Upon hearing Noah’s words, Callis furrowed his brow, as if asking why he should. However, Noah was unfazed.
“Lately, our guild has expanded a lot in the dessert business.”
“…”
“If we do well, we might even bring new products to the duke’s house.”
At Noah’s words, Callis immediately walked over to the target, spread his arms, and stood. Delrina, who had been listening to their conversation, marveled at Noah’s manipulative skills.
“Watch this.”
Daggers flew from Noah’s hand. Each dagger precisely skirted Callis, sticking to the target. Soon, dozens of daggers surrounded Callis.
“What do you think? Worth hiring?”
“…”
“If you say you’ll hire me now, I’ll specially cut the price in half.”
“…So, it’s the original price then.”
At that, Noah simply laughed and threw another dagger.
Delrina sighed deeply in resignation.
Both Noah, who threw the daggers without an ounce of hesitation, and Callis, who didn’t even blink, were amazing. A monkey that had climbed atop the target started to chatter.
“What about the monkey?”
“…As you can see.”
Ignoring me, Delrina grimaced at the monkey that was loitering near Callis. Then Noah spoke.
“That monkey would be perfect for the performance.”
“…Yeah, it could do some kind of scamming act.”
By now, the monkey was catching balls thrown by Callis with its tail. Delrina let out a small sigh at the sight.
“What’s the point if it obviously dislikes me?”
“It might not be that it dislikes you. It might actually like you more.”
“What?”
Caught off guard by the unexpected statement, Delrina inquired further.
“I did some more research because it was strange. Even if it was left alone, another troop would usually take care of it.”
“…”
“It was abandoned. Even by its own family.”
“Why?”
“It was born a mutant.”
As Noah said this, he and subsequently Delrina looked at the monkey. More precisely, at the fur color visible behind its back. Patches of silver fur could be seen.
“Normally, golden monkeys are born silver and change to gold as they age, but this one is the opposite.”
“So that’s why it was abandoned…”
“It appears to have been ostracized by its troop from birth.”
Startled by this revelation, Delrina asked:
“But what does that have to do with it liking me?”
“It can’t get closer to the human it likes because it was abandoned by the family it was closest to. It fears being abandoned again.”
…Really?
As if in disbelief, Delrina stared blankly at the monkey clinging to Calix’s shoulder. The creature did seem to take more readily to strangers. Yet Delrina was skeptical.
“A story you heard from the person who brought the monkey?”
“No. This is just my guess. If you look closely, that monkey, even while playing pranks on you, doesn’t stray too far.”
“…….”
“Plus, being abandoned by family is definitely a bit annoying.”
Noah’s tone was utterly flat as he spat out the last words. However, the expression on Delrina’s face was anything but. Delrina softly asked.
“Are you okay?”
“Huh? What?”
“……No, never mind.”
At Delrina’s question, Noah merely grinned and tilted his head. But even this time, Delrina could see it clearly.
As he spat out the last words, red letters floated above Noah.
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.”
