Adopting the Male Protagonist Changed the Genre - Chapter 54

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Chapter 54

【Here, I’ll give you Suga’s gold coin. So don’t say we can’t meet anymore.】

“That’s not Adi, it’s a portrait.”

【A portrait? Adi’s name isn’t Portrait. Adi is Adi.】

Feeling that the conversation was strangely going off track, I carefully explained.

“The real Adi is dead. Her descendants painted her likeness to honor her memory.”

【What does dying mean?】

I was suddenly at a loss for words.

Fairies, being essences of nature, don’t die unless all the greenery in this world disappears.

Though corrupted, Suga was still a fairy. If Suga couldn’t understand human death…

“When you last met Adi, what did she tell you?”

【Adi said let’s play hide-and-seek. She said she had to go far away now and couldn’t see Suga anymore.】

“…”

【She said if I hid well, someday Adi’s descendant would find Suga.】

Suddenly, the phrase carved on Adelia’s tombstone recorded in the biographical dictionary came to mind.

[May my sugar fairy’s long game of hide-and-seek someday come to an end.]

Only then did I vaguely understand why Adelia had sealed Suga in the basement.

‘She was worried about Suga being left alone after her death.’

Considering that only I could see Suga, the condition needed to see Suga would be ‘one of Blanche bloodline who has awakened abilities.’

If she had left Suga free, what thoughts would this small fairy have had while spending time among countless people who couldn’t see her form or hear her voice?

The basement I had thought was merely a prison was actually a nest filled with Adelia’s concern and affection, protecting Suga from loneliness.

My heart grew heavy thinking of Suga waiting alone there for the seeker who would someday come find her.

I gave Suga a gold coin, and while Suga bit into it, I calmly explained Adi’s death.

“…So you won’t be able to meet Adi anymore.”

【Suga is okay. I already heard this story from Adi. Since the hide-and-seek ended as Adi said, Suga will find a new contractor.】

However, Suga’s gaze stubbornly remained fixed on Adelia Blanche’s portrait.

“What are the conditions for a contractor?”

【Someone who can see Suga and feed Suga until full!】

Food… she must mean gold coins, right?

About 1 gold per day seemed manageable within my means.

It might be unnecessary meddling, but I was about to ask if I could be her contractor.

【Suga needs to eat three meals a day. And snacks twice too.】

Clutching the face-sized gold coin she had taken several bites from with both hands, Suga looked up at me with sparkling eyes.

5 gold per day?

It costs 150 gold per month to raise this thing?

1,800 gold per year!

18,000 gold in 10 years!

180,000 gold in 100 years!

The calculator constantly ticking in my head exploded with a bang.

It’s not like I’m immediately wealthy like Adelia Blanche.

Of course, once I receive the dowry, it wouldn’t be a particularly concerning amount, but…

Just as I was seriously contemplating Suga’s treatment.

Suga, who had been looking up at me with a beaming smile, fluttered her wings and approached me. And then…

Smooch.

She planted a firm kiss on my cheek.

I blinked in bewilderment, staring at Suga, when suddenly my vision blurred and my legs gave out.

“…Huh?”

It felt like my magic power was being sucked out, just like when I tamed Cao.

Soon, Suga’s voice, which had been echoing dully in my head like underwater sounds, became much clearer.

“Bell is Suga’s now!”

What is this feeling of being hunted?

“Adi told me. When you find Suga and discover a sucker descendant of Adi who gives gold coins, don’t let them go and hunt them! She even taught me how to make a servitude contract!”

My confusion quickly turned to shock.

Ignoring my reaction, Suga arrogantly crossed her arms and continued speaking in a deliberately lowered voice.

“By the way, this is a lifetime contract, descendant. Please take good care of our cute Suga.”

“What?”

“…That’s what Adi asked me to tell her future descendant. Hehe.”

A contract? A lifetime contract at that?

So she just sucked my magic power and made a servitude contract on her own?

This, this…!

“You bloodsucking moth!”

【Bell has bad eyes. Suga isn’t a moth, she’s a fairy.】

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By making the contract and sharing my magic power, Suga could finally reveal herself to people.

I proved I wasn’t crazy and seeing things by introducing Suga.

“Let me introduce her. The ghost’s true identity is this fairy. An heirloom burden my ancestor left me.”

“Hello, hello. Suga’s name is Suga! Suga is a parasite that devours gold coins.”

Suga placed both hands on her hips and confidently introduced herself.

Terry covered his mouth at her ruthless self-deprecation.

“That’s too harsh, Master. What on earth did you say to such an innocent being?”

If he knew what kind of fairy she was, he wouldn’t say that.

Since it came to this, I tried to raise my luck stat with Suga’s blessing.

But Suga’s shocking confession earned my anger.

“If you want Suga’s blessing, you have to give gold coins.”

Food separate, blessing fee separate? This loan shark-like fairy?

“And Suga’s blessing is hourly.”

“…?”

“One blessing from Suga costs 1 gold, 1 gold for one hour.”

And toward Suga, who shamelessly held out both hands with sparkling eyes, the Belinda translator spat out the harsh words ‘parasite that devours gold coins.’

…Honestly, it felt refreshing.

Unaware of this situation, Terry just felt sorry for Suga and carefully extended his pinky finger to her, as if handling dandelion seeds that would crumble at touch.

“I’m Terry. I’m the butler of this manor.”

Suga looked disapprovingly at Terry’s fingernail, which was as big as her head, then turned away sharply.

“Bell, Suga doesn’t like this human. He smells!”

“Smells? I bathed today.”

“That human too!”

“…”

Even Penandel, who was nearby, was unfairly lumped in and criticized.

Suga’s next target, with her cheeks puffed out in displeasure, was Vivian.

Vivian, whose existence had essentially proven there was no ghost through Suga’s presence, was very favorable toward Suga.

To my eyes, ghosts and fairies were similarly unscientific beings, but there seemed to be a huge difference in the eyes of a magic student.

“W-w-welcome, welcome, Suga-nim. W-would you like to v-visit my research lab? There’s so much I want to ask you about…”

Hmm, he seems somewhat excited for some reason.

“The way he’s looking at Suga is disgusting.”

Suga turned her head away with a snap, and this time her gaze fell on Chaser.

Both had fairy-like adorable appearances that were hard to distinguish in terms of superiority, so I secretly thought Suga might mistake Chaser as her ally.

Soon, just as I expected, Suga’s eyes widened and she pointed at Chaser with her hand smaller than my pinky nail.

“Worst, worst, worst!”

“…”

“Poop lump! Smelly! That human is a poop lump! Poop lump!”

It was the greatest insult that Suga, who didn’t know how to curse, could utter.

“Suga, quiet.”

“But Bell! That human smells really really really really really reeeeally awful!”

At that moment, Chaser’s lips twisted as if he had sensed something.

“They say even corrupted fairies are still fairies. I guess she can detect my secret that only Master knows?”

Terry immediately reacted to Chaser’s leisurely whisper.

“What secret?”

“There’s something like that, Butler-nim. Something that only Master and I know.”

Hey, hey. Don’t phrase the dangerous secret that you’re a dark mage in such misleading words, seriously.

Suga’s next target was Leo.

Afraid of what harsh words this foul-mouthed fairy might say to Leo, I reached out to cover her mouth, but surprisingly Suga approached Leo first with a hop.

“I’ll specially allow only this small human to touch Suga.”

Leo’s anxious face brightened.

Suga had a sweet appearance befitting her name, like a craft made of sugar.

It was enough to arouse curiosity in young Leo.

Just as Leo wiped his hands on his pants and carefully reached out to Suga.

“Small human, you’re specially allowed to touch Suga. But you have to pay 1 gold each time you touch me.”

Pause.

At Suga’s words, Leo glanced toward his piggy bank.

“1 gold would be…”

At this rate, Leo would squander all his pocket money that he had saved up like a squirrel storing acorns, so I flicked Suga’s head with my index finger.

“Don’t talk nonsense, you bloodsucking moth.”

“T-then I’ll give you a discount of 1 silver and only take 9 silver.”

“How generous of you.”

At Terry’s muttering as if dumbfounded, Suga brightened and shouted.

“If you’re going to praise Suga, give me gold coins instead!”

“…Wow, she’s really a gold-wasting parasite.”

That’s exactly what I mean.

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