I’m Looking for the Male Lead for the Ending - Chapter 56

Chapter 29.1

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“She’s certainly a remarkable person. It’s usually hard to believe that there could be side effects to the magic cast by Lord Diel, but seeing how she even sought out an informant, it seems she’s convinced there are aftereffects.”

“….”

“Ah, is it because she isn’t an ordinary lady?”

Estieren’s brows furrowed at Lev’s murmuring.

Considering the personality of the Master of the Magic Tower, it was unlikely that he would’ve informed anyone himself that there was a problem with his magic. Therefore, it was fair to consider that she had discovered this matter on her own. The only strange thing, as Lev mentioned, was how she could be so sure about it.

Unless there was someone around her who had died from the aftereffects of the petrification spell.

Ban, who had been observing Estieren, spoke cautiously.

“When I think back about what has happened so far, it does seem that she’s definitely not an ordinary person. In fact, we still don’t fully understand what happened with the brooch either.”

Lev stroked his chin in response to Ban’s words.

“Now that I think about it, did the Master of the Magic Tower say that she heard the words of a god and knew that Lady Perideline was in danger? She’s neither a saint nor a priest, yet she heard the words of a god… This is something that would cause an uproar if the temple heard of it.”

“I was wondering what you were all talking about, but it turns out you’re all making such reckless statements without hesitation.”

At that moment, a youthful voice interrupted the conversation. The three of them turned their gazes toward the slightly open door.

Perideline, dressed in a navy blue dress the same color as her eyes, entered the room.

“It seems you haven’t realized it yet, so I’ll tell you. She’s a fairy. That’s why she can hear the words of the gods.”

Just as Estieren wiped his face as he looked at Perideline, who suddenly interrupted the conversation, Ban muttered with a foolish expression on his face.

“Lady Perideline, you said you were practicing swordsmanship, but are you already practicing how to conceal your presence as well?”

“It seems to me that the bigger problem is that you didn’t notice her.”

Estieren’s eyes glinted fiercely through the fingers that were brushing her face.

Belatedly realizing his mistake, Ban hurriedly closed his mouth. To be honest, he wanted to say that it wasn’t as if she was emanating a murderous aura, so how could he have known? However, looking at his master’s eyes, he felt that any excuses would be futile.

‘This troublesome mouth of mine, always getting me into trouble!’

Lev clicked his tongue at Ban’s miserable expression and then turned towards Perideline, who was entering the office.

“It’s been a while, Lady Perideline. By the way, what do you mean by fairy? Are you referring to the Marquis Aidelis’s daughter as a fairy?”

“Of course. She was the fairy who saved me from a monster eight years ago!”

Lev’s face crumpled as he looked at Perideline, who answered haughtily with her chin raised. Then, as if he didn’t understand her words, he turned to Estieren and asked.

“If it was an incident from eight years ago, I’ve heard about it from the knights. But wasn’t it the Captain who saved you?”

“My brother just to add a fork to something that is already finished¹. It was the fairy who saved me.”

“Yes? What do you mean…”

Estieren raised his hand towards Lev, who asked with a dumbfounded expression as if it was okay. At that moment, Perideline, who had come to stand beside him, spoke while leaning on the desk in the office.

“But is it really okay to just send an invitation when inviting the fairy?”

“What do you mean?”

“I mean, shouldn’t we go invite her in person? I heard she rarely attends parties, so what if she doesn’t receive the invitation?”

Perideline grumbled, saying that it seemed too insincere not to put in more effort to help the benefactor who had saved her life twice.

Ban, cautiously watching his master, answered instead with an awkward smile.

“I-If that’s the case, don’t worry too much about that, Lady Perideline. In fact, the Captain has already sent a carrier pigeon to the Marquis Aidelis’s estate.”

“A carrier pigeon? Isn’t that too worrying? It’s not like it’s a person doing it.”

“Even in wartime situations, he has performed his duties well. Please trust and leave it to him.”

Despite Ban’s additional reassurance, Perideline still looked uneasy and pouted her lips. He soon added as if soothing a younger sibling.

“And if we send someone to the Marquis’s estate, it would also cause trouble for her.”

“Still, isn’t there something more…”

“Perideline.”

When Perideline turned her head towards her brother, who was calling her with a deep sigh, Estieren asked her with a noticeably more weary voice.

¹ [It’s an idiom that means ‘to add unnecessary or redundant details to something that is already resolved or completed.’ It implies that the additional input or action is superfluous or irrelevant to the situation.] ↩

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