The Obsessive Male Lead Is Obsessed With Me! - Chapter 146

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Episode 146

Also, when he presented such logic, it was true that this side couldn’t refute it.

‘Actually, I think that would be much safer too…’

But thinking about it again, Lionel would become Emperor in the future. Since no one knew what might happen to him, it seemed better to collect Cecilia’s soul fragment separately.

…Yes, that’s right!

‘Let’s collect the soul fragment first and then think about it.’

If it really didn’t work out, she could just hand over the soul stone containing Cecilia’s soul fragment to Lionel and ask him to protect it.

Having made that decision, Belrose was hiding in a corner of the 1st floor lobby, in a spot where the entrance was clearly visible.

Holding a magical device in her hand. Ready to activate it immediately as soon as Lionel’s figure came into view.

And how much time had passed?

“Second Prince is returning home.”

“Already? He’s home earlier than expected. Please draw some attention at the entrance.”

“Yes, Lady.”

The head maid, who had roughly heard the situation from the Duke and Duchess, stepped forward with slight tension.

A moment later. The entrance door opened and Lionel entered.

“Welcome home, Second Prince. Was the Grand Duchess well today too?”

“Yes. She’s doing fine…”

Now!

Belrose activated the magical device toward Lionel while keeping herself hidden.

-Whiiiiing!

‘Nothing would be visible to the naked eye, but if the soul stone glows, it means the soul fragment has been collected… Huh?’

Lionel’s left chest bulged and writhed. As if his heart was trying to burst out of his body.

At that bizarre sight, the head maid, other maids, and servants screamed in surprise, and Belrose also involuntarily made a sound.

“It was supposed to be completely invisible… Gasp!”

Lionel, who reflexively clutched his left chest, quickly turned his head to look at Belrose, and their eyes met.

“Lord Belrose. What is that thing you’re holding?”

“Huh? Oh, uh, well.”

Not knowing how to respond, Belrose hid the magical device behind her back. That is, without deactivating it.

“Chirp!”

Because of that, the blue bird that Lionel had been holding in his hand finally popped out of his jacket pocket.

“Chiiirp!”

Due to the magical device’s strong suction force, the blue bird was pulled toward Belrose, tumbling through the air.

However, the blue bird couldn’t get far before being caught firmly in Lionel’s hand.

Even so, the gravitational force pulling the blue bird remained the same, and Lionel, holding the blue bird with one hand, rushed straight to Belrose and snatched the magical device she had hidden behind her back.

And.

-Bang!

After throwing the magical device to the floor, he stepped on it and broke it in half.

“Hieek!”

The magical device was broken in half, and the floor was dented.

While others gasped in surprise, wondering how such results could come from a person simply stomping on it, Lionel looked at Belrose with fierce eyes.

“Lord Belrose. Explain. What exactly is this about?”

“…”

“Can’t you hear me?”

She couldn’t hear him. Belrose’s attention was entirely focused on the blue bird’s tail feathers sticking out between Lionel’s fingers.

“As you can see, when this magical device is activated, it can pull up only soul fragments. Snowy was also pulled here because it’s a being born from my soul fragment.”

“Ah… Then all other spirit familiars would be pulled by this magical device too.”

Melania had definitely said so. This magical device only pulls soul fragments. Snowy was pulled because it’s a spirit familiar born from a soul fragment.

So that blue bird in Lionel’s hand was also…

“A spirit familiar?”

At that moment.

“Chiiirp!”

The blue bird escaped from Lionel’s hand, flew up into the air, and fled straight out the window.

“Ruda!”

Lionel urgently chased after the blue bird, but when he leaned his upper body out the window, the blue bird had already disappeared without a trace.

Lionel gritted his teeth.

Cecilia had earnestly asked that no one discover the existence of the spirit familiar. So Ruda, whose identity had been discovered, must have fled like lightning.

‘Even if I brought it back, it would just run away again.’

The fortunate thing was that Cecilia was currently outside.

Ruda probably went to Cecilia. There was nowhere else to go.

Thinking he should first resolve what happened here, Lionel turned to look at Belrose.

“Lord Belrose.”

“Wait… Just a moment, Your Highness. My head is too confused right now. So, uh.”

With a confused face, Belrose alternately looked at the broken magical device, the window where the blue bird had flown away, and Lionel’s rigid expression.

“Blue, blue bird… Surely when we were young, Cecil’s spirit familiar…”

“…”

“That blue bird, is it really Cecil’s spirit familiar? Wasn’t it destroyed back then?”

“…It was destroyed. At that time.”

“What do you mean by ‘at that time’?”

Lionel stared at Belrose’s face for a moment before opening his mouth.

“It was reborn a few years ago. I don’t really know the exact cause and process either.”

“Why did you keep this secret from us!”

“Because Liri wanted it that way.”

“Why would Cecil want that!”

Lionel shook his head.

“I don’t know.”

“You cooperated in keeping it secret without even knowing the reason?”

“Yes.”

Lionel asked Belrose, who was making a frustrated expression, in return.

“Is the reason important?”

Since Cecilia had asked him not to tell anyone, that was reason enough for Lionel to keep the secret.

The reason why Cecilia hid Ruda’s existence from other people wasn’t important to him.

“Argh, really! Then Cecil’s soul fragment and magic vessel were all in the spirit familiar! And we didn’t even know!”

“You didn’t even know?”

You don’t know how much our family, especially I, suffered trying to protect Cecil’s soul fragment that dwells in you!

…Of course you wouldn’t know!

Talking about this now would only make her look like a fool.

Belrose swallowed her inner words along with tears.

“Anyway, so… Cecil knew about that blue bird’s existence, right?”

“Yes.”

“But she didn’t tell us… For years at that.”

Belrose, who had been speaking in a dejected voice, soon clutched her head and screamed “Aaaaah,” and Lionel watched her before opening his mouth.

“Are all your immediate questions resolved? Then I’ll go see Liri.”

“Huh?”

“Ruda definitely returned to Liri, and Cecil can share Ruda’s memories.”

Cecilia would probably read the memories out of curiosity about why Ruda returned to her. Then she would learn that Ruda’s existence had been discovered.

“I’m thinking of telling her there’s no need to panic, but would it be a problem if Liri has a spirit familiar?”

“That’s not a problem… No, rather, it could be said to be good.”

If the soul fragment wasn’t unstably bound to another person but completed as a spirit familiar, there wouldn’t be much of a problem.

“Rather, I was worried about how to store the soul stone, so this worked out better.”

“I see. Then…”

“T-This is terrible!”

At that moment, one of the closed windows burst open and Nix revealed herself.

“Who are you!”

Belrose, who didn’t know her identity, reacted most sharply first, while the Maid Manager and maids tensed up and stiffened their bodies.

Fortunately, Lionel quickly gestured.

“She’s Liri’s subordinate. No need to be on guard.”

“Liri’s subordinate?”

As Lionel nodded, Nix shouted in an urgent voice.

“Her Highness has been dragged to the Imperial Palace!”

“T-The Imperial Palace? What do you mean…? Your Highness!”

While Belrose was so shocked by the sudden news that his mouth fell open, Lionel immediately rushed outside, put his index and middle fingers to his mouth, and whistled.

A moment later, Krieg came running with loud hoofbeats.

“Kreung!”

Lionel immediately mounted the horse, instructed it to run toward the Imperial Palace, and pulled out a small whistle from his pocket.

-Tweet!

The sound of the specially modified whistle that could only be heard by specific people echoed widely throughout the capital.

It was a signal instructing them to immediately occupy the Imperial Palace.

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