The woman screamed with an expression that looked ready to cry. Seeing her body trembling violently, one could imagine how terrified she was.

“I can’t give you much time. Would about 10 minutes be enough?”

The smiling man’s expression looked incredibly cruel.

“Th-that’s too short.”

“I don’t think I can give more than that either. Then there’s no choice. I’ll have to tell you to become friends now.”

When he spoke firmly, Bianca’s face turned pale beyond yellow to white.

“Eek!”

How was she supposed to become friends with a snake!

Bianca couldn’t maintain her sanity. Even though she wanted to embrace the snake with the power of love, seeing it approach with its tongue flicking out gave her goosebumps and made it impossible.

“D-don’t come! You said you’d give me 10 minutes, just 10 minutes!”

She shouted desperately with bloodshot eyes wide open, but,

“It wasn’t me who refused, it was you, my lady.”

The response that came back was far too cold.

Right now, if she wanted to be engaged to him, she had no choice but to endure it. Just endure it. If she endured, she could have that man!

The moment the snake touched her leg, goosebumps rose all over her. Her body froze instantly, but she tried to bear it.

However, the moment it tried to coil around her leg, Bianca fainted.

“Oh my. She fainted.”

Just before Bianca fainted, Klein’s face hardened coldly when he approached to support her.

He was certain. This woman wasn’t the woman he loved, but someone else who had stolen his beloved’s body.

He couldn’t find any trace of those transparent and beautiful eyes she had shown toward Kan.

How dare she try to deceive him.

While feeling indignant, anxiety also washed over him.

If their bodies had switched, where on earth had the real Lady Roxburrow disappeared to? Most likely, she was possessed in that woman’s body.

The problem was that he had no idea what that woman’s original appearance looked like.

The moment he realized this, he felt afraid for the first time. Worried that something might happen to her.

Where could he go to find her? Could he find out through the unconscious woman? The thought that it wouldn’t be easy to find her made his chest feel tight.

But first.

“Kan, go back in.”

The snake, following his command, went back into the iron cage and rested like nothing had happened.

Soon after, he lifted Bianca and carefully laid her on the sofa.

With his brow deeply furrowed, he clicked his tongue while looking down at the woman.

“What would be the best way to handle this?”

While he pondered whether to tie her up with rope and lock her in the underground dungeon or confine her to a room, Ciella, who had been hiding under the desk, came out.

“Could it be…”

The moment he saw the dog, Klein felt hope rising like a ray of light in a maze filled with darkness. Hope that he might get her back.

Ciella immediately climbed onto the sofa and carefully looked at the possessor’s face. Seeing herself lying there felt strange and gave her mixed feelings.

At the same time, she felt angry. If it weren’t for her body, she would want to bite that throat right now.

What a waste.

It was disappointing that she couldn’t retaliate immediately, but she had to endure it. Once she got her body back, it wouldn’t be too late to make her pay for her crimes then.

Ciella withdrew her gaze from the possessor and looked at Klein.

Did he know about the body switch and deliberately call for the snake?

Her eyes looking at him were clearly filled with expectation. Hoping desperately that he would recognize her.

However, just looking at his stiff expression, she couldn’t tell what thoughts had driven his actions.

Please! Please recognize her.

She looked at him with desperate feelings, but his eyes only narrowed. No miracle occurred where their hearts connected or where he noticed everything just from her gaze.

Well… there was no way he could know. Even if he thought their bodies might have switched, he would think her body and the possessor’s body had switched, not that there was a dog involved.

Since she couldn’t communicate with words, it was frustrating and somewhat discouraging, but her hope wasn’t completely crushed. She thought that now he might believe her words.

Ciella turned around and hurriedly climbed onto the desk.

“What are you doing?”

Since she was suddenly doing something absurd, Klein’s voice dropped low, but she paid no attention and picked up a fountain pen whose cap was slightly open.

She twisted her head and tried her best to write on the paper. Writing so crookedly and messily made her wonder if it would be readable, but now wasn’t the time to worry about that.

If she bit too hard, the fountain pen might break, so controlling the pressure wasn’t easy, making it difficult just to write three characters.

[Ciella.]

“Woof woof!”

When she barked to indicate she had finished writing what she wanted to say, Klein approached.

Would he recognize it? He would, right? What dog in the world could write letters? So he would believe her, right?

“How could a dog know how to use a fountain pen… There’s no way it could write either.”

With eyes full of doubt, Klein read the paper she had written on.

That time passed so slowly it felt like a year. What kind of reaction would he show? She was so nervous her mouth went dry.

“This is… impossible.”

Though it was messy, he seemed able to read it roughly, and he was too shocked to continue speaking.

Unable to take his eyes off the paper, he looked at Ciella with an expression of disbelief.

“Are you really Lady Roxburrow?”

He confirmed once more.

Woof.

‘That’s right!’

She barked while vigorously nodding her head. Finally, it felt like they could communicate.

“D*mn it.”

The moment Klein realized that Ciella’s soul was inside Cookie’s body, he covered his face with both hands. Joy at finding her rushed over him, but self-loathing also washed over him.

‘What have I been saying all this time!’

Because it felt comfortable, he seemed to have poured out tremendous words. There seemed to be mixed in words that could make her misunderstand him as crazy or a pervert…

He didn’t have the confidence to look at Ciella’s face right now.

He wanted to go kiss her immediately, but he also felt like running away. However, he couldn’t do either.

It would be ridiculous to kiss Ciella in a dog’s form, and running away would also be ridiculous since she had already heard everything anyway.

“Lady Roxburrow, you must have heard all of my feelings…”

Klein carefully opened his mouth. Since she already knew his heart, he was curious what answer Ciella would give him.

Of course, he didn’t expect her to accept his feelings.

“If it made you uncomfortable, I apologize. You can pretend you didn’t hear it.”

Unable to say “please accept me,” he said something different from his true feelings. He didn’t want to burden her.

Looking at Klein’s face, his ears completely red from not knowing what to do, Ciella smiled warmly.

She had never seen such a cute side of him before. Discovering this new aspect made her heart start pounding.

I feel the same way. She wanted to go tell him immediately, but since she couldn’t answer with words, she approached him and licked his lips.

She wanted to express in that way that she felt the same as he did. Since they both knew they shared the same feelings, there was no need to hide it anymore.

“!”

Then his body stiffened like he had received a great shock.

Why is he acting like that?

She was tilting her head and carefully looking into his eyes when his large hands suddenly embraced her.

“D*mn it!”