The Blond Male Lead is Too Much - Chapter 145



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“To me?”

I opened my eyes wide and tilted my head. The corners of Carl’s mouth, looking down at me, loosened.

“When is a good time for you? I’ll work with you.”

“Well, I’m fine. Where are we going to meet?”

“I was thinking of inviting you to our duke’s residence.”

“Oh, great! Shall we go tomorrow?”

My eyes sparkled as I had never properly seen the Duke of Calciard’s residence.

Karl, who had been hesitant at the bright question, slowly nodded his head.

“……okay.”

His expression as he slowly stroked the back of his neck felt somehow shy.

To others, he may just look expressionless, but after working with him as a servant for several months, I could tell exactly what he was doing.

But why are you shy?

The answer to that question suddenly dawned on me on the carriage ride home.

‘Wait a minute, you suddenly have something to tell me?’

Isn’t this a completely typical introduction?

I hesitated to open my mouth towards Dane and Deborah, who were riding in the same carriage, in case it was my imagination.

“Uh, you know… Can I ask you something? By the way, it’s about my friend.”

“Sister, you don’t have any friends.”

“Dev, shh. Speak easily, Shailene.”

Dane, who had been calming down Deborah, who had suddenly hit the nail on the head, looked at me with an interested look.

“What does it mean when a man calls a woman out to talk to him? By the way, this has nothing to do with the situation earlier. He’s just asking because he suddenly remembered a friend’s worries.”

Dane nodded slightly at the detailed explanation and smiled.

“What the heck, that’s what he’s thinking too.”

“If that’s the case… … .”

“confession.”

Deborah’s eyes widened as well as mine at the words that hit my expectations.

Deborah jumped up dangerously in the moving carriage.

“The Duke of Calciad is confessing to you right now?!”

“Wh, what are you talking about? I told you it wasn’t me? I was talking about my friend!”

I denied it desperately, like someone whose feet were completely numb.

Then Dane covered his mouth and laughed heartily.

“Yeah, Dev. Even though we haven’t seen Shailene interacting with the other girls very often, she might have friends we don’t know about.”

“… … .”

Seriously, this guy is worse. He knows everything and he’s still making fun of me!

Dane, with a flushed face and a pouty expression, barely managed to stop laughing as he spoke seriously.

“Shailene, you know that I don’t have to accept everything you confess, right?”

“of course.”

“Then, if you’re going to accept someone’s confession, you also have to understand that you have to sort out the confessions you’ve received from other people, right?”

As soon as I heard that, I flinched as I remembered the confessions I had received from the three blonde male leads.

If you want to accept Carl’s confession as per the mission and see the hidden ending, you have to sort things out with the other male leads.

“……know.”

When he answered more seriously than before, Dane reached out and ruffled his hair.

“Also know that we are always on your side, no matter what.”

For some reason, I felt touched by those words. I always had to make choices and handle things on my own.

“thank you-.”

My lips moved on their own at the thought that I was no longer alone, now that I had an older brother named Dane and a younger sister named Deborah.

“Brother.”

“… … !”

Dane’s eyes widened at the first mention of the title.

match!

He slapped me hard on the cheek. I opened my mouth in surprise at the sudden action, and Dane asked in a bewildered voice.

“Am I dreaming? Did I mishear that?”

“… … Ahem!”

He averted his gaze, coughing awkwardly. Then Dane smiled brightly and spoke to Deborah in an excited voice.

“Dev, did you hear that? Shailene called me oppa!”

“I don’t know.”

“Oh, you heard it too. Please say it’s true, Dev.”

“You don’t like it?”

Deborah responded mischievously with a playful smile.

Then he gently poked my ribs with his elbow, making me smile awkwardly.

Dane, who had been pestering me to call him oppa one more time until we arrived at the duke’s residence, ran out of the carriage to brag to Duke Diat and the duke.

“Father! Grandpa! Shailene called me oppa!”

“Dane, stop it now. I’m so embarrassed I could die… … .”

I covered my flushed cheeks with my palms. Duke Diat, who had heard Dane’s excited words, hurriedly approached me.

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“Shailene called Dane ‘brother’? I, I don’t have any change in titles?”

“me too.”

The Duke stood behind Diat and joined in.

“Ah, haha… … That, that… … .”

My grandfather and uncle still hadn’t gotten used to it, so I couldn’t say anything and just let out an awkward laugh.

And then Deborah muttered quietly next to me.

“Phew, I’m glad I have a younger sibling.”

We entered the mansion, chattering noisily.

Although it was extremely embarrassing and awkward, I never hated this togetherness.

Rather, it’s so good that it’s scary.

* * *

The next day, I went to the Duke of Calciard’s residence as I had promised.

‘If Carl really confesses to me, and nothing happens after receiving that confession, then he’s not the male lead, right?’

With my own reasoning.

“Hello, Miss Shailene. I am Jerome, the butler of the Duke of Calciard.”

The butler I hadn’t seen when I came to interrogate Howard earlier greeted me.

Jerome, like Paul, was a kind and pleasant man.

His age was evident in his graceful bowing.

“I worked there while the Duke and Duchess were alive, but was kicked out, and then came back at the Duke’s call.”

Somehow, he seemed like a professional butler.

That’s because it was a career position.

“The Duke has asked us to treat the young lady with the utmost care, as she is a special guest. Please come this way.”

“Oh, okay.”

I walked along, guided by Jerome who smiled gently.

I followed him up the stairs and asked him curiously.

“Where are we going? Aren’t we going to the reception room?”

“The Duke originally asked me to bring the young lady to the greenhouse, but the preparations are not yet complete. Please wait in the Duke’s room for now.”

“… …Can I go into the Duke’s room?”

When I asked in bewilderment at the unexpected destination, Jerome smiled faintly.

“Yes, the lady said she was fine. Don’t worry.”

No, is it okay to go into a stranger’s room like this?

Even though he had a puzzled expression, when Jerome opened the door, he went in without hesitation.

Honestly, I was a little curious about what Carl’s room would be like.

‘This is the sword room… … .’

It was big and clean as I expected, but surprisingly it didn’t feel dull.

The appropriate combination of dark navy, red, and gold tones created a luxurious and sophisticated atmosphere.

As I was looking around the room curiously, I stopped in front of a picture frame hanging on one wall.

‘Is this… a family portrait?’

In the picture, a man with black hair like a knife and red eyes and a woman with light brown hair and green eyes were laughing brightly, with a boy in the middle.

At first glance, it was Karl’s parents and young Karl.

‘Your smiling mouth resembles your mother’s.’

His overall facial features resembled his father’s, but his smile reminded me of his mother.

I never thought I would meet Carl’s parents like this, so I felt strange.

After staring at the family portrait for a while, the words written at the bottom suddenly caught my eye.

My Henry, my Cathy, our Carl.

Before I could even begin to feel surprised at the fact that the nickname for the sword was originally Sword.

‘Cash… …?’

I stopped in my tracks at the familiar name.

The former Duchess’s full name was Catherine Calciard.

The nickname for that name is usually… …Cassie.

The same name that was found in a letter among my mother’s belongings and remained a mystery.

Suddenly, the puzzle pieces that had been scattered all over my head began to fall into place one by one.

‘Where is the heretic list now?’

‘Nobody knows! It seems like my brother got it soon after and then got Kailan, so he hid it away for safety and then lost it.’

The truth Howard revealed after drinking the confession potion.

“I just want you to keep what I sent without anyone knowing.

“I’m sorry for asking you for such a dangerous favor.”

The contents of a letter found between a strange notebook of unknown identity.

As the two intersect… … a proposition that I had never thought of before was created.

What if the former Duchess had left the list to her mother?

But what if my mother unexpectedly passed away right after giving birth to me and I couldn’t get the register back?

‘Then, could it be that the notebook that was in my mother’s keepsake box was…?’

I couldn’t just sit still with this suspicion bordering on certainty.

I need to check it out right now!

As I opened the door with a start in my impatience, Karl appeared with his hand raised as if he was about to knock.

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