The Male Leads Were Stolen By The Extra [EN]: Chapter 110

“You want me to find out the price of a necklace?”

“Yes.”

“Just…?”

MacRyan frowned, looking incredulous at Celonia’s request.

He had been expecting to do something like spying for Reyev and was full of anticipation, but the task was just to find out the price of the necklace Grace had from Erzel Jewelers. What a letdown!

Celonia had said she had something for him to do, and he thought she was finally recognizing his worth, puffing up his chest, but this was a bolt from the blue.

“Why? Can’t you even find that out?”

“It’s not that I can’t find something like that out!”

MacRyan flared up at the words that challenged his pride in front of Tan, of all people.

“Exactly. It’s easy enough, isn’t it?”

Celonia smirked, as she expected. She knew MacRyan well and already knew how to handle him.

She was currently heading to Grace’s mansion with Tan in MacRyan’s carriage.

Too many people would only cause trouble, so Ella was sent back to the Duke’s residence, and Reyev was asked to obtain the holy water as soon as possible.

Thus, the people heading to Baron Bennett’s mansion were herself, Tan, and MacRyan.

“By the way, shouldn’t we buy a gift? Weren’t you going to buy Grace a gift earlier?”

“…I was crazy back then. There’s nothing to give to that woman. You know that.”

MacRyan grimaced as if Celonia’s question had painfully hit a nerve.

“Just drink the tea they offer. I don’t want to have to use healing magic again.”

“Okay….”

Celonia, regardless of MacRyan’s sulking, paid him no attention and looked out the window.

After leaving the bustling downtown area and entering a quiet road, a modest three-story mansion began to appear in the distance.

“Is that the mansion?”

“Yes.”

The Bennett family’s mansion was more ordinary than expected. There was only the main building, without any annexes.

“Selly, we’ll get caught right away. No matter how much you hide him, how can you hide that bulk?”

MacRyan grumbled, pointing at Tan with the tip of his crossed leg.

No matter how well they hid in Grace’s mansion, there was no way that giant over 190cm [approximately 6’3″] could be concealed.

Tan stared at MacRyan, who was sitting across from him, with cold eyes, and moved his similarly crossed leg.

His long leg kicked MacRyan’s foot, or rather, his calf, which was cockily dangling.

“Ah!”

MacRyan cried out, full of anger, as his leg buckled from the shock and stinging pain.

“Just do your part well. Don’t get fooled again and spout nonsense. I’ll really cut out that tongue of yours then.”

Tan warned MacRyan, raising his red eyes.

As if saying he wouldn’t forgive him if he fell for another trick and said nonsense to Celonia.

“You…!”

“Just do your job, since you know what to do. And don’t get caught.”

Celonia restrained MacRyan, who was about to raise his voice with a flushed face, and lowered her posture.

To prevent her appearance from being seen from outside the window.

Tan, who had heard her plan, also lowered his posture.

Thinking that wasn’t enough, Celonia covered Tan and her own head with the cloth she had been using, completely hiding their bodies.

According to MacRyan, they had never inspected the carriage when visiting the Bennett mansion. That’s why they were in his carriage.

The plan was to infiltrate the mansion using Tan’s shapeshifting ability.

Of course, Celonia didn’t tell MacRyan about the plan to infiltrate the mansion using shapeshifting. There was no need to reveal that ability.

So MacRyan thought Celonia and Tan were going to sneak in like assassins.

“Haa. Okay. Be careful.”

As the carriage stopped, MacRyan sighed, spat out those words, and quickly got out of the carriage.

Then, he closed the carriage door very quickly so that no one outside could see inside.

“What is it? What were you doing that you’re only coming to find me now?”

Grace’s disgruntled voice was heard from beyond the carriage, as if she had come out after hearing the news.

“…I was a bit busy.”

“Tch. Let’s go inside for now.”

The two people’s voices faded away, and the carriage slowly began to move again to park at the mansion.

“Shall we go?”

Celonia lowered the cloth and opened her mouth, gesturing to Tan with her eyes.

Tan, understanding her intention, nodded and immediately wrapped his arms around Celonia’s waist. In an instant, the two people disappeared.

Only a black cloth was left in the carriage.

* * *

“Henrik! Hurry!”

At his brother’s urging, Henrik quickened his pace. But he could already see a crowd of people gathered in the distance.

The shabby-looking people were all arguing in front of a building, each claiming to be first.

A building standing on a field where trees had been cut down and knee-high bushes had been cleared.

Although not yet completed, that sturdy-looking building was the temporary structure built by Duke Bessin.

“They said it’s a temporary structure, so they’ll only accept 30 people first.”

Benjamin, Henrik’s acquaintance and older brother, explained as he ran without stopping.

That was the reason for the crowd in front of the building. The temporary structure, built for the Bessin Dukedom’s charity project to provide housing for the poor, was said to be opening tomorrow.

With the news that only 30 people would be accommodated on a first-come, first-served basis, people with nowhere to go flocked to it.

Henrik was running hard, chasing after Benjamin, but he was getting further and further behind due to his weak stamina.

Moreover, even though he had found out about the news late, people with faster feet had already overtaken Henrik and reached the front of the building.

“Henrik! Hurry!”

“Hee, hee…! Brother! Go ahead! At least you go!”

Henrik, who was out of breath, finally stopped and shouted, worried that Benjamin wouldn’t be able to get in because of him.

Benjamin hesitated upon hearing that, but soon increased his speed and ran towards the building.

“Hee, heee….”

Henrik bent over, panting in place. It seemed like getting in on a first-come, first-served basis was out of the question.

This must also be in accordance with Wiklander’s grandfather’s words.

He knew the Bessin Dukedom. Wasn’t that Celonia’s family?

He hadn’t even been able to thank them for holding his grandfather’s funeral and catching the real arsonist back then….

Was she doing well? Henrik was worried.

Because there was something he hadn’t been able to say.

He had been too preoccupied with the shop burning down and his grandfather’s death to remember, but recently he recalled something his grandfather had said in passing.

‘I guess I should tell her?’

It wasn’t just a casual remark, so he had to meet Celonia.

They said they would officially open the building tomorrow, so wouldn’t she be there? If she didn’t come, he would have to go and show his face, Henrik thought, and with his breathing now somewhat calmed, he moved his legs again.

“This is the end.”

As soon as Henrik arrived, a man guarding the front of the door counted the people in line and pointed to Benjamin, declaring the end.

“Henrik….”

“It’s okay, brother. It’s good that at least you made it.”

Henrik smiled at Benjamin, who looked apologetic.

“Only the selected people should come this way to receive their residence permits.”

The people in line moved in a rush at the man’s guidance.

Henrik pushed Benjamin’s back, who was hesitating with an uneasy heart. Inevitably, Benjamin also moved his steps among the people.

The large crowd disappeared, and Henrik, left alone, looked at the building in front of him.

“What is it….”

He wrapped his arms around himself with both hands, shivering from a sudden chill. The more he looked at the building, the more his spine felt not just cold but eerie.

For some reason, he had a bad feeling.

* * *

“It suits you well.”

“Stop teasing me.”

“This look isn’t bad either, is it?”

Celonia walked through the corridors of the baronial residence, chuckling as she looked at Tan in a maid’s uniform, or rather, Tan disguised as a maid of the Bennett family.

The appearance was perfectly disguised, but the voice hadn’t changed, which made it even funnier.

To think that a low, husky male voice would come out of that slender body.

Before infiltrating the mansion, the two had been hiding in a secluded part of the garden. To disguise themselves as anyone who passed by.

But coincidentally, two maids approached in their direction, which was why Tan had disguised himself as a woman.

The owners of these bodies were temporarily knocked unconscious and hidden well in the bushes.

Celonia was disguised as a small, youthful maid with brown hair and freckles, about 155cm tall [approximately 5’1″], while Tan was disguised as a slightly older maid with yellowish hair and long limbs.

“By the way, this is unexpected. It’s more ordinary than I thought.”

Celonia muttered quietly, constantly looking around.

Her impression of the Bennett mansion, which she had entered for the first time, was that it was ordinary. The simplicity and modesty she had seen from the outside were reflected throughout the mansion.

Were they not decorating the mansion while receiving sponsorships?

“Jamie! Where have you been? I’m so busy!”

It was then. A shrill voice was heard from somewhere.

Celonia and Tan turned their heads to look in the direction of the sound. A maid was glaring at them with her hands on her hips.

“It seems like one of us is Jamie.”

“It seems so.”

Tan agreed as Celonia whispered softly.

There was no one else around except for them, so speaking towards them meant that Jamie was here.

“What are you doing! Jamie! Come quickly! You keep piling up the work!”

The maid, who was very angry, huffed and puffed.

Inevitably, Celonia pointed to herself with her finger to figure out exactly.

“Yes! You! What are you doing right now? Where do you think you have time to play around! Come here quickly before I tell the young lady!”

Ah, she was Jamie.

“I’ll go with you.”

“No, I’ll go alone. Instead, could you find the basement? It’ll definitely be there. It’ll probably be hidden so it’s not easily noticeable.”

“Just knock that woman out.”

“She might have some information.”

Celonia stopped Tan, who was naturally trying to accompany her.

The reason she had infiltrated this place was clear.

The basement and information about Grace and her sponsors. So she had to move diligently.

“Got it? I’m counting on you.”

Celonia patted Tan, who appeared to be a woman in disguise, on the shoulder and moved her legs.

Then, she turned her head and whispered softly.

“And do something about your voice. You’ll get caught right away.”

To think that a thick baritone voice that could take down even a bull would come out of the appearance of a frail woman.

Celonia chuckled and followed the maid who was still glaring at her.

The remaining Tan stood blankly until she disappeared from sight, worried about her.

Not long after, Celonia disappeared with the maid. Inevitably, Tan set out to find the basement.

“How long has it been since you came in, and you’re already slacking off?”

Celonia, who had become Jamie, was deafened by the maid’s constant nagging.

She was walking along a narrow corridor, following the maid past the kitchen.

What on earth were they trying to make her do that they kept going further inside?

The further they went inside, the dimmer the lights became, making it feel like they were in an underground cave. Perhaps it was just her imagination, but she felt goosebumps on her arms.

“Since you were lazy, you’ll have to do it all, right? Otherwise, I’ll tell the young lady. You don’t want that either, do you?”

The maid threatened with a sly smile.

Then, she stopped walking and opened a small door at the end of the corridor.

Creak.

Celonia’s eyes widened at the sight that unfolded through the door that opened with an unpleasant sound.