My Childhood Friends Are Trying To Kill Me

“.…”

What is he up to?

Lelia was sitting in front of a table with a very good view of the garden.

The table was set with desserts.

Dessert time after eating.

It was Lelia’s second favorite time right after meal time.

But today she was with Carius, and he didn’t eat earlier.

Lelia wondered what he was thinking when he asked her to have dessert together.

“Try it.”

Carius gently put a maclia on Lelia’s empty plate.

Maclia is a round dessert with chocolate sauce on the outside.

Just looking at it made her drool. It was her first time seeing this dessert.

[It’s not poisoned, is it?]

Lelia looked at Carius with suspicious eyes for a moment.

[I know you don’t like me…]

Still… Carius was not the kind of person who would kill someone, let alone a child, in such a cowardly way.

[Plus, my grandmother’s condition has improved a lot since I arrived… There’s no way he’s gonna do that.]

Lelia pushed away her doubts and took a big bite out of the maclia.

“……!”

Lelia’s brow scrunched up.

Becky watched on with a worried look. She never brought Lelia maclias for a good reason.

Young children usually love sweet desserts.

Maclia has a rich cinnamon jam in the round dough.

The darker the cinnamon, the deeper the taste, the less children like it.

‘That’s too much for a little kid.’ Becky looked at Carius with exasperated eyes. She knew Carius didn’t like Lelia.

She was in a difficult situation where she couldn’t even speak up.

The Duke’s had ordered the servants to treat Lelia well, but it wasn’t needed.

The people working in the castle all liked Lelia, she was a very bright and energetic child.

She was at an age where she should be running around happily, but sometimes she had a depressed look on her face which made Becky sad.

She did not like that Carius asked Lelia to eat a dessert that is difficult for children to eat. Becky could not believe that he was harassing a child with such food. It was too disgraceful. 

She thought Lelia would immediately spit out what she put in her mouth, but she didn’t. 

It looked like she chewed thoroughly and swallowed it.

‘Did you force yourself to eat it?’ Becky seemed to be heartbroken at the thought that Lelia didn’t want to be hated by Carius.

Lelia ate another bite.

“It’s so delicious, Becky! This is really good! This is amazing!”

Lelia smiled brightly at Becky and began to eat the maclia faster.

“….”

Carius bowed his head as he watched the scene silently.

He was feeling emotional again.

Elizabeth and Carius had similar tastes, and liked this dessert since they were young.

To the extent of competing with each other over who could eat more.

When he saw Lelia enthusiastically eating like it was the most delicious thing, he remembered his childhood. Whenever his sister ate something delicious, she would savor the taste with her eyebrows scrunched. It was a really funny and cute look, and Lelia had the same look.

Carius was closer to Elizabeth than most brothers or sisters.

[Editor: Siscon?]

After Elizabeth died, he fell into a serious depression for a while and became withdrawn.

It was too late to change the past, but now he was convinced of everything he had been feeling.

This child must be the daughter of his dead sister.

‘What have I been doing…?’

‘What did I do to this child?’

He’d roared and threatened this child when he encountered her in the Imperial City. He did something similar at the Superion Castle. Even though he knew she was afraid of him, he always looked at her with fierce eyes.

Soon he began to cry, covering his face with one hand while his shoulders  shook.

“….”

Lelia, who was diligently eating her maclia, looked at Carius with bewildered eyes.

She looked at Becky, who shrugged her shoulders. She didn’t know what happened to him either.

That was when.

“My granddaughter, have you been eating dessert?”

The Duke of Superior spoke in a friendly voice as he approached, having just returned from his outing.

Surprised, Lelia looked at her grandfather with round eyes.

The Duke thought the eyes were asking, “What about my grandmother?” and answered with praise.

“Your grandmother fell asleep in the carriage and I carried her to the bedroom….”

As the Duke was approaching Lelia, his expression hardened rapidly.

Carius, who was sobbing into his hand, came into the Duke’s sight.

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