The Male Leads Were Stolen by the Extra

 

“Do you want to eat this?”

 

“Yes!”

 

The child nodded vigorously at Reyev’s question.

 

“Little girl. Can you tell me your name?”

 

“Emily!”

 

The child confidently called out her name.

 

Reyev smiled gently at her and handed her a box containing two cakes instead of the dirt-covered cake.

 

“Here. Take it and eat it.”

 

“Whoa! But my older and younger sister are hungry too…”

 

The child, who had been very happy, became sullen after checking the number of cakes in the box.

 

Reyev, who realized the child’s intentions, told her the truth.

 

“This fell on the ground.”

 

“No problem! I’ll eat that! This is for my older and younger sister!”

 

Reyev was troubled by those words. Although he wanted to buy her new bread, there was no store near the temple.

 

It would take more than 20 minutes to get there by carriage. In the end, without much hesitation, Reyev carefully brushed off the dirt from the pound cake once more and quickly put the cake he was holding in the box the child was holding in her arms.

 

“Eat slowly so it doesn’t get stuck.”

 

“Hehe. Thank

yew

!”

 

Only then did she smile brightly and run away.

 

Although he regretfully didn’t get to taste Grace’s sincerity, she would definitely be happy if he could fill the stomachs of hungry children more than his own.

 

Thinking that way, he quickly turned around to head towards Grace.

 

At some point, it became so natural for him to head towards Grace instead of Sellonia.

 

Staying by Sellonia’s side was always the most exciting and happiest thing, but when did his heart change?

 

Reyev didn’t remember that day exactly.

 

He just opened his eyes at some point and everything had changed.

 

The heart that had said he would protect Sellonia with his life. The serious and noble knightly oath was distorted as his heart grew uncontrollably towards Grace. He atoned for his heart that had become wicked during the sacred ritual, then atoned again and again.

 

That was the moment.

 

“Ugh.”

 

Reyev stopped walking as his eyes suddenly went dizzy.

 

In his blurred vision, Sellonia’s face suddenly flashed.

 

“W-Why all of a sudden…”

 

Is this because he had starved for several days? But starving during the ritual was always the case…

 

Soon, his stomach started to churn and he felt nauseated, and Reyev grimaced.

 

He bent down, hitting his chest with his fist, which felt like a lead lump had sunk into it.

 

“Haa, haa…”

 

Reyev held his chest and let out a ragged breath.

 

Beep—

s

omething was wrong, and he had trouble breathing, tinnitus in his ears.

 

Amid the noise that was so loud it was painful to the point of making his head hurt, he heard a familiar voice.

 

[Reyev, look at this. It’s a bulrush! Thank goodness. I can stop Reyev’s bleeding.]

 

A voice that was becoming clearer and clearer, along with a face he wanted to see so much, a familiar scene from one day suddenly blocked his eyes.

 

That was it.

 

“Sir Reyev!”

 

A very urgent voice rang in his ears.

 

He turned his face, which was covered in cold sweat and turned pale.

 

Then he saw Grace running very quickly from the other side.

 

“Hurry, hurry, eat this! You’re dizzy because you’e so hungry!”

 

Seeing Reyev struggling, Grace took out the food she was holding in her arms.

 

A well-baked madeleine was crushed in Reyev’s mouth before he could open his mouth.

 

“Hurry!”

 

Grace stamped her feet impatiently as she watched the madeleine being crushed without going in at all.

 

Reyev slowly opened his mouth, thinking that it might be because he had fasted too long, as Grace had said. He chewed and swallowed the madeleine that was right in his mouth.

 

“Are you okay? Are you dizzy?”

 

Grace, who confirmed that Reyev was eating, asked cautiously with a slight sense of relief and the slight anxiety that still remained.

 

“…”

 

Reyev exhaled deeply and blinked his eyes.

 

Whether it was really because he was starving, the strange phenomena gradually disappeared.

 

“Yeeees… I’m okay.”

 

He nodded, making a weak voice.

 

“There’s none of other unusual symptoms or anything?”

 

Grace checked Reyev’s face here and there, wondering if something had changed.

 

“I’m okay now. What brings you here?”

 

“It’s the cake I gave you back then. Now that I think about it, it might have gone bad after so long.”

 

She smiled brightly, completely relieved.

 

“Thank you.”

 

Reyev also smiled faintly at Grace, who was taking care of him again.

 

“By the way, what about the cake I gave you? Did you eat it?”

 

Grace asked curiously at the invisible cake box.

 

“Oh, I gave that to the starving child I met earlier. I hope you’re not offended. She seemed to need it more than I did…”

 

Reev opened his mouth, watching Grace closely to see if she was hurt.

 

Her eyes narrowed for a moment, but it was only for a moment.

 

“I see. Where did the child go?”

 

“She went that way.”

 

However, Reev, who caught the sight, didn’t say the shantytown without realizing it, but simply said the direction. And it was in the opposite direction of where the child disappeared.

 

It was because he felt something strange enough to make his goosebumps stand on end in Grace’s eyes.

 

“Let’s go back first. You should rest. You’ve worked hard, Sir Reyev.”

 

Grace took in the direction that Reyev had pointed, and soon headed to the carriage with him.

 

***

 

After hearing Daniel’s words that he would find out as soon as possible, Sellonia left the guild.

 

“Miss, are you going straight to the mansion?”

 

“Mmhm. Of course.”

 

The official announcement of the cause of the fire at the Wicklander store was published in the newspaper yesterday.

 

The results showed that it was a simple fire caused by the fireplace.

 

Of course, Sellonia didn’t believe it. She thought that Gillian was the most likely culprit of the fire.

 

“I won’t make that mistake! I’m confident I can do it well!”

 

Ella clenched her fists as if the task she had been given was very important.

 

Her role tomorrow was very important.

 

“Yes. Thank you.”

 

Sellonia smiled at Ella and greeted her, then naturally turned her gaze to Tan, who had been silent since she left the guild.

 

He looked straight ahead as if he was lost in thought and didn’t say anything.

To think that just a moment ago, you were acting like you were following me as if you were a bodyguard?

 

“What happened in the meantime?”

 

“…”

 

Tan’s shoulders flinched at Sellonia’s sudden question. Like a thief whose feet had gone numb.

 

Feeling suspicious of that behavior, she waited for Tan’s answer, yet he never once turned his gaze in her direction or opened his mouth.

 

Why is he acting like that?

 

“Ah, that’s it. Brother~!”

 

“Shut up.”

 

Maxwell, who had been watching from the side, smiled sinisterly and opened his trembling mouth, but Tan instantly stopped him with a fierce look in his eyes.

 

“Hehe. Of course, of course. I have common sense too. You should always say things like that yourself.”

 

Even though Tan was exuding a murderous aura, Maxwell wasn’t scared and even giggled as if he found it very amusing.

 

She thought he had extraordinary courage, but now that I look at it, it’s even more amazing, though? 

 

Sellonia thought Maxwell’s character was a bit similar to Ella’s. She was also not shy when dealing with Tan.

 

That’s why she lent him that strange romance novel.

 

She only thought that something must have happened between Maxwell and Tan while she was meeting the guild leader, and didn’t pay any more attention.

 

Since she didn’t think he was going to tell her anyway, she just walked diligently to return to the duke’s residence.

 

By the time she safely escaped the shantytown without drawing much attention thanks to her robe being turned inside out.

 

“E-Emily! Emily, come to your senses!”

 

A very urgent voice was heard from somewhere.

 

“I think it’s coming from inside the shantytown?”

 

Ella heard it too and quickly turned her head.

 

“Emily!”

 

The young voice was crying, so it seemed like the situation was quite urgent.

 

“Let’s go.”

 

Unable to ignore it, Sellonia ran straight to the shantytown. They were followed by Tan, Ella, and Maxwell.

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