Fostering the Male Lead

“He’s not seriously hurt, but he seemed exhausted.”

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“I heard he did a good job this time.
Dogs are indeed better than people.”

Lanoa gave out a rare praise for Shasha.
It wasn’t something grandiose, but I was still proud of it.

“Did you find out where those rats came from?”

I shook my head.
It was clear that it was the Empress who had sent them, but I couldn’t say anything carelessly.

If I told him this, Sihael’s identity would get revealed, so this had to be kept a secret until Leonard came.

Lanoa let out a deep sigh and pressed his eyelids together.

“From today onwards, you will be accompanied by a bodyguard.”

“No, I don’t want one.”

“You’re saying you don’t want one looking like that? Your lips are all swollen and torn.
What kind of bastard hit you?”

“No, it’s not like that.
This happened when I was playing around with Shasha…!”

“Hey, are you now getting bitten by a dog? You’ve really lost it; you’ve lost your touch after a long break.”

Ha, I shouldn’t have said that.
I covered my ears at the nagging that went all above my head.

“Aah.
Okay, okay.
I got it!”

“You should have got it sooner.”

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Unlike Lanoa, who was proud of his victory, I shrugged my shoulders at the bombardment of his incessant nagging.
After losing to Lanoa, I eventually returned to my bedroom with a bodyguard.

The knight who followed me maintained a certain distance and was excessively wary of his surroundings.

He was so full of spirit that it was awkward to watch him.

It was the same even in front of my bedroom door.

Honestly, I didn’t care whether the knight was standing in my room or not, but if this was the case, then I wouldn’t be able to talk with Sihael comfortably.

“You may now go and get some rest.”

“I’m sorry, My Lady.
I can’t do that.”

“You’re saying this even when you can’t hide your shaking legs?”

When I pointed out his intermittently trembling legs, a red flush of embarrassment appeared on his face.

He still stood firm even after my rebuke.

“After I go into my room, go and rest in the next room.
I’ll call you when I need to go out.”

“But-”

“It is an order.”

As soon as the command was given, his eyes quivered and he hesitated.

As my bodyguard, my orders were absolute, but it seemed like he was hesitating to move because of Lanoa.

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‘I don’t really want to use this, but I can’t help it.’

I pursed my lips and raised my eyes.
I glared at him with a vicious face which was achieved in just one second and shouted.

“Go! Right now!”

* * *

The effect was perfect.

When he saw my face, he turned white and ran into the next room.

Heh, you should have listened to me earlier.
As I closed the door with a snort, Sihael looked at me with a strange expression.

“Why are you looking at me like that?”

“I really shouldn’t have believed the rumors.”

“You thought I would leave him outside all day, didn’t you?”

“Yes, I did.
Sorry, my bad.
I didn’t expect you to be so considerate to those who can’t even fulfill their duty as a knight.”

Mister male lead, you’ve misunderstood me.
I did not help the knight with pure intentions.
But, I decided not to clear it.
It’s good to score some points with him like this.

“How did such a rumor come about?”

Well, those rumors were actually all true.
That was how the original Rosetta was.

“I do not know, Your Highness.
More than that, have you changed your bandages yet?”

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I brought a bandage and disinfectant, neatly placed them on the table, and sat down in front of Sihael.

“Why are you doing something bothersome? Where are your servants?”

“Your Highness was so ferocious before that no one except me could touch you.”

“Was it to the extent that I didn’t even let anyone treat my wounds?”

“Yes, so that was why Your Highness, I was responsible for everything from your meals, to walks, to the bathroom.”

“It looks like I happened to only let you touch me.”

“Well…, yes.”

It was actually because I wrestled with him, but I could never say it.
At first, I had a hard time because of his temper, but looking back at it now, it was all a warm memory.

A smile came across my lips unknowingly as I remembered those times.
I could see myself smiling softly in Sihael’s bright yellow eyes.

“You must have cared for my wolf form very much.”

“Of course.
I cared a lot about it.
I cared for it like my life.”

Because if anything happened to you, then I would end up dead.

I mumbled inside and untied the bandage.

But,

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“Huh?”

“What?”

“Your Highness, the wound is healed.”

It was as if he had never been hurt in the first place.

There was no scar, no scar at all.

“It doesn’t hurt, does it?”

I pressed down on Sihael’s back.
As if there was really no pain, he got up from lying down.

“Your Highness, do you have special powers?”

“I don’t have any such convenient power like that.”

After thinking hard for a long time, he bit his front paw hard enough to leave a deep gash.
Blood gushed from the wound on the sole of his paw.

Red blood stained the rug, but no one cared.

“Rosetta, I want some of your blood.”

I was puzzled by the sudden request since it was not appropriate for this situation, but I still lightly cut my hand and extended it towards him.

Sihael licked my blood for a long time and then muttered while looking down at his paw.

“As expected.”