Adopting the Male Protagonist Changed the Genre - Chapter 137

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Chapter 137

Chapter 14

I heard that spring flowers have bloomed in the Royal Capital. Since spring has large temperature differences between day and night, please take care of your health.

It seems the time has come when all the Rozel flowers in the Royal Capital have fallen. You asked me to tell you about the North in reply to your last letter, so I’m writing. The last snow of the year fell in the North.

The days are getting hotter and hotter. I’m worried whether you might be sensitive to heat.

You mentioned that Leo would take the entrance exam for the swordsmanship department of the Royal Academy. If he does as he learned, he’ll surely pass safely…

* * *

Today again, a hawk from the distant North knocked on my room’s window from early morning.

I hurriedly gave water to the hawk that looked clearly exhausted, and only then did I check the letter tied to the bird’s ankle.

Lord Cheri’s letter was still short and plain.

Since he’s naturally not good with words, I suppose that’s to be expected, but the problem was the messenger hawks dying in between because he sent greeting letters like SNS messages.

To think that express messenger hawks, which are only used in emergencies, were being used to deliver such nutritionless greeting letters.

“You must be suffering a lot for having the wrong master.”

With perfect timing, as if agreeing, the hawk stopped drinking water hurriedly and cried sadly.

Knock knock knock.

Three rhythmic knocks on the door.

I moved the hawk to its perch and spoke.

“Come in, Leo.”

As soon as permission was given, the door opened slightly and Leo poked his head out, blinking as he asked.

“How did you know it was me?”

“I have my ways of knowing.”

I can tell whether it’s Leo or not just by listening to the footsteps from beyond the door, so distinguishing Leo by his knock isn’t difficult at all.

Soon Leo, who had been hiding his body behind the door, slightly revealed himself and spoke to me with a face mixed with tension and excitement.

“I’m, I’m all ready.”

Right then, a system window appeared before my eyes announcing the Quest completion.

[Quest] ‘All Swords of the Kingdom Come from Bilhern Academy’ Complete

The ‘Hero’s Star’ has passed the entrance exam for Bilhern Royal Academy’s swordsmanship department and welcomed their first day of school.

You have obtained ‘Quest Reward: 100 Coins’ as a reward.

This spring, Leo not only safely passed Bilhern Academy’s entrance exam, but achieved the remarkable feat of being the top student.

‘He may not have a way with words, but Lord Cheri raised his one student well.’

I adjusted Leo’s tie, who was dressed in the academy uniform, with hands full of affection and asked gently.

“Leo, what did I tell you to do when you go to the academy?”

“To make lots of friends.”

“Right, so you only need to study a little hard. Instead, meet many people and try everything you want to do. Got it?”

“Yes!”

As I was finally adjusting his uniform collar, I noticed a star-shaped birthmark the size of a fingernail above the child’s nape.

It was the mark of the Hero’s Star.

When I was playing the game, I thought the protagonist was born with this mark.

I realized when I became Leo’s official guardian with the ‘special adoption document imbued with power.’

[The mark of the ‘Hero’s Star’ is engraved upon the ‘Hero’s Star.’]

That the Hero’s Star’s mark appears when you receive recognition from the system window.

What on earth is this mark created for?

‘It’s as if it’s preparing for when there’s a need to prove the protagonist’s specialness to others.’

With a strange uneasiness, I gently rubbed the mark as if erasing watercolor paint, and Leo shrugged his shoulders and burst into sneeze-like laughter.

“Puhu, it tickles, Lady Belinda!”

“…Now you finally seem to have relaxed a bit.”

Only then did I remove my hand from Leo’s neck and went down to the first floor with the child.

In front of the carriage waiting in front of the annex stood Ian Rechel, the son of the Rachelle family head who was decided to enter the academy together with Leo, with his usual sullen expression.

“I greet the Blanche family head.”

He also gave a slight nod to Leo, but that was all.

Although Ian had come and gone from Blanche Manor several times due to sponsorship matters and encountered Leo, contrary to my wish that they would become friends, the two remained distant.

“Well then, I’ll be going!”

The carriage carrying Leo and Ian, who had finished their spirited greetings, departed, and I couldn’t easily leave my spot until the carriage disappeared from view.

Terry held a parasol over me and asked.

“Are you worried?”

It would be a lie to say I wasn’t worried.

I’m tremendously worried that Leo might hear harsh words somewhere and just shed tears alone while suffering in silence.

Don’t young children originally use their ignorance as a weapon to speak more cruel words?

If it were up to me, I’d want to send people to the academy so that no one could touch a single hair on our Leo’s head!

“Jui-bam-tol is a strong child. I think trusting him is also for the child’s sake.”

Like some impudent man said, sometimes trusting him would be for Leo’s sake.

“I’m not worried.”

“Yes, unlike Master, Jui-bam-tol is sociable, so he’ll quickly adapt to academy life and bring lots of friends to the manor.”

What’s this, is he indirectly criticizing the fact that I have no social skills and no friends?

When my gaze turned cold, Terry quickly added.

“Since Master has watched you make friends from the side, Jui-bam-tol will be able to do well at the academy too.”

At those words, I had to stop walking again.

“…Do I look like I have friends?”

“Don’t you? Since you meet with Lady Ophelia every week, I thought you got along quite well. You seemed to enjoy it too.”

Well, it is enjoyable when we meet. Our values match surprisingly well, and we communicate so well that sometimes when we’re having conversations, I get completely absorbed in chatting and forget my original purpose.

Perhaps sensing my complicated feelings, Terry, who had become quite aide-like now, asked carefully.

“Should I cancel this afternoon’s afternoon tea appointment with Lady Ophelia?”

“…No, there’s no need for that.”

I shook my head.

It seemed like it was about time to make a judgment about what kind of person Ophelia Vermang was.

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Two months ago, I never expected that my meetings with Ophelia, which started with her wanting to apologize for a slip of the tongue born from misunderstanding, would continue this long.

“I’m really sorry. Being meddlesome is my weakness, and I try to fix it somehow, but when I come to my senses, my body always moves first…”

“Do you happen to know any excellent patisseries in this Royal Capital that you could recommend?”

“I remembered you mentioning last time that Leo likes lemon-flavored desserts, so I tried making lemon charlotte. If it’s alright, would you accept it?”

At first, my intention was definitely to find out what kind of person Ophelia was.

I couldn’t know what kind of variable Ophelia, who wasn’t an official guardian, might become in the future, and perhaps… she might be possessed by someone like me.

“Then suddenly they told me to marry some man I’d never met! I wanted to have a love marriage!”

“Love marriage, that’s good.”

“I knew it! I knew Marquess would understand.”

But when I came to my senses, I was already quite enjoying the tea time with Ophelia that I had once or twice a week.

Ophelia seemed delighted to meet someone who empathized with her thoughts, her pink eyes sparkling as she raised her voice.

“That’s why I came to the Kingdom to escape an arranged marriage. To live my one and only life according to my own will!”

I fully agreed with her words as I brought my teacup to my lips.

When personality differences are the number one cause of divorce, how could one marry someone they don’t even know properly…?

“So, Marquess, when are you planning to get married?”

“Cough, cough.”

The sudden direct question caught me off guard and I ended up choking.

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