Let’s Tame The Crazy Heroine - Chapter 31

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Chapter 31

 

“…I never even thought about it.”

 

Somehow, I felt moved.

 

Kaisis had not only worked hard to keep his promise with me, but he had also treasured the gift I gave him.

 

He probably wanted to win to keep watch over me, but still, I felt like I had become someone meaningful to another person, even if just a little.

 

I don’t think I ever felt that way when I was Haneul Soo-young, or even when I was Rene.

 

The bridge of my nose tingled a little.

 

I carefully received the golden rose.

 

Another cheer erupted from the audience seats.

 

Seeing such a reaction made me feel a bit embarrassed.

 

The pure gold rose sparkled brilliantly.

 

Whenever I saw expensive items like this, I was always busy thinking about how much they might cost, but this time, Kaisis’s feelings reached me more than the object’s worth.

 

“Thank you, Kai.”

 

Kaisis just shrugged his shoulders once.

 

Now, since Kaisis had won, there was only one thing left.

 

The Count’s approval.

 

I approached the Count and said,

 

“Kai’s skills seem to have been sufficiently proven.”

 

At my words, the Count made a displeased expression.

 

His eyes still showed that he felt uneasy about having Kaisis as my guard knight, but after long consideration, he reluctantly nodded.

 

“Wait a moment, Father.”

 

Right, it wouldn’t be Louis if he let this pass quietly.

 

Louis, who suddenly interrupted, looked at Kaisis with an ominous expression.

 

“He seems like too excellent a talent to assign to Rene. If you would permit it, I would like to keep him by my side.”

 

What is he talking about?

 

I laughed incredulously with a “Ha!” and said to the Count,

 

“Kai is a talent that I brought. It’s only right that he stays by my side.”

 

“I also came to become Lady Sauver’s guard knight. I cannot serve any master other than the Lady.”

 

Kaisis also chimed in, but Louis Sauver did not back down.

 

“You don’t go out from the manor very often anyway, so it would be better to keep him by my side instead. Wouldn’t it make sense for a talent to be attached to me, who will have to lead the Sauver Family in the future?”

 

At this rate, it was obvious that things would go Louis’s way.

 

The Count was always on Louis’s side.

 

I frowned in frustration.

 

Anger surged up in me. But there was nothing I could do.

 

Right, let me just endure a little longer. I’ll just prevent the world’s destruction and sell the jewels to leave this house.

 

“Do as you please. Things will go the way brother wants anyway. They always have.”

 

Leaving Kaisis, who was trying to stop me, behind, I strode away.

 

I didn’t expect anything from the Count. He would do whatever that Louis bastard wanted anyway.

 

I walked angrily, grumbling.

 

When I had taken a few steps like that,

 

“Kai will be assigned as Rene’s guard knight.”

 

The Count took my side.

 

I turned around, wondering if I had heard wrong.

 

The Count was looking at me with a firm expression.

 

“Rene, you should take your guard knight with you.”

 

Why is the Count acting like this?

 

I was bewildered that this person, who would normally have taken Louis’s side, was suddenly taking mine.

 

“As Rene said, isn’t that knight a talent that Rene brought? So it would be right to assign him to Rene.”

 

I looked at Louis Sauver in a daze.

 

Louis said to the Count with his brow deeply furrowed,

 

“But, Father….”

 

“I hope you will guard Rene well from now on.”

 

The Count cut off Louis’s words and spoke to Kaisis.

 

The conversation ended with Kaisis nodding.

 

The Count and Louis headed to the carriage first, and I took Kaisis and went around the arena looking for the old man.

 

However, the old man seemed to have already left, as he was nowhere to be found in the arena.

 

Having no choice, I returned home by carriage and brought Kaisis to my room.

 

“Now that you’ve officially become my guard knight, you’ll have to move rooms.”

 

“Where to?”

 

“There’s a building north of the manor that the servants use. You’ll probably move there.”

 

Kaisis frowned as if he didn’t like something.

 

“Why should I stay somewhere else, leaving my master behind?”

 

“What? Then where would you stay?”

 

“The room next to yours. Since my master might run away, I should keep you close by my side.”

 

Since I had a history of trying to teleport leaving Kaisis behind, I could understand why Kaisis was suspicious of me.

 

“Then I’ll ask the Count to allow you to stay in the main building.”

 

Kaisis finally nodded as if he was satisfied.

 

After that, to avoid suspicion, I went to the Count and got permission for Kaisis to live in the main building, and Kaisis was assigned the room next to mine.

 

It felt like I was being watched, but it was still okay.

 

Because I had changed my strategy.

 

Building intimacy with Kaisis.

 

In case I couldn’t find the dark mage or a way to break the mark, I needed to become close with Kaisis.

 

Who knows? Maybe if I became very close with him, Kaisis might change his mind about wanting to kill me.

 

* * *

 

Since I couldn’t just sit still and wait for Shamal, I decided to look for ways to break the mark myself.

 

I went to the library in the manor with Kaisis.

 

Since the Count was obsessed with books, I should be able to find most books in the manor’s library.

 

When I entered the library, the librarian who had been dozing off startled and stood up.

 

“Good day, Miss.”

 

“Hi there. Do you know where books about dragons are?”

 

“Dragons?”

 

At my words, the librarian made an expression wondering why I was looking for such books, but still dutifully showed me where the books were located.

 

“They’re here.”

 

Looking where the librarian pointed, I could see books related to dragons lined up on the top shelf of the bookcase.

 

I smiled with satisfaction at the enormous amount of books I could see at a glance.

 

With so many, surely something would come up?

 

“Shall I take them down for you?”

 

“No, it’s fine. You can go.”

 

Since I wanted to comfortably talk with Kaisis while examining the books, I dismissed the librarian.

 

After the librarian disappeared, I climbed the wooden ladder to try to take out the books.

 

With each step I climbed, an ominous creaking sound could be heard.

 

It looks a bit old somehow, surely this won’t break, right?

 

—As soon as I thought that,

 

Crack!

 

The step I was standing on broke and came down.

 

Aah! I’m falling!

 

It was the moment I was swaying and falling backward.

 

As I squeezed my eyes shut, broad arms caught and held me.

 

When I raised my head, Kaisis was looking down at me with an expressionless face.

 

I could feel his firm chest muscles against my back.

 

Come to think of it, when I saw his bare body before, he had quite a good physique…

 

Did he exercise separately? Or do dragons naturally have good bodies?

 

While I was having these useless thoughts, I could feel Kaisis staring intently at me.

 

“Ah, th-thank you.”

 

As I faced Kaisis, I remembered the moment when I had fallen on top of him before, and my face felt hot.

 

When I floundered trying to escape from his arms, Kaisis easily lifted me and set me down on the floor.

 

But now that the ladder was broken, how was I going to get that book down?

 

And for a place that’s supposedly the Count’s mansion, is it really okay to use such an old ladder?

 

As I glared at the ladder with dissatisfaction, Kaisis reached out his hand.

 

The book that I could barely reach even by climbing the ladder was far too easily within Kaisis’s reach.

 

Kaisis pulled out the book and held it out to me.

 

“Is this the right one?”

 

I felt somewhat embarrassed as I took the book Kaisis handed me.

 

“Yes, that’s right. Thank you.”

 

I took the few books and sat down at a spot prepared in one corner of the library.

 

“Here, you read this one, Kaisis. I’ll skim through this one.”

 

When I handed him a book, Kaisis took it and began speed-reading at an incredible pace.

 

Not wanting to lose, I also immersed myself in my book.

 

The book contained various information about dragons, but content about imprinting was hard to find.

 

Since not much was known about imprinting, the information described in books seemed limited as well.

 

“Hmm… There’s nothing much here.”

 

I closed the book without gaining much.

 

Having apparently finished reading his book already, Kaisis was quietly looking at me.

 

“Did you find anything useful?”

 

“No, nothing.”

 

I sighed and opened the next book.

 

This one contained legendary stories about imprinting between dragons and humans, but it felt like ancient legends passed down from long ago, so it wasn’t credible.

 

Even that didn’t contain methods for breaking the imprint between dragons and humans.

 

Just as I was about to close the book, a certain sentence suddenly caught my eye.

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