Male Lead, Please Dump Me Three Times - Chapter 36
“I can’t forget it…….”
I want to forget.
It was surprising that I had managed to completely erase those strange scenes from my memory until now…….
But why did they have to come to mind right now, at this time?
It would have been better if I had continued to forget, then I wouldn’t have to be so bothered by it.
I sprawled on the bed like a pudding that had lost its elasticity.
“What should I do……. How am I supposed to face Ray……? And how should I face Delian……? Did I have an episode of short-term memory loss?”
Of course, I didn’t.
I felt like I might as well have been a voyeur.
I tightly closed my eyes.
Even more so, next week I had even promised to sleep together with Ray.
“Why did I make that promise…. I really want to sew my lips shut.”
If I were to sleep in Ray’s arms in this state…….
I would only have impure thoughts.
I thought as I washed my face dryly.
I’ll try not to care as much as possible.
I’ll try to forget as much as possible until that day.
With that resolution, I took out a purple book that was placed on the bedside table.
“Right. When it comes to getting rid of random thoughts, reading is the best after all.”
The faded cover was written in cursive.
I flipped the faded cover.
The first page had the same title written on it as the cover. However, no other information, including the author, was written anywhere.
[Untitled]
“Is this in the imperial script1궁중 서체 or 궁서체 refers to the Korean brush calligraphy style that palace maids used to write in the palace? It’s written so grandly for a cursive.”
It could have been just my imagination, but…….
As expected, I felt a strange aura coming from this book.
I turned another page. It was blank.
I couldn’t help but be surprised as I turned the next page again.
“What is this?”
It was blank again, of course.
No matter how many pages I turned, nothing was written on the faded yellow paper.
I flipped through to the last page, but not a single letter was visible.
“Ah……. Is this some kind of joke?”
It seemed like I had been scammed.
A headache came over me as if I had been hit on the temple.
“I didn’t go out to buy a sketchbook…….”
Wait a minute.
Thinking about it, does that bookstore owner sell without even checking the content?
I opened the book intending to rid myself of random thoughts.
Instead, more random thoughts arose.
Feeling scammed, I slammed the book shut and threw it down on the bedside table, tossing it.
“Damn. Should I go get a refund?”
Feeling self-loathing from thinking I had been scammed, I closed my eyes and immersed myself in meditation for a while.
‘Knock knock.’
After a while, a knocking sound came from the door amidst the silent stillness.
“Come in.”
The person who appeared through the opened door crack was Dermian.
Dermian only poked his head in and asked me,
“Sister, are you sleeping?”
“Yeah. Sleeping.”
“How can you answer if you’re sleeping.”
“Why. What is it. Why did you come?”
“No, just because.”
“Then since you came, turn off the light and leave. I’m going to sleep.”
I closed my eyes and pulled the blanket up over my head as I spoke.
The door seemed about to close again as it creaked, and Dermian’s muttering voice could be heard,
“It’s only nine o’clock, what…….”
At that moment, a thought suddenly struck me, and I called Dermian back,
“Hey, wait! Don’t go!”
And then I got up from the bed where I had been lying down.
Dermian looked at me with a puzzled expression.
“Huh? Why?”
“I have something to ask you. Can you come in for a moment?”
* * *
“Have you ever dated?”
“Of course. You know I’m popular.”
Although I didn’t want to admit it, it was true.
Dermian was quite popular at the academy, too.
Perhaps because of his decent appearance, he often received letters and gifts.
But knowing all too well even the lousy aspects of this guy, I simply couldn’t understand it.
“Really? Being popular is one thing. I don’t get it but let’s say I knew. But did you really date? A romantic. relationship. I mean.”
“Why would I tell Sister about me dating. Just quietly do it by myself. Would you tell me if you were dating, Sister?”
“That’s true……. Hey, will you listen to my story?”
“What is it.”
“It’s actually about my friend.”
Dermian’s expression became ambiguous for a moment.
He lifted one corner of his mouth and showed a sneering smile.
“Why do you look like that?”
“No, nothing. Go ahead.”
I was worried Dermian might misunderstand something, so I spoke in a very serious and calm tone,
“It’s really about a friend.”
“Got it.”
“Okay then, here’s my question.”
“Yeah.”
“You can hold hands even if you’re not dating, right?”
“……?”
“Imagine it’s your situation. Let’s say a female friend you know fell and hurt her leg a bit.”
“……Yeah.”
“So, would you carry her around like this, in a princess carry?”
I tried my best to imitate Ray’s gesture of holding me in his arms as I spoke,
“Why would you need to do that?”
“Well, she’s hurt. Because she’s in pain.”
“Do you really need to……?”
Dermian showed a puzzled expression, as if he was trying hard to understand a situation that made no sense to him.
‘Knock knock.’
Just then, another knock was heard,
“Come in!”
This time, the person who visited was Ellie.
“Oh, you haven’t slept yet? The young master is here too. Good timing. I came because I brewed some tea.”
“Yeah. It’s still early. He just came a bit ago.”
Dermian turned his head towards Ellie and said,
“Ellie, sit here too. Right now, I really don’t understand what my sister is talking about.”
“Oh my, why? What were you two talking about?”
Seemingly intrigued, Ellie pulled up a makeshift chair to the table where we were sitting.
Ellie’s face was filled with curiosity.
“Ellie, it’s about my friend.”
After glancing at Dermian, Ellie said,
“Um……. A friend?”
“It’s really about a friend.”
Worried that Ellie might also doubt me, I spoke again in a calm tone.
“Yes. Anyway, it’s about your friend’s love life?”
“Ah. It’s not love advice. Just something puzzling that happened.”
“I see.”
While Ellie and I were talking, Dermian casually sipped his tea.
“My friend asked. Even if they’re not dating, just acquaintances, can they hold hands?”
At that moment, Ellie’s lips smoothly curled into a smile.
“It’s not impossible.”
“See? Ellie says so too.”
After hearing Ellie’s answer, I teased Dermian.
“What should I do about this sister…….”
Dermian looked at me for a moment and then sighed lightly.
“I don’t know what to think.”
Soon, Ellie continued in a soft voice.
“Hm?”
“If the relationship isn’t defined yet, but there’s mutual interest, it’s not impossible.”
“But the problem is, they’re definitely not in that kind of relationship. Really. Especially according to my friend, there’s no way that guy could like her.”
Dermian did a dry wash of his face as if something was bothering him.
Ellie smirked beside Dermian.
“So, Ellie. Imagine if you were a guy. I’m sure you would do the same.”
“Hmm. Indeed……. Yes.”
“A female friend of yours hurt her leg.”
“Yes.”
“So, in that situation, you could carry her in a princess carry, right?”
“Yes……?”
“Anyway. The friend hurt her leg.”
“How badly was she hurt? Couldn’t she walk on her own?”
“No. She could walk just fine on her own.”
“Then…. Why bother?”
Ellie ended up saying the same thing as Dermian earlier.
“You guys……, why are you so heartless?”
I glared at them both in turn.
Soon, Dermian asked me,
“Sister. If James hurt his leg enough to walk, would you still give him a princess carry?”
“Are you crazy? Gross.”
Dermian glanced at me disdainfully for a moment and then said to Ellie,
“Ellie. You understand why I’m frustrated, right?”
“Yes. I think I understand clearly.”
Dermian and Ellie nodded to each other.
“So sister. Is that guy Duke Croit?”
“What, what are you saying! It’s about my friend.”
“I see.”
Dermian answered in a bored voice while picking his ear.
“But miss.”
“Hm?”
“One thing’s for sure, it’s going to be troublesome.”
“Who? My friend?”
Ellie closed her eyes and shook her head as she answered,
“Of course, the man who gave your friend a princess carry.”
“Why?”
Would Ray be annoyed?
Ray was just uncharacteristically kind and generous…….
My curiosity not satisfied, I stared wide-eyed and asked.
But what came back wasn’t Ellie’s answer.
Dermian muttered in a voice too low and soft to be heard,
“Tsk tsk……. You’re really caught up in something serious……. What a situation. Ah, so frustrating……. Really X annoying.”
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