I’m Looking for the Male Lead for the Ending - Chapter 52

Chapter 27.1

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Marie, who had been chatting about how excited she was because it had been a long time since she had gone out, turned pale when she saw the carriage stopping in an unfamiliar alley. She followed me as I got out of the carriage and headed into the alley without hesitation, but eventually, she couldn’t hold back and asked.

“Yo-Young Lady, may I ask where you are going?”

Her voice was trembling slightly as if sensing something ominous.

I pretended not to hear her question and quickly walked towards the building where Allen’s merchant community was located.

Marie, unable to ask any more questions, hurriedly followed me before she unknowingly flinched when she recognized a familiar building. Pensive, she quickly blocked my way and shouted.

“W-Why are you going there?!”

I stood in front of Marie, who seemed determined not to move until I answered her. Looking at her stubbornly closed mouth, I let out a shallow sigh and answered her in a calm voice.

“Marie, you saw it last time as well. This is the alley where my brother and His Highness the Duke were arguing.”

Her eyes widened slightly as if she’d finally recalled that moment upon hearing my words. I shrugged my shoulders at the look on her face and added.

“At that time, His Highness clearly said to come to him anytime if there was something he could help with.”

“That, that’s true, but—”

“Ung. That’s why I came here. I’m going to ask His Highness the Duke to find someone to treat you, Marie.”

“Young Lady.”

“Let me tell you in advance, this isn’t something you need to worry about. His Highness also acts as an informant, so there’s no need to worry about him passing the word to others.”

I realized something again with the words I said as if to reassure myself. Perhaps the reason Marie often died in Diel’s route was because of the aftereffects of this petrification spell.

Marie, with a serious expression, shouted anxiously as I passed by her.

“W-Wait a moment, Young Lady!”

To be honest, I was still anxious because Allen’s favorability towards me was low.

‘If it’s indeed the aftereffects, it’s best to find it quickly.’

I steeled myself once again and took a step forward. When I saw the bronze bear head handle, my mind finally calmed down.

After making that firm decision, I took out the rabbit-shaped half mask I brought to put it on, when all of a sudden, the door opened from the inside. In my panic, I dropped the mask I was holding. While I was wondering what to do with the mask that had fallen at the feet of the man who was opening the door, he picked up my mask instead.

My gaze followed his hand that picked up the mask.

“Oh, thank you…?”

It seemed he was as surprised by the unexpected encounter as I was.

“I didn’t expect to see you here.”

At the sound of Estieren’s voice, I belatedly bowed my head in greeting.

“Greetings, Your Highness the Grand Duke of Kaisian.”

He handed me the half-mask in the shape of a rabbit.

It was an unspoken rule that you must wear a mask when entering Allen’s building if you wanted to use the informant. I bit my lip and awkwardly took the mask from him, feeling uneasy about being caught by him while trying to enter quietly.

“Th-thank you.”

“I guess that’s the rule here.”

He seemed to have noticed that fact as well.

In fact, someone like Estieren would already know that Allen ran an informant business. Of course, whether he knew that one needed to wear a mask to use the informant’s services was uncertain. I felt uneasy, wondering if I had unintentionally revealed a not-so-secret secret to him, so I found it difficult to either agree with or deny his statement.

‘When faced with a question you can’t answer, it’s better to just walk away.’

I bowed briefly and tried to get past him and enter the building… if only Estieren hadn’t closed the entrance door of the building he came out of right in front of me.

As I gazed at him in confusion at the closed door in front of me, he smiled mischievously.

“Do you know, Young Lady?”

“….?”

“My abilities are better than you might think.”

“Yes?”

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