I Got Possessed, But the Monster Beast Is Adorable - Chapter 46
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#46
I kept my eyes wide open without blinking.
Why? Because my brain was paralyzed and I forgot how to close my eyes.
Just as Ruan’s face and mine were about to overlap.
“Pffft.”
Ruan’s laughter broke the silence.
“Wh-what… what is this?!”
“Haha… Sorry, Zoe’s expression was just so serious.”
“What?! Ruan suddenly grabbed my face and came close!”
“Here, this was stuck to your face. Sorry if I startled you.”
Ruan showed me a single eyelash stuck to his hand while grinning.
I glared at him with blazing eyes at his utterly shameless behavior.
This cheeky eighteen-year-old! How dare he.
How dare he tease his elder sister?
You… you…! Ugh, this won’t do.
I glared fiercely at Ruan with steam rising to the top of my head.
Ah. Target: Ruan’s shin. Location confirmed.
“Oh, I see… you were trying to remove an eyelash…”
I smiled sweetly and slowly approached Ruan.
And then.
“Oh my, Ruan. There’s a bug stuck here!”
Thwack-!
I gave him a fake-out and delivered an angry kick while Ruan was off guard.
“Z-Zoe? Ahhhhh!”
Ruan clutched his shin and collapsed on the spot.
Mission complete. It was a perfect kick without any unnecessary flourish.
“That’s too much. Using so much force…”
Having experienced the perfect 10-point kick firsthand, Ruan made a tearful face and spoke as if wronged.
“So don’t mess with me from now on.”
I wickedly raised one corner of my mouth toward Ruan.
That’s the price for teasing your elder. You impudent eighteen-year-old.
“Zoe, Ruan! Come down for dinner!”
“Yes, Sophia! We’ll be right down!”
Sophia’s call came from below. I happened to be hungry from using my strength.
I hurriedly shook Ruby awake, who was sleeping soundly on Sophia’s bed.
“Ruby, wake up now. Let’s eat dinner!”
“Hiyuuung… F-food?! Love food!”
After giving Ruan, who still hadn’t come to his senses, one more glare, I immediately went down to the kitchen with Ruby.
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“Zoe, is it uncomfortable?”
“It’s so fluffy though? It smells nice too…”
The white pillow Sophia gave me had the cozy cotton scent of something well-dried in the sun.
When I lay my head on the soft pillow, peace came to my troubled mind.
“Really? That’s a relief. It’s the first time someone has stayed at my house…”
“It’s so nice… I feel like I could fall asleep right away.”
Really, I feel the best…
Sophia made warm potato soup for dinner for me since meat doesn’t suit my constitution, and it was so delicious that I forgot about appearances and emptied three bowls.
From the aftermath of overeating, my stomach was full and the pillow was so soft that sleepiness poured over me.
“But… um, Zoe.”
“Yeeeees…”
When I answered in a sluggish tone as my body became limp, Sophia laughed and arranged the blanket before lying down next to me.
“Um, Zoe… you’re a noble. Is it really okay for me to call you by your name? Maybe I should call you Lady Zoe or Miss…”
Sophia asked hesitantly, perhaps concerned about the full name written on my merchant registration.
“Hey, I told you it’s fine. What’s with calling friends ‘Miss’?”
“B-but still…”
“Geez, if you keep doing that, I’ll use formal speech too. Lady Sophia.”
“That won’t do…! Fine. But let me call you that only when we’re alone.”
Sophia seemed very concerned about other people’s gazes.
Really, I’m a fallen noble anyway, so is that so important?
“Sigh… Fine then. I really don’t mind, but if that makes Sophia comfortable…”
“Hehe, yes! Zoe really seems… different from other nobles.”
“…Is that so?”
Since I came from a place without a class system, things like titles don’t bother me at all, but since clear classes exist in this world, I might have seemed like an oddball to Sophia.
“Hmnya… meat… delicious…”
“Oh my, our Ruby, you ate so much meat earlier and you’re eating again in your dreams…?”
Ruby had devoured 2kg of meat by herself.
Looking at Ruby curled up next to me talking in her sleep, I turned to my side and poked Ruby’s bulging belly.
“Kyuuuung…”
“Oh sorry, Ruby. There there, go back to sleep.”
We have a long journey tomorrow, so it’s better to sleep well.
Thinking I should stop by the market before leaving and clean out all the meat from the stalls, I straightened my body.
“Oh right. Sophia. About Lunatice… that was actually because of Fiona…”
“Mmm. Yes, I know.”
“Huh, you knew? That the misunderstanding with Lunatice was because of Fiona?”
“No, not that, but… Well, when I lost consciousness in the basement, the cat, no, Lunatice appeared in my dream.”
Thanks to Lunatice’s dream ability, it seemed Sophia and Lunatice had untangled the twisted knots of the past in their dreams.
“I see… I’m glad you resolved the misunderstanding.”
“Hehe, yes. It’s all thanks to Zoe. Thanks to Zoe, I also learned the cat’s name was Lunatice.”
Sophia held my hand tightly and smiled brightly.
“Hey, what did I even do? So, are you planning to live with Lunatice from now on?”
“I’d like that… Anyway, since Lunatice was hurt because of me, I’m going to wait slowly until all those wounds heal. I can wait as long as it takes.”
Sophia’s brown eyes sparkled as she said this.
I’ve thought this before, but Sophia seems like a really good person.
Despite being only seventeen years old, she’s thoughtful and kind.
As expected, I’ve never seen a bad person among those who love animals.
“Lunatice was really fortunate to meet Sophia among so many people.”
“Oh my… I feel the same way. And I’m really glad I met Zoe.”
“Me too… I think I did really well coming to this village.”
I’m glad I came to this world with kind Ruan and Sophia, and lovely magical beasts.
I repeated this to myself.
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At the time when Zoe and Sophia were deep in peaceful sleep.
“Marquis Rasven, I hereby dismiss you from your position as Merchant Guild leader.”
“I-I was wrong. Your Grace… Ahhhhhhh!”
Desperate screams echoed from Gastaf Rasven’s office.
Lucian roughly trampled the head of Marquis Rasven, who was sprawled disgracefully on the floor.
“You should have been moderate when I was turning a blind eye. Embezzling investment funds, trafficking natural monuments… it’s endless.”
“Master, we also found documents related to slave trading.”
Aivan, vice-captain of the Shevalier 1st Division, the direct knight order of House Penrister, handed Lucian a thick bundle of documents.
“Slave trading… You’re not unaware that’s a serious crime punishable by immediate execution without imperial decree, are you, Marquis?”
He muttered in a low, monotone voice as he drew a gleaming blue sword from the scabbard at his waist.
As the cold, murderous sword energy touched his skin, Marquis Rasven’s face turned pale with shock and he began speaking frantically.
“Hii, hiiiik! Th-that! I lost my investment money at the gambling house… If you could just overlook this one more time, I, Gestaf! I’ll become Your Grace’s loyal hound…!”
“Hmm… Marquis, it seems dogs these days even send assassins to their masters.”
Lucian smiled coldly as he cut off Marquis Rasven’s words.
He had already dealt with two assassins who had been lying in ambush near Sophia’s Mansion before coming to Rasven’s Mansion.
“Hiik, how did you know…! No, that’s… that’s not it…”
Marquis Rasven’s face gradually turned as white as snow on a snowy mountain as he desperately tried to find a way to survive with his inadequate mind.
“There’s nothing more to hear. Farewell, Marquis.”
Lucian raised his sword high to carry out the execution.
At that moment, Marquis Rasven’s desperate voice echoed loudly throughout the study.
“W-waaaaait! The, the Pink-haired Woman!”
At the familiar color suddenly mentioned by the marquis, Lucian momentarily stopped his actions.
Seizing this brief opening, the cornered Marquis Rasven immediately stood up, knelt down, and prostrated himself flat before Lucian.
“If you let this slide just this once, I’ll tell you the secret of that Pink-haired Woman who was with Your Grace!”
“A secret?”
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