I Like Another Man, Not the Male Lead - Chapter 30

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Chapter 30

But Caesar seemed surprised instead.

“…What do you mean? Did he say I said such things?”

Caesar widened his eyes and asked back.

He didn’t? Then why did he say such things? What exactly is going on here.

“…Lord Reliz said that. That I put him in a difficult position without settling things with Caesar Prince first.”

“That crazy bastard. Reina, I never said anything like that. What else did he say?”

“Well. He told me not to act loose….”

“Damn….”

Did he just curse? I’m sure a curse just flew by at lightning speed. I didn’t know Caesar could curse like that.

I just blinked in bewilderment. Those were curses that really didn’t suit Caesar’s image, but they passed by so naturally. A knight is still a knight. Even in novels, knights are said to have rough language. Of course, what Heyson said was certainly worthy of being cursed at. Caesar apologized when he saw my surprised eyes.

“Ah, I’m sorry.”

Caesar let out a sigh. Then he continued speaking.

“A while ago, Rochester Regfield charged at Heyson like an angry wild boar, so it was because of this incident. I apologize first. I didn’t know Heyson would interpret what I said that way and act so unchivalrously.”

“…What exactly did you say to him.”

His too-clean apology deflated my momentum. I was thinking of reporting to Rochester if he had said something like telling him to get lost because he was meeting with me to help his friend, but it doesn’t seem like that was the case.

Caesar hesitated for a moment, then seemed to give up and spoke.

“I found out that Heyson approached you on Mother’s orders.”

“What!”

I shouted without realizing it.

This is something I really never imagined? Imperial Consort built a bridge between me and Heyson? Why on earth.

Since I don’t know the intention, I don’t know what to say. I asked reluctantly.

“Was it done with… good intentions?”

“It didn’t seem like it, which is why I intervened.”

Then he added.

“Because we’re friends.”

Caesar smiled self-deprecatingly after saying those words. Caesar roughly ran his hand through his hair and continued speaking.

“Heyson said that. That Reina would be helpful to him. That House Regfield’s wealth and honor would be sufficient for him, and could elevate his own honor. I said it wasn’t right to meet Reina with such intentions. If that’s how he felt, he should let Reina go. I thought you should meet someone better.”

Wow, look how calculating Heyson is. He was seeing me as his personal ornament. Should I go find him now and slap him? Who’s playing with whom? He approached me intentionally from the beginning. Without knowing that, I was thinking of him as a marriage prospect. Ha, I got ahead of myself. This is why you shouldn’t carelessly drink kimchi soup.

I gritted my teeth. After hearing those words, I thought I should have done something back then.

Heyson’s face that I glimpsed earlier looked like there was nowhere left to be beaten. Rochester seemed to have handled it thoroughly. It seems like everything was already paid for physically, so it would be right to end it here. I didn’t want to get entangled again. He used my sincerity.

“…I see.”

How can I have such poor judgment when it comes to men. Let me reflect.

“So what did you say?”

“I told him not to approach Reina anymore. That you’re someone I cherish.”

Caesar’s eyes sparkled.

It would be a lie if I said I wasn’t a little fluttered when he said such things with a serious expression. How could I not be fluttered by someone who says I’m precious to them.

But that was all there was to it.

“What did you mean by precious? Caesar Prince, you and I aren’t in a relationship that can be bound by such words…”

“Friends. We’re friends.”

Caesar brought up the word friends again. His face looked somewhat uncomfortable. He seemed full of dissatisfaction and also appeared frustrated. Caesar moved his lips again.

“I think friends are also a precious relationship.”

Of course, that’s true. Just like how Selena and Grace, my few friends, are precious to me.

But I don’t understand why Caesar is acting like this toward me. He’s being considerate, but he thinks of me as a friend? Really? Are we really in a position to become friends? Maybe we were that kind of relationship before. But I have a stalking history, don’t I? Even though I suffered so much conflict because of that?

“Caesar Prince, don’t you have friends?”

Just going to the Knight Order, he has so many friends there.

“….”

“Or maybe…”

I really didn’t want to say something like this.

“Too precious to give to others, but you don’t want to have me either. Is that it? Now that you’ve lost me, do you find me valuable?”

No matter how much I think about it, this is the only explanation.

“Reina!”

Caesar called my name. He looked somewhat angry. Caesar spoke in a rough voice.

“Don’t say such things!”

I really don’t understand at all why he’s getting angry. No matter how much I think about it, I can only think in that direction. I tilted my head.

“But that’s the only way I can interpret it. Caesar Prince, I think I did everything possible to see you just once during that time. Of course, it was excessive, but the feelings I expressed during that time were sincere.”

“….”

“But you never once seriously met with me. You treated my emotions as fake. Was there ever a time when you seriously faced my sincerity? When did you ever listen carefully to what I had to say? You always looked at me like I was a bug, found me annoying, and pushed me away. But suddenly, really suddenly, when I distanced myself, you started showing interest.”

Even with just Reina’s incomplete memories, I was certain.

Caesar had never once seriously faced Reina. He just said things like “I don’t like you,” “stop following me,” “don’t bother me.” He only poured out hurtful words and avoided her.

And when he saw Reina swollen from crying, he would only let out deep sighs.

Couldn’t he have properly met with Reina even once to reject her? So that Reina could give up.

No, actually this is probably my selfishness too, right? If Caesar really found Reina disgustingly annoying, then even the time spent dealing with Reina would have been precious to him. Cutting her off completely without leaving any room is understandable as an extension of that psychology.

So I didn’t resent him. Following someone who disliked you that much was Reina’s fault.

But then this really isn’t right. Why are you acting like this toward me now? This kindness is too excessive.

If I was precious as a friend, he would have seriously faced Reina’s emotions at least once. If Reina was disgustingly annoying to him, then treating her as a friend just because she gave up her feelings would be strange.

Unless he considered Reina as someone who should naturally like Caesar.

Unless he’s playing with me.

Caesar’s face turned pale.

“You were never once sincere with me. I’m really grateful that you seemed to care about the Lord Reliz matter. But I think I can handle things myself from now on. I have Rochester, and I have friends too. So I want to politely decline. I don’t want to be friends with Caesar Prince.”

“…I…”

Caesar’s lips trembled.

“Just as friends…”

“Honestly, you never treated me as a friend either. If you had considered me a friend, you couldn’t have been so cold. So if you don’t really find me valuable now after all this time, I want you to stop here, Your Highness. I think that would be the last courtesy we show each other.”

Caesar closed his mouth.

Looking at his face, I felt somewhat complicated. I really don’t understand Caesar’s heart even when I think I do. But since I’m trying to completely cut ties, I don’t need to worry about such things.

I completely ignored Caesar and walked past him.

Is this completely the end?

It felt a bit bittersweet.

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