Adopting the Male Protagonist Changed the Genre - Chapter 265

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Side Story 8

Leo, who pretended to pet Chaser while slyly covering his eyes with his hand, silently moved his lips.

‘Lady Belinda, it seems like the teacher is…’

Belinda nodded and stopped Leo from speaking further.

Even without hearing more, she could guess what he was trying to say.

‘He seems to be lying about something.’

What could this outrageous liar be hiding now?

Belinda looked at the black cat purring peacefully with a suspicious expression.

And soon she began plotting to uncover Chaser’s lies.

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The next day, Kiss, experiencing a hangover for the first time in his life, finally crawled out of bed in the late afternoon.

The sweet cocktails Terry had mixed the day before had spread through Kiss’s body like literal poison, making him lose consciousness. He couldn’t even remember how or when he had come to Blanche Manor.

“Well, at least all my limbs are intact, so it should be fine. This is a body I need to return to Chaser, so I should take good care of it.”

After carefully checking for any injuries, Kiss pulled out a piece of paper he kept in the inner pocket of his Magic Tower cape.

Then he drew a line through item 4 on the bucket list he had written yesterday and added a comment next to it.

[4. Drinking alcohol. (The poison Terry mixes is the best!)]

Now there were six items left.

Biting and chewing on the end of his quill pen while pondering, he added item 5.

Then his eyes, filled with magical power, surveyed the surroundings. Despite being in an unfamiliar place, he walked confidently as if he were sneaking peeks at a map.

Kiss easily found the head of the family’s study and burst open the door without knocking, sticking his head through the gap.

“Crumb, have you seen Chaser? I can’t find the kid anywhere. He must have gotten lost.”

Leo, who had been discussing something with Ian, his aide, while looking through documents, welcomed Kiss familiarly and raised his index finger to his lips.

Then he quietly gestured toward one corner of the study with his chin.

“The teacher is sleeping over there.”

“What? The sun is high in the sky and he’s still sleeping?”

Looking where Leo pointed, he saw a black cat sleeping curled up on a wool cushion.

“I was planning to play with Chaser until today.”

The two weeks Kiss had been granted.

He had spent a full week of that time with Chaser. Under the bright sun, basking in sunlight to his heart’s content, they had wandered all over the Royal Capital.

Unlike before, his body filled with magical power was surprisingly light, and for the first time, he experienced what ‘freedom’ meant.

The sensation of life felt throughout his body was so ecstatic. So much so that he unknowingly harbored desires beyond his station.

“Have you completed your bucket list?”

Kiss startled at Leo’s question as he approached, turning to look at him. It felt as if his inner thoughts had been discovered.

“Well, I’ve filled up to number 6 for now.”

It was Belinda who had suggested writing a bucket list.

She said she would support him, so he should try anything he wanted.

However, for Kiss, who had little life experience, writing ten things he wanted to do wasn’t easy.

“Could you show it to me secretly?”

Kiss unhesitatingly unfolded the crumpled paper and handed it to Leo.

Leo’s gaze fixed on item number 6.

[6. Eating unlimited desserts]

“You must like sweet things.”

“Yeah, I’ve been particularly craving sweets today.”

After filling his stomach with sugar, he planned to find Belinda as usual today and pester her to go on a date.

Whether Leo knew his intentions or not, he smiled brightly and made a suggestion.

“I like desserts too. Shall I introduce you to a shop with delicious cakes? If you want, we could bring someone along and go together. I know someone who really loves sweets.”

Kiss brightened at Leo’s words and waved his bucket list around.

“Great! Let’s compete to see who can eat more! The loser has to grant the winner’s wish! I don’t know who this person is, but I welcome anyone!”

Kiss’s face, which had been triumphant with competitive spirit, crumpled not long after.

“It’s sister’s husband.”

“Yes.”

He’d been tricked. It was a move that shackled Kiss, who had planned to devour desserts and then go see Belinda.

When Cesar set his mind to blocking Kiss, he had no way to handle Cesar.

Kiss clearly remembered the experience of being hit by his sword energy and slammed into the manor corridor.

“Were you two in cahoots?”

As Leo seated the growling Kiss in a chair at the quaintly decorated dessert shop, he smiled good-naturedly.

“Can you tell? Actually, the knight is my uncle.”

“That’s not what I meant…!”

“What do you like most, Kiss? Cherries are in season lately, so it wouldn’t be bad to start with desserts loaded with cherries.”

Leo, who had smoothly smiled and made Kiss lose his fighting spirit, began placing the desserts he had prepared in advance on the table one by one.

Just as Kiss was about to persistently pursue the matter, Cesar, who had been silent the whole time, spoke up.

“I heard from Leo that you’re settling this with a dessert eating contest.”

“What?”

Cesar elegantly gripped his knife and continued.

“If I win this contest, I’d like you to stop chasing after my wife.”

At that moment, Kiss smiled with satisfaction. Cesar must not know how much he loved sweets.

“Fine. I’ll make you regret accepting this challenge.”

Kiss combatively pulled the dessert plate toward himself.

‘What’s with a dessert contest from someone who looks like he’d chew on rocks.’

Besides, wasn’t his opponent an adult who would drink bitter coffee rather than sweet things?

‘I’ll take victory in this contest!’

Kiss confidently stuck his fork into the cake.

Despite his boiling competitive spirit, the bet proceeded in quite a harmonious atmosphere.

The sweetness of the cream that melted and disappeared in his mouth had the amazing effect of calming his rising anger.

Moreover, Kiss was confident he could definitely win the contest and get what he wanted.

However, before long, anxiety began to creep into his expression.

“Sister’s husband is pretty good too.”

“…This is getting a bit much, isn’t it?”

“Wait, sister’s husband is an adult! So why is he so good at eating sweets?”

“Tell me honestly. Is sister’s husband also a teenager? Was he younger than sister?”

Kiss, who had ruined things with unfortunate prejudice, anxiously stuffed cake into his mouth. His stomach felt queasy and the cream absolutely wouldn’t go down his throat.

It was right then. Leo, who had been silently putting only lemon cake in his mouth next to Cesar, spoke up.

“Do you know much about soul magic, Kiss?”

“Well, not as much as Chaser, but, munch, I know quite a bit.”

Normally, he wouldn’t have even mentioned soul magic due to its danger.

However, the plates piling up one by one in front of Cesar dulled Kiss’s wariness.

“Then, perhaps…”

After that, Kiss answered Leo’s questions for quite a while without knowing what he was babbling about.

And when Cesar finished tasting desserts, he put down his knife and fork and said.

“If we order any more desserts, it’ll be a nuisance to other customers, so let’s go to another shop to continue the contest.”

“…”

“…You want to go to round two?”

“Is there some problem?”

Even without moving to another shop, the outcome of the competition was already clear.

Kiss stared blankly at the two people’s plates, which were stacked more than twice as high as his own empty plate, before finally declaring surrender.

* * *

That evening, Leo returned to the manor reeking of sugar and hurriedly sought out Belinda.

After sharing and organizing the information each had gathered during the day, they were finally able to uncover Chaser’s true intentions.

“Chaser, that damned bastard…!”

Anger flashed in Belinda’s eyes.

Despite all the promises he had made, Chaser was trying to repeat the same mistake from ten years ago.

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