“Heh heh, do you know where we are?”
“Let me see, I wonder where.”
Olivier replied curtly to Jidock Rocco’s question, his smile unwavering.
The door he had entered through had been politely locked from the outside. Olivier inwardly despaired at the reality that she couldn’t escape even if she struck the man before her.
Even if she couldn’t escape, there were things she could do. For example, she could gain valuable information by continuing to talk with Jidock.
“You should know this is private property of the Ronmayer Marquis Family. Heh, this is located in a corner of their prized apple orchard.”
“You don’t mean the Marquis of Ronmayer himself?”
If Jidock’s words were to be believed, it meant the Marquis family had rebelled against the kingdom.
However, Olivier had something else on her mind. She wondered if the Ronmayer family had any magicians, but she didn’t know enough about a family she didn’t associate with.
Besides, for someone like her, who was hardly sociable, there was no way she would know the affairs of another family unless she actively investigated.
If she had even a little interaction with the ladies of other families, she could hear various things through gossip, but unfortunately, Olivier had no such opportunities.
“Why are you telling me this?”
It was fortunate that she knew her location. It was better than being trapped in a place she didn’t know at all.
Now that she knew where she was, she could escape once she got outside. The problem was when that chance would come.
“You’re not going to release me, are you?”
“Heh heh, this is my repayment for you calling me a fool repeatedly.”
Jidock took a step closer, and Olivier took a step back.
Given the significant difference in their physiques, there was nothing she could do if the slightly plump young man before her grabbed her. She had means of counterattack, but she hesitated inwardly, wanting to save them for a crucial moment.
“If you want to repay me, do so. I will not yield to anything you do.”
“—Th-that’s fine! Your dignified expression, your cold eyes, it’s utterly thrilling! —*pant, pant* Heh heh heh, I almost came.”
“You’re a disturbingly perverted man. When we met before, I thought you were still an endearingly human being?”
“It’s all thanks to you, Olivier-tan. Heh heh heh, it’s all thanks to you thoroughly denouncing me in front of my parents—a new door has opened.”
“……What?”
Olivier had braced herself to hear a tale of resentment, but Jidock’s words were different.
She let her guard down and tilted her head, but Jidock continued, his breath ragged.
“I had an inkling of it from the beginning, but I desperately hid it, no, I pretended not to notice. Yet, my peculiar desires were exposed—Olivier-tan looking down on me, my parents and the Duke looking bewildered. Just remembering the freezing atmosphere from that time makes me, makes me AAAAAAAHHHHH!”
Olivier recoiled at the man’s roar, who had even changed his self-reference.
But it was her own fault. If his words were true, then Olivier herself was the one who had caused this perverted hobby to bloom.
“So, you came here to get revenge, then.”
It finally clicked. It must have been for revenge that Jidock, who wasn’t a magician, appeared here, using some unknown connection.
She had to take responsibility for her actions. Ever since she met Jared and began to find happiness, she had braced herself for a day like this to come.
Olivier continued to act bravely, but she felt tears welling up at the thought that Jidock might do something to her.
“Oh? Aren’t you misunderstanding something, Olivier-tan? I have come here to repay a debt of gratitude.”
“R-repayment?”
—However, what came out of Jidock’s mouth was not revenge, but the completely opposite word, repayment.
“It’s repayment. Yes, of course. By having my peculiar desires bloom and be exposed, my parents brought me the perfect queen— no, bride for me. Thanks to that, our marital life, starting with our nights together, is going smoothly! I even have a child!”
“Th-that’s congratulations.”
“Heh heh, thank you! I would like to name my daughter after my benefactor, Olivier-tan.”
“Um, Gidock,”
“Yes?”
“Then, um, what are you here to do?”
If he didn’t resent her, Olivier couldn’t quite figure out the purpose of the young man writhing and breathing heavily before her.
“Naturally, I have come to rescue my benefactor, Olivier-tan. It seems the scoundrels who, along with Leonard Gallagher, dared to rebel against the kingdom and kidnapped you, misunderstood that I resented you.”
“Normally, they would think that.”
It was rather strange that Jidock felt gratitude.
“And because of that misunderstanding, they offered me a deal, saying I could do whatever I wanted with you for money. They probably need funds. At that time, I had already noticed the conspirators secretly instigating a rebellion, so I pretended to accept their sweet words—Hihhi.”
