The Obsessive Male Lead Is Obsessed With Me! - Chapter 24

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Episode 24

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“What? You think the Second Prince discovered the magical device?”

“That’s what will happen…”

I confessed to Uni, who came to wake me up late, about what happened last night.

I told her that while watching his sleeping face, I dozed off right at the desk and left the magical device behind.

“What should I do? If Lionel noticed it was a magical device and started analyzing the magic circuits, it would be terrible. He’d immediately figure out it’s a portable video communication device.”

If things went wrong, I could be charged with espionage, and if someone was determined to make accusations, they could even pin treason on me.

They could say I was spying on the Second Prince because I was planning to assassinate him!

“Ugh, what should I do! I can only think of the worst-case scenarios!”

“No, Miss. You are the daughter of Duke Roheim and also the Second Prince’s fiancée. There’s an excuse you can use in the worst-case scenario.”

“What excuse?”

Uni answered with a serious expression.

“I wanted to see if there were other women besides me.”

…In other words, she was telling me to officially declare myself an obsessive female lead!

“Are you seriously saying that?”

“I’m being serious. Wouldn’t jealous suspicion be better than being a spy?”

“Well, that’s true, but…”

Either a spy or a patient with jealous delusions. Having to choose one of the two no matter what.

Why did I fall asleep at the desk yesterday? Even beating the ground in regret was useless.

“For now… Let’s go to the Imperial Palace first.”

“What will you do there?”

“I need to confess quickly before they misunderstand it as real spy work.”

You know, there’s an old saying. Don’t use a plow when you could use a hoe.

Rather than avoiding it and making things worse, it’s better to just take the beating first.

Uni nodded, agreeing with my words, and I immediately made minimal preparations before heading outside to go to the Imperial Palace.

And I ran into my sister coming home from work.

“Oh my, Cecil? Did you come out to meet your sister?”

“Huh? Sister, why are you coming home now? Were you on night duty last night?”

“Yes. Night patrol duty at the Second Prince’s Palace.”

“The Second Prince’s Palace?”

Uni and I reflexively looked at each other.

Seeing us like that, my sister seemed to sense something strange and made a puzzled expression, then soon smiled as if she realized something.

“Cecil, were you on your way to see the Second Prince?”

“Huh? …Huh? How did you know?”

“I just said I was coming from the Second Prince’s Palace. I heard all the people whispering.”

“Pe-people were whispering? About what?”

Could it be that the fact that I’m the owner of the blue bird magical device has already been discovered?

“They’re curious whether the Second Prince figured out why you were angry, right?”

“That… kind of story is going around the Second Prince’s Palace right now?”

Ah, people around heard the conversation I had with Lionel yesterday.

My face heated up with belated shame. I playfully hit my sister’s shoulder.

“When other people were teasing your sister, you should have scolded them saying ‘You guys!'”

“If those people had done it with malicious intent, I would have. But everyone was worried about you? They were concerned that the Duke’s daughter might get hurt because the Second Prince is such a blunt person.”

“…Really? Even though they serve the Second Prince, they’re more worried about me than His Highness?”

“Sister was a bit surprised too? My little sister’s reputation is quite good even though she hasn’t even debuted in society yet.”

As my sister said, I haven’t even debuted in society yet, so why is everyone worried about me?

“Oh my… Rose, Cecil. What are you two doing standing here?”

“Ah, Mother. I’m back.”

Gasp. The moment I saw Mother’s face, I remembered why I was standing here.

This isn’t the time to be laughing and chatting!

“I, I have somewhere to go for a moment! I’ll be back later and there might be something to tell you or there might not be, I don’t know how it’ll turn out, but let’s have lunch together later! You too, Sister!”

“What kind of talk is that?”

“Haha, Mother. Cecil is busy with romance right now.”

“Oh my?”

“It’s not like that! Anyway, I’ll talk about it later!”

I kissed my sister’s cheek once, Mother’s cheek once, then hurriedly got into the carriage.

While the carriage was heading toward the Imperial Palace, I had a conversation with Uni.

“Seeing that Sister came home without any trouble, there probably isn’t an immediate uproar, right?”

“That could be, but… Actually, the eldest miss isn’t a direct knight of the Second Prince. There’s also a possibility that an investigation is proceeding secretly.”

“Ugh, that can’t happen…”

The road to the Imperial Palace felt like a thousand-mile journey.

The moment the carriage finally stopped, I grabbed my skirt hem and jumped down without waiting for Uni to get out and escort me.

And I went straight into the Second Prince’s Palace.

“Where is the Second Prince right now!”

“What? No, why would the Duke’s daughter be here at this hour…”

“Isn’t today not your visiting day?”

“It’s not, but I really want to see the Second Prince right now.”

My visit must have been sudden, as the guards and servants guarding the lobby of the Second Prince’s Palace looked at each other with bewildered faces.

Whether you announced your visit in advance or not, if a guest bursts in, you should curse later but provide hospitality first!

While I was beating my chest in frustration at the slow-moving servants’ actions, Uni, who followed me in, pressed Lionel’s schedule into my hand.

“Miss, the Second Prince should be taking military studies class right now.”

“Really? When does it end?”

“In about 30 minutes…”

“Excuse me.”

Then, the head servant approached and spoke with a light cough.

“That class has been canceled. Therefore, the Second Prince is resting in his bedroom.”

“He’s resting in his bedroom?”

The moment I heard those words, the thought that came to mind was ‘That terrible workaholic?’

And of all places, he’s resting in his bedroom?

‘That’s the space my magical device infiltrated!’

There was no time to waste. I clenched my fist and spoke to the servant.

“Please guide me to His Highness’s bedroom.”

“What? With all due respect, even though you are the Second Prince’s fiancée, you’re not married yet, so guiding you to such an intimate place…”

“I need to see with my own eyes whether His Highness is really alone!”

“Pardon?”

The servants’ faces turned pale with shock. Probably the guard knights, other servants, and maids standing behind me felt the same way.

I know. I’m digging my own grave right now.

But I had no choice. If I had to choose between social death and actual death, wouldn’t it be the former?

There’s a reason for the saying that even rolling in a dung field is better than the afterlife…!

I squeezed my eyes shut and shouted.

“The Second Prince isn’t on a date with another woman, and you’re all covering for him, are you?”

“You’re mistaken! It’s absolutely not like that!”

“That’s why I need to confirm it with my own eyes.”

“No, even so…”

“So there is something you’re hiding, right? That’s why you’re just leaving me, His Highness’s fiancée, standing here in the lobby like this!”

“No! Absolutely not! We apologize for the inadequate hospitality. We’ll guide you to the reception room first, so please calm down a little.”

“We’ll bring His Highness immediately.”

The servants tried to appease me despite their difficulty.

Being demanding as the Second Prince’s fiancée should have limits, and if I caused more trouble here, my already burning face felt like it would actually explode, so I nodded.

“Since you all say that much, I’ll trust His Highness. But please bring His Highness to me right away. Understood?”

“Of course. Please wait just a moment.”

One of the maids quickly went upstairs, and I was guided to the reception room.

While I was talking with the maids, warm rose tea was brought out immediately, as if it had already been prepared.

“There was nothing to worry about, so please be at ease, Lady Duke.”

“That’s right. You’ve seen the Second Prince’s schedule, so you know. He doesn’t have time to meet with other young ladies separately.”

The maids, who usually did their work quietly and disappeared as if they were there but not there, carefully spoke to me one by one.

It would have been more comfortable if they had just cursed at me for causing trouble from this morning.

Seeing them genuinely feel sorry for me made me even more embarrassed, so I spoke as if making excuses.

“You were surprised that I suddenly barged in, weren’t you? I’m sorry. I have no dating experience, and the engagement happened so suddenly… But I’ve been hearing strange things from people around me…”

“Strange things?”

“Well, you know… People say men secretly keep mistresses after marriage, and that they can’t forget their first love… And even when they’re arm in arm with their partner, their eyes wander when they see a pretty woman…?”

The maids who heard my squeezed-out words looked at me with pitying eyes, and the atmosphere had somehow become solemn.

‘Th-this is strange. Why do I feel like they’re all pitying me?’

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