I Became the Male Lead who was Clinging onto the Female Leads - Chapter 57



57 – Sorry. Aren’t you late?

Baron Grace’s mansion restaurant.

At the table where Dallas, Erica and Viscount Hobart are sitting…….

“Champ-champ-champ-champ!”

I can hear Viscount Hobart devouring the few dishes on the table.

He tore off a chicken leg and swallowed the flesh.

“Keep it up—”

He let out a huge burp and stroked his thick belly.

It was an insolence that could hardly be seen as a nobleman’s meal. Of course, there had to be an intellectual comment.

However, Dallas and Erica kept their mouths shut and did not move.

Seeing that, Viscount Hobart grinned.

“Why is everyone silent on such an auspicious day?”

Who would think that today is a bad day?

I could feel the deep joy in his hearty smile.

‘It has to be.’

Today, he was able to obtain Erica, the most beautiful woman in the area. It was strange to be in a bad mood.

‘The prepared meal is a bit meager, but what about it?’

In Viscount Hobart’s eyes, everything looked good.

On the contrary…… In Dallas’ eyes, everything seemed dark.

‘How did things get to this point… ….’

He went out to the backyard of his mansion early this morning to escape at night.

There, a wagon full of fortune was prepared, and Philip was sitting in the driver’s seat wearing a bowler hat.

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-Honey, everything is ready. Let me know when it’s time to leave.

– Thank you.

I was supposed to leave as soon as Erica and Eugene arrived.

However, things did not go according to Dallas’ will.

Even though the scheduled departure time passed dozens of minutes, Erica didn’t leave her room, and Eugene, who left the family, didn’t come back either.

There was no reason to escape except for those two, so of course we couldn’t leave.

Even when the dawn broke and it became bright, the situation was still the same.

-Sir Erica! I really don’t have time!

-I don’t want to go!

Erica slammed her door shut.

-Still, you can stay until morning…… ?

Soldiers, attendants, and maids who had no regrets in the family did not leave.

The departure time keeps getting late, but the preparations to leave are not prepared.

Time continued to flow, reaching nine o’clock, then ten o’clock.

Finally, when it was eleven o’clock and it was an ambiguous time to escape, Philip said with a hard face.

-Patriarch. It’s already lunchtime, but Erica-sama hasn’t come out, and neither has Eugene-sama. It seems it’s too late to run now…….

How could I not know that?

Dallas, who waited anxiously, knew best.

If Eugene had come sooner, she would have managed to drag Erica out and run away…… It was impossible now.

-Patriarch. This is news from a soldier. Viscount Hobart says it will arrive in a few minutes…….

Eventually, Dallas hardened his face and gave the order.

-…… I’ll do something that didn’t happen at night. The ladies-in-waiting prepare the meal as soon as possible, and the attendants unwrap the wagon and restore it to its original state.

At that moment, the family’s workers rushed to restore the family to its original state.

Erased all traces of an attempt to run away at night, and made the best table setting in a tight time frame.

Then Viscount Hobart arrived, and we have come to this.

“The food was as bad as it was a week ago.”

Viscount Hobart’s laughter pierces Dallas’ ears.

‘It’s difficult.’

He didn’t even know what to do now.

There was nothing left to do.

Then Viscount Hobart put the tableware down.

“Oh, I can’t eat anymore.”

‘Already… ….’

A shadow fell on Dallas’ face.

“Then the meal is over now…”

Viscount Hobart wiped his mouth with his handkerchief and grinned.

He walked over to Erica, got down on one knee, took the box of rings out of her pocket, and pushed her in front of Erica.

He smiled softly.

“Lady Erica. I ask you to marry me.”

To someone who doesn’t know the context, it would look like an ordinary scene of courtship.

But everyone here now knows that this is not such a good time to sell.

The escort knights lined up behind Viscount Hobart.

Dallas also watches the situation with a dark expression.

And…….

Erica is also under the gaze of Viscount Hobart.

‘I can see everything. Viscount.’

Erika smiled softly.

The dark desire swaying behind Viscount Hobart’s smile.

Now Viscount Hobart is politely kneeling down…….

It was clear that the moment she entered his concubine, she would freely reveal the impure desires in her heart.

He opened the ring box with thick hands.

“Lady Erika.”

Red light shone from the small ruby that adorned the ring.

“Please answer my request.”

“…….”

Erica looked at Dallas through the side of her eye.

A dark shadow is cast over her wrinkled face.

‘Poor father.’

My father, who tried to abandon his family to protect himself, is so sad. The meaning of ‘please reject the marriage proposal’ came from the eyes full of regretful light.

But I couldn’t.

‘To protect my father’s precious family… ….’

There was only one thing he could do.

She looked in front of her.

I see Viscount Hobart’s smiling face.

‘I don’t like being his concubine either… ….’

To protect the family, I firmly established the will in my heart.

‘If I sacrifice my body to keep the family alive… ….’

Because he believed that Eugene and his father, who were more trustworthy than anyone else in the world, would revive the family and come to rescue him.

‘It’s a pity that I haven’t experienced true love… ….’

It was too greedy to talk about love after being born into such a poor family.

She threw away her useless mind and smiled beautifully.

“Good. Viscount Hobart.”

“… ….”

At that moment, the corner of Viscount Hobart’s lips ascended into the sky.

“Very good! Ha ha ha ha!”

He pulled himself up with the biggest laugh ever.

The woman whom I had admired for so long was now mine, and the joy was comparable to the joy of having the world.

“Congratulations, my lord!”

“I will bless the love of the family head for the rest of my life!”

The escort knights, who had been silent all along, clapped their hands in delight.

“Ha ha ha! Many congratulations will be given at the official wedding ceremony!”

He shook her hand to stop the applause, then grabbed Erica’s tiny hand.

“…… !”

Dallas’ eyes widened.

“Lady Erika.”

“Yes?”

“Isn’t there something to do in this happy moment?”

“What is that…… ?”

Erica smiled awkwardly and tilted her head.

Then Viscount Hobart smiled heartily and shook his head.

“I mean a kiss.”

“…… To?”

“Isn’t that obvious? What will a man and a woman promise to do if they don’t kiss?”

“Viscount Hobart!”

Dallas exclaimed, startled.

“A man and a woman who have not yet been formally married kiss her! What do you mean!”

However, Dallas was no longer in Viscount Hobart’s mind.

Viscount Hobart stares at Erica’s lips with a sinister smile.

Small, pretty pink lips light a fire in his heart.

‘I can’t take it anymore!’

There was no reason to hold back my desire when the marriage had already been promised.

“Viscount Hobart! Stop…… Oh, no, what are they doing!”

The red-faced old man tried to stop him, but the escort knights, who understood his intentions, naturally blocked his path.

“Eh, where is the law to do this? Do you know what they are doing?”

“… ….”

‘There’s nothing good about keeping that for a long time.’

The escort knights blocked the noble’s path without justifiable reasons.

There was no good reputation to be built by the fact that it reached the ears of others.

‘So.’

Seeing their willing efforts, it was good to finish the work to be done quickly.

Viscount Hobart raised an eyebrow.

“Lady Erika.”

“…….”

Erika’s face hardened heavily.

‘You’re asking for a kiss already…….’

She thought that this would happen if she at least formally became a concubine and she went to his family.

I really didn’t expect him to reveal my desire so quickly.

‘What a reckless man you are… ….’

It was good to see how rough the future would be.

But…… No matter how hard and painful it was, it was the life he had chosen, so he had to live it to the end.

She smiled, barely lifting the corners of her mouth.

“Yes, Viscount Hobart.”

“Kuhm.”

Then Viscount Hobart grinned and wrapped his arms around Erica’s neck. He closed his eyes and pursed his thick lips. She comes slowly bowing her head.

“… ….”

Looking at those lips, I felt a strong sense of disgust.

The moment our mouths touched each other, it seemed that even our strong resolve would be broken.

But now there was nowhere to retreat.

“Erika! Get out of here! Please!”

She tried to ignore Dallas’ cries and closed her eyes.

As soon as I felt Viscount Hobart’s unpleasant breath, the face I wanted to see came to my mind like a kaleidoscope.

‘Brother… ….’

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His older brother, Eugene, who took care of him and looked after him since he was young.

As the desperate moment came, I wanted to see his face, who didn’t know where he had gone.

-I’ll be back until Viscount Hobart proposes to you. Certainly.

‘They said they were coming but they didn’t come… ….’

I can’t come because I have work, but…….

I miss you.

At that thought, my eyes slightly opened.

But all you can see is Viscount Hobart’s thick lips. Those lips were close to me.

Now the two lips really meet…….

“Urachaaa!”

Clang!

‘Huh?’

The sound of a restaurant window being smashed is heard.

I looked to the side and saw an unbelievable sight.

A person was flying through the glass shards of the broken window. It was my older brother, Eugene.

‘Oh, brother?’

He is flying in a straight diagonal line. Her outstretched legs aimed at Viscount Hobart’s face.

The Viscount Hobart was looking at Eugene with an astonished face…….

‘If I go that way…… !’

Pooh Woo Woo Woo Woo!

Eugene’s foot fit right in the middle of Viscount Hobart’s face.

His feet, which entered as if pressing down on soft bread, pushed Viscount Hobart’s face with force, and soon his entire body was blown to the other side by the strong force.

Quaaagh!

Viscount Hobart smashed through the wall of the restaurant and got stuck.

“Oaaa!”

The sound of licking pigs that came out of his mouth filled the restaurant.

“…… Uh?”

“…… Huh?”

“…… To?”

The escort knights, Dallas, and Erica’s mouths dropped at the scene that seemed to have been separated from that reality for hundreds of years.

Taktak!

After pushing him against the wall, Eugene stood up and brushed the dust off his leg…….

Viscount Hobart approached Erica as if he didn’t care and smiled softly.

“Sorry. Are you very late?”

“… ….”

Erica, her hair white, couldn’t even open her mouth.