Instead of My Beloved Sister, I Married a Monster - Chapter 42

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Chapter 42

 

“Well, people will only come to work here once word gets out that Litberck isn’t as scary a place as they think.”

 

So he was conscious of that fact too.

 

It was a moment that made Seven’s assertion that hiring would be impossible seem meaningless.

 

Then there would be no need to go buy the provisions Seven had asked for, would there.

 

It was when Evnia was mentally calculating the time needed to hire new people and establish a system.

 

Ram made an incomprehensible proposal.

 

“So when we hear news that Countess Janet is throwing a party, let’s go together.”

 

“…Go together. To a party… with me?”

 

“Yes, you’re so pretty yet people call you a monster. The new bride’s reputation is too terrible. Let’s go show off the new dress you bought today, drink some good liquor, and have an amazing debutante at someone else’s feast.”

 

Saying this, Ram stepped onto the paved road.

 

Had the sun already begun to set?

 

The sunset light that had been hidden by buildings suddenly poured over his head.

 

The ends of his black hair, bleached by sunlight, were dyed red like his eyes. He turned his head to look back at Evnia, smiling like a villain as he asked.

 

“Why, are you scared?”

 

His tone seemed to ask ‘when I’m here?’

 

Evnia couldn’t give any answer and stared at him as if entranced, then blankly shook her head.

 

What would there be to fear if she was with him?

 

To Evnia, he felt exactly like the perfect male protagonist from a storybook.

 

It seemed like he would never yield to any hardship or adversity and would surely grasp victory in the end. Though the female protagonist standing beside him would certainly not be her.

 

‘What should I do.’

 

It was a feeling she had consciously tried not to reach a conclusion about.

 

She knew well that unrequited love would only make her miserable in the end.

 

There would be nothing more foolish than showing her most vulnerable side to someone who would surely hurt her.

 

Ram was a completely different kind of person from the Countess and Count of Hessen, but even so, they had one thing in common that made all those differences meaningless.

 

They loved Emilia.

 

He belonged to her sister.

 

It was wrong to carelessly touch what belonged to her sister, and even if she did, Evnia wouldn’t be able to have even a part of him.

 

People, and love, weren’t something that could be divided fairly among everyone like kindness.

 

Evnia knew all too well that she was merely harboring presumptuous greed.

 

But if this was a life lived to be punished anyway, she wanted to commit one big wrong at least once at the end.

 

Acting on impulse, Evnia reached out and grabbed Ram’s sleeve.

 

Countless worries flooded in for a moment, but Evnia sensed that at the end of those thoughts, there would be nothing she could say.

 

So she simply spoke her true feelings honestly.

 

“I… I think I like you, Lord Ram.”

 

“Huh?”

 

Ram reflexively asked back, then slowly parted his lips as if he belatedly understood Evnia’s words.

 

As if something he had never even thought about had happened, a voice filled with shock finally flowed from him.

 

“…What?”

 

* * *

 

“…Hey, what the hell is wrong with that bastard lately?”

 

Seven, unable to watch any longer, finally pointed out Ram’s strange behavior.

 

This was because Ram, who had come to Seven’s room carrying a bottle of liquor from broad daylight, immediately left again without saying a word as soon as he spotted Evnia sitting beside him.

 

Actually, there had been signs that Ram was avoiding Evnia from before.

 

Blatantly skipping meals where everyone gathered together, or clearly seeing Evnia but passing by without acknowledging her, or deliberately avoiding paths she frequently walked on…

 

They were all petty behaviors that were hard to point out aloud.

 

He had left it alone thinking Ram would restrain himself if it was a misunderstanding, but lo and behold, now it had reached the point where he was confessing with his whole body that ‘we really had something happen.’

 

Seven looked steadily at Evnia and spoke as if driving in a nail.

 

“Don’t think about pretending ignorance and beating around the bush. That guy definitely turned pale the moment he saw you and ran away.”

 

At Seven’s interrogation, Evnia lightly shrugged her shoulders.

 

She hadn’t spoken because no one had asked in the first place, but she had no intention of lying to deceive them.

 

Judging by Ram’s excessive reaction, it didn’t seem like it would be easy to hide it to the end either.

 

“Um… It’s probably because I confessed to Lord Ram.”

 

They say friends become alike.

 

Evnia thought Seven’s reaction to her confession was exactly the same as Ram’s.

 

Ram had also just moved his mouth for a while with an expression that doubted his own ears, just like Seven now.

 

Fortunately, this side was much faster at coming to his senses.

 

“…That’s the kind of confession I’m thinking of, right? Based on romantic feelings?”

 

“Yes.”

 

“When on earth?”

 

“When Lord Ram and I went out together alone last time.”

 

“And you’re only telling me this now?!”

 

“You didn’t ask…”

 

When Seven shouted, Evnia hunched her shoulders and trailed off.

 

Seven quickly closed his mouth and pressed the back of his neck as if he had a headache.

 

Was it such a surprising thing that she had come to like Ram? Or was the confession too hasty?

 

But at that moment, she felt like she would never be able to muster the courage again if not then.

 

Of course, this was only her situation, and the fact that her thoughtless confession had made many people uncomfortable wouldn’t change.

 

Among them, the most urgent problem was the outing to Schwaiger.

 

The ordered clothes aside, she wondered if they could even attend Countess Janet’s party together in this state.

 

Anyway, to resolve the dispute with Schwaiger Baron, they would have to go meet him.

 

‘Actually, the party might have already been held and he ignored it…’

 

Looking at Ram’s current state, it was quite possible.

 

Evnia made an excuse in an awkward voice.

 

“Actually, I didn’t know Lord Ram would react like that either. I just thought I’d hear an answer like ‘I’m sorry, but I can’t accept your feelings’ and that would be the end of it.”

 

“He’ll probably do that too. Once the shock wears off.”

 

“Is it that shocking that I like Lord Ram?”

 

“For that bastard, it would be like heaven and earth turning upside down. He may look like that, but he’s clueless.”

 

“So all the kindness he showed me was really purely out of pity…”

 

Muttering what seemed obvious even to herself, Evnia slumped weakly.

 

Supporting her chin with her hand and resting her arm on her knee, Evnia stared into space for a moment.

 

Seven spoke as if to encourage the dejected Evnia.

 

“Have courage. You’re the closest woman to that guy right now. You could say you’ve almost made it.”

 

“Are you cheering me on right now?”

 

“Why wouldn’t I? If you two work out, it would be good for Ram too.”

 

“Lord Ram doesn’t like me. Actually, I knew that too. No matter what I did, he wouldn’t accept my feelings.”

 

“Then why did you confess?”

 

“Because I knew the result, I had more courage. Since he would reject me anyway. I thought if it hurt only as much as I expected, I could endure it.”

 

“…”

 

“I didn’t mean to make Lord Ram uncomfortable too…”

 

Trailing off like that, Evnia soon put strength in her legs and stood up.

 

“Seven, I’ll get up first.”

 

“Why? The really interesting story is just beginning.”

 

“I think I should have a direct conversation with Lord Ram. To tell him he doesn’t need to worry about it so much.”

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