The Villainess Hides Her Wealth - Chapter 87.1
Chapter 87.1
When would the next time be?
At a disappointing moment, Lilika left without hesitation. She left unexpectedly, just as she came.
Jacob, who uttered vicious words as soon as he met her after a long time, could not stop her.
So he quietly waited for Lilika’s ‘next time’.
[I can’t go today. Sorry.]
But she did not come on the day she said she would.
“Hi.”
“Wh-what is it?!”
When she appeared without notice, she held him in her arms, saying she was glad to see him.
But he couldn’t refuse. Unable to even protest, Jacob just shook helplessly.
Such a pretty daughter of a duke, leaving all the others of their clan behind to visit him directly… What he felt was a vulgar sense of superiority.
Unlike them, he knew why the daughter of the duke was struggling.
The daughter of the duke was more comfortable with him than with them.
The daughter of the duke, no, Lady Lilika…
“I kept thinking I wanted to see you.”
“…”
“But I was so busy… Can’t you stay with me?”
The reason why she had no choice but to come to Jacob instead of someone else…
‘If that weren’t the case, there’s no way she would have come here.’
However, Jacob couldn’t help but move on, even though he guessed Lilika’s intentions to some extent.
“Let’s say so. Aren’t you coming here because you need my power? Hm?”
Lilika didn’t deny it. She just lowered her head.
Her weak gaze, slowly falling downwards, and the fluttering eyelashes.
Jacob couldn’t take his eyes off the girl in front of him for a moment.
‘How hard would it be for this lady to ask me to come with her? We’re not even close…’
Lilika’s following words were decisive.
“Jacob, are you happy here? It doesn’t look like it to me.”
“…”
“I don’t want to see you being ignored here by the Red River clan while cleaning up their mess. Come with me.”
Lilika pulled Jacob’s hand and held it with her two little hands.
“Going with the lady is not an easy decision to make at all…”
“You’re someone who can be of help to me.”
The Red River clan always told Jacob to hide his ability, saying that it was useless and dangerous.
But Lilika didn’t say that.
Rather, she was asking him to help her.
“Jacob, you don’t want to hide like this either. I will also help you to expand your abilities.”
“Well… maybe I can follow you once and help you…”
“Thank you!”
Lilika gave Jacob a quick hug before he could finish speaking.
Despite Jacob’s small physique, a pretty girl was coming into his arms… The skin that brushed against him was sweet and soft.
This should do it.
He didn’t know how the future would go, but this was enough for now.
In the end, Jacob followed Lilika to the Primrose duchy.
It was a completely different move from his initial resolution.
***
“Hm, I shouldn’t leave the window open now.”
Without closing the window, I looked down at the view outside.
The temperature had been getting colder for a while, and all of a sudden, autumn was approaching.
‘I’ve become sensitive to the changes in the seasons since I started the Yunette business.’
I was now more used to doing business than before.
While I was feeling proud of myself, the maid brought sudden news.
“What? A hunting competition in the Primrose duchy?”
“The Duke said he would host it unconditionally. He isn’t usually interested in hunting, so we were also surprised to hear about it.”
I pressed my throbbing head.
‘Hunting competitions aren’t really my favorite type of event.’
The noble young men showed off their military arts, and the ladies gave them handkerchiefs…
Should I say it’s a game where relationships are laid out?
It was already a headache to think about the blatant tricks and the mental battles that would arise.
Most of the young nobles were in attendance, so even those who didn’t like it had no choice but to go.
Still, I wanted to avoid it as much as possible because there would be a lot of bothersome fights…
‘The problem is that this is the Primrose duchy’s turn to host the competition.’
It would look strange if the father held it, and the children didn’t participate.
If I didn’t go at all, or if I said I was seriously sick… There would only be bad rumors for no reason.
‘Above all, the problem is that he is doing this in consideration for Lilika.’
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