The Male Leads Were Stolen By The Extra [EN]: Chapter 55

“Do you want to eat this?”

“Yes!”

The child nodded vigorously at Reyev’s question.

“Little one, will you tell me your name?”

“Emily!”

The child shouted her name proudly.

Reyev smiled warmly and handed her a box containing two cakes instead of the dirt-covered one.

“Here. Take it and eat it.”

“Wow! But my sister and brother are also hungry…”

The child, initially delighted, checked the number of cakes and became dejected.

Reyev, realizing what she was thinking, explained, “This one fell on the ground.”

“It’s okay! I’ll eat that one! This is for my sister and brother!”

Reyev hesitated. He wanted to buy more, but there were no shops near the temple.

He would have to take a carriage for more than 20 minutes.

In the end, Reyev carefully brushed off the dirt from the pound cake and slipped it into the box the child was holding.

“Eat slowly so you don’t choke.”

“Hehe. Thank you!”

The child finally smiled brightly and ran off.

He was sorry that he couldn’t taste Grace’s sincerity, but he was sure she would be happy if he filled the bellies of hungry children instead of his own.

With that thought, he turned to head to Grace as soon as possible.

At some point, it had become natural for him to head to Grace instead of Celonia.

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

Reyev couldn’t remember the exact day.

He just knew that when he opened his eyes, everything had changed.

The heart that had vowed to protect Celonia with his life, the noble knight’s oath, was corrupted by the uncontrollable feelings for Grace.

He atoned for his deceitful heart during the sacred ritual.

It was at that moment.

“Ugh.”

Reyev stopped walking as his vision suddenly blurred.

In his fading vision, Celonia’s face suddenly flashed before his eyes.

“Why… why suddenly…?”

‘Is it because I’ve been starving for days?’ he wondered. ‘But fasting during the ritual was always the norm…’

Soon, Reyev frowned, feeling nauseous and on the verge of vomiting.

He clenched his chest, which felt heavy as lead, and bent over.

“Haa, haa…”

Reyev gasped for breath, clutching his chest.

Peeeee- He couldn’t breathe well, and he heard ringing in his ears, unsure of what was wrong.

Amid the deafening noise, he heard a familiar voice.

‘Reyev, look at this. Cattails! I’m glad. It will be able to stop Reyev’s blood.’

With the increasingly clear voice and the face he missed so much, a familiar scene flashed before his eyes.

It was then.

“Sir Reyev!”

A very urgent voice rang in his ears.

Reyev turned his pale face, covered in cold sweat.

He saw Grace running towards him very quickly.

“Quickly, please eat this! You’re dizzy because you’re too hungry!”

Grace, seeing Reyev looking so weak, took out the food she was holding.

A well-baked Madeleine [a small sponge cake] was smeared around Reyev’s mouth before he could even open it.

“Quickly!”

Grace stomped her feet anxiously, watching the Madeleine smear without going in.

Reyev slowly opened his mouth, thinking that it might be because he had been fasting for too long, as Grace said.

He chewed and swallowed the Madeleine that came right into his mouth.

“Are you okay? Are you not dizzy?”

Grace, having confirmed that Reyev was eating, asked carefully with slight relief and remaining anxiety.

“…”

Reyev took a deep breath and blinked.

Whether it was really because he was hungry, the strange phenomena gradually disappeared as if by magic.

“Yes… I’m fine.”

Reyev nodded and said in a weak voice.

“There are no other unusual symptoms or anything like that, right?”

Grace checked Reyev’s face, looking around, in case something had changed.

“I’m fine now. What brings you here?”

“The cake I gave you last time. I was thinking it might have gone bad because it’s been too long.”

Grace smiled brightly, truly relieved.

“Thank you.”

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

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

Grace asked, looking puzzled at the cake box that was not visible.

“Ah, I gave it to a hungry child I met earlier. I hope you’re not upset. They seemed to need it more than I did…”

Reyev opened his mouth, watching Grace’s reaction, wondering if she was hurt.

Grace’s eyes narrowed for a moment, but it was only for a fleeting moment.

“I see. Where did that child go?”

“They went that way.”

However, Reyev, who had noticed the look, didn’t say it was a slum without realizing it and only pointed in the direction. Also, in the opposite direction from where the child had disappeared.

It was because he felt a strange feeling in Grace’s eyes that gave him goosebumps for a moment.

“Let’s go back for now. You need to rest. You’ve been through a lot, Sir Reyev.”

Grace took in the direction Reyev pointed and then headed to the carriage with him.

* * *

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

“Miss, you’re going straight to the mansion, right?”

“Yes. I have to.”

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

The verdict was a simple fire caused by the fireplace.

Celonia naturally didn’t believe it. She thought Gillian was the most likely culprit for the fire.

“I won’t make any mistakes! I’m very confident I can do well!”

Ella clenched her fists as if the task she was assigned was important.

Ella’s role was very important tomorrow.

“Okay. Thank you.”

Celonia smiled at Ella and naturally turned her gaze to Tan, who had been silent ever since she came out of the guild.

Like someone lost in thought, he was walking straight ahead without saying a word.

He was acting like a bodyguard until just now?

“Did something happen in the meantime?”

At Celonia’s sudden question, Tan flinched, like a thief caught red-handed.

Feeling strange at his behavior, she waited for Tan’s answer, but he didn’t turn his gaze to her or open his mouth even once.

‘Why is he being like that?’

“Ah, that’s, about that, Brother~!”

“Shut up.”

The moment Maxwell, who was watching from the side, grinned slyly and opened his itchy mouth, Tan quickly flashed a murderous look and stopped him.

“Hehe. Of course, of course. I have a sense of what’s going on. Originally, the person involved has to say it.”

Even though Tan was exuding a chilling aura, Maxwell was not intimidated and even chuckled as if he was having a lot of fun.

‘I thought he had unusual courage, but now I see he’s even more amazing?’

Celonia thought Maxwell’s character was a bit similar to Ella’s. Ella is also not afraid to treat Tan without hesitation.

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

She just thought something had happened between Maxwell and Tan while she was meeting the guild leader and didn’t pay any more attention.

Since he didn’t seem to want to tell her anyway, she hurried back to the mansion.

Thanks to the robe, she didn’t attract much attention and safely escaped the slum.

“E, Emily! Emily, wake up!”

A very urgent voice was heard from somewhere.

“It sounds like it’s coming from inside the slum?”

Ella also turned her head, hearing the sound.

The young voice was crying out, and it seemed like a very urgent situation.

“Let’s go.”

Unable to ignore it, Celonia ran straight into the slum.

Tan, Ella, and Maxwell followed behind.