The Strongest Daughter-In-Law Of The Black Lion Family [EN]: Chapter 16

#16.

Seeing that he figured out my identity so quickly, he was indeed worthy of being Page’s successor.

Zerachiel replied as if he didn’t care.

“I don’t think it’s something you need to worry about.”

“I’m worried about that child.”

Hissclif said, looking at me with a firm tone. As expected, it was a textbook answer from a model student.

Zerachiel tilted his head and said,

“That’s unnecessary concern. Strictly speaking, she chose me. She came to my house. Didn’t you, Chi Chi?”

Zerachiel looked at me and smiled languidly. To be exact, I was caught raiding his storage, but if I shook my head here, I’d either get sliced up or end up on today’s lunch menu.

I quickly nodded, and Hissclif frowned. It was a look of condemnation, as if he were looking at someone who had condoned something wrong.

I felt goosebumps all over my body and nonchalantly licked my nose, feigning innocence.

I was newly impressed by Ella, who had broken down that iron wall. *How did she manage that?*

At that moment, Zerachiel blocked my view.

“Don’t look at other men, Chi Chi.”

“Huh?”

“Am I not enough for you?”

*What is this crazy bastard saying?*

I bristled again at Zerachiel’s capricious antics.

He had a forlorn look, as if he were looking at an unfaithful wife.

“I told you not to make eye contact with other men. Do you want to see me kill them all?”

*Kill what!*

I raised my voice at Zerachiel, who was saying terrible things. I quickly climbed up his arm and stuck to his mouth, and Zerachiel chuckled.

The guy went even further and wouldn’t let go of my front paws, so we had to face off for a while. When even a flurry of kicks didn’t budge him, I gave up and hung from his mouth.

*Fine, eat me or drink me, do whatever you want!*

Then I made eye contact with Hissclif. By now, a huge earthquake was happening in his eyes. As if he couldn’t believe what he was seeing.

*What should I do with this crazy black lion who was chewing on my front paws like squid in the midst of all this?*

I was about to glare at Zerachiel for showing such a disgraceful sight in front of the male lead.

Just in time, someone else came out from behind Hissclif.

“Hissclif, what are you still doing here…?”

A man who seemed to be his aide stopped talking. He rolled his eyes as if to grasp the situation.

Then Ivan stepped in front of Zerachiel and said,

“Continue on your way. Your young master was picking a fight with our young master.”

“There’s no way Hissclif would do that?”

“That’s enough, Rudy.”

Hissclif grabbed his aide Rudy’s arm and shook his head, as if he was annoyed that things were getting out of hand.

Following that, Hissclif passed by Zerachiel and dropped a bombshell.

“Then have a beautiful love.”

*What, have what?*

I was so dumbfounded that I had no choice but to bungee jump into his pocket.

* * *

“Really, nothing happened with the successor of Javisi [referring to Zerachiel]?”

“I just saw something interesting.”

Hissclif replied slowly, with a thoughtful look on his face.

The news that Zerachiel Rune Javisi had a new toy had already spread throughout the North.

When the guy, who didn’t seem to feel affection for anything, suddenly said he was raising a pet, I just thought it was a momentary whim.

Zerachiel was used to being indifferent to everything, but then suddenly pouring all his attention on it in an instant, true to his capricious nature.

I never dreamed that the toy would be an abandoned beastman.

I felt sorry for him and tried to save him, but the ferret didn’t even know his place and brazenly nodded, taking Zerachiel’s side.

When I recalled Zerachiel’s smug expression, as if telling me to look at that, a crack naturally formed on my face. *He looked so proud of himself.*

I don’t think I’ve ever seen such an expression in my life. He was always yawning like someone who was annoyed by everything, but he was a beastman who overwhelmed me by accomplishing anything he wanted in an instant.

A ferret who is receiving all the attention from such a Zerachiel.

Hissclif felt strange because it seemed like Zerachiel was the one who was hung up on him.

“He definitely punched Zerachiel in the face.”

“Yes? Wh-Who would do such a crazy thing?”

Rudy jumped up at Hissclif’s mutterings. It was because he had never heard of a beastman who had survived after doing that to Javisi’s little master.

“Is he alive?”

“Yeah. He looked fine.”

“Huh?”

Rudy was babbling, saying that didn’t make sense. After a while, he deduced the most likely suspect and said.

“Could it be that young master did it?”

“If that were the case, wouldn’t the area already be devastated?”

“Then is it Ivan?”

“That guy isn’t that brave, Rudy.”

“Th-Then who on earth…?”

Rudy looked at Hissclif with a dumbfounded expression. Seeing that he didn’t even put the white ferret on the list of suspects even after saying this much, it seemed like he didn’t even consider him as a suspect.

It was something that Hissclif, who had seen it with his own eyes, couldn’t believe. To tolerate it to that extent meant that Zerachiel cherished him that much. Maybe he doesn’t just see him as a simple toy, he thought.

‘Besides, that guy definitely liked being hit.’

Zerachiel, who was blushing and exuding jealousy, felt somehow unfamiliar. Hissclif muttered casually to Rudy, who was seriously tracking down the culprit.

“There was, a very brave and cute guy.”

“Can valor and cuteness be put on the same line?”

“It happened so fast that I couldn’t believe it even after seeing it with my own eyes.”

“A guy who is so fast that the young master can’t keep up with his eyes? Is there anyone like that besides Zerachiel Rune Javisi?”

An earthquake occurred in the pupils of Rudy, who had a serious expression on his face. A dumbfounded face at the incident that was increasingly falling into a mystery. It was a face that still couldn’t grasp the situation.

But Hissclif left Rudy alone, knowing that he was increasingly extending the flow of his thoughts in a strange direction.

Because if he said that the ferret did it, it might get into his father’s ears.

It was just a white ferret.

It was a common animal in the North. What was it about such an animal that made him so special?

In the eyes of Hissclif, who had always been educated to have the right attitude as a successor, that appearance only looked frivolous.

But the strange thing was that he himself felt envious of the two of them. There wasn’t a speck of envy, but somehow one corner of his heart felt empty, as if he had such an existence too.

Hissclif, who had been pondering for a while, called Rudy, who was walking with him.

“Rudy.”

“Yes, young master.”

“Should I raise a pet too?”

“…Yes? Suddenly? Ah, did you perhaps like that white ferret earlier?”

“Just…”

“Seeing that Zerachiel was chewing on it with his mouth earlier, it looks like it will be on Javisi’s table soon, should I secretly steal it?”

“You’ll be sliced up before that.”

Hissclif gave advice mixed with concern, but Rudy replied calmly as if that couldn’t be the case.

“Surely he wouldn’t risk his life for just one ferret? Rather, if I asked for it, he might just give it to me. Isn’t he someone who can’t feel interested in anything?”

Well. The guy whose attention should have been like that was now focused on that one ferret. If Rudy knew this, he would fall backwards.

“There’s no need for that. I don’t have a hobby of taking what others have in the first place.”

“Well, there are a lot of such common ferrets in the North.”

“Yeah. Because it’s common.”

Having said that, Hissclif moved on as if nothing was wrong. Secretly caressing his empty heart.