Let’s Tame The Crazy Heroine - Chapter 49

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Chapter 49

Kaisis stopped mid-rise and looked at me.

“When the wolf monsters attacked, you know. They attacked all the humans, but there was exactly one person they didn’t attack.”

“What?! Who was that?”

“I don’t know.”

Haha, I felt embarrassed too and scratched the back of my head following Louis Sauver.

“Hahaha. We’re not friends for nothing.”

Louis Sauver laughed so hard at something that the room seemed to shake.

“But there was a distinctive pattern on their riding outfit. It looked like this…”

I received paper and pen from Louis Sauver and drew the pattern from my memory.

A pattern that looked like a flower design, or perhaps a geometric pattern.

Though I drew it a bit poorly, it was roughly similar.

Louis Sauver stared intently at the pattern, then shook his head as if he didn’t know.

However, Kaisis stared at the paper as if he would bore a hole through it, then quietly muttered a word.

“Doesn’t this look similar to a dark magic circle?”

Come to think of it, it was very similar to the dark magic circle pattern that had been under Louis Sauver’s bed.

It wasn’t for nothing that I felt like I’d seen the pattern embroidered on the riding outfit somewhere before.

“If that person is a dark mage, it makes sense that the monsters didn’t attack only that person. The dark mage would have been controlling the monsters.”

“Moreover, the dark mage could be one of the nobles.”

We became quite serious, but since we had woefully insufficient information, we kept repeating the same conversation.

Eventually, we decided to investigate where the Crown Prince had obtained that necklace and what the identity of that pattern was, then parted ways.

After Louis Sauver and Kaisis left, I lay on the bed thinking about Kaisis, who had seemed somewhat cold.

No matter how much I thought about what happened at the hunting competition, there didn’t seem to be any reason for Kaisis to be cold toward me.

Wait, come to think of it, the world destruction gauge seemed to have risen after the competition ended, but I can’t remember clearly.

Monsters suddenly appeared, I gained divine magic power, and an unidentified person showed up.

It was a combination that couldn’t help but raise the gauge.

Worried, I quickly opened the system window.

[65% until world destruction]

Aaah! I knew it would rise, but I didn’t expect it to rise this much!

I clutched my head, wondering how to resolve this.

* * *

Knock knock.

While I was deep in sleep, I heard knocking sounds.

Knock knock knock.

Who is it?

When I answered with a “Ngh…,” the door opened.

And the person who entered was…

“Lady Sauver, you’re awake.”

It was Duke Wischurs.

I looked at the Duke with a surprised expression.

I wasn’t surprised that the Duke came to visit me…

[Affection 20%]

It was because the Duke’s affection had been reduced.

By a full 30% compared to before.

I had worked well with Louis Sauver to deal with the monsters at the hunting competition, so why did his affection suddenly drop?

While I was flustered, the Duke revealed a gift he had hidden behind his back.

“It’s a bouquet.”

The bouquet made of red roses was quite abundant.

As I stared intently at the bouquet, the Duke continued speaking.

“I’m glad you’re awake. Are you feeling alright?”

“Yes, I’m fine.”

I received the red rose bouquet and immediately set it down on the nightstand.

Not taking even one sniff of the flower fragrance and placing it directly on the nightstand was, in a way, equivalent to drawing a line.

The Duke’s expression looked somewhat disappointed as he looked at the bouquet sitting there forlornly.

I hurriedly changed the subject.

“By the way, are the other people alright?”

“Thanks to Lady Sauver saving them, everyone is safe.”

“I see. That’s a relief.”

“Lady Sauver… truly has such a kind heart.”

“Pardon?”

As I looked up at the Duke with bewildered eyes at his sudden words, the Duke smiled gently and added,

“Even while being so seriously injured, you worry about others first. During the hunting competition too, you saved people first without caring for your own safety.”

“That’s just… because I was the only one who could do it…”

“Still, ordinary people would prioritize their own safety first. But Lady Sauver did not do so. You’re truly remarkable.”

The Duke smiled gently as he looked down at me.

His gaze was strangely tickling, as if he was looking at someone he liked. Of course, the Duke couldn’t possibly like me.

A male lead liking an extra character over the female protagonist? That’s ridiculous.

Of course, it was common in the romance novels I’d read, but only when the person who transmigrated was the female protagonist.

Between Louis Sauver and me, Louis Sauver was clearly the female protagonist.

The Duke picked up the bouquet I’d placed on the nightstand and put it in an empty vase on the table.

“I think it would look nice here, is that alright?”

“Y-yes. It’s quite pretty.”

“That’s a relief. I carefully considered and chose these flowers.”

I see…

Why on earth would he carefully consider flowers to give to me, just an extra character…?

I tried to suppress the anxiety that was slowly rising from a corner of my heart.

Louis Sauver hadn’t done anything. But the Duke’s affection had dropped by a full 30%.

It couldn’t be true, but what if the Duke liked me?

No, that can’t be.

As I said before, why would he like me when there’s a beautiful female protagonist?

It doesn’t make sense.

I suppressed my anxious feelings.

The Duke looked at the roses in the vase with satisfaction, then turned toward me.

“I’d like to stay a little longer, but if I did, Lady Sauver might overexert herself, so I’ll take my leave now.”

The Duke approached me and brushed aside my hair that had become disheveled from sleep.

It was an affectionate gesture, as if he was doing it to someone he liked.

No, why is he suddenly acting like this?

“Then I’ll come visit again next time.”

He’ll come again next time? Why?

When I looked at the Duke with a flustered expression, he smiled affectionately and opened the door.

He made eye contact with Kaisis, who was standing guard outside.

Kaisis turned his gaze to stare intently at the red roses on the table, then looked at me again.

Then he bowed to the Duke as he left the room and resumed his guard duty.

Kaisis’s expressionless face as he looked at me kept bothering me.

* * *

Several days passed like that.

While I was feeling frustrated about being confined to my room, Kaisis and the doctor entered.

“You’re almost fully recovered now, but the wound on your back might leave a scar.”

While the doctor was examining me, Kaisis stood in a corner of the room like a shadow.

The doctor gave me an ointment to apply regularly and left, but unfortunately, since the injured area was on my back, it was difficult for me to apply it alone.

I made a groaning sound as I struggled to sit up, but Kaisis paid no attention and tried to leave the room.

Normally, he would have told me not to get up, or tried to help me up himself!

“Kaisis.”

Unable to bear it any longer, I called out to stop Kaisis.

Then Kaisis stopped and looked at me.

“Could you apply some medicine for me?”

When I pointed to the ointment on the nightstand, Kaisis shook his head.

“I’ll call a maid for you.”

Formal speech again when we’re alone together!

I spoke firmly to Kaisis.

“No. You apply it, Kaisis. That’s an order.”

Then Kaisis’s eyes wavered.

I carefully lowered my slip and sat with my back exposed.

“Hurry up, Kaisis.”

After hesitating for a long while, Kaisis finally took a step, and soon I heard the sound of him picking up the ointment.

Eventually, Kaisis approached and his hand carefully applied more ointment over my wound.

But Kaisis’s hand touching my back was trembling.

What’s wrong with him?

When I tried to turn my head to look back, Kaisis stopped me.

“Please don’t turn around.”

At his cold words again, I pouted and sat still.

Every time Kaisis’s hand brushed against the wound, throbbing pain shot through me.

“…Does it hurt?”

“A little.”

I was frowning when Kaisis, having finished applying the ointment, carefully withdrew his hand.

“Then I’ll take my leave now.”

Kaisis quickly left before I could even thank him.

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That afternoon, an unexpected visitor came.

I was lying in bed looking up at the wall painting when I heard someone knocking on the door and turned my head.

“Come in.”

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