Let’s Tame The Crazy Heroine - Chapter 10

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Chapter 10

“Tsk, missed it.”

It was Louis.

Louis clenched his fist as if frustrated.

I patted his back to comfort him.

“We can go buy shoes next time.”

“Why?”

I was about to tell him the truth about meeting the third male lead, which was the real purpose of today’s outing, but I swallowed my words.

If Louis and Shamal were to get together, it would be better to create a more romantic situation.

“After encountering those bandits, I’m scared. I want to rest today.”

I made up some excuse to avoid Louis’s suspicion, and he looked at me with pitying eyes.

“Alright. This kind of situation is nothing to me, but it must have been frightening for you. Let’s just go home.”

Even though he said that, Louis seemed quite tense too, as he slumped down in his chair.

The problem was that he sat with his legs spread wide apart as usual.

But for now, I decided not to nag Louis about it.

I was quite grateful that he had tried to protect me when the bandits appeared.

I opened the carriage door to call the coachman and was met with a red crack cutting across the sky.

Ah, right! The world destruction gauge!

I quickly opened the system window to check the gauge.

[7% until world destruction]

The number had gone up a little, but it couldn’t be helped.

I had to confirm Shamal’s potential.

I tried to comfort myself and called for the coachman.

Then the coachman, who had been hiding among the escort knights, came walking out with another wink.

As if things had gone well.

* * *

After the bandit incident was resolved, I waited for Shamal every day, but he was nowhere to be found.

Since he was portrayed as an extremely timid man in the original work, I was worried whether Shamal would have the courage to meet Beatrice.

“I guess Shamal won’t work out after all.”

In that case, I should focus on the crown prince and the duke.

I looked out the window into the darkness and got up from my seat.

I was planning to go to bed, swallowing my disappointment.

But then…

The moment I took a step toward the bed, wind blew from somewhere and flung open the window connected to the balcony.

After fixing my hair that had been tousled by the wind, I saw a familiar figure standing on the balcony.

“Shamal.”

Shamal, who had been standing on the balcony, carefully entered my bedroom.

“Hello.”

“You finally came.”

“Yeah.”

Shamal fidgeted with his fingers as always and avoided my eyes.

“Are you a bit more mentally prepared now?”

“Yeah… I, I came because I wanted to try greeting Beatrice too.”

It was such a modest dream.

I was looking at Shamal as if he were cute when he continued speaking.

“B-but is it okay for someone like me to talk to such a wonderful woman like Beatrice?”

“Shamal, how can you say such a thing.”

Shamal had his shoulders hunched up completely.

Seeing him like that made me feel sorry and pitiful for him.

Come to think of it, Shamal’s backstory was just as unfortunate as René’s.

Shamal was a character with very low self-esteem because he grew up being abused by his single mother. That’s why he became so timid.

This won’t do.

First, before having Shamal meet Louis, I need to boost Shamal’s self-esteem.

That way Shamal can say sweet things to Louis and such.

“Shamal is our benefactor.”

“Not quite a benefactor…”

Shamal didn’t know what to do with my words.

I showed him the most gentle smile I could manage.

“If it weren’t for Shamal, we would have been in big trouble. Thank you so much.”

“N-no. It’s nothing.”

Seeing Shamal shrink even when receiving praise, I felt sorry for him and grabbed his shoulders to meet his eyes.

“Shamal, when someone compliments you, don’t deny it and accept it. Come on, repeat after me. Thank you for the compliment.”

“But…”

“Repeat after me. Thank you for the compliment.”

When I widened my eyes and insisted, Shamal stammered and repeated my words.

“Th-thank you for the compliment…”

That’s right.

I finally smiled happily and let go of Shamal’s shoulders.

Shamal seemed embarrassed and looked down again.

“By the way, your magic was really amazing, wasn’t it? How could you blow away so many people at once? It’s really incredible.”

“That’s just very basic magic…”

“Most people can’t even use such basic magic. Anyway, Shamal is really amazing.”

“Ahh…”

Shamal buried his head in his hands, seemingly embarrassed.

His earlobes showing through his dark blue hair were red.

Looking at him like this, he seems kind of cute.

Maybe a gentle man like Shamal would suit Louis, who is rough like a wild horse.

I remembered my mission to bring Shamal and Louis together and tried to encourage Shamal.

“Shamal, to make Beatrice like you, you need to believe in yourself and be confident. You have to love yourself first before others can love you.”

“I have to l-love myself?”

“Yes. When Shamal becomes confident, I’ll arrange a meeting with Beatrice then.”

“B-but I don’t know how to do that…”

Hmm…

After thinking deeply, I soon came up with a good idea.

“Then how about coming to see me whenever you have time? Every time Shamal visits, I’ll tell you one wonderful thing about yourself. Then you’ll come to like yourself, won’t you?”

Shamal seemed doubtful whether that would really work, but nodded obediently for now.

Hehe. Perfect.

I should compliment Shamal on things that Louis would like.

Imagining Shamal and Louis having a happy wedding, I waved my hand at Shamal.

“Then come often. Promise.”

“Yeah. See you next time.”

After Shamal left, I lay down on the bed feeling very relieved.

Now, Shamal would soon meet Louis, so only the crown prince remained.

“The crown prince…”

The character who was most obsessed with Beatrice in the original work.

He even liked her just from seeing Beatrice’s face, so he loved whatever she did.

“I wonder if the crown prince’s affection level is 100?”

The other male leads had high affection levels but not quite 100, so I’m not sure about the crown prince.

“I need to be able to figure it out…”

I looked up at the ceiling, then rolled over and wrapped myself in the blanket.

“I don’t know, let’s just sleep for now.”

Tomorrow I had to continue the heroine lessons that I’d skipped due to going out.

Just thinking about having to teach Louis everything from A to Z was already giving me a headache.

* * *

“Now, question.”

Louis was quite an enthusiastic student. The problem was….

“His Highness the Crown Prince said, ‘I’m busy with state affairs, so I must be going.’ What would be the correct response for our heroine to give?”

“Get lost quickly.”

“How is that something a heroine would say? That’s just something you would say.”

His wrong answer rate was high.

“Louis. If you keep this up, we’re really in trouble.”

I sat up straight and nagged him, while Louis picked at his ear and ignored me.

“Do you want to see the world end?”

“Wouldn’t hurt to see it once.”

“What do you mean it wouldn’t hurt! You said you wanted to beat up Gwak Beom. Then you need to get out of this novel as soon as possible!”

My head was throbbing. Did this man even have any intention of becoming a heroine?

Of course, it wasn’t like he possessed Beatrice’s body by choice, but still….

“Now, let’s try again. The Duke caught you when you were about to fall. What would be the correct response for our heroine to give?”

“Want your wrist cut off? Let go, you….”

“Stop! What heroine talks like that!”

“This is all I can think of, so what do you want me to do.”

“Let’s think a little more before speaking. Remember that heroine characteristics list we organized before? Look at that and think carefully about what you would say if you were a heroine.”

Louis seemed to ponder for a moment, then grimaced and muttered.

“Thank you for catching me.”

“That’s right! Just a little softer.”

“Thank you for catching me…?”

“Exactly!”

I clapped my hands in delight.

Finally Louis had said something heroine-like!

Meanwhile, Louis looked like he’d eaten something disgusting.

“Why should I be grateful.”

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