It Seems Like The Infamous Trash Can is Right Here! - Chapter 106
“You should be wary of two-faced people, Vivian. If you wanted to play, you should’ve chosen someone who wouldn’t cause you trouble.”
“…Mmm.”
Her response was half-hearted at best.
Her expression practically screamed: “You two can fight all you want, just let me go back to sleep.”
But I knew. The chaos wasn’t over yet.
“What is the meaning of this?”
A third man stepped into the mansion, having undoubtedly overheard the entire fight between Ardin and Dantère. Halid Calitas.
It was my first time seeing him outside the novel’s descriptions, now a living, breathing person before my eyes.
For a moment, I forgot the situation entirely. My eyes sparkled with curiosity as I peeked forward. Among the three garbage-tier male leads, he was the one I had placed my bet on.
‘Let’s see how he looks in person.’
And there he was, a pale-skinned, silver-haired, man with lake-blue eyes.
His physique was on par with Lionel’s, built from spending half the year wielding a sword.
As expected of a reverse-harem novel’s male lead, he was undeniably handsome, but with his sharply furrowed brows and tense expression, he exuded a distinctly unpleasant personality.
And yet, that face…
‘Huh? Why does he look so familiar?’
Why did I feel like I had seen him before?
“Vivian, explain yourself. Have you finally committed the disgraceful act?”
“You always demand an explanation from me, don’t you?”
Vivian tilted her head slightly, offering a troubled yet amused smile.
“But I don’t want to, Halid. One only bothers to explain themselves when they want to mend a relationship.”
“…What?”
“I’ve told you so many times already. The only thing I want from you is to break off this engagement.”
With an unwavering smile, Vivian continued speaking in a calm, deliberate manner.
“I already sent an official annulment request through my brother. Whether you tore it up or not, that doesn’t matter. From this moment on, nothing I do can be considered a breach of our engagement, which means I’m going to live my life to the fullest.”
She looked at him with detached amusement, watching as each and every one of her words struck his chest like a dagger, twisting his expression in real-time.
“You should hurry and sign the annulment before your honor is completely tarnished. Last night was only the beginning.”
Even Ardin and Dantère, who had been arguing so fiercely just moments ago, had fallen silent.
Because this was Halid Calitas. The Warden of the North, the Duke of Calitas, a man who had spent his life holding back the monstrous beasts that threatened to overrun the Empire.
Ardin, despite being one of the most gifted mages in Imperial history, still hid himself as the second son of the Silias family rather than taking his rightful place.
Marquis Dantère Ortatum, a bastard son of the Imperial Family, spent his life indulging in every kind of reckless debauchery to mask the harsh reality of his birth.
Neither of them was a match for Halid in a direct confrontation.
The only one bold enough to meet his gaze head-on was Vivian, the daughter of the Luanax ducal house, the most powerful noble family in the empire at its peak.
“I told you, Vivian. The engagement between Luanax and Calitas isn’t something you can break so easily.”
Halid’s voice was low, almost a growl, each word bitten off through clenched teeth. It was steeped in anger, filled with barely restrained fury.
“I don’t see what’s so complicated about it. Isn’t that right, Brother?”
She smiled sweetly, turning her head toward me and Lionel. With that, Halid’s gaze followed hers, and landed not on Lionel, but on me.
His glacial blue eyes, initially sharp with irritation, suddenly widened in pure shock. As if he had just seen something impossible. His lips parted slightly, and what came next was a word that should have had nothing to do with Halid Calitas.
“Fairy…?”
…Ah.
At that moment, I finally realized why Halid’s face looked so familiar.
We had met before.
Over a decade ago.
‘Wait. That naive kid I scammed back then… was Halid?’
