The Male Leads Were Stolen by the Extra – Chapter 80

Author: lipzoldyck

“What are you doing? You give me a disease, then you give me medicine…!”

Reyev raised his voice in disbelief at the healing light spreading through his aching limbs, then paused.

In an instant, memories from the past began to tangle in his mind.

“Huft, huft…!”

Reyev clutched his chest and gasped for breath as the memories surged in his chest.

This experience was all too familiar. It had been like this the other day, when he’d left the ritual.

His face was gradually turning pale.

What is this? What is this strange feeling?

The feelings for Grace, which had filled his heart, leaving no room for anything, were rapidly fading.

Instead, his feelings and memories of Sellonia, whom he had forgotten, and should have forgotten, suddenly flooded back.

***

[Reyev. Don’t get hurt in my place.]

Sellonia looked at Reyev, who was leaning against the rock, her face filled with worry.

It had been four months since they’d been adventuring together.

A monster’s abrupt attack had caused his side to rip open, scraped by sharp claws. Fortunately, Sellonia had found some cattail flowers and quickly crushed them, stopping the bleeding easily.

[Lady Sellonia, that’s the only thing I can do.]

Reyev smiled at Sellonia, who was worried about him, and assured her that it was fine.

Although he couldn’t be by her side, he was grateful that he could always stand behind and protect her.

If he could get hurt like this for her and she was safe, then that was all he needed.

[How can someone who can’t even protect himself protect others?]

A watery gaze scolded him.

He hadn’t meant to make her cry…

Still, it felt so good to have her attention completely on him today.

Even though the wound was only the length of a finger, he felt good about it. Foolishly.

[If this can be of any help, even a little, then I’m fine.]

[No. Please take care of yourself.]

[Miss Sellonia.]

[You know? As long as I have the dragon’s heart, I won’t die.]

She shrugged and spoke confidently. He chuckled, finding her acting immortal adorable.

[Still, it hurts.]

[Reyev hurts too. I want to see you for a long time. I’m sorry. I’m being selfis.]

Sellonia smiled bitterly. Her smile looked so painful that Reyev simply smiled, saying it was fine.

***

“E-Eugh…”

Reyev collapsed to the ground as all his memories flooded back.

Everything came back to him. Everything.

Sellonia’s expression when he had said goodbye, and the dejected face he had seen in Roblanc

And even her painful expression to see what he had said today. Tears welled up in Reyev’s eyes.

How could he have forgotten? If he had even risked his life to save her, even risking his own life, how could he…?

“M-Miss Sellonia…”

Reyev sobbed and slowly turned his head.

He saw Sellonia’s face staring at him indifferently. The face that always smiled brightly at him.

“Aaaah, what on earth have I done…”

Reyev buried his face in his trembling hands, berating himself.

His mind, once jumbled and disorganized, had been transformed into a single, unified whole again.

The same one that had been focused solely on Sellonia.

But both the hurt he’d suffered to save her in the past, and the hurt he’d caused her because of Grace, were clearly his own doing.

“…”

Sellonia stared silently at Reyev, who seemed finally free from Grace’s trick. Thanks to the healing technique, all his wounds had completely healed.

When the spell wore off, she was curious to see Reyev’s expression as he accumulated karma with his mouth, but upon seeing him, it wasn’t exactly pleasant.

“I didn’t mean it. I really didn’t mean it… Please believe me. I just…”

Reyev removed his hand from his face and stared blankly at his palm as he muttered.

His face was pale and confused, and tears continued to flow from his eyes.

His lips and chin were trembling, and his eyes were blank and unfocused, as if in a panic.

“What did Grace feed you?”

“Pardon? What do you mean…!”

Reyev looked up in surprise, then suddenly had a realization.

He had experienced the same thing when he left the temple, but his confusion vanished as soon as he ate the madeleine Grace had rushed over and stuffed into his mouth.

“The food Grace gave you. There was something in it. That’s why you fell for it.”

“I can’t believe…”

Reyev’s face paled even more, now that he knew everything.

“What did she feed you?”

“What the lady gave me…”

Soon regaining consciousness, Reyev wiped away his tears and recalled the things he had received from Grace.

Then, one thing flashed clearly into his mind.

“It was darjeeling. She would often send tea leaves to my mansion and the others’ to drink.”

When Grace was with him, darjeeling was always included in the food she offered.

She even gave him carefully wrapped darjeeling as a gift, urging him to drink it at home, thinking of her.

“Darjeeling.”

Sellonia muttered, now certain she had figured it out.

Grace had used darjeeling to capture the hearts of the male leads. Now, she just had to figure out what she had done with darjeeling.

“Stay away from Grace. From now on, don’t eat anything she gave you.”

“M-Miss Sellonia! I, I was wrong…”

As she turned to leave without hesitation, Reyev quickly raised his upper body and grabbed the hem of her skirt.

He was already kneeling like a sinner.

“Aren’t you going to take your hand away?”

Tan growled and forcefully slapped Reyev’s hand away.

“MissSellonia, I wasn’t in my right mind. My mind was so tangled that I was momentarily blinded by someone else. But that wasn’t my true intention! Didn’t you just say it yourself? I was tricked…”

Despite his numb fingers, Reyev begged Sellonia with a desperate expression.

His heart had returned, and the more he brooded over his mistakes against her, the more unbearable it became. The moment he broke his noble and honorable knightly oath, his pride plummeted to the ground.

Even if it was a mistake made by others, it was a clear betrayal of chivalry.

As a noble and honorable knight, a man called by God, it was an unbearable shame, an indignity, and a disgrace.

So he had to reclaim it. His dignity, his pride. This relationship.

“Reyev Hetzel.”

“Miss Sellonia… Please, bring me back to your side. I will stand behind you as before. Please, don’t cast me away…”

His desperate hands, trembling, fell to the ground, unable to hold onto Sellonia.

He practically prostrated himself before her, begging her.

“How can I trust you? The trust between us has vanished.”

A voice, almost cold, flowed from her lips. No matter how tricky it was, the wrongs Reyev had done to her wouldn’t go away.

“I’ll try. I’ll work harder so that Miss Sellonia can trust me again. So please…”

“Really?”

Sellonia’s eyes sparkled as if she’d been waiting for the answer she wanted, and she continued.