The Unlikely Imprint of the Villainess and the Male Lead - Chapter 61
Chapter 61
Translator: Yonnee
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He silently crossed his legs, as if urging her to continue.
“You previously mentioned that the root of the Cassio Ducal House originated with werewolves, right?”
“That’s correct.”
“Then… could Your Grace also transform into a wolf like them?”
Recalling an illustration she had seen in a bestiary, Luciana looked at him with faint anxiety in her eyes.
“Why are you asking that?”
Richt, who had been quietly listening to Luciana’s words, stopped moving and met her gaze.
“Well, it’s just… To achieve accurate results, it’s important to know how much werewolf blood you’ve inherited…”
Did he perhaps sense the fear hidden in her expression?
As she noticed his eyes silently fixed on her, Luciana panicked and clumsily began to ramble her excuses.
“…I heard it was possible in the past.”
“!”
The past? Did that mean Richt wasn’t capable of transforming?
“But over time, the ability to transform gradually disappeared. For that reason, I too am unable to take on a beastly form.”
“Ah…”
“Do you need me to elaborate further?”
“Is there more to it?”
Luciana, who had been diligently jotting down notes, perked up at Richt’s words.
“Although that ability has faded, the Cassio Ducal bloodline still carries the influence of the werewolves. We possess greater strength and superior physical abilities compared to ordinary humans.”
“I see…”
So that was the reason. She had thought he was simply powerful due to the protagonist buff, but it turned out there was a valid explanation.
Since this was information that hadn’t been revealed in the original story, Luciana found herself secretly intrigued.
In addition, Richt mentioned that the reason there were no branch families in the ducal household was due to the scarcity of heirs, a result of the mixed bloodline with another species.
“Although this lineage tends to sire only one child, our lifespans are unusually long, allowing the bloodline to continue to this day. Does that answer your question?”
At Richt’s inquiry, Luciana quietly nodded.
It seemed that his connection to werewolf traits was less significant than she had initially guessed.
‘Now that my questions are resolved, all that’s left is to return this.’
Before activating the return spell, Luciana handed something to the duke.
“Oh, by the way, yesterday, I saw a jewel inside the box. I think it may have been sent by mistake…”
“……!”
Richt immediately recognized what she was referring to.
The runet. He had been the one who sent that item.
“Your Grace?”
Damn it.
‘She should’ve just kept it silently. I didn’t expect her to return it…’
Was the reason she hadn’t mentioned it in her letter because she didn’t realize it was hers to begin with?
Luciana’s innocent question wreaked havoc on Richt’s composure.
As Luciana handed the jewel back to him, for Richt to deny her assumption that it was a mistake, he would inevitably have to explain why he had sent the runet in the first place.
‘What’s going on here? I thought she’d get angry and snatch it away the moment she saw it…’
Luciana found his behavior suspicious—his inability to give a straightforward answer and the way he seemed to avoid her gaze as though hiding something.
“Could it be…”
“……”
Even when Luciana carefully voiced her suspicions after sensing something was off, Richt remained silent.
‘Did you really send it to me?’
Why would you…?
Her wide, startled eyes seemed to be asking exactly that.
‘Damn it.’
Richt clenched his fists tightly, muttering curses under his breath.
First, he’d been overwhelmed after hearing about her birthday, then the pink diamond had kept him up at night, and now he had recklessly gone ahead and purchased the runet.
The difficulties he had faced just to obtain that damned gemstone were something he would never admit, even if he were on his deathbed.
‘I’m going crazy. What the hell should I even say…?’
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