“Master, you’re wearing a cute outfit today.”

“Huh? Oh.”

“Don’t you think it shows too much of your skin?”

Wearing a knee-length dress with half-boots, my calves were slightly visible. But it was nothing more than that.

“That fool, he’s been showing off Master’s skin to everyone.”

Seth muttered, clicking his tongue, which enraged Dietrich.

“Doesn’t it occur to you that you’re the one who was suppressing her?”

“Master, let’s go.”

Seth completely ignored Dietrich.

“Come with me, miss.”

The hooded man from the tower approached me.

“J-just a moment! Give me some time to pack my things.”

I rushed back to the mansion. I quickly opened the door to the second-floor room, gathered the jewels Dietrich had given me, and carefully packed them. I couldn’t be dragged away while being penniless again!

The two of them immediately followed, and when they saw me, Seth laughed at me in disbelief.

“Master, I thought you said you didn’t want to take what I gave you?”

“Huh?”

I hastily responded while quickly moving my hands.

These are just some good things to sell, its good things that I can sell!

“You didn’t even pretend to look at what I gave you, and now you’re taking what that idiot gave you?”

“Huh?”

Something seemed strange, so I turned around, and there was Seth, who was smiling oddly.

“I told you to keep everything, even me, and you were always thinking of running away.”

Although his voice was gentle, it felt like the words came from a spirit risen from hell.

“Hmph, you think the writer would like what a scumbag like you gave her?”

Not knowing when to keep his mouth shut, Dietrich poured in more oil to it.

Bam.

This time, the sound came not from Dietrich, but from Seth.

“Master, I’ll give you more jewelry, so leave this behind.”

“No!”

As Seth approached me, I quickly grabbed the jewelry box that was in front of me.

Money is power here!

I refuse to be penniless!

The shopkeeper of the general store sold me out for money, and the reason I worked part-time was because I had no money.

If I had money, I wouldn’t have worked at the part-time store, nor would I have met these people and had my values shaken!

I don’t want that life anymore.

“Did you see that?”

Dietrich smirked.

“The gems that the writer is holding now, were handed down through generations in the Beluga family. Only the Duchess is allowed to wear them.”

Upon hearing Dietrich’s words, I looked at the jewelry box I was holding and indeed, it was the set of accessories made from the blue diamond that Dietrich had shown me before. 

This was the heirloom of the previous Duchess!

“Oh my!”

As soon as my brain registered those words, my body flung the box away.

There was no way I was going to take it away.

“Fuhaha!”

While gathering the remaining gems, I heard Seth’s laughter from behind. As I wondered if I could hear footsteps, someone embraced my waist from behind.

An unexpected scent wafted in, hitting my nose.

“Ah, Master.”

“Seth. Ah.”

I was caught off-guard by the unexpected kiss.

Falling prey to the unexpected physical contact, I couldn’t resist grabbing onto the hem of his clothes. A sweet scent entered my nostrils as his probing tongue grazed against mine, and I swallowed it involuntarily.

“Oh, you’re good at this.”

Seth, whose lips parted from mine, lightly licked my lips. With narrowed eyes and with a smile, he remained as handsome and charming as ever.

“You haven’t forgotten what I taught you, have you?”

Feeling my face heating up, I turned my head abruptly. Just as I did, something soft brushed against my ear, accompanied by a murmuring sound.

“Are you sure you want to keep all these jewels? “

“Yeah.”

“This damn guy!”

Despite Dietrich growling and unsheathing his sword, he couldn’t do anything. Because I was still in Seth’s arms.

“By the way, Seth.”

“Yeah?”

“Do you still have my 100 gold? Give that to me.”

“Hahaha, of course. Anything else that you want?”

I was about to say cash, but I swallowed hard. Maybe then the quick-witted Seth would pick up on something else.

“Umm, the red diamond necklace you gave me before.”

“Did you like that?”

“Yeah.”

It looked the most expensive.

Seth kissed my cheek, seemingly in a better mood.

“Writer!”

Coming up beside me, Dietrich’s eyes were looking as if he was looking at a traitor.

“You……!”

He held up the former duchess’s jewelry box, which I had abruptly dropped in surprise.

“Don’t you know that this color suits you better?”

Dietrich, my conscience aches at the thought of selling it. I can’t possibly sell your mother’s heirloom.

“What are you talking about, you foolish knight. Red suits the best on my master.”

The dark chancellor kissed me again on the cheek, and Dietrich couldn’t pull me out of Seth ‘s perfect embrace.

The only way he could pull me away from him was by force.

I’m sorry, Dietrich.

I wrote you off as a character who is the arch nemesis of the Black chancellor and always gets pushed around by him.

***

The men from the tower traveled in the carriage of the Milan family, and the two male leads along with me traveled on the carriage of the Beluga family.

I had always wanted to meet the Lord of the tower, but I didn’t expect to meet him this way.

“Master, my master.”

“Hmm?”

“Didn’t you miss me?”

“I missed you, eup.”

Seth, who tightly embraced me with the jewels, pressed his lips against mine.

It was still the kind of touch that could make a person dazed, and my head was turning white. I was halfway at letting it go when I suddenly caught sight of someone who was angry in front of me.

“How dare you.”

It was Dietrich who pulled me away from him. He wiped my lips with the sleeves of his clothes and then brought his lips to mine.

I felt my hand on his hard thigh as I tried to move my leg, but Dietrich’s arms were wrapped around me and I couldn’t move.