Chapter 26

“Won’t you try what I made? I tried my best.”

I felt as though my cheeks were going to be struck with paralysis, but I lifted the corners of my mouth and suppressed the urge to shake my head like crazy. Martha hummed as she laid out the contents of the basket onto the table.

It was that very moment.

“-Martha, move!”

I hurriedly pushed Martha away from the table as I instinctively caught onto the scent of danger.

“Milady!”

Martha’s shout was drowned by an explosive sound.

It was the sky. Or perhaps the roof of the estate.

Abruptly, a body fell onto the parasol from above, and from the collision, not only the parasol but also the basket and the table shattered into pieces.

It was a secret that I felt relief when I saw the fate of the basket.

The splinters scattered and brushed past my cheeks and arms. The surroundings were filled with dust.

“Milady! Are you alright?”

Martha’s desperate voice echoed around my ears, but I couldn’t move my stiff body.

It was due to the gaze of the man, who stood up normally despite having crash-landed with a thunderous commotion. The gaze was that of a beast’s. An untamed, no, untameable pair of red eyes shone brightly as he looked straight at me.

My jaw tightened after identifying the man’s face.

The hair that seemed to burn looked as though it was flying about freely. His eyes were slanted upwards, and there was a very clear scar on top of his copper-skinned nose. And a pink scar that appeared to have appeared not too long ago slashed across his eye. Despite being roughed up and filled with wounds, the man was undeniably a very handsome man. A handsome man whose very charm was the aura of the wilderness.

“Hey, lady.”

He smiled, revealing his teeth, especially his sharp canines.

I frowned but allowed my lips to curve upwards. Haha, I truly have no luck at all.

“I have no memory of inviting you.”

Even at my low voice, the person who shamelessly shrugged his shoulders was most definitely ‘Jack Ponton’. He was one of Yuri’s men and a handsome werewolf man. He was most certainly dangerous.

“Hey, why does that matter. Lady, aren’t you the fool who brings back home men you’ve never invited?”

…… And out of the four male protagonists, his mouth was the dirtiest and his manners had been eaten away.

“Talk shit elsewhere, Jack Ponton. How dare you trespass into a Duke’s estate? Have you contracted rabies lately?”

At my words, his smile disappeared. Jack had a hot temperament with a single-celled brain, so he easily fell to my taunt.

I gestured for the duchy’s guards.

Jack growled.

“What. It seems like you know me quite well? Then you shouldn’t have done something so stupid like just now. You think mere humans can block me?”

Nope. I bit my lower lip.

Though I was angry, his words were true. Though Jack, from amongst the werewolves, was someone who always carried the title of second place, the author had made him far superior in terms of strength with humans. There was even a scene in the novel where several guards of the Royal Elite Force charged towards him, but he easily took them down.

However, that didn’t mean I couldn’t just stand here and not do anything. This was the Fordebrandt Estate where there were many servants and footmen, and Yona. If Jack was to harm them in any way…….

He hated humans in the first place.

“Fuck…… Don’t make me mad. I won’t kill anyone as long as the lady listens to me. These bastards.”

Jack crossed his arms and looked around at the guards who had surrounded him.

What should I do? I feel like I should obediently listen to what he has to say.

But…… A request that caused one of the werewolves, who’ve always kept a wall between the humans and themselves, to trespass willy-nilly, it didn’t seem like it would be an easy request.

After a long period of consideration, I opened my mouth.

“I-.”

However, Jack started flailing about and swearing.

“Ah, shit!”

At the sudden curses, my eyes grew round and I stared straight in front of me.