April asked, as if she was genuinely curious. At that moment, Jade’s expression slightly blanked.
It’s like watching a video. It’s clear that he was captivated by April’s crystalclear voice like a rolling gemstone!
“……I should eat, but……”
Jade smirked without taking his eyes off April. His golden eyes curved softly, and a voice like spring breeze flowed from his lightcolored lips.
“I was completely captivated by April, unconsciously.”
“……?”
April, tilting her head, glanced down at the chicken leg in my hand.
Then she cautiously watched Jade’s reaction and began tearing at the leg again, dodging his gaze.
Capturing that scene, I could understand April’s inner feelings as if struck by lightning.
‘Was Jade also wanting to eat the chicken leg……?’ I was certain that was what she thought!
‘Of course! Our original heroine!’
She doesn’t have even 0.1g of romantic intuition!
I put the chicken breast, cut into dustsized pieces, in my mouth, smiling.
Very good, April. You’re putting up a perfect defensive wall! I hope you keep misunderstanding!
[This is the time separator]The best match for chicken is beer. I wanted to drink beer so badly, but I held back because there were minors.
On our way out of the restaurant after ordering four more chickens.
April, with a satisfied look on her face, was holding my hand tightly and walking beside me.
And the thorny, sharp gaze that was sticking into my back…
‘Why is that damn guy glaring at me like crazy……!’
The owner of that gaze was none other than Jade. Indeed, he must be well aware of Gloria’s infamous reputation.
But personal ties…… It seems certain that there are none.
‘Even so, I can’t let my guard down. Let’s be careful.’
“There……”
“Huh?”
Then, April tightly gripped my sleeve and fired a ‘I’ll do anything you ask’ doeeyed attack.
Without fail, my heart skipped a beat and I was immediately in the ‘Okay! Just say it!’ state. Me, a person…… without selfesteem, falling in love……
“I want to…… check out the market.”
The market?
I quickly raised my head and looked around. That’s right, didn’t they say a relatively large night market was held nearby? It was information I overheard from the chatter in the restaurant.
‘A night market, that’s good. But……’
That’s an event that happens when you’re about 18…
Moreover, the one who dates April at that event is candidate 2, not candidate 1, who keeps glaring at me from behind.
‘Damn Jade, stop glaring. In my heart, you’ve already lost points and reached the negatives.’
I glared back at Jade, then turned to April and said with a gentle smile,
“Then shall we go sightseeing at the market? We can buy snacks too. It’ll be fun.”
“……! Yes! I really like that!”
April’s pink eyes sparkled. It’s really cute to see her enjoying herself, but how much chicken did she eat? ……It’s not that she’ll get a stomachache from eating snacks, right?
‘I guess it’s better to feed her moderately.’
Having decided that, I headed for the night market with April. It was natural for two escort knights to follow us, but why was Jade also following… that was a mystery…
‘I paid for your chicken…! Eat and be gone!’
I felt very uneasy as Jade, who was seething inside, kept showing interest in April. If we follow the original route, it won’t work… then April will end up filming a tormented romance when she grows up!
“Ah, that……!”
Then, April pointed to a stall selling drinks. It was sweet fruit juice.
She really likes liquid fructose. She needs to be careful with diabetes…
“You can’t drink too many sweet things, so let’s just have one cup?”
April nodded obediently at my words. She was so adorable that I wanted to hug her, but I resisted.
As a duchess, I must maintain decorum, although I seemed to have failed multiple times already…
“One strawberry juice, two orange juices, one grape juice… and one lemonade, please.”
Anyway, I ordered the drinks at a stall. The lemonade was for Jade.
I didn’t want to buy him anything, but…! If I didn’t get him something, I would look too bad… I couldn’t help it.
“Your drinks are ready―!!”
Shortly after, the drinks arrived. The strawberry juice was for April, I had the grape juice, and the two orange juices were for the knights.
And Jade…
“Thank you, I will enjoy it.”
He took the lemonade from me with a sweet smile. His impeccable manners and kind smile were so mature for a boy, no one could dislike Jade… if you only looked at the surface.
‘What could he be thinking inside…’
Well… I also know how to be hypocritical. Let’s see. I also smiled at Jade as if we were close. My daughter is not for you, you jerk.
“Duchess…! Let’s go there!”
April, full of excitement, spoke. Come to think of it, she calls me ‘Duchess’?
Hmm, she could call me ‘mom’… am I still a stranger to her?
‘Well, we’ve only known each other for a few days… let’s get closer gradually!’
Thus, I became mentally 12 to play hard and get closer to April.
We tried archery, rolling dice, and all sorts of games.
…So much so that I quickly got tired. Meanwhile, April was still full of energy. Youth is indeed a good thing…
‘Oh, I’m tired…’
I was lagging behind a bit from fatigue, and taking advantage of that, Jade quickly approached April.
“…!”
That kid!
‘How cunning!’
Are you really human? Aren’t you a fox?
“April, shall we go see the fireworks?”
“Fireworks…?”
At Jade’s proposal, April’s eyes sparkled.
Seeing that, I felt a huge disappointment. No, I can’t…! I was supposed to watch the fireworks with her…!
‘Jade, you bad…’
At that moment.
Jade looked back at me in surprise. At the same time, someone gripped my arm tightly. Very painfully.
It was clearly an act of malice.
“Duchess!”
The knights who had run up pushed me away from the villain.
But the villain attempted to attack me again, so Jade stood in front of me.
‘What, what is this… what’s going on…’
I blinked in surprise. At some point, April had also come to my side and clung to me. She seemed scared, judging from her whimpering.
It’s okay, I reassured April in a small voice.
“Elder, what is the meaning of this sudden action?”
‘…Elder?’
Elder? Surely not?
I raised my head a little and looked at the villain. …Surely enough! The person who attacked me was none other than the elder knight! The one who had faced Jade at the stadium earlier!
“I understand if you harbor ill feelings towards me. Then you should have thrown a glove at me, why involve someone who has nothing to do with this…”
“Out of my way! I have nothing to do with you! The one I have business with is that woman! Gloria Ainstern!”
The elder knight called out my name loudly.
In no time, the crowd’s attention was drawn to me.
…Thinking about it, most of them were beastmen. And I am…
‘…the infamous princess of the Ainstern Kingdom, who has done so many terrible things to the beastmen…’
I have a bad feeling about this.
Is the elder knight’s attack also due to the karma of the original body’s owner?
Damn Gloria, how much hatred did you accumulate while you were alive?
“Everyone, step back!”
“Whoa, whoa, please make way.”
Then, loud shouts were heard and the crowd parted like a wave.
Through the gap, a person I never expected to see at this place appeared.
I looked at him with my mouth slightly open.
Grayan smiled gently towards me.
“It seems you were here, my wife.”
My Step-brother Is Obsessed With Me (Female-dominant)
A gentle female protagonist vs pitiful in the early stage, and a sick male protagonist in the later stage
Cheng Songer transmigrated into the body of a vicious cannon fodder female supporting character with the same name as her in a female-dominant novel.
In the original story, the cannon fodder female supporting character was inhumane, committing domestic violence, gambling excessively, being lustful, and even wanting to sell her stepbrother to a brothel for money.
As luck would have it, she just happened to transmigrate at this time.
Seeing Cheng Qingzhi biting his lip, enduring the tears in his eyes, looking pitiful, her heart softened.
She stuffed the money back into the Madam’s hand and reached out to him.
“Brother, come home with me.”
