The Male Leads Were Stolen by the Extra

 

“What.”

 

“I mean, the Princess. You like her, right?”

 

Maxwell looked up at Tan with sparkling eyes and waited for his answer.

 

Natural skinship, eyes that couldn’t leave her for even a moment, even a look of regret when she moved away.

 

Even when he told him to trim his hair, he didn’t pay any attention to his appearance, yet he had been taking care of himself a lot lately.

 

This was too obvious.

 

“If you’re going to say something stupid, then go away.”

 

“So you’ve been staying at the duke’s residence? Since when? Please? Please?”

 

No matter how much Tan yelled at him, no matter how fiercely he glared at him, Maxwell wouldn’t give in. He had become immune to this kind of attitude for a long time.

 

For months, the Tan Maxwell had seen didn’t care about anything other than who he was.

 

He was a person who was indifferent to others to the point of being heartless.

 

He didn’t care what people did, what their names were, or where this place was. 

 

Although Maxwell received help from Tan, Tan’s real intention was to just get rid of the annoying guy. In fact, Maxwell knew that too.

 

Tan had no concept of help or consideration.

 

Yet he personally removed the fallen leaf from her hair?

 

It was surprising.

 

It was surprising that he, who had no interest in anything, even the saviors, was staying at the duke’s residence and asking about the saviors first back then, but now something even more surprising happened!

 

Maxwell waited for Tan’s closed mouth to open, determined to hear the answer.

 

“Everyone likes her.”

 

But Tan answered indifferently, as if he was saying something so obvious. As if he wouldn’t give an easy answer.

 

“Ey. That’s different from this! I’m just honored to meet the Princess, and I admire her, but you like her as a person of the opposite sex. Love!”

 

“What is that.”

 

Tan laughed in vain.

 

He also knew about love from reading books.

 

It was like being stabbed in place, drowning in water, and not eating or drinking for a whole week all because of someone.

 

He had never done that.

 

Although she had become special, and he kept feeling strange desires and desires.

 

Of course, his desire to monopolize her remained the same.

 

“Ha, Brother, you’re so frustrating!”

 

Maxwell continued, hitting his chest as if he was about to explode with anger.

 

“You worry when you’re apart, you’re happy when you’re together, you’re sad when you get separated, and you want to touch her when you’re by her side! If that’s not love, then what is?”

 

“…”

 

“If you’ve never felt what I just said to anyone else, but only to the Princess, then I’m right.”

 

Maxwell spoke confidently, as if nothing could be more certain.

 

Tan was lost in thought for a moment.

 

Me? Towards that woman?

 

“Nonsense.”

 

Tan looked at Maxwell with a cold expression and turned his head. However, his eyes were shaking slightly and agitated.

 

***

 

“Welcome. My name is Daniel Jackson.”

 

Sellonia looked at the man greeting her.

 

She was still bewildered. Unlike the abandoned exterior, the interior of the building was clean.

 

The tattered windows were swaying in the wind, so while requesting information, she had thought that the wind would blow in, yet when she entered the building, there was another entrance that wasn’t visible from the outside.

 

As soon as she entered the entrance, a bright hallway greeted them.

 

It was a passage where one couldn’t find any darkness, as if magic lights had been installed all over the walls of the hallway.

 

In addition, unlike the shabby exterior, the hallway was decorated in an old-fashioned way.

 

In a word, it felt like the old villa of a wealthy person. The hallway made of dark brown wood reminded her of an old-fashioned villa built in the mountains. At the end of the hallway, another door opened, revealing the guild.

 

An employee who had been waiting in a well-decorated pub-like space immediately guided her.

 

After being guided, only Sellonia went into the inner room, and Ella was told to wait in front of the door.

 

And the place where she was standing now was the guild master’s office.

 

Whether she liked art or not, the stylishly decorated office had all sorts of sculptures on display, and paintings that looked like famous paintings hung on the walls.

 

“The guild shouldn’t stand out, but if the interior is shabby, the guests won’t like it.”

 

Daniel answered Sellonia’s question as if he had experienced it many times before.

 

She had never thought there would be a space like this when looking from the outside, but that was what he had been aiming for.

 

She had been half-believing when she was introduced to there, yet she was starting to like it for it was a plausible trick.

 

“I’m greeting the Princess. It’s an honor that you have come to our guild.”

 

Daniel left his desk and invited her to sit on the sofa in the middle of the room. She followed him to the leather sofa.

 

Daniel was a thin-looking man who looked to be in his early 30s.

 

Although he didn’t seem to have the authority of a guild leader, his sharp, shrewd eyes seemed to be insightful.

 

“The fact that the Princess came to us means that she wants to proceed without anyone finding out. Not even your family.”

 

That was true.

 

Daniel immediately understood her intentions. She had come to the underworld guild instead of the Finnest guild run by the Basin family.

 

“That’s right. Since it seems like we can talk, I’ll get to the point. I want to know about Grace Bennett. And everyone around her.”

 

***

 

Meanwhile, Reyev, who had finished the long sacred ritual, returned to his original attire and left the temple.

 

Reyev was a little weak.

 

During the ritual, he fasted until the last day, emptying his body and mind except for the water he needed. And after 15 days, when everything was thought to be empty, before leaving the temple, he drank holy water to signify that the purification was complete.

 

Although ordinary people would collapse if they drank only water for 15 days, the knights were able to endure it because of their holy power.

 

He had just finished drinking the holy water.

 

In his arms was a box of cakes that Grace had packed for him.

 

He remembered Grace’s earnest request that he eat at least one dessert even though he didn’t like desserts.

 

He opened the box in his arms right away.

 

There were three golden-ripe pound cakes lined up in a row.

 

It had been quite some time since he received them, yet they were in perfect condition as the weather was cold.

 

“Huh, huh? Please get out of the way!”

 

That’s when someone shouted in an urgent voice.

 

When Reyev raised his head, the wheel that had come off the carriage was rolling toward him.

 

Reyev looked back for a moment. He saw children playing in the distance. 

 

He quickly blocked the wheel that was rolling at a fast speed without any time to think about anything else. If he just avoided it like that, the children would get hurt.

 

However, it wasn’t enough to block the large and fast wheel with one hand, so the box he was holding fell to the ground.

 

“I apologize. I really apologize, Sir Paladin.”

 

The coachman came running and bowed to Reyev.

 

“It’s fine. Take care of it.”

 

It was common for a carriage wheel to come off, so he had to be careful.

 

Reyev handed the wheel that reached his pelvis to the coachman.

 

“I really apologize.”

 

The coachman repeated his thanks and apologies several times and rolled the wheel toward the carriage.

 

Relieved that no one was hurt, Reyev quickly picked up the box that had fallen to the ground.

 

Fortunately, only one cake was stuck and a little dirt was on it, but the rest were fine.

 

He personally brushed the dirt off the cake. He thought that since it was from Grace, he couldn’t leave any behind.

 

“Whoa…”

 

A tiny girl who had come nearby was sucking her finger and looking up at him.

 

Judging from her gaunt appearance and the growling sound of her stomach, it seemed like she had starved for several days.

 

There was a shantytown near the temple, and he guessed like the child had come from there.

 

“

Looksh yammi

…”

 

The child was staring at the cake in Reyev’s hand with such ferocity that she looked like she might start drooling at any moment.

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