The Obsessive Male Lead Is Obsessed With Me! - Chapter 36

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Episode 36

 

Come to think of it, when I first touched this blue bird, I definitely felt the cold, hard texture of a magic stone, but now I can feel the warm, soft touch of feathers as if I’m touching a real living bird.

 

‘Could it be… the magic has only just been completed now?’

 

If that were the case, I could understand how this blue bird conveyed Cecilia’s voice and how it used lightning magic.

 

Spirit familiars were said to be able to use magic by sharing their master’s knowledge.

 

‘The spirit familiar has now been completed… Is that why Cecil collapsed and lost consciousness?’

 

Lionel immediately asked.

 

“What did the attending physician say?”

 

-He said there’s nothing wrong. Actually, I didn’t collapse because I was sick or anything…

 

“Not because you were sick?”

 

-Well, you see.

 

Even though there shouldn’t be anyone around, Cecilia spoke in the lowest possible voice as if whispering in someone’s ear.

 

-You know how magical power has settled in my body?

 

“Magical power…? Didn’t you say you lost your magical vessel when you suffered from a fever as a child?”

 

-I don’t have a magical vessel. But just like how water temporarily fills up when you pour it into a broken pot, magical power can momentarily settle in, I suppose.

 

Cecilia’s body has no magical vessel. However, after contact with the blue bird, magical power settled in her body…

 

When I think about it, it was strange.

 

Cecilia has no magical vessel, so how exactly was her spirit familiar magic completed?

 

‘…Could it be?’

 

Lionel’s gaze fell on the purple ribbon tied around the blue bird’s neck.

 

At that time, the nanny had definitely…

 

“It’s nothing special, I just cast preservation magic so the ribbon wouldn’t get worn out.”

 

“Could you infuse some magical power here? Then this ribbon will never fray.”

 

Liri died with that ribbon around her neck.

 

The body couldn’t be found. Instead, only one ribbon was returned to him.

 

That was all he had left, so Lionel periodically infused the ribbon with magical power. So that the preservation magic wouldn’t be released and the ribbon wouldn’t get worn out.

 

‘The material for a spirit familiar is a fragment of the caster’s soul…’

 

Could it be that it remained in this ribbon?

 

Cecilia’s soul fragment and magical vessel?

 

-Anyway, Master said there must be someone or something around me that infused me with magical power, right? And I made contact with Lionel both this time and last time.

 

“…Did you?”

 

Lionel tilted his head.

 

If Cecilia had received magical power from someone, the target would be this blue bird that possesses her own magical vessel, wouldn’t it?

 

-Don’t you remember? You know, last time when I received the blue bird, and this time too. Our hands brushed against each other. Not over clothes, but bare skin.

 

“Ah.”

 

That was certainly true.

 

To be precise, I touched not the blue bird but the ribbon tied around the blue bird’s neck.

 

-So, about that. Ahem, don’t misunderstand when you hear this. Lionel, do you have a lot of magical power in your body?

 

“Magical power.”

 

Lionel tapped the desk with his index finger while thinking of the blue bird, or more precisely, Cecilia who would be looking at his face from beyond it.

 

“Chirp chirp, chirp chirp chirp!”

 

“You want magical power? Again?”

 

“Chirp!”

 

“Is it okay? What is? …My body… has a lot of magical power?”

 

“I’ve heard that I do.”

 

-You heard?

 

I heard. From her herself.

 

But even if I answered like this, she who has no memories wouldn’t know…

 

“When I was young, the court mage who examined my body recommended that I learn magic. But I gave up because I didn’t have enough physical time to learn magic as well.”

 

-Then precious magical power must be sitting idle in your body, right? It’s been accumulating and accumulating in Lionel’s magical vessel, and then dreaming of running away saying it wants to see the world too?

 

“That’s quite a… fresh expression.”

 

-Don’t you think it would be better to send that child-like magical power for adoption to a lovely fiancée rather than letting it wander the unfamiliar world alone?

 

She really does use quite fresh expressions in many ways.

 

“…”

 

Suddenly, Lionel recalled what people said about him.

 

“His Highness the Second Prince has no expression… It would be more human if he screamed and got angry. No matter what he does, he maintains an expressionless face, so honestly, it’s creepy.”

 

His birth mother had said similar things. She said that even though she gave birth to him, he was disgusting.

 

The face that Cecilia would be looking at through the blue bird right now was the face that others found disgusting and creepy.

 

-Lionel? What’s wrong? Are you feeling sick?

 

Only after hearing Cecilia’s worried voice did Lionel realize he was covering his face with his hands.

 

He caressed his cheeks that felt smooth but only hard a few more times before lowering his hands.

 

And asked.

 

“May I call you Liri?”

 

-Suddenly? …Hey, isn’t that a very precious name to Lionel?

 

“That’s why I’m asking.”

 

-I don’t mind… Do as you like.

 

“Thank you.”

 

-Ahem. It’s not exactly in return, but about what I mentioned earlier…

 

“I’ll cooperate as much as possible.”

 

-Wow, really? Thank you!

 

The sound of clear, ringing laughter sounded just like a small bird chirping.

 

That sound was so pleasant to hear that Lionel suddenly felt regretful. It would be nice if he could see her face too.

 

But it was okay.

 

“…Liri.”

 

Now he could call this name again.

 

* * *

 

Gold-embroidered carpet on white marble floor. Crystal chandelier and gem-studded wallpaper. In addition, all sorts of luxurious furniture and decorations that perfectly fit the common expression of “throwing money around.”

 

It was a room decorated so splendidly that anyone would have no choice but to exclaim in admiration the moment they first entered.

 

But despite nearly ten people gathered there, what had settled in this room at this moment was heavy, oppressive silence.

 

“I see…”

 

Tap, tap. The movement of the index finger that had been habitually tapping the armrest of the chair stopped, and finally the silence was broken.

 

They should have felt relieved that the suffocating silence was broken, but the maids who were bowing so deeply that only the tops of their heads were visible to the First Prince sitting in the chair squeezed their eyes shut.

 

Because they knew well that that bland voice containing no emotion was a sign of the calm before the storm.

 

“My dear, gentle, and kind younger brother who would bow when this older brother told him to bow and roll when told to roll… What did he say? Say it again.”

 

It would have been less frightening if he had screamed to call the knights and drag him out.

 

The maid answered with her head bowed while tensing her trembling body.

 

“That blue bird… He was worried it might be killed by a stray cat, so he cast protection magic on it… He said never to touch it again.”

 

“A stray cat. Haha, a stray cat.”

 

Cayen chewed over those words several times before a loud burst of laughter erupted from his mouth.

 

The maids who knew well that he wasn’t laughing because he was truly amused shrank even more, and their prediction was exactly right.

 

“Hahaha! A stray cat!”

 

“Why did that bird die? How would I know? A stray cat must have killed it.”

 

He remembered bringing the blue bird that Lionel cherished. But he didn’t know why it died. He had lost interest after taking it away from Lionel.

 

It might have actually been killed by a stray cat, or he might have killed it while playing with it.

 

What he clearly remembered was that the expression Lionel made when he took that blue bird away from him and when he told him the blue bird had died was very pleasant to see.

 

Even after that, he had taken away things Lionel cherished several times, but he never showed such a despairing expression as that time, which he found quite regrettable…

 

“My younger brother is sixteen this year, wasn’t he? Right, he’s going through puberty. It’s about time he developed rebellious feelings toward his elders.”

 

How interesting. If he killed that blue bird directly in front of Lionel, would he show that expression he had as a child again? Or would he rebel against him now that his head has grown a bit thicker?

 

If he rebels, he would do it himself, right? In what form would he do it?

 

…Ah, it would be really interesting if that upright and sincere fellow went crazy and threw punches at him.

 

Using violence against a brother so frail he can’t even sit at a desk—what a perfect issue for those stubborn retainers to rally around.

 

“…Right. Violence.”

 

And conveniently, that poor fiancée collapsed at the Second Prince’s Palace.

 

Several pieces clicked together like a puzzle in his mind.

 

While his fingers drumming on the armrest slowed, the corners of Cayen’s mouth curved into a pleasant smile.

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