The Obsessive Male Lead Is Obsessed With Me! - Chapter 120

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Episode 120

In the midst of that powerful movement, huh? Lionel covered me with the blanket just like that.

“It would be better to just sleep.”

“Right?”

I smiled contentedly.

Right. Since I don’t have confidence to restrain myself here, it’s much more attractive to suggest not starting anything at all.

Then Lionel turned off the lights in the room and lay down next to me.

Normally I would have quickly wrapped my arms around Lionel’s waist, but today the wedding night buff was too dangerous, so I obediently clasped my hands together over my stomach.

Lionel made a request to me like that.

“Can’t we just hold hands and sleep?”

If this were Korea, I would have shouted “Get lost!” asking where he gets off trying such tricks.

But since it was Lionel who said that, after some consideration I ended up giving him my hand.

“We’re really just holding hands and sleeping. Got it?”

“Yes.”

From the day Lionel started staying at our house, we held hands more often than we ate three meals a day.

So I thought interlacing fingers was no big deal, but…

‘The feeling is really strange.’

Dark night. Because the curtains were all drawn, even moonlight couldn’t come in, so the room was pitch black.

In a situation where nothing was visible, listening to Lionel’s breathing while holding his large, warm hand…

‘Ugh, wedding night… This is all because of the wedding night buff.’

We were just holding hands under the blanket, so why was my mood becoming so strangely stirred?

I swallowed nervously by myself and warned Lionel.

“Don’t put strength in your hand. Don’t readjust your grip. You can’t stroke the back of my hand either. Bringing my hand toward you is also forbidden.”

“Understood.”

Lionel listened to me well.

I could feel the strength leaving our interlaced hands. I felt the warmth transmitted between his thick-jointed fingers and swallowed tears inwardly.

‘It’s our wedding night! Our wedding night!’

To only be able to smell the aroma in front of a fully prepared feast! So very frustrating!

“Liri. Please sing me a lullaby.”

“A lullaby?”

“Yes. It would be better to fall asleep quickly.”

Hmm, it seemed Lionel was in a similar situation to me.

Right. If I’m feeling frisky but he’s fine, that wouldn’t make sense.

‘Right. Come to think of it, I need to restore my honor too.’

It was from several years ago, and he probably doesn’t remember since he said it to the blue bird when it was still a magic tool.

‘How dare he call me tone-deaf?’

I’ll make sure he can never utter even the syllable “tone” in front of me again!

“Then put just a little strength in your hand. I’ll know you’ve fallen asleep when your hand relaxes.”

Then Lionel squeezed my hand tightly.

“Is this enough?”

“Yes. Shall I sing?”

I cleared my throat with a light cough and began humming a lullaby.

Then I could feel the tension gradually leaving Lionel’s body. His breathing also changed to slow breaths.

At this rate he’ll fall asleep soon, I thought, when suddenly I heard Lionel’s voice from beside me.

“…I don’t think I’ve heard this part before.”

It was a drowsy voice mixed with sleepiness. I explained in a small voice so his drowsiness wouldn’t flee.

“This is the latter part of that lullaby Lionel knows.”

“…This is?”

“As expected, you’re hearing it for the first time? Since Lionel always went back to the beginning from the middle part, I thought you wouldn’t know this part.”

“I see.”

Lionel was silent for a moment, then spoke again.

“Please keep singing. Until the end…”

“Alright.”

Would Lionel really be able to listen to the lullaby until the end?

Curious, I started singing the lullaby again from the part Lionel knew.

Through our clasped hands, I could feel him trying not to fall asleep.

But only for a moment. The strength gradually left Lionel’s hand and his breathing also settled into an even rhythm.

In the end, he fell into deep sleep without being able to hear my lullaby to the end.

‘At this level, it’s almost like he was hit by sleep magic?’

“Lionel, are you sleeping?”

Wondering if he might be pretending to sleep, I asked in a small voice, but Lionel didn’t respond.

Not even a child, but a full-grown adult falling into such deep sleep so quickly just from hearing a lullaby.

With a proud heart, I groped for Lionel’s face, which was only a faint outline in the darkness, and kissed his cheek.

“Sleep well, honey.”

Well, still.

As a married couple, this wasn’t a bad wedding night.

* * *

Honestly, I thought the Former Empress might use some kind of scheme to ruin our wedding.

But perhaps because the wedding venue was the Central Temple with the Pope officiating, or maybe because the Emperor’s health wasn’t good so they didn’t have the energy to pay attention to us.

The wedding ended safely without anyone causing trouble, and Lionel and I officially became husband and wife.

What that meant was.

The day for Lionel and me to depart for the Northern Region had arrived with great strides.

“Did you pack everything? Nothing left behind?”

“Of course. I packed all of Father and Mother’s love properly too.”

“What about Brother’s love?”

“I haven’t packed that yet. Give it to me now.”

Then Brother chuckled and hugged me tightly.

“Even in the Northern Region, eat your meals properly and always dress warmly.”

“This isn’t love, it’s nagging.”

“Hey now, it’s nagging filled with affection.”

Brother laughed playfully and ruffled my hair roughly.

I was grumbling that this would mess up my carefully arranged hair when Father made a sniffling sound beside us.

“Sob, our baby… I never imagined I’d be sending you away so early, and so far away…”

Even though he cried so much while drunk at last night’s farewell dinner, it seemed he still had tears left to shed.

Father cried like a child in Mother’s arms, and Mother sighed and patted his back.

“Stop crying. Anyone watching would think you’re going into exile or something.”

“That’s right. I’m leaving to become a Grand Duchess. Send me off with a smile, Father.”

“Waaah, waaah!”

Did my request to smile actually stimulate Father’s tear ducts? Father began wailing outright.

Our Father wasn’t the only one crying like this.

Over there, among the Northern Knights who formed a different group from the servants traveling with us, an ocean of tears was also forming.

No, correction.

About half were forming an ocean of tears, while the other half were forming an ocean of laughter.

“A title… I received a title… An estate, I have an estate…”

“Haha! I didn’t get a title! I don’t have an estate to be responsible for! I can follow His Grace the Grand Duke all the way to the Grand Duchy! Hahahaha!”

“Jenyang, what’s so great about not getting a title! That’s proof you didn’t achieve merit in the Northern Region!”

“Right! That’s why I’m going to achieve even more merit from now on. Right by… His Grace the Grand Duke’s side! Haha! Ahahaha!”

This atmosphere of theirs had started at the title and medal ceremony, continued through Lionel and my wedding, and even at yesterday’s dinner where we sat together… and they were still at it now.

“Those people are still the same as ever. His Grace the Grand Duke has quite troublesome subordinates.”

Sister, who had been looking at the same place as me, shook her head and approached my side.

I was surprised to see an ordinary backpack attached to Sister’s back and asked.

“Sister, is that all your luggage?”

“I loaded the important things in the carriage. This is like military gear for emergencies.”

“Emergencies… would there be such things? It’s not like we’re going to war.”

“There won’t be. This is just like a habit. I feel uneasy without it.”

“Are all knights like that… But Sister, is it really okay for you to come to the Northern Region with us?”

“I’ve told you several times it’s fine. Why? Do you perhaps not want me to come along?”

“No, I’m happy about it, but Sister, the estate you received is in the west.”

To be precise, it was a small estate that bordered the Roheim Duchy. The lord who originally owned that estate had apparently gone bankrupt from gambling addiction or something.

Thus, the title and estate that had been returned to the state were granted to Sister.

“I’ve entrusted Count Koshan with acting as lord. He’ll manage it well.”

Count Koshan was one of Father’s close associates.

He was Father’s right-hand man and the head of Roheim’s Ministry of Finance, so he had an enormous amount of work and must be incredibly busy…

‘Poor Count Koshan…’

At the same time, I became certain of something.

I was certain that Sister would probably continue to entrust the acting lordship to a professional manager, or get married and entrust it to her husband, but she herself would never go to the marquessate to play the role of lord.

Then, Sister added one more thing.

“While I’m at it, I’d also like to see Lady Melania.”

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