If I Were Reborn, I Wouldn’t Marry You - Chapter 77

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Chapter 77

“Okay.”

Leonhardt answered resolutely and pulled out the toy that had been sweeping in popularity among noble children lately – 【Wingwing, the clockwork bird that flies when you wind it up】.

It was even a limited edition version, gold-plated with jewels embedded in its eyes.

This should be enough to serve as a proper excuse.

I chuckled with satisfaction at having come up with this plan.

Meanwhile, Leonhardt wound it up and flew it a few times like practice, seeming to get the hang of it.

“Here I go.”

Leonhardt wound the clockwork until it wouldn’t turn anymore, then threw Wingwing with all his might toward where the Windermere Viscount’s family was staying.

Wingwing, powered by both the mechanical device and Leonhardt’s throwing strength, made a convincing fluttering sound as it flew well past the neighboring villa’s fence before dropping down with a thud.

“Perfect.”

Leonhardt nodded lightly, having tracked the landing spot with excellent dynamic vision.

“Shall we go now?”

Now it was my turn.

After sneaking out of the villa without the maids noticing, I nervously approached the guards standing watch at the entrance of the villa where the Windermere Viscount’s people were staying.

“Um…”

“What can we do for you?”

The guards, noticing from our attire that we were nobles, asked cautiously.

For the sake of acting detail, I glanced at Leonhardt once before asking sheepishly.

“My toy that he was playing with went over that way. It’s a clockwork bird toy. Can we go in for a moment to look for it?”

The guards exchanged glances among themselves.

I pretended not to notice their exchange and innocently introduced myself.

“Oh, Mother said I should introduce myself first… I’m Miela from House of Norken, and this is my younger brother Leon.”

Even though it was a temporary cover story, our rank was higher than their master, the Windermere Viscount.

The middle-aged guard lowered himself to meet my eye level and gently tried to appease me.

“If you wait here for just a moment, we’ll find it and bring it to you.”

That won’t do.

“Can’t I go in? I’ll just go in for a quick moment and come right out. That Wingwing is a limited edition! Mother will scold me if I lose it.”

I stamped my feet like a child who had become stubborn with tunnel vision from anxiety.

“Well, that’s…”

The middle-aged guard let out a troubled sigh.

“What if a cat thinks it’s a real bird and takes it away while we’re talking like this!”

They couldn’t let outsiders into the villa without permission, but seemed troubled by my tantrum.

The guards who had been pondering exchanged a silent conversation with their eyes.

Fortunately, the guards reached the conclusion we wanted.

“Go in quickly and just get that… Thingwing?”

“It’s Wingwing! Got it.”

Now all that remained was for the guards to get permission from a senior servant or the Viscount’s wife for our entry.

‘I’ll use this as an opportunity to make contact, and later when they’re troubled because Izolb is sick, I’ll send a physician as a way to repay the favor!’

Just as I was feeling satisfied with how smoothly the operation was proceeding, the guards opened the door and gestured for us to enter.

“Did you see where it fell? It might be caught in a tree, so I’ll come with you.”

Huh, what?

‘We’re just going in? Without permission? Is this okay?’

Leonhardt and I exchanged glances in bewilderment.

The reaction was different from what we had expected when planning the operation.

The Windermere Viscount’s family was much more ‘flexible’ than we had anticipated…

It was our mistake to overlook that provincial lower noble families had much looser rules than those of capital nobles.

‘What should we do?’

Should I ask them to inform the Windermere Viscount’s wife or butler even now?

‘No, that’s…’

What Leonhardt and I had been acting as from the beginning were naive noble children.

If we brought up proper etiquette now, they’d find it strange.

‘Rather than giving a suspicious impression, it would be better to wait for another opportunity.’

Leonhardt seemed to have similar thoughts as he lightly tapped the back of my hand.

However, Leonhardt hadn’t completely given up on this operation yet, as he pointed in the completely opposite direction from the landing spot he had confirmed earlier.

“I think it’s probably over that way.”

He was planning to go in and buy some time.

‘His quick thinking and initiative have improved a bit, but his acting skills haven’t improved much.’

Fortunately though, the guards seemed to think Leonhardt’s awkward speech was due to his shy personality.

“You mean over there?”

Judging by how they casually began guiding us.

We followed behind the guards, walking slowly and pretending to look for Wingwing.

“It definitely flew this way…”

“Look more carefully.”

When it took longer than expected, even the impatient guards joined in searching for Wingwing.

But there was no way Wingwing, which had flown in a different direction from the start, could be found here.

“Are you sure it’s this way? We might have to go back without finding it.”

I looked toward the guards and spoke to Leonhardt in a scolding tone.

It was a question with the implication of whether there were any Windermere Viscount family members nearby.

Fortunately, Leonhardt, whose perceptiveness had improved considerably since his regression, understood the intent of my words.

Leonhardt blinked once widely to signal, then answered in a fairly calm tone.

“It doesn’t seem to be around here. Let’s look somewhere else.”

If it hadn’t been caught by Leonhardt’s keen senses, then there was no one around this area.

“Right, this time let’s see…”

I glanced briefly at the guards, then pointed toward where Wingwing had actually fallen.

“Let’s go that way.”

Leonhardt, confirming the direction I had gestured, asked.

“What if it’s not there either?”

“We’ll have to look somewhere else.”

“Got it.”

Leonhardt nodded obediently.

Not acting suspiciously enough to arouse suspicion was still a valid strategy.

‘If it really doesn’t work, I don’t like it but there’s also the method of breaking the carriage completely.’

Anyway, heavy rain with strong gusts would pour down in a few hours, creating the perfect environment for breaking a carriage.

But fortunately, it seemed I wouldn’t need to break the carriage while getting soaked in the downpour.

As we headed toward where Wingwing had fallen, bringing along the increasingly annoyed guards, Caspian happened to come into view.

“There it is!”

I pointed at Caspian, delighted by this stroke of luck.

Caspian, startled by the sudden exclamation, quickly turned to look this way.

I cleverly adjusted the direction of my finger to point toward the Wingwing that Caspian was holding.

“…Wingwing!”

The Wingwing that Leonhardt had thrown seemed to have fallen toward the garden trees and gotten caught on a branch.

Somehow seeing this, Caspian had climbed the tree and was in the middle of trying to get Wingwing down.

Caspian, who had jumped down from the tree, approached us holding Wingwing and asked.

“Is this yours?”

“Yes.”

Leonhardt answered as he took Wingwing from Caspian.

‘If you found your precious lost toy, you should act a bit happier.’

I stepped forward to cover Leonhardt’s indifferent expression and spoke to Caspian.

“Thank you. I got this as a birthday present, so I would have been in trouble if I lost it.”

Grinning widely.

I even added the smile that worked like a charm on the people of Roderick, but Caspian’s wariness didn’t disappear.

‘He’s been prickly since he was little.’

Feeling awkward, I pursed my lips for no reason.

Meanwhile, Caspian, who had been glancing back and forth between me and Leonhardt, asked accusingly.

“But how did you two get in here?”

“Well, young master…”

The middle-aged guard scratched his head as he attempted to explain.

If I let the guards explain the situation now, it was obvious they’d send us back since we’d found Wingwing.

“We came to Orbis by carriage!”

I shamelessly gave an irrelevant answer and quickly added more.

“Oh, right! I’m Miela Norken and this is my younger brother Leon Norken. We came to play at the villa over there.”

When I spoke in a rambling, rapid manner, Caspian looked dumbfounded.

Then he snapped back to his senses and asked.

“So why are you here?”

It’s not working.

I secretly clicked my tongue.

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