The Obsessive Male Lead Is Obsessed With Me! - Chapter 78

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Episode 78

 

“Grr… Huff.”

 

The horse listened well to Lionel’s words, but the giant horse’s jet-black eyes still gleamed fiercely as if ready to tear apart anyone who crossed it wrong.

 

“C-Captain. Is that horse really okay…?”

 

“What if it’s not? Are you going to go tell it that it should neigh instead of growl?”

 

There was no way they could do that.

 

Eventually, everyone agreed through silent glances. They wouldn’t question the identity of that horse any further.

 

Meanwhile, Lionel, who had given the giant horse a water trough meant for horses, placed the blue bird on his palm and attempted conversation.

 

“This horse is a giant wolf, right?”

 

“Grr.”

 

The answer came from the snout of the horse that was drinking water. It was far too much like a beast’s growl to be considered a horse’s whinny.

 

“Seeing that it came with Ruda, it seems like it wants to follow me… Do you know where I’m going and what I’m going to do? It might be dangerous.”

 

“Grr!”

 

The horse growled briefly in a protesting tone, then snorted.

 

The meaning was clear. It wasn’t afraid of some mere monsters.

 

Being a belligerent giant wolf, it probably wasn’t just bluffing.

 

This time Lionel asked Ruda.

 

“Does Liri know you came here?”

 

“…Chirp!”

 

The silence before the answer was a bit concerning for it to be a simple affirmation.

 

However, wasn’t Ruda a being created from fragments of Cecilia’s soul?

 

In the end, Ruda’s will was Cecilia’s will, and Cecilia’s will was Ruda’s will.

 

But would it really be okay?

 

“I hate seeing blood splatter, you know. Whether shooting arrows or cutting with swords… Ugh.”

 

Part of the reason he had tried to leave Ruda behind was his concern about showing Cecilia gruesome scenes by mistake.

 

“Can you refuse when Liri tries to transfer her consciousness to your body?”

 

“Chirp!”

 

Ruda nodded.

 

“You don’t mind seeing monster blood?”

 

“Chirp!”

 

As if saying it wasn’t afraid of monsters at all, Ruda folded its wings and made jabbing motions.

 

Having gone through various hardships in its own way, it seemed more belligerent than Cecilia.

 

“I don’t want to show Liri blood or monster corpses. Do you understand what I mean?”

 

“Chirp!”

 

“Good. Thank you.”

 

Ruda nodded repeatedly as Lionel earnestly requested that it only connect consciousness with Cecilia when he said it was okay.

 

‘Come to think of it, she might find wolf claws disgusting too…’

 

He felt a bit regretful, wondering if he shouldn’t have given those to her, but he had no idea.

 

He couldn’t guess that Cecilia, who had started making magical tools using giant wolf claws as materials, would soon be asking him to bring her as many parts as possible – horns, teeth, claws, and all.

 

* * *

 

It had already been four days since Lionel left for the north leading the knights and soldiers.

 

Duke Roheim, who had finally arrived in the capital, headed straight to the Imperial Palace after reuniting with his family.

 

There he encountered Melania, who had come to handle the Frost Tower’s affairs.

 

“Lady Melania! It’s been quite a while.”

 

“A while indeed. You’re the one who’s had it rough. It must have taken quite some time to get here from your estate.”

 

“Hahaha, hasn’t the country faced a great crisis? I can’t delay work because of my personal fatigue… More importantly, if you don’t mind, could you spare me some time?”

 

“I don’t mind, but… is this a conversation suitable for such a place?”

 

“I know a place where there are no people.”

 

Duke Roheim led Melania deep into the maze garden where people would have difficulty following, then brought up his business.

 

“Lady Melania. Have you completed the tracking magical tool by any chance?”

 

“I have completed it.”

 

As if she had wanted to discuss that very matter, Melania pulled out a small compass from her pocket.

 

Its appearance was no different from an ordinary compass. But the moment Melania injected mana into it, the compass needle glowed blue and began pointing north.

 

“North…?”

 

“Yes. And it’s not even a nearby location.”

 

The needle was steadily pointing only north. This meant the target was at a great distance.

 

“Just to be sure, from this current position, where are the Second Prince’s Palace, First Prince’s Palace, and Empress’s Palace located?”

 

“The Second Prince’s Palace is to the west, and the First Prince’s Palace and Empress’s Palace are to the east.”

 

This meant that the location of Cecilia’s soul fragment was not in any of those places.

 

Surely Cecilia had made contact with her mana vessel somewhere in the Imperial Palace, so why was the compass still pointing north even now that they had entered the palace?

 

The answer was obvious.

 

“They said His Highness the Second Prince departed for the north a few days ago.”

 

“Then, His Highness the Second Prince has…?”

 

Melania nodded.

 

“It seems His Highness the Second Prince is carrying Cecil’s soul fragment.”

 

Duke Roheim questioned her with a confused expression.

 

“But didn’t you say that someone who possesses a mana vessel cannot absorb another person’s mana vessel?”

 

“That’s right. But I forgot an important fact.”

 

To be precise, what Cecilia had lost wasn’t a mana vessel. It was a ‘soul fragment’ that contained a mana vessel.

 

“Mana vessel and mana vessel cannot mix. However, soul fragments can fuse with another person’s soul.”

 

“You mean… Cecil’s soul fragment has combined with His Highness the Second Prince’s soul?”

 

“That possibility is high at present.”

 

This would explain how Cecilia regained her mana just by making contact with Lionel.

 

“Are there no side effects to that?”

 

“There are. If the soul fusion isn’t perfect, the soul fragment could break away or even disappear when His Highness the Second Prince’s body receives a major shock.”

 

In the worst case scenario, Cecilia’s life might be in danger again.

 

Duke Roheim, thinking that far, slapped his forehead.

 

“But right now, His Highness the Second Prince is…!”

 

“Yes. He went to the north where monsters are rampaging. A place where he could suffer serious injuries at any time.”

 

Melania and Duke Roheim sighed simultaneously.

 

“Then for now… it would be important to safely protect His Highness the Second Prince from getting injured.”

 

“That would be right.”

 

Duke Roheim sighed and rubbed his forehead.

 

If it were before his departure, there might have been some way to stop him, but there was no way to make someone who had already been appointed as supreme commander return…

 

What choice was there?

 

The only option was to provide full support so that Lionel wouldn’t get hurt.

 

“Lady Melania. I have a request.”

 

“It’s not a request to me, but to the Frost Tower, right?”

 

Melania clicked her tongue and answered.

 

“As you know, Cecil isn’t my only disciple. So at this point, I can’t say anything definitive.”

 

“At this point, you say?”

 

Duke Roheim’s eyes sparkled.

 

Indeed, like father, like daughter. Her face was the spitting image of her mother who was famous for her beauty, but her charming behavior was exactly like her father’s, so it was understandable why the Roheim family cherished Cecilia so much.

 

Melania, who couldn’t help but burst into laughter, shrugged her shoulders toward Duke Roheim.

 

“Going north to beat up those monsters would be a very good opportunity for you all… I need something to convince my disciples with that argument.”

 

“Ah! I understand what you mean.”

 

Duke Roheim smiled confidently and thumped his chest with his fist.

 

“That’s my specialty. Please wait just a moment.”

 

* * *

 

The next day. A rumor spread throughout the capital.

 

Upon hearing that a monster wave had erupted in the Northern Region, Duke Roheim, who had rushed to the capital immediately, publicly declared that he would spare no support for the north.

 

And that was a whopping 10 billion gold, all in gold coins!

 

“That crazy bastard! Is 10 billion gold some dog’s name from his household?”

 

“An amount that exceeds the annual operating costs of most estates, and in gold coins, not even promissory notes?”

 

That wasn’t all. Duke Roheim declared that until the monster wave was terminated, he would donate all mana stones mined from the mana stone mines located in his estate to the Magic Tower.

 

Then, as if waiting for this moment, the Mage Tower Master of the Frost Tower declared that he would send his disciples to the Northern Region.

 

With support for the Northern Region flowing like water in this manner, only the nobles found themselves in an awkward position.

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