The Obsessive Male Lead Is Obsessed With Me! - Chapter 71

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Episode 71

 

Just from our lips touching, I could feel his body stiffen through the hand I had placed on his chest.

 

At the same time, his heart was beating frantically fast.

 

This was really too obvious to dismiss as a mistake, so I stepped back a little from him and laughed out loud.

 

“Liri…”

 

“You pass.”

 

“Pardon?”

 

“I said you pass. Did you forget?”

 

“I was thinking of observing a little longer before deciding whether it’s a pass or fail. Would that be alright?”

 

“Of course. Please let me know anytime.”

 

“Ah.”

 

Belatedly, Lionel made an expression as if something had occurred to him. Looking at that face, I couldn’t help but think he was a bit annoying.

 

‘He’s confident enough to boldly say he’s sure about passing the test.’

 

The image of Lionel when we first met flashed before my eyes.

 

Actually, when comparing Lionel from back then to Lionel now, there weren’t any major differences. His face was still expressionless, not showing emotions well.

 

But now I had learned that he occasionally smiled, that he was kind and considerate of others, and that his slow heartbeat sometimes quickened.

 

What I had learned about him was probably just the tip of the iceberg. It had only been a few months since we met.

 

I wanted to know more about the sides of him I didn’t know yet.

 

Not to prevent his corruption, not to avoid being kidnapped and confined…

 

“Chirp!”

 

Just then, the Blue Bird that had been hiding among the roses flew up high.

 

What had it been doing there? In the Blue Bird’s beak was a single fully bloomed red rose.

 

“Oh my, is it hurt?”

 

As if hearing my worried words, the Blue Bird flew over energetically and circled around us.

 

Lionel also seemed worried and extended his hand to the Blue Bird, who placed the rose on it.

 

“Chirp chirp!”

 

Then the Blue Bird landed on Lionel’s shoulder and hopped one step, two steps to the side, moving close to his face before rubbing its head against his cheek.

 

Anyone could see it was obvious affection… No, wasn’t that level more like courtship behavior?

 

“Here.”

 

“Huh? …Why are you giving this to me?”

 

At my question, Lionel looked at the Blue Bird.

 

“Didn’t you bring this to give as a present to Liri?”

 

“Chirp!”

 

“If you wanted to give it to me, you would have given it to me from the start!”

 

“Chirp chirp! Chirp chirp chirp!”

 

The Blue Bird also seemed to feel hurt and kept body-slamming against Lionel’s shoulder.

 

Lionel caught the Blue Bird with his hand and, as if having a late realization, looked back and forth between me and the Blue Bird while making an “ah” sound.

 

“This is like returning a flower that Liri gave back to Liri.”

 

“Exactly! This one and I are one body…!”

 

…Huh?

 

Right. This Blue Bird was my spirit familiar made from a fragment of my soul, so it was no different from being one body with me.

 

So that flower was essentially the same as me giving it to Lionel.

 

“A red rose…”

 

W-wait. The meaning of red roses is!

 

“Come to think of it! I finally named the Blue Bird!”

 

“Chirp? Chirp chirp!”

 

The Blue Bird flew to me as if curious and circled around me.

 

Just looking at this, I could really feel that it was the same as me yet also a different being.

 

“What did you name it?”

 

Lionel looked away from the rose and toward me.

 

I thought thankfully and quickly opened my mouth before his attention returned to the rose.

 

“Ruda. Ruda.”

 

“Ruda? What does it mean?”

 

“Well, it doesn’t have any particular meaning…”

 

I looked back and forth between the Blue Bird with feathers the same color as my hair and the earring hanging on Lionel’s ear.

 

The blue diamond I had already given as a gift to Lionel twice.

 

The name I gave to this Blue Bird with exactly the same color as me came from that very gemstone.

 

“Ruda from blue diamond. The colors are almost the same, right?”

 

“Chirp!”

 

Before Lionel could answer first, the Blue Bird—Ruda—nodded as if agreeing while floating in the air.

 

And the moment our eyes met, I finally realized that Ruda and I were connected as one.

 

‘Ah, it really was my spirit familiar.’

 

Another me. My alter ego. My friend and family who would forever be on my side. My other half.

 

I smiled brightly and extended both hands to Ruda.

 

“Please take care of me from now on!”

 

“Chirp!”

 

Ruda, who must have felt the same emotion as me, flew into my arms.

 

And the moment I hugged Ruda tightly, I lost consciousness as if the power had been cut off, just like before.

 

* * *

 

The moment Cecilia embraced Ruda who flew into her arms with both hands, she lost consciousness.

 

The Blue Bird also collapsed and went limp just the same.

 

Having experienced this before, Lionel wasn’t surprised and first picked up the Blue Bird sliding off Cecilia’s lap and put it in his pocket.

 

‘So it happens like this again.’

 

When Cecilia and the Blue Bird touched each other, they both lost consciousness.

 

Though he hadn’t told Cecilia since it was still at the suspicion stage, the reason Lionel had been keeping the Blue Bird was precisely because of this.

 

He didn’t know exactly what the problem was.

 

However, Lionel suspected that when Cecilia was young, ‘Liri’s’ murder had left some kind of aftereffect on both of them.

 

He might be able to get a clearer answer by visiting a mage specialized in spirit familiars, but since Cecilia wanted to hide the spirit familiar’s existence, this wasn’t an easy task.

 

‘If she’s going to hide Ruda’s existence from everyone until the end, it would be better for me to keep it.’

 

However, since he was going to the dangerous Northern Region, he couldn’t take Ruda along.

 

Even now, just touching caused them to lose consciousness—what if Ruda died again?

 

Cecilia might be seriously hurt. Perhaps she might lose her memory once more.

 

‘That can’t happen.’

 

Rather than that, even if she occasionally lost consciousness by mistake, it seemed right to leave Ruda here.

 

Having finished his deliberation, Lionel adjusted and lifted Cecilia who was slumped in his arms.

 

Soft and warm. If he listened carefully, he could hear her stable breathing.

 

He wanted to maintain this state forever, but since Cecilia had lost consciousness, it would be better to lay her down somewhere comfortable to rest.

 

Lionel suppressed his regretful feelings and returned to Cecilia’s bedroom.

 

This wasn’t why he had trained his body, but thanks to his excellent physical abilities, he could enter her bedroom through the third-floor window without being caught by anyone.

 

Cecilia’s bedroom was a place where the owner’s atmosphere was completely melted into it.

 

If his room was a desolate winter, this place was a warm spring. Unlike his bleak bedroom, it was cozy and full of life.

 

Since he didn’t have the owner’s permission, he tried not to look around too much and controlled his gaze, when Lionel discovered the flower pot he had given as a gift.

 

“…”

 

Even though that was already a month ago, the flowers in the pot were still fresh. He could tell that Cecilia had carefully tended to them.

 

“Mmm…”

 

Just then, as if something was uncomfortable, Cecilia’s brow furrowed and an uncomfortable moan flowed from her lips.

 

Lionel immediately laid her on the bed and took the Blue Bird from his pocket, placing it at Cecilia’s bedside.

 

“Chirp…”

 

As if knowing it was being left behind, Ruda flailed its feet even while unconscious.

 

Lionel watched that sight for a moment, then adjusted the Blue Bird’s position so it could rest comfortably, and covered Cecilia with a blanket as well.

 

“Mmm….”

 

“Chirp….”

 

Seeing them make the same sleepy complaints at the same timing with the same feeling, it seemed the saying that the two were one body was really true.

 

Lionel looked down at the two with a smile on his lips, then rummaged through his pocket and pulled out the items he had brought.

 

“I hope these will protect you while I’m gone.”

 

One was the claw left by the giant wolf, and the other was a small flute in a thin form that could be worn around the neck.

 

And Lionel took the rose that Ruda, no, Cecilia had given him.

 

‘Red rose.’

 

The flower language of that was love, wasn’t it.

 

Lionel quietly looked down at the rose and plucked a red petal to put in his mouth.

 

Apart from the rich rose fragrance, the petal had no taste at all.

 

Naturally, the texture wasn’t great either. However, Lionel plucked all the petals and put them in his mouth.

 

It was because he had realized it when Cecilia first brought him cookies.

 

The fact that if he devoured everything, it would remain his forever without being lost or stolen by anyone.

 

Gripping only the stem where the flower had disappeared, Lionel looked down at Cecilia.

 

“…Someday, definitely.”

 

After leaving behind a promise like a vow that Cecilia couldn’t hear, Lionel jumped out the window.

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