I Like Another Man, Not the Male Lead - Chapter 8

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Chapter 8

“So. What Selena means is, yellow suits Grace better than blue, right? Different skin tones suit different colors.”

Grace, who had looked hurt, glanced at Selena. Selena, who had flinched, spoke proudly.

“That’s right.”

Why is she being so tsundere? To her own sister. I wish Rochester would be a bit tsundere too. He can be cold to me, so I wish he’d stop being so clingy.

“Grace does suit yellow well. Yellow isn’t easy to pull off. If you’re not careful, it can make your face look sallow. This kind of thing is natural talent, I’m envious.”

“…Reina knows something about this. Grace looks especially lovely when she wears yellow. Sometimes she looks like human sunshine… Ahem.”

Selena, who had been excitedly bragging about Grace, blushed and turned her head away sharply. Grace’s eyes widened at Selena’s words. Grace asked back in a surprised voice.

“Me, me?”

“…Yes. You still didn’t know that? You really are something.”

Though Selena spoke sharply, Grace’s eyes were already glistening. She’s moved by just that? No, are they all really F-types? I awkwardly smiled and interjected between the two emotion-filled sisters.

“…Still, Grace’s opinion is important too. What color do you like, Grace?”

“A-actually, I like blue…”

When Selena looked like she was about to say something, I firmly held her hand. This isn’t the time for you to open your mouth. Got it? While Selena was distracted by the hand I was holding, Grace continued speaking.

“…I’ll go with yellow.”

At those words, this time Selena’s eyes widened. Selena quickly forgot about the hand I was holding.

“Elder Sister… please choose for me. I actually don’t know much about dresses. Maybe it’s because I lived in the countryside.”

“Ahem! You, you really are something. Who’s good at everything from the start? I didn’t know anything when I was young either.”

A gentle smile appeared on both Selena’s and Grace’s faces. You two really are easy to please.

Who on earth drove these kids apart, really.

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It had been a long time since he’d seen Reina. To be precise, Reina was inside the Fashion House, and Caesar had just discovered her while patrolling with his colleagues.

Caesar’s gaze naturally turned toward Reina. It happened unconsciously.

Since leaving Hailboard Estate, Caesar hadn’t encountered her. It was natural, since their meetings had always happened because Reina forcibly sought him out. However, it was a face he used to see at least every two or three days, so not seeing her felt a bit strange.

By this point, Caesar had to acknowledge it.

‘She was sincere about that.’

Reina no longer liked Caesar. Reina, who used to pour all her emotions and time into Caesar, was now finding her own life.

Reina was laughing brightly while talking with other people. It seemed like it had been a long time since he’d seen Reina spending time with Young Ladies her age. It was the first time since she’d started liking Caesar.

At that moment, a conversation with the Senior Knights came to mind.

‘Maybe she found another man. Young Ladies that age are all like that. My sister changes the man she likes every week. Until recently, she liked Rochester Regfield.’

Reina wasn’t like that. She had truly liked only Caesar for a very long time. When he looked back, Reina was always there.

‘Why exactly do you like me? Reina Regfield, you could meet someone better than me.’

‘How could I explain such a thing? It was like gravity pulling me in. I began to see Your Highness’s eyes, then Your Highness’s consideration caught my attention, and then Your Highness yourself captured my heart. How can I define this emotion with a single word? I just feel like if I can’t see Your Highness, my heart will be torn into a thousand pieces and I’ll die. It’s not like I enjoy this terrible emotion either. But still, Your Highness. I love you.’

She had always whispered her love to him who blocked his ears like a wall. But could things change so suddenly like this?

In truth, this wasn’t something Caesar needed to worry about. Rather, it was something he should be happy about. Caesar had been freed from the shackles called Reina. So he shouldn’t be paying attention like this right now.

“What’s up? What are you staring at like that?”

Caesar responded to his fellow knight Heyman’s question.

“Nothing. It’s nothing.”

Caesar turned his gaze away and shook his head. But the fellow knight was much faster than Caesar. The fellow knight who had checked where Caesar was looking said.

“Oh, isn’t that the Hailboard Princess? I heard lately that Reina Regfield and the Hailboard Princess have been getting along well. I guess beautiful people really do stick together.”

The fellow knight spoke playfully and patted Caesar’s shoulder. Caesar muttered quietly.

“…Beautiful? Is Reina Regfield beautiful?”

“What? So you’ve been monopolizing Reina Regfield’s love all this time? Then who exactly is beautiful? Do you think Rochester Regfield would be so fired up about his sister’s affairs for no reason? If my sister was that pretty, I’d do the same.”

The fellow knight chuckled.

Caesar gazed into the Fashion House again. Reina was intently looking at something. Reina’s slender platinum hair cascaded down her back like waves. And her transparent blue-violet eyes hidden beneath long eyelashes. Pink lips that harmonized with her cute nose.

It was a face he had seen to the point of being sick of it.

He found himself looking at it anew. He had never thought of her in that way before. To Caesar, Reina was just Rochester’s sister, an existence that bothered him.

“…Is she beautiful…?”

Caesar muttered.

“You really only say the most blessed things. Your precious Highness, shall we go now? We’ll be late at this rate.”

As he was pushed along by his fellow knight, Caesar pondered once more. About Reina, and about what Reina had said.

“Do you think Reina Regfield looks beautiful too?”

At Caesar’s question, the fellow knight laughed as if it was absurd.

“If I were you, I would have already held a wedding ceremony with Reina Regfield. I’m telling you this now, but do you know how many of our colleagues envied you? If the Hailboard Young Lady is like a goddess, then Reina Regfield is like… a fairy.”

Caesar grabbed his fellow knight’s shoulder. And asked in a growling voice.

“Do you find her beautiful too?”

“Yes, I’m telling you she is! What’s wrong with you?”

Caesar let out a sigh. Caesar threw off his fellow knight’s shoulder and irritably ran his hand through his hair.

Right. Why am I even caring about this?

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I chose Selena’s birthday gift with Rochester. When I first suggested to Rochester that we go out to buy Selena’s birthday gift, he was so moved.

‘Reina… do you know how long it’s been since you asked me to go out together? It’s been exactly 355 days. Brother’s wish was to go shopping for a friend’s gift with you.’

Ugh, what a stalker. Rochester should have been called Misery. Though no one here could call him that.

Anyway, I went around the city district with the deeply moved Rochester to choose a gift, and thanks to Rochester’s company, I was able to order something much better.

Today, Selena’s birthday party was held in the hall of Hailboard Estate. A party for a birthday. I don’t think I’ve ever even blown out birthday candles.

Rochester said he would come late because he had duty today, and Mother and Father went down to the territory for business. So I arrived alone.

Ugh, I don’t know a single person here. Should I try to strike up a conversation with someone I recognize?

Should I go find Grace? Where is Selena anyway? Since she’s the main character of tonight’s banquet, maybe she’s still getting ready. I quietly moved to stand against the wall. Reina really doesn’t have any close friends. In her life, there was only Caesar.

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