The Male Lead I Raised Is Obsessed With Me

From her neatly groomed blonde hair and luxurious dress, I could tell that she was the Duchess of Summerhield.

“Nice to meet you, Duchess Summerhield. My name is Felia Valfruga.”

When I greeted her with a faint smile, Duchess Summerhield accepted my greeting with a flushed face.

“Welcome. I heard from my husband regarding what happened with Count Martech. Moreover, I heard that you followed Duke Valfruga to defeat the monster yourself? I really wanted to meet you after hearing that, but I never thought we would meet like this!”

“Thank you.”

“And you! You never told me she was this lovely!”

Duchess Summerhield looked at Duke Summerhield in a huffy manner.

“I did. I said there was a very lovely and clever girl who I wanted to take in as a daughter-in-law.”

“No. I knew you were weak in literature, but you couldn’t express even a hundredth of her loveliness in real life!”

Duchess Summerhield grabbed my hands.

“Enough of that, let’s head inside. I prepared everything in advance when I heard you were coming.”

Entering the dining room that Duchess Summerhield led us to, it was very luxurious.

It seemed that even if the Emperor had visited, they wouldn’t have decorated it like this.

The table, which was long enough to seat 20 people, was filled with all kinds of food, and on one side of the dining hall, an actual orchestra was playing in the background.

There was even a cow carved entirely from a block of ice.

‘In the South, that much ice would have been incredibly expensive.’

And a red-haired boy was standing in the centre of the dining room.

As soon as I saw him, I knew who he was.

‘He’s the sub male lead.’

Zach Summerhield.

The only son of Duke Summerhield and the future Duke of Summerhield.

In the original story, unlike the male lead, Luc, who had been obsessed with the female lead and performed all kinds of rated-19 plays, he had always been a man who silently took care of the female lead.

Purple eyes that shone brightly with short red hair.

I heard that he was the same age as me, but he looked like a rebellious teenager in many ways, with his tall stature, scars around his mouth and relaxed posture.

“This is my son, Zach. He must be the same age as you, Felia.”

Duke Summerhield placed his hand on Zach’s shoulders and introduced him to me.

I was amazed by the appearance of one of the main characters of the original novel which I hadn’t seen in a long while, so I stared at him.

Zach glared at his father, Duke Summerhield, as if he was dissatisfied with something.

And when he tried to say something, but held it in, he turned towards me this time.

It’s our first meeting. What should we say?

According to the original character’s personality, would it be ‘Nice to meet you?’

When I first met Luc, Luc’s condition was too severe and the duchy was in a terrible condition, so I never had the time to think about that.

But as soon as he opened his mouth, my illusions were shattered.

When he saw my gaze, he crumpled his forehead and spat out curtly.

“What are you looking at, ugly?”

Ugly, he says?

Is that what he said to me?

To be honest, my face was pretty even to me.

Bright pink hair like spring flowers, and sky blue eyes.

Rounded eyes and a button nose.

Beautiful, delicate lips.

Although it looked weak due to its excessive loveliness, it was not a face that could be called ugly even if your eyes were broken.

I was so dumbfounded that I asked back.

“Do you mean me?”

“Is there someone else here besides you?”

“Am I really ugly? Take a good look again.”

I can’t accept that this face was considered ugly.

Of course, being the sub male lead, Zach was very handsome, but I was also proud of my own appearance.

“I called the ugly thing ugly. What else do you want me to say?”

Zach replied curtly, and turned his head away.

“Come on, son. I know you’re embarrassed, but calm down.”

Duke Summerhield apologised to me, holding Zach’s neck in his thick arms as if to strangle him.

“I’m sorry. Although he’s my son, he’s very shy with the person he likes. You too, son. Didn’t you say you liked it when dad said that person was not only cute, but even smart?”

“When did I say that?!”

Zach’s tanned face, which resembled Duke Summerhield, flushed in an instant.

“You brat, haven’t you kept contacting your dad a few days ago asking when she was going to come……”

“Aaargh! Damn it, old man! Shut up! When did I do that?”

Zach struggled with a red face as he was trapped in the tight arms of Duke Summerhield.

“No, was dad wrong? You loved seeing her portrait back then……”

“Aaaargh!”

Every time Duke Summerhield opened his mouth, Zach jumped and tried to cover the Duke’s mouth with his hand.

Blackie whispered to me as he watched this scene.

[Master, is that person crazy?]

“I don’t know…”

I was also a little disappointed.

In the original novel, he only showed a handsome and cool side, but seeing him like this now, he seemed more like a mere handsome kid next door.

Although our Luc was younger, he was mature and smart.

Still, seeing him dislike me so much, I’ll just give up on Duke Summerhield’s plan on making me his daughter-in-law.

After barely calming Zach down, the meal began.

From tender steaks to fresh seafood.

Everything I ate was so delicious that my eyes almost rolled backwards.

“Come to think of it, I heard that Valfruga made a magic medicine for hair growth in the duchy. There are many aristocrats around me who wish to buy that medicine. Since you’re here, let me introduce you to them.”

Duchess Summerhield said warmly.

Even now, people are still queuing to buy the hair loss medicine, but new customers are always welcome.

If we get a boat, we can go back and forth to the South quickly.

“Really? Thank you.”

Duke Summerhield, who had been listening to our conversation, spoke.

“Ah right, I’m going to get someone from the South to assist you with your work. Who would you like? How about Petal, you’ve met him before……”

“I’ll help.”

It was Zach, who had remained still and never said a word, that cut off Duke Summerhield.

Zach, who was cutting the meat with a knife, noticed our gaze and raised an eyebrow.

“What? Why is everyone looking at me like that?”

“Nothing.”

Duke Summerhield replied with a smile as if he found it funny.

Zach opened his mouth as if he was about to say something, but then, as if remembering the fuss earlier, he closed his mouth.

Instead, he asked me bluntly.

“What’s with you? You don’t like it either?”

If Zach comes along, it’ll be helpful.

Since he was the only young master of the Summerhield Duchy, there was nothing he couldn’t do in the South, and it would be easier to deal with him rather than a strict administrator.

“No, I like it.”

Clank.

The knife that Zach was holding fell on the floor and made a loud noise.

Zach’s face was red, and his hands were trembling violently.

Was there a secret setting that the sub male lead was not healthy?

Was it a good idea that I’m supposed to go around with him?

＊  ＊  ＊

Please do not repost. Read only at Dropped Inks.

After dinner ended, when Felia left for her room, Zach collapsed as his legs gave out.

And he buried his reddened face between his knees.

“I think I’m going crazy. How can she be so pretty?”

Seeing his son’s pathetic figure, Duke Summerhield clicked his tongue.

“Why did you say she was ugly when you like her so much?”

“Ah, this is all father’s fault! You can’t just say she’s pretty. You should have told me that she was really, really pretty!”

When he first heard about Felia from his father, Duke Summerhield, he was a little intrigued.

However, the following events were surprising, and the moment he saw her face today, he thought to himself.

God had created my ideal type.

Her fluffy pink hair that made his fingertips tickle just by looking at it, and when those blue eyes covered under those long lashes blinked, it felt like someone was hammering his heart.

It was such a lovely face that he felt like the world would stop at her appearance.

When the corners of her eyes folded every time she smiled, his head felt lightheaded as if he had been stabbed.

And when she agreed to him, he foolishly slipped his knife.

Zach lowered his head helplessly.

“It’s all ruined. She must have seen me as a complete jerk.”

Duke Summerhield looked at his son with a dejected look.

He should have been born moderately handsome from the start.

They made him born so handsome that everyone still chased after him saying he was cool even when he acted haughtily, so it developed into a bad habit.

The only thing more impressive about him was his family, but if he had cared about that, he wouldn’t have asked the child to become his daughter-in-law.

Duke Summerhield looked at Zach with a complex look.

He will be rejected someday anyway, but it is a father’s heart to support his son even if it was a 0.0001% chance.

“It can’t be helped. There is only one way, son.”

“What is it?”

Looking at his son’s sulking face, Duke Summerhield replied spiritedly.

“Since you said you would help her this time, try to seduce her properly.”

Duke Summerhield winked at him.

“If you really succeed, dad will get you a divorce lawyer.”

“Ah, nevermind! I can’t do that!”

＊  ＊  ＊

Please do not repost. Read only at Dropped Inks.

Arriving in the room, I turned on the communication device.

When I tried to connect, I saw Luc’s face within a minute.

His face turned red and he was gasping for breath as if he had rushed so quickly.

“Did you run? You didn’t have to.”

“Yes, I wanted to see sister a little longer. If I reach one minute faster, I get to see sister for a minute longer.”

I really didn’t know where Luc learned to say that.

In the original story, rather than saying sweet words to people, he was busy trying to bed them.

Starting with the sub male lead, nothing matched the original plot.

“I want to see sister.”

Luc whispered without taking his eyes off me.

“Aren’t you seeing me now?”

“I want to see you in person.”

“Then, I should finish my work and go back quickly.”

“Don’t be rushed.”

Luc shook her head.

“Don’t get hurt and come back safely. I can wait for you for a hundred or thousand years as long as sister comes back safely.”

“A hundred years? I’ll pass away before then.”

When I laughed, Luc laughed along with me.

“Everything is okay in the duchy, right?”

“Yes. Oh, Naol was so happy when we returned. He finally doesn’t have to do paperwork alone. He won’t go on a strike as promised.”

“That’s a relief.”

It was interesting to talk to the sub male lead, Zach, but talking to Luc was the most comfortable for me.

As we talked about random things, I became sleepy.

While talking to Luc, I didn’t know when I had fallen asleep.

Luc continued to watch my sleeping form for a long time.

＊  ＊  ＊

Please do not repost. Read only at Dropped Inks.

The next day, I sat in the room lended by Duke Summerhield and opened the paper.

“Now then, shall we think of a way to meet Milcy?”