The Circumstances of Being Chosen as the Villainess’s Favorite - Chapter 118

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Chapter 118

Before she knew it, her lips had clamped shut like a clam.

“So… I am.”

Dietrich, who had never felt nervous even in front of the Emperor, felt his throat stiffen with tension.

Larite didn’t rush Dietrich.

She simply looked up at him quietly with clear eyes.

At that moment.

“I like you.”

Dietrich suddenly said those words.

He couldn’t bear it without letting these words out.

Like snow falling silently.

When he came to his senses, his feelings had already accumulated quietly.

It was impossible to suppress them any longer.

Before his belated first love, Dietrich became as inexperienced as a ten-year-old boy when his parents were still alive.

“Actually… I wanted to confess more coolly.”

Dietrich, who had always been calm, continued speaking haltingly with his ears turning bright red.

“I didn’t plan to tell you so suddenly, but…”

“…”

But Larite only continued to remain silent.

She didn’t utter any response.

‘Why isn’t she saying anything?’

Dietrich felt his heart sink with a thud.

What if Lady Ansi just wanted to maintain the current distance, and I got ahead of myself?

…What if my one confession shatters even our current friendly relationship?

Dietrich, not knowing what to do, glanced around nervously.

“Lady Ansi?”

At that moment.

“…It feels like a dream.”

A voice like a sigh was heard.

It was a soft voice like a gentle breeze on a spring day.

Larite, who had muttered that unconsciously, suddenly came to her senses.

“Ah.”

Her face flushed bright red.

‘What on earth am I saying right now?!’

Unable to overcome her embarrassment, Larite hastily lowered her head.

“D-don’t look at me.”

From beneath her lowered head, a trembling voice flowed out.

“My face must be a complete mess right now…”

The nape of her neck, visible because she had bent down so far, was completely red.

It looked like red paint would rub off if touched.

Dietrich stared at her blankly, then unconsciously opened his mouth.

“Th-those words you just said…”

Dietrich, who had been speaking, hastily bit his lower lip.

‘It would be terrible if it sounds like I’m rushing her for an answer.’

Such a concern suddenly occurred to him.

Dietrich quickly added.

“No. You can think about it a little and then answer. I…”

“No, I don’t need to think about it.”

A firm answer was heard.

Larite, who had taken a deep breath, suddenly lifted her head.

As she had said, her face was a complete mess.

Her face was still redder than a ripe apple, and her eyes were glistening as if she would cry at any moment.

“Those words mean that Lord Claudius wants to become lovers with me…”

Larite, who had grabbed her dress hem tightly, asked resolutely.

“Is it okay to think that way?”

Lovers.

Dietrich savored that word.

The short word of only two syllables wrapped around his tongue with the sweetest sound in the world.

He nodded without hesitation.

“Yes.”

At the same time as that answer.

A smile spread across Larite’s entire face.

It was a smile brighter than the summer afternoon sunlight.

Larite, who had been moving her lips for a while, finally couldn’t contain herself and let the words out.

“…I’m happy.”

Dietrich gazed at that smile quietly.

It was so beautiful that he felt he could look at it for a lifetime without getting tired.

However, even in the midst of this, one thing bothered him.

“I’m sorry. I didn’t intend to tell you so suddenly…”

Dietrich suddenly looked guilty as he muttered.

When he should be giving her only the most wonderful and beautiful experiences, he felt sorry for confessing so hastily.

Then Larite shook her head.

“That’s not true.”

She had always lived being conscious of the original story.

Because Dietrich was the male protagonist of this world who was supposed to end up with Seraphina.

She had tried to suppress her feelings that spread like wildfire somehow.

But Dietrich had gone against his fate described in the original story and chosen Larite.

She no longer needed to worry about the original story or Seraphina.

…Just that alone made her so happy as if she had gained the whole world.

Larite smiled once more.

But then.

“Um, Lady Ansi.”

“Yes?”

“There’s something I’d like to ask.”

At that moment, a subtle crack appeared in Larite’s smile.

Because Dietrich in front of her had a strangely displeased expression.

“Really…”

Dietrich, who had hesitated for a moment, opened his mouth bluntly.

“…Do you like Evangeline more than me?”

What?

What kind of out-of-the-blue question is that?

The wave of emotion was only momentary.

Larite looked up at Dietrich with a bewildered face.

“You don’t know how much Evangeline brags to me. That she’s your close friend, while I’m just her friend’s older brother.”

Toward Larite, who was blinking her eyes in confusion, Dietrich complained as if tattling.

“Well… I like you both.”

Larite answered hurriedly with a troubled face.

“How could I rank you? Evangeline is my closest friend, and Lord Claudius is…”

At that moment.

Her words suddenly got stuck.

“Lord Claudius is, Lord Claudius is….”

Larite, who had been moving only her lips, finally squeezed her eyes shut tight.

Then, covering her face completely with both hands, she muttered as quietly as a mosquito’s buzz.

“…He’s my lover.”

The tips of her ears were burning bright red.

Dietrich, who had been quietly watching her, could no longer hold back.

Because Larite, not knowing what to do, was so adorable.

Because the fact that this lovely woman was his lover was finally sinking in.

…Because that fact was unbearably delightful.

“Haha!”

When he burst into loud laughter, Larite immediately glared at him.

“Don’t tell me you were teasing me?!”

“Teasing? That’s not it at all. It’s just….”

Dietrich’s smile deepened a little more.

“The word ‘lover’ sounds so wonderful to hear.”

“….”

As if she had never raised her voice, Larite’s cheeks turned pink again.

At the same time, Dietrich bent his waist and gently touched his forehead to Larite’s.

His blue eyes gazed at Larite tenderly.

“I’ll have to try harder.”

“Try harder? What do you mean…?”

“Until now, since Evangeline got to know Lady Ansi first, it couldn’t be helped.”

Dietrich shrugged his shoulders lightly.

“But from now on, I absolutely must hear that I’m better.”

“What?”

“Because I’m Lady Ansi’s lover.”

“….”

At those cheeky words, Larite found herself speechless.

Larite, who had been opening and closing her mouth, soon couldn’t overcome her embarrassment and lowered her eyes.

“Really….”

Dietrich, who burst into giggles, pulled Larite into his embrace.

Larite buried her face completely in Dietrich’s arms.

The goddess statue looked down upon the two newly-made lovers with a benevolent gaze.

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