The Dutiful Kid Who Saved the Villainous Family - Chapter 198

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Episode 198

Berry carefully raised his hand.

And then, like a puppy, pat.

He placed his hand on Airi’s outstretched palm and said.

“…Berry, hand.”

Airi blinked her eyes.

Berry’s hand that came to rest on Airi’s small palm was thick and covered with many scars.

But she could barely feel any weight.

It was just like a bird’s feather.

“Berry…”

Airi looked back and forth between Berry’s hand and his eyes.

Berry lifted the corners of his mouth in a grin.

“Is this how I do it?”

Berry, as if he had been waiting for this, aligned his fingertips with Airi’s fingertips.

And then, applying just a little pressure, he gently grasped Airi’s hand.

“…I wanted to hold your hand.”

“Yeah.”

Then, adjusting his strength very slightly and delicately, he murmured.

“I’m the one who held it first.”

“Mm-hmm…”

Whatever the case, Airi was happy.

Today was just the right temperature.

Just the right air.

And it was a day when she held hands with someone she liked.

Somehow she felt excited, her heart was pounding wildly, and her head was a complete mess, but there was just one thing she could understand.

“We’re holding hands.”

“Yes.”

“It’s the kind of hand-holding that lovers do.”

Not just simple friends.

As lovers who have a quite intimate relationship, lover to lover!

Airi was extremely happy with just this moment.

But right then.

Berry took a deep breath as if trying to gather courage.

“So, the things that lovers do.”

“Mm-hmm.”

“Besides holding hands, there are other things too…”

He stopped walking and met Airi’s gaze.

“Berry?”

“This seems like just the right place.”

She couldn’t quite grasp what else lovers might do.

Airi tilted her head.

‘Just the right place?’

Where they were together now was in front of a small house with flowers blooming modestly inside the Ortejo Family Garden.

A small stone cottage in the garden that had been built by a gardener who had retired long ago.

She had heard it was built hoping that those strolling through the garden would rest there for a while.

“Should we go inside the house?”

Airi tried to take a step toward the door.

But Berry shook his head.

“I, I want to do it in front of the wall.”

It was a solemn voice.

Berry positioned Airi in front of the wall and stood facing her.

Thanks to Berry’s large body, Airi ended up completely surrounded by Berry.

Soon Berry took a deep breath.

Airi was about to look away from Berry’s face when she hesitated.

‘Berry’s shirt looks like it might… burst a little.’

It couldn’t be helped.

There was inevitably a significant height difference between the two of them.

Airi’s gaze turned toward Berry’s shirt that looked ready to burst.

The pure white shirt that seemed to be worn to look stylish was, a little…

‘It seems like the size is too small for Berry to wear.’

Just as her gaze was drawn to his shirt, Berry raised one hand.

“Please look at me.”

Behind her back was a small stone wall, and in front of her eyes was Berry.

Moreover, because she had held his hand earlier, one of her hands was caught by Berry!

‘This feels somehow really awkward?’

Airi gulped.

But she knew just one thing.

So right now was exactly.

‘…A situation I can’t escape from?’

But suddenly, why?

This is strange.

It was definitely supposed to be a romantic hand-holding event?

What else do lovers do with their hands anyway?

Airi’s mind became quite complicated.

Meanwhile, Berry was also harboring quite complicated feelings.

He had faithfully followed his father’s advice.

‘Up to here was perfect.’

The words that Jackvell Marquess had said floated hazily in Berry’s mind.

“The secret to how I captivated your mother was exactly.”

“Exactly?”

“Wall slamming.”

‘Wall slamming’ was.

Trapping the person you love within your arms, he had said.

After that, a romantic atmosphere would naturally be created, so he should trust himself, he had boasted confidently.

“But that seems too violent.”

“Then you can do it softly.”

“…Huh?”

“So that Grand Duchess Airi won’t be startled, do it refreshingly, instead of slamming the wall with a ‘bang!’, tap it with a ‘bong!’.”

But whether it’s ‘wall bang!’ or ‘wall bong!’, aren’t they both violent?

It wouldn’t be good if Airi got startled.

As Berry kept hesitating, Jackvell Marquess said.

“The Grand Duchess Airi that I know, once she learns about ‘wall slamming’, will probably try to experiment on you first.”

“That’s…”

…That would be right.

He couldn’t argue with those words at all.

“You need to make the first move.”

In fact, as soon as Airi had decided on ‘hand-holding’, hadn’t she grabbed his hand first?

He wanted to take the lead in this romantic event.

So he wanted to make Airi’s heart flutter.

With only that wish, Berry carefully trapped Airi between the wall and himself.

Airi looked up at Berry while blinking her eyes.

The moment their gazes met, his mind went completely blank.

That was exactly when it happened.

“What’s wrong, Berry?”

Airi’s pale purple eyes wavered as if finding this unfamiliar.

Berry raised his opposite hand from the one firmly holding Airi’s hand.

Soon after….

Thud!

He hit the wall with a small sound.

Berry’s passionate gaze and Airi’s gaze.

The two people’s gazes met in the middle.

Airi tilted her head questioningly.

“…Huh?”

Crumble, crumble, the dirt that had been resting on top of the stone wall fell down from the impact.

Silence fell between the two of them.

Airi’s earlobes turned red, and Berry’s cheeks flushed.

‘What should I do next?’

This is strange.

Jackvell Marquess said this would automatically create a romantic atmosphere?

“…Berry?”

Berry looked down at Airi who was looking up at him and thought.

He needed to salvage this situation.

So he had to say something.

About a romantic topic.

‘And if it’s a romantic topic….’

Berry began fumbling to voice his usual thoughts without any filtering.

“I want to call Airi-nim by a pet name….”

“A pet name?”

“Yes….”

Berry’s face turned red.

This wasn’t what he wanted to say in this situation.

But Airi answered with a gentle smile.

“Oh, that was it? I thought it was something else. But I don’t think I have a pet name.”

Airi smiled brightly, but Berry became a little dejected.

Then calling her by a pet name romantically was a failure?

“Well, if we make a pet name….”

Just as Airi opened her mouth to suggest an alternative.

Berry smiled brightly and nodded, then removed the hand that had been pressed against the wall.

But was that movement the problem?

Due to moving his hand roughly, Berry’s shirt got torn badly.

Airi’s eyes widened.

What, what.

Why did his clothes suddenly tear?

Berry ended up looking a little tearful.

“So….”

Berry modestly gathered the shirt pieces dangling from his chest.

But even so, his body had been exposed.

Now he really had to marry Airi.

He had no choice but to do so.

Moreover, he had shown such an unseemly sight with his shirt completely torn.

‘You called this a romantic event, Father….’

What if Airi said ‘I can’t meet Berry who tore his shirt while doing a wall slam!’

Berry’s mind was colored with despair.

Then there was only one way.

Berry hurriedly turned around.

“I’ll go sew this in the reception room for a moment.”

“Huh?”

“I can sew too.”

It was a tiny appeal.

Even while hurriedly entering the castle, Berry glanced at Airi and said.

“Please come inside. It’ll just take a moment….”

As husband material, he had to at least appeal that he was good at sewing.

‘It’s not a lie that I know how to sew.’

He had made efforts while preparing to be a full-time househusband.

He could only hope that would be a plus point.

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“Have you already finished sewing?”

“Yes.”

Airi had hurriedly called for a seamstress. But Berry had already sewn his clothes with thread and needle from inside his pocket.

Berry became dejected looking down at the messily sewn shirt.

‘I really wanted to show a cool side of myself.’

But in the end, he had only shown a messy appearance.

According to Imperial law, he was now a complete adult man.

But somehow, in front of Airi, he returned to his clumsy childhood.

After fixing the messy shirt and leaving the reception room, Berry thought.

The romantic date wasn’t over yet.

He would definitely decide on a pet name and call her by it today.

But as soon as he left the reception room, Berry noticed that the atmosphere of Ortejo Castle had changed somewhat unfamiliarly.

“Where is Airi-nim?”

“Oh, well.”

What Berry encountered wasn’t Airi waiting for him, but people with troubled expressions.

“She’s in the corridor.”

At that moment, the sound of something crashing came from somewhere.

Berry’s eyes narrowed.

Could it be an attack?

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