Shortly after, Evangeline’s servants returned to the party hall with the beastmen.
“We have brought the beastmen slaves!”
A servant announced boldly, and Evangeline walked over with a satisfied smile.
The guests of the party were chatting and laughing, their faces full of anticipation as if they had been waiting for this moment.
To my eyes, everyone seemed out of their minds.
“Let’s see…… Hm? Why is there no wolf beastman?”
“Ah, about that…… That one died suddenly at dawn. His original illness had worsened……”
The servant hesitated to answer Evangeline’s question. Evangeline made a sound of discontent and muttered with her arms crossed.
“Hmm……. Well, there’s nothing we can do. There are plenty of beastmen slaves, so it’s not a big loss, but it’s regrettable that I couldn’t give my poor younger sister the opportunity to enjoy.”
Evangeline glanced at me. I, whose expression had been growing harder by the moment, managed to smile just in time. Evangeline spoke in an apologetic tone to me.
“I’m sorry, Gloria. I got your hopes up for nothing. There are other slaves, so enjoy as much as you can.”
“I’m fine. Thank you for your consideration, sister.”
Even in this situation, my acting was shining. At my innocent response, Evangeline nodded in satisfaction and raised her voice while looking around at the guests.
“So, everyone? These beastmen slaves can be broken as much as you like, so enjoy to your heart’s content.”
Then the guests of the party cheered and screamed. They all seemed mad.
As the ‘play’ started in earnest, the guests tormented the beastmen slaves and treated them like animals. It was a shocking sight.
‘How can they do such things? Beastmen are monsters? To me, you all seem like the real monsters.’
Feeling sick to my stomach, I kept my mouth shut and bowed my head. Someone approached me. When I looked up, Evangeline’s face came into my view. She asked with an expression of curiosity.
“Why so, Gloria? This is a game you enjoy too.”
“……”
Now, just seeing Evangeline’s face made me feel sick. Her, the guests of the party, the Kingdom of Ainstern, all were just glitz on the outside and rotten to the core inside.
After taking a deep breath, I got up from my seat, staggering a little. And pretending to feel unwell, I said,
“My stomach doesn’t feel good, and I’m dizzy. I think I need to leave early.”
“Oh, really? Then there’s nothing we can do.”
“Yes, sister……. Oh, dear.”
I made a motion to unwhip the whip and deliberately knocked over the table. Expensive porcelain and lace were ruined in an instant.
Seeing this, Evangeline tutted and gently scolded me.
“You must really be dizzy. You should go back.”
“Yes, I should…… Ahchoo!”
This time, I sneezed loudly and swung the whip. It looked like a reflex, not on purpose. Well, it wouldn’t matter even if it looked intentional.
A couple of tables hit by the whip fell over with a loud noise. Evangeline’s expression turned grim as she looked at me. I awkwardly laughed and stuttered,
“I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to…….”
“……Well, it happens.”
Evangeline’s look was not normal, so I thought it was about time to stop. Although I’d like to turn this whole party into a disaster.
‘Serves you right, you bastards.’
Internally cursing at Evangeline and the others, I threw the whip on the floor. I pretended to be dizzy and tried to get up, but then I heard a loud announcement from one side.
“Ladies and gentlemen! Please pay attention! The wife of the Earl of Wellington has prepared a beastmen slave auction! Those who wish to participate, please gather here!”
‘……A beastmen slave auction?’
At that moment, a scene from the original work came to mind.
[April disguised herself and attended a slave auction held in the Kingdom of Ainstern. She had information that a rabbit beastman would be at this auction today. The rabbit beastman, a rare species, could possibly be a family or a relative.]However, the slave who appeared at the auction that day was none other than the second male lead, and April calls out the highest price to take him.
‘That’s how the romance between the second male lead and April starts.’
The second male lead, who sees April as his savior, feels an emotion close to worship for her, but at some point, that emotion changes… and in the end…!
“Hmm…!”
The following contents are embarrassing to say, so they were omitted. Anyway, the original owner of the male lead candidate 2 was Evangeline.
It was Evangeline who, frustrated by the undomesticable male lead candidate 2, threw him into an auction in a fit of anger…
“That was won outright in auction by April.”
So, as I remember, there was a conflict with Evangeline. It was because Evangeline was particularly obsessed with the male lead candidate 2.
“It seems like there is no male lead candidate 2 among the slaves owned by Evangeline… Could it be that today is the day Evangeline first brings in male lead candidate 2?”
If so, there’s a high chance that the male lead candidate 2 will appear in the auction opened by, whatever she is, Lady Belington.
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.”