I’m The Male Lead’s Biological Daughter, But I Want To Live With The Second Male Lead! - Chapter 92

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Episode 92
‘This can’t be right. Does that mean… it’s really true?’
Sleep vanished from Aselt in an instant, and he shot up from the bed.
“Ah, how long has it been since my body felt this light!”
Kellic, who had been twisting about and stretching from where he sat, suddenly opened his eyes wide.
“Where are you going!”
Kellic hurried after Aselt and slipped out of the room.
Though the morning was still early, the servants had already begun their busy day.
“My goodness, Master!”
“Where are you headed in your nightclothes!”
“And you haven’t even put on shoes!”
The servants were startled by the brothers’ disheveled appearance, as if they’d only just woken.
But Aselt was too hurried to heed them, rushing down the corridor.
Notably, his Sunglasses were firmly in place the entire time.
Naturally, Aselt’s frantic destination was Mabel’s Room.
“Oh my~? Master~?”
Ella, who had just arrived carrying fresh clothes for Mabel to change into, spotted Aselt.
It was nice that he wasn’t cooped up in his room like before.
But what business could he have at Mabel’s door at such an early hour?
“Is something the matter~?”
“Ella, I’m sorry, but… could you wake Winter for me?”
“I beg your pardon? Winter?”
“Brother?”
Both Ella and Kellic looked taken aback at Aselt’s request.
After yesterday—after he’d collapsed from Winter’s fur clinging to Mabel’s clothes, no less?
The two of them worried for him, but Aselt remained resolute.
Finally, Ella quietly entered Mabel’s Room and emerged carrying Winter.
“Meow……”
Winter, who had been sleeping soundly at the head of the bed to avoid Mabel’s rough Sleep Habit, let out a thin yawn.
The small mouth that usually seemed barely open stretched wide, revealing sharp fangs.
Then, still cradled in Ella’s arms, Winter shook herself with a soft rustle.
The white fur of the white lion scattered all around.
But… Aselt was unaffected.
Kellic was no different.
“Huh? Wh-what?”
Kellic’s eyes, which had tensed with anticipation, widened in shock.
Winter was right in front of them, her fur flying everywhere, even settling on Aselt’s hair.
Yet the two of them stood perfectly fine, unlike yesterday.
“Huh? What? What?”
Unable to believe what was happening, Kellic clenched and unclenched his fists, looking down at himself.
The suffocating tightness that had seemed ready to choke him at any moment, the primal Fear that had boiled up within him—neither was there.
He could face Winter without a single problem!
“What—what is this? What did you do?”
Without thinking, Kellic raised his voice.
“Shh!”
“Hush, Kellic.”
Lest Mabel wake, both Ella and Aselt quickly pressed a finger to their lips.
“Mmph!”
Right, they were standing outside Mabel’s Room!
Kellic belatedly clamped both hands over his mouth.
But still bewildered, he could only dart his eyes back and forth.
‘He knows something.’
Aselt had been staring intently at Winter this whole time.
And Winter, in return, did not avoid his gaze.
“Mew.”
Instead, Winter extended her bandaged arm toward Aselt.
Aselt hesitated for a moment, then his eyes widened slightly as he saw what was tucked between the bandages.
It was a piece of Torn Paper from the book Aselt had given to Mabel yesterday.
As Aselt took it, their long silent exchange finally ended.
“I understand. If that’s your will……”
With words that made no sense.
“Thank you, Ella. I’ll take Winter with me now.”
“Hm~? Are you sure you’ve finished everything~?”
“Yes. Oh, and when Mabel wakes up, tell her something for me.”
Aselt turned as he spoke to Ella and to Winter, nestled in her arms.
“Tell her I’m sorry for troubling her all this time. I couldn’t overcome my fear in the end, but Winter helped me resolve it.”
Ella tilted her head at the cryptic words.
“Winter…… helped~?”
Both of them looked at ease today, unlike yesterday, and she’d wondered if they’d already conquered their fear.
But if Winter was the one who resolved it—
What on earth could Winter have done?
Still, she doubted Aselt would answer if she asked.
“What is it? What are you talking about? What does that even mean!”
Even Kellic, who bounced with curiosity, couldn’t get more than a shrug from him.
Ella watched the children head back to their rooms and looked down at Winter.
“What did you talk about with the young master~?”
She asked gently, but Winter offered no answer either.
The beast simply yawned broadly, as if to say it knew nothing at all.
It seemed the children had formed a new secret among themselves.
* * *
When Mabel woke, she heard joyful news from Ella while changing her clothes.
She wanted to tell Zigmund about this right away.
So she went down to the Dining Hall earlier than usual, but it was empty.
“Where is the Duke?”
“Ah, it seems he’s waking up a bit late today as well.”
Zack answered with his usual bright smile as he greeted Mabel.
“The young masters woke up earlier, but they’ve gone back to sleep.”
“I see.”
She really wanted to ask Aselt and Kellic if they were truly all right.
But that couldn’t be helped.
‘Well, even the Duke is sleeping in today.’
This was the first time during her stay at Duke’s Castle that Mabel had seen such a thing.
The moment Mabel sat down, Zack brought out the food.
“Here we are—this morning’s breakfast is an egg dish with fresh eggs and butternut squash candied in honey, and……”
Mabel listened to his elaborate description and chewed her food thoroughly.
Winter, sitting on the floor, devoured his portion of beef with the blood drained from it, eating with unselfconscious enthusiasm.
“How is this morning’s meal, if I may ask?”
“Yes, it’s very delicious!”
“Heh, this Zack Van Mercer thought the young lady would certainly enjoy it.”
Zack didn’t return to the Kitchen but sat beside Mabel, watching her with obvious contentment.
‘When I first met her, she had the face of someone who couldn’t even get a bowl of rice porridge.’
Over the past year, Mabel’s cheeks had filled out considerably.
Having grown like a bamboo shoot after rain, she now looked quite her proper age.
Though in Zack’s eyes, she remained endearingly childlike no matter what.
“Oh, you needn’t eat all the peas if you don’t care for them. This Zack Van Mercer is a man with that much flexibility.”
“No, it’s fine. The peas are delicious too.”
Admirably, Mabel rarely refused any food.
Unlike her two entirely carnivorous apprentice brothers, she ate vegetables readily.
She ate so enthusiastically that even when Zigmund surreptitiously moved carrots he disliked onto her plate, she finished them.
Of course, Zack caught him at it and made her eat an entire bowl of carrots afterward.
In any case, Zack was happiest watching Mabel eat so eagerly like this.
‘I made her…… I…… I made our young lady into such a lovely child…….’
A moment more and he’d be claiming he’d given birth to her himself.
But Mabel paid no mind to Zack’s suffocating gaze.
She’d grown accustomed to it by now.
Mabel rose from her seat only after spearing even the last pea with her fork and eating it neatly.
“Thank you for the meal!”
“I’m grateful once again, young lady.”
Zack placed his hand over his heart, expressing his deep emotion.
Winter also belched softly, conveying that this morning’s meal had been splendid as well.
“Of course. Thank you as well.”
Zack stroked Winter’s head and immediately began clearing the plates.
‘Today I’ll have to make the young lady some premium chocolate cake for her snack time.’
That was when Zack’s thoughts turned to Mabel’s afternoon treat.
“Well then, shall we go see the master?”
Mabel said this while cradling Winter, whose belly had grown pleasantly round.
Yesterday she’d forgotten because she’d been occupied waiting for Aselt and Kellic, but today she planned to wake him herself.
It was then that Zack, having overheard her words, spoke up while tidying the table.
“Ah, miss. I’d advise against that.”
Zigmund rarely slept late, but when he did, he was never to be disturbed under any circumstances.
Zack continued his explanation as he arranged the dishes with practiced efficiency.
“He seems to be having a rather unpleasant dream, and the last time Dain woke him, it caused quite the commotion… Hm?”
But when he turned to look at the Dining Hall, it stood empty.
For a moment he faltered, but then Zack merely shrugged.
“Well, I suppose it’ll be fine since Ella is there.”
Ella also knew about Zigmund’s sleeping habits.
Zack was confident she would handle the situation with her usual good sense.
But when Zack returned to the Kitchen, he nearly dropped all the plates.
“…Ella?”
“Yes~?”
“…What on earth are you doing here?”
There she was in the Kitchen, eating snacks—when he’d thought she’d followed Mabel!

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