The Circumstances of Being Chosen as the Villainess’s Favorite - Chapter 105

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Chapter 105

Ah.

Dietrich blinked his eyes blankly.

“Don’t tell me… you were worried about me?”

A terribly hoarse voice flowed out.

Even with his haggard face, Dietrich managed a playful eye-smile.

“This makes me happy. It was worth being bedridden.”

“Really, is this the time for such jokes?!”

Larite put on a serious expression.

Then she hurriedly got up from her seat.

“Wait just a moment. I need to send someone to Lady Claudius to tell her that Lord Claudius has awakened…”

“Where is Evangeline?”

“She’s resting in the next room. You don’t know how much she cried because of you, Lord Claudius.”

“…”

For a moment, Dietrich felt his chest sting with guilt.

He had thought he would protect Evangeline somehow.

He had vowed to make his only blood relative happy.

But once again this time too…

“It’s fine.”

Dietrich shook his head with difficulty.

“Let’s just leave her to rest.”

“But still…”

“Anyway, I… probably won’t be able to stay awake for long either.”

His head was still heavy.

He felt like collapsing and falling asleep right away.

…But strangely, just the fact that Larite was by his side made his heart feel warm.

“By the way, has Lady Ansi been continuously nursing me?”

Dietrich asked in a somewhat softer tone.

Larite answered awkwardly.

“Um… I suppose so?”

“I see.”

Dietrich’s smile deepened a little more.

“I’m in your debt.”

“In my debt? I also…”

Larite, who had been hesitating for a moment, smiled faintly.

“I feel exactly the same as Lord Claudius.”

Dietrich became a little confused.

“The same as me?”

“Well.”

Larite’s cheeks turned red like ripe apples.

Fidgeting with her fingers that gripped the wet cloth, Larite carefully opened her mouth.

“I also did it because I wanted to nurse you myself.”

Then she concluded with emphasis.

“Because I was worried about Lord Claudius.”

What?

Dietrich momentarily doubted his own ears.

She had always been cautious, staying one step back from everything.

For such a Larite to say something like that…

“Since you’re awake now, please eat and take your medicine before sleeping again. I’ll call someone…”

Larite tried to slip out, avoiding his gaze for no reason.

But Dietrich was a little faster.

“No.”

His fingertips lightly grasped her collar.

“If it wouldn’t be rude, no, it would be rude, but.”

Gone was his usual sharp gaze, and his loosely relaxed blue eyes quietly looked up at Larite.

“Could you just… stay by my side?”

“…”

The tremor in her pink pupils was brief.

Larite soon sat down.

“I will. I’ll stay by your side…”

Her voice, soft as cotton, tickled Dietrich’s ears.

“Lord Claudius needs to recover quickly too. Understood?”

That day.

Dietrich fell asleep as if fainting and woke up several times.

Even with his confused mind, he reflexively checked if Larite was by his side.

Each time, Larite was there.

Whenever she noticed his gaze, she would meet his eyes and smile brightly.

And Dietrich.

…felt greatly reassured by that alone.

* * *

Three days later.

“You are perfectly healthy.”

Lord Claudius received a full recovery diagnosis from the doctor.

Lord Claudius muttered somewhat sheepishly.

“Really, I told you so many times that I was completely better…”

Actually, Lord Claudius had been perfectly fine from the next day, but Lady Claudius and I had joined forces to keep him in bed.

“Just, since it came to this, rest up properly. There’s even a saying about resting while you’re down, right?”

Lady Claudius shrugged her shoulders.

“My goodness, Evangeline.”

Then Lord Claudius looked at Lady Claudius with admiration.

“What’s gotten into you to make such sophisticated analogies?”

“What?!”

Lady Claudius immediately glared at him.

While they were bickering like that for a while.

Lord Claudius and my eyes met.

“Come to think of it, Lady Ansi was also caught in the rain with me. Are you feeling unwell anywhere?”

“Yes, I’m perfectly fine.”

Then Lord Claudius looked truly relieved.

“That’s really fortunate.”

“Thank you.”

Feeling somewhat ticklish in my chest, I quietly got up from my seat to avoid his gaze.

Beyond the wide window, bright red autumn leaves were scattered everywhere.

And my face reflected in the window.

…was redder than the autumn leaves.

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