I’m Looking for the Male Lead for the Ending - Chapter 46

Chapter 24.1

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“I don’t particularly like Kaisian because of this. She acts all warmly and calls you a fairy, but the moment she hears the name ‘Aidelis,’ her expression hardens.”

“It’s okay. I kind of expected it to some extent.”

“….”

“Thank you for helping today, Lord Diel.”

When we returned to the Marquis’s mansion, I said my gratitude to Diel, who examined my features without saying a word. As he moved his fingers, the torn dress covered in dirt seemed to change, as if nothing had ever happened just moments ago, appearing as good as new.

[ 〈SYSTEM〉

Diel Marsotis’s favorability increases by 2%.

Diel’s current favorability: 15% -〉 17% ]

“This is my gift to you for saving me the troublesome task. Today’s work will definitely be helpful.”

I let out a breath after seeing Diel, who quickly hid his expression with a smile.

At that moment, the system window flashed before my eyes.

[ 〈SYSTEM〉 MISSION CLEAR!

You’ve successfully rescued Perideline Kaisian! ]

[ 〈SYSTEM〉 MISSION CLEAR REWARD!

Perideline Kaisian’s trust increases by 4%.

Perideline’s current trust: 60% -〉 64% ]

No matter how many times I looked at the system window again and again in disbelief, the numbers remained unchanged.

‘64%? Why on earth…? No, what did I do?’

The numbers appearing in the system window were so incomprehensibly high that I couldn’t understand them. If I had rescued her myself, I wouldn’t question it. But strictly speaking, it was Diel who saved her this time.

I reluctantly tore my gaze away and shook my head as if breaking out of a trance.

‘Let’s look at the bright side. Even though the person I gained a trust rating of 64% with isn’t a target, it’s still better to have high trust rather than low trust, right?’

Still, I couldn’t help but think it would have been better if it had been a favorability rating with the Grand Duke instead of just trust.

Then, it suddenly occurred to me that I had never once checked Estieren’s favorability rating before. How could I have completely forgotten how to check the favorability rating of the target? But considering all that had happened since unlocking his route, it was understandable that I’d overlooked it amidst the whirlwind of events.

After touching my forehead for a moment, I let out a shallow sigh and shook off my thoughts.

‘It’s okay. There wasn’t any notification, so it must have neither dropped nor risen.’

As the series of events came to an end, I felt a wave of exhaustion wash over me.

I staggered to the bed and collapsed onto it. With the comforting sensation of the fluffy blanket, my eyelids grew heavier, and before long, the world faded away.

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The door burst open violently with a bang.

Perideline, who was receiving treatment while sitting on the bed, was startled and turned towards the door. Her face turned pale as she recognized the figure standing by the doorway.

“B, brother…”

Swallowing her saliva, she cautiously gauged her brother’s expression.

At the sight of Estieren striding into the room with his long legs, Lev, the wizard belonging to knights of the order who had been tending to Perideline’s injuries, rose to his feet.

“You’ve come, Captain?”

“How’s her condition?”

“Fortunately, it wasn’t poison, so the treatment went smoothly. If we continue with consistent healing magic for the next three days, it seems that there won’t be any scars.”

“Thank you. Get the treatment fee from Randolph.”

“Well, I won’t refuse if you’re offering.”

Lev smiled and nodded at Estieren’s words before he left the room.

As the door closed with a soft click, Perideline cautiously glanced at Estieren once again. He let out a shallow sigh at his younger sister, who was scrutinizing his feelings, and sat on her bed.

“Why did you go to the border forest?”

“….”

“Shall I ask Emma, or do you want to tell me?”

“….”

“By the way, depending on your attitude, Emma, who failed to properly serve her master, will receive punishment, Perideline.”

Perideline, who had kept her mouth tightly shut at his words, looked at him in bewilderment. Eventually, under his persistent gestures urging her to answer, she parted her lips in a reluctant voice.

“…Emma is innocent. I went to find the fairy.”

“Fairy?”

His head throbbed at her response, and he rubbed his forehead.

Perideline was his younger sister, seven years younger than him. He already knew she had been making up an absurd story about a fairy saving her eight years ago, but until now, he had thought that letting her live believing such nonsense wasn’t a big problem, so he had left it alone.

But now that he found out that his sister had almost died because of that belief, he couldn’t ignore it any longer.

“…You don’t believe what I just said, do you?”

Exhaling a shallow sigh, Estieren turned his gaze towards Perideline. Looking at his sister with her cheeks puffing out, he spoke in a lowered voice.

“Yeah, that’s right.”

“….”

“I’m considering that I should’ve told you from the beginning that there’s no such thing as fairies when you started talking about them.”

Perideline lowered her head silently for a moment at his words before eventually lifting her gaze.

Estieren’s eyes narrowed at the intensity of her gaze.

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