Fostering the Male Lead

I covered my mouth as I thought curses would come out. What surprised me wasn’t the amount of scrolls that filled the bag, but the fact that everything here was made by Liliana herself.

‘How is this a small present? If I sell all of this, I can buy a house!’

It was an amount on a completely different level from the scrolls I received from Kariya as pocket money.

“Liliana…”

“I prepared it because you like scrolls.  Do you like it?”

“Yeah, really, totally. I love it.”

I forgot all dignity and started jumping up and down in joy. Liliana, who was looking at me with satisfaction, immediately put something in my hand.

“Please take this too.”

“What’s this?”

When I opened my hand, a transparent bead rolled around my palm.

“If something dangerous happens, break it. I’ll find you.”

“Liliana…….”

I hugged Liliana, unable to control my soaring emotions. Where did such an angel come from? I really liked Liliana as the female lead and as a human.

“Liliana, thank you so much. Let’s be friends for life.”

Liliana, who was at a loss for what to do with my violent reaction, soon put her hand on my back. That’s how we embraced each other and were soaked in emotion. However, there was an intruder who didn’t like the relationship between the two of us.

“Get off her now.”

It was Sihael.

Sihael, who forcibly separated Liliana and me, stood in front of me with arms crossed. He seemed worried that I might run to Liliana again.

“As if that little snake bastard was not enough, now do I have to look out for this woman?”

“Wha- what! Please, Your Highness, your words.”

I didn’t know what else he was going to say, so I covered his lips. If anyone heard that, they’d believe I was seducing Lilliana.

It was just a friend hugging another friend, did he have to go this far?

Sihael murmured while I glared at him, as if he had a lot to say.  Then his lips kept pressing against my palm, stimulating my nerves.The tingling feeling on my palms slowly gave me goosebumps.

“Uh. All right. I lost.”

Eventually, I couldn’t stand it and removed my hands. Sihael said with a sullen face, “Ask her about that thing on your wrist.”

Recalling the existence of the tattoo I had completely forgotten about, I undid the ribbon covering my wrist and showed the tattoo to Liliana.

“Liliana, can you guess what this is?”

Liliana’s brow furrowed as she carefully grabbed my wrist. She tilted her head, as if she didn’t know what to say.

“This is ancient magic… I don’t know much about it as this is not my field. I’m sorry.”

Liliana’s shoulders drooped sullenly, as if she was sorry for not being of help.  I patted her drooping shoulder in a hurry.

“No, it’s all right.”

After Nanabi, Liliana didn’t know much about it either.  How old was this magic?

“Miss Kariya would know about it.  Unfortunately, she had some work today so she couldn’t come to your party.”

“She must be very busy.”

“Yes, recently, there was an incident where monsters came down to human settlements and attacked people, so she is busy dealing with that.”

As was the case at the last banquet, I heard that the number of monsters in the capital had increased significantly.

“I will tell Miss Kariya about the tattoo.  Please visit the Mage Tower when you have time.”

“I’d appreciate it if you would.”

In fact, finding about the tattoo was not so urgent. The guardian god gave it to me as a gift, so it couldn’t hurt me, but I was just curious about its usefulness.

“Rosetta, do you know the Lord of the Mage Tower?”

Sihael, who had been silently listening to the conversation, frowned and asked.

“I met her at the last banquet.”

“Don’t get too close with her. The Lord of the Mage Tower doesn’t seem normal.”

‘Look who’s speaking of being normal.’

Although Miss Kariya liked to drink a lot, and said mysterious things, it was Sihael, who was the most unusual here right now.

“Be careful, she’s a real mad woman.”

I don’t think she’s that bad.

When Sihael grabbed and warned me, I was a little taken aback.  Then, Liliana raised her eyes and glared at Sihael.

“Miss Kariya is a bit of a nerd, and although she is reckless, she is quite a normal person. You don’t know anything about her, yet you’re talking too much.”

“How can I not know her, I’ve been seeing her since I was young.”

Before Liliana’s words were over, Sihael responded. He hated the many things Kariya had done to him and spat out curse words.

“Have you ever been beaten by that woman?”

“… Did Your Highness also get beaten by her?”

Contrary to their cute tone, the two people’s complexions darkened in an instant.

“Do you still want to take her side after suffering that?”

“Well, she’s the one who raised me, so how can I curse her!”

The two of them had a long conversation, and their eyes looking at each other seemed to have felt a sense of kinship.

‘It’s amazing, I didn’t even dream of pushing them to be close like that.’

It felt strange seeing the two of them rapidly become close as they now had something in common (Miss Kariya). I was glad to see that they had become close as I expected, but the fact that they had finally reached here after so much problems made me feel uncomfortable.

After all, it would have been possible without me.

Looking at the two people who looked happy, I slowly turned my body.