It Seems Like The Infamous Trash Can is Right Here! - Chapter 218
When I wrapped my arm around Lionel’s waist, the cold expression on his face melted instantly, like a snowman under spring sunlight.
“It will not be easy, but if we work hard, a day like that may come.”
And then, someone who had absolutely nothing to do with the thrilling developments that had just unfolded approached us and spoke.
“I have prepared a two-person saddle.”
It was none other than Halid…
Once again, I apologized to him silently in my heart: ‘I’m sorry!’
Halid’s gaze briefly dropped to my calves, hidden beneath my boots, before he asked:
“Did you treat the scratches properly? If you take them lightly, you may suffer for it.”
As soon as I returned to the room to change clothes, Lionel had examined me thoroughly and treated every small injury.
He also warned me to dress with more layers before entering the forest.
“Of course. I treated every single one properly. Thank you for worrying, Duke. I was really too thoughtless.”
Those who are slow physically often let their hearts run ahead first. Genius-level muscleheads who are fast with their bodies but slow with their hearts simply cannot understand this.
“Yes.”
Ah…
Such a decisive answer…
“Now that I think about it, you should stop by that carriage for a moment.”
“…Me?”
Lionel, who had been quietly watching us from the side, also wore a puzzled expression.
“Yes, it is something necessary. Please come with me.”
If Halid said so, then it must be so.
After exchanging a brief glance with Lionel, I followed after Halid. Of course, Lionel came with us.
Halid knocked and opened the carriage door, speaking toward the inside.
“Sir Ardin, is there not something you forgot?”
I tilted my head in confusion and looked inside, where the three of them sat in taut silence.
Unless it was something truly important, it felt like something that could have waited until later…
But Halid either failed to read the atmosphere, or noticed and chose to ignore it, remaining planted in place and staring straight at Ardin.
“…I see.”
Under Halid’s persistent gaze, Ardin trudged out of the carriage and looked at me.
“I apologize for grabbing your wrist so rudely earlier. To have offended my benefactor… I am truly ashamed.”
Oh… he dragged someone out of the carriage just for this…?
I felt my lips tremble with bewilderment.
Of all times, Lionel was here too!
That meant Lionel now had the very clear fact that Ardin grabbed my wrist engraved in his mind.
For some reason, I was terrified to check Lionel’s expression.
“It is not something impossible to understand. I will forgive you, so please be careful from now on.”
I replied deliberately coldly and turned away with equal chill.
‘Did it look convincing?’
Judging from how nervous Ardin seemed, my acting must have been flawless.
Good, it was better for him to suffer mentally right now rather than incurring Lionel’s wrath.
“To think there was a bruise on your wrist… so it was Sir Ardin’s doing.”
The muttered voice sounded chilling.
I quickly linked arms with Lionel and said:
“Duke Calitas kicked him away so fast that I did not even have time to feel pain. I am more worried about whether his ribs are intact.”
“Though not as perfect as Divine Power, a mage has his own ways of healing his body, so you need not concern yourself.”
“Well, you do know how to use magic too.”
“I am only proficient in theory. I have no talent in that field, so it is difficult for me to go beyond the basics.”
I couldn’t help but wonder how Lionel lived during his early days as a novice mage.
Was he scolded for being slow?
Or did he click his tongue and say, ‘To think a teacher is so incompetent he can only teach me this much.’
Because the Lionel I knew from his memories was cynical and arrogant, so different from the gentle, humble Lionel in front of me.
Anyway, it seemed I had succeeded in distracting him.
Ardin, do not die. Hang in there and survive.
You must successfully become the Marquis of Silias and marry Vivian. And then experience the spicy reality of infidelity…
‘Is that alright?’
Well, the three of them are happily enjoying themselves already.
‘…….’
Let me forget the vivid, horrifying 3P sounds I heard last night.
