If he could effortlessly handle the demon, showing off his Sword Aura, maybe the Empress would realize the need for personal guards to be close.
And, thoughts sometimes became seeds.
“This is awkward, Empress.”
La Celia felt a little uncomfortable.
To anyone, it looked like Leskel was chasing Rian away.
Rian expressed his concern, stating that he shouldn’t distance himself because he never knows when and where threats involving demons or monsters might arise.
Leskel told Rian that dealing with such threats is his job and sent him out. Seeing Rian forcibly leaving, La Celia felt an inexplicable sense of guilt.
“…Is it difficult? Why?”
Leskel seemed to have no clue.
“Rian is outstanding. Whether he’s in the same room or the next room doesn’t make much difference.”
“But Sigres Kyeong thinks differently.”
“That’s just talk.”
“How do you know that?”
“Well…”
“Pippi.”
Leskel rolled his eyes slowly, and Pippi, for no apparent reason, turned its head, whistling casually.
Doing the same thing, the two of them seemed even more suspicious.
“No matter how you look at it, it seems like an excuse to avoid practicing, Your Majesty.”
When La Celia said this, Leskel raised the corner of his mouth, looking defiant.
“Why do you think it’s an excuse? It was you who said that practice is necessary.”
“It’s not appropriate at this time.”
“What does time have to do with it?”
“Both Your Majesty and I still have work to do.”
“Pippi, Pippi.”
Pippi flew around, asking what practicing meant.
“It’s noisy. Be quiet.”
“Pippi?”
“You wouldn’t understand.”
That was evidence enough that it was not appropriate.
“Look. It’s not yet Pippi’s bedtime. You can command Sigres Kyeong to leave, but you can’t do that to Pippi, right?”
“Pippi! Ssa!”
Pippi, naturally, nodded vigorously.
He said that no matter what he did, as long as he didn’t want it, he wouldn’t be chased out of this room.
“…I didn’t necessarily mean that we had to practice right now.”
Leskel swept his hair back, lowering his voice.
“Even if I say that my mind is filled with thoughts of nothing but that these days, I never intended to make you uncomfortable from this time.”
“…”
Just lowering his voice while sweeping his hair was a skill that could make him look so gloomy.
“I just wanted to be alone with you. I couldn’t do that last night.”
The time when not a single bat could be seen was almost morning.
It was a natural thing, but La Celia couldn’t sleep all night. If she closed her eyes for a moment, Leskel was gone.
In her half-asleep state, she felt Leskel staring at her face.
When she told him to stop sleeping, Leskel disappeared shortly afterward.
“I wanted to be with you when you opened your eyes, but the time kept getting out of sync.”
After washing, Leskel acted like La Celia, washing and such. He changed clothes and tried to have breakfast together, but La Celia had already eaten in the bedroom.
Until the appearance of the pigeons, their schedules were constantly misaligned.
“Why did you just disappear in the morning?”
La Celia tapped the sofa, and Leskel looked straight at her with curious eyes.
When La Celia tapped the sofa again, Leskel, with a sly smile, approached a little closer.
“Is this right?”
“Yes. Come a little closer.”
“Is it really okay? …I thought you were angry.”
“Perhaps. So, it seems we should get closer.”
“…Something feels a bit strange.”
Even though Leskel thought it contradicted his usual thoughts, he didn’t miss the opportunity. He approached closely and pressed his body against hers.
“Is this level acceptable?”
“Yes. It’s just right.”
La Celia nodded towards Leskel.
“Now, please answer. Why did you just disappear in the morning? If you wanted to be together, that time would have been most appropriate.”
“Because it was obvious I would wake you.”
Leskel sighed as if lightly resting his forehead against La Celia’s shoulder.
“As I said, ever since you mentioned practice, my mind has been filled with thoughts of nothing else. Even if I didn’t want to wake you, I must have.”
“Is it not allowed to wake me?”
“No, it’s not. Because you would get angry.”
Even though it seemed he rarely got angry, to Leskel, he seemed different to others.
“You haven’t gotten angry in front of Her Majesty many times, have you?”
“Oh… is that so?”
“Yes.”
Leskel cautiously placed his hand on La Celia’s arm.
“Then let me correct myself. I wouldn’t mind if you rarely got angry.”
“How can you guarantee that?”
With Leskel resting his forehead, he raised his head while halting his movements. Suddenly, he swiftly lifted his head.
His eyes were intense.
In this eye contact situation, Leskel slowly pushed La Celia’s body backward. As he continued the motion, she ended up lying on the sofa without any resistance.
“You were lying down like this,”
Although the spacious couch was a bit tight, it created enough space for the two of them to lie down.
Leskel, who made La Celia lie down, leaned his body between her arms.
“If I hadn’t turned around in that situation…”
Leskel began speaking slowly.
At first, the slow-paced speech soon turned into a rapid whisper.
“…I would have definitely done it like this.”
Immediately, Leskel’s lips pressed against her neck.
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.”
