chapter 37
37 – Who the hell are you?
I met Chloe’s eyes and, without avoiding her eyes, sat down on the chair across from her.
Then he sat down with her legs crossed leisurely and greeted her.
“It’s been a while. Chloe. You haven’t changed from before.”
Chloe is 18 years old and she is the same age as Rail.
It was the first time I had actually seen her, but when she thought of the arrogant Rails figure, she greeted her in the most polite way.
Chloe must have been a bit surprised by my greeting, so her eyebrows went up slightly.
I was a bit taken aback because I thought I would have changed my mind.
Yes, keep thinking badly of me.
A good start.
I continued without losing this mood.
“You must be hungry because you came from the South. Aren’t you ready to eat?”
“Duke. Can you prepare a meal right away?”
“Yes. I heard that the young master was visiting, so I prepared food in advance.”
Chloe nodded her head at Duke’s words, and Duke immediately left the room to prepare food.
As if Duke’s words were true, not long after Duke left the room, the prepared food appeared.
The table where Chloe and I were sitting wasn’t as big as I thought, so the amount of food in front of me wasn’t that great.
However, each of the dishes on the table was too beautiful to eat.
It’s like looking at a piece of art.
I couldn’t imagine how much effort went into eating this dish.
“I hope you like it.”
After Duke said that, Chloe and I left to have a comfortable conversation.
Kung.
The door closed, and a quiet silence lingered in the room.
And then, breaking the silence, Chloe, holding a knife elegantly, cut her steak and opened her mouth.
“Come on, eat. Rail. You were very hungry.”
“Don’t order me.”
Rail is a person who hates to death what others command.
So I frowned and picked up the dish in front of me with my hands instead of a knife and fork.
Chun. Rain.
And like bandits or hungry beggars, they gobbled up the meat.
My mouth was smeared with meat sauce, and sauce and meat pieces fell on my clothes and around the table.
I followed the rail as much as possible to eat food like an animal rather than a person described in the original work.
Seeing how dirty I ate, Chloel looked at me with a slight smile.
“The food looks pretty good to you, doesn’t it?”
Even if you eat it dirty, the taste of the dish doesn’t change, and the taste was the most delicious food I’ve ever eaten.
But I didn’t praise the taste of the dish.
“It’s good enough to eat.”
The taste of food is like the face of a family.
The higher the rank, the higher the taste and quality of the food.
And not praising the carefully prepared food was on the same level as cursing the entire family of the chef who cooked it.
But I didn’t stop eating my hands.
In order to show a beastly appetite and keep Chloe’s attention as low as possible.
Chun. Rain.
I put the pasta made next to the meat into my mouth with my hands again, without using a fork.
The soft noodles melted in your mouth, and the deep aroma of the sauce filled your mouth.
It would be rude to compare it with the pasta I ate in my own room.
But I still ate the food without a frown.
After eating the grilled chicken and salad with my hands, I finally reached out to Chloe’s meal.
It was hard to eat any more food as if my stomach was about to explode.
I felt that my stomach had shrunk a lot, probably because I had adjusted the amount of food since I went on a diet.
However, I ate up Chloe’s food with great mental strength, wiped my mouth with my sleeve and looked at Chloe.
If I had seen him eat this much, it was clear that my crush would have fallen to the bottom.
“You must be really hungry. Duke.”
But Chloe was still looking at me with a smile.
Then Duke, who was waiting in front of the door, opened the door and entered the room.
“Did you call? Miss Chloe.”
“Yes. The meal is all over, so would you like some dessert right away?”
“Has your meal already finished…? ?”
Duke raised his head slightly embarrassed and looked at the empty table. Then, looking at my mouth and clothes soiled with food, I bow my head again.
“I’ll tell the chefs to make dessert right away.”
After replying like that, Duke bowed politely and closed the door.
It wasn’t loud, but I heard Duke’s footsteps hurrying into the kitchen.
Fortunately, it will take quite a while for the dessert to arrive.
I can’t eat dessert right now because my esophagus is already full of food.
I drank the water that I hadn’t drunk in a while and forced food that I couldn’t pass through into my stomach.
Damn it.
After burping coolly, I confirmed that the food had gone down a little and looked up to see Chloe’s reaction.
Then, as Chloe rested her chin on one hand, her eyes met.
Slightly torn blue eyes, as if aiming for prey, and blue long hair down to the waist.
The snow-white skin and thin waist were as beautiful as looking at a really well-made doll.
If you had met her in real life, she would have been so beautiful that you wouldn’t even dare to meet her eyes.
I want to get away from her attention right away and go back to the mansion.
As I was lost in thought, Chloe opened her mouth first.
“If you are still hungry, would you like some of my food?”
At Chloe’s words, my eyes moved to her plate.
Perhaps because of her skinny body, she didn’t even eat half of her first meal, a steak.
“Why do you think I will eat the food you used to eat?”
“It’s not that dirty because I ate clean. We are engaged anyway, so isn’t this enough?”
“Huh.”
I burst out laughing as if it was absurd.
But nothing has been said since.
Because I couldn’t come up with anything to refute her words.
However, he still did not avert his gaze from Chloe.
Trying to make her look as cheeky as possible, I looked at her and put her hand on her chin as well.
As we were facing each other quietly, we heard a rushing sound from the hallway running this way.
“Sorry to have kept you waiting!”
When I turned my gaze, there was a female maid who looked younger than me, holding desserts in her hands.
Looking closely, I saw thin ice piled up in a round bowl, and various fruits were placed on top of it.
It was fruit shaved ice, the most popular menu in the North, which is famous for its cold desserts.
My eyes opened wide without realizing it.
“Because I am fine. Give them both to Rail.”
And, as if noticing my gaze, Chloe gave me all the shaved ice.
“Yes, yes!”
Judging from her young age, she seemed like a new maid who had just entered the mansion.
The maid seemed quite uneasy as she approached me, whether it was because she was still young and lacked arm strength, or if she was having a hard time bringing dessert from afar.
Just like the first day when Luna rushed to serve my food, she dropped the plate on the ground.
And my forebodings were always correct.
I managed to put the first plate on my table, but the moment I put the second plate on the table, the plate fell to the floor as if my arms were weak.
Clang-! With the sound of dishes breaking, fragments of dishes and food splattered towards me.
Fortunately, the splash on my clothes didn’t hurt me.
“Sir, sorry! Rail master! Aren’t you hurt?”
The maid hurriedly approached me to see if there were any wounds.
Originally, after saying it was okay, I would have cleaned up the broken dishes and food with the telekinesis magic, but I didn’t.
I have never been angry with others.
But now I have to act to give Chloe a bad look.
I remembered the time when Aron slapped Elise on the cheek at the ball.
I thought of the aristocrats who passed by even when the orphans were hungry and begged for food.
In an instant, I felt blood rushing to my head, and I began to feel short of breath.
I took a deep breath and shouted to the maid.
“You dare spill food on my clothes? Do you know how much these clothes cost! These are clothes that you, lowly, cannot buy even if you earn all your life!”
“Sir, sorry! Young master. Boo, please forgive me….”
The maid trembles with her body and gets on her knees begging my forgiveness.
What I said is not a lie.
This outfit was such a luxury that a maid could hardly buy it even if she earned her whole life.
However, this amount of stains could be removed with Fenia’s cleaning magic at once.
But now I had to play a villain who scolds his maid.
I’m sorry, but I decided to scold the maid a little longer.
You can secretly apologize later and take a bag of gold coins.
If you get fired from the mansion by any chance, you just have to let me work in our mansion.
Working in our mansion will be easier than working in the tricky Chloe’s mansion.
After thinking about it, I slightly turned my head to check Chloe’s reaction before scolding The Maid.
And, as I expected, Chloe’s face was distorted as if it were unpleasant for me to scold her maid.
I got up from my seat and lifted the plate in front of me.
Then the maid pretended to throw a plate and screamed.
“Did you think that since you are a maid of a duke’s family, you can ignore the marquess’ family!”
“Oh no! I have truly committed a mortal sin!”
That was the moment I was about to throw the plate away from the maid.
“Stop. Do it there rail.”
It’s a success.
Finally, Chloe couldn’t stand my ferocity and stopped me.
But I didn’t stop here.
“A mere lowly thing ignored me, who would become the head of the family in the future! Are you telling me to calm down after facing this!”
“No. I can’t get past seeing you being ignored.”
“Yes. I can’t pass by seeing your maid being ignored……. What did you say just now?”
I doubted my ears for a moment.
But Chloe got up and started casting magic.
“I am of the same opinion as Rail. I don’t need maids who disrespect nobles in my mansion.”
Then, cold air began to circulate in the room.
The temperature gradually went down, and Chloe’s tremors got bigger.
Eventually, he even sheds tears and his body trembles.
Damn it-! And an ice spear made of ice begins to form on her hand.
“Ice Spear.”
Finally, at the same time as Chloe’s chant, an ice spear flew towards me.
No. To be precise, it was towards the maid who was sitting on the floor and shivering.
The size of the ice window is not that big.
However, it was so powerful that ordinary people could not avoid fatal injuries if they were hit by that ice spear.
It’s already too late to use magic.
I got up with miraculous reflexes.
Then I stretched out my hand and blocked the ice spear that was being shot at the maid.
Dude. Pop.
Hot blood dripped onto the floor, soiled with shards of broken dishes and food.
“Do, boy! Are you all right!”
“It’s okay. It’s dangerous, so get behind me.”
Fortunately, the maid was not hurt.
Instead, blood flowed from the hand scratched by the ice spear, probably because the timing was a little late.
Fortunately, I don’t feel much pain, perhaps because of the cold air.
Kung.
I threw an ice spear on the floor and glared at Chloe.
“Are you crazy? Chloe. Are you thinking of killing someone just because you splattered a little food on their clothes?”
Chloe looked at me with an incomprehensible face.
And then, looking at the maid hiding behind me, I opened my mouth.
“Jerry. I’ll dispose of you later, so stay outside. And don’t let anyone come near you.”
“Yes, yes! Miss!”
The maid’s name was Jerry.
Jerry quickly got up from his seat at Chloe’s words and left her room.
Kung.
A quiet silence lingered between us as the door closed and only the two of us were left.
Amidst such awkward silence, Chloe broke the silence and stood up.
Then he slowly walks towards me and mutters quietly.
“Strange. It’s different from what I remembered….”
Because of the distance, I couldn’t hear what Chloe was saying.
But as she approached me step by step, her voice started getting clearer.
“It’s completely different from before when I timidly ate food every time….”
And when Chloe’s face stopped right in front of me, I could hear her voice completely.
“Rail Bioland has never used short talk on me… …. Who are you?”