I'll Abandon the Fake Savior (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 42

“…No. Lady Stebain certainly won’t stay idle.”

Stebain’s heir is the sole successor of House Stebain.

Moreover, Lady Stebain is a noblewoman who dominates high society—sharp-tongued and exacting. In her eyes, Adel could never be good enough. Yet Stebain’s heir, still unfamiliar with anything beyond the comfort of his mother’s skirts, retained a childish naivety.

‘If, by some remote chance, he declares he’ll marry Adel…’

Lady Stebain would dispose of Adel without a trace—after all, Adel is a commoner, and there’d be no consequences.

“Stebain’s heir will surely appear at the party his mother hosts. And he’ll join hands not with Adel, but with Lady Calypso, daughter of the Marquess Calypso. Only then will Adel learn the truth—the very truth you’ve been telling her over and over.”

Faced once again with Benjamin’s scathingly certain prediction, Yuricien had no words.

She simply wanted the four of them to stay together. She couldn’t bear to lose even one. So, despite having spoken to Adel multiple times, Yuricien finally gave up on her when Adel refused to understand.

[No, Edna said so! It’s not true! I have nothing going on with Stebain’s heir!]

[Edna’s just playing a trick on you right now. Stop covering your eyes and ears and pretending. At least try to see—everyone but you knows there are engagement rumors between them!]

[Please, Yuri! I’m so incredibly grateful to you—always grateful. Thank you for playing with someone like me, for including me. That I can speak so freely to you, the great Windsor and a duchess, and even receive your advice? It’s truly unimaginable. So I understand—it’s only natural that you’d treat me this way.]

[Adel… what are you saying? Why would I ignore you? I truly…!]

[You think of me as a friend? But listen, Yuri—if you really considered me a friend… just tell me outright if you dislike me. Don’t try to drive me away by sowing discord like this.]

Before Adel, who spoke through tears, Yuricien could say nothing more.

Yuricien knew better than anyone what Adel ultimately desired. That’s why she’d initially kept her distance—and rightly so. But the more time they spent together, the more conversations they shared, the more affection Yuricien inevitably developed.

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