The Obsessive Male Lead Is Obsessed With Me! - Chapter 77

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Episode 77

 

What on earth was that book title he was reading while exuding such an elegant and dignified atmosphere?

 

‘No, wait. Maybe the title is just like that, but it could be a philosophy book, psychology, or humanities text.’

 

…Really?

 

While he was confused, Lionel asked Beric a random question as if the timing was perfect.

 

“Sir Beric. Was your marriage a love marriage, or was it an arranged marriage?”

 

“Pardon? Well… It started as an arranged marriage, but we met before the wedding and our hearts connected. I was lucky.”

 

“Do you love your wife?”

 

Beric’s face turned red.

 

For a moment, he thought these questions might be meant to tease him, but Lionel had such a serious expression that it didn’t seem to be his intention.

 

Beric moved his lips and barely managed to nod his head.

 

“…Yes. I love her.”

 

But the difficult questions didn’t end there.

 

“When did you first realize you loved your wife?”

 

“I, I…”

 

Who am I? Where is this place? Why on earth do I have to be in a place like this receiving such questions from the Second Prince?

 

“When I saw my wife with her cousin brother and misunderstood… I realized my feelings while being disgracefully jealous.”

 

“Exactly how were you jealous?”

 

“Well…”

 

“Is it normal to feel jealous just from seeing the person you love with another man? If you don’t feel jealous, does that mean you’re not in love?”

 

“Uh, so…”

 

Beric sweated profusely while sincerely answering the questions Lionel poured out.

 

Lionel didn’t stop asking questions as if discussing an unresolved thesis, wondering what he was so curious about.

 

Just when he thought he wanted to run away regardless of whether the other person was a prince or not, Lionel’s questions finally stopped.

 

“Thank you. I’ll use this as reference.”

 

“Reference?”

 

This? For what exactly?

 

Before Beric could ask, Lionel opened his book again.

 

And he began reading with concentration. I was curious about how the duchess in that book was conquering the prince.

 

‘I can’t understand it at all.’

 

Beric shook his head and left his seat. Whether it was a personal hobby or whatever, Lionel seemed absorbed in his own time, so he didn’t intend to disturb him.

 

Instead, he planned to finish the inspection in advance so they could depart immediately later.

 

“Captain!”

 

“What’s the matter?”

 

“Well… It’s hard to report. I think you need to see it yourself.”

 

“Hard to report? What kind of talk is this?”

 

When he hurriedly ran to where his subordinate led him, a soldier who was checking the front handed him a telescope.

 

“Please look over there.”

 

“…What is that?”

 

In a place barely visible only through the telescope, thick dust clouds were rising roughly.

 

If it weren’t for the whitish something visible at the center, he would have thought it was a sandstorm.

 

“…A horse? Could it be a horse?”

 

“Yes. Looking at how it has no saddle or reins, it seems to be a wild horse but…”

 

“There’s a horse that big?”

 

It was too far to gauge properly at first, but as the distance gradually decreased, the size kept growing…

 

Roughly estimated, it seemed 1.5 times, maybe even twice the size of a normal horse. Moreover, due to that wild horse’s galloping, the ground they stood on began to vibrate slowly.

 

“The, the momentum is incredible.”

 

“Captain. Could that thing be… a monster?”

 

Whether by size or momentum, it definitely wasn’t a normal horse. Beric immediately made a decision.

 

“You guys, get your bows ready and stand by. And you. Go bring His Highness.”

 

“Yes!”

 

Anyway, the supreme commander was Lionel. He couldn’t arbitrarily command his subordinates when he hadn’t even received authority from Lionel yet.

 

A moment later. When the horse’s form became visible to the naked eye, Lionel arrived.

 

“What’s the matter?”

 

“Please look over there. There’s a horse presumed to be a monster.”

 

“A monster?”

 

Lionel covered his eyes with one hand and took the wild horse into his sight.

 

The wild horse’s appearance, fluttering its silver-gray mane and tail like flags while pounding the ground with iron-like hooves as it ran relentlessly, was like the incarnation of a sandstorm itself.

 

“Krrreong!”

 

“…Did, did you hear that? It wasn’t a neigh but ‘krrreong’!”

 

“Just give us the order!”

 

The soldiers aimed their bows at the wild horse that seemed certain to be a monster.

 

It was really right in front of them now. Just when the soldiers were trembling and swallowing dry saliva, feeling intimidated by the momentum of it running as if to ram into them with its whole body.

 

“Chirp!”

 

Though it was hard to hear buried under the sound of hoofbeats, something like a high bird cry rang out.

 

Others didn’t hear that sound, and some who heard it didn’t pay attention, but Lionel was different.

 

“Lower your bows.”

 

“Pardon?”

 

“But, but Your Highness…”

 

“It’s fine.”

 

Lionel dismissed the soldiers with a light gesture and walked forward directly toward the wild horse.

 

“Your Highness! It’s dangerous!”

 

Beric immediately drew his sword from his waist and followed behind him.

 

But Lionel looked back and restrained him with a glance, and Beric, overwhelmed by that presence, hesitated and let his sword-holding hand drop down.

 

At the same time, the wild horse stopped right in front of Lionel.

 

“Krrreong!”

 

“Chirp, chirp!”

 

The wild horse’s hooves, which raised its front legs as if making an emergency stop to barely reduce speed, narrowly grazed Lionel’s collar. If something had gone wrong, he would have been seriously injured by being hit by the horse.

 

Whether he knew this fact or not, Lionel reached his hand toward the horse’s head.

 

“Your…”

 

What if he gets bitten doing that!

 

The people who were completely tense couldn’t even make proper sounds and froze completely.

 

However, contrary to their concerns, the horse didn’t attack Lionel. Rather, it quietly lowered its head. As if saying this is where you should pet.

 

“Why are you here.”

 

And Lionel really did pet the horse’s head while speaking affectionately.

 

Everyone was so shocked looking at Lionel that no one noticed what he actually petted wasn’t the horse but the blue bird sitting on the horse’s head.

 

“I told you to stay home because it’s dangerous.”

 

“…Dangerous?”

 

Ah, I see. It’s not that the horse is dangerous, but that the person who might get hit by the horse is in danger.

 

It couldn’t mean anything else. After all, how many beings could survive being trampled by those hooves?

 

“Did you follow because you wanted to come along?”

 

“Chirp!”

 

“Krrreong.”

 

“The Northern Region is a dangerous place. I might not be able to protect you.”

 

What? Who’s protecting whom?

 

“Chirp!”

 

“Krreong!”

 

“Um… Your Highness.”

 

Beric, who had been unable to hide his shock with his mouth agape, carefully approached Lionel.

 

“This horse… Is it Your Highness’s horse?”

 

“It’s not my horse. But there’s no need to be wary.”

 

“Th-this thing didn’t neigh ‘whinny’ but growled ‘grrrr’! Are you sure it’s really a horse and not a monster?”

 

At someone’s brave question, everyone who had heard the horse growling looked at Lionel.

 

Though he might have been intimidated by receiving so many stares, Lionel calmly shook his head.

 

“You must have misheard.”

 

“What?”

 

“No, but…”

 

Logically speaking, how could so many people all have the same auditory hallucination?

 

Everyone looked at each other with bewildered expressions, but Lionel didn’t let them continue raising doubts.

 

“Sir Beric. What did it sound like to your ears?”

 

“Pardon?”

 

It sounded like grrrr, or perhaps grrrowl.

 

But how could he answer honestly when his superior was staring right at him?

 

Beric shifted his gaze elsewhere and tensed his stomach as he spoke.

 

“It sounded like neighing to me!”

 

“!”

 

At the captain’s betrayal that wasn’t quite a betrayal, the soldiers’ faces showed both surprise and realization.

 

The quickest-witted soldier among them followed suit and shouted.

 

“I also heard neighing!”

 

“Me too!”

 

Lionel looked at each of their faces as if memorizing them, and when no one else questioned the horse’s identity, he nodded with satisfaction.

 

“I didn’t want to bring it to a dangerous place, but since it followed us this far, it can’t be helped. I’ll take this one along too.”

 

“Ah, then shall we put on a bridle and saddle?”

 

“Grrrr!”

 

Look at that! Look at that! It growled again! That wasn’t neighing!

 

As the horse snapped its teeth as if ready to bite someone to death, several soldiers looked back at Lionel with aggrieved expressions.

 

However, Lionel patted the horse’s body with a calm face.

 

“We probably don’t have a saddle or bridle prepared for this size anyway. Just leave it be.”

 

“Grrrrowl!”

 

“Yes. You must be tired from running such a long way. Let’s go. There’s a shelter prepared for horses over there.”

 

Without even a bridle, Lionel led the massive horse in the desired direction simply by patting its body.

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