Thought It Was ‘The End’, Only to Return to a Changed Genre - Chapter 105

Is it that surprising?

Lloyd asserted without a moment’s hesitation.

‘Well, that’s true.’

Of course, Shane knew Adeline had some unique aspects. Those parts were unbearably cute.

But the strangeness Shane was talking about was something he had never seen before. He couldn’t explain what was different or how.

Lloyd left him alone, unable to say anything. Though he had loyalty to his master, he had no manners toward people.

Shane couldn’t bring himself to open the door.

Two days ago, he had also stood in front of his bedroom for a long time, but things were different now.

Back then, he couldn’t move because he didn’t want to cling, or perhaps because he didn’t want to lose all his pride by begging for her love. If he had taken even one step, he felt he would break down the door and crawl to Adeline’s feet, pleading.

Please, can’t you give me your love?

Why am I the only one who can’t have it?

But now, it felt like facing a disaster or calamity he didn’t know how to handle.

Shane grabbed the doorknob and opened the door with a sigh.

“You’re here?”

Adeline greeted him brightly. Shane spoke in a slightly weary tone.

“Adeline… you shouldn’t eat snacks in bed.”

“Oh, uh, sorry.”

“You’re not sorry at all.”

Adeline smiled mischievously instead of answering. Then she spread her arms and said,

“If you’re here, you should hug me, Shane.”

“Weren’t you the one who said you’d hug me?”

“Yeah, but I don’t feel like getting up.”

The bedroom was almost unchanged, except for the slightly more disheveled bedcovers.

Adeline hadn’t left the bed, let alone the bedroom.

‘Did she sleep a little more?’

Instead of blaming Adeline for her incredibly lazy remarks, Shane, as if enchanted, approached and hugged her. Adeline wrapped her arms around his neck and burst out laughing.

“Why do you look like that?”

“Adeline, you know the door isn’t locked, right?”

She hadn’t even locked the door.

The window was open too. While not just anyone could enter, Adeline could go anywhere if she wanted to.

Yet Adeline hadn’t stepped out of the bedroom for two days.

As if to prove she wouldn’t run away.

“I know I can go out. But I’m too lazy to move.”

“If you just lie down, you’ll get bedsores.”

“…Shane, you’re surprisingly practical….”

Adeline looked at him as if she couldn’t believe someone who had tried to lock her in a windowless room was saying this, and Shane chuckled softly.

“Even if you imprison someone, I know that you should let them take a walk.”

“But wasn’t that to keep people from worrying…?”

She didn’t actually mean she wanted to take walks.

“Come to think of it, until a few months ago, I lived almost without moving.”

Adeline closed her eyes as if recalling a recent past and let go of Shane’s neck. Shane, who had bent over to make it easier for her to hold him, straightened up and said,

“What about meals?”

“If you lie down all day, you surprisingly don’t get hungry.”

“I’ve never just laid around, so I don’t know.”

“You should try it once. It’s not bad.”

“Once might be okay… but lying down for three days straight doesn’t sound fun.”

“It is if you just lie down.”

Adeline pressed her eyes tightly. The languid blinking and sleepy look in her eyes showed she had been sleeping until just before he arrived.

Shane held her chin and neck to keep her from turning away.

“Your eyes look tired, Adeline.”

Fatigue was evident around her eyes.

It was better than five years ago, but considering she had only lost sleep for two nights, it was severe. She looked like someone who had been tormented all night.