'What is this saying now?'
While Elia was puzzled, Lavinia quickly closed the door.
Illya tried desperately to stop her from storming into the room.
“Miss Lavinia, if you do this here...”
“It would be embarrassing, wouldn't it?”
'You know very well!'
Meanwhile, Lavinia smiled faintly again and quickly entered the room.
“This is Erhan's room then.
It's very clean for a man's room.”
Illya swallowed and took a quick look around.
Fortunately, there was nothing that might reveal her identity.
But the thought that Lavinia, so keen-eyed, might notice something strange, made her heart skip a beat.
'I have to expel her quickly.'
But she was never going to leave on her own.
'Is there a good way?'
“Bet.”
Lavinia looked at Elijah, smiling.
“I want to know more about Erhan.
That’s why I came here.”
‘But why, especially this late at night, did you want to know more about me?!’
But Elia answered in the most polite voice possible.
“Miss, what are you curious about me?
If you ask, I will answer you.”
Instead of asking questions, Lavinia approached the bed in the middle of the room and lay down on it.
“Then, come here.”
“?”
“Let's lie down here together and get to know each other.”
Illya couldn't help but open her mouth in shock.
Contrary to her frank words, her face as she looked at Elijah was extremely innocent.
‘This contrast between her face and her actions is what made the male heroes lose their minds.’
Moreover, this bed was for one person, so it was very narrow.
Even if Lavinia didn't touch a single hair, just by lying together in this narrow place, her identity would inevitably be exposed.
Elijah politely declined.
“No, it's okay.”
“Erhan, this is an order.”
Her voice was soft, but it carried a strange power.
This was the force that captured all the male heroes in the original novel, rendering them powerless to resist.
Her golden eyes flashed fiercely, and Elijah subconsciously swallowed.
But she answered without giving up.
“Miss, let me say, I am the deputy commander of the Demon Resistance Army.
So, I am only following the orders of the unit commander.”
Hearing those words, Lavinia's eyes narrowed.
“For this reason, I cannot obey your command without the Commander’s permission.
Please forgive me.”
He bowed his head apologetically, and Lavinia looked at him silently for some time.
“Does this mean that you will lie here if Uncle Keisha asks you to, but not me?”
'Is she serious about calling Keisha here?'
'If it was her, she might really do it.'
Just thinking about that sent a shiver down her spine.
She looked at Lavinia with worried eyes.
Lavinia laughed faintly seeing her like this.
"Hold your head up.
What you just said was a joke."
While Elijah secretly sighed a sigh of relief and raised her head, Lavinia kept staring at him silently.
“Most importantly, Erhan is the first person to refuse my order.”
'Sure.'
Who dares to reject Lavinia, the only daughter who grew up in love with the Grand Duke?
“If you're upset, I'm really sorry.”
"No, it's not.
Erhan's words are correct.
Erhan is a subordinate of the unit, so he must follow the orders of the unit commander."
Her voice became softer.
Despite his obvious refusal, her facial expression seemed strangely satisfied.
“Rather, it is this point in you that makes you the most wonderful.
Truly, Erhan is not lacking anything to be my future husband.”
'What did she say?'
While Elia was puzzled, Lavinia now got out of bed and put on the headdress she had taken off.
“I'll go now.
But...”
Lavinia, wearing her headdress, strode closer to Elijah.
The moment Illya tried to quickly retreat,
Kiss.
She stood on her tiptoes and kissed Elijah on the cheek.
“Next time, I will really seduce you.”
After she finished speaking, she disappeared from the room.
Elia held the cheek on which Lavinia kissed her.
The warm sensation was still evident on her cheek.
'What do I do?
What the hell am I doing?!
'It seems that I have captured the heart of the heroine Lavinia.'
This was a really serious problem.
If she became Lavinia's husband, she wouldn't be able to hide her identity even if she wanted to.
‘Why exactly does Lavinia show interest in me?!’
She could not understand at all how the situation was developing.
At that moment, a knock was heard at the door, and Elia looked towards the door with a face filled with fear.
She feared that Lavinia might come back to pounce on her again.
“Elijah, it's me.
Open the door.”
Hearing Yousar's voice, Elia quickly opened the door and shouted:
“Yousar, something big has happened!”
"What's wrong?
Why are you holding your cheek?"
•
“What did you say?”
After Yusar listened to Ilya's whole story, his face became serious.
This was understandable.
Yusar came here to become a son-in-law to the Grand Duke.
But now, with Illya unwittingly competing with him for the position of sister-in-law, the situation has become dangerous.
“Yousar, this was never my intention.”
Yusar nodded at her words.
But the smile that was always on his face had completely disappeared.
He knew full well, more than anyone else, that Illya had not done this to hinder his goal.
But the important thing is that Lavinia, the Duke's daughter, was showing tremendous interest in Elijah instead of him.
He was worried that his big dream might be dashed.
“Yusar, can you hear me?”
“……I’m listening.”
Ilya noticed the subtle change in Yusar's attitude, and said in a firm voice:
“Don't worry.
Our cooperative relationship will not change.
So, let's focus on solving the problem in front of us.”
Consider the clear and resolute Yosar Elia.
A smile appeared on his lips.
Illya, who was unwavering even in this situation, was trustworthy.
"Good."
Elia continued:
“We must get rid of Lavinia's interest by any means possible.”
“You are correct.”
“Is there a good way?”
They racked their brains for a long time.
At that moment, Yousar's eyes sparkled.
"I had an idea.
The problem is that, Elijah, you might get a little hurt, but…"
Elia shouted to Yusar, who was speaking cautiously:
“It doesn't matter!”
•
"Elle, is something wrong?
Why do you look like this these days?"
Lennox looked at her in the restaurant with a surprised face.
Elijah's hair was disheveled, and her appearance was extremely dirty.
“I've been so busy these days that I haven't found time to shower at all... haha...”
Illya answered, scratching her head.
'I'm almost dying from itching!'
It seemed like a bad smell was emanating from her body as well.
She wanted to take a shower right away, but she couldn't do it.
The reason was the method proposed by Yusar.
'You must appear as repulsive as possible in front of Lavinia.
The thing women hate more than anything is a dirty man.'
Elia agreed to this method as well.
Even she herself hated dirty and absolutely smelly men!
It was clear that if she moved around with her foul and dirty appearance, Lavinia would never approach her, but would simply plug her nose and run away.
'It's a bit annoying, but it's inevitable...'
Fortunately, Kesha did not raise an issue about her health condition.
More precisely, as long as she trained properly, he didn't care about cleanliness.
I speculated that it was because he had experienced much worse health conditions on battlefields.
When she entered the restaurant wafting the smell, the other members of the unit held their noses.
They all retreated from their places as if they were herbivores that had met their predator.
No one approached her within a radius of several meters, as if a curtain of stench had spread around her.
Honestly, Illya completely understands their actions.
'If I were them, I would avoid it too.'
Only Lennox stayed by her side through the strength of friendship.
She started eating with Lennox.
In fact, the meal was enjoyable because no one was around.
Heavy steps.
Someone approached, breaking through the barrier of stench, towards where they were.
'It must be someone with a blocked nose.'
When she raised her head, Axion was standing there.
'Why is he here?'
“Erhan, do you have time now?”
When she nodded, Axion motioned to exit.
After Elijah left, she asked him:
“Don't you smell me?”
"I smell it.
It's so terrible."
Looking closer, it looked like he was trying his best not to breathe through his nose.
I wondered what purpose had made him endure this stench and meet her.
“What's wrong?”