Volume 6 - CH 14

I Will Avoid the Male Lead and Make a Harem

Vol. 6: I Will Become a Parvenu

Chapter 14

“Your sister?”

“Yeah.”

He narrowed his brows softly, as if he’d heard a foreign language.

“Why should I do that?”

“Because she’s in a tough situation.”

“……”

Valhail looked at me, his brows furrowed, as if he didn’t understand.

“I… you even more.”

His stare, which had ceased to speak, passed through my dry shoulder and forearm one after the other.

I know exactly what he’s thinking. I started talking just in case he made the wrong decision.

“I like my life right now.”

I didn’t have to work, meals were served at all mealtimes, and no one bothered me.

“There is also no war. Everything is peaceful.”

Did I see it wrong?

For a brief moment, he was taken aback by the word “war” that came out of my mouth.

“It will work out for me in the future.”

I just needed to hang on a little longer and I’ll be the young lady of Duke Chester, leaving this disgusting, loathsome countryside.

‘I can move to the capital and start over!’

Of course, he may be sorry for my current situation.

“Isn’t my mother interested in the barbarians?”

“I’ve heard it’s troublesome.”

If that’s all she knows. then that’s a relief.

It was not easy to reach an agreement with the barbarians. Cedric tried his hardest, but it didn’t seem to work.

I was thinking about Shannon and Camilla’s dynamic in public.

As we sat face to face, I rested my chin and stared at his handsome face.

“Thank you again for today.”

I was gradually becoming sleepy. I was tired and all I wanted to do was lie down on the bed.

I was about to let him go, but despite his gentle gratitude, Valhail paused and looked down at my feet instead of standing up straight as his usual.

“……where are your shoes?”

“I don’t know either.”

“Your soft feet are prone to injury.”

I laughed and, as if playing a joke, touched his calf with my toe.

“How do you know whether or not my feet are soft?”

“……”

“You haven’t even touched it.”

In the dim light, I could see his dark brows crumpled.

I was trying to move my feet back because I thought my behavior was inappropriate, but I noticed his fingertips slowly tapping the table.

It wasn’t that he offended. He was afraid of being devoured by some impulse inside.

Seeing him respond to my little temptation made me regret letting him go like this.

“If you’re that concerned, you can carry me to bed in your arms.”

He gave me a shaky look as I wiggled my feet and laughed.

“When are you going to put your strength to use?”

He eventually stood up and hugged me lightly like a doll.

“Ah!”

I quickly wrapped my arm around his neck, taken aback by the reversal in vision.

‘Isn’t he a bit of a jerk?’

I was suspicious of his demeanor, including the way he bowed his head.

But to be offended…… He’s very attractive.

How did you manage to be as cool as a sculpture even when you looked from below?

From his pale pink lips to his sharp nose and cool eyes.

‘Sigh……’

My bed was only a short distance away. He was obviously walking at a slower pace than usual, but it still felt short.

Valhail, who I expected to leave as he was, paused when my butt touched the soft bed.

His gaze remained fixed on my feet.

I walked back and forth barefoot several times, and my feet were caked in dust. Thankfully, it wasn’t black dust.

Valhail then raised his head to ask permission.

“Can I wipe it off for you?”

“Well……”

I didn’t mean to have a tyrant from the next country act as a foot wiper.

“Do whatever you want.”

Valhail soaked a towel in water soon after I nodded.

The same thing happened to my feet as it did to my hand before, but my feet were like children’s because they were on his big hands.

Just by looking at his face, he looked about my age.

At most, three or four years older than me?

Valhail, on the other hand, exuded the aura of a mature man, possibly due to the significant difference in physique.

I had mixed feelings as I looked down at him, calmly sitting under the bed and wiping my feet.

‘Is this all right?’

He won’t be coming for revenge later because of my cheeky attitude, right?