# 48 - 48
Given the time, it seemed like it took a week to check one person's affection level and then another person's affection level.
Moreover, I need coins to verify immediately.
If it had been a matter of one coin, I would have thought about it.
100 coins? impossible.
Naturally, I had absolutely no intention of spending all those coins on Leon Fraser.
Most of all, I put all my money in a “bank” account, so I didn’t have any cash on hand anyway.
I can wait a week or so, it doesn't matter.
I decided to take a calm approach.
After all, Lycian and Leon Fraser were planning to stay in the main castle for two months.
* * *
When I left after eating breakfast, I felt full and satisfied unlike usual.
"Hey."
I heard a familiar voice as I walked up the stairs.
When I turned around, Leon Fraser was following me with a slouched posture and an asymmetrical facial expression.
Looking at him this way, he was truly a very handsome man with a charm different from that of Lycian.
“You really don't want to become an outcast at this banquet, do you?”
"…What?"
“Otherwise, why do you keep looking at me while eating breakfast? It spoils my appetite and my mood.”
It was really unfortunate that his personality exploded like a firework on that face.
In the past, I could have hugged him too, but as Tulia, it was really a difficult road full of hardships.
Leon Fraser stopped two steps away from me.
Thanks to that, I was able to see the top of his head for the first time, even just a little.
“I would like to spend my whole life looking down on this man.”
While I was swallowing this small and humble wish, Leon Fraser approached my face and said coldly.
“No matter what you do, I will not dance with you even once until I die.”
Who asked you to dance in the first place?
I was startled and upset, but I opened my mouth first.
“I wasn't looking at you.”
“Weren't you looking?”
“Yes. I was just looking around, but you seem to have misunderstood.”
"Are you doubting me now? Can't you tell the difference between looking around the dining room and glancing at me?"
“I'm really sorry, but.”
I frowned as much as I could and asked.
“Do you have narcissistic personality disorder or something?”
"What? What's the disorder?"
“I mean, that's a bit much, don't you think?”
“Huh?”
“Do you think all women stare at you?”
Leon Fraser's eyebrows rose immediately.
"Wow! My brother should have seen what you're saying now. Why are you so rude? What's wrong with the family?"
Leon Fraser looked into my eyes and asked me as if he was chewing his words.
"Woman? This is ridiculous."
“But that's not a mistake, is it?”
She stared at Leon Fraser thoughtfully and asked in return.
“You said I wasn't family.”
It was instant.
Leon Fraser's crooked mouth suddenly closed.
“I can tell you don't like me, but I would appreciate it if you would stop making trouble with me.”
Leon Fraser's response came a little too late.
"Why? Are you angry?"
“Yes, I'm angry.”
If this scene were an illustration in the game now, we would simply be drawn as the official villain and the first male hero facing off against each other in the game.
She looked around Leon Fraser's blue eyes and spoke clearly.
“I don't want to get hurt anymore either.”
* * *
“Young Master Leon.”
When he returned to his room, the personal doctor who had brought him from the academy was waiting for him.
"I think we need to treat the cut on your cheek better. If we're not careful, it could get infected."
"decent."
“If it gets infected once, you may have a scar on your face.”
“Let it leave a mark, no matter what.”
“Young master!”
Leon Fraser sat in a chair with both hands tucked into his pockets.
"My brother hit me, so I have to take it. It doesn't matter."
Leon Fraser frowned slightly.
“What did I do to deserve this delicate treatment?”
“Well, yes. If someone like Young Master Lysian raises his hand, it must be Young Master Leon’s fault.”
“...Who exactly do you stand with?”
He stared at the personal doctor briefly.
Leon Fraser clicked his tongue and turned his head away.
There was no response to the doctor's personal words.
The discussion was short.
The personal doctor barely managed to put the ointment on Leon Fraser's cheek again, but that was it.
Leon Fraser dismissed the personal doctor and closed the door completely.
He lay down on the sofa and then immediately got up.
But he didn't leave the bedroom either.
Leon Fraser wandered toward the porch like a dog needing to relieve himself.
The main castle was so vast, he didn't know which room Tulia Fraser was newly assigned to.
He was casting random, meaningless glances at hundreds of windows.
No matter how much he thought about it, it was ridiculous.
“She lived and had everything she wanted.”
She had so much that she kicked it all away while growing up.
Now, what?
“I don't want to get hurt anymore either.”
“Oh, my God.”
Leon Fraser messed up his hair badly.
“This is very annoying, really.”
Was it because his cheek was swollen?
Everything seemed to pulse with dissonance.
Just a few words from that kid, what's the big deal?
* * *
no. Does that bastard Leon Fraser have some kind of superpower?
Something like clairvoyance?
morning.
Returning to my bedroom following the brief confrontation with Leon Fraser, I was extremely confused.
The reason was simple.
It was because of the colorful text that appeared before my eyes.
[System] Subtask has been shown!
This was the first time a new quest had appeared since the main quest.
I was astonished, so I hurriedly read the text.
The more I read the letters, the more my face wrinkled, as if I had chewed something bitter.
Subquest Content: Banquet Master
You are scum!
You have no money, your luck is bad, and everyone hates you!
(Except for one person) No one likes you!
Sub-objective: Dance with Lizanne Fraser and Leon Fraser at the Party.
Upon success:???
In case of failure: -10,000 coins
What, what did he say?
Naturally, Lysiane would dance with me if I asked her to, but do I have to dance with Leon Fraser too?
definitely?
I carefully examined the task again and felt hopeless.
The mission content is not even separated.
It was clear that I had to dance with both Lycian and Leon Fraser for the mission to be considered a success.
Although it is a very difficult sub-quest.
If I fail...will my balance of 10,000 coins become negative?
“Ahhh!”
What a crazy bastard displaying the window status!
“Let's be really logical!”
I finally couldn't hold back my excitement and hit the pillow again and again.
Only innocent feathers were fluttering on the bed.
* * *
“Hmm, Miss Tulia’s temperature has completely dropped...”
Hearing the personal doctor's words, a serious look appeared on the butler's assistant's face.
“Well, that's definitely a lucky thing...”
“Although she had a high fever during her last cold, there were no signs at all of her brain being damaged by it.”
"Is this correct?"
But why does she keep screaming alone for the most trivial reasons?
The butler's assistant simply couldn't understand it.
The personal doctor spoke cautiously.
“Or perhaps the young woman has pent-up frustration that is causing this.”
“Ah…”
The butler's assistant nodded.
“Give her cold iced treats frequently, and encourage her to walk a lot, too.”
“Yes, I understand. I have to order ice cream immediately. I have to order it with every meal.”
The iced desserts were pricey.
Fruit juice drinks were also expensive, but ice cream with its abundance of milk, cream, sugar and spices was twice as expensive.
However, there was an order from Rock Culfusher to provide anything Tulia wanted or needed indiscriminately, as well as anything Adel, Tulia's head maid, requested.
“Although the head maid, Adel, was not seen around.”
Rock Culveucher was also ordered not to question her whereabouts.
The assistant butler was originally a secret advisor to the Grand Duke, and knew absolute obedience to orders.
He headed to the main castle kitchen to get ice cream for Tullia.
* * *
"the mom!"
"Oh Tedric! My son...!"
With tears in her eyes, Oubrey hugged Tedrick.
“Look how skinny you have become. Darling, hurry up and get him inside.”
“Mom, this warehouse is very cold at night. There are very strong air currents… Even common people cannot live in such a place!”
Tedric entered the main castle on the verge of tears.
A sumptuous meal has already been prepared.
“Come on, eat quickly, Tedric. I've specially prepared things that just our son likes.”
Tedrick, who had filled his mouth with hot, dripping turkey meat, finally let out a breath.
“How could he not have eaten properly...”
“He didn't completely starve, so stop it.”
When Viscount Lilius could take it no longer and spoke, Aubray screamed with tearful eyes.
"But, honey! Look. Our son's wrists are so thin!"
“…It's true he didn't eat well. He ate too much, Tedric.”
Tedric nodded as his eyes rolled as he looked at the feast he had been eating after so long.
Grand Duke Assis Fraser ordered Tedrick to move his residence and at the same time imposed house arrest on him.
If it weren't for this damned house arrest order, they would be able to get good meals every day.
The House of Grand Duke Fraser had strict family laws.
There are even meals designated for those sentenced to house arrest.
“Every day I ate cold, hard bread, thin soup with a few pieces of meat, and wilted vegetables with poor quality butter.”
Hearing Tedric's words, Opray felt her heart break.
She wiped her eyes with a napkin embroidered with a beautiful floral pattern, and pushed a plate toward Tedrick, telling him to eat more.
The finest butter with exceptional flavor and crème fraîche are generously spread on white dinner rolls.
“Eat more, son. You must return to your former strength and handsomeness to protect this mother. Right?”
Viscount Lilius frowned slightly.
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