The Obsessive Male Leads Want to Eat Me Alive

agony. 

Whether to accept my offer or not. 

However, there would be no other option.

‘It’s a very valuable item, so he wouldn’t dare make a fuss in the Forest.’

As it would then be noisy.

Precious things could sometimes become weaknesses.

Whether it’s a person or a thing.

In particular, it would be fatal to an imperial family member in such a high position like Gerard.

‘He’ll want to hide it as much as possible.’

‘So it’s clear that he won’t be able to do radical actions like suddenly attacking the Forest.’

Truthfully, when I sent the card to Gerard, I had already finished calculating this part.

In the end, he would have no choice but to ponder about my proposal…

‘What will he choose?’

I was curious and subtly intrigued, and I raised the corners of my lips slightly wickedly.

“Sister, why aren’t you eating?”

“Yes?”

When I suddenly raised my head at the voice calling me, Heinrich narrowed his eyes.

“It’s your favorite cream bread.
Why aren’t you eating it as usual? What are you worried about?”

I shook my head in surprise.

“No, I don’t have a problem.
I’m eating well.”

Then, as soon as I finished speaking, I ate the fluffy cream bread.

‘I can’t let the children find out I’m worried about my adoption.
Never.’

“……”

Heinrich looked at me with his purple eyes narrowed.

Sislin alternated his gaze between Heinrich and I. 

Feeling a sense of crisis in front of the quick-witted kids, I smiled as naturally as possible while holding the plate.

“Oh well~ I left something behind, and so I’ll stop by the dormitory for a while.
Eat well, guys.”

“Gwudbywu Annette (Goodbye Annette).”

“You have to come back later~”

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“Yes.”

I waved to Julien and Sasha cheerfully and left quickly.

***

“Phew, I think I know what it means by ‘you can’t even drink water carelessly in front of babies’.”

Everyone was surprisingly quick to catch on.

Especially about me.

“That’s why I hope it will be finished as soon as possible.”

‘Why hasn’t he contacted me?’

It was at that time when I entered the dormitory, wondering if I was too impatient to expect an answer right after breakfast.

“……!!!”

“Who is it? An intruder?”‘

My bed and locker were all in a mess.

As if a thief went through it.

“……Caw!”

Just then, a clever-looking crow grabbed my key and opened the treasury (drawer) and, as if startled, it dropped the key.

Oh, I know this crow!

“You… Prince Gerard sent you?!’

There was a strong barrier around this mansion that prevented intruders from entering, but there was one exception.

It was the carrier bird (sometimes not necessarily a bird, but some other animal) sent by the nobles.

Because the El Dorado nobles wanted to confirm the knowledge and character of the tree they were interested in by exchanging letters at any time.

So everyone was allowed to enter the Forest garden, but only the little animals carrying letters were allowed to enter the mansion.

He was aiming for it.

‘How dare he get a speechless little beast to do such a naughty thing!’

But considering it was a beast who was unable to speak, the expression on the crow’s face… It was, like, pretty mean.
As if it knew exactly what was going on.

“…Caw.”

Sneakily— The crow glanced at me and picked up the key again.

‘What?’

That was a sight I had seen somewhere before.

Yes, when I turned on the light to go to the kitchen at night to get some water, I ran into a cockroach.

‘But this situation is like the cockroach is watching me…!’

‘It needs to be punished.’

I quietly picked up the pillow.

And.

Woong! I advanced and started swinging the pillow.

“Caw?!”

Phut– phut! The beaten bird dropped the key and wore a stupid expression for a moment.

“Naughty crows need a spanking, a spanking!”

Phut!

“Caw!?!!”

Phut!

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“Caaaaw!?”

The crow flew out of the window and frantically stumbled down — staggering down, then fled again, flapping its wings.

‘Wow, I kicked it out.’

My stuff, nothing’s missing, right?

I quickly opened the treasure chest drawer with the key.

There were my treasures.

A soap bubble stick, a teddy bear made with Sasha, and even a lid of a can from Julien.

Fortunately, none was lost and everything was safe.

‘Aren’t you looking down on me too much, Prince?’

Of course, rather than looking down—

‘There must have been no other way.’

It must be like catching straws.

‘I’m sorry, but this straw is rotten?’

The cigarette case wasn’t here.

Gerard would never know, I hid it in an unimaginable place!

I headed straight to the classroom.

Just then, I saw Julien walking down the hallway.

“Julien!”

–Ppojak?

When Julien looked back at me, he approached me with a laugh, “Hehe.”

“Annette! Are you going to class?”

“Yes! Wait a minute.
Will you come and turn around?”

“Okie.”

I pulled the cigarette case out of the squirrel bag (the secret space inside the king-sized acorn that the squirrel is holding).

‘Haha, it’s all right.’

This ‘moving shiny safe’ was quite suitable for hiding things.

To begin with, a harmless child like Julien was less likely to be suspected, and, realistically, even if one went through the squirrel bag, the acorn was just decoration and did not look like a storage space.

‘Originally it was just a decoration, but through my handiwork, I remodeled it.
Whoo-hoo!’

‘It’s worth it.’

I rubbed my nose and smiled wickedly.

I suddenly wondered.

‘Now, how will Gerard respond?’

That afternoon.

Gerard’s reply came from the Imperial Palace.

He seemed to have realized that dirty tricks wouldn’t work.

Gulp–

‘What would he say?’

About my proposal.

I took a deep breath and opened the card to check the contents.

Then my eyes widened.

“…This.”