episode_0233

The expression on Young-ae’s face quickly hardened as she sat across from Edan, joyfully chatting. It didn’t take long for her to notice the drink spilled on her forehead.

“What the heck?!”

Young-ae, who belatedly sensed the sticky liquid flowing down her face, stood up, her hands covering her head. But the sharp smell of alcohol was already wafting from her forehead.

“Li-Lily…?”

And Edan, equally flustered by my unexpected actions, his eyes wide in confusion.

His plan to chase away Young-ae and engage in a verbal battle with Edan had changed with my actions.

“It may have deviated slightly from the original plan, but I guess we’ll just go with it.”

At the point where the drink was already in my hand and spilled on Young-ae’s head, it was impossible to just ‘nicely’ chase her away. The only relief was that by pouring white wine instead of red wine, her clothes weren’t stained.

I quickly drank the contents of the remaining glass, thinking that if I poured the remaining glass of red wine, I wouldn’t be able to salvage the situation.

“It’s kind of orange for a red wine… but it’ll do.”

With a glass in each hand, I faced Young-ae, who had alcohol spilled on her head, now dubbed White Wine Young-ae, glaring at me. Ugh, it’s annoying, so I’ll just call her White Wine Young-ae from now on.

Anyway, White Wine Young-ae, smelling of white wine from her forehead, glared at me and sharply questioned me.

“What… what are you doing?!”

“Nothing.”

“…Nothing?”

“Yeah, you heard me right.”

Until now, I had only seen White Wine Young-ae’s side profile, but now, her face, with the pig intestines she had shoved into Edan’s face, caught my eye.

Damn it. Even though I set the stage for her to seduce him, she should still have boundaries. Trying to spit on someone else’s things is just absurd.

Well, Edan’s not my thing, but still.

“Why is my head so hot… is it because of the alcohol…?”

Even if Lily’s body isn’t as weak to alcohol as Agnes or Natalie, it’s not likely she’d get drunk from just one glass of wine. Wine is wine, and even if it’s strong, it wouldn’t be enough to get drunk from just one glass.

But was there a type of wine that was particularly strong? I didn’t see the name of the wine when I brought it over, but it seemed to have some brand name on it.

Anyway, I wiped my mouth roughly and locked eyes with White Wine Young-ae in front of me. To start a proper clash with Edan, I had to get rid of this lady first.

“What kind of rudeness is this?! How dare you pour a drink on someone’s head and act so shamelessly…!”

“Ah, sorry. My hand slipped.”

“Y-Your hand slipped?! That’s a slip?!”

“Yeah, it’s a slip. Just like how you shoved your pig-like lips into Ed’s face, that was a slip. Isn’t it?”

“Pig lips… are you done talking?!”

Why do noble women always use the same old phrases in their arguments? I almost yawned at the predictable, outdated expressions.

Still, my original plan to spread rumors of discord between me and Edan was going smoothly in any direction. The gazes that were now gathering towards me, even without turning my head, were palpable from all directions.

Unintentionally becoming a sacrificial lamb, I feel sorry for the Bacchus lady, but since I was the one who first made a move on Edan with my beggar-like charm, it was ultimately my fault.

“Shut your mouth. The stench of pig dung is vibrating.”

“Don’t provoke me! How can you have such a foul mouth from the beginning?! How can you look at a person and talk about… feces, I mean… mouth… Are you not ashamed as a noble lady who doesn’t even follow basic etiquette?!”

“Then, is it considered polite to talk about whose chest is firmer in front of a man with a master?”

“…Ha! I knew it, from the beginning, you didn’t even know what kind of place this social gathering was and you were dragged here! Well, with such a dirty personality, it’s no wonder your fiancé is attending such a social gathering.”

I know the truth. As this social gathering was clearly created for the overnight entertainment of noblemen and women who seem lacking in some way, a somewhat vulgar approach seemed more appealing when it came to seducing a partner.

In front of a man you like, saying “if you take off your dress, you’re surprisingly amazing,” or a nobleman boasting to a lady, “I specialize in horseback riding and can ride horses for six hours a day,” was the extent of subtly showcasing one’s charm. Some overly bold individuals even went as far as to push their bodies against each other like that woman just did.

In that sense, the actions of the Bacchus lady towards Edan may not have been considered unacceptable at the social gathering, but my anger wasn’t really for that reason.

I was planning to seduce Edan as part of my strategy, but that loudmouth.

To Edan, damn it. She pushed it in.

…For some reason, my head just can’t seem to clear up. Maybe I got too excited and immersed in the moment.

“Even Blackwood Duke must be tired of a woman like you. No matter how pretty and busty you are, what’s the point? As a noble lady, your lack of manners and personality is a mess.

I heard that the Rosewood family is barely a viscount family, so it’s funny that a mere viscount lady is pretending to be engaged to a Blackwood Duke…”

-Crash!

“Ack!”

“Oh, sorry. I didn’t hear you. Could you repeat that? As you said, I come from a family without roots, so I haven’t learned manners properly, and I have trouble controlling my emotions.”

Startled by the broken glass under her foot, the Bacchus lady took a step back, and there was still an empty glass in my hand.

“So why touch someone else’s man’s lips. If you had kept it in check, I wouldn’t have gone this far. Why that dirty mouth on my man.”

“Huh, who, who knows how to be scared of this kind of thing?! And why are Blackwood Duke’s lips yours? I can’t understand that!

Until now, you’ve managed to hide that violent nature of yours well, but now there are so many people here to prove your lack of manners! Perhaps even Blackwood Duke will take this opportunity to break off the engagement with you…”

“Why are Ed’s lips mine? Show me why.”

-Snap!

“Ugh?!”

In response to the request from the tipsy lady to reveal who the owner of Edan’s lips was, I grabbed Edan’s body next to me and boldly pressed our lips together in front of the lady.

-Mwah, mwah.

“Mwah, mwah…”

Just in case she claimed that just touching lips was a kiss, we openly shared a deep kiss, intertwining our tongues.

I swallowed Ethan’s lips with my own, licked his lips with the tip of my tongue, and exchanged saliva and breath openly in a blatant kiss.

Fortunately, Ethan also understood my intentions and actively wrapped his lips around mine, causing Yeong-ae’s expression, who had been watching us from the corner of her eye, to freeze in real-time.

After about a minute of this display, the drunken Yeong-ae’s loud mouth fell silent, and Ethan’s and my lips were sticky with saliva.

“Lily, it seems like there’s a strong scent. Could it be that the drink you just had wasn’t wine but brandy…?”

“You saw that, right? Now, whose lips are Ethan’s.”

“….”

“If you understood, get lost right now. If you try to push that filthy mouth of yours onto Ethan one more time, I’ll make you eat pig dung.”

With a bewildered expression, Yeong-ae quickly regained her composure and hurriedly walked away from Ethan and me as if fleeing.

“Enough, stop it! If I mix words with a violent woman like you even a little, I’ll be suspected of lacking manners! Just do whatever you want with each other for the rest of your lives!!”

“What…?”

Do whatever we want for the rest of our lives…? Did she really just say that?

Surprisingly, he wasn’t that bad of a guy, was he? He might have done something a little harsh to someone who didn’t know the situation. Still, he seemed like a good guy for a non-virgin.

As the unknown Yeong-ae disappeared with some incomprehensible gossip, various gazes converged around Ethan and me.

‘…Ah, right, the plan.’

Although it had deviated quite a bit from the original plan, drawing attention and focusing attention on the surroundings was a success. I may have caused more of a commotion than planned due to my impulsive actions, but as long as the results were good, it was all good.

Now, if Ethan and I were to have a staged fight and I were to be temporarily isolated, all preparations would be complete…

“….”

“Lily?”

“….”

“Your face is red, are you drunk…?”

-Whack!

“Don’t come any closer!”

Damn it. Why is this happening all of a sudden?

I had already downed a glass of wine in the cup earlier, and since then, I hadn’t been feeling well. Suddenly, Ethan’s face appeared in front of me, which was very embarrassing.

‘Especially after kissing just now…’

Even though the kiss with Baek Po-do Yeong-ae was to prove Ethan’s relationship with me, it might have been a bit of a stretch to do it so openly.

No, to be honest, it didn’t matter how it looked to other people. It was just awkward for me to face Ethan in various ways.

But I couldn’t help it. After all, I was the one who first kissed Ethan without permission, so I couldn’t just stand there and watch.

It was also a crisis where I could have almost stolen Ethan’s lips from a girl who might not even know her name and might have existed in the game….

“….Ah.”

Right, I remembered. I had something to say to Ethan.

My flushed face quickly cooled as if it had been hit by cold air, and my rational mind analyzed the almost-accident that had just happened.

“Ethan.”

“Yeah, Lily.”

“Just a moment, I want to ask you something.”

“…What is it?”

“Earlier, when I wasn’t there, that lady kissed you. I’m talking about that.”

“…Yeah.”

“…Why didn’t you avoid it and just stand there?”

I wasn’t really asking out of curiosity.

I just thought that starting the conversation with this story rather than the planned topic could help fuel the discord between Ethan and me.

“Lily? What’s with the sudden question…”

“…Answer seriously, Ed.”

It was just a simple question, nothing more.