The Obsessive Male Lead Is Obsessed With Me! - Chapter 23

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Episode 23

I moved the blue bird toward the fountain pen next to the notebook.

“As I thought… This is the one I gave him, isn’t it?”

Seeing that the jewel embedded in the clip was a blue diamond, I was certain it was the one I had given him. No matter how small it was, I would be the only person who would embed a blue diamond in a fountain pen.

‘I wondered where he put it since I didn’t see it in his office. So he was using it here.’

The slight resentment I had been harboring in my heart melted away softly. What settled in its place like sunlight was a warm feeling of satisfaction.

‘Oh, no. Don’t give in so easily. I can’t let points keep accumulating like this!’

I shook my head vigorously and made a resolution.

My purpose for coming here is to uncover Lionel’s true nature! I must never forget this, Cecilia Roheim!

-You should wash your feet now that you’re done playing.

Lionel brought over a concave bowl shaped like a rice bowl, filled it with water, and held it out toward me.

After confirming that Lionel had sat back down in his chair, I plopped the blue bird into the bowl.

Actually, I wondered if this was really necessary, but while the notebook was one thing, I felt a bit reluctant to leave ink footprints on the expensive-looking furniture and wallpaper.

‘From Lionel’s perspective, it’s just a bird… But still, my conscience feels guilty.’

When I pressed the quick steps button several times while in the water, I could hear the sound of splashing.

After confirming that black stains were spreading in the transparent water in the bowl, I checked on Lionel’s appearance.

“What is he writing so much about?”

Thinking that the ink had probably all washed off by now, I made the blue bird float in the air and sent it above Lionel’s head.

It was the optimal position where I could react immediately if Lionel moved and could see the writing in the notebook very clearly.

[Reasons Why Cecil Is Angry]

“What? He’s starting over from the beginning again?”

Geez, even diligence becomes poison at this level, poison.

At this point, I felt embarrassed for having told him to think about this as homework.

‘I didn’t know he would think about it this seriously.’

Looking at the clock, an hour had already passed since Lionel’s usual bedtime.

I was also starting to feel sleepy as my eyelids grew heavy. I would definitely oversleep tomorrow.

But since I’m not going to the Imperial Palace tomorrow, I can sleep in as late as I want, so it doesn’t matter if I stay up a bit late…

“What time is this person planning to sleep when he has to wake up at dawn to go train?”

Well, at sixteen, he’s at an age where he could chew stones.

‘But during the growth period, he should sleep well!’

Of course, Lionel is already tall, but that means if he eats well and sleeps well, he could grow much taller than he is now, right?

Men should be big, after all. Tall, with big hands, broad shoulders, and a big chest… Ahem. Anyway, sleep is the best medicine.

“Chirp! Chirp chirp!”

-What’s wrong?

Whether Lionel made a puzzled sound or not, I controlled the blue bird to fly to the bed and land on the pillow.

Then, after making eye contact with Lionel who was looking this way, I pressed the bouncing button on the soft pillow.

-…?

But as if he didn’t understand why I was doing that, Lionel just tilted his head lightly once.

‘How can he be so clueless!’

I made the blue bird bounce on the pillow several more times, then thinking this wouldn’t work, I made it lie spread-eagle on the pillow.

“Come here and lie down quickly, you fool!”

-Sleepy?

It seemed he finally understood my intention. I was so happy about that and pressed the nodding button, then realized my mistake.

‘If I understand human speech too well, he’ll definitely get suspicious.’

But fortunately, instead of raising any particular questions, Lionel got up from his seat and approached the bed.

Realizing my mistake belatedly, I flew toward the head of the bed. Fortunately, instead of reaching for me, Lionel turned off the magic lamp that had been brightly illuminating the room and lay down on the bed.

What settled in the bedroom after the light disappeared was only the moonlight and starlight streaming through the still-open window.

‘Is it okay to leave the window open like that…?’

Did he notice me glancing over there? Even while lying on the bed in a very proper posture with his hands clasped over his chest, Lionel asked me.

-Do you happen to know how to sing a lullaby?

“Huh?”

A lullaby? What lullaby?

Is he asking a bird about that now?

-Don’t you know? …Liri knew how to sing.

“What? …What did you say?”

This man, did he just say Liri?

“How do you know that name?”

That’s my childhood nickname that only my family used when I was little!

‘No, no. Wait a minute. Let me stay calm.’

Thinking about it, this wasn’t the first time I’d heard that name today. When Lionel first discovered the blue bird yesterday, he had definitely mentioned the name Liri.

‘It was such a chaotic situation that I thought I misheard…’

For a moment, I got goosebumps thinking that Lionel had noticed that the blue bird was a magic tool and that I was the one controlling it, but thinking about it, that couldn’t be possible.

If he had noticed that this bird was a suspicious magic tool, he would have caught it and smashed it long ago.

Besides, didn’t Lionel say it? Liri knew how to sing.

‘Anyone could tell it’s past tense. And I’ve never sung a lullaby or anything like that in front of Lionel.’

I’m getting a feeling, a feeling is coming…

It seems that the name of the blue bird Lionel raised when he was little was ‘Liri.’

‘Could it be that my blue bird doesn’t just resemble that Liri, but looks exactly the same?’

Then it made sense why he left the window open for it to come back in, why he prepared cookies and water, and why he just let it mess up his notebook.

‘Even I would probably give at least one meal to an animal that looked exactly like a pet I raised as a child.’

Wait a minute.

Thinking about it, aren’t I doing something really terrible right now? It seems like I’m messing with the only beautiful memory Lionel has left…

-I won’t move from here, so play as much as you want and then go back. Don’t make too much of a mess. If you come in while I’m away and run into a servant, there’s no telling what they might do to you.

“Don’t speak so kindly…”

The guilt is no joke, really. I’ll definitely go to hell when I die…

Looking at Lionel in the crystal ball who was keeping his eyes tightly shut as if trying to keep his word, I made a decision.

‘Let’s end the spying today.’

And I should retrieve that magic tool and destroy it.

It seemed better for the blue bird that resembled the ‘Liri’ Lionel raised as a child to never appear before him again.

‘I feel so sorry, but what can I do about this.’

I quietly looked at Lionel’s sleeping face, which felt like a wax figure, and slowly began pressing the crying sound button.

-Chirp. Chirp chirp… Chirp. Chirp chirp chirp.

-Is that your lullaby?

Still with his eyes closed, Lionel’s voice as he asked with only his lips slightly parted was much lower than usual. He seemed to be getting drowsy.

He definitely had no expression. But strangely, his face felt more comfortable than before.

It felt even more so because of the quiet laughter that followed, which I never would have heard if the surroundings hadn’t been quiet.

-You’re tone-deaf.

“What? Tone-deaf! Well, really!”

You’re the first person to call me tone-deaf!

I rapidly pressed the crying sound button in protest.

-Chirp! Chirp chirp! Chirp! Chirp chirp! Chirp chirp chirp! Chirp chirp! Chirp! Chirp!

-You’re angry. I can tell right away why you’re angry. Sorry for teasing you about being tone-deaf.

-Chirp chirp chirp! Chirp!

-Why is Cecil angry…

“Because you called me tone-deaf!”

Just wait and see. I’ll definitely sing for you and make you call me a heavenly singer!

I pressed the crying sound button frantically, promising future revenge.

Regardless, Lionel just breathed peacefully with a very comfortable expression. He seemed to have fallen asleep.

“His sleeping face is really gentle…”

Exclusive. The Empire’s first public reveal. His Highness the Crown Prince candidate’s sleeping face!

I wondered how many people besides me had actually seen this face.

‘If we get married, I’ll see it every day, right?’

Having that thought somehow made my arms feel a bit tingly.

“Yaaawn….”

I should gradually go to sleep, but this was such a precious sight that I absolutely couldn’t tear my eyes away….

-Chirp chirp

Huh? What? Where are birds singing at this late hour?

“Why are the surroundings so bright…. Huh?”

I suddenly snapped to attention.

Straightening my body that had been half-crumpled in the chair, I looked outside the window that had somehow become bright and screamed.

“Why is it morning!”

When I frantically checked the crystal ball, Lionel’s face was no longer visible. Not just Lionel’s face? Nothing was visible at all. The light had disappeared!

“What do I do, what do I do!”

I frantically pressed the buttons on the controller, but there was no response. Same with the crystal ball.

Though I really, really didn’t want to believe it, it seemed that the magical power of the magical device that had been left running while I was asleep had completely worn out.

In that case, naturally.

“The illusion magic would have disappeared too….”

What thoughts would Lionel have had when he saw the bird-shaped magic stone that must be rolling around by his bedside?

Just imagining it was like a horror movie itself, so I wanted to just faint right there.

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