Male Lead Is Obsessed With My Health - Chapter 19

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Episode 19

There’s nothing in this world that can’t be done.
If it can’t be done, it’s only because you lack the money and power to make it happen!
“Is there really no way?”
“No, there isn’t.”
Damn it. My insufficient money and power are to blame.
“Ugh…….”
As I fell into frustration, Empress Ajeni’s expression grew worried.
“Is something wrong? Is someone troubling you?”
The world is troubling me.
“No, nothing’s the matter.”
Your son is the problem, though.
“I’m glad to hear he’s managing well without any troubles.”
To eyes as elevated as hers, we appear to be getting along without incident.
This is why adults are impossible.
I shouldn’t have dismissed this as a children’s gathering. Apart from the Crown Prince’s faction, the petty rivalries and squabbles these children engaged in among themselves put high society gossip to shame.
‘None of it concerns me, anyway.’
I had been excluded from it all.
Ostracized would have been the more accurate word.
I was going to die anyway.
“Is there anything else you’d like to request?”
“……Not particularly.”
There was something I was curious about. Could I ask?
While I was gauging her reaction, Empress Ajeni smiled first and nodded.
“But, Your Majesty. Why did you include me in this Gathering?”
I may be Halbern’s sole bloodline, but I’m no genius, and my future as the house’s heir is uncertain. Was there a particular reason you felt you had to include me?”
The moment I voiced the question that had always lingered in my mind, the Empress’s eyes widened. Then she laughed softly, almost to herself.
“That is…….”
“?”

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The Gathering continued today as always.
It only happens twice a week, so why does it feel like it’s constantly happening?
Sometimes I feel like it’s a daily affair.
From the toll of my swordfish-like body, every outing left me bedridden for at least two days, making time seem to rush by all the faster in my perception.
So far I’d been maintaining steady attendance, but I was reaching my limit.
‘I came to this world to watch the plot of a novel unfold from the front row.’
I didn’t want to become the protagonist, did I?
“Really, why does his interest keep persisting like this?”
What I’d thought was merely fleeting curiosity on Fesion’s part had now stretched far longer than expected.
Why on earth?
Even as I maintained an iron wall of hostility, I couldn’t understand why he remained kind to me.
It’s annoying. It’s a bother. I’m exhausted.
‘This is exactly why I wanted to skip the childhood friends’ Gathering.’
The Empress said that was absolutely out of the question.
When I asked her why she’d put me in the childhood friends’ Gathering, Empress Ajeni’s answer was simple.

“That’s a secret.”

If you were going to say that, why build up the tension in the first place? I felt cheated, but my status as a commoner meant I had no grounds to protest.
‘There seemed to be a deeper reason.’
That glimpse of wistful emotion in her eyes.
I was puzzled by the way she looked at me, as if projecting something else onto my face.
Could it be? Was there really something between Grand Duke Halbern and Empress Ajeni? Had my intuition finally managed to detect something?
“No.”
I didn’t want to get caught up in this world’s melodrama.
‘It might be entertaining to watch, but I’d prefer not to be involved myself.’
I just want to munch popcorn and observe from the sidelines!
Originally, anyone included in this Gathering had to include the five young nobles known as the Five Pillars of the Empire.
There were only me, Mubisk, and the Spelrom twins.
‘Why does Halbern have to be one of the Five Pillars?’
The status is far too grand for me.
“I want to be alone. Would everyone please log out?”
That’s when it happened.
“Oh!”
“Target spotted!”
I had suddenly become a target.
The audacious pair who’d made me their target were beautiful young men with white hair and golden eyes.
At a glance, you could tell these weren’t extras — they had that kind of face.
“Areli-ri-rin.”
“Arelel-el.”
By the way, my name is Arelin.
The Spelrom twins suddenly burst in and surrounded me in an instant.
“Arelel-el, you came early today?”
“Earlier than His Highness!”
“But later than us!”
“As expected, we’re number one!”
Slap!
The twins high-fived each other.
You two have such refreshingly carefree spirits. Must be nice.
“Why did Areli-ri-rin come early?”
“Thirty minutes earlier, no less.”
Because I’d been to see the Empress.
But there was no reason to explain myself straightforwardly to these two.
Even as I tried to brush past them dismissively, the twins followed me around.
“Arelel-el.”
“Areli-ri-ri-rin.”
By this point, a normal person would’ve given up and moved on, but where did this energy come from?
True to their reputation as Spelrom’s little demons. They didn’t earn their notoriety for nothing.
“Arelel-el~!”
At this rate, they’d follow me until I gave them attention, so I had no choice but to turn around and face them.
How do I know? I’ve experienced it before.
‘They were like this all last week.’
Remembering the torment of those days made my teeth chatter.
“What’re you thinking about, Areli-ri-rin?”
One of the twins tilted his head curiously. This one’s name was…….
“What’s your name again?”
“Areli-ri-ri-rin, you don’t know our names?”
“…….”
I’m sorry. That’s how it became.
I’d always called them by their set names — the little demons or the twins — so I found it hard to tell them apart anyway.
As I hesitated, the twins called out confidently.
“I’m Ciel!”
“I’m Noel!”
“Everyone calls us the angel twins.”
“……More like the demon twins.”
Childcare difficulty: maximum.
Just watching them drains your energy.
From the perspective of someone who’d read the novel and knew the future, there was something strange about facing these young saplings as they grew.
“Areli-ri-rin. What’s my name?”
“Ciel.”
The one born five minutes earlier — the older brother.
“Arelel-el. What about me?”
“Noel.”
The unfortunate one born five minutes later, destined to be the younger brother. Noel nodded vigorously.
“Now you have to remember our names, Arelel-el!”
“My name is Arelin.”
“Right, Arelel-el!”
“At least get my name right.”
“Right, Arelel-el!”
“…….”
I’d been forcibly renamed.
I’d tried all last week to correct this habit, but they seemed to enjoy my attempts so much that I failed. And clearly, they’re still enjoying it?
“Areli-ri-rin. Do you really collapse when you run? Can you show us?”
“…….”
What do these two think happens when I run? A circus act?
“I’ll give you something.”
“What is it?”
“My allowance.”
What they pulled out was a single Platinum Coin. Money equivalent to one thousand gold coins.
“Keep it.”
True to Spelrom’s nature. That’s something the family gives out early to dodge inheritance taxes anyway.
As befits Spelrom, who controls all the empire’s wealth, the twins had been raised in a different environment entirely — their spending was without restraint.
“This is incredibly valuable.”
“Want me to add one more?”
Or maybe these two really are just insane.
This generation of Spelrom might go bankrupt. They failed the gacha for getting sons.
“Even if you gave me a hundred of those, I still wouldn’t run, so just keep it.”
“Whine.”
“That’s so mean.”
“Mean is what you two are being.”
“Whiiiine.”
The twins made their sadness blatantly obvious.
Pure white hair and golden eyes that shone as if solid gold had been poured into them.
Like Fesion, the twins possessed no ordinary beauty themselves.
If the Crown Prince seemed like the very crystallization of beauty descended into the mortal world, then these two were, quite literally, angelic in appearance.
‘Their exterior really is impeccable.’
But don’t be fooled. Their inner selves are demons.
Had I been staring too intensely?
“What? What?”
“Mo? Mo?”
“Areli-rin, did you fall for us?”
The twins reacted quickly, sensing the emotion in my gaze.
“We’re pretty, aren’t we?”
“Cute? Charming?”
“I’ll even let you touch our eyelashes, Arelel-el.”
“And I’ll let you touch our cheeks.”
The speed of their tactical shift was remarkable — as if they’d never whined at all.
The twins thrust their delicately sculptured, beautiful faces forward and grinned mischievously.
Ah, now I remember.
‘This is the part where if the other person blushes and gets embarrassed, they pounce and tease them to death.’
Even those angelic faces were being weaponized to bully others — truly demonic behavior. Satan himself in hell would be impressed.
“…….”
“…….”
“……?”
Confused by the lack of expected reaction, the twins tilted their heads.
Truly angelic and strikingly beautiful faces they were, but I’d grown weary seeing them every day.
I wasn’t exactly inclined to suddenly develop a crush.
“?!”
The twins looked at each other, their eyes meeting.
In an instant, their pupils gleamed as they turned to look at me.
What was this glimmer filled with madness? Why? Why did I have this sudden premonition that my life was about to get harder?
“Get away from me.”
I’m sorry, Fesion. I’ve been wrong about you all this time.
I thought you were the most annoying one, but clearly that’s not the case. Compared to these twins, the Crown Prince is a saint.
At least you can reason with the Crown Prince.
“Move. Please.”
No matter how hard I pushed, my weak strength couldn’t budge them one inch.
“Areli-ri-ri-rin, you’re the first to treat us so coldly!”
“Is Arelel-el trying to provoke our interest through these games?”
Is that it?
“Areli-ri-rin is so cute!”
“Arelel-el is so charming!”
I’m not happy about this at all. Get away.
I tried to escape in irritation, but my own strength wasn’t enough.
I wished I were stronger. I didn’t normally wish to be stronger, but now I wished it.
Usually around this time, some mysterious voice would whisper, ‘Do you desire power?’
That’s when it happened.
“Hey! Twins!”
Bang!
The door burst open and Fesion appeared.
“Let go of Arelin!”
Fesion, face drained of color, immediately separated me from the twins and shielded me.
“Fesion……!”
Is this what it feels like when a white knight on horseback arrives?
I swear on my name and honor that I’ve never been happier to see Fesion than I am right now.

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