The Male Leads Were Stolen By The Extra [EN]: Chapter 145

I Was Robbed of the Male Leads by an Extra (145)

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Eun-yeong remained for a long time in a white, snowy field where nothing existed.

When she vaguely realized that this place was within her subconscious, she occasionally heard voices from afar.

Most of the time, it was Ella’s lively voice, but sometimes she heard Reyev and Mac Ryan’s voices as well.

And then there was the voice she longed to hear the most.

Tann’s calmly subdued voice reached her every day.

He wasn’t someone who talked much, but it pained her heart to think that he was making an effort to speak to her.

He must be talking to me while I’m collapsed.

I wonder if he’s doing well?

I know he’s probably not sleeping or eating properly, but I hope he’s at least taking care of himself.

I rushed to say something right before I collapsed, but I couldn’t convey it properly.

I hope he understood, so that he wouldn’t be too anxious…

But Eun-yeong realized that the meaning of her words hadn’t been properly conveyed. There was always anxiety in Tann’s longing voice.

‘I’m okay. I wanted to tell you not to worry, that we’ll meet again…’

With a faint sigh, Eun-yeong wondered when she could leave this place.

She didn’t think she was dead. If she were dead, she wouldn’t be in a space like this.

‘Surely the time will come.’

She had no doubt that she could return to him.

She remembered what Henrik had said before, so she told Tann she was okay even as she collapsed.

“Princess… I couldn’t convey what Wicklander told me about you…”

“What is it?”

“He said that in order for the soul to fully assimilate into the body, it depends on one’s mindset—a mind with a purer and more flawless goodness than the original soul. Then, over time, it will naturally merge and eventually become one… But if the soul is shattered before that, you can never return, so you must be careful of your body.”

In the end, time was the solution, and over time, the body and soul would merge on their own. However, if the soul was shattered before that, it would be the end.

But her soul was fine. She had collapsed, but her soul hadn’t been shattered.

Eun-yeong came up with two guesses as to why.

Either Gale’s black magic that she used at the end was incomplete, or Tann’s power prevented the black magic from working this time as well.

So she could return. She just had to wait for the time to come.

How much time had passed?

In the hazy subconscious, she wasn’t even aware of how many days it had been.

Suddenly, a fist-sized sphere emitting a very strong light appeared before her eyes.

The sphere, emitting a blinding white light, was sucked into her body without hesitation.

Then, she felt a sense of comfort and a feeling of the energy within her body merging into one.

The moment her hazy consciousness became clearer.

“There are so many things I want to show you.”

“So anytime is fine. Any season.”

“I can wait.”

His voice, which she heard clearly.

Ah, the time has come.

She instinctively realized that time had passed. Eventually, her soul had settled into this body.

Then it was time to return—to his side, where he would be waiting for her.

Eun-yeong opened her eyes, which had been closed for a long time.

* * *

“So her appearance changed?”

Mac Ryan asked, dumbfounded, after hearing the story.

The untouched tea on the table had already gone cold.

“Yes. Her appearance kept changing for several days after she opened her eyes, and then it settled like this.”

Eun-yeong swept back her now purplish-black hair.

“…So this appearance is close to Lady Celonia’s original form?”

Eun-yeong nodded at Reyev’s question, who had been quietly listening to the story.

“I can’t say it’s perfect, but it’s quite close.”

“I see…”

Reyev couldn’t take his eyes off her, who was sitting across from him.

Celonia’s changed appearance was truly not the one they knew.

Her eyes, her hair, her face, and even her voice—everything had changed.

Now, Celonia’s eyes were brown, and her hair was a purplish-black color.

Her voice used to be a bit girlish and clear, but now it was a tone lower, calm and elegant.

And that voice suited Celonia’s current appearance very well.

“…”

Reyev and Mac Ryan watched silently as Celonia lifted her teacup. Perhaps because of her changed face, the atmosphere was so different.

Celonia, who was famous in the Empire, was a typical beauty—a face so beautiful that you would turn around to look at her again.

But her current face… what should I say?

She was exuding a completely different, exotic atmosphere than before.

It was different from the typical beauty that the Empire spoke of, but somehow it was a face that, once you saw it, would be etched in your mind and not forgotten—a face that would keep coming to mind from time to time.

Besides…

“You’ve changed so much, how did you recognize me right away?”

“Your eyes are the same.”

Mac Ryan answered quickly.

Since the subjugation [likely referring to a past conflict or event], Celonia sometimes had an alien look in her eyes.

By alien, I mean when she had a light that was clearly different from her usual bright blue eyes.

The limpid [clear and transparent] eyes, which didn’t suit her blank-canvas-like appearance, were transparent, and the wick within them was straight and firm.

Sometimes when she had those eyes, Ian, Mac Ryan, and Reyev couldn’t take their eyes off her.

Those eyes, exuding a mysterious atmosphere that they had never felt from anyone, had the power to captivate people’s attention.

“You have that look that we sometimes saw now.”

That’s why Mac Ryan and Reyev were able to recognize the changed Celonia at a glance.

“It suits you well.”

Reyev nodded and added to Mac Ryan’s words.

The eyes that they sometimes saw had found their owner.

It was an alien look that only felt alien to the old Celonia, but now it suited her very well.

“You guys never get tired of coming here.”

It was then.

A huge, dark man was standing behind Celonia, without them even noticing his presence.

He bent down and kissed her on the cheek, then sat down next to her as if it were the most natural thing in the world.

It was a reckless act, as if that seat was his by right.

“Ha… So you’re finally feeling better?”

Mac Ryan let out a hollow laugh with a dumbfounded face.

It seemed like only yesterday that he was guarding her side, looking half-dead, but Tann had returned to his former arrogant and presumptuous self.

“Is it hard?”

Tann smiled and reached out at her worried question.

His long, firm fingers gently tucked her side hair behind her ear.

“…Geez.”

Mac Ryan shook his head with a disgusted expression.

The two of them were showing actions full of affection for each other, as if they were the only ones there.

“Did you come from work?”

Reyev noticed the dirt on Tann’s shoes and asked, but she answered instead.

“I’m going to tend the garden.”

“The garden?”

“I’m going to move the seedlings of spring flowers that can only be seen in the North and plant fruit trees that bear fruit in the fall.”

“…So you’re not planning on coming down to the capital again.”

Reyev lowered his gaze with a slightly disappointed and regretful expression.

Planting fruit trees that bear fruit in the fall meant that he would continue to live in the North.

“That’s right.”

“The Emperor’s birthday banquet will be held soon. Won’t you come up then either?”

“Probably not. Besides, wouldn’t you be surprised if I showed up in this form?”

Eun-yeong answered without hesitation. Her heart had already left the capital and settled here.

Now that her soul had completely settled into this body and changed into her original self, there was no reason to live as Celonia anymore.

She was going to live under her own name now, in a place where they wouldn’t remember her as Celonia.

A newly found nest—her sanctuary—that was right next to Tann.

“Is that so.”

“Thank you both for coming to see me while I was collapsed.”

At those words, Reyev raised his trembling gaze. Her face, smiling with sincerity, looked more gentle and happy than ever.

She had finally found a future with nothing but complete happiness, without any more anxiety or worry.

“…It’s only natural.”

Reyev swallowed his welling emotions and smiled back in response.

In the end, he was glad that that smile had bloomed on her face.

Of course, it was Tann, not Ian, Mac Ryan, or himself, who had made that smile bloom.

In a way, it was natural.

Unlike the three of them, who she had met due to circumstances beyond her control, Tann was the person she had chosen.

The person she had met in her complete form, the person she herself had decided to be with.

“Are you happy?”

Mac Ryan asked, recalling the memories of her that had flashed through his mind like a slideshow.

In his memory, there were only images of her struggling and the faces of her being hurt by Grace, so he was curious about her current feelings.

“Yes.”

“Then that’s enough.”

At her unwavering answer, Mac Ryan got up from his seat without hesitation.

Whether the Demon King was alive or not? He no longer knew. There were just a man and a woman who loved each other.

“…Can I still visit sometimes?”

Mac Ryan, who had turned around boldly, couldn’t bring himself to leave and turned his head to ask.

“Where do you think you’re going? Get lost.”

“Puhaha! Of course.”

She laughed and gave permission behind Tann’s voice, who was answering as if he was dissatisfied.

Okay, that was enough. Today wouldn’t be our last.

“Then I’ll be going. Take care of your health.”

Reyev also finished his greetings and got up from his seat.

“Be careful on your way.”

She said to the two of them as she got up from her seat to see them off.

Tann, who had also stood up, glared at them with an expression telling them to get lost quickly, hugging her from behind. He pressed his face close to hers while holding her even tighter.

‘They look alike…’

Mac Ryan and Reyev had the same thought as they looked at Tann and her together.

Was it because of their hair color? Somehow, the two of them were giving off a similar atmosphere and appearance.

“Go. Quickly.”

Tann glared at the two men who were dawdling. He hugged her even tighter, pressing his face close to hers.

“We’re going! We’re going!”

What a temper.

Mac Ryan frowned and left the mansion with Reyev.

As they transformed into dragons to return to the capital and soared into the sky, they saw it—the two of them, hugging each other and smiling happily, through the window of the mansion.