The Male Lead Is Trying To Tame Me With Money - Chapter 56

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56.

 

The last thing I saw was Casian’s frowning face as he approached me.

 

He had rushed over as if he would cut off the dragon’s neck, seemingly having forgotten Wesley’s request as well.

 

But I couldn’t know what the result of that was.

 

Except for his figure, my vision filled with dazzling colors, and when I closed and opened my eyes, my surroundings had turned completely black in an unsettling way.

 

‘…This really sucks?’

 

I felt a creepy sensation as I looked around.

 

This is exactly the kind of atmosphere where protagonists get chosen by some absolute being or transcendent entity to receive their mission.

 

Knock knock, are you listening up there?

 

I think I’ve said this thousands of times, but I’m returning the protagonist role.

 

I was thinking like a minor extra with almost no sense of mission, planning to subjugate the dragon for personal gain and get my share, and you’re doing this to me?

 

While I was complaining internally, following the typical pattern, my vision brightened and something like a miniature version of the Flare Dragon appeared.

 

-You’re not flustered, as expected of the one who holds the key…

 

“Please keep your business clear and simple. You thought of a way to send me back before kidnapping me, right? If you were going to kill me, you wouldn’t have bothered calling me here like this.”

 

I have a terribly worried, pretty devil-like boss, you know?

 

Last time when I got hurt once, you should have seen how much she worried about me, and at this rate I’ll have to see that face again.

 

When I poured out my words in a rush, wanting to quickly escape this uncomfortable space, the Flare Dragon’s body tilted slightly for a moment.

 

-You’re an interesting one.

 

Then it soon smiled and nodded.

 

-Yes, I too have something to receive from you, so I’ll speak briefly.

 

Even saying that is a waste of time. How nice would it be if you just got straight to the point?

 

When I grumbled and crossed my arms while looking at it, the dragon laughed again.

 

Wait, the fact that it’s a being capable of having a normal conversation like this never appeared in the original work.

 

Why is this useless event only causing setting destruction that doesn’t help me?

 

There’s a difference in guilt when looting spoils between it being a simple magical beast versus an intelligent god-level magical beast.

 

Isn’t this too much for Extra #1 who’s kind-hearted and has a tiny liver?

 

-Kukuk, you think interesting thoughts.

 

“You’re invading my privacy.”

 

-What do you want me to do about thoughts that can be read? You would have wanted to say it anyway.

 

“Your business.”

 

-Calling you here already fulfilled it.

 

“Then please send me back?”

 

The dragon laughed loudly once more at my answer.

 

But isn’t this dragon really too much of a pushover? Why is it being friendly to someone who came to subjugate it?

 

Normally it should be saying things like “impudent” or “insolent,” shouldn’t it?

 

-You’re only curious about strange things, one who lives unfreedom through freedom.

 

“A moment ago you called me the one who holds the key.”

 

-That’s why you live unfreedom.

 

“When conveying business, please use precise and intuitive vocabulary.”

 

-This is intuitive to me.

 

Ha, right, what kind of conversation am I trying to have with a different species.

 

When I sighed, the Flare Dragon carefully placed its front paw on top of my head.

 

-You don’t seem to want to know, do you, why this happened.

 

It was an obvious statement. Knowing a lot wasn’t unconditionally good.

 

The more you knew, the more responsibility increased, and there was no telling what this world, which didn’t show even a speck of kindness or gentleness, might do to me.

 

The dragon briefly rumbled its throat, then opened its mouth as if it understood.

 

-Yes, you’ll do well even without knowing. However, since you freed me from my shackles, I’ll give you a gift.

 

“Pardon?”

 

I already want to return it.

 

-It will be useful.

 

Excuse me.

 

However, despite my protests, the dragon didn’t accept returns and just sent me back alone.

 

Lastly, what I had been worried about.

 

-My soul has been freed, so you may do as you wish with the shell.

 

Eliminating the guilt about dragon scales and spoils was this ill-mannered dragon’s only mannerly play.

 

*

 

As soon as I was sent back, I could see the Dragon’s Lair below my feet.

 

I was startled thinking I might fall, but fortunately that didn’t happen.

 

Right, the dragon had at least this much conscience.

 

“Rose!”

 

“Rozelita!”

 

The two people I had seen last discovered me first with faces full of worry.

 

I, who had floated down from the air like the protagonist in the opening of Castle in the Sky, was lightly caught in Casian’s arms.

 

A red alert immediately sounded. I had to quickly reassure him.

 

Seeing his face clearly showing distress, I hurriedly explained my condition.

 

“Nothing happened. I wasn’t even threatened, and I’m not hurt anywhere!”

 

If I didn’t say this, Casian was giving me a look like he would give up collecting spoils and immediately close the lair.

 

Even though I obediently confessed my condition, he examined me thoroughly with a face showing his anxiety hadn’t subsided.

 

Only after all that process was finished did he reluctantly put me down from his arms, as if still unsatisfied.

 

“What about Your Highness? You’re not hurt?”

 

After carefully confirming with my eyes that the Flare Dragon had fallen, I asked Casian, and he looked at me anxiously before barely nodding.

 

“…Mm.”

 

“I’m really okay.”

 

When I even spread my arms as if telling him to check, Casian somehow interpreted this and pulled me into a tight embrace.

 

“…I didn’t spread my arms for you to hug me.”

 

“Mm.”

 

You really only give good responses.

 

I thought that while not pushing Casian away, instead just sending an apologetic hand signal to Wesley who was slightly frowning.

 

The other knights were already used to him acting this way toward me and were focused only on their own tasks.

 

Wesley sighed and then stepped away, indicating we’d talk later.

 

“Your Highness.”

 

“Mm.”

 

“I’m sorry for startling you even though it wasn’t my intention, though the dragon was the bad one.”

 

I was really frustrated because this time I had really been safely near Wesley.

 

I was even more careful because it seemed like some strange switch had been turned on in Casian from my reckless actions last time.

 

Casian stopped breathing for a moment, then his body shook greatly as he hugged me tightly again.

 

“Mm, I know Rose isn’t bad.”

 

Really?

 

While I was having doubts, Casian released me as if he was truly okay now.

 

“I’m okay too, Rose.”

 

There was strength in his gaze toward me.

 

I could finally feel relieved seeing those eyes gradually returning to their usual violet color.

 

It seemed I hadn’t left a huge scar on Casian Artez’s heart.

 

*

 

Our time ended with the murmuring around us.

 

“Your Highness, Salice Advisor. Collection of adamant ore and dragon spoils is impossible.”

 

“Impossible?”

 

But the dragon even gave permission saying its soul was now free so we could use the shell as we pleased?

 

When it sent me back, that reptile’s face looked so relieved, making people annoyed for no reason.

 

“Does aura not work either?”

 

Casian confirmed as he walked toward the dragon with the Royal Guard.

 

“Yes, it feels completely unapproachable. As if it has no physical form.”

 

No physical form?

 

And as I approached closer to the dragon, I could only blink my eyes in surprise.

 

The moment I entered within a 2-meter radius, a magic scroll suddenly popped up and stopped gently in front of me.

 

After quickly reading the contents, I stared at Casian with a momentarily dumbfounded expression.

 

Then Casian leaned toward me, read the contents, and frowned while muttering disapprovingly.

 

“Oh dear, there are going to be too many showing interest in my fiancée.”

 

Thanks to those words, I was able to quickly run calculations in my head.

 

The benefits I would gain versus the threats and annoyances I would have to endure when I devoured this lair.

 

Of course, the answer was simple.

 

I’m sorry for calling you an ill-mannered dragon.

 

And thank you very much for not accepting returns and forcing this on me.

 

I asked Casian as if to confirm my judgment.

 

“If I take this, there will be quite a lot of people who’ll get upset, right?”

 

Like the King of Seolkuk, or the Temple, or the Empress, or the Emperor!!

 

“Of course.”

 

“Your Highness will protect me, right?”

 

“As long as Rose takes care of herself.”

 

“I take very good care of myself.”

 

Casian made an exasperated face but nodded as if resigned.

 

When I raised my hand, a pen popped out from within the magic scroll.

 

“I’m looking forward to it.”

 

“To what?”

 

“His Majesty the Emperor will be working on our behalf.”

 

At my whispered words, Casian burst into laughter as if proud.

 

I gripped the pen tightly, anticipating with a racing heart all the chaos that would erupt the moment I accepted this.

 

With a spontaneous smile, I willingly signed at the bottom of the scroll.

 

My name, Rozelita Salice, which I had now grown accustomed to and could write fluently in an instant.

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