The Male Leads Were Stolen By The Extra [EN]: Chapter 80

“What are you doing? Giving me poison and then medicine…!”

As the healing light spread through his throbbing limbs, Reyev raised his voice in disbelief, but then he paused.

In that instant, memories of the past began to surface in his mind.

“Huh, huff…!”

A surge of memories caused a sharp pain in his chest, and Reyev clutched his chest, gasping for breath.

This experience was all too familiar; it had happened before after the ritual.

His face grew paler.

What is this? What is this strange feeling?

The emotions he held for Grace, which had filled his heart completely, were rapidly fading.

Instead, the feelings and memories of Celonia that he had forgotten, that he *had* to forget, washed over him in an instant.

* * *

‘Reyev, don’t get hurt for me.’

Celonia looked at Reyev, who was leaning against a rock, with a worried expression.

It had been four months since they had been adventuring together.

His side was torn by the sharp claws of a monster during a sudden attack. Fortunately, Celonia had found a healing herb and quickly ground it to stop the bleeding, so the blood stopped easily.

‘Lady Celonia, that is the least I can do.’

Reyev smiled at Celonia, trying to reassure her.

He couldn’t stand shoulder-to-shoulder with her, but he was grateful just to be able to stand behind her and protect her.

If he could be hurt instead of her, and ensure her safety, that was all that mattered.

‘How can someone who can’t protect themselves protect others?’

A tearful gaze rebuked him.

That wasn’t what he intended…

Still, how wonderful it was to have her full attention today.

Even though he had suffered a wound the length of a finger, he was happy. Foolishly.

‘If I can be of help even in this small way, I am content.’

‘No. Please take care of yourself.’

‘Lady Celonia.’

‘You know, as long as the Dragon’s Heart is with me, I won’t die.’

She shrugged and spoke confidently. He chuckled at her, at her acting as if she were immortal.

‘But it still hurts to get hurt.’

‘Reyev hurts too. I want to see Reyev for a long time. I’m sorry. For being selfish.’

Celonia smiled bitterly. The smile looked so painful that Reyev just smiled and said it was okay.

* * *

“Huh, huff……”

Reyev, who had regained all his memories, collapsed to the ground.

He remembered everything. Everything.

Celonia’s expression when he said goodbye, and the hollow look he had seen in Roblanc.

And even the hurt expression she wore today when she was wounded by his words.

Tears streamed from Reyev’s eyes.

How could he have forgotten? How could he have forgotten the heart that had led him to get hurt to save her…

“Ce, Celonia…”

Reyev sobbed and slowly turned his head.

Then he saw Celonia’s face, impassively looking at him, a stark contrast to the pear blossom-like smile she usually showed him.

“Ah, what on earth have I done….”

Reyev buried his face in his trembling hands, blaming himself.

His mind, which had been jumbled and confused, had returned to its original state, focused on one thing.

His heart belonged only to Celonia.

But the fact that he had been hurt to save her in the past, and that he had hurt her because of Grace, were all clearly his own doing.

“……”

Celonia silently stared at Reyev, who seemed to have finally broken free from Grace’s scheme.

Thanks to the healing magic, the wounds he had suffered had completely healed.

She had been curious about Reyev’s expression when the trick was lifted, as he had been building up karma with his words, but seeing it now wasn’t very pleasant.

“It wasn’t my true feelings. It really wasn’t my intention… Please believe me. I was just…”

Reyev took his hands away from his face and stared blankly at his palm, muttering.

His face was pale and full of confusion, and tears continued to flow from his eyes.

His lips and chin were trembling, and his eyes were blank and unfocused, as if he was in a state of panic.

“What exactly did Grace feed you?”

“Yes? What do you mean…!”

Reyev looked up in surprise, then suddenly realized.

He had the same experience when he came out of the temple, but the confusion disappeared as if washed away after eating the madeleine [a small sponge cake] that Grace had shoved into his mouth.

“The food Grace gave you. There’s something in it. That’s why you fell for it.”

“How could this be….”

Reyev’s complexion turned even paler as he realized everything.

“What did she feed you?”

“What the young lady gave me was…”

Soon regaining his senses, Reyev wiped away his tears and tried to recall what he had received from Grace.

Then, one thing clearly flashed through his mind.

“It was Darjeeling [a type of black tea]. She used to send tea leaves to my mansion and others’ on a regular basis so that we could drink it as tea.”

Darjeeling was always included in the food that Grace offered when she was with him.

She even gave him carefully packaged Darjeeling as a gift, asking him to think of her while drinking tea at home.

“Darjeeling.”

Celonia muttered, having figured it out for sure.

Grace had captured the hearts of the male leads through Darjeeling. Now all that was left was to find out what she had done to the Darjeeling.

“Stay away from Grace. Don’t eat anything she gives you from now on.”

“Ce, Celonia! I, I was wrong…”

As she tried to leave without any regrets, Reyev quickly raised his upper body and grabbed the hem of Celonia’s skirt.

He was already kneeling like a sinner.

“Won’t you let go?”

Tan growled and forcefully slapped Reyev’s hand away.

“Celonia, I wasn’t in my right mind. My heart was in disarray, and I was temporarily blinded by someone else. But that wasn’t my true intention! Didn’t Celonia just say that I was tricked…”

Despite his tingling fingertips, Reyev begged Celonia with a desperate look on his face.

His heart had returned, and the more he reflected on his mistakes against her, the more unbearable it became.

The moment he reversed his honorable and noble knight’s oath, his pride plummeted to the ground.

Even if it was a mistake caused by others, it was clearly an act of abandoning chivalry.

As a holy knight who had received the call of God, it was an unbearable shame, disgrace, and stain.

So he had to get it back. His dignity and pride. This relationship too.

“Reyev Hechell.”

“Celonia… Please take me back by your side. I’ll just stand behind you like before. Please don’t cast me out…”

Reyev’s desperate fingertips, trembling, failed to grab Celonia and fell to the ground.

He was almost prostrating himself as he begged her.

“How can I trust you? The trust between us is gone.”

A cold voice, as if she was being heartless, flowed from her mouth.

No matter how much it was a trick, the wrongs Reyev had committed against her did not disappear.

“I will try. I will try harder so that Celonia can trust me again. So please…”

“Is that so?”

As soon as she heard the answer she wanted, Celonia’s eyes flashed as if she had been waiting for it, and she continued.

“Then prove your worth to me.”