The Obsessive Male Lead Is Obsessed With Me! - Chapter 119

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Episode 119

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To commemorate Cecilia and Lionel’s wedding, Duke Roheim prepared generous return gifts for the guests while donating an enormous amount of gold coins and wheat to the temple.

And even for those who weren’t invited, he gifted cookies baked with plenty of nuts and chocolate along with milk to everyone who visited the Central Temple.

“Did you hear? If you go to the Central Temple now, you can get cookies and milk. Even kids like us!”

“Wow! I want to go too, me too!”

Due to the people who gathered after hearing this news, the Central Temple experienced unprecedented prosperity since the Pope’s inauguration ceremony.

However, behind the clerics’ quarters at the Central Temple, the narrow space between the wall and trees was simply silent.

It wasn’t that there was no one there—a short girl was holding a brown cat in her arms.

“Is it tasty?”

“Meow.”

“Hehe, that’s a relief. It seems to suit your taste. There’s more, so eat slowly.”

“Meooow.”

The cat that chewed on the jerky the girl fed it rubbed its head against the child’s hand affectionately.

The girl petted the cat’s head with a happy expression.

“So cute… This is the first time I’ve seen such a gentle cat.”

“Meooow.”

“I’m glad you’re here with me at least. Bishop Nicole isn’t here, and Archbishop Seiji too…”

As if overwhelmed with sadness, the girl bit her lips tightly, and the cat gently licked her cheek.

“Are you comforting me? Thank you.”

The girl hugged the cat tightly and rubbed her cheek against its round head.

However, the child didn’t notice that the cat was making an annoyed expression due to being hugged so tightly.

Unaware of the strange discomfort, the girl began chattering away as if rambling.

“You know, I was originally Bishop Nicole’s attendant cleric. But about three years ago, I made a big mistake and was kicked out of my position as Nicole’s attendant…”

The girl, Eve, who had originally been Nicole’s attendant cleric, became independent from Nicole due to Nicole’s consideration. It was deliberately done so she wouldn’t continue following her around and get caught up in Cayen’s strange fault-finding again.

But not knowing this fact, Eve thought she had been kicked out for making mistakes, and since other clerics also thought so, she suffered subtle ostracism.

“Still, Archbishop Seiji took care of me during that time, but when it was revealed that Bishop Nicole was her biological daughter, she was excommunicated…”

Originally, excommunicated clergy must leave the temple immediately. However, Seiji wanted to atone, and after much consideration, the Pope gave her a place in the penitence chamber.

From the day Nicole became Empress until now, Seiji had been holed up in the penitence chamber offering prayers of atonement.

Even though respectful gazes had turned into sharp looks of condemnation piercing her, even though her honor was rolling in the mud.

“But it is a bit strange. The other bishops say that no one saw Archbishop Seiji pregnant in the year Bishop Nicole was born…”

“Meow?”

“Huh? What’s wrong?”

“Meow, meow.”

At the cat’s reflexive surprised sound, Eve looked at the cat with a puzzled expression.

“Are you hurt somewhere? Did I hug you too tightly?”

“Meow, meow. Meow!”

The cat shook its head as if that wasn’t it and snuggled back into Nicole’s arms.

Then it looked up at Eve with sparkling eyes as if telling her to continue the story.

However, Eve, who couldn’t know the cat’s inner thoughts, forgot what she had just been talking about and began chattering about something else.

“Eve! Where are you? I’m dying of busy work, where exactly are you being lazy?”

“I, I’m here!”

At the voice looking for her, Eve hurriedly got up and brushed the dirt off her bottom.

And she lightly petted the head of the cat that had stayed by her side all this time.

“Thank you for being with me.”

“Meow.”

The cat wrapped its body around Eve’s ankle and wagged its tail as if asking to be taken along, but Eve left without noticing the cat’s intention.

The cat left alone in that spot licked its front paws and stretched like any other cat would.

Then it climbed up the tree trunk with its claws extended, settled on a tree branch, and pondered the story Eve had told.

“No one saw her pregnant…? No matter how well she hid her belly, there surely would have been signs?”

Perhaps the claim of being the Empress’s biological mother was a lie?

But for what purpose?

What truth was someone as high as an Archbishop trying to hide by telling such lies while risking excommunication?

‘Something smells fishy.’

And it smells like a thrilling scoop at that.

If things go well, this might finally be the chance to make it big and leave the Empire.

I came here thinking that since all the nobles were attending today’s wedding at the temple, there might be some scandal worth extorting money from, and I caught such a big fish!

‘I’ll have to stay at the temple for a while.’

The Spirit Familiar Mage who let out a giggling laugh moved to find where people were still gathered, hoping to pick up more interesting news.

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After all the wedding ceremonies were over, the first night finally arrived.

Actually, this wasn’t the first time sleeping in the same bed, so there was no need to be nervous now.

Especially since we weren’t going to do anything today.

“Because of the oracle, we can’t consummate our marriage for a while. You know that too, right Lionel?”

“Yes, I know.”

Some might say this:

-Couldn’t you just use contraception properly?

But you see, this wasn’t just a child from some spiritually gifted prophet, but a child bestowed by God.

Who knows? We might break through the 99.9% contraception rate and get pregnant with that 0.1% chance!

So the only option we could choose was 100% contraception.

Not doing anything that could result in a child at all.

“…Still, it’s our wedding night after all, so it feels a bit disappointing to just sleep without doing anything. Right?”

“Couldn’t we at least kiss?”

“What?”

“I want to kiss much more than usual.”

Lionel said while staring intently at my lips.

“Since it’s our first night.”

“…Ahem. Right. Just kissing should be fine.”

Having answered that way, I fanned my face that was heating up for no reason and looked around.

It was my usual bedroom, my usual bed, no different from normal.

Worried we might cause an accident while drunk, we both only had a light glass or two of wine, and we both wore modest pajamas with no exposure.

But was it just my imagination? The atmosphere surrounding us felt different from usual.

The feeling that if we went just a little more, more, more… we’d end up going all the way?

“…This won’t work after all. Let’s just sleep today. I feel like we’ll really cause an accident if we get carried away by the mood.”

“I’m confident I can restrain myself.”

“Are you really confident?”

The virile male lead says he’s confident he can restrain himself. What nonsense that won’t fool anyone!

“While we’re kissing, if I suddenly put my hands inside your pajamas and start touching you all over, are you confident you can push me away and say no?”

“…”

“Even if you tell me not to, if I say to just trust me and push you down and start making progress, can you really stop me?”

“…”

Lionel, who seemed to be imagining such a situation with his eyes closed and lost in thought for a moment, soon pushed me down onto the bed.

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