The Dutiful Kid Who Saved the Villainous Family - Chapter 205

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Side Story Episode 5

“Yes, I’ll try.”

Airi sprang up from her seat.

From inside her dress pocket came the clear sound of memory-filled orbs clinking together.

Jackvell Marquess, who had been glancing at where the sound came from, whispered quietly.

“And about those memories contained in the orbs.”

“Yes?”

“…They’re very precious to me. Whether they’re dark memories or good ones.”

Jackvell Marquess smiled slightly. Even though he was smiling, he looked sad, Airi thought. Soon after, he quietly murmured.

“So please treasure them as you watch.”

Airi quietly gazed into Jackvell Marquess’s eyes.

Earlier, she had thought he looked sad even while smiling…

It really seemed like there was a subtle sadness in his eyes right now.

No, at the same time, it seemed like there was some deep emotion that Airi couldn’t understand…

‘How should I describe that emotion?’

It wasn’t something like sadness.

It seemed like a somewhat more sophisticated emotion than sadness. So, for example…

‘…A state of enlightenment?’

Or not?

Whatever it was, it was an emotion that the current Airi couldn’t understand.

Airi quietly looked at Jackvell Marquess’s expression and spoke calmly.

Right now, there was only one thing Airi could say.

“Yes, I’ll treasure them as I watch. Since they must be precious memories!”

Only one sentence saying she would preciously watch over the precious memories filled with their love.

* * *

…That’s what I said, but.

After meeting Berry and telling him the story, I broke the orb together with him, whose expression had somehow become strange.

But as soon as I broke the orb, what I saw was…

The freezing cold Northern Snowy Wilderness!

‘Fortunately, thanks to magic, it’s not too cold.’

Unlike when I met Isadel Marquess earlier, what I saw now was Jackvell Marquess.

As if he had come out hunting, Jackvell Marquess had a very aggressive expression.

There was none of the languid or subtle expressions like now.

He looked bored.

Lightly gripping his hunting rifle, he gazed at the beasts of the snowy plains and gestured with his chin.

“Over there.”

“Yes, Your Grace.”

“There’s some beast lying down. Is it a corpse?”

What was before his eyes was a pitiful corpse, no, it was Isadel Marquess.

While quietly watching their first meeting, Airi glanced at Berry’s face beside her.

So, Berry looked strangely anxious.

But he didn’t seem to have any intention of stopping this story.

As if the pages of a book were turning, the next scene appeared in their vision.

The next scene was, precisely…

* * *

“Why are you trying to leave?”

“Because my injuries have healed.”

“You’re quite despicable.”

Inside Jackvell Marquess’ Garden.

Jackvell Marquess was teasing while firmly grasping Isadel’s wrist.

Flustered, Isadel opened her eyes wide and asked.

“I’m despicable?”

“I picked you up from the snowy plains and had you cleaned up nicely, but you’re leaving without repaying the favor.”

There was hurt feelings mixed in with Jackvell Marquess’s arrogant expression.

Seeing that, Airi couldn’t help but giggle softly.

‘What? He’s cute!’

Watching the two bicker, Airi smiled.

‘Jackvell Marquess was a tsundere!’

To say “don’t leave” in such a way.

But Isadel didn’t seem to properly understand his words.

Her already pale face hardened even more, and she carefully opened her mouth.

“I’m, I’m sorry. I’ll repay you.”

“How will you repay me?”

“P-pardon?”

Jackvell Marquess smiled at her. Then he called for the Head Butler.

Isadel could be seen gulping nervously. Seeing her like that, Jackvell Marquess smiled.

“The Head Butler brought it. The cost to save you exceeded a whopping one hundred thousand gold.”

“One hun-hundred thousand gold?”

“That’s right.”

Isadel’s face went white. One hundred thousand gold was an amount that would be difficult for her to repay with her current financial capabilities.

Then, Jackvell Marquess, who had been staring at Isadel’s pale expression, grinned wickedly.

“Well, depending on how you cooperate with me, I might be able to reduce it somewhat.”

At his words, Isadel’s expression immediately brightened.

“Really? H-how should I…”

Jackvell Marquess waved the bill and smiled slyly.

“How should you do it? Ah, first stay here.”

“Pardon? Stay here, in this Jakvel Castle?”

“That’s right. For one month.”

Jackvell Marquess raised only one corner of his mouth and spoke sharply.

“For one month, do everything I tell you to do. Stay by my side.”

“S-stay by your side?”

Isadel’s eyes filled with confusion. Her eyes shook cautiously.

“That’s right. Like a secretary.”

“But, but. I’m not very useful…”

“Sorry, but Isadel. Your usefulness isn’t determined by you, but by me. I don’t know what cute thoughts you’re having in that little head of yours.”

At his wicked smile, Isadel’s expression darkened.

As if foreseeing a dark future…

Berry, who had intuited the entire situation, muttered as if talking to himself.

“I wonder who’s really despicable.”

…Airi, who couldn’t bring herself to say “your father,” just bit her lips.

Berry smiled and gripped Airi’s hand even tighter.

Even in the midst of all this, their story was being screened like a movie.

While holding Berry’s hand tightly, Airi blinked.

And, as if another page was turning, a different scene unfolded before their eyes.

* * *

From what Airi could guess, it seemed like about a month had passed now.

Because Isadel and Jackvell Marquess were making hot chocolate in the study!

Airi knew about the worry that had long been etched on Jackvell Marquess’s face.

After losing Isadel, he seemed to have become that way.

But the Jackvell Marquess ‘in this orb’s memory’ was different.

She was definitely smiling brightly…

‘What’s this? He said he’d use me as a secretary, but he’s the one taking care of me?’

And yet he was saying this.

After giving her warm hot chocolate to drink…

“If you’re not healthy, it will negatively affect my work, so drink it.”

“What is this, exactly…”

“Hot chocolate. I told you to drink it.”

Jackvell Marquess, he really was a tsundere.

“How do you feel about becoming Isadel Jackvell?”

“I am, just…”

Jackvell Marquess extended his hand toward the woman he had picked up in the Snowy Plains.

His hands bore many scars, and his expression was far from innocent. Nevertheless, he…

“Why are you trembling? Are you afraid of me?”

…was looking at Isadel with an unwavering expression.

“No, it’s not that I’m afraid.”

However, Isadel’s eyes were pitifully trembling.

“If you’re not afraid of me.”

“…”

“Then who are you afraid of.”

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