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Chapter 54
“Are you doubting me right now?!”
It was just my imagination.
Unlike the villainess in some novel who would have flipped the table, Yeloise spoke calmly.
“By now, it should have been moved to the warehouse.”
Her face didn’t look upset at all.
“I’ve already verified it in several ways, but it’s better for me to be certain too.”
I was startled by her reaction—it was as if she was simply doing what was necessary.
Until now, the noblewomen I had encountered were arrogant and treated any objection to their words as a personal attack on themselves or their family.
So naturally, I assumed Yeloise, at the pinnacle of power, would behave the same way.
‘I guess you really have to experience someone to understand them.’
As I had this realization, one question popped into my head.
Why, then, was Yeloise called “the worst villainess of the Empire”?
She didn’t seem like the type to slash someone’s neck just for standing in her way, or to destroy an entire business simply because she didn’t like it.
I tilted my head in puzzlement and bit into the night snack I had.
“Ha… I can’t hold back any longer.”
A soft exhalation came from behind me, and my body floated into the air.
Then.
Smack.
Smack, smack, smack.
Something soft and moist touched and fell from my cheeks and the back of my head.
‘W-what is happening right now…?’
Frozen like a stone, I witnessed the event unfold in the blink of an eye.
I could only look at Yeloise’s eyes, narrowed in satisfaction, smiling.
In her partially closed golden eyes, my reflection was perfectly mirrored.
On her pale, ivory fur—the remnants of her former appearance—were intense lip marks.
That’s right.
I had just had my first kiss stolen before I even had the chance to react.
“Eeep…!!”
The moment I realized it, a scream escaped my slightly parted lips.
What followed were curses I couldn’t utter in human form.
“Chuchutchu! Chuchu! Chuchutchutchu!”
Yeloise twitched at my swearing, clearly holding back laughter.
“What do you think you’re doing!”
Kenneigh, seated across from me, jumped up, but Yeloise only smiled wider.
“You can’t resist when a round little head bounces in front of you, can you? That said, I think I need to set one more condition.”
She looked like a child discovering a new toy.
‘This barbarian! Uncontrollable perverted psycho!’
I decided then and there to name her Yeloise Kreutz.
I tried to escape her embrace, but failed.
Before I could even take three steps, I was trapped in Yeloise’s grasp again.
“I like it. So naturally, I should have it. Along with the Crystal Distribution Rights, hand over Cherry Cherry to me too.”
“Ch-chu…what…?”
What?! Who gave you the right?!
I stretched out my hand to push away Yeloise’s approaching cheek.
I couldn’t let her steal my innocence again.
Fortunately, just before our cheeks touched, something solid blocked us.
It was Kenneigh’s hand.
“Tsk.”
He flicked his hand in the air as if displeased that Yeloise’s face had touched it, and with his other hand, he grabbed my torso.
“Cherry isn’t a doll you can have just because you want it.”
“Ah, of course. I’ve never seen a doll so cute and clever. So I want it even more.”
“You can’t have everything just because you want it.”
“Unfortunately, that has never been the case.”
Yeloise said firmly.
It was an undeniable truth.
As the eldest daughter of the Kreutz family, she must have held wealth and power from the moment she was born.
All except for one thing.
The head of the Kreutz family.
The reason Yeloise, who had everything, wasn’t the head of the Kreutz family was simple: the qualifications of an heir.
The head of the Kreutz family, representing all dragons, was traditionally a black dragon.
Yeloise, on the other hand, inherited her mother’s intense red scales.
Perhaps a yearning for what she could not have.
Her golden eyes conveyed a fierce desire: “I must have it.”
“How about you give up this time, little brother?”
Yeloise spoke, her long eyes narrowing.
She was clearly smiling, yet her expression was unreadable, as if shrouded in dense mist.
But she was facing Kenneigh Kreutz.
“Good. I hope this teaches you that there are some things you can never have.”
Kenneigh’s golden eyes slit vertically.
“Hah. Seems like you forgot who currently holds the key.”
Yeloise reminded him, but Kenneigh showed no attachment.
“You should know better than anyone that such things aren’t important.”
“Money rotting away?”
“Whether it’s money or anything else.”
Kenneigh’s lips twisted into a slight smirk.
If he wanted, he could outbid anyone for the crystal mine.
It was simply a matter of offering an unimaginable amount.
He had proposed working with Yeloise only to minimize risk.
Now, knowing the whole story, even that was unnecessary.
‘No need to verify the authenticity of the crystal either.’
Because—
[The Truth]
Everything Yeloise had said until now was the truth.
From finding the crystal in the corner of the antique shop to claiming she wanted me.
Regrettably, it was truth without a single lie.
‘I don’t even know how to explain this…’
When Yeloise kissed the back of my head, I felt nauseous, as if my insides twisted.
‘I could have sworn I’d turn back into a human…’
“I want it. I want to have it.”
The moment I heard Yeloise’s true thoughts, the nausea vanished as if by magic.
It was strange.
Whether it was animal instinct or my ability, I couldn’t name it exactly, but this power usually didn’t work on those stronger than me.
I could hear the thoughts of servants and animals, but never Kenneigh’s.
‘But now…’
I could feel that these childish siblings were going to fight seriously.
Somehow, a chilling aura had been creeping behind the two dragons since a moment ago.
“Ah, this is bad.”
Gerard seemed to foresee what was about to happen, clutching his head in worry.
“It doesn’t look like it can be stopped. Maybe I should run.”
I vaguely heard him muttering to himself.
‘Hey, you traitor!’
I glared at Gerard.
Kenneigh on my left, Yeloise on my right.
Caught between two dragons, I couldn’t move in either direction, yet he was planning to run away alone.
Outrageous.
“Chut, chut…”
Don’t leave me behind!
I grabbed Gerard with a pitiful voice and alternately looked at the two dragons.
I had to stop the chaos before it escalated.
Kenneigh and Yeloise.
Both had vertically slit golden eyes but showed no signs of transforming into humanoid form.
That was the only hope in this situation. At least they could still communicate.
‘The problem is, how do I convince these dragons…?’
As you know, all I could say was the damn “chu” or “zzzu.”
Should I just bite their hands and run away instead?
I was contemplating when suddenly, a brilliant idea came to mind.
‘Yes, that’s it!’
