Male Lead Is Obsessed With My Health - Chapter 48

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Chapter 48

It was a familiar face.
‘Arelin.’
Harun froze where he stood, facing her directly.
“…….”
“…….”
The silence stretched on.
‘Why is she like that?’
A belated question formed in his mind.
Arelin’s eyes went wide with surprise at the sight of Harun. Then, failing to find the right moment to greet each other, the two descended into awkward silence.
Neither of them was particularly gifted at social interaction, making any warm conversation all but impossible.
‘Just ignore her and go.’
Arelin decided to ignore Harun and turned her attention elsewhere.
But when Harun saw her do so, he missed the window to ignore her in turn.
‘Should I just pass by? Am I allowed to leave?’
But it bothered him too much.
It bothered him so much he couldn’t simply walk away!
A sidelong glance.
‘How could I ignore that?’
In the end, Harun abandoned the idea of passing by and sat down beside her instead. The fragrance of spring drifted thickly through the air.
“?”
Arelin sent him a questioning look. Harun was just as puzzled.
After much deliberation, Harun asked a question.
“…Are you hurt?”
“……?”
Her rose-tinted eyes widened at his words.
“You can talk.”
“?”
“I didn’t know you could.”
“…….”
In a voice devoid of emotion, Arelin blinked, her long lashes fluttering like butterfly wings.
“I’ve never heard your voice before.”
Harun fell silent once more.
Not knowing what to say, feeling an inexplicable warmth creeping into his cheeks, he pressed his lips firmly together.
‘What is this?’
He felt confused.
“Harun?”
Arelin tilted her head curiously. Harun still couldn’t make sense of the turmoil inside him.
“You’re not the one who’s hurt, are you?”
He should have said no.
“Harun, are you hurt?”
“No, I’m not.”
“Neither am I.”
“…….”
There was a hint of playfulness in her voice as she said it wasn’t hurt. Harun looked at her with a touch of reproach.
Arelin laughed brightly. It was the first radiant smile he’d seen from her.
How could he possibly stay angry when she smiled like that?
“You were worried about me? How kind.”
He should have been cross.
At the presumptuous hand ruffling his hair. At her teasing tone.
Yet somehow, anger wouldn’t come.
Was it because her frame was so much smaller than others her age? Or because her eyes held the gentleness of spring itself?
“So why are you sitting here like that?”
“Oh.”
Arelin’s expression darkened instantly.
“The twin demons…….”
“Ah.”
Without needing any detailed explanation, Harun understood everything from that single phrase.
The lesser demons of Sperom were an impartial calamity upon all.
“Should I help?”
“How?!”
Seeing Arelin perk up and ask, Harun stammered out a response.
“Twin demons lose interest quickly if something bores them, so if we target that…….”
“Interest.”
Harun nodded.
“That’s good!”
Arelin’s eyes lit up with delight, but then her expression suddenly hardened.
“But what happens if their interest doesn’t fade?”
“?”
Harun tilted his head uncertainly.
It was something he had never considered before.

* * *

Operation Friend Shield got off to a rocky start from the very beginning.
My plan was simple.
Make friends with someone else and use socializing as an excuse to dodge Fession’s training!
‘Even Fession can’t stop my social activities!’
It was a perfectly grand scheme!
The moment I arrived at the Silver Gathering, I realized my mistake.
“Oh, right.”
I was currently the target of intense jealousy.
Finding a friend turned out to be an uphill battle from the start.
And as if jealousy weren’t enough—
“Arelin!”
“Arelin!”
I’d been marked by the Silver Gathering’s worst villains: the mischievous demons of Sperom.
I managed to escape before they dragged me away and picked my soul clean, but I was at a loss for how to handle this crisis when I ran into Harun.
‘Harun is…….’
He’d make an excellent friend.
But there was one problem.
‘This guy will probably prioritize the Crown Prince over me.’
Whether in novels or reality, Harun’s attitude—born of his destiny as the Crown Prince’s guardian knight—remained constant.
He was so rigid that the heroine Chloe, who had a crush on him, was nearly driven to madness!
‘Pie in the sky!’
Still, might as well try?
“Harun, will you be my friend?”
“Friend?”
“I don’t have any friends, so I came here to make some.”
“…….”
Harun went rigid as if something had broken inside him. His eyes held a look of bewilderment.
Pity, perhaps? Not a bad start.
“I’m not asking for much. Just play with me sometimes.”
“…….”
“Very rarely.”
“…….”
“Even just once would be enough.”
With his expressionless, cold bearing, he looked like one of those handsome, aloof types you can’t easily approach. But after talking with him a bit, I felt like I could read his expressions now.
Harun was thinking it over.
“Do you dislike me?”
His face flushed with embarrassment.
I thought one more push would win him over, but as I moved closer, his face only turned redder and he retreated further.
“Yes, let’s be friends.”
“Yay!”
Great, I’ve secured one friend!
“Thank you!”
I couldn’t use him too often, but I’d gotten myself a hidden card! I was so delighted I kept shaking his hand back and forth, and Harun’s cheeks only reddened further.
Why does he keep blushing like that?
Is the Imperial Palace too warm?
“Harun, are you feeling sick?”
I was just about to reach for his forehead.
“Whoa!”
A familiar voice cut across my ears.
Fession appeared out of nowhere with a startled expression, looking back and forth between Harun and me.
“Arelin.”
“Huh?”
“Why…… are you with Harun?”
“We decided to be friends starting today.”
“…….”
Fession’s expression crumpled in a strange way.

* * *

The lesser demons of Sperom.
Ciel and Noel, the twin demons, both expressed confusion at the spectacle unfolding before them.
“Ciel, what in the world is this situation?”
“Noel, I have no idea.”
Born as twin demons of Sperom, blessed with overflowing treasure and the protection of their noble house, these two had never encountered a situation like this before.
“Arelin, why don’t you give up while he’s being nice?”
“You should be the one to give up, Fession.”
After a long absence, Arelin had appeared at the Silver Gathering and caught sight of the twins, only to flee shortly after.
When they chased after her and returned, an incomprehensible scene greeted them.
Arelin and Fession were locked in a standoff over Harun.
“Arelin, why don’t you come to my side and leave Harun alone?”
“You should give up on Harun and come to my side, Fession.”
Fession and Arelin were bickering over seating arrangements with Harun in the middle, while Harun himself wore an increasingly pained expression.
At first glance it looked like they were fighting over Harun, but listening to their conversation told a different story.
“What do you like about Harun?”
“He’s kind.”
“Do you like everyone kind?”
“Harun is handsome.”
“More handsome than me?!”
“Harun’s more my type.”
Fession stood in shock.
The twins felt thoroughly confused.
“Weren’t they fighting?”
“The Crown Prince was crying.”
‘When did they even become so close?’
Ever since they’d been caught sneaking into Halbert Manor not long ago, the two had been under close surveillance and hadn’t dared show their faces nearby. Now they were bewildered.
Meanwhile, the argument between Arelin and Fession continued.
“Arelin.”
“What?”
“You like Harun more than me?!”
“Yeah.”
“Why?!”
“You’re asking why? You don’t know?”
Fession seethed with indignation.
“Harun.”
Finally, the stray sparks landed on Harun, who had been quietly sitting.
“Come here. Sit by me.”
“…….”
“That’s an order, as Crown Prince.”
A petty command.
This was the first time any of them had ever seen Fession resort to such tactics. The twins were so thrilled by this unprecedented spectacle they munched their popcorn in awe.
But the resistance came from Arelin.
“Why are you like that to Harun?!”
“What do you mean, ‘like that’?”
“Don’t treat Harun that way.”
“Harun is my friend too, so it’s fine.”
“He’s my friend!”
“I’ve been friends with him longer!”
As their childish argument continued—
“You both…….”
Finally unable to bear it, Harun stood up.
“Harun, stay put!”
“Harun, stay put!”
But the outcome wasn’t particularly favorable.
As Harun stood frozen, watching Arelin and Fession glare at each other with irritation, the twins suddenly intervened.
“Crown Prince, Crown Prince.”
“Arelin, Arelin.”
“Harun, Harun.”
“Are you three in a love triangle?!”
“What?!”
Fession and Arelin gasped in disbelief at the question posed by the twins, whose golden eyes sparkled with curiosity.
But before either could respond, the twins rushed toward them.
“Let us join in!”
“We want to participate too!”
“Let’s make it a five-way relationship!”
The squabble over seating arrangements descended into chaos in an instant.
“But whose seating arrangement is this really about?”
“Isn’t it Harun’s?”
“Harun, be mine!”
“That’s not…… what this is about…….”
Harun suffered once more.

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