Instead of My Beloved Sister, I Married a Monster - Chapter 89

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Chapter 89

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It was when Evnia turned around in surprise at Ram’s sudden voice.

Giyermo leaned close to Evnia’s ear and whispered in a deliberately menacing tone.

“Well then, I’ll see you again soon. After all, you need to be alive to receive lessons.”

She reflexively turned her gaze back to Giyermo at the voice that rang out too close, but he had already vanished without a trace.

It was when Evnia was staring blankly at the spot where Giyermo had disappeared.

Ram grasped her shoulder and gently turned her toward himself.

Ram then briefly hid Evnia in his embrace while scanning the surroundings with wary eyes.

He seemed quite flustered by what Giyermo had just done.

Only after some time had passed did Evnia finally come to her senses and attempt to understand the situation belatedly.

“Lord Ram, what brings you here?”

“They said you hadn’t come back yet. And you—how did you end up meeting that Giyermo bastard? What was that he just said?”

“Hmm, well. I’m not really sure either… but it seems like he might have wanted this kind of situation.”

At Evnia’s rational speculation, Ram suddenly turned his gaze to her.

As if only then realizing that he was in contact with her, his hands slowly withdrew from her.

Though she had just heard something like a confession from Giyermo, Evnia didn’t attach much meaning to those words.

Giyermo had always tried to use Evnia to give Ram romantic stimulation.

Perhaps this time too, knowing Ram would come, he had deliberately orchestrated this situation.

Evnia thought that surely Giyermo hadn’t been serious about his strange proposal of romance lessons.

Though Ram couldn’t easily withdraw his suspicious gaze.

“…Why are you looking at me like that?”

“I was wondering what aspect of you makes men lose their minds and come running like this.”

“Lord Giyermo was just teasing you, Lord Ram.”

“There’s another one at the manor too.”

That was an undeniable fact.

Moreover, it was someone who had even insisted before that he liked her, so she couldn’t deny it.

When Evnia fell silent, having nothing to say, Ram took the fruit basket from her hands and said.

“It’s dangerous after sunset, so come and go early. You almost got into trouble again being outside.”

“I met Lord Giyermo during the day though.”

“You’ve been together from day until now?”

“There wasn’t anything as dangerous as you’re thinking.”

“If you’ve tested all your luck for today, let’s go home now, before we run into another strange fish.”

“I still have things left to do…”

“If you keep coming back this late, I’ll send that Klause bastard straight to the west, forget about a week or whatever. I’ll make sure he can’t even buy a single souvenir after coming all the way to the south.”

Had he already noticed the reason for Evnia’s long outings?

Well, it would have been harder not to notice.

The people of Litberg Castle weren’t close enough to spend entire days together, but they were at least on greeting terms when they encountered each other during daily activities.

But she hadn’t shown herself at all yesterday, and today she was out again, so her absence would have seemed strange.

Especially if the starting point of the change was clearly after the guest’s visit.

However, she hesitated to openly admit that she was avoiding Klause.

She was worried that Ram might question her reasons for tolerating Klause’s stay.

Unable to follow him without saying anything, Evnia offered a compromise after much deliberation.

“Then let’s walk to our manor, Lord Ram.”

“…Hm?”

“The sunset is beautiful.”

Suggesting to take the long way when they could arrive at the room in 3 seconds, Ram seemed inwardly flustered.

She had planned to suggest he go ahead if he said they should just use magic to travel, but surprisingly, no refusal came.

After pondering intensely for a moment with his mouth closed, he soon transported the basket in his hands somewhere. It seemed he had first gotten rid of the heavy burden.

Then, still with his hands behind his back, he walked ahead of her toward the manor and said.

“What are you doing, let’s go.”

Evnia hurriedly followed after him.

Though she managed to catch up to his long strides by moving her legs diligently, she didn’t feel like she had actually closed the distance at all.

This was because Ram, confirming that Evnia had caught up, slyly widened the gap again by moving to the side.

When Evnia immediately gave him a look saying “Lord Ram?”, he began spouting an absurd excuse as if he had been waiting for it.

“I’m currently trying to see the world with the eyes of my heart without being swayed by appearances. To see the essence of anything, you need to maintain some distance.”

“Is it some kind of spiritual practice?”

“Well, you could say that. But don’t get any strange ideas like I’m only doing this to you or that I’m uncomfortable with you.”

Even without him saying it out loud, it seemed like he was only doing this to her and that he was uncomfortable with her.

Could he still be conscious of the kiss they shared not long ago?

Evnia looked at him with curious eyes for a moment.

If facing her was uncomfortable, he could just avoid her like she did with Klause, but she couldn’t understand why he had even come to meet her.

Perhaps that was one of his good points that Evnia appreciated.

That he was someone who, even while feeling awkward about being together, would still come to fetch her personally when she was late.

“Your dedication to self-improvement is amazing. Even though you’re already so strong, you’re still practicing.”

“Oh, thanks for the compliment. You could become strong like me if you do the same.”

“Since it would be hard for me to become as strong as you, Lord Ram, I’ll give you a reward instead.”

“Oh my, a reward?”

“Yes, I’ll try not liking you for a bit, Lord Ram. Until we reach the manor.”

“…”

Ram immediately fell silent.

From his strange expression alone, it was hard to tell whether he liked or disliked the idea.

“Is that possible?”

“I’m just saying it to put your mind at ease, Lord Ram.”

“I suddenly feel very uncomfortable right now?”

“Hmm… While we’re at it, shall I pretend we’re not married too? From now on, we’re nothing to each other. Let’s go with the setting that we just met today for the first time.”

“If we just met, why are we going home together?”

“The sun is setting. A gentleman who is as kind-hearted as he is handsome is graciously escorting me home because the night roads are dangerous.”

“So the house is yours…”

Ram nodded sadly, having reached his own understanding.

She couldn’t understand why he had suddenly become so immersed when it wasn’t like she had actually taken anything.

She had thought he wasn’t keen on it since he kept objecting, but he had already closed the distance with her again.

Not too close, not too far—just like a well-mannered gentleman meeting her for the first time today.

The path home was long and the uncomfortable memories had disappeared, so they began exchanging trivial stories quite naturally.

Evnia asked first.

“Where is your hometown, handsome gentleman?”

“Surprisingly, it’s near here in Litberg.”

Ram answered as if playing along.

She had thought he had settled here after being granted Litberg land, but he was actually from this area originally.

It seemed that introducing him to the clothing store manager as a local wasn’t just something said because he had lived here long.

Evnia continued with curiosity.

“What kind of people were your parents?”

“Oh, they were scoundrels. They abandoned me as soon as I was born and left. They never came back after that. Well, it was such a chaotic time that even if they wanted to find me, they probably couldn’t.”

Though Ram answered as if it was nothing significant, Evnia felt her heart drop with a thud.

If she had known he had such a past, she wouldn’t have asked about his parents.

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