This BL Novel Is Ruined Now - Chapter 92

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Chapter 92

Translator: Yonnee

RP: Haebaragi_syk

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“You couldn’t get close to His Excellency Gerard either, so you’ve come here to blame Lehman.”

“You’ve been blocking Lehman until now because you’re afraid that you’d lose His Excellency’s interest to him.”

Seriously. Lehman should be given an award.

Best actor for bullsh*ttery.

“His Excellency hates you, but it’s the opposite with Lehman. You must feel threatened.”

These people had derived so much information from a scanty amount of information, to the point that they eventually wrote an epic poem. It’s incredible.

In the end, Reina swept her bangs up and spoke with a low voice.

“Is it your life’s dream to be a scriptwriter?”

“…What?”

“It’s just, you know. Everything that comes out of your mouth is fiction.”

“Don’t you think you’re being harsh.”

“Oh, I’ve got much harsher things to say. Do you want to hear more?”

Since she originally decided to stop putting a lid on her temper anyway, she’s here to say whatever she wanted to say.

“Let’s see. Hm… Paranoia, schizophrenia, basically diseases of the mind. Right. It really seems like you have these, all of you. You’re all lunatics.”

“You’re seriously going too far, you!! Watch what you’re saying!”

Instantly putting on a straight face, Reina unhesitatingly strode towards the screaming guy.

“You know what? If I put my mind to it, I can kill you. Right here and now. So it’s not me but you who has to watch what he says.”

Since logic didn’t work with these guys, she countered with a threat just to shut him up.

“Y-You’re seriously crazy, aren’t you?”

“Mm-hmm, yep. I keep telling the truth, but because of this back and forth we keep having, I feel like I’ve really gone mad.”

“Hoh! You’re shameless. It’s not enough for you to spray poison—”

“Haa… My friend. Are your ears not working? Or, do you not know how to speak the Empire’s language? How many times have I said that I did not poison anything?”

“His Excellency—”

“Ugh, puh-lease! Why do you keep bringing him up?!”

He didn’t even have anything to do with what they’re talking about right now.

“It’s because you put so much work on His Excellency, but he didn’t respond!”

Reina’s going to develop cancer at this rate. She really would.

A huge wrinkle was caught in the middle of her eyebrows, and the look in her eyes was just straight up jaded.

‘Forget being the apple of anyone’s eyes.’

When it came to apples, it’s possible to just take out the bad apple that’s spoiling the bunch. However, there were certain times that it’s just a lost cause and it’s impossible to salvage the rest.

And these guys were exactly that. Lehman himself was the rotten apple contaminating the others, and they’re too far gone already.

“On your guys’ way home later, be sure to stop by a temple and get a diagnosis, alright? You might’ve gotten possessed by evil spirits. All of you.”

“What? Are you making me laugh? His Excellency—”

“Stop it with that! Why the hell do you keep bringing up Ethan here?!”

“That’s right. Why do you keep mentioning me?”

“Exactly what I’m sa… huh?”

Was it an auditory hallucination? The voice of a person who’s not supposed to be here butted into the argument.

“I’ve been hearing my name since earlier.”

As her eyes went wide, Reina turned to face the voice. Then, his unique scent hit her—that refreshing and warm scent that’s reminiscent of the emerald sea.

“…Deputy Director Ethan?”

“Y-Your Excellency…!”

Hushed murmurs spread out like waves around them. Ethan drew closer to the center of the crowd, his gaze as austere as ever.

“For you all to corner an innocent person with only rumors that have nothing to do with the truth in your arsenal, I wonder. Where in the world have you all learned such courtesy?”

It was that peculiarly sharp tone of his.

Thanks to this, the expressions of all those who had cornered Reina became self-conscious. And the people who had been raising their voices until now all shut their mouths with red faces.

Then Lehman, who had been silent this whole time, finally spoke up.

“I think there’s been a misunderstanding, Your Excellency.”

Hearing that calm voice, Ethan turned his head. As he looked at the culprit of this entire situation, his gaze was not at all good.

Nevertheless, Lehman continued steadily without yelling once.

“Some unsavory things have been happening between me and Reina.”

As Ethan was now next to Reina, she looked at Lehman incredulously. However, she knew how to restrain herself.

“Earlier, I found out that my plants had been poisoned, so it couldn’t be helped that suspicion was cast on Reina.”

With a look that was as dry as a desert where no greenery could grow, Ethan’s eyes reached Lehman. The already pale-faced Lehman suddenly looked more miserable.

“And as you know… It’s not a common ability to handle poison.”

With the way he carried himself, just one look at him and you’d feel sorry for him. It was a honey trap that only Lehman could pull off.

However, what was he to do?

“I am already firmly aware that Reina did not use poison.”

The response he got in return for his miserable-esque display was a cold hard denial.

“The Reina I know is not the kind of person who’ll do such a thing.”

Looking down at Lehman with an unfeeling gaze, Ethan slowly spoke of another thing.

“And I don’t think that’s the explanation I need right now. I heard something about you and I being in a very close relationship, Lehman Karr.”

Then, Ethan’s sharp eyes unhurriedly scanned the group cornering Reina.

“I need an explanation for that.”

Was it because of his ferocious glare? The guys who’d been staunchly defending Lehman throughout it all shrank.

But that didn’t last long.

“It’s just… something we guessed between ourselves.”

One of the most enthusiastic supporters stepped forward and made such an excuse.

Reina was deeply impressed by this guy’s sacrificial spirit. Without any exaggeration, the loyalty that this guy was displaying was enough to build a country from the ground up.

“So, Lehman’s not at fault here… I apologize deeply.”

After hearing out the insignificant excuse, Ethan looked at the guy once and soon turned away from him, as if the guy wasn’t even worth his attention.

“Do be careful in the future. It doesn’t feel pleasant to be unknowingly involved with a stranger.”

Lehman’s face had been immaculately innocent throughout this whole shindig, but the moment Ethan said this, his expression became utterly distorted, as if he’d been splashed with dirty mop water.

Perhaps a rush of shame swept through him right then because his ashen face flushed bright red in an instant.

Even so, Ethan being Ethan, he was not the kind of man who’d show mercy in such circumstances.

He was already about to walk away, but he stopped for a moment.

“Ah. To be honest.”

Ethan turned around again and looked at each and every person there—except Reina—then spoke in an indifferent tone.

“Being involved with someone who’s as disgusting as a bug just truly makes my skin crawl.”

The choice of words here was different from Ethan’s usual way of speaking. On normal days, he spoke in an aloof manner but he nonetheless stayed a gentleman.

Hearing such scathing words, everyone shut up as if they had gone mute, and Reina laughed sardonically at the sight.

Truthfully, it felt like bliss. The strongest person here was on her side, so how could she not be happy?

But on the other hand, it felt sore about it as well.

‘Even if I explained over and over that it’s not me, no one listened…’

Yet a simple statement from Ethan brought the situation to a close much too easily.

’Maybe it’s because I’m… a villain in this world.’

Or was it simply because she couldn’t get on Ethan’s level, being the undoubtedly respectable man that he was?

“Let me reiterate. Watch yourself. This is not a request—it’s a warning.”

Reinforcements for her appeared unexpectedly, but she couldn’t help but feel bittersweet.

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