The Obsessive Male Lead Is Obsessed With Me! - Chapter 90
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Episode 90
“What do you mean?”
Seeing him ask back like this, I wonder if he’s really okay with it…
“Um, well. If my father suddenly passed away, I think I’d be really shocked. I’d probably cry a lot too.”
“Is that so?”
“Yes. Isn’t it the same for you, Lionel?”
At my question, Lionel remained silent for a long while, as if pondering.
Rather than struggling because he didn’t know the answer himself, it felt like he was taking his time to give a sincere response to my question.
“It’s not the same for me.”
“Really? Are you really okay?”
“Yes.”
“Well, that’s a relief, but…”
No, is it okay to call this a relief?
I might understand if he was pretending to be okay, but he genuinely seemed fine, so I couldn’t find words to say.
‘I came here thinking to comfort him.’
It would be strange to offer comfort to someone who didn’t need it.
After some thought, I scurried up onto his palm and leaned against his finger as I spoke.
“As for me. It won’t happen, and I hope it never does, but if something happened to Lionel, I think I’d cry a lot.”
“Is that so?”
“Yes. Why do you think I worked so hard on developing magical tools?”
“I see.”
Lionel’s reaction was simply calm. But since I knew this was just how he was, I accepted it.
But then unexpected words flowed from his lips.
“I cried a lot too.”
“Really? When?”
Instead of opening his mouth, Lionel cupped my back with his hand and rubbed my head with his thumb, as he always did.
His touch was always careful, but it had a persistent quality that wouldn’t stop unless I told him to.
Today too, he only removed his hand after I vigorously fluttered my wings to tell him to stop touching me.
“…When grandmother passed away.”
“Grandmother? Ah.”
Come to think of it, when I received information about Lionel before, there was mention that he attended his grandmother’s deathbed.
‘That was when… Lionel was six or seven years old, I think.’
Since it was about the previous generation, I don’t know much about what kind of person the former Empress was.
I just heard that after falling seriously ill, she moved to the separate residence and distanced herself from the Emperor and Empress… Though I think I also heard that she was actually treated like a burdensome elder and driven away.
“Were you close with grandmother, I mean, the former Empress?”
“She was my only family.”
“Only?”
“Yes. For both me and her.”
Hmm, I think I understand what that felt like.
“She taught me many things… And when she passed away, she left me with important words.”
“What did she tell you?”
“That someday I would have family I could share my heart with.”
Oh, she left you with good words.
‘More than that, the fact that she said such things… At the time, even she must have felt that the other people weren’t really family, right?’
“It’s a shame she passed away early. I would have liked to meet her.”
“Indeed. If grandmother had seen Liri, she could have passed away with peace of mind.”
“Huh? Why?”
“Even though she said I would have family someday, she was worried that I might never actually have real family.”
“Really?”
To worry about such things, the former Empress must have truly cherished Lionel.
…Hm? Hmm?
“Uh, so that means… I’m going to become Lionel’s real family?”
“Yes.”
Oh my?
“Why?”
“Didn’t you say you would cry for me?”
Saying this with a smile, Lionel rubbed my head with his thumb.
“And also, you said you’d live with me for life until death.”
“I did. Unless we break our engagement or divorce.”
If my memory is correct, I had that conversation with Lionel when I first met him.
It’s amazing that he remembers something I said in passing so long ago, but maybe because the word “lifetime” came from Lionel’s mouth? Even though they were clearly my words, they felt completely different in weight.
‘When I first met him, he was really like some tin doll…’
Now he’s even talking about real family.
He’s really grown well. No, I’ve really raised him well.
Good job, Cecilia Roheim!
“Later, when we have time, let’s go pay our respects to grandmother.”
“Yes.”
“Isn’t there anything you wanted to do once you had family? I’ll do it all for you.”
“I’ll think about it. Don’t you have anything, Liri?”
“Me? Well, I…”
Hmm… I’m kind of curious about what couples do, and I’m looking forward to it!
‘I can’t bring myself to say it out loud.’
“Ahem, I’ll tell you later when we officially have our wedding and become a real married couple.”
“Understood. Is there nothing I need to prepare separately?”
“It’s fine. You’re already perfect.”
Not to mention that handsome face, his excellence has already been acknowledged in the novel, enough to be given the keyword of obsessive male lead.
Those fantastic abs and amazing chest… I accidentally confirmed them several times while transferring consciousness to Ruda. Ahem.
“You just need to bring your body to me. Got it?”
“Yes.”
He answers so well too.
As a compliment, I climbed onto his head and stroked his golden hair with my wings.
“When we meet again in the capital, I’ll definitely hug you and say you worked hard.”
“Yes. I’ll do the same.”
“No, no. When I give you a hug, you should give me a deep kiss.”
“Is that so? Understood.”
“Ah, but not in front of people. That would be embarrassing.”
“Understood.”
Lionel raised his hand above his head, and I lightly landed on his palm.
Lionel moved me in front of his face and spoke while making eye contact.
“I want to see you soon, Liri.”
“Me too. I’ll go to the capital quickly, so you hurry and come too. Be careful not to get hurt!”
“Yes.”
Lionel nodded and, as if it was time to sleep, put my body—Ruda’s body—into his jacket pocket.
This pocket was located right above Lionel’s left chest, so when I leaned against the pocket and relaxed, I could clearly hear his heartbeat.
Thump thump, boom boom…
I fell deeply asleep to the gentle patting motions that matched that rhythm and the lullaby he hummed softly.
‘Come to think of it, that lullaby… keeps going back to the beginning in the middle.’
Does he not know the latter part? I thought this as I drifted off.
* * *
A week had already passed since the Emperor’s death.
One week.
Whether it could be called long or not, it was certainly not a short period of time, but the Emperor’s Maid Manager couldn’t remember how that week had passed.
The Emperor’s death had been too sudden, and the events that had whirled chaotically afterward were even more shocking than the Emperor’s death itself.
“Maid Manager. Her Majesty the Empress has summoned you.”
“Yes. I’ll go right away.”
While everyone was in shock from the Emperor’s sudden death, the Empress moved swiftly and successfully seized the authority to act as the Emperor’s regent.
And she immediately began preliminary work to establish the First Prince as Crown Prince, no, as the next Emperor.
Only one person stood in opposition to her – Duke Roheim alone.
But even if he was a duke, what power could he have alone to stop the Empress?
Moreover, the Empress had already devised a way to capture the people’s hearts. None other than using the Oracle.
‘Your Majesty… Everything happened too quickly, without any chance to intervene.’
The Maid Manager recalled the Emperor’s appearance in life and pressed his chest gently with his hand.
During the journey to the Empress’s Palace, he repeatedly conjured up and erased countless thoughts in his mind.
But without reaching any conclusion either way, he had already arrived at the Empress’s Palace.
“Your Majesty the Empress. The Maid Manager from the Imperial Palace has arrived.”
“Let him enter.”
The door to the Empress’s Palace reception room slowly opened. The Maid Manager stepped inside, tense as if entering a place where he would meet his death.
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