’s no need for thanks.’ is what he…….”

In the end, my fist, having lost its target, hurtled into the wall. The maid shrieked, asked if I was okay, and checked my hand, but I didn’t care if my hand had shattered or not.

There’s no need for thanks…….

It seems he still saw me as the Crown Prince’s stalker. So even if I went crazy, saying that I hate Ian for a moment, once I saw that handsome face again, I would fall in love again.

He was underestimating me. Incredibly.