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Chapter 318: Invisible Feeling of Shame

Chapter 318: Chapter 318: Invisible Feeling of Shame

Nagi couldn’t help but reflect on what she had just said, and with her sharp mind, she quickly understood.

Maybe it was the same.

She had been avoiding going outside, essentially running away. Despite her comfortable lifestyle, she was like a bird in a cage.

Ren, on the other hand, was constrained by the rules and burdens of his past. He wasn’t physically trapped, but his mind and spirit had long been shackled.

She turned slightly and looked at Ren’s face without his glasses.

Nagi scooted closer to Ren. From keeping some distance before, she was now sitting right beside him.

"I’m not lonely... Let me say it again, I’m not lonely..."

Ren raised his hand and tried to smooth out the corner of his mouth, trying not to let Nagi see his smile and get upset again.

"Yeah, it’s not loneliness, not at all."

Replying in a clearly perfunctory tone, Ren placed his hand on Nagi’s head again. This time, she didn’t resist.

"Hmph~"

His dismissive tone was obvious, but Nagi only gave a light snort and didn’t move away.

"Amamiya, did this actually happen in my story?"

"Yeah, it did. After you lost your inheritance, your grandfather kicked you out of the villa without hesitation. Luckily, your mother’s inheritance was still under Klaus’s management. It was a shabby Japanese-style apartment. That’s where you, Miss Maria, and your housekeeper moved to later."

"Compared to being alone in that villa, the apartment might’ve been in worse shape, but the atmosphere was completely different. You met new people. Your friends helped you overcome your loneliness and even taught you how to manage your emotions. That’s also why Miss Maria chose to leave you in the end."

"...Because Maria was no longer my only person?"

"That’s right. She realized that you were capable of growing up, even without her. So, she made the choice to leave."

Stupid Maria... Nagi pursed her lips. Even if she could grow up without Maria, she still wanted Maria by her side.

"So in the end, I matured, but Maria left me. I really don’t like this kind of ending."

Nagi absolutely hated imperfect endings. No matter how cliché it might be, she still preferred a perfect ending.

"By the way, the protagonist in my story is that debt-burdened guy, right? What kind of person is he?"

Nagi had suddenly grown curious about the butler in her own story.

"Well... the story says he has a very unlucky-looking face. But actually, his face is kind of cute, and in the early to mid parts of the story, he often wore women’s clothes. Oh, and at the beginning, the white tiger you kept was almost mistaken for a female."

"White tiger? So I keep a white tiger in the story too."

"Don’t you have one in real life?"

"Of course not. Even if I don’t have common sense, I know that humans and white tigers can’t live together. Even if it’s the most ’humane’ tiger."

Keeping a tiger at home would definitely be uncomfortable, right?

Nagi didn’t feel confident she could tame one, but she still remembered the white tiger Ren mentioned.

"Did I pick up that white tiger in Africa?

"Yeah. By the way, didn’t you release it later?"

"I didn’t release it. After picking it up, I put it in a zoo I bought locally. At the beginning of the year, my bodyguard reported that the white tiger was living well and even had several cubs."

Nagi gently traced her cheek with her index finger as she recalled.

That tiger already had cubs... It was hard for Ren to imagine that scene.

The white tiger that could talk, read, and was super interesting in the story ended up with such a different fate.

But thinking about it, if Nagi hadn’t kept the white tiger by her side, it probably would have ended up in a zoo.

"The debt-ridden butler also has a feminine side. In other words, he looks androgynous. What else? He couldn’t have been hired as your butler just because of his looks."

Nagi didn’t believe her character would hire someone so casually.

"In terms of ability, he had a lot. In the story, he was an all-rounder when it came to housekeeping—his level of skill was comparable to Miss Maria’s. And because of his tough past, he lied about his age and worked various part-time jobs, so he picked up a ton of random skills and knowledge."

"Well, that’s pretty ordinary."

Knowing lots of skills and having broad knowledge wasn’t impressive to Nagi. In her eyes, that kind of butler was just average.

"What if I told you he once caught up to a speeding car on a bicycle, and even after getting hit, he was completely unharmed?"

"..."

Nagi’s face twitched. After confirming that Ren wasn’t joking, she couldn’t help but complain.

"Is that guy a humanoid Gundam or something?"

Catching up to a high-speed car on a bike and then surviving being hit? That kind of physical ability was clearly abnormal.

"No wonder I took him in as a butler in the story."

Nagi suddenly felt that this debt-ridden butler had some redeeming traits.

"No. The main reason you hired him as your butler was because when he was desperate and trying to repay his debts, he rushed out of the villa to kidnap you. He even declared he was going to ’capture’ you. In the story, you misunderstood and thought he was confessing to you. That’s why you brought him back and made him your butler, keeping him by your side."

"...???"

Listening to Ren’s detailed explanation, Nagi felt overwhelmed with embarrassment. Her entire face seemed to flush red.

"So it was for such a ridiculous reason!?"

"In the story, am I supposed to be in love? How dumb! Couldn’t I tell he was trying to kidnap me?!"

(To be continued.)