“What? Oh, yes.”
It felt like a trap. The crown prince had planned all along to get me into physical training.
Soon, we arrived at the crown prince’s palace. I watched Klaus enter his chamber with his guard.
“Good night, Your Highness.”
“See you tomorrow.”
He waved indifferently and disappeared into his room.
I finally let out a long sigh.
“Phew.”
Thankfully, he didn’t inquire why I was sensitive to physical contact.
He must have been curious, but it was quite a manner not to probe into it immediately. Especially from someone as unbridled as royalty.
That’s why I was truly grateful to him.
So much for people at the palace keeping their mouths shut. By the next morning, what happened at the training ground last night had already spread throughout the palace.
“Musel, your archery skills are amazing! Why didn’t you say anything before?”
“Oh, well…”
“Musel, now you can also aid the crown prince with your martial skills!”
“Well, not exactly…”
I was already popular enough with people trying to speak to me, but today was the worst. I had to stop so many times on my way from my quarters to Klaus’s office!
And then there was Gretchen, who I seemed to bump into every day.
“Musel, you truly embody both intelligence and martial skills, a perfect match for His Highness!”
“Gretchen, stop talking nonsense.”
I finally leaned against the wall in exasperation.
“Didn’t you say something strange before? Something about forbidden love?”
“Ah, don’t mind the secret fantasies of passing extras!”
“?”
As usual, Gretchen left me with more questions than answers as she fluttered away.
“What was that about?”
After sweating through encounters with people, I finally reached the second floor. And then.
“Ah, Musel!”
“Lu, Lutz?”
I was so startled I accidentally dropped the formal ‘Sir’ from his name. Lutz, seemingly oblivious to my slip-up, happily said.
“I’m assigned to guard His Highness’s office today. Looks like we’ll be working together for the first time.”
“Oh, is that so?”
Lutz, seemingly out of character for his robust build, scratched his head like a child.
“Actually, I’ve wanted to have a conversation with Sir Musel for a while now, and here’s the opportunity. You might not be aware, Sir Musel, but there are quite a few people who wish to get closer to you. I’m one of them.”
“Yes, yes.”
“It’s not that I want to chitchat during work! Our primary duty is to serve His Highness the Crown Prince, right? What I mean is, let’s have these exchanges when there’s a break like this.”
“That’s right, we should.”
“I knew Sir Musel wouldn’t misunderstand my sincerity! Let’s get along well from now on.”
“Ah, yes.”
Save me. I find overly enthusiastic people overwhelming.
Just then, heavy footsteps echoed from a distance. We both turned our heads towards the sound.
“……!”
Never in my life had I been so relieved to see Klaus. I almost felt like bowing in gratitude for his timely appearance.
Musel and Lutz quickly bent their bodies to show respect.
“Greetings to His Highness the Crown Prince.”
“Hmm.”
Klaus responded with a slight nod of his head. Following him into the office, I also headed inside.
After Klaus disappeared into his office, Lutz straightened up immediately, ready to begin his duty as a guard.
Before closing the door, our eyes briefly met.
“…….”
The face of Lutz, who had seemed so stern and soldier-like, suddenly brightened up like that of a boy.
The dramatic change in his expression left a deep impression on me.
“…….”
I gave Lutz a brief nod in acknowledgment.
And so, another day began.
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.”
