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“You…”
“What?”
“Are you so unhappy with me worrying about you?”
Rieta bit her lip for a moment.
She felt sorry for Noel. The reason he came all this way was because of his kind concern for Rieta.
“Sorry, that wasn’t… what I meant”
Rieta fiddled with the bandage wrapped around her arm for no reason.
“There’s no way I don’t like Noel worrying about me. That, well.”
What should she say?
Rieta, who was just squirming around, smiled awkwardly.
“Actually, I’m really glad Noel cared for me.”
“You mean that?”
“Yes.”
So please just go to the place where the female lead is!
However, there was no way Noel could understand Rieta’s feelings.
“That’s good.”
“What?”
“I was planning to stay at the mansion until the party anyway. In the meantime, I’ll just take care of you.”
Until the party?
That meant he would be here for another three days.
“Noel will take care of me? Continuously?!”
Rieta suddenly became curious about the extent to which he would ‘take care’ of her.
“Yes. It means that I will be by the Princess’s side all the time except for when you’re sleeping.”
That’s not allowed! Rieta screamed in her heart.
If he stays here all the time, it would mean that the second meeting where their short passes explodes, following the fateful first meeting, will not happen.
If that happens, there won’t be a time where he stares at the female protagonist’s beauty in surprise at the banquet, the third meeting.
Rieta wanted to throw away the bandage that wrapped around her arm right now.
Rather than helping Noel at the most critical moment, it seems like she’s only holding onto his ankles.
“Listen, Noel.”
“I’m listening.”
Rieta calmed down her agitation for the time being and began to explain step by step.
“Thank you for worrying about me.”
“Yes.”
“But I wish Noel would be a little more involved in the Duchy’s affairs.”
“Taking care of you is also the job of a good Duchy.”
“It’s not.”
“It is.”
Of course, there was no easy way to reach an agreement with such a stubborn man.
Rieta sighed deeply and decided to come up with a quick solution.
“Elisha, bring us the cards.”
To play cards. Leave your fate to the will of heaven.
“You’re going to make a bet with me?!”
“Yes, that’s right.”
Rieta answered in a voice that did not waver at all.
“The person who loses the bet will listen to the winner’s insistence. Until the day of Princess Gabriella’s banquet.”
Even as the explanation continued, Noel looked closely at Rieta with narrowed eyes.
“. . . Are you serious?”
“Of course.”
“You remember how I almost won all our card bets so far?”
“Don’t tell me I don’t know that. But now that my hand is like this, I can’t do anything else.”
Rieta was also a bit dissatisfied for choosing a game with a high win rate for Noel.
But she never thought that she would lose.
Because, the sublime power of the original story will bring him in front of the female lead!
Of course, someday, Noel would have to go against the power of the original story and win the female lead.
Elisha laid out the cards in front of the two of them.
The rules were simple. Whoever drew the higher number would win.
With the card in front of her, Rieta prayed in her heart.
People of Earth, lend me your energy.
Rieta thought of all the people who would support her.
The writer, who must have been embarrassed that Noel didn’t show up in the right place.
The person in charge of the publisher who will be waiting for the author’s manuscript.
And a handful of readers who stanned Noel’s!
Sad people who fell in love with the second male lead even though they know they are side characters to be thrown away!
After Rieta and Noel calmly pondered, they soon decided on the card that would decide their fate.
Elisha turned over Rieta’s card first.
The number was ten.
The cards were up to fifteen, so she chose a fairly high one.
Rieta took a moment to thank the many people who lent their strength.
“Then, I will turn over the card that Lord Noel chose.”
Well, perhaps it would be a one. If it came out well, maybe a two.
The sovereignty of all novels came from the reader, and all readers hoped that the story will flow normally.
Inevitably, he would return to the original plot.
“It’s fifteen.”
“… Five?”
“No Princess, Lord Noel’s card is fifteen.”
Elisha held out a card with fifteen marks in front of Rieta’s face.
“No, that’s nonsense.”
How could this happen? What of the hopes of our readers? What was the development of this novel?!