Instead of My Beloved Sister, I Married a Monster - Chapter 15

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Chapter 15

“Now, it’s time for dessert.”

Just then, Giyermo emerged from the kitchen, wheeling a trolley toward the dining table.

On it were neatly arranged dessert plates that had been prepared beforehand before the meal.

Compared to the previous meal when appetizers and desserts had been served simultaneously, this was truly remarkable progress. Since it was his first time, naturally not everything could be perfect.

Evnia glanced at the clock on the wall and said.

“Giyermo. Here, you should normally wait a bit longer before coming out. If dessert comes out at such short intervals, it might interrupt important conversations.”

“Important conversations? Everyone except the bride was just eating food like pigs without any manners.”

Giyermo tilted his head as if he couldn’t understand.

Though Giyermo’s words were undoubtedly true, Evnia couldn’t agree with him in front of everyone.

When Evnia muttered in a much smaller voice, “I was just explaining the principle…,” Giyermo primly replied that he would be more careful in the future.

Meanwhile, Levi flew over to the trolley and began sticking his beak into the desserts, completely negating Evnia’s correction.

Even those sitting quietly in their seats seemed to have all their attention focused on the dessert, staring intently at the plates on the tray.

After a fierce battle with Levi, Giyermo succeeded in serving everyone their portion of dessert.

Today’s dessert was apple fritters—battered and fried apples topped with fresh cream.

Hanna blushed and let out an exclamation the moment she took a bite, while Count Max shed a tear at the taste of civilization he hadn’t experienced in so long.

And Seven, as soon as he received his plate, shoved a large piece of apple into his mouth without even cutting it.

With such a small frame, it was impossible to know where all that food was going.

Though she was grateful that he ate well without complaining.

Evnia pushed her portion of dessert toward Seven and said.

“Seven, would you like some more dessert?”

“There’s an absurd prejudice in the world that all young and cute things must like sweet food. I despise that prejudice.”

Seven answered with a hardened expression.

Since he had devoured the dessert as soon as it appeared, she had thought he liked sweets, but perhaps he was the type who ate disliked foods first?

Evnia apologized in a dejected voice.

“I’m sorry.”

“Because of that prejudice, I can’t comfortably reveal my preferences. One more bowl!”

Seven shouted this and received the new plate Evnia offered with a delighted expression.

He nudged Ram, who was sitting next to him, with his elbow and whispered loud enough for everyone to hear.

“Hey, just marry this girl. She’s young and pretty.”

Ram seemed to take Seven’s words as an unfunny joke and just let out a chuckle.

Should she be relieved that the atmosphere didn’t become awkward? Evnia was habitually putting on a harmless smile when.

Giyermo pulled out a champagne bottle from under the trolley and began pouring alcohol into everyone’s glasses.

Not forgetting to include his own portion, he tapped his champagne glass with a spoon to draw attention. Naturally, everyone’s eyes focused on him.

“Well then, shall we all raise a toast to celebrate the bride’s arrival at our manor?”

A very deep smile played on Giyermo’s lips as he spoke.

Had he always smiled with that kind of feeling?

While Evnia wondered inwardly, everyone except her stood up from their seats.

Perhaps using Evnia as an excuse, even Ram didn’t object to Giyermo’s suggestion this time.

When Evnia, who had belatedly come to her senses, also stood up, everyone raised their glasses high as if they had been waiting.

Even Levi, who couldn’t hold a wine glass, seemed to want to join the toast as he stared intently at their hands with glass-like eyes.

“To the new connection we’ve welcomed after so long!”

“Ugh, terrible line.”

“If you really look at it, he wants to do everything humans do.”

Though Seven and Ram’s complaints followed like echoes, no one actually avoided the toast.

Everyone’s glasses came together in the center, and the sound of clinking glass rang out clearly.

Evnia slowly took a sip of alcohol, matching the movements of the others.

“Oh, that ring…”

Seven suddenly spoke incomprehensible words, stopping mid-way as he brought his glass to his mouth. His gaze was fixed on Evnia’s left hand.

At this, Ram, who had been swallowing champagne, only turned his eyes to look at Evnia.

At the same moment, a clear golden light the same color as the alcohol began to explosively spread out from Evnia and Ram as the center.

Like magic.

The dining hall instantly became chaos.

The wind blew so roughly that it was hard to even open their eyes properly, but Evnia desperately tried to look in Ram’s direction.

Because she hoped he would resolve this situation or at least provide some explanation.

Perhaps Ram’s thoughts weren’t much different from hers.

He too seemed to judge that this was a problem he needed to take responsibility for, as he hurriedly pushed through the wind and approached Evnia. Then he pulled her into his arms as if to protect her.

He then began whispering some kind of incantation, but his words were too fast and the wind too noisy to understand properly.

What reached her ears more clearly was Seven’s thunderous shout directed at them.

“Ram! You stupid bastard, why are you casting a defensive spell now! Is marriage some kind of curse attack to you!”

Those words seemed to reach Ram easily enough.

Ram, who understood the meaning half a beat late, hesitantly loosened the strength in the hand that had been wrapped around Evnia’s back.

At the same time, she could feel the air around them slowing down.

The golden particles of light that had been floating around also gradually sank down and melted into the floor like snowflakes.

Even after the wind had completely stopped, Evnia remained motionless for a moment with her forehead against Ram’s chest.

She couldn’t tell whether her heart was beating so fast because of the recent commotion or because she was too close to him.

Evnia was tensing her body to avoid touching him more than necessary when.

Ram, who had released her waist, intertwined his hand with her left hand and lifted it up.

Ram, who had been carefully examining her ring finger as if he couldn’t believe it, soon asked himself in a dazed voice.

“…Married? We are?”

“…What?”

Unlike Evnia, who didn’t understand the situation at all, Ram seemed to be gradually grasping how things were unfolding.

Ram lowered Evnia’s hand and turned to look at Giyermo, grinding his teeth fiercely.

Giyermo was standing a step away from the commotion, leisurely swirling his champagne glass.

Ram asked with an expression that was beyond absurd to the point of being ridiculous.

“You prepared quite an elaborate trap?”

“Isn’t it the fault of the person who didn’t notice? The bride has been wearing that ring since she entered here.”

“What gentleman stares so intently at a strange woman’s fingers!”

“She’s not a strange woman but a woman to marry. You should have looked carefully.”

By this point, Evnia could fully realize that the gift she had received from Giyermo had caused the problem.

While Evnia struggled to remove the ring from her ring finger, Ram and Giyermo began shouting at each other.

“What exactly is your purpose? Why are you going to such lengths to screw me over! Don’t tell me you’re getting revenge because I brought you here?”

“You sang about wanting to get married so much, so I married you off, and now why are you making a fuss! Just forget that dead woman and be happy!”

“When did this crazy bastard start caring so much about my happiness! My life is perfectly livable without you, so if you’re really concerned, go drown yourself in dishwater!”

Ram, who had been shouting as if bursting with rage, suddenly turned his head to look for Levi.

Levi was sitting on the dining table, diligently pecking at apple pieces as if the fight happening beside him was of no concern.

Ram approached Levi, carelessly pushing chairs out of the way, and began his interrogation with a menacing air.

“Levi, you recognized that ring. Why didn’t you say anything?”

“I like that woman as a new marriage partner too. Caw!”

At Levi’s shameless answer, not only Ram but even Evnia was momentarily speechless.

What could be the reason for suddenly supporting a woman he had shown no interest in, thinking she would be kicked out, as his master’s remarriage partner?

The reason for his change of heart was simple.

Levi boldly stretched out his foot to point at the dessert plate and shouted.

“I want this for dessert tomorrow too. Caw!”

Finally, the surroundings became as quiet as death.

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