She let out a smiley eye while patting our cat’s fur. “It’s been a long time since you visited me, Miss. What made you change your mind?” Her actions are getting weirder that even Frederick asked her aunt if she had eaten something weird. The Countess didn’t answer his question, rather she tried to snatch Mingming, but Frederick hid her inside his cape. Mingming’s action was also in question because instead of hiding, she jumped into her arms. She kissed our baby's nose. “Don’t worry Kiddos, I can’t hurt this being who saved my life.” Before I could raise my voice to protest, they already vanished as their image in my eyes faded. How did a mere kitten who almost buried in snow saved her life?What’s in front of us was the server named Gretel. A sixteen-year-old red-headed gal with freckles on her cheeks

A predator who waited for the time to lure his prey out. Yes, that’s me. I glued my eyes to the 3 people.In this jungle, there were multiple predators which made the hunt challenging.For example, Lady Atkinson. Right now, could not wait to rip out the gentlemen’s flesh. Poor Reyner, look at how droopy his eyes were. He wiped his face with his white handkerchief every minute. Her boldness to link her arms to the crown prince was on another level.Another thing to mention was these low-grade frog princes who assume they would get my best friend’s hands by inviting her to dance made this an impossible task.P.S. some frog princes dared to make a move on me too!I asked Ella to put her hand on her forehead and mumbled gibberish words to me as rejection signal to these frogs. Our Oscar worthy acting came in handy once more.What was the best solution, so the preys would move to my advantage?

A week had passed since I became a home buddy. I have been a home buddy all my life — no reasons to go out since all eyes were on me. People have a short attention span; I waited for them to erase my existence in their minds.Game Progress: 20%Unlocked Hidden Gems: 1 out of 5Hidden Quests: 0 out of 3Relationship Meter:Duke Frederick Wren Ivrea : 30%During the past few weeks, there was no time that I haven’t checked if I received a notification about new tasks. A part of my brain wanted to make a move, but the other told me not to take any step. I would make everything worse if I did.I only tried to change my action a little for the sake of achieving my plans yet, I received attention, the character’s actions diverted from the original storyline, and what’s worst was one of my targets suffered.There was a new place in this mansion, I disc

This man who made my arm a hostage whistled as if he is not torturing someone. He didn't even let me thanked the Duchess.I looked back and saw James, who nodded at me.If news about my visit in his duchy appeared, it wouldn't blow me down anymore.We stopped in front of a brown bifold door. By the finger snap, the door opened on its own. It was like the older and magical version of "Siri, open sesame!""Welcome to my lair!"He was like a content creator who was about to make an office tour.It would be weird if I would be the first to enter, so I waited for him to sit on his throne until he signaled me to sit on the chair in front of his worktable.He also ordered James to bring water and tea for me.This humble chancery was the opposite of the typical aristocratic office. They calculated the space needed around the office. Even extending both arms, there was still a wiggle room.

As the wheels of the carriage kept spinning, so as our conversation.~"Your Grace, I heard your heavy breathing. Was there any problem?""The Kingdom of Tozia learned about our expedition. They will attack us since we're away, so please evacuate immediately. Based on our source, their army will arrive this afternoon. Do not worry. We'll be there after I disposed of the old scumbag.""Did you forget I had your blessing?""The blessing couldn't work its wonders today, so you had to listen."~See? He hid important detail from me! This blessing he gave was still a mystery to me. I should have asked the Duchess if he didn't drag me away.Moving on, the Kingdom of Tozia is a small kingdom from another continent. From my impression as the reader, the Daria had good diplomacy with them even though we're frenemies in economics, businesses, and research. But why now? This scene wasn't from the novel eith