Men of the Harem (137 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 246

When she heard the story about duck meat, she recalled the time during the fake emperor incident when she and Calain were traveling together to Carissen. At that time, Calain had naturally assumed La Til liked duck meat and tried to take care of her by preparing some. Could it be because of that incident?

“Duck meat?”

Domis nodded. Though he said nothing else, La Til understood the brief memory that had just surfaced in Domis’s mind.

Back when they lived under their adoptive parents, their adoptive mother had once fallen ill. At that time, their adoptive father brought home duck meat from somewhere and made soup for her.

He had set aside some of the meat and fed small pieces to Anya, but gave none to Domis.

Ever since then, Domis had always wondered what duck meat tasted like, and finally got to eat some leftover duck meat at a banquet while working at Count Lancaster’s estate.

That memory seemed to have remained vividly delicious for Domis.

“I see.”

Not knowing the full context, Calain simply replied and left. As soon as Calain was gone, Domis silently counted to thirty in his head, then rushed to the window to check how far Calain had gone.

Once Calain was out of sight, she jumped up and down alone in the room, silently screamed, then rolled onto the bed and kicked at the air.

But soon, all that energy deflated like a punctured balloon, and Domis slumped onto the bed, utterly disheartened.

[Someone like Lord Calain and I could never possibly end up together.]

[This is the timeline separator]

When the scene shifted again, Domis was sitting alone at an empty table.

‘Where’s Calain?’

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