The Dutiful Kid Who Saved the Villainous Family - Chapter 215

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Side Story Episode 15

Side Story 4. Berry and Airi’s Wedding.

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Airi Ortejo and Berry Jacquel.

The story of their marriage spread like rumors everywhere.

News like Airi’s father Declan Ortejo fainting, or her mother Violet Ortejo hitting Declan’s back was considered nothing special.

What mattered most to the people of the Northern Region was whether Airi Ortejo would be happy at the wedding ceremony.

Because to them, Airi was like their own precious child they had raised in their arms since she was five years old.

And you know what.

The grandmothers who truly loved Airi were….

“Oh my, to think I’d live to see my baby’s wedding.”

“In my eighty years of life, there’s never been such a joyous occasion!”

And Airi ended up seeing him. The cute young boy who appeared with a “ta-da” from behind Grandmother’s back.

“Hello.”

Airi blinked her eyes.

‘Why does he look familiar?’

Come to think of it, she knew that face well. It was…!

“…Henry? You’re Henry, right?”

Back when Airi was a five-year-old child.

That very little boy who had boldly declared he would marry Airi.

“Hello, Lady Airi.”

Little Henry, whose pronunciation used to lisp, had now become a fine young man and come to find Airi.

“My goodness, how did you grow up so much?”

So delighted to see him, Airi smiled brightly at Henry.

They needed to talk!

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Inside the small drawing room.

Airi looked at Henry with an excited expression.

She still had that bright, cheerful face.

Then Henry smiled at Airi with a somewhat bashful expression.

“It feels like it’s been a long time since we’ve met, Lady Airi.”

“It has been a long time, really, such a long time! Have you been well?”

At Airi’s cheerful words, Henry scratched the back of his head.

“Yes, I graduated from the Academy too…. I, I became a knight.”

“A knight, my goodness….”

That little snotty Henry became a knight!

Airi’s eyes widened as she saw Henry’s broad shoulders and his now sturdy build.

Seeing Henry’s sheepish, smiling expression, Airi also made a strange face.

It was because she truly felt how much time had passed.

“Sometimes it’s quite regrettable though.”

Henry tried to bring up his next words lightly and cheerfully.

Of course, it was true that Airi was his puppy love and first love.

It was also true that Airi was certainly a young lady worthy of respect.

But Henry wanted to say it. That he now had a lady he loved, and that he would bury Airi in a corner of his heart.

However….

“What did you just say?”

I swear, Henry never imagined that Berry Jacquel Prince would appear at such devilishly bad timing.

Moreover, he had no idea that Berry Jacquel Prince, who always smiled brightly in front of Airi, could make such a fierce, demonic expression.

“Um, um, um, so, uh, um, I….”

As Henry’s eyes blinked rapidly, Berry opened his mouth menacingly.

“What is it that’s regrettable?”

“Uh, um, so I….”

As Henry could only move his lips wordlessly in front of this disastrous situation, Airi, who was in front of Henry, laughed cheerfully.

As expected of Lady Airi!

She’ll sort out this situation!

“What’s this, Henry. You look like someone who really got caught trying to have an affair!”

…That wasn’t it.

Airi’s eyes were full of mischief. Airi probably didn’t think Henry would really confess to her.

But…!

‘No, this is too harsh!’

Henry stomped his feet, not knowing what to do, and barely managed to open his mouth.

“No, I was trying to say that I also have a lady I love….”

“…Don’t tell me you were going to spout some ridiculous and obvious nonsense that the lady you love is Lady Airi? No way.”

“No, no, no! That’s not it!”

Henry was truly wronged. Only then did Airi laugh for a while before wiping her eyes and muttering.

“It’s really not that. Look at Henry’s ring finger, Berry. It seems there’s a lady who loves Henry?”

Now finally Airi appeared as a relief pitcher.

Henry bit his lips tightly, put both hands forward, and said seriously.

“Yes, that’s right. Really. I’m in an engaged state….”

“So.”

Berry finally relaxed his fierce expression by about 1/3. Then he naturally sat next to Airi and looked at Henry.

Even seeing the proposal ring on his ring finger, he still seemed to be wary of Henry.

His current appearance looked quite interesting.

“You have a fiancée, so what.”

“I just came to congratulate Lady Airi one last time.”

“Ah.”

“My grandmother also wanted to congratulate Lady Airi on her marriage, so she sent me with this gift in my hands.”

When it was concluded that Henry was truly an innocent victim, Berry’s face became gentle again.

He smiled softly while looking at Airi, as if he had become a gentle lamb, or even a leashed beast.

“Lady Airi.”

“Yeah, what?”

“I’m so relieved, really.”

“What are you relieved about?”

When Airi tilted her head, Berry naturally fed Airi a spoonful of ice cream parfait and said.

“Just, my heart?”

Airi seemed uninterested, but Henry thought he understood. If he had confessed to Airi today, his body would have been split in half. The thought made his body tremble.

‘Phew, what a relief. My lovely lady, Doria. Thanks to you, I feel like I survived….’

However, now that the tension was gone, it was also interesting in a different way.

‘By the way, he really seems to love her with all his heart.’

That was also one of the interesting topics, wasn’t it.

With his tension relieved, an interesting situation came into his view.

‘Lady Airi, you’re really not doing anything at all?’

Henry was bewildered. Berry was acting as if he was attending to her every need.

‘Even a servant wouldn’t go that far.’

Feeding Airi food, wiping the corners of her mouth with a handkerchief in case she spilled anything, organizing her cutlery, and carefully ordering food she might want to eat in advance.

This was more than a prospective husband….

It was like the atmosphere of a butler who had been honed for many years solely for Airi.

It was when Henry was observing the two of them like that for a while.

Berry whispered in a low tone.

“What are you looking at.”

“Eh, eh, yes?”

“What are you looking at, I asked. Why?”

There was a strange gleam in his eyes as he smiled at Henry. As if, even Airi’s gaze was

‘No, he makes such a gentle face toward Lady Airi though.’

Throughout the tea time, throughout eating dessert, Henry’s mind kept wandering back and forth. When his expression began to change subtly, he suddenly realized.

‘I can’t show my possessiveness, but I want to monopolize her.’

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At the same time, the atmosphere of the Ortejo Family was quite gloomy.

No, to be precise, it wasn’t the family’s atmosphere but Declan’s atmosphere that was gloomy.

“Still, we could welcome our Berry as a son-in-law, right? That way we could keep seeing Airi.”

“What son-in-law. Get a grip, Declan.”

Toward Violet, who muttered as if telling him to wake up from a dream.

“Still, that Berry kid is kind and good-natured.”

“Declan.”

“Yes?”

“You’ve known Berry for so long, yet you can’t judge people?”

Violet placed both hands on her hips and shook her head. Declan stared at Violet with a look that said he truly didn’t understand. Then Violet chuckled and said.

“I mean, come on. Does Berry really seem just simply kind and good-natured to you?”

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