This BL Novel Is Ruined Now - Chapter 158
Chapter 158
Translator: Yonnee
RP: Haebaragi_syk
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“Reina lifts her glass as lightly as a feather.”
“What’s the point of lifting a glass as lightly as a feather? It seems like she’s not even good with a knife compared to my son.”
Thanks to the grand duke muttering like a grumbling bear, Ethan’s expression showed a slight crack. Then, he softened his expression and playfully curled his lips.
“As for wielding a knife, there’s a lifetime ahead to learn. However, Your Highness seems to be quite pitiful.”
“What?”
“Since Your Highness has an heir who does everything without any help, you might soon become quite a useless father.”
The grand duke felt like he was hit on the head with a hammer, and his mouth was sealed shut.
“A useless father…”
As they continued this meaningless argument for the past hour, Reina watched them and thought,
‘Ugh… this endless and pointless debate…’
About half an hour before this embarrassing debate—
“Sometimes I worry that you’re getting too comfortable with me, Ethan.”
Ethan, who was gently tidying up the woman’s hair as she fell unconscious, lowered his hand quietly at the sound of the grand duke’s discontented voice.
“Don’t worry. My words don’t mean anything significant to you after all, Your Highness.”
“Look at you. You’re even getting cocky. You have such audacity when you’re here to beg.”
At Benedict’s remark, Ethan, who was momentarily taken aback, casually nodded his head.
“ I won’t forget your kindness.”
The grand duke’s eyebrows twitched slightly.
“Recently, there have been rumors that Ethan Liam’s tongue had sharpened, and it seems those are not just baseless rumors.”
“What do you mean by that?”
“Speak plainly. It’s not like you were hiding anything—you barged in uninvited. Right during my sweet break.”
Benedict, who had been leaning on the armrest of his chair, crossed his legs and adopted an even more sulky posture. Then, Ethan, without changing his expression, responded firmly.
“It’s truly regrettable. Well then, enjoy the rest of your vacation.”
“I’ll say it again, Ethan. You really should be more afraid of the dragonfolk.”
That’s when Benedict let out all of his pent-up dissatisfaction. In the midst of their heated conversation, Reina, who had been peacefully asleep, finally woke up with a refreshed stretch and yawn.
“Haaahm, I slept well.”
With a small yawn, she turned her head and, to her surprise, found the two men bickering with each other.
“…What are you two doing here? Were you watching me sleep all this time?”
Ethan might be acceptable, but even Benedict? That’s a bit creepy.
Perhaps reading her expression, Benedict chuckled nervously.
“It’s just a precaution, you know? This is Carly’s room. So technically, the unwelcome intruder is on your side, not mine.”
Looking at Ethan with a bewildered expression, he explained further.
“It seems like you’ve captured his heart, Reina. If I take my eyes off him for just a moment, he keeps moving back to your room. So, we’ve moved you entirely to his room.”
“Ah…”
Why was she being called ‘Mommy’ all of a sudden anyway… Reina finally felt a heavy sensation on her thigh.
When she looked down with a puzzled expression, she saw Cali looking up at her with innocent eyes.
“Mommy.”
“……?”
Why on earth was she being called ‘Mom’ from the beginning? Reina realized it when she woke up.
“She’s not your Mommy, son.”
“No, she’s my Mommy.”
As she hesitated for a moment on how to respond, Reina glanced at Benedict. He spoke with a nonchalant expression.
“Just call him Carly, no need to be so rigid. It seems like the child prefers it anyway.”
Nodding her head, Reina shifted her gaze back to the child and spoke.
“Carly, I’m not your mommy.”
“Not mommy?”
“Yeah.”
“Okay, not mommy.”
Oh dear, this child… She couldn’t communicate as easily as she had thought.
‘Maybe it’s because he misses his mom.’
Reina didn’t know who Grand Duke Benedict’s wife was. But from their previous conversation, it seemed like the child’s mother might not be with him right now.
‘…Ahh, no, no! Even still!’
A woman who had only hugged a child only once was now being called ‘Mom’!
“Umm… Carly, I’m not your mommy. I’m your auntie, okay?”
In her heart, she wanted to be called ‘big sister’, but that felt a bit strange given their age gap. At least one full generation separated them, so ‘big sister” sounded awkward.
“Auntie?”
“Yeah, auntie.”
“You look like Mommy.”
“…Hoho. No, I’m not your mommy. I’m Auntie.”
“Mm-hmm. Mommy.”
Like a broken doll, the child continued to call her ‘mommy’. However, the woman insisted to be called ‘auntie’ instead and did not give up.
“Carly, I’m not your Mommy. Call me ‘Auntie’ instead.”
“Yeah, Mommy.”
“No, ‘Auntie’.”
“Mommy.”
“Auntie.”
“Um. Hey.”
“Sure, hey… Huh? W-What did you just say?”
“Hey.”
Wait a minute. Did you just combine ‘mom’ and ‘aunt’ to call me ‘hey’?
{ t/n: hard to tl, but Carly started calling Reina a very casual and sometimes offensive version of ‘hey’ by combining Mom and Aunt to form ‘임마’ lol }
“Hey.”
“……”
With an innocent look on her face as if he liked that word, the child repeated it over and over.
“Hey.”
Looking at that pure expression, Carly tightly sealed Reina’s lips.
“…..”
What am I going to do with this kid?
“Hey!”
Eventually, Benedict couldn’t hold back his laughter anymore.
No… this isn’t the time to laugh! Your son is saying strange things, so you need to correct him…
Since the father wasn’t stepping in, Reina decided to speak up again.
“Um… Carly, ‘hey’ is a term used among friends.”
“Carly’s not your friend?”
Could someone please bring me a mirror? It felt like she’s getting dark circles under my eyes.
Caught in the trap of the question ‘why’, the woman looked at the man standing beside her with a helpless expression.
Finally, after staying quiet the whole time, Ethan parted his lips.
“Reina and Carly are not friends. Furthermore, Carly can only call one person ‘Mommy’.”
“Only one person can be my Mommy?”
“Yes. So you have to choose whether you want to call the sleeping lady or Reina ‘Mommy’.”
“Um… then the sleeping lady is Mommy.”
The struggle for 10 minutes turned out to be futile as the child easily made his decision like this.
“Ethan, then is that lady my Auntie?”
“No, she’s Reina.”
“What’s Reina?”
“She’s a beautiful lady.”
“So, all the beautiful ladies in the world are called Reina?”
“Yes.”
“I see.”
Huh? Wait a minute. What are you saying to the child? You’re making him believe weird things!
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