LIGHTNOVELWORLD After Resignation, I Refuse the Obsession from the Male Leads
Chapter 33
When I returned to the office, our Lord of the Wizard Tower’s sub-male lead looked absolutely… pale with fear.
“Seamus, are you okay?” “….” Seamus barely nodded. ‘Not just in romance fantasy, aren’t all male leads in romance novels heavy drinkers?’ Oh dear, is this place, like a workplace apocalypse, unnecessarily pursuing hyper-realism? I looked at Seamus with pity. Yeah, this is the hangover of a freshman in society. Endure it. Seamus turned his head away from me. His pale face was slightly flushed, as if he was embarrassed by his hangover. “This is my first time with this kind of poison, so I just got a bit lost. Next time, I’ll build up a tolerance.” “Yeah, yeah. The liver is meant to be trained…” Knock, knock. At that moment, a small knock was heard from the door. A faint voice calling my name followed. “Hello! Is Miss Layla Lowell inside?” “I, I’m inside!” Who came to see me? But when I opened the door… There was no one. Was I still drunk and hallucinating? “Hello! It’s downstairs!” “….?” As I slowly lowered my gaze to the voice of the child coming from below… A cute cheese cat wearing a blue bread hat was looking up at me. (t/n : people usually call yellow-colored cats as cheese cats.) A ridiculously cute cat, with a round, puffy head and a chubby body. The cat pointed at me with its front paw. Pink jelly caught my eye. “Hello, Miss Lowell! It’s Popo, the magical animal!” “Huh? Huh?” “I’m here to conduct a survey on employee satisfaction! Excuse me!” The cat jumped up onto the communal table and sat down comfortably. The way its belly fat bulged out was crazy cute. ‘Cute…!’ Romance may be over, but fantasy still remains in this world. I made a small, tongue-tied sound as I locked eyes with the cat, Popo. “Hello! Hello! What’s Popo doing here?” “Because of Miss Layla Lowell’s artifact!” Popo took out a piece of paper and a quill from its shoulder bag. “If you make an artifact, you have to fill out a satisfaction survey!” “No…! Popo does this?” Do they even make cute animals do this kind of work here? “Yep! When humans do it, the retrieval rate is way too low!” “Ah. Hmm.” …All the company survey emails I had countless times ignored throughout my career came to mind. Reflecting on my past behavior, I decided to immediately and faithfully respond to the survey. “First, how is the fit?” “It fits perfectly and is great.” “Then, have you tried all the features like ‘recording,’ ‘audio recording,’ and ‘playback’?” “Mhm?” I stroked Popo’s tail and tilted my head. “Was there something like that? I don’t think there was.” Popo clicked its cat-like tongue. “Meow, I guess the production team is still in chaos and forgot to mention it. Please test the features now!” “Yesss.” “Thank you. Then, see you next time!” Popo jumped off the desk. As I watched the retreating figure, I covered my mouth. “Haa…So cute…!” Small and cute things will save this world! Seamus also stared at it with curiosity, watching along with me. “…I’ve seen a lot of magical animals, but that one is something else.” “Is it rare even in the Wizard Tower?” “Something that sophisticated is rare. For it to even speak like that…” It was not only cute, but also amazing. Since it had come to this, I decided to check the features while I was at it and write up a report. “Hmm, let’s see. To use the recording, audio, and playback functions, press the top of the ear cuff while thinking of the function you want……” While I was examining the manual and testing it like that, Suddenly, the screen from when Henry was kidnapped appeared clearly before my eyes. ‘Aha! Recording was set to the default setting?’ The screen appeared when Seamus reached out to Henry’s core. Seamus also looked at the screen with me. “Now that I think about it, Seamus, it might just be a feeling but.” “What is it?” “Didn’t Henry say something to you that day…?” At the time, I thought it was just my imagination, so I brushed it off without giving it much thought. But when I looked at the screen, it was clear. Henry was definitely moving his lips. With the same shape of the mouth, over and over. ‘What is he saying?’ I repeated that section several times, trying to mimic Henry’s mouth movements. “Uh… Ah… Ah? No, wait, you. You…” Then, I froze without realizing it. Because the words that were repeated on the screen were… <You saw me, right?> <You saw me, right?> <You saw me, right?> * * * Right after I watched the scene recorded through the ear cuff. An emergency meeting was held right away. The male lead, the mastermind, and Seamus all seriously watched the screen I had projected. Finally, the mastermind spoke first. “Certainly. From the shape of the lips, it seems like what Miss Lowell is saying is correct.” “But it was confirmed that there were no traces of black magic in Henry at the imperial palace infirmary.” After answering that, the male lead asked Seamus. “Have you ever seen a black wizard before, Finley?” “…No. Black magic is prohibited even at the Wizard Tower.” “Then.” The three of them— the male lead, the mastermind, and Seamus— all turned to look at me at once. The conclusion was the same… “Does that mean someone from ‘Ceres’ saw me through Henry?” “…Probably, Lowell.” “Why? Because I’m Henry’s older sister? Because of the eyes that see the core?” At my question, the male lead and the mastermind exchanged mysterious looks. ‘What is that?’ As if they had a secret that only they knew? At that moment, the mastermind snapped his fingers. “Um, would you like to come in now? This is something we need to discuss together.” Then, the person who had been stuck in the LaXLaX bedroom hesitated and walked in. “Priest Lumière, hello…?” “Miss Lowell, hello.” I didn’t have a chance to ask earlier why I was dragged into the emergency meeting… It seemed like he didn’t know why he was dragged here either. As the male lead nodded, Priest Lumière awkwardly opened his mouth. “Actually, I had mentioned this to the two of them earlier, but I was in the process of verifying Miss Lowell’s lineage, right?” “Uh, um. That’s right.” That’s right. When I signed that crappy work contract, I made such a promise. Was that really necessary in this situation? “But even after searching through all the disappeared and existing families, there was no place that matched Miss Lowell.” “Ah, is that so?” I wasn’t particularly sad, so I answered indifferently. I didn’t have high expectations in the first place. ‘Even more so, I don’t understand why I’m talking about this in this situation.’ But for someone who failed the investigation, seeing Priest Lumière’s eyes sparkle like that… I was anxious. “However, the temple stores the relics made by the deceased. There is a very small amount of divine power there.” “And…?” “S, so, the conclusion is.” Priest Lumière clenched both fists. “It seems that Miss Lowell… is emitting the same spiritual wavelength as the last Saintess!” “…Yes?” “There is a relic left by her! I checked it just in case, and the wavelength matches, Miss Lowell!” “….” “This means bloodline. And direct descendants!” Even though Priest Lumière shouted with emotion, I couldn’t keep up with him at all. ‘If it’s the last Saintess, the one who was said to have been killed by the mad emperor?’ That person everyone in the empire learned about in history class. But that person who no one knows why she was murdered? “Yees?!” “You must be surprised, Miss Lowell. I was very shocked as well. They said the Saintess had no family at the time…” “Then, does that mean the Saintess had a child born out of wedlock?” I went straight for the direct hit. At that, Priest Lumière staggered as if he had been struck on the nape of his neck with a knife. “T, that’s true, but… could you please call it an illegitimate child, not a child born out of wedlock?” I would greatly appreciate your continued support by leaving a positive rating on NU so I can continue translating this novel. Thank you.
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