Chapter 31
“Don’t tell me you brought this to give it to me?”
“Am I crazy?”
“…”
If it’s not, then it’s not. Why deny it like that? Even going as far as calling yourself crazy. I wasn’t really hurt, but when I deliberately drooped my shoulders as if I were, Chase, who seemed to flinch slightly, spoke.
“It was sent from the Red Village. They said thanks for purifying the mana. I’m not the one giving it, but it is yours.”
Then he should’ve said that from the start. Anyway, since he said it was mine, I quickly reached for the box. But because of my injured hand, it didn’t open easily. After struggling with it for a while, Chase let out a sigh.
“You can’t even do that?”
It’s not that I can’t, I’m being careful! Ever since that last incident, I’ve been taking great care of my body.
“I’m just being careful. If my condition gets worse again, it won’t be good for you either.”
“What does your condition have to do with me?”
“If I get sick, you’re just going to tell me to go back again.”
Pretending not to hear me, Chase casually opened the box with a flick of his hand.
“Wow! Oh my!”
It was a simply designed cake, with raspberries placed neatly on top of bread covered in pure white cream.
“It’s so pretty! Right?”
“That?”
Chase tilted his head as if he didn’t agree.
“Look at it. It’s not flashy, but it’s so pretty.”
“I don’t see it at all.”
It seemed this man had no sense of aesthetics whatsoever.
“Fine. Anyway, I’ll enjoy it. I don’t know who gave it, but thank you!”
To think I’d get to eat such a fresh raspberry cake. There was even a fork inside the box, so I immediately took a bite of the cake along with a raspberry. The tartness and the incredibly sweet cream spread throughout my mouth.
My mood… got unbelievably better. This is the power of sugar.
Closing my eyes tightly as I savored the taste, I stayed frozen like that for a moment before awkwardly looking at Chase.
What is going on? Chase’s gaze still hadn’t left me.
“…What?”
“What.”
“Why are you staring at me like that?”
“It’s my business.”
If he says it like that, there’s nothing I can say. Whatever it is, it’s still better than him telling me to leave. He can do anything, as long as he doesn’t say that. But I couldn’t endure that burning gaze in silence, so I decided to force the conversation to continue.
“There’s something I’m curious about. Can I ask?”
“Don’t ask.”
The conversation was instantly on the verge of being cut off.
“…Why?”
“Talking to you puts me in a bad mood.”
“…Why?”
“Because it creates a sense of interaction. I don’t want that with you.”
Ah. Is that so! You’re really saying that right to my face!
No matter how I think about it, it’s strange. There’s no way Chase’s personality is originally like this.
“It’s not a question about you, so it should be fine, right?”
Chase didn’t say anything. But he didn’t tell me not to either, so I asked anyway.
“Since when have Logan and Anthony been here?”
I didn’t have much to talk about with Chase, so I asked something I had been wondering about since before. From what I had observed, Logan and Anthony. The two of them were clearly Chase’s right and left hands.
But then why was Anthony the only one in the original story? No matter how much I thought about it, I couldn’t remember Logan appearing in it. If anything, Logan, who worked in the field, should’ve appeared more often than Anthony, who was a secretary.
So I was curious if there was some other story behind it.
“Why are you curious about that?”
“I’m just interested. It’s personal curiosity.”
At that moment, Chase’s brows furrowed deeply.
“Don’t take interest in my subordinates.”
“…”
Just wait until Michael dies. I’ll leave this place immediately. But until then, I’ll stick it out. Renewing my resolve, I scooped up a big bite of cake with my fork. But at that moment, Chase spoke.
“Instead of asking useless questions like that.”
“It’s not useless.”
“If I say it’s useless, then it is.”
“…”
“You. That stalker story you mentioned last time, continue it.”
…What?
Because it was such an unexpected question, I blanked out for a moment.
“That’s what you wanted to say?”
“Whatever it is.”
Chase leaned back against the sofa with an indifferent attitude, tilting his head slightly to one side as if he wasn’t particularly interested.
“Just answer what I ask.”
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