Chapter 55 – Sometimes Like a Lion (1)
“It’s a waste.”
The strong tone did not suit Rose.
It was an awkward tone.
But that didn’t mean she didn’t write at all.
She has frequently used this tone when negotiating with other nobles or merchants when she conceals herself and puts on her mask.
-‘Sometimes you have to act like a lion in order to live as if you were what you saw.’
It was the teaching of Rose’s father, Heian.
Of course, Rose didn’t think of herself as innocent enough to call herself a sheep, but he deeply sympathized with the saying that sometimes you have to act like a lion.
No matter how frightening you are, you must muster up the courage to act.
Even now, Lily’s decadent appearance,
Bien, she still doesn’t know what she’s thinking,
Russ, who had previously exuded a sense of intimidation, was a little afraid, but he did not show it.
It had to be.
Here she may seem belittled for speaking weakly.
And, no matter how fake they are, they are real to the trio.
She herself came to this place as Stachis’s lover.
What woman ever speaks softly to women who approach her own man.
It is rather unnatural to speak weakly.
If she didn’t want to talk so hard, she could have just pretended not to know
Rose didn’t want Starches taken away from her, so she didn’t pretend she didn’t know.
It wasn’t that he couldn’t be without him.
She still couldn’t quite grasp her own feelings.
Curiosity… No, the curiosity phase has passed.
Like it?…Yes, it seems to be like it.
Even so, she was determined to protect him.
This position is not an opportunity that comes easily.
In any case, the role Starchis asked him to play was the role of a lover.
So what I just said is all natural.
…To be natural.
“What..?”
Russ’s shorts automatically popped out.
She had never been told by anyone to give up on him.
From Vien and from Lily.
However, a young man who has just met Stachis sees himself and tells him to give up on him.
She takes the feelings of the years lightly and asks them to throw them on the floor.
‘It can’t be like that.’
There is no way I would give up my one and only love with a single word.
‘I can’t do it either…’
“Now you are my lover.”
Rose carried over her act, her Elsa.
‘Now I am Elsaine. I’m Elsaine.’
She put her feelings into the person she was playing.
Then, perhaps she became too deeply attached to her, and her heart ached.
“Please don’t play tricks on me.”
‘Mine?’
Lily was stunned.
As Rose begins to reveal her hostility, she begins to step on her mines here and there.
“Why is it yours?”
Lily asks.
And in this question, Rose was perfectly certain.
First of all, Lily has feelings for him.
“Because I am your lover.”
“You’re not married.”
“It’s the pre-marriage stage, they’re lovers.”
There is a relationship that does not think of marriage, and there is a relationship that thinks about it.
The relationship between Elzain and Starchis seems to be the latter, and Lily’s heart is impatient.
“Even so, why is it yours? Starch is a thing?”
Lily, who had brazenly claimed Starchis as her own, asked.
“…That’s not it.”
“But why do you say it’s yours?”
“Please don’t get off topic. I’m asking you not to shake the Starchis anyway.”
Says Rose and she looks around at the three women.
When Rose’s eyes pass Vienne, Vienne numbs herself.
“…What did I do?”
Tixo always looked a bit discouraged, unlike Bien’s original appearance.
She was careful enough to cover her face with a blanket and counsel Casey, so her conscience was pricked to be honest.
If she were in Elzain’s position now, she would have run amok all the way.
If Stachis was his boyfriend, and the weird bitches would stick around and wag their tails at him, he’d hug them tight and scream at them.
But it’s the opposite situation.
“Is it right to touch someone else’s boyfriend with your feet during a meal?”
“It was just an accidental touch.”
Bien was ashamed of her behavior and her face turned red.
She hung her head.
She hadn’t thought about taking him away for a long time, and her conscience was still stabbing her.
“…”
Rose couldn’t find anything to say about Bienne’s answer.
There was sufficient evidence of heart, but there was no physical evidence.
On the other hand, Russ was different from Vien.
Unlike Bienne, Russ had already made a strong commitment to take him away.
She felt remorse, but it was an uncomfortable feeling she was used to having made up her mind for so long.
If only she could accept this inconvenience and take him away, she was willing to take it a thousand times and ten thousand times.
I used to think that a person who takes away someone who has possession is the worst villain, but he himself was put in that situation and his opponent, Starchis, could not help himself.
Deep down in her heart, she felt sorry for Elza, as well as her loathing for herself.
Her sense of despair about her situation and her longing for hope were just as great.
She was troubled
Pretending not to be, and secretly sneaking a peek at the opportunity when you catch it.
Or maybe she’ll declare war on Elzain, telling her she likes it outright.
Before that, Russ had a question.
“… Mr. Elzain. Can she ask me just one thing?”
“Ask.”
Now Rose faced the three women wearing a completely different mask.
A slightly resolute mask is painted on top of the original mask.
“Why did you come to like Starches?”
Her slightly strong question came back to her.
I was nervous, so I wanted to swallow her dry saliva, but
She held it in, as the appearance of swallowing her saliva would show her embarrassment.
The mask almost broke at once.
‘Why did you like it?’
This she hadn’t talked to him about.
She couldn’t even say that she liked him yet, so she couldn’t answer unequivocally.
“Do you need a reason?”
“I need it.”
Russ’ answer reminded Rose of a conversation she had with her father.
To the question, ‘Does a person need a reason to be interested in a person?’, She said that such a phrase is only used in novels, and in reality, a reason is needed.
Like him, Russ had hundreds if not reasons why she fell in love with him.
His kindness, his memories with him, his strong back…Etc.
He was prepared to declare war on her without regret if he gave an insignificant answer.
“Answer me.”
No matter how much I squeezed my brain, I couldn’t come up with a lie to tell, so I decided to be honest.
Rose thinks about why she was curious about him in the first place.
Because of the novel.
She was very similar to the protagonist of the novel.
It looks normal, but the eyes are sharp,
A body that gives you a sense of confidence.
A relaxed atmosphere.
And even the sharpness that could be frightening if it suddenly changed.
Thinking of him, Rose involuntarily swallowed again.
The reason was this, but I couldn’t say this.
I’m ashamed and ashamed, and I can’t say such things because of the atmosphere of the situation.
That’s why, among the descriptions, Rose picked out the part that resembled the most.
It was a word that did not come out easily even with a mask on.
“…I liked the strong body.”
Russ gritted his teeth.
After a sigh… Exhale.
‘A strong body. That’s one.’
So I realize that I mixed my body so quickly.
They say pink hair is lewd, and Bien was right.
Russ made up her mind.
“Elsaine, let me tell you something.”
And Russ leans her body over Elzain and whispers to her.
In a soft voice, as if asking for regards.
“…The seduction didn’t even begin.”
– Stiff
The hairs on the back of Rose’s neck stood up.
This was a reaction of the body, so even wearing a mask was unavoidable.
With a smile, Russ, who had fallen away, smiled.
– Thud th th th th th
The tension on the table disappears when the sound of Starchis walking is heard.
Again I heard the sound of jazz in the quiet dining room.
“Sorry, did it take a little while?”
Starchis returns.
“No. It was an opportunity to get to know each other a little better.”
Rose changed back into a relaxed, likable mask and greeted Starches.
“I think they are really… Nice people.”
“I was thinking that too. I think Elzain is a really nice person too, Chis.”
The change in the expression of the two was so dramatic that Starchis had no time to notice something suspicious.
“I would appreciate it if everyone was friendly.”
Starchis was relieved.
The atmosphere seemed to be able to finish the meal without a big problem.
And if at the end she even sends Rose back, she’s actually shown her girlfriend, so there’s no question of her lying, and there’s no reason for her to ask Rose to play her girlfriend.
She asks if he grants her one wish in return for her performance her.
She’s not in the mood to lie,
Her reassurance of her that she would go undetected sooner than that pushed away the negative feelings of her.
Everything was going well
“By the way, how did you come to have a party with people like this Starchis?”
Elsaine asked Stachis.
“Um… It’s a long story since we all meet differently… “
“First of all, I had known each other before the party.”
Russ said to Elzain.
There was no sign of the bloody fight from before.
The two, who already knew each other’s inner thoughts, were engaged in a fight that Starchis did not know.
“The relationship has been around for a long time. Do you know what Chis did before becoming a gatherer?”
“Can you tell me?”
“He worked as a kingdom guard with me.”
“Uh? Really?”
Forgetting the nerves, Rose looked at Staches in surprise.
“It did.”
“You have done an honorable job.”
“Ha ha.. No. I don’t know about others, but at least I didn’t have such noble reasons. I was just trying not to starve. Russ, why did you do that?”
“Hehe, I have the same reason, well. Anyway-“
Russ turned her words towards Elzain again.
“-At that time, we became very close, and Chis said that she was a gatherer, and she suggested that we join the guard when he quit. I became a party member like that. Chis suggested. Uh? Chess, wait a minute.”
Starchis, as Russ listened to her, stiffened at the word ‘just a moment’.
Russ’s fingers slowly approached and a long, fine index finger slowly stroked his lips.
She gently pushes Stachis’s lips with her fingers her, then slowly returns to her shape after his fingers pass.
Wiping his lips her, Russ lightly licked her index finger her with her moist red tongue.
She was as beautiful as Russ, so if anyone saw her, she would have been bewitched.
“Hehe… What if you mess around with sauce on it?”
“…! Russ…! I told you not to do this..!”
Stachis frowned and covered his lips with his left hand.
Even a friend of six years, this kind of behavior was strange.
It’s not an honorable thing to do, especially when you have a girlfriend.
However, Elza, who had predicted that she would go on a rampage, was silent.
In her silence her, Russ and Starchis looked at her at the same time.
Starchis turned his head away, and Russ only rolled her eyes coldly.
“Cellar? Starches?”
Turning around, Elza put the meat in her mouth and her cheeks puffed out.
And most of all, what caught her eye was the sauce smeared all over her mouth.
She continued to eat discreetly, but when she suddenly acted like this, Starchis was taken aback.
“Baby- Elzain?”
I was so flustered that I almost called her ‘Miss?’ But she barely held it in.
But Russ was caught by Stachis.
‘…Baby?’
Was it originally called by such a masculine nickname?
“It’s delicious, Starches. Eat more quickly.”
Rose, with a satisfied expression, offered Starches another bite.
What puzzled him more than anything else was that Elsa had smothered her sauce in such a way that she didn’t realize it.
Reminds me of a situation just before.
Russ wiped her lips.
It’s strange that a friend can do it, but a lover can’t.
Maybe Rose is giving herself a chance.
She took the opportunity to act more like a lover.
“Elsaine, wait a minute.”
At the sound of ‘Wait a minute,’ Elsain hardens like Starchis.
Is it okay to carelessly touch a nobleman’s lips?
Rose’s bodyguards are watching from afar, is it okay?
She had many worries ahead of her, but Elsain didn’t seem to have any intention of cleaning her sauce her by herself.
He tried to wipe her lips with the white, pure cotton napkin on her table.
But the napkin was nowhere to be seen.
Rolling her eyes, the napkin she found was in Rose’s hand her.
Finding the napkin in her hand her, she rolled her eyes again, this time to Rose’s her.
She smiles
“Do you have anything to say?”
Eventually Starchis slowly reached out her right hand her and wiped her lips her with his thumb her.
Her lips were warm and soft.
“Enough now.”
But Rose stood still.
She stares at Stachis’ fingers.
‘This year…!’
Russ was heartbroken at what was about to happen.
Rose was stronger than she thought.
Seeing Rose’s gaze her looking at herself, Starchis thought ‘Era’,
She put her own thumb in her mouth her.
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