“No, no, that's not true.”
I closed my mouth tightly, shook my head, and then pulled out the tissue stuck to Leon's clothes, which he was chewing furiously.
Leon showed his teeth as he expressed his annoyance at me.
"I don't want to!
Give him back!"
"Hmph!
I'll do it!"
I easily ignored his words, and skilfully wiped his nose.
Leon rubbed his nose, then wiped away the snot that stuck to his hand on my dress.
“Oh!”
When I spoke in as low a voice as possible, Leon started frowning again.
“The Duke seems to be having a major tantrum today.”
I shook my head desperately and spoke with an embarrassed expression.
Although the official purpose of my visit was to deliver a message of congratulations on the Emperor's birthday, the real purpose was to observe Leon's actions.
The Emperor's envoy nodded with an expression that suggested he understood everything, and seemed to enjoy the situation.
After they checked Leon's condition, it didn't seem like they intended to stay long.
"I'll accompany you out.
Leon, can you stay alone for a bit?"
“No, no, impossible!”
Leon sat on the ground and started kicking his legs and crying.
I looked at the delegation of envoys with an embarrassed expression.
They exchanged glances and began waving their hands.
“No need.
No need to accompany us.
We will leave now.”
They left the reception room hurriedly.
As soon as they left, Leon stopped crying, quietly got up from the ground with a cold expression, and then sat down on the sofa heavily.
“Make me a flower ring.”
He said that in a bored tone.
'You motherfucker, stop this.'
I wanted to scream it, but I raised the corners of my mouth as high as I could.
“Amy, go get the flowers.
The red ones the Duke loves.”
“Okay, ma'am.”
Hearing my words, Leon raised his head to me and smiled innocently.
His cold expression disappeared in an instant, and he looked at me with false innocence, but his red eyes shone coldly.
I ignored those looks and tried to smile as gently as possible.
“I will make a very beautiful flower ring for you.”
It all started from an extraordinary reincarnation experience.
As usual, I went to bed, and when I opened my eyes, I found myf in a place completely different from where I lived.
When I stood in front of the mirror, I saw a woman with a stunningly beautiful face with sparkling emerald eyes.
I was told that I was in the capital at my family's home, and I came back here yesterday.
The strangest thing is that the owner of this body was a married woman.
The names sounded strangely familiar, and when I finally met my alleged husband, Leon, I realized I had entered the world of a cruel romance novel I had read in my previous life called “I Want to Be Your Mind Inside Your Head.”
First off, my husband is the main hero.
Most importantly, he was thought to be an idiot, or rather, a hero feigning imbecility with inteny idealistic settings.
And I was the wife who mistreated him, ignored him, and behaved shamelessly as if the princely castle was hers.
When the era of the great monsters comes, Leon reveals his true nature, and I, who hinder his love with the saintly heroine, end up torn apart by the monsters.
When I first saw Leon, if he hadn't had snot running out of his nose, I might have fallen in love with him at first sight.
My head, which had been suffering from a headache due to reincarnation, suddenly lit up, as if all the lights of the world had gathered around it.
Black hair and red eyes, he perfectly matched the ideal model of a hero in my romance novels.
"Whoa!
It's Belle!"
When Leon saw me, he was surprised and spoke in an exaggeratedly high tone.
He approached me with playful movements that did not match his size.
I was surprised for a moment and took a step back, but I stopped.
Because his gaze turned cold when he saw me retreat.
He rubbed the snot with his hand and grabbed my dress.
I almost pushed his hand away, but I could hardly control myf.
‘Snot…please, there’s no need for this.
'I know everything.'
How could he control his nose so freely?
Is it possible that this person really has a runny nose?
When I thought that he could kill me in an instant if he wanted, my body began to tremble.
While I was standing there without replying, Leon shook my dress and tilted his head.
I must say something.
“…Mr.
Leon?”
I didn't know what Belle usually called him, so I tried calling his name cautiously.
But Leon's face, which had been smiling happily, suddenly became expressionless.
I'm the villain, aren't I?
How did she call him?
I calmed my strongly beating heart and opened my mouth with difficulty.
“Hey, you bastard.”
In an instant, I saw the wrinkle on his forehead appear and disappear, and I realized that this too was a mistake.
In the novel I remember, Belle was used to justify the forbidden love between the hero and heroine, and she did not appear much directly, but rather was mentioned through his assistants' reports of her evil deeds and promiscuous life.
So, I didn't remember the details well.
It felt like she was never in a scene with Leon.
It was logical for the hero's wife to be absent from the scenes with him because her presence would have caused great inconvenience.
“His Eminence the Duke is on his way for a walk.”
His assistant, Kalsen, looked at me with a look full of contempt and said each word slowly and with emphasis, as if he were pressuring me to use that nickname.
Duke or prince, aren't they similar?
I will quickly call him and leave this situation.
“Oh, Your Excellency, enjoy your stroll and farewell...”
“Let's go together!”
Leon wiped the saliva from the corners of his mouth with his hand, then held my arm tightly with the same hand.
"Hey!
You're going to get drool all over my clothes!"
I shouted unintentionally.
There was silence.
Mucus and now saliva...that's too much!
"…I mean."
I added quietly, and as I spoke in a low voice, Leon, who had frozen for a moment, began calling my name.
“Bill, Bill, Bill.”
He started circling me excitedly, calling me “Bill” with a very happy expression.
“Just a moment, your lord.
Okay, let’s go together.
Take a walk.
Stop circling around, you’re distracting me.”
Leon tilted his head and looked at me, then suddenly grabbed his stomach and started laughing loudly.
Is this an idiot or a psychopath?
He chose a very strange character.
Well, maybe he's also struggling to survive.
I felt tightness in my chest for no reason.
That day, I made him a flower ring while on a hike.
From that day on, I would sometimes take walks or eat with Leon.
Amy, one of my personal maids, said as she passed by, that before my return from the capital I had hardly spent any time with Leon, or rather, had never done so.
So why was he suddenly interested in me?
I don't know.
Did he feel that I had changed in some way?
I decided to devote myf to Leon to avoid my death and survive to live as safe a retirement as possible.
After all, he wouldn't ignore someone who looked like an angel being nice to an idiot like him, right?
From that moment on, I decided to treat him like a child.
Under no circumstances should he know that I know he is pretending.
“Here I made the flower ring!
Isn’t it beautiful?”
"Hee hee, beautiful.
Just like Belle."
“Oh!
I'm ashamed.”
I pretended to be ashamed and turned my head slightly.
'I want to vomit. to stop.
Please.’
“Bill, who were those stupid guys who were just here?”
This was Leon's talent.
He easily took advantage of situations to say what he wanted, and he seemed to secretly enjoy it.
“Who are they?
Guess.”
Leon tilted his head with an innocent expression and scratched his head.
"I don't know!"
"Well, well done.
No need to know them."
Leon smiled innocently and let his saliva drool naturally.
I took the tissue from my clothes and gently wiped his mouth.
He tried to move away quickly, but I didn't care.
'Do you feel dirty because it's full of mucus?
If you're upset, say something.
You can't, can you?'
"Okay, now, Your Highness, it's time to study with Calsen.
What are you going to study today?
Have you learned this?
One plus one equals?"
“...three”
'He makes an effort.
'Our dear Duke.'
“Correct answer!
You are a genius, Your Excellency.
Work hard today too!”