The Strongest Daughter-In-Law Of The Black Lion Family [EN]: Chapter 5

#5.

The boy’s handshake, which felt like it was shaking my whole body, made me dizzy.

Ah, no! I didn’t mean to…….

Just as I was feeling nauseous from the dizziness, the boy smiled brightly and dropped a bombshell.

“Great. Then you’re a member of the Javis family now, too.”

“Chyuu?!

Ja, Javis, you said?!

First Page [likely referring to a character or family name], and now Javis.

I was shocked as my ominous premonition became reality. Only then did I realize where I had heard the name Ivan, and I was stunned.

Now that I knew this was Javis, there was only one thing I could do.

I, I have to run away!

I tried my best to refuse, but instead, my head spun around like a top.

Ivan, misunderstanding this as infinite affirmation, looked at me as if he were looking at a pitiful sentient being and said sadly.

“I can’t help it. Somsul-nim [term of endearment or respect] wants it that way, so I have no choice but to raise you.”

His eyes were like those of pity for a ferret who had been deprived of his last chance.

“Then I will put Somsul-nim on Zerachiel-nim’s [formal title] list of assets and allocate a budget.”

Kugugung.

It sounded like the world was collapsing.

‘No way. Is he that crazy villain, Zerachiel?’

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The moment I heard the Javis family after Page, I could no longer deny that this place was in the world of 『Ella’s Kingdom』.

This place was in a novel…….

Unfortunately, Javis was a villainous family. It was also famous as a crazy group.

“Chyu, Chyuu!”

I screamed with all my might. To enter the villains’ den on my own because of some food and a warm nest!

That was like living with a time bomb that could go off at any moment.

『Ella’s Kingdom』 was a romance fantasy in which the female lead, a rabbit beastkin [humanoid with rabbit features], gets involved with ferocious beasts due to her unique pheromones.

In particular, the Page and Javis families were rival candidates for the male lead.

In the first place, it was a natural setting since it was impossible for hyenas and lions to get along well.

I wouldn’t be so miserable if I had been caught by the Page family instead.

Zerachiel was the craziest of the male lead candidates.

He was an obsessive madman who kidnapped and imprisoned the female lead who was being protected by the Page family.

His personality was extremely twisted due to the family’s genetic disease of madness, and he also had terrible mysophobia [fear of germs].

So I never dreamed that the innocent-looking boy in front of me would be Zerachiel.

He definitely grabbed me and rolled around on the floor!

“Chi―!”

I bit the handkerchief Ivan gave me and swallowed my excitement. Zerachiel, who had been watching this all along, muttered with his chin on his hand.

“He can’t stay still for a second.”

Only then did I realize that I was still in Zerachiel’s bedroom, and I flinched and trembled. Naturally, the conversation between Ivan and him earlier flashed through my mind.

‘What should we do with Somsul-nim’s residence? Should we give him a guest room?’

‘No. I’m going to raise him in my room.’

‘Yes? But Somsul-nim looks like a female at first glance…….’

‘I’m going to raise him here.’

‘……That’s a very excellent idea. Somsul-nim is also happy and shaking his head.’

Ivan, whom I trusted, left me as a hostage and ran away.

How could shaking your head be seen as affirmation, you traitor!

When I see you next time, I’m going to chew and pluck out your shiny hair!

Anger rose again, and I bit the handkerchief, growling. Then, I collapsed, exhausted. I was so hungry.

Kkorororok.

“…….”

Come to think of it, I hadn’t eaten anything since yesterday. I was so hungry that I came to steal someone else’s warehouse, so I had nothing to say.

As I grabbed my stomach to soothe my hunger, Zerachiel suddenly burst out laughing.

“Poop.”

At his obviously mocking attitude, I glared with all my remaining strength. Then, he pressed down on my skinny belly and said.

“Are you hungry?”

“Chyu!”

“Then would you like to bite on this?”

He smiled slyly as he held out his finger. I was annoyed that he kept telling me to bite him since earlier.

His personality is really weird, he’s definitely already crazy without even becoming an adult!

“Chyu, Chyuu!”

If you tell me to bite, do you think I can’t do it?!

I bit Zerachiel’s finger with all my might.

“Chyuuuuu! Chi―!”

You said you wouldn’t let me skip meals! I’m hungry! Give me food, not this!

I was growling and shaking Zerachiel’s hand when someone knocked and came into the room and put down a basket.

It smelled fragrant even from a distance, so it seemed to be jerky. Saliva was already pooling in my mouth. Seeing this, Zerachiel wiped the corners of my mouth with his hand.

“You have to eat everything without leaving anything behind. Your stomach is too skinny.”

He touched my stomach again and put the basket right in front of me. I jumped into the basket as if I had been waiting for it.

Let’s eat first and think later!

I was eating without my mind because I was so hungry, and I felt another gaze looking at me.

“Chyu?”

When I stuck my head out of the basket, I made eye contact with a woman whose cheeks were flushed.

“Heo.”

The woman covered her mouth and trembled as if she had seen a strange creature.

“It’s just as Ivan said…….”

The woman, who muttered vaguely, suddenly clenched her fist. Seeing this, I cringed and even burst into exclamation.

“Wow…….”

“Ayla, if you’re done looking, go out.”

“You’re trying to monopolize the ferret-nim by yourself.”

The woman called Ayla glared at Zerachiel. It was clear that she was a woman with a bigger liver than Ivan [meaning she’s braver].

Ayla, who had no intention of holding out like Ivan, left the door with a regretful face. She kept following me with her eyes until she closed the door.

She knows I’m cute.

I stretched my head out and showed off, then fell back into my jerky ecstasy.

First of all, it’s a villain’s den, and I have to eat my fill so that I can run away properly later.

Before I knew it, the jerky in the basket was gone. My stomach had been bloated for a long time. I chewed on the jerky left in my mouth and looked at Zerachiel.

“Chyu?”

Dessert?

Since I ate jerky, shouldn’t you give me fruit as a matter of course?

Zerachiel’s eyes widened as if he understood the nuance that I wanted more.

“Is there some kind of space compression magic in your stomach?”

He couldn’t believe that I had eaten so much.

Ha, really. Just because of this. You should try starving for two days. It’s hard to stay sane, you know?

I rubbed my nose with my front paw in embarrassment. Now that I was full, Zerachiel in front of me didn’t seem so scary.

They say that people who give you food are good people.

Of course, this guy isn’t a person, but a beastkin, but anyway.

I mustered up my energy and stared at Zerachiel. I never thought I would face the childhood of a villain.

Unlike the descriptions in the original work, Zerachiel was the epitome of a well-raised young master.

If he hadn’t said perverted things like asking me to bite him, he seemed to be able to smile brightly, which wasn’t much different from other children of his age.

In the original work, Zerachiel was a villain who interfered with the relationship between the male lead Heathcliff and Ella.

His obsession with Ella’s pheromones seemed to be related to his genetic disease. It was because her unique pheromones calmed his madness.

‘Besides, 『Ella’s Kingdom』 is a novel that was discontinued due to the author’s circumstances.’

I remember crying out loud when it stopped when it was at its most interesting. Clearly, the Page and Javis forces were at war over the female lead at the end.

‘It’s not the Trojan War, but a world where war breaks out because of one woman.’

My life, which was born as an unnamed ferret who couldn’t even be humanized in such a great novel, was more legendary. I wish I had been born as Ella, so I could have made my name known throughout the continent as a beauty that could overthrow a kingdom. What is this?

Then Zerichiel asked with his chin on his hand.

“What’s your name?”

You’re asking so late.