Siod was quite useful.
“Name, Mariana Ebley. She is a distant cousin to the Empress and, due to her congenital frailty, was scheduled to debut late but was expected to be selected as a maid for the Empress immediately upon her debut. However, just before her debut, she disappeared after staying at the Empress’s palace.”
“Was she pregnant at that time?”
“I think she ran away as soon as they found out she was pregnant. She had requested help from her family. The last hotel she stayed at was owned by the Ebley family. Interestingly, on the day the Empress’s palace invited Lady Ebley, the daughter went missing.”
“Rejected.”
Ginevra said with a heavy expression.
“After that, the Ebley family quickly processed the daughter as deceased, and then what?”
Siod shrugged, adding, “Perhaps the family’s swift treatment as if the person had died quickly allowed her to survive until the end.”
“Is that so…”
Ginevra smiled bitterly. He knew that it was more likely that the Ebley family had hastily given up their daughter for the sake of preserving their position. However, neither of them mentioned that fact.
“What are you going to do?”
“About what?”
“Larisa wants to know about her parents.”
“We should keep it a secret.”
Siod fully respected Ginevra’s opinion. However, he hoped that Ginevra would not be hurt by this later.
“You won’t regret it? Larisa might resent it later.”
“…When Larisa becomes an adult. Not now. There must be a reason why Marina didn’t tell me in the first place. I will respect Marina’s choice.”
Siod nodded his head. Siod, who seemed serious for a moment, soon grinned and said,
“Then let’s go on a date now!”
“Not now.”
“What? Why?”
“Later. I’ve already planned the date, so just follow along.”
Siod was so touched that he covered his mouth with both hands.
‘You’re so decisive.’
This is my woman.
The day of the academy festival that Larisa had been looking forward to arrived.
“Eek! Sir Knight, please help!”
William sighed inwardly for the thousandth time and walked towards the girl looking for Sir Knight.
“What’s the matter, my lady?”
“It’s too hard, so I can’t walk. Please take me there.”
Looking in the direction she pointed, he saw the central fountain, a hot spot for couples.
“I understand.”
William approached the girl in the role of ‘my lady’ and extended his hand for an escort. Then, the girl with her fist clenched tightly pressed her body against William and pushed her face towards him.
“You’re William Rodante, right?”
“Yes.”
“Oh, how cute!”
At what point was he cute? William furrowed his brows. And why was everyone calling him that when there were many cool and handsome seniors? It was exhausting.
“We’ve arrived. That’s it then.”
“Just a moment, wait, Sir Rodante! Let’s talk!”
William pretended not to hear and walked past. However, he soon found himself surrounded by a group of girls openly shouting, “Sir Knight, please help!”
‘Among the first-year students, you seem to have the hardest time, huh?’
William was now physically experiencing what the seniors had told him.
“What’s the matter?”
“I’ve lost my way. Can you guide me to the library?”
The library was the farthest place from the festival venue, open for fourth-year students who were preparing for graduation and employment, unrelated to the festival.
And the girls in front of him looked, at best, like his peers. William sighed inwardly for the thousand and first time and replied,
“I’ll guide you.”
Kindly, politely. While continuing this nonsense, he suddenly felt a longing for his mother.
Not because he missed his mother, but because when the festival knights guided their families, they were not disturbed.
‘Even if it’s not a rule, if it’s next to my mother, no one would approach.’
He realized how comfortable(?) his position as Ginevra’s son was.
‘Although there’s no way my mother would come.’
Or is there? Since Larisa expressed a desire to come, there might be a chance. Since Larisa appeared, Ginevra seemed to have become a completely different person.
‘Maybe she’ll come with Larisa… That’s too far-fetched.’
William chuckled to himself. It was amusing to him how he could already have such expectations after just a few months.
‘Wait, did I have expectations?’
Expectations, indeed. His mother didn’t hope for her to come to the festival. On the contrary, if she did come, he would worry…
[Where are you.]William’s heart started to pound. It was his mother’s voice. Hurriedly checking his wristwatch, he saw it was shining.
“Mother?”
[Set the coordinates. I’m coming now.]“Wait, wait. Right now?”
[Yes. Lara is coming too.]William quickly spun the minute hand of his wristwatch and pressed the button. Then, a red light sprayed in the direction the minute hand was pointing, and a magic circle was drawn on the ground.
The girls exclaimed in awe.
“Is Lord Rodante coming?”
“I’ve heard about it. They say Lord Rodante’s wristwatch is a special magical device. I thought it only worked for video calls!”
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.”
