TESWKM 7

chapter 7

“Come with me?”

Suddenly?

“If I escort you, Milady, no one will mock you for lacking attribute abilities.”

Ah. He meant escort.

For a moment, I had misunderstood.

That made sense.

Teor is the Empire’s one and only dark-attribute user.

“But even if I bring you as my partner, people’s perception of me won’t change. I intend to gradually reveal my power. I plan to use it later for my sister… Perioze Princess.”

“So this is also related to your precognitive dreams, just like with the knight?”

Teor tilted his head slightly.

“Yes… something like that.”

“Now I’m curious about your dreams.”

“There’s nothing in them that you really need to know.”

His gaze at me shifted—curiosity.

Yes, it was definitely curiosity.

“You know my future as well?”

“Well, yes… but you wouldn’t like it. It involves the Crown Prince.”

“I lose to the Crown Prince? In what?”

“Um… love?”

“….”

Teor paused, then asked if he and Lloyd were rivals in the original story.

I nodded, confirming that they competed for the heroine.

“The object of that competition is…”

“Uh, I’m not sure if I should tell you yet.”

Teor hasn’t yet fallen for Caroline, so if I revealed it now, he might try to win her over before Lloyd, causing trouble.

Then it hit me—this might actually benefit Perre unnie.

After all, I’m willing to sacrifice myself to help Perre unnie win the Crown Prince’s love, right?

So if I tell Teor about Caroline now, and he captures her heart before the Crown Prince does, the Crown Prince will be left empty-handed.

I immediately called out,

“Caroline Triase!”

Teor’s eyes widened.

“…You mean the light-attribute user?”

I nodded vigorously.

“There’s a little secret involving the Crown Prince, closely tied to Caroline. But that’s not important right now. The important thing is that the Crown Prince has always been watching Caroline closely, and still does.”

“….”

“You, Milord, also hold interest in Caroline because of a certain incident…”

“That would be just a meaningless dream, then,” Teor cut in, his expression firm.

“Why?” I asked, puzzled.

“Not my type.”

What the…

If Caroline isn’t his type, then who is?

I stared at Teor, the boy on the cusp between youthful charm and adult sophistication, yet still unfallen for Caroline in the original story.

Perhaps he hasn’t fallen for her yet because he’s not fully an adult.

Even so… not his type? Then what is Teor’s type?

Naturally, the face of my wicked sister popped into my mind, and I asked, eyes slightly wide,

“Could it be… Perre unnie, the Perioze Princess?”

If that’s the case, I’m ready to set myself on fire to bring them together!

Even without seeing the Crown Prince yet, no matter how handsome or kind he is, this man in front of me has too much charm, looks, and character to just be a supporting male.

Women are supposed to meet men who love them to be happy.

If I polish this man for Perre unnie, ensuring he appeals to her heart…

“No.”

Teor immediately crushed my fantasy.

“Absolutely not.”

He confirmed it with an expression that clearly said it was ridiculous.

Hey, what’s wrong with my sister?

“Then what kind of person is your type?”

I asked seriously, and Teor answered seriously.

“I’ve never thought about it, but…”

“But?”

“If I had a type, I’d say the lady before me is the closest.”

My face froze instantly.

…What?

I don’t even remember how I got home.

Teor laughed, saying my dark magic was much cooler than a light-attribute ability, and my heart started racing uncontrollably. I just wanted to get away quickly.

This was bad for my heart. Really bad.

Being the sub male lead in the original story, he probably has more than enough charm to make women swoon.

I can’t let myself fall for him.

I sighed deeply, staring out the window.

It seemed I was already a little enchanted by Teor.

His smile was so crazily beautiful—how could anyone resist?

A “face genius” smiling so freely—no ordinary person could withstand it.

No. I can’t.

I tried to suppress my fluttering heart at the thought of him.

Getting possessed by a supporting male while struggling to survive in this new life would be disastrous.

Teor said Caroline wasn’t his type, but tastes can change, and what made him fall for her was her angelic personality, not her face.

Of course, I planned to subtly shift the circumstances so that Teor would fall for Perre unnie instead, but whether he actually would—only time would tell.

In any case, Teor would either love Caroline as in the original story, or he would fall for Perre unnie. No room for me.

All I could do was support Perre unnie’s beautiful path and the person she would fall for.

While thinking this, my communicator suddenly rang.

The only person who would contact me was Perre unnie. I instinctively grabbed it from the side table.

“Sis!”

[What are you doing?]

“I was thinking about you! What about you?”

[Just relaxing. If we have nothing to do, do you want to meet up?]

“Really?! You want to meet me right now?!”

[Calm down. I mean go to the café we went to before.]

“Oh!”

Her favorite café!

“Wait, I’ll call and reserve the entire second floor… oh, but same-day full reservations are hard. What do we do?”

[It’s fine. You rented the whole second floor before. Do you really want to rent it again after everyone knows?]

“Whatever. It’s true I’m rich, so it’s not entirely untrue that I could throw my weight around.”

[Anyway, it’s fine. There’s nothing special to discuss, just coffee.]

“Yes, unnie! I’ll get ready and head out! I’ll call ahead to reserve the window seats!”

[Okay.]

I hung up and rejoiced—Perre unnie thought of me when she wanted coffee.

She’s opening up to me more. I need to work harder and be the perfect servant for her.

I reserved the window-side seats on the second floor of the café at double the normal price, then went to meet Perre unnie.

But fate played a cruel trick.

“…!”

Behind the window seats I reserved, the Crown Prince Lloyd and Caroline were sipping tea.

Seeing them, Perre unnie’s expression stiffened. I had to decide whether to pull her away or calm her down and sit.

But taking her away would make her look pathetic.

No way! I held Perre unnie’s arm firmly and sat at our reserved spot.

“This and this, this too… oh, almost forgot this. That, this, and that too!”

Perre unnie was about to explode, so I tried to order everything she liked without letting her lose face.

Since the Crown Prince sat behind her, and knowing she usually only drinks espresso, I took the lead.

“All of these… yes?”

The startled staff looked at me. I smiled brightly.

“Yes! You need sweet treats to heal, unnie. Eat everything I ordered. Please!”

I even insisted to prevent her from refusing out of pride.

Perre unnie responded with a subtle smile and took a sip of water. Good, her mood improved slightly.

But then…

“You and the lady are so rude.”

The Crown Prince, sitting behind Perre unnie with Caroline, glanced at us.