Adopting the Male Protagonist Changed the Genre - Chapter 277

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Side Story Episode 20

In the end, there was only one thing he could say.

“Ria, you absolutely cannot say that to Dad. You understand?”

“But….”

“Absolutely, absolutely not. You understand?”

Leo’s expression as he said this was so earnest.

Ria reluctantly pouted her lips and nodded her head.

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Thanks to Leo successfully completing his mission, the twin siblings were able to reach their destination without having to throw away their clothes.

Belinda and Cesar each grabbed one child and carefully advised them.

“Ria, just follow the blue carpet path. Don’t wander off to other paths just because you see something new. Understand?”

“Theo, just do it like we practiced and you’ll be fine.”

Ria stood at the entrance of the glass greenhouse with an excited face as if she couldn’t hear her mother’s advice, while Theo stood with a slightly dejected expression.

After the Duke and Duchess disappeared to participate in the ceremony, unable to rest easy until the very end.

When the entrance music began playing inside the glass greenhouse, Terry, who had been watching over the siblings, patted both children’s shoulders and whispered.

“Have a safe trip, Princess, Prince.”

The twin siblings tightly grasped each other’s hands, made eye contact, and nodded.

Soon the massive doors of the glass greenhouse opened, and bright light and the scent of flowers poured out.

It was truly the beginning of the siblings’ first adventure.

A blue carpet stretched out long before the two siblings’ eyes.

Walking along this path while scattering flowers was the mission given to the twins today.

However, unlike when they had practiced many times, the glass greenhouse was packed with wedding guests they had never seen before.

When their gazes turned toward the children who had come out as flower attendants, even brave Ria became a little scared.

“S-Sister….”

Then she came to her senses at Theo’s touch as he squeezed and shook her hand.

She couldn’t ruin their first adventure like this.

Ria stepped forward boldly as if to show off and greeted everyone.

“Hello. I’m Ophelia! Coming through!”

Theo, who was a step behind and barely managed to take a step while being led by his sister’s hand, also timidly shouted, copying his sister.

“I’m Theodor. I’m passing through with Sister. Please excuse us. Sorry.”

Ophelia grabbed a handful of flower petals from the wooden basket hanging on her arm.

Then she scattered them boldly on the blue carpet path while raising her voice as if announcing news.

“Our brother is getting married today!”

Perhaps his tension had finally eased, as Theo also shouted, not to be outdone.

“Please take good care of our big brother!”

Ria was slow because she was scattering flower petals, and Theo was slow because he kept bowing his head to the guests sitting on both sides.

Laughter from the guests poured down over the twins’ heads.

The joyful atmosphere of the wedding was also conveyed to Elsa and Leo, who were preparing for the bride and groom’s entrance outside the glass greenhouse.

However, Elsa couldn’t smile at all.

Behind the wedding veil woven with lace by a craftsman, Elsa’s expression was pale enough for anyone to notice.

It couldn’t possibly be seen as the face of a new bride having her wedding ceremony.

Belinda was so worried that she stayed by Elsa’s side the entire time, replacing the parents who had left their daughter’s side early.

Because of this, Leo had to ask.

“Elsa, do you have some worry by any chance?”

Elsa, who had only told Belinda she was fine while smiling faintly, opened her eyes sharply and glared at Leo.

“You deceived me.”

“I did?”

“We agreed to keep it modest….”

Wasn’t it modest enough?

They had declined His Majesty the King’s kindness in offering to lend the Great Hall of the Royal Palace, and also refused the High Priest’s proposal to provide convenience for holding the wedding ceremony at the Grand Temple of the Royal Capital.

The two had decided to invite only people they knew and hold a simple wedding ceremony in the garden of Andimion Estate, which they had cultivated with their own hands for several years.

For a noble’s wedding, it was quite modest.

“You didn’t tell me His Majesty the King would be coming. Really, I’m so nervous I feel like I might faint.”

“Um…. But he didn’t come as His Majesty, but as a friend of Lady Belinda and Uncle.”

“Still! Couldn’t you have told me in advance?”

If he said that His Majesty came in disguise because of this very reason, would that be an excuse?

Leo, who had been pondering, deliberately put on a sulky expression and retorted.

“If you’re going to say that, Elsa, you deceived me too.”

“What did I do?”

“High Priest Lionel is coming. And that person who was next to him, isn’t that His Holiness the Pope?”

“…He came in his capacity as my mentor. Not as the High Priest. And, and His Holiness… no one knows he’s His Holiness.”

She tried to make excuses, but around the King and Pope, as if a barrier had been set up, no one dared to approach and sit near them.

Elsa’s complexion improved considerably as she finally acknowledged that this glamorous crowd of guests wasn’t entirely Leo’s fault.

“Sorry for being sensitive.”

“Huh? When were you being sensitive?”

Such cheekiness.

Elsa, who had finally regained her smile, looked down at her shoes.

The crystal shoes that matched well with the gorgeous wedding dress reflected all the light falling on the toe area at various angles, sparkling brilliantly.

Seeing this reminded her of the words of the priest who had once blessed her.

“I hope that someday hope will come to you.”

Had luck, no, hopeful luck like that come to that person too?

Thinking of her former benefactor whom she suddenly couldn’t see anymore from some day, Elsa turned to look at Leo.

Just then, a wedding march played and the doors of the glass greenhouse opened once again.

“Let’s go, Leo.”

Elsa extended her hand to him with a faint smile on her lips.

The two walked hand in hand along the blue carpet path scattered with flower petals, receiving everyone’s blessings.

Side by side, with neither one ahead nor behind the other.

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That day, no one knew that the aspiring adventurers who had successfully completed their adventure were dreaming of a new adventure.

“Was it fun?”

“Yeah, it was fun!”

The siblings were sitting side by side, drinking sweet chocolate beverages to their heart’s content as a reward for successfully completing their first mission.

The beverage had splattered here and there on their clothes, but no one scolded the siblings for their sweet reward.

Everyone was too busy and happy to worry about the stains on their clothes.

Watching the adults moving to the reception venue, Ria whispered to her younger brother.

“Theo, let’s make our next adventure about finding a name.”

“Yeah, sounds good.”

Theo, who didn’t know exactly what they would be looking for but always said yes to whatever his sister said, nodded his head.

Having gained Theo’s agreement, Ria smiled with satisfaction and licked the chocolate off her lips.

For a very long time, Ria had been curious about why her name was Ophelia.

Everyone easily told her that Theodor’s name was actually the name of Dad’s older brother, but for some reason, everyone kept their mouths shut about where Ophelia’s name came from.

There must definitely be a tremendous secret hidden there.

In short, it smelled of adventure.

The process wouldn’t be easy, but she had a secret weapon.

A certain piece of paper that Ria kept preciously stored in her treasure box.

Her guardian had told her it was called a ‘summoning name tag.’

If Ria had possessed the first king’s black magic, this message would probably have appeared before her eyes.

The story of the twin siblings setting off on an adventure to find the origin of their names, holding the summoning name tag in their hands, is a tale for a little later.

– Side Story 2 Complete.

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