Male Lead Is Obsessed With My Health - Chapter 123

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Chapter 123

Five hours earlier, in a private building owned by Sperom.
The Business Exhibition was in full swing.
The children and I were touring this separate world.
“So many people…….”
I’d thought it was simply a Sperom family event, but I was wrong.
It was their own festival — merchants who’d flocked here to spend the massive fortune earned at the Founding Festival, alongside promising young sprouts of the future commercial world who had prepared precisely for this moment.
“I see you’ve attached one again today, as always.”
“This is our best-selling product. People really love the cute design.”
“The more complex the pattern, the better it sells! They’re moving incredibly well!”
……I had no idea why countless people were walking around with stickers plastered on their cheeks.
I kept my eyes deliberately glazed, pretending not to notice.
Because even today, without fail, our father had pestered me for stickers.
And he’d extorted a “Nice Work!” sticker from me.
We’d run out of “Keep Trying!” stickers, so I’d reluctantly given him one, and he’d been so pleased about it.
‘Could this have been Dad’s elaborate scheme all along?’
What was I supposed to do with this #scheming-dad #never-leaves-the-house?
“Arelin?”
“Oh. Yeah.”
While my mind had wandered, Fession had quietly approached, studying me with concern.
“Does something hurt again?”
“No. I was just thinking about something else.”
“If anything hurts, you have to tell me right away.”
“I will.”
Was he really so shocked by the idea that I’d been suffering and he hadn’t noticed?
Fession’s attention to me became even more meticulous.
“I’m just glad you got healthy so quickly.”
Fession beamed at me.
“How did you recover so fast anyway? It must be exercise, right!”
No, it’s Item Advantage.
It was the result of combining items the twins had purchased through a proxy at the Artifact Auction last time.
Originally, it was a trick item I’d used in the novel to keep up with the mage heroine chasing the knight Harun and Fession, but now it’s my support equipment.
‘Item Advantage is the best.’
I should’ve used it sooner!
I felt cheated about all those years not knowing this sweet secret.
‘The Childcare Unit did oppose it, saying muscles would atrophy.’
But since ancient times, humanity’s desire for convenience has been the engine of technological advancement.
Humans are tool-using creatures, after all!
‘Hehe. Once I added the Combat Support Potion on top, my stamina reached a level where I could nearly mimic that of a normal person — temporarily, at least.’
Agility Enhancement, Strength Enhancement, Stamina Enhancement potions!
Without question, potions were humanity’s greatest invention.
Potions are god, and I am invincible.
I bobbed my head, recalling the energy drink I’d lived with on my tongue in my past life.
“I’m glad you got healthy!”
Whatever the reason, as long as Fession was happy and I was comfortable, that was all that mattered.
Only I needed to know the truth.
Watching Fession smile brightly, I smiled back.
“But why are there so many mages here?”
The moment I spoke, another mage brushed past me.
Since the Magic Tower was (?) chasing me, I flinched even at the sight of robes.
“……?”
Harun looked at me oddly, but I pretended not to notice. Fession answered matter-of-factly.
“Mages are always strapped for research funding.”
“So they come here to make money?”
“They just make random things and sell them to cover their research costs, I hear.”
I’d learned an aspect of adulthood I’d never wanted to know. What was that about,
‘But maybe because mages made these things? Everything here is so desirable.’
At least that’s how it looked to me.
Everyone else just glanced around and moved on, tilting their heads in confusion.
“By the way, when are the twins coming back?”
The twins, who’d said they’d just greet the family elders and return, had gone completely silent.

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The twins were currently facing an unexpected crisis.
The Business Exhibition — a gathering where the entire vast Sperom clan came together.
Today, the exhibited goods were to be lightly toured, and then a business briefing would be held on just a handful of matters that family members had shown interest in.
Among these, some would become direct Sperom operations, while others often became affiliated companies or partner merchants.
“Right, you two.”
The family head, Duke Simon Sperom, was currently attending an Artifact Auction hosted jointly by the imperial court and Gremwat, which he was sponsoring, so the business briefing was being conducted by Philip Sperom, the family’s second-in-command and Simon’s younger brother.
That’s where the twins’ ordeal began.
“Haha. You’re starting a business under your own names? Already? Hahaha.”
They’d tried to greet him quickly and slip away, but he’d caught them.
“You’re still so young, really very young, and yet you want to test your business talents already — how very Sperom of you. It’s like watching my brother when he was younger…… he was so impressive back then…….”
Despite being inferior to Simon Sperom in every way, Philip Sperom was a formidable figure with tremendous influence within the Sperom family.
But perhaps due to the trauma of always losing to his brother, he was the sort of zealous father who wanted at least his children to win.
That was the problem.
“You really take after your uncle. Hehe. You really do.”
Ciel whispered.
“We don’t look like Dad at all.”
“Dad’s always saying he doesn’t know who we look like.”
Noel also shook his head.
Regardless of the twins’ opinion, Philip Sperom seemed deep in thought.
Though the Sperom family history contained no tales of kinship strife, with money flowing like a river through this colossal goldmine of a house, there could be no shortage of infighting.
It simply took a different form.
Only bloodlines that proved their worth held more.
Any direct descendant who manifested a Supernatural Ability gained the qualification to become a family head. Natural competition that winnowed victor from also-ran was the Sperom family’s long-standing tradition.
Philip Sperom’s eyes gleamed.
“Our Daniel is starting a new business venture too, so I think it would be good if you looked around together.”
The twins’ expressions died instantly.
“Haha. Since Daniel already has businesses of his own, he’ll be a great help to you two, who are just starting out.”
“Uhh…….”
Noel and Ciel swallowed the word “unnecessary” and exchanged troubled glances.
Daniel, Philip’s son, was now fifteen — a considerably older cousin to the twins.
Duke Simon Sperom had married for love, which was why his children came late.
As a result, the twins encountered Daniel often and knew him very well. They couldn’t have avoided it.
“Just trust your older brother. I’ll pick out a business item for you!”
A simple, well-meaning older brother.
The twins sighed.
“We just wanted to…….”
“Look around with our friends…….”
They didn’t need their cousin’s help. The twins had never intended to do business with their own abilities in the first place.
‘We were going to ask Arelin to pick for us.’
The audacity to offer up Dragon Byproducts on the spot, the instinct that created the sticker craze!
The twins were certain: Arelin would definitely be able to pick out an absolutely amazing business venture for them.
“What should we do…….”
The twins, who’d unintentionally brought this upon themselves, were troubled.
‘Dad said if we want a bigger capital fund, we have to be well-behaved.’
‘Haven’t we endured enough at this point?’
The twins had been turning over a new leaf lately. To what degree? Sperom’s retainers and servants were weeping with gratitude.
There’d even arisen a curious custom where everyone bowed toward Halbern Manor every morning and evening, saying it was all thanks to Arelin.
Their gratitude was actually justified.
Before, they couldn’t help but stir up something new whenever they were bored, but lately, anything related to Arelin had become endlessly entertaining.
“Daniel, we promised to meet our friends.”
“Yeah, we even brought friends along to see the exhibition together.”
Before they resorted to mischief again, the twins tried behaving well for once.
If you have any sense, get out of the way.
But Daniel had no sense whatsoever!
“Friends? That’s fine with me! Let’s all look around together!”
“Huh? Huh?”
This wasn’t how it was supposed to go.
Noel pouted. This was exactly when he’d regret not acting mischievously and should’ve just done what he felt like.
Suddenly, Ciel grabbed Noel’s sleeve.
“What?”
“Just wait.”
Noel tilted his head, watching Ciel giggle mischievously.
That’s when Daniel, noticing some tiny children roaming the exhibition hall, approached with a delighted smile.
“So you must be the twins’ friends. Nice to meet you, I’m……! Ugh-wuh-ahhh, His, His Highness the Crown Prince!”
Daniel nearly fainted upon seeing the wild Crown Prince.
‘Wait, why is the Crown Prince here!’

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