This BL Novel Is Ruined Now - Chapter 176

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Chapter 176

Translator: Yonnee

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“You said you’d only ever take walks with me…! Hiic, then why give flowers…! Wahh, who the hell is that woman…!”

In response to her tantrum that sprang up again, Ethan bit his lip slightly and turned his gaze away.

She, whining like a child, was just too adorable.

‘She’s driving me crazy.’

What kind of human being could be so cute?

Well, was she even still human? Beautiful, talented, kind-hearted, cute, fragrant, lovely… No matter how many adjectives from the world you attach to her, everything just falls short.

No wonder he wanted to keep her caged. Such a charming woman… He knew why those damnable wolves wouldn’t just leave her alone.

As these thoughts crossed his mind, conflicting emotions surged again.

If only she hadn’t cried.

But strangely, on the other hand, he wished she would cry even more.

The tears longing for him were so sweet.

However, crying more here might make her lose her voice.

So, for now, he asked her to stop.

“Reina, please stop crying.”

“Hiicc, no! I’ll cry more! Uwahhh, if you keep smiling at another woman, I’ll keep crying…!”

“…Ke-hum.”

In response to her adorable tantrum, Ethan closed his eyes tightly and took a few deep breaths.

The lingering sensation didn’t easily fade away. However, he knew that he really shouldn’t smile in front of a crying person.

Suppressing the emerging laughter, he took a few more breaths. Once his breathing finally stabilized, he told Reina again.

“I won’t smile anymore. I’ll smile only for you.”

“…Hiic, hicc.”

“And, in the first place, except for you, Reina, other women are not women to me. So, don’t cry. If you keep crying, your eyes might get hurt.”

Was his plea somewhat effective?

Her tearful cries turned into whimpers. And when the tears finally stopped, she sniffled and pouted her lips.

“…Then promise me.”

“I’ll promise anything.”

“Take walks inside the palace only with me from now on….”

“Okay. I’ll do that.”

“…And, and don’t smile like that at another woman.”

“Of course. My smile is yours and yours alone.”

At his words, Reina’s eyes, which had paused for a moment, began to flutter again.

“Uwahhh… Liar… you liar…! You smiled earlier, at that woman…!”

Oh, what should he do? Watching her burst into tears again was irresistibly adorable. If possible, he would capture this scene and replay it for hundreds and hundreds of years.

But once again, he had to endure it.

If she kept crying, her eyes might get swollen, and what if he couldn’t see those beautiful eyes anymore?

With such thoughts, he tried to suppress his voice, but strangely, his lips, which had wanted to comfort her, stopped again.

‘…That would be cute, too, in its own way.’

He imagined her eyes puffing up and her nose sniffling here and there. How adorable and lovely it would be.

Thinking about her eyes swelling and her adorable pouting lips, Ethan couldn’t help but find it cute. He felt an inexplicable urge to pull her into a tight embrace and shower her with kisses.

But once again, he resisted.

Come to think of it, he wouldn’t like it if her delicate skin got swollen.

As the dilemma briefly occupied his mind, Ethan shook his head.

“Reina, I promise I won’t do that again. My ‘breathtaking’ smile is reserved only for you.”

“Hiicc…”

Reina extended a single pinky finger.

In the end, Ethan could no longer endure. With a soft, ‘Pfft!’ he turned his head away and did his best to mask his mirth.

“Promise… Hicc.”

Ethan responded to the prompting finger, entwining his own pinky finger with hers. At that moment, the sweet woman murmured.

“And… Don’t give flowers to other people.”

Ethan burst into laughter and pulled his ever so lovable partner into his embrace.

“Of course, Reina. My flowers are always meant for you.”

“But… You gave flowers to another woman earlier.”

“I was just trying to choose flowers that you would like, Reina.”

“……”

The truth was finally revealed.

Thanks to that, had it become slightly awkward? The lady who was quietly nestled in his arms, instead of answering, grabbed onto his clothes.

With her face buried in his chest, the sobbing Reina opened her mouth with a slightly hoarse voice.

“…Really?”

“Yes. With someone as lovely as you, how could I dare to look elsewhere?”

After giving his response, he held her even tighter and kissed her on the forehead.

“In my life, there’s only one woman—and that’s you, Reina.”

It’s exactly as he said. Now, a life without ‘Reina Chantra’ was unimaginable. Even if he once had a life before her, after getting to know her, a life without ‘Reina Chantra’ had become fundamentally impossible.

“Hiicc… Try just once to look away. I won’t stay quiet.”

“That seems like something I should say to you, not you to me.”

“You’re much more popular than me.”

“No, you’re more popular.”

A small sound of “But it’s not like that,” flowed out from the lips of the woman nestled in his arms. He once again kissed her forehead, a tender smile upon his lips.

It’s been a week since the tension had started between them.

During this period, Ethan lived as if he had forgotten how to smile.

But now, the nerves he had shown during this week were overshadowed by laughter to the point that it flooded like a torrent. This was something only Reina could achieve.

“Reina…”

So, as he was about to convey that sentiment, a slightly cheeky voice intervened from the side.

“You’re both making fools of yourselves, honestly.”

The woman who threw the words as if seeing through them was none other than Tria, the first emperor, who was visiting the imperial palace for the first time in two and a half centuries.