Let’s Tame The Crazy Heroine - Chapter 26

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Chapter 26

Somehow I had ended up placing my hand on Kaisis’s chest, and I startled in shock and quickly pulled it away.

“S-sorry. I didn’t mean to do that.”

Kaisis just stared up at me blankly without answering.

It seemed like he meant for me to hurry up and get off, so I quickly climbed down from on top of him, and Kaisis quietly sat up.

“The more I look, the more alike you are. Even in being high-maintenance.”

Kaisis said something, but my ears couldn’t catch it as I was flustered by the sudden physical contact.

I wasn’t originally this type of character, but strangely, just being with Kaisis made me feel like I was causing trouble.

“A-anyway, as long as you get first place in the swordsmanship tournament, there shouldn’t be any problem with you becoming my guard knight! So prepare well! Fighting, you can do it!”

I rattled off my words rapidly and hurriedly escaped from Kaisis’s room.

Somehow my cheeks felt hot.

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Although I had entered Kaisis in the swordsmanship tournament because of the Count’s orders, I was a bit anxious about taking Kaisis to a place where many people would gather.

Of course, no one except me, who knew the original story, would know that Kaisis could transform into a human. And Kaisis was currently in human form, but…

There are always variables that exist.

What if Kaisis suddenly got excited and transformed into a dragon?

If that happened, both Kaisis and I would be finished.

Actually, the best thing would be to not keep Kaisis as a guard knight and safely distance myself from him…

Wait, there were three days left until the swordsmanship tournament.

What if I could find the identity of the black mage and a way to break the mark before then?

Then there would be no need to stay with Kaisis, right?

For that, I needed Shamal’s help.

In the original story, Shamal had briefly mentioned the evil dragon, and being a mage, he would know well about black magic too.

But come to think of it, it’s been quite a while since Shamal came to see me, hasn’t it?

To give him some praise after a long time, I immediately headed to the Marquis’ mansion with Kaisis.

Not forgetting to have both Kaisis and I wear gloves to hide the mark patterns.

As I got out of the carriage, a servant extended his hand toward me.

“Where’s Beatrice?”

“The young lady is currently in the garden.”

After hearing Louis’s location from the servant, I headed straight to the garden.

“Lou- I mean, Beatrice!”

“Oh, Rene. What brings you here?”

Louis was for some reason sweating profusely and breathing heavily.

Moreover, he looked anxious and restless as if he was hiding something.

What on earth had he been doing?

His appearance was so suspicious that I opened the system window, and a window showing [17% until world destruction] appeared.

Seeing that the gauge had gone up, he had definitely done something strange behind my back.

“What were you doing?”

“I was looking at flowers.”

He was sweating like that just from looking at flowers?

Louis wiped the sweat from his forehead with his arm, then gestured toward Kaisis with his eyes.

“By the way, what’s with that guy?”

“He’s Kai, who’s going to be my new guard knight.”

“New guard knight? Wasn’t your guard knight originally that pot-bellied old man?”

“He was, but he stepped down when Kai came.”

“Kai? His name is Kai?”

“Yeah, that’s right.”

It’s actually Kaisis, but.

Louis looked Kaisis up and down, then immediately narrowed his eyes triangularly and warned him.

“You better protect Rene well. If even one scratch appears on this kid’s body, I won’t forgive you.”

I looked at Louis, who was putting on airs, with suspicious eyes.

He had definitely been doing something, but what was it?

As I was looking around trying to find clues, Kaisis suddenly pulled me toward him.

“Why?”

“That human, I can sense the aura of black magic from him.”

“What? From Beatrice?”

As I looked up at Kaisis in confusion, Louis stared with wide eyes.

“Wait, didn’t you say he was a guard knight? Why is he suddenly hugging you?”

“Are you perhaps a black mage?”

“Black, what?”

Louis frowned as if he didn’t understand.

I quickly pulled Kaisis’s hand.

“Beatrice is not a black mage.”

“How can you be so certain of that?”

Well, because he’s a soul who came over from South Korea like me!

But since I couldn’t tell Kaisis that fact, I decided to make something up.

“He’s my childhood friend. If something was strange, I would have noticed right away.”

“Really? That’s strange.”

Kaisis still didn’t drop his suspicion, but for now he seemed to believe my words and let me go.

“Black, what is that?”

Louis was still looking at me with a furrowed brow.

“It’s something like that.”

It was too complicated to explain everything, so I brushed it off and looked around.

“What are you looking for?”

“I’m looking for Shamal.”

“That mage?”

“Yeah.”

“Why are you looking for him here?”

Well, because Shamal is always set to hover around Beatrice.

I looked around, but it was really hard to find him, so I decided to just shout loudly.

“Shamal-!”

I put all my strength into my stomach and shouted so that even Shamal hiding in a corner could hear.

But for some reason, Shamal didn’t show himself easily.

“Shamal! I know you’re here! Come out quickly!”

It seemed like he was being shy because he was in front of Beatrice.

I moved far away from where Louis and Kaisis were and went to a deep, inconspicuous part of the garden.

Then, not long after, the leaves rustled and soon Shamal appeared in front of me with a pop.

I knew he would be here.

“Long time no see, Shamal.”

“Mmm, hello.”

“Have you been well? You haven’t been visiting much lately.”

“I’ve been a bit busy lately. I’m investigating black magic.”

Black magic?

I, who had been planning to ask about black magic, spoke to Shamal with shining eyes.

“Do you know who the black mage is, Shamal?”

Then Shamal’s expression became quite serious.

It was an expression I had never seen before.

“Nobody knows yet. Except that there’s a black mage and a group that follows them. The Magic Tower has been investigating because the aura of black magic has been felt here and there.”

Hmm, even in the original story, Shamal didn’t appear very often, so it must have been because he was investigating black magic.

Anyway, since I couldn’t learn the identity of the black mage, I brought up another purpose for coming here.

“Shamal, I have another question.”

“Mm, what is it?”

“Do you happen to know how to break an imprint?”

“An imprint?”

Shamal had an expression as if wondering why I was suddenly asking such a thing.

“Uh, well, just… Ah, I came across it while reading a novel!”

As I tried to make up an excuse, Shamal made a hmm sound and asked exactly what kind of imprint I meant.

I hurriedly hid my gloved hand behind my back.

Since I was wearing gloves, the pattern couldn’t be visible, but I still felt guilty for some reason.

“An imprint with a dragon.”

“As far as I know, the only way to break a dragon’s imprint is for the imprinted person to die…”

So I really do have to die for the imprint to be broken…

“Isn’t there any other way?”

“Hmm, there might be something if we look through ancient texts.”

“Then could you look for me?”

When I grabbed Shamal’s hand tightly and pleaded, Shamal, who had been fidgeting, nodded.

“Mm, alright.”

“If possible, please find it within a month.”

“A month? Why?”

“Well, I absolutely can’t stand not knowing things I’m curious about. I’d really like to know within that time, if possible.”

I smiled awkwardly while making excuses, and Shamal tilted their head but still agreed.

Shamal said they would look through ancient texts at the Magic Tower and let me know, then disappeared with a poof.

I hoped Shamal would discover something, and walked back toward where Louis was.

“Did you find the mage?”

“No. They must not be here.”

“Really? Then let’s go inside. I feel sticky from sweat. Let’s change clothes and eat some of those cookies you like.”

Following Louis who walked ahead with heavy steps, Kaisis and I also entered the manor.

Louis, who skillfully received a towel from a maid, called out loudly for another maid.

“Nella!”

“Yes, Miss.”

Then a maid standing nearby quickly bowed her head.

“I’m going to change clothes and go to my room, so prepare some refreshments.”

“Yes, understood.”

After the maid disappeared, Louis turned around to look at us.

“Go to the room first.”

Having been possessed for quite a while now, Louis seemed to have adapted quite well to this romance fantasy world.

At this rate, might he say he won’t return to South Korea and will stay here instead?

I nodded thinking that could be possible, then took Kaisis upstairs to the second floor.

Even though Louis had given permission, it didn’t seem proper to enter the room first without the owner, so I planned to stand in front of the room with Kaisis.

I glanced up at the top of Kaisis’s head.

Since he was a character who appeared in the original work, I wondered if a favorability gauge might appear, but unfortunately or fortunately, the space above Kaisis’s head was completely empty.

It seemed to be because he wasn’t the male lead.

As I stared intently at the top of Kaisis’s head, Kaisis turned to look at me.

“What’s wrong, human. Did you ask me something?”

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