“Please… stay with me.”

Unable to turn away the tear-streaked face pleading with him, Callos nodded reluctantly.

“Okay.”

Well, Allegria having such side effects.

Although she cursed Abel inwardly for not telling her even though he knew, Jessie blamed herself for trusting him.

“I’ll never trust you again.”

Nevertheless, by now, the owner would have returned, leaving the lady in the bedroom.

Although she was deceived by Abel, the current situation was also Irene’s fault for not taking proper care of her.
However, it’s clear that there will be a big commotion if Kallos is encountered. Therefore, Jessie spent some time and entered Irene’s bedroom. Not knocking was because she thought Irene would be asleep, intoxicated by Allegria anyway. While that assumption turned out to be correct, another problem arose. “…!” The problem was that Kallos hadn’t left yet. Just that fact alone left Jessie perplexed, and seeing Kallos sleeping beside Irene made her jaws drop. How should she interpret this situation? Eyes that faced an unexpected situation rolled quickly. ‘Let’s just leave for now.’ Jessie closed the door quietly, thinking it would be troublesome to wake Kallos for no reason. Dewey, who happened to be coming to meet Kallos, shook hands with her. “Jessie! Master…!” “Shh.” Jessie urgently gestured to Dewey to keep quiet.
Jessie urgently gestured for Dewey to be quiet. Dewey, feeling perplexed, closed his mouth as instructed by Jessie. Jessie approached almost silently and asked in a very soft voice, “Why are you like this?” “The master and the miss are sleeping together right now,” Jessie replied. Dewey’s eyes widened. “What? Does that make sense?” “Whether you believe it or not is up to your heart, but it’s the truth.” Jessie stepped aside from the door. “If you want, you can see for yourself. However, if the master wakes up, I can’t take responsibility.” “…….” Just waking up from sleep and recalling Kallos’s low-pressure state, Dewey grimaced and raised his hand in disgust. “Fine. I don’t think you’d lie about something like this… Well, if the two of them are getting along so well, it’s a good thing.” Dewey quickly smiled.
Dewey quickly smiled.

“I hope the flowers bloom soon, so the curse on the master can be lifted.”

“…….”

Jessie’s expression suddenly became cloudy.

She glanced at the tightly closed door and asked Dewey in a soft voice.

“If all the flowers on the vine tattoo bloom… you die, right?”

“That’s right. That’s what it said when interpreting the curse.”

“Yeah, that’s right…….”

As Jessie’s expression darkened a bit more, Dewey, with a playful gesture, asked,

“Why? What’s going on?”

“Huh? Oh, just……”

I was curious if the interpretation of the curse was wrong, so I asked in case there was a possibility Irene wouldn’t die.

And in Dewey’s eyes, I wondered if it looked like Kallos was treating Irene well just to make the flowers bloom.

No, I really hoped it looked like that.

Then I could laugh it off as a misconception.

Without seriously thinking about what to do, I could focus solely on making the flowers bloom.

…And Kallos could also lift the curse with peace of mind.

“Jessie?”

“It’s nothing.”

Jessie smiled, swallowing words that she couldn’t say.

There might be a time to say it, but it wasn’t now, at least.

“Just strange thoughts, don’t worry about it.”

“Ugh…….”

As Irene regained consciousness, she felt a severe headache and buried her head in the pillow.

The pain, like squeezing her head with a fist, made it difficult even to open her eyes.

Meanwhile, her throat was so dry that a sip of water was desperate.

There should be a water pitcher on the nightstand.

Struggling to sit up, Irene, with closed eyes, groped toward the nightstand.

During this, whether Irene looked pitiful or not, someone handed her a cup.

“Ah, thank you, Jessie.”

Naturally thinking that it was Jessie who gave it to her, Irene briefly thanked and took a sip of water.

Feeling cool yet sweet water, the excruciating headache eased a bit.

“……!”

Only then did Irene, who finally opened her eyes, freeze as she met violet irises.

Drip, the honey water spilled from the cup Irene had dropped, dampening the bed.

“It looks like you’ve come to your senses.”

At the chilling voice that pierced her ears, Irene, with her back pressed against the bedhead, surveyed her surroundings.

A familiar sight. This was indeed her bedroom.

But why was Kallos here, and in such a confused state, as if he had slept and woken up here?

No way……

“Did you… sleep here last night?”

Kallos tilted his head slightly.

“Don’t you remember anything?”

At the ominous answer that something definitely happened, Irene’s pupils rolled round and round.

She pressed her wet blanket tightly and tried to recall the memories.

She remembered eating the red fruit called Allegria that Abel gave her, but after that, she couldn’t remember anything at all.
Could it be that the fruit had poison, causing me to lose consciousness after eating it?

No, Jessie said it was safe to eat. And Kallos also mentioned that even though Abel’s pranks could be severe, they wouldn’t harm him, so that couldn’t be the case.

“It seems you don’t remember.”

“…I’m sorry.”

“There’s no need to apologize.”

Kallos spoke with a light tone, as if joking.

“You asked me to stay with you because you were afraid to be alone.”

“You’d look even more handsome if you smiled… Why aren’t you smiling?”

“…What?”

“Just a little smile would be nice…”

“!”

As if Kallos’s words were a trigger, memories that she had forgotten began to resurface one by one. Irene’s eyes widened beyond their limits.

Kallos smiled unusually.

“It seems you remember everything.”

“…….”

Irene, desperately holding back the urge to scream, tightly closed her eyes as if she wanted to disappear. She felt as if she wanted to crawl into a mouse hole.