I shook my head and pulled out my wallet from my bag. As I held onto April’s hand and approached the waffle vendor, April’s gaze that seemed to ask ‘Are you really going to buy it?’ made me feel pressured.
‘A gluttonous rabbit.’
I teased April internally while I kindly asked her,
“What flavor would you like?”
“…! A, apple jam and, one with whipped cream…”
This kid, she’s a classic. Waffles are indeed best with apple jam and whipped cream! She has good taste?
After grinning at April, I ordered two waffles. I paid the price and gave a generous tip. The waffle vendor was so pleased that he began baking the waffles with a beaming smile.
Hmm… It’s fun to spend money like this… Having a lot of money is good…!
“Excuse me, Duchess.”
“…?”
One of the three knights who accompanied us suddenly spoke. I looked at him with a puzzled face.
The knight with brown hair and green eyes seemed somewhat uncomfortable as he spoke while observing my reaction.
“Miss April should not eat such market snacks. Mrs. Milton has prohibited it. The Duke also agreed with Mrs. Milton’s will.”
‘What.’
I blatantly glanced at the knight. There is no such thing as not eating market snacks. Kids should eat all the snacks they want to grow up!
I crossed my arms and retorted snappishly.
“But Mrs. Milton is a home teacher, and I am April’s new mother.”
“…Yes, I, I know that…”
“Then why do people who know this object? I will talk to Mrs. Milton, so don’t interfere anymore.”
“…Okay…I, I understand…”
Though he was initially quite assertive, the knight was now looking at me nervously. …Did I just argue with a wolf in front of a wolf? Ha ha ha, that was brave of me! I am proud of myself!
‘I couldn’t even tell he’s a beastman based on his appearance.’
I looked around subtly. The area around the competition was crowded with people.
There were so many people that it was hard to tell who was a beastman and who was a regular human.
‘Even amongst beastmen, it’s hard to distinguish what kind of beastman one is…’
Of course, some beastmen display significant animal characteristics even in human form. But there didn’t seem to be any such special tribes here now.
‘After all, the distinction between beastmen and humans, or between wolf beastmen and rabbit beastmen, seems to be quite meaningless.’
To me… they all just seemed like the same people. It was hard to understand the Ainstern kingdom people who enslaved and persecuted others just because they were beastmen.
“The waffles are ready!”
At that moment, the waffle vendor shouted in a lively voice.
April, who had been waiting solely for the waffles, jumped up and down in her spot. The inevitable habits of a rabbit are coming out!
They call it ‘binky’, right? It’s when a happy rabbit hops around.
‘Oh, how cute.’
April carefully took the waffle in both her hands, then bit into it with a reverent posture.
Whipped cream bloomed like a flower on her cherrylike lips. April, who had put the waffle in her mouth and was munching, showed an intensely moved expression.
She was so, so cute that my heart was about to ache!
‘I see it now that I see her human form. Her expressions vary when she eats something delicious.’
I smiled contentedly and took a big bite of my share of the waffle. Hmm, it’s too sweet. But it is delicious. However, I definitely can’t eat two.
Holding a waffle in one hand and a cup of drink in the other, April and I took our seats in the competition audience.
The fencing tournament held near Salisbury Castle seemed to be quite largescale. The tournament arena was quite spacious, and the number of participants was close to a hundred.
The tournament was run in a knockout format, not all in one day, but scheduled over 14 days.
I mean, if you held a duel for a hundred people in one day, the spectators would get bored.
‘And I think they said today was the semifinals and finals.’
I eagerly awaited the start of the tournament while sipping on my drink through a paper straw.
April, sitting next to me, had already finished her waffles and seemed to be craving more.
After a brief moment of consideration, I impulsively offered my share of waffles to her.
“Do you want some?”
“……!”
April blinked in surprise, she must not have expected me to share. I smiled gently and offered again.
“You can eat it all. Here.”
“……Thank you.”
April took the waffle and replied in a soft voice. Then, she started to eat it bit by bit. At first, she seemed conscious of me but soon became engrossed in the waffle.
I had to cover my mouth with my hand to stop laughing. Oh, I mustn’t keep doing this… Whenever I see April, I feel like teasing her.
Just as April finished her second waffle, the competition finally began.
The first ones to appear in the arena were Team A of the semifinals.
There were a total of 10 teams, and only the 10 winners out of the 20 participants would advance to the finals. The final was said to be a survival match where 10 people scramble.
A survival match… I shook my head disapprovingly. It sounded absurd.
‘Hmm, but… it’s surprisingly fun.’
Is it fun to watch people fight bloody battles… Has Gloria’s wicked nature influenced me too?
But looking around, everyone else seemed to be enjoying the match, so that probably wasn’t it. And April…
“……?”
Wait, she…
‘Why has she turned into a rabbit again?!’
She had transformed back into a rabbit! Did she transform into a rabbit out of fear?
No, it didn’t look like it.
Because she was standing on her hind legs with her spine straight, clenching her front paws and waving them vigorously.
With her nose and cheeks twitching, and a rather fierce look in her eyes.
“……”
What is she… doing?
‘Is she mimicking the participants’ moves? In the form of a rabbit?’
Why in the form of a rabbit?
Why??
Does she have attacking power as a rabbit??? Does she feel the impact with her fluffy front paws????
‘No, are you a medieval rabbit.’
I’d understand if she was a muscular medieval rabbit. But you’re a small, white rabbit! How… How are you going to fight in that form…!
But April was serious. She hopped around on her hind legs and then leaped, swinging her front paws. It seemed like a technique…
Although there was a huge disadvantage that her front paws were too short…
‘I can’t make fun of someone who’s serious……’
The original female lead… The rabbit, which had always been portrayed as weak and innocent in the original, turned out to be a carnivorous rabbit―
‘A combat rabbit…’
A combat rabbit…!
Can April really become stronger? I feel like I should play background music from a boys’ manga.
For a long time, I was captivated by April, the martial arts novel protagonist. I finally managed to take my eyes off her and look around the arena.
It was already the turn of the last team in the semifinals. The host loudly announced the participants’ names.
“Dominic! And~!”
The only reason he would draw it out like that was obvious. A popular person was coming out.
“Jade!!”
‘Jade?’
My body instinctively tensed at the familiar name. Jade… Could it be Jade Calvin?
‘Oh, God… He should be young at this time……’
It’s a trap to be skeptical.
The participant who emerged from the shadowy passage into the arena was― ‘that’ Jade, no matter how I looked at it!
The first male lead candidate in the original!
‘Why are you out already?!’
“Wow!!”
“Wooaahh!!”
“Jade! Jade!!”
People fervently cheered for Jade. The boy who looked to be around 13 smiled and lifted one hand in greeting, demonstrating his showmanship.
‘That’s definitely him. That calmness, proficiency…!’
And his silvery hair with a touch of jade. That hair color was why he used the pseudonym Jade.
His real name was Jadeite, which was longer. It also meant jade.
‘And those golden eyes, delicate appearance, slender physique… It’s really Jade.’
I was shocked and gasped.
The stupid rabbit sitting next to me was merrily swinging her front paws.
Why She Is Still Unmoved (Female-dominant)
One-line summary: He uses various methods to seek her affection, but she remains unmoved.
Synopsis:
Si Qingyu is a doctor who has saved countless lives and enjoys tranquility.
Luo Shaoxuan is ruthless, deeply scheming, and the top young master in the capital. He admires Si Qingyu.
Luo Shaoxuan: I want to be the only one in your eyes and heart.
Features a cold and calm female lead vs A noble and scheming male lead.
There will be both sweetness and torture towards the male after their marriage.
