The Circumstances of Being Chosen as the Villainess’s Favorite - Chapter 187

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Side Story Episode 10

Larite kept looking around, her eyes sparkling brightly.

“Wow, it’s so beautiful.”

The exotic scenery unique to the Southern Region filled her view.

Under the azure sky, colorfully painted buildings stood out vividly.

Various tourists walked back and forth along the well-maintained streets, laughing cheerfully.

After finishing their gondola tour of Roha Island like this.

Larite and Dietrich began exploring the island in earnest.

In Triniere Square, located in the center of Roha Island, there were many restaurants with numerous outdoor tables set up.

“Shall we have a meal first?”

“Sounds good.”

And so Larite became happy-faced with an oil pasta loaded with seafood placed before her.

Though she was startled when Dietrich said with hawk-like eyes, “Should I go ask for the recipe of this oil pasta?”

After that.

The two did some standard sightseeing.

The first place they went was the Basque Art Museum, where the Previous Lord and Lady Claudius had memories.

Larite, who had been looking at a painting hanging on the wall, suddenly widened her eyes.

— Van Morris, 1253. <Freedom>

A nymph fairy who had unrequited love for the god she served.

Despairing from unrequited love to the point of transforming into a pure white birch tree.

But in this painting, the nymph fairy was smiling freely even while transforming into a birch tree.

As if she was very happy to finally be free from that tiresome unrequited love.

“I definitely prefer this work’s interpretation of the nymph fairy legend.”

“I agree.”

Dietrich also nodded quietly.

The next place the two headed to was the souvenir shops around the art museum.

Roha Island was also very famous for its delicate crafts.

Among them, what particularly caught Larite’s attention were the gorgeous dolls that were Roha Island’s specialty.

“Wow, Dietrich. Look at this doll!”

Larite pointed at a doll and smiled brightly.

Beyond the souvenir shop’s window, a pretty doll with abundant blonde hair and blue eyes was sitting.

It had pink rose decorations in its hair and was dressed in a gorgeous dress.

“Doesn’t this doll resemble Eva?”

“…Hmm.”

Dietrich, who had been staring intently at the doll, answered with a serious face.

“Honestly, I think our Eva is prettier than this doll.”

“Well, of course.”

Larite narrowed her eyes and scolded him.

“Really, you’re stating the obvious.”

And so the two included that doll in the gifts for Evangeline.

After requesting the doll be delivered to the villa.

The two began leisurely strolling through Triniere Square.

Each was holding a cone ice cream sold at the entrance of the square.

Dietrich had vanilla flavor, Larite had chocolate flavor.

“My goodness, this ice cream is really delicious.”

Larite, who had taken a bite of the ice cream, became wide-eyed with surprise.

Then she quickly brought her ice cream to Dietrich’s lips.

“Here, try the chocolate flavor too. The taste is incredibly rich.”

“Oh, really?”

Dietrich bent down and took a bite of Larite’s ice cream.

Larite asked with sparkling eyes.

“How is it, delicious right?”

“It is.”

Dietrich, who was licking the ice cream from his lips with his tongue, smiled with his eyes.

“It seems even more delicious because Larit fed it to me.”

“Wh-what?!”

Kyaaah!

Larite screamed internally.

‘My goodness, making people’s hearts flutter with such a nonchalant face…!’

But then.

Something white and swift seemed to fly down from the sky.

Thwack!

“Huh?”

Larite looked at the back of a seagull flying away in the distance with a dumbfounded face.

That’s right.

A seagull had snatched Larite’s ice cream…

“Ahaha!”

Dietrich, who had been watching this scene, couldn’t help but burst into loud laughter.

Larite raised her voice with a tearful expression.

“Really, don’t laugh!”

“Ah, sorry, but… *snort*.”

Dietrich barely managed to stop laughing after chuckling for a while.

Larite sighed deeply and scolded him.

“Fine, laugh all you want. I’ll go to the restroom in the meantime.”

“The restroom?”

“Ice cream got on my hands. I’m going to wash them.”

Larite snapped and turned around sharply.

When the seagull snatched the ice cream earlier, ice cream had gotten all over her hands.

Just then, Dietrich gently grasped his wife’s wrist.

“Larit, wait a moment.”

Then he actually licked the chocolate ice cream on her fingers!

‘Kyaaaah!’

Larite screamed internally once again.

‘Cr-cr-crazy!’

Larite quickly pulled her hand away.

Then Dietrich looked somewhat disappointed and asked a question.

“Do you… dislike it?”

“No, it’s not that I dislike it…”

If you keep doing this, it’ll seriously damage my heart health!

Larite looked at Dietrich with a completely red face, then hurriedly headed toward the restroom.

“I-I’ll be back! Wait here!”

Dietrich, watching Larite’s retreating figure, let out a hollow laugh.

‘I’m severely afflicted too.’

Larite when she’s sulking.

Larite when she’s smiling brightly.

Larite when she’s flustered and completely red-faced.

Dietrich wanted to monopolize all those expressions.

…Even for a moment, he still didn’t like other people’s eyes touching her.

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About 30 minutes later.

‘Oh, no way.’

Larite looked around with a bewildered expression.

‘Did I… get lost?’

The situation was like this.

She had just washed her hands and was coming back outside.

Larite discovered a little girl crying her heart out.

“Waaaaaaah…!”

Unable to ignore her, Larite asked the child what was wrong.

The child said she had lost hold of her mother’s hand.

Fortunately, they found the child’s mother quickly.

“Mommy!”

“Didn’t I tell you not to wander around by yourself!”

The mother embraced the child with relief.

So she safely returned the child to her mother and tried to go back to where Dietrich was waiting…

‘So, where exactly is this place?’

While wandering around here and there with the child, Larite herself had ended up getting lost.

No matter how much she looked around, she couldn’t find the place where Dietrich was waiting.

‘Good heavens, getting lost at my age?’

Larite was exasperated with herself.

But if she moved around carelessly, she might keep missing Dietrich.

So instead of wandering around more, Larite chose to sit on a nearby bench.

“Kyaa!”

“Look at this!”

In the distance, she could see three children playing together.

It was a combination of one boy and two girls.

Watching them, Larite suddenly recalled the distant past.

‘Back then… was I around ten years old?’

The time when Seraphina, Gregory, and Larite were childhood friends.

The three of them had played hide-and-seek.

Larite became “it,” and Gregory and Seraphina scurried away to hide.

‘I really searched so hard back then.’

Larite smiled bitterly.

No matter how much she searched and searched again, she couldn’t even see a strand of their hair.

As it turned out, the two had left Larite behind and gone home first.

But then.

“Larit!”

Someone’s urgent cry rang out.

When she quickly lifted her head, Dietrich was standing there, breathing heavily.

Blue eyes filled with worry.

A face completely pale with concern.

“Why on earth are you here?!”

Dietrich raised his voice again.

Larite’s eyes sparkled like stars for a moment.

‘Ah.’

She knew it wasn’t appropriate to have such thoughts in this situation.

But…

‘Dietrich searches for me until the very end.’

That thought suddenly occurred to her.

Larite couldn’t help but smile a little.

“Are you actually smiling right now?”

Dietrich shot back with an incredulous expression.

“Do you know how worried I was!”

“I’m sorry. I just…”

Larite trailed off for a moment, then answered with reddened cheeks.

“I was happy that you came looking for me like this.”

“You’re stating the obvious.”

At those words, Dietrich narrowed his eyes and retorted.

“Larit and I are family. Of course I had to come find you.”

Then he suddenly extended his hand to Larite.

“From now on, make sure to hold my hand when we go anywhere. Understood?”

“…”

Larite gazed down at the hand extended to her, then took it and rose from her seat.

The warmth of their clasped hands was comforting.

Perhaps because of that.

Larite dared to feel certain.

‘If I’m with this person… I think I could be happy forever.’

A smile slowly spread across Larite’s face.

It was a pure smile without a speck of doubt.

<Side Story Complete>

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