I’m Looking for the Male Lead for the Ending - Chapter 57

Chapter 29.2

“You didn’t come here and left all the party preparations to Emma, did you?”

“Of course. I was about to leave soon anyway.”

At her words, Estieren nodded as if to say she should hurry up and go.

Perideline puffed out his cheeks and spoke.

“Brother, you really don’t understand my feelings at all.”

“What?”

“Even though you know that the fairy is my benefactor, how could you give me only three days to prepare the party? The schedule was so tight that I failed to hire the most famous pastry chef in Erhel.”

“The party is just a facade anyway, Perideline.”

“I know that too. Still, since the fairy is coming to the Grand Duke’s residence for the first time, I wanted to make sure there wasn’t anything lacking.”

Knock, knock.

Just as Perideline’s complaints were about to lengthen, a knocking sound was heard.

“Excuse me, Your Highness.”

When they turned their heads to look, Emma peeked her head out through the open door and smiled.

“Young Lady, I knew you’d be here. The flowers you ordered have arrived. Where would you like them placed in the party hall?”

“Oh, I’m coming right now!”

Perideline hurriedly followed Emma out of the office. In the office, which had been swept by a storm, Ban shook his head and muttered.

“Why on earth is Lady Perideline so sure that the one who saved her eight years ago is the Marquis’s daughter?”

“I really wish I knew as well.”

“I don’t know if it’s okay to leave it uncorrected. Eight years ago, the Marquis’s daughter would’ve been quite young, and it’s hard to believe she traveled all the way to Neitzia alone.”

“Well, if she knew how to use teleportation magic, it wouldn’t be entirely incomprehensible, would it?”

Lev interjected, tilting his head at Ban’s words. Then, as if a question had been asked that couldn’t be answered, a strange silence enveloped the room for a moment.

“…What is this reaction?”

Unable to tolerate the peculiar atmosphere, Lev asked again. Ban responded, looking at him with a pitiful look on his face.

“I’ve never heard that the Marquis’s daughter knows how to use magic.”

“Even though he’s a half-brother, isn’t the Young Lord also a sword master? She must’ve been born with some mana, if not much. And the Marquis knows how to use mana as well.”

“Even so, it’s unlikely that the Young Lady knows how to use magic.”

Estieren shook his head at Lev’s words. He continued, tapping his fingers on the desk.

“If that were the case, she wouldn’t have needed the Master of the Magic Tower’s help when they went to rescue Perideline last time.”

“…But isn’t it possible they went together because she couldn’t get away from the Master of the Magic Tower?”

“And more importantly, I’ve never felt any magic power from the Young Lady.”

Lev fell silent at Estieren’s words.

It was because if Estieren, a sword master who could use mana freely, couldn’t sense any magical power from the Marquis’s daughter, then his hypothesis that she might be able to use magic was nonsensical.

‘Still, considering this incident, as well as the brooch case, is related to the Young Lady, the possibility is low. If she had used teleportation magic, I would’ve surely sensed it on the Baltic Mountain.’

Of course, if the Marquis’s daughter’s magical skill were higher than his, it was possible he might not have detected it. But unfortunately, Lev’s skill was quite high. As of now, there wasn’t a single female wizard who was more skilled than him.

With that thought, he shrugged his shoulders.

As Lev touched his chin to hide the twitching corners of his mouth, a rumor he had heard when he was a member of the Magic Tower suddenly came to mind. About twenty years ago, there was a female archmage who reached a level that was comparable to the current Master of the Magic Tower, Diel…

‘Well, she’s probably dead by now.’

According to what the seniors had said, the last time she was seen, she was pregnant. Female wizards who became pregnant and gave birth to a daughter like herself would end up losing the magic they had built up for the child and eventually die. Although there might be a difference in timing, it was a fate that even the Master of the Magic Tower’s grandmother couldn’t escape.

‘Then, could it be that the Marquis’s daughter is the child of that archmage? Considering the timing, it seems similar.’

The thought that suddenly crossed his mind seemed quite plausible, but Lev decided to keep his mouth shut for now. He knew well that it was merely a speculation close to imagination.

‘Even so, there can be no disagreement that she doesn’t seem like an ordinary young lady.’

“That’s enough. Let’s end this discussion here. Ban, return to your post, and Lev, get ready.”

“Yes, Captain.”

“Understood.”

Lev decided to keep the hypothesis he was about to discard in his mind, just in case. It was the hypothesis that the Marquis’s daughter might be the child of the female wizard who disappeared around ten years ago.

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