Let’s Tame The Crazy Heroine - Chapter 57

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Chapter 57

What do you mean, how is it?

“What do you mean how is it. He’s the second male lead.”

“I think the Duke likes you.”

I flinched momentarily at Louis’s words.

Duke Wischurs likes me?

It was something I had suspected from before, but I never expected to hear those words from Louis’s mouth.

“The Duke wanted to show off his strength in front of you, didn’t he? He seemed bothered by losing at the sword tournament last time. So I arm-wrestled with him once. This much should be fine, right?”

“The gauge only went up a little, but don’t do that anymore. And the Duke is a capture target…”

“It’s ruined. That guy’s eyes have changed. I don’t think he likes me anymore.”

It would be a big problem if the Duke, who was the male lead, didn’t like Louis. Of course, there were still Shamal and the Crown Prince…

The Crown Prince was already ruined from the start. And Shamal… he was too timid, which was the problem.

“But the Duke can’t like me either. We have to follow the original story.”

“I know we have to follow the original story. But you’ve never been in love before, right? I’m not saying you should end up with the Duke. I just thought it would be nice for you to experience what it feels like to be loved.”

The feeling of being loved.

It was a feeling that neither Haneul Soo-young nor Rene had ever experienced.

Honestly, I was curious about what it felt like to love someone.

But as someone who had to follow the original story, I couldn’t let the Duke’s heart deviate from the original.

I had never experienced love anyway.

Since I had lived without knowing love until now, it seemed fine to continue living without knowing it.

“I’ll try going after Shamal or whatever his name is.”

It was the moment Louis patted my shoulder.

“Ouch, that stings.”

A stinging sensation, as if from static electricity, traveled up my shoulder.

When I turned to look at Louis in surprise, I could see that he was also slightly frowning, as if it had stung him too.

Ever since manifesting special powers like divine magic, I had become able to sense the aura of dark magic.

Naturally, I could feel the aura of dark magic from Louis as well.

But that aura had always maintained a similar level, and since there was nothing particularly strange about it, I hadn’t paid much attention to it until now.

But why is this happening suddenly?

As I looked down at my shoulder, I could feel the magical power inside my body churning wildly.

Why?

Could it be because Louis patted my shoulder?

I concentrated all my nerves and tried to check the dark magic aura I felt from Louis.

The aura seemed to have gotten a little stronger than before.

What could be happening to Louis?

Louis and I stared at each other blankly in surprise.

“You felt it too, didn’t you?”

“Yeah, it hurt.”

I carefully tried to hold Louis’s hand.

“Ah!”

Then, as if to confirm that the sensation I felt earlier wasn’t wrong, I felt pain again.

It was the same no matter which part of Louis’s body I touched.

“Rene, didn’t you say you react to dark magic?”

I nodded and answered.

“The dark magic aura emanating from you seems to have gotten stronger.”

It was an ominous sign.

* * *

First, I need to find the Crown Prince.

I need to at least find out who recommended the necklace so I can investigate that person.

Louis, Kaisis, and I set out to find the Crown Prince.

But the Crown Prince was nowhere to be seen.

“Where could he be…”

We wandered around the deck for a while before going inside the ship.

Then we heard lively music.

Following the sound of music, we saw people wearing masks and dancing in the banquet hall.

I vaguely remembered that in the original story, the Duke had held a masquerade ball, calling it an interesting event.

Beatrice and the Crown Prince had danced there too.

I peered into the banquet hall. Then I saw a familiar face wearing a mask.

It’s the Crown Prince!

Before approaching the Crown Prince, I grabbed Louis and gave him a warning.

“Beatrice, you absolutely cannot cause any trouble.”

“I won’t.”

“And you can’t add that weird ‘yo’ at the end of your sentences either.”

“What? Why. I was trying to speak politely in my own way.”

“It looks really strange.”

Louis made a groaning sound at my words.

I whispered in Louis’s ear.

“Louis, you said you were a company director before, right?”

“Yeah.”

“You would have spoken politely to the chairman then, right?”

“I did.”

“Try thinking of it as speaking politely to the chairman. That should make it a little easier.”

Louis nodded with a reluctant expression at my words.

“Alright, shall we go now?”

As we tried to enter the banquet hall, a servant approached us.

“You must wear a mask to enter.”

Huh? A mask?

But we didn’t bring any masks.

As I exchanged glances with Louis, the servant brought several masks.

“These are spare masks prepared for those who couldn’t bring masks. Please choose and wear whichever you prefer.”

Oh.

Louis and I each picked up a mask, and we also handed one to Kaisis who had followed us.

“You must not remove your masks inside.”

After we put on our masks, the servant explained the simple rules of the masquerade ball.

Revealing one’s identity was prohibited. However, it was okay to reveal one’s identity if someone else recognized you.

The masquerade ball was hosted with the hope that people would mingle equally regardless of status, so actively revealing one’s identity was strictly prohibited.

We nodded and entered the banquet hall where the ball was in full swing.

The Crown Prince seemed tired from dancing with other young ladies and was resting on a chair set up in a corner of the banquet hall.

Young ladies dressed like peacocks surrounded him.

We pushed through the young ladies and approached the Crown Prince.

“We greet Your Highness the Crown Prince.”

When we greeted him, the Crown Prince looked at Louis and me with a pleased smile.

In reality, there was no one who wouldn’t recognize the Crown Prince’s face, so the mask was useless.

Unless you were an extra with no presence like me.

I exchanged glances with Louis, and Louis immediately asked the Crown Prince.

“There’s something I’d like to ask.”

I could see Louis barely swallowing the words he was about to reflexively add ‘yo’ to.

“What is it?”

“You said before that if I won the bet, you would tell me the source of the necklace.”

“I did say that.”

“Since I practically won that bet, could you tell me where you got the necklace?”

At that, a crooked smile appeared on the Crown Prince’s lips.

“Beatrice, it’s hard to say you won. That bet was practically null and void.”

In an instant, veins bulged on Louis’s forehead.

Unlike Louis, who had caught a fox and even fought magical beasts, the Crown Prince hadn’t caught any animals and had fled instead of fighting magical beasts.

So it was right to consider Louis the winner.

But the Crown Prince shamelessly claimed that bet was null and void.

I could see Louis’s fists trembling with rage.

“If you’re really that curious, there is one way…”

“What is it?”

Louis was so angry that he reverted to his old way of speaking.

I watched Louis and the Crown Prince with an anxious heart.

“Dance with me, and I’ll tell you where I got the necklace.”

Then the Crown Prince stood up from his seat and extended his hand to Louis.

Wow, so this is how it connects to the original story.

As Louis stared silently at that hand, I hurriedly poked him in the ribs.

Accept it, Louis!

Finally, Louis let out a sigh and took the Crown Prince’s hand with his trembling hand.

As Louis and the Crown Prince left to dance, I quietly observed them.

When Louis and the Crown Prince came out, the people who had been dancing scattered in a circle.

Naturally taking the center position, they faced each other, bowed, and began to dance.

The problem was…

“Ugh…!”

Louis was an absolutely terrible dancer.

As he kept stepping on the Crown Prince’s feet, the Crown Prince groaned in pain.

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