Fostering the Male Lead - Chapter 104

Even if he said that, he must have been the one who waited the most for Lia’s chatter.

It would have been nice if that moment would last forever, but time was something one couldn’t hold onto. As time passed, Lia grew up, and her number of visits began to decrease. A day became a week, a week became a month. And by the time it turned into a year, she no longer came looking for him.

“The day I last met Lia, she left this with me. I kept waiting for her to come looking for this pendant, but she never came.”

Grandfather smiled bitterly.

“I wish I could have said my last goodbye.”

He touched the pendant affectionately.

He held out the pendant to me as if he was ready to let go of the memories no matter how much time had passed. Receiving the pendant with both hands, I asked out of curiosity.

“Can’t you find Lia with your mystical powers?”

‘Even if you can’t get out of here, there must be many ways.’

Like flying a bird, or even looking for her location.

Seeing that he healed my wounds, I thought it was possible enough.

“I am not omnipotent either. If that was the case, I would have already been looking for her.”

Well, if he had that ability, he would be the strongest in the world. I understand that, but why me?

“Why me? There must have been others…”

“No, you’re the first guest in 40 years.”

“Don’t lie. There are more than one or two traces of bonfire ash.”

Even if I just roughly counted, there were five traces of bonfire ashes. Anyone who was curious about this place must have come this far. When he opened his eyes again because he thought he was selling medicine again, he snorted.

“Hey, you punk! Only those I allow can come in here. This is not a place that anyone can enter.”

“But I came in easily.”

“I threw the bait hard to lure you, but if you wouldn’t have found it, it would have all gone in vain.”

No wonder the firewood was scattered as if asking to follow the trail. I fell for his lure and picked up the bait he threw.

“It doesn’t matter how long it takes. Just tell her before she dies.”

A longing appeared on his face as he gazed into the distance, but when he looked back at me, it was gone.

“We made a promise, so make sure to keep it.”

“Yes, don’t worry.”

“Then that’s it. Now off you go.”

Before he even said goodbye to me, he tapped my forehead with his index finger. He didn’t hit me hard, but my body fell backwards.

“Thank you, I prepared a present for you. Use it carefully. Always dress neatly!”

While he nagged me like a wife about proper dressing, the world turned around.

*  *  *

I opened my eyes with the feeling of floating as if I was falling off a cliff, and I took a breath in feeling the solid chest in front of me.

“Did you sleep well?”

A low husky voice whispered in my ear.  The exhale that blew in later gave me goosebumps. When I raised my head, I saw Sihael looking at me with a handsome face.

“Good morning.”

“It indeed is a good morning.”

I stared blankly at his face, then moved my gaze to the heavy feeling on my waist. I saw a strong arm wrapped around my waist.

‘Huh? Sihael’s arm?’

When I finally came to my senses, I shoved his face in surprise at the fact that I was too close to Sihael.

“Ugh.”

Sihael groaned in pain. I quickly got up and took a few steps back. I kept forcing my gaze not to go down.

‘Don’t look, no matter what, don’t look down there.’

While staring straight ahead, Sihael, who stood up from his seat, grabbed his nose and grumbled.

“It’s too much to hit someone in their face first.”

“You were too close.”

‘It’d be bad for my heart to see such a beautiful face so close in the morning.’

I muttered inwardly, staring intently at Sihael’s face to prevent the same mistake as I did before.

Rosetta, if you look below, even if you did it by mistake, it’d be a disaster.

“Your Highness, are you wearing anything underneath?”

“No, why would I?”

He proudly said that he was naked, and he was more than relaxed and smirking.  It was me who was ashamed of his confident attitude.

I buried my face in my hands and groaned. “Can you please at least pretend to be embarrassed?”

“Should I? I feel confident though.”

I’m going crazy. Of course, he was overflowing with confidence. But I couldn’t find a place to put my eyes.

Uggh, I held my forehead and decided to scare him a bit.

“Your Highness, if you keep showing me your body like that, you’d have to marry me. So…”

“Really? Can we get married like that?”

I definitely meant to tease him, but Sihael’s eyes sparkled with anticipation. I must be crazy, what the hell was I expecting?

“How can you say that so recklessly? ! Since you’re the crown prince, you must hold on to your fidelity!”

“I’m trying my best to do that.”

Is that the attitude of the person trying his best? He was always like this. I glared at Sihael, who was smiling mischievously. I had no idea if this was a joke or if he was flirting with me.