Adopting the Male Protagonist Changed the Genre - Chapter 276

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Side Story Episode 19

Leo, who belatedly discovered Elsa’s wounds, hurriedly knelt down on one knee in front of her.

“Elsa! Your feet are covered in wounds. Are you okay?”

Leo wrapped Elsa’s bloodied feet with a clean handkerchief.

Elsa watched him quietly and then asked. Fortunately, there wasn’t a trace of tears in her voice.

“Leo, you… might often be unable to do what you want because of me in the future. Is that still okay with you?”

Leo had told her that she was his hero and angel, but Elsa sometimes worried.

“How dare a mere commoner. Not content with ruining your mother’s life, you want to become a stain on my life too?”

Like her grandfather’s words, she wondered if her inadequacies and commoner status might become a stain on Leo’s life.

Standing next to Leo always made her heart flutter, but occasionally her grandfather’s chilling words would tear at her heart.

That’s why she wanted even more to stand on equal footing with Leo.

She didn’t want to be someone who only received from him.

She wanted to give back to him as much as she received.

“Are you talking about the parade? Don’t worry about that. I can see it next year.”

Toward him who smiled as if it was nothing, Elsa opened her heart for the first time.

“I sometimes, no, often think. That I’m not someone who suits you. Not in status, not in ability. It’s too unfair a relationship to start with just feelings alone.”

Leo didn’t understand what Elsa was so bound by.

He couldn’t comprehend why the status or ability she spoke of would be obstacles between them, but he knew this one thing.

“Then Elsa, how long should I wait?”

“What?”

That she was definitely not someone who gave up easily.

“I’m perfectly fine with just feelings alone, but you think that’s not enough, Elsa. So I’ll wait as long as it takes. Until you gain status or ability and think it’s okay to have just feelings.”

Elsa, who had been at a loss for words for a moment at those words, soon burst into laughter.

“That’s right. The answer was obvious, but I was worrying about something so foolish. I understand, Leo. I’ll definitely catch up. So you won’t have to wait too long.”

Leo reached out his hand toward her as she finally regained her smile.

Then he took advantage of Elsa’s moment of distraction to gently lift her veil.

After wiping away Elsa’s tears with his thumb, he carefully kissed that spot.

Her face, frozen with wide eyes, was so unbearably lovely that he kissed her eyelids once more and whispered.

“…I was just going to wipe away your tears. But somehow I feel like I’ve done something terribly bad.”

“It is something bad. How dare you lift a Saintess candidate’s veil. Lady Aria will be angry.”

Elsa spoke coldly, but her cheeks were blooming with a deep blush.

Soon the two people whose eyes met again burst into laughter without anyone going first.

* * *

Several years later.

It was the day Elsa, who had received an urgent summons from the Holy Empire and had been away from the kingdom for several months, was returning.

According to rumors, Elsa had excellently performed her duties as a Saintess and suppressed an epidemic that had been showing signs in the east of the continent in its early stages.

Leo’s party, who had traveled to the North together, gathered to celebrate Elsa’s return.

The barbecue party that Asillia had personally prepared in the Blanche Garden was rough, but it reminded them of their memories from the northern journey.

It was when everyone had gathered and was quietly reminiscing about past memories.

Elsa, who had been the main character of the party but had been silent as if pondering something, opened her mouth.

“Leo, do you want to marry me?”

Thud.

Silence fell over the bustling table.

While everyone except Elsa and Leo was rolling their eyes and observing the two.

Asillia, who had been standing with her mouth agape, not even noticing the meat was burning, finally shouted.

“Hey, why are you saying such things… while grilling meat in the garden!”

Even though Asillia had no talent for reading the atmosphere, she knew this wasn’t right.

Such an unromantic proposal.

Even Leo couldn’t stand this!

“Good.”

“See! Even if it’s Leo… Huh? Did Leo just say good? No, more than that, you two… since when have you been that kind of relationship?”

It was Edmund and Ian who helped the bewildered Asillia as she looked back and forth between Elsa and Leo.

“Let’s go, young master. I’ll explain everything from start to finish.”

“Ah, the meat is finally fully cooked now.”

“Did I… did I misread the atmosphere again? Huh? Is this my fault too!”

Whether there was chaos around them or not, Leo’s gaze didn’t leave Elsa.

Contrary to Asillia’s thoughts, for Leo, there couldn’t have been a more perfect proposal than this.

Because Elsa had said it first.

“I didn’t make you wait too long, did I?”

Elsa asked carefully, then belatedly recalled Asillia’s words and continued apologetically.

“Asillia’s right, this wasn’t the place to say such things. I was just so eager that I…”

She rambled belatedly as her face grew redder and redder. Elsa covered her reddened face with both hands and grumbled.

“Ah, if I had known this would happen, I should have at least worn my veil.”

She sorely missed the veil she hadn’t worn once since becoming an official Saintess.

At those words, Leo smiled mischievously and said.

“Elsa, I’ve wanted to tell you this for a long time.”

Leo, who had approached Elsa’s side, took her hands and carefully lowered them while whispering.

“Even when you wore your veil, I could see all your expressions.”

“What? How?”

Well, imagining and guessing her expressions hidden behind the veil was the easiest and most thrilling thing in the world.

Instead of answering straightforwardly, Leo just smiled playfully.

* * *

“So today, you two have been given a very, very important mission.”

Leo’s story, with appropriate adaptations so the children could understand, came to an end.

It was a little different from his usual adventure stories, but fortunately the siblings listened attentively without getting bored.

Ria in particular seemed deeply moved, covering her plump cheeks with her maple leaf-like hands and chattering shyly.

“Actually, Ria also has someone she wants to marry?”

“Really?”

Leo smiled warmly.

Naturally thinking Cesar’s story would come up, Leo pretended not to know and asked.

“I wonder who. The lucky man who gets to marry the prettiest Ria in the world.”

“Yes! I’m going to marry Guardian!”

“…Ah.”

Leo let out a groan, thinking of his teacher who didn’t hesitate to use even 9th Rank magic to play with his charges.

Ah, why did his teacher have to be so excellent and pretty that he completely captivated a child’s heart.

Leo checked that Cesar wasn’t around, then carefully asked.

“Not with uncle, I mean, daddy?”

“Daddy is married to mommy. So he can’t marry me. Doesn’t oppa know that?”

“Yeah… That’s right, of course.”

He hadn’t realized that kids these days were smarter than expected.

He thought of Cesar, who had been secretly hoping for when his daughter would say ‘I’m going to marry daddy when I grow up’ while pretending not to care.

For his uncle’s sake, Leo tried his best to persuade Ria.

“But Guardian is… an adult, right? The… age gap might be too big, don’t you think?”

“Guardian is the head of mages. The head of mages doesn’t age.”

“….”

“I’ll tell Guardian to stop aging, and then when I become an adult, I’ll marry Guardian.”

Leo was left speechless by Ria’s statement, who still retained her childlike innocence only in areas that were advantageous to her.

Not aging because he’s the Magister.

That’s nonsense.

It definitely would be.

Cold sweat ran down Leo’s back, thinking that if the Grand Master asked, Chaser would somehow develop anti-aging magic.

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