The Obsessive Male Lead Is Obsessed With Me! - Chapter 136

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Episode 136

“I, I’m fully awake now. Put me down quickly.”

When I hit Lionel’s shoulders repeatedly, he made a regretful expression but obediently put me down.

Though it was already too late, I hid behind Lionel’s back to straighten my clothes, then cleared my throat pretentiously and placed my hand on Lionel’s elbow.

“It’s been a while, everyone.”

“Yes, it’s been a long time, Your Highness the Grand Duke, Your Highness the Grand Duchess.”

Though it had been about 7 months, the head butler and other servants welcomed me with warm smiles, seeming happy to see that everyone looked well.

“Head butler, I’m here too.”

“Yes. It’s fortunate that Lady Belrose also looks healthy.”

“Kreung!”

“Well… Krieg too, I suppose.”

The head butler showed a pleased expression to all the familiar faces, but when looking at Krieg, he briefly showed a distant expression.

Even though we had built a separate stable for Krieg, it would be difficult to manage the horses when Krieg was around.

‘Everyone, fighting.’

I sent a message of encouragement to the coachmen and stable keepers, then followed the head butler into the house.

“Mother, Father, and Brother went down to the estate right after we got married, right?”

“Yes, that’s correct. We’re also energized to be able to serve the masters after such a long time.”

“Strictly speaking, aren’t I now a guest rather than the master?”

“May I relay those hurtful words directly to the Duke and Duchess?”

“No way!”

If that happened, I would definitely get a huge lecture. They’d say we’re still family even though I got married and moved out, and Father especially might cry his eyes out.

‘Even though he’s my father, he’s such a crybaby.’

The last face I saw of him was his crying face as he saw us off on the day we left for the north, so that says it all.

Thinking of that face made me feel emotional too, so I deliberately spoke in a cheerful voice.

“I slept well in the carriage, so I’m getting hungry. Please bring some light food to satisfy my hunger.”

“Understood, Lady.”

If it were just Lionel and me, we would have gone straight up to the bedroom, but since Sister was here too and I wanted to hear about the capital, we moved to the living room where we could all sit together.

Knowing we would arrive today, they must have prepared in advance, as warm air was circulating inside the living room.

I immediately approached the fireplace and warmed my hands against the crackling flames.

“Ahh, I feel alive…”

Though it was warmer than the freezing cold north, the winter wind was still winter wind.

After driving away the subtle chill that had wrapped around my body with the warmth of the fire, I returned to the sofa and sat side by side with Lionel. And Sister sat across from us.

“Huh? What’s gotten into Sister?”

“What do you mean?”

“Every time we take long trips like this, you always go straight to the training ground saying your body feels stiff.”

Of course, as a mage, it was something I could never understand.

“Well… I’m hungry too.”

“Really?”

“Yeah. And I have something to ask the head butler about.”

I nodded thinking that made sense. We did have a simple breakfast since we planned to enter the capital in the afternoon.

“Are you okay too, Lionel?”

“Yes. I’m fine.”

If he says he’s fine, then he must be fine.

While I was playing with Lionel’s hand, the head butler came in with two maids, pulling a trolley.

Finger foods like sandwiches and canapés began to be arranged on the central table. I was having the happy dilemma of deciding what to eat first when I heard Sister’s displeased voice.

“Head butler, what on earth is this?”

“Huh? …Huh?”

What Sister was holding was a gossip magazine. A gossip magazine with the name Velvet Rumor on it.

“That… Isn’t that a third-rate gossip magazine? The one Mother hates most.”

The reason I knew this was simple.

‘I bought it once because it was so famous and got caught, then got scolded terribly…’

It was a gossip magazine I couldn’t think of reading twice after getting lectured to tears about how a noble lady shouldn’t read such things.

But such a gossip magazine was sitting right there in our living room?

“I was actually going to mention this to you.”

“What? That you fired the servants who read this?”

Sister’s usual appearance was like a rough knight, but her birth was still that of a noble lady. There was no way she would like a gossip magazine that dealt with noble rumors.

Did he realize that if he said the wrong thing here, he would be the one in big trouble? The head butler sent the maids outside, then opened his mouth with a serious face.

“Ladies… No, Your Highness the Grand Duchess must see the contents.”

“In this gossip magazine?”

“Yes.”

The head butler took the gossip magazine from Sister, opened it to a certain page, and handed it back to me.

“Please read it once.”

“What on earth could the content be… Gasp!”

I was shocked. The title that filled half of the opened page hit me like a blow to the back of the head.

[Exclusive Reveal! Who is the Real Owner of the Oracle!]

“O-Oracle? Why is this story published here?”

“Please read through it all.”

I frantically read through the gossip magazine while chewing on the canapé that Lionel fed me.

The content was simple. Archbishop Seiji had never been pregnant. So the claim that Nicole was her biological daughter was a lie, and the claim that she directly created the oracle into a stone tablet at the birth scene was also a lie.

Then how did Archbishop Seiji have the oracle tablet? Because she was present at the birth scene when the oracle was given to the real owner of the oracle.

The list of people who called Archbishop Seiji for difficult births is as follows. Among these, there must be the biological mother of the real owner of the oracle…

And the name written at the very top was Mother’s!

“What is this? Are these people crazy? How dare they openly list the name of the Duchess of Roheim?”

“They must be crazy in the first place to come up with the idea of publishing a gossip magazine with noble rumors.”

“Can’t we file a complaint? No, we should do it right now. This means this gossip magazine is circulating in the capital right now.”

“I already confirmed that a gossip magazine with such content was circulating and immediately sent word to the Duchess at the estate.”

But when the head butler became aware of the situation, this gossip magazine had already spread throughout the entire capital.

It might be different before the gossip magazine was published or right after publication. But if you make the gossip magazine cease publication through complaints or protests when everyone who would read it has already read it, that could cause even bigger controversy.

“…That’s what the Duchess said.”

“That does make sense.”

If such a thing actually happened, people would gossip like this.

Hey, why file a complaint? Why protest? There must be something they’re guilty of, right?

“So what’s people’s reaction?”

“…May I speak honestly?”

“Of course you should speak honestly.”

The head butler answered with a slight sigh.

“Most people in the capital believe that the real owner of the oracle is Your Highness.”

“Why? There are many people whose names are listed here together!”

“Because Your Highness is the only one of noble birth. Moreover…”

The head butler’s gaze smoothly shifted to Lionel as he trailed off.

I looked at the salmon canapé placed in front of my mouth and reflexively opened my mouth, then realized belatedly.

‘That’s right. This person received an oracle that he would ascend to the throne…’

A person who might be the owner of the oracle about becoming the future empress has a husband who received an oracle about becoming the future emperor?

Anyone could see that person was the owner of the oracle. Even I thought so.

-Knock knock

Just then, someone knocked on the door.

Instead of me, who was clutching the gossip magazine and lost in despair, Sister gave permission to enter.

“Excuse me.”

The person who entered was a servant, holding a silver tray with several letter envelopes on it.

“What are all those?”

“An invitation has arrived for His Highness the Second Prince and Her Highness the Second Princess.”

“What?”

That wasn’t the end of it. Every 10 minutes, maids came in carrying trays, saying invitations were pouring in from here and there, and later, rumors must have spread that not only we as a couple but also Sister had come to the capital, because invitations started flying in for Sister too.

Dozens of them in just one hour.

What this fact meant was obvious. It wasn’t just the people of the capital, but even all the nobles were convinced that I was the owner of the Oracle!

“What should we do about this?”

Lionel put a mini sandwich in my mouth and answered simply.

“Ignore them.”

It was exactly the kind of answer that would come from his mouth.

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