Male Lead Is Obsessed With My Health - Chapter 168

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Episode 168

“Lord Cheiyen, what brings you here?”
“Ugh, so stiff. Just call me Cheiyen.”
“I don’t believe we’re on such familiar terms.”
“Aren’t we, though?”
When Cheiyen smiled with his eyes, a dimple appeared on one cheek.
What exactly was he trying to say?
“We share secrets, don’t we?”
The room fell silent at his bombshell statement.
“…….”
For a moment, I lost my words too.
“Wow, wow…….”
Even the Twins, who had been clinging to my side, gasped in shock and glanced back and forth between Cheiyen and me with widened mouths.
“What is this nonsense, no. Ugh. Seriously.”
What on earth was this bastard talking about?
“Why, did I say something wrong?”
Cheiyen countered with an even broader smile.
Was he doing this on purpose?!
Feeling wronged, I couldn’t bring myself to respond for fear he’d seize on it and spout more nonsense—so I just opened and closed my mouth uselessly.
I mean, really…….
In this awkward atmosphere, the thing that chilled me most was Fession, watching me with a hardened expression as if I’d betrayed him.
No, it’s not like that! Whatever it is, it’s not!
“Tch.”
As I glared at him indignantly, Cheiyen burst out laughing and touched my cheek.
I pushed his arm away coldly, but while I managed to stop him from touching my cheek, I couldn’t prevent him from spouting more nonsense.
“You’re cruel. Are you really just going to play with me and throw me away?”
I never played with you in the first place!
“I never picked you up in the first place, so how could I throw you away?”
“That’s too much. Are you the only one remembering that promise from back then?”
“I never made any promise with you!”
This is so unfair.
The stares directed at me grew increasingly cold.
Was my credibility really this low?
I don’t know what I’d done wrong, but because Cheiyen had won over the children’s hearts in just a week, things only got worse.
“I don’t know what you mean, but capturing another person’s affection is easy enough.”
Ah, I see.
Then go play with them instead.
“My interest lies only with you.”
Please, lose your interest.
“You make me restless, after all.”
What utter nonsense!
The mouth is the gateway to calamity!
I needed to seal that mouth shut first.
“Mmph mrmph.”
“Hm? What did you say? I can’t hear you.”
“Mmph mrmlgh.”
“If you ask politely—’please stop’—I might actually quit.”
This damn bastard!
Even as I glared furiously, he only smiled more. I felt so angry I might cry.
Mad dog.
“P-please……stop…….”
“Hm? Can’t quite hear you. Louder?”
“Stop it, you bastard!”
“Hahahaha. See? We’re close like this.”
Cheiyen smoothly deflected my punch and grinned.
This guy, seriously.
It seemed he’d anticipated that I’d lose my temper—because now everyone’s eyes had taken on the look of genuine belief that we were close.
“Wow, it looks like Lord Cheiyen and Lady Arelin are really close.”
“Right? They’ve been bickering like that since earlier.”
“Then what about His Highness the Crown Prince?”
“……A love triangle?”
No, that’s not it at all!
“But you seem closer to Lord Cheiyen than to His Highness.”
It’s over.
My reputation is ruined.
“What are you going to do about this atmosphere, you bastard?!”
I hissed quietly enough that no one could hear, and Cheiyen met it with a beautiful smile.
“So now you’re using casual speech with me? And calling me a bastard at that—I suppose I’ve become comfortable to you.”
“They’re misunderstanding!”
“Then make it not a misunderstanding.”
“……?”
What kind of nonsense is this now?
As I stood there blinking blankly, Cheiyen tapped my cheek as if wondering how I didn’t understand.
“At least on the surface, I look like I’m your age. You know that, right?”
Ugh, seriously.
He has so many ways to torment me.
“Get out of here, you would-be criminal.”
“What a sad thing to say. I’ll wait patiently until you grow up.”
“Please, just disappear from my life.”
Cheiyen laughed softly.
“I’ve told you before. Our little miss is cursed with fate itself—someone like me will cling to you whether you want it or not.”
This is impossible. I need to seal this mouth of disaster shut. As I grabbed Cheiyen’s mouth with my hand, a deeper laugh leaked out.
He really seems to be enjoying his life.
I thought I’d finally stopped him from spouting nonsense. In that moment—
“Gasp.”
“Gasp.”
I became aware of the sound of people catching their breath all around us.
Ah. Everyone had been watching just us two.
Don’t you hear something crashing somewhere?
The sound of my reputation shattering.

I’ve never engaged in Love Interest Management, yet because of Cheiyen’s antics, I’ve become a legendary master of it.
Ugh, my life.
As I sat in a corner, dwelling on my sorrow, someone suddenly patted my back.
“?”
When I lifted my head, my eyes met sky-blue eyes. Harun patted me gently, looking at me with pity.
“Is this sympathy?”
“I, too. Often.”
“Yeah, you often felt wronged too.”
Nod.
Sniff, only Harun understands my heart.
Now I understood why my favorability with Harun was at 44.
The original heroine must have fallen for him for this very reason.
Looking at the enthusiastic response from those scrubs with only 36 favorability, I could tell.
“Arelin, how could you do that to us?”
“Weren’t we your best friends?”
“When did you get close to Lord Cheiyen?!”
“You’re closer to him than to us?!”
These useless bastards!
“Go away, you idiots.”
The fact that the Twins’ favorability hasn’t broken 40 is entirely their own fault.
“Don’t talk to me!”
“Arelin-arelin-arelin, why are you only cold to us?!”
“Arelirin, you’re mean!”
They’re calling me weird names again.
Unlike the Twins, who relentlessly interrogated me without taking a breath, there was one person who should have rushed over faster than anyone and questioned me differently—and he was silent.
Fession simply stared at me with a smiling face.
It was unsettling.
“Fession, are you alright?”
“Yeah.”
“You’re holding your pen upside down.”
“…….”
For a moment, Fession stared blankly at the pen in his hand, then turned it right-side up and looked at me.
Our eyes met and he smiled, but somehow…….
“Don’t you have anything to say to me, Fession?”
Why are the Twins making more of a fuss?
The one who should be loud is quiet, so I can’t adjust. I used to wish I didn’t know what he was thinking when he’d drag me around cheerfully with that bright smile, saying we should exercise. But now I know.
‘Was my getting so sick that I needed rest such a shock?’
Should I tell him I was actually kidnapped?
The steel-like brightness that never wavered no matter what I did has been wilting lately, and now I’m the worried one.
He’s not the type to be like this. Why has he been so deflated recently?
He still laughs well, plays well, and is passionate about everything, but…….
‘I can’t figure out what he’s thinking at all.’
Human relationships are difficult.
For a social outcast, it was an unbearable trial.
“Really, you have nothing to say to me?”
In other words, I was asking if he’d be okay if we just didn’t talk about it. Fession, who had been blinking repeatedly, made a gloomy expression.
Well, of course. He made such a shocked face—there’s no way he’s fine with it.
“Do you know Lord Cheiyen?”
It was a question he’d dodged answering before.
I couldn’t bring myself to lie, so I nodded reluctantly, and Fession’s expression visibly hardened.
“Are you close?”
“No? Absolutely not? I want to erase him from my life?”
At my strong denial, the Twins raised objections.
“They say strong denial is strong affirmation.”
“Arelin-arelin-arelin, could it be?!”
“Could it be nothing!”
I should sew these bastards’ mouths shut.
Here lies the original mouth of disaster.
“From my perspective, the two of you seemed really close. What does my perspective say? It says the same thing!”
“My view is identical!”
“Be quiet before I take away your nicknames.”
“…….”
My warning made the Twins finally realize the gravity of the situation and they watched my expression nervously.
Though it was already too late.
After glaring at them with a chilling gaze, I let out a long sigh.
“We’re really not close at all.”
Why do I have to make excuses because of that stalker?
“I’m closer to you lot than to him. Don’t you believe me? I spend all my time at home anyway—how would I have gotten close to anyone?!”
As I pressed down my indignation and offered an explanation that wasn’t really an explanation, the Twins made strange expressions.
“We’ve never seen Arelin make that kind of face before, right?”
“She seems genuinely wronged. Is this acting?”
“Disappear, Twins!”
“Ahhh! Arelin’s being harsh to us!”
As I glared at the Twins and fumed, Fession approached my side.
With a serious, contemplative expression.
“So Lord Cheiyen has one-sided feelings for you?”
Feelings? For me? From Cheiyen?
These days, do they count one-sided interest and harassment as feelings?
“Uh…….”
My thoughts ground to a halt and I couldn’t say anything, so Fession clenched his fists.
“I won’t lose.”
“……?”

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