I Am the Nanny of the Villain

“……”

Ethan was silent for a moment. The lips that had touched slowly moved away, and Sarah’s red-tinted face filled his vision. He just stared blankly at it. He didn’t even seem to have a good grasp of what had just happened to him. Seeing that, Sarah smiled a little.

“I’m sorry. Are you surprised?”
“……Ugh.”

Ethan stepped back, blushing. It was the first time she saw Ethan so defenseless. In fact, she didn’t try to express her feelings to Ethan first in this way. However, it seemed that if she left Ethan like this, she would never be able to resolve the misunderstanding. Anyway, she had to go back to Park Hyeyeon’s body once. This was the right time when Kazer’s power and Ethan’s power collided.

   “But I’m not kidding, I’m serious. Actually, it’s been a while since I had a crush on Duke-nim.”
   “Sarah, I’m……”
   “To be honest, Duke-nim expected a lot, right?”

He had to say he didn’t expect it at all, but he felt like choking up. He was crawling between terrible despair and shady obsession until just now. Now, he felt like he was going to break down from head to toe. It wouldn’t be strange if he melted away like this.

“……”

When Ethan couldn’t answer so much, Sarah looked back, narrowing her brows. The remains of the Ambrosia Knights left were soon slowly shedding their killing intent toward this side.

“Ah, at this crucial moment.”

She barely had the courage to convey her feelings, but the surrounding area was a battlefield where life and death come and go, far from being romantic. She didn’t like the timing and location too much. Sarah clicked her tongue and flicked her fingers, creating her magic.

“[Seize the fleeting time.]”

At the same time as she memorized the starter word, a magic circle formed under her feet. The mana emitted from the magic circle engulfed the space in an instant. Even the monsters, ordinary soldiers, and the people of the Blight Empire who were watching this from Lord Alton Castle were all covered by the magic circle. As if only Ethan and Sarah were left in this space.

“This……”
“Shall we end this kind of kid’s prank soon? I thought I was going to die of boredom because I had to take care of it in moderation.”

Sarah let out a deep sigh, brushing her hair. It was necessary to show everyone that Kazer had been reborn as a completely corrupted black magician. On this spot today, Kazer de Crombell dies. But as long as the Emperor keeps his eyes wide open, he will try to save Kazer somehow. Ethan and Sarah had no intention of giving the emperor any justification.

“Can I take care of everything now?”

At Sarah’s words, Ethan nodded slowly. At the barely granted permission, Sarah smiled happily.

“Then let’s talk about something between the two of us. It’ll only take a moment.”
“……Yes.”

Ethan nodded quietly. The atrocious atmosphere that had been before had disappeared. Inside the magic circle that blocked the space, now the two could only focus on each other.

“Grrr.”

Ah, and Kazer de Crombell, who couldn’t handle it all, was also there. As if the end was near, Kazer was exhaling hard. So Ethan and Sarah decided to lightly ignore his existence.

   “I’ll hear the answer to my confession later.”
   “……!”
   “I’ll be right back, even though I want to hear Duke-nim’s answer now, so please wait a little bit.”

Sarah rolled her eyes and burst into a clear laugh as she looked at Ethan’s eyes which were wide open.

“Do I look like someone who will leave forever without hearing Duke-nim’s answer? Absolutely not.”

It was not until he heard the laughter that Ethan groaned in a suppressed voice. He began to feel the sincerity of Sarah’s words that she would come back a little now. Sarah, whom he knew, was certainly not a woman to sit still, even out of curiosity.

“……Sarah.”
“Yess.”

Sarah answered, stretching her words softly. Ethan raised his hand to cover his mouth. His mouth was ripped open defenselessly. He couldn’t show himself like that. However, his face, which was gradually burning red, was not covered.

   “You don’t know how vulgar blackmail ran through my mind until just a moment ago and then subsided.”
   “I didn’t.”
   “I can’t even do it now.”

He was afraid he would be hated. He was afraid he would lose that affection that just came out of those pretty lips. When he had nothing to lose, he was going to give up and shackle her. But Sarah put the chain on Ethan. Now he was in her hand. She gave him something he didn’t dare ask for. So in the end, Ethan had no choice but to lose to Sarah again this time.

“This will be the first and last time I’ll let you go with my hands.”
“Yes, please do so.”

Sarah gently took Ethan’s hand, which was covering his face with a cautious hand, and lowered it down. Then, she could see Ethan with a naked red face and was at a loss. It was a sweet face just looking at it. Her heart started beating fast without her noticing. Her heart, which had not trembled even when she confessed, began to rage when she saw Ethan’s face.

Ah, I want to kiss him just one more time.

Sarah was once again driven by the urge to pounce on his lips.

“When can I give you an answer?”

Sarah, who had been biting her lip without realizing it, answered Ethan’s question with a sudden awakening.

“Actually, I don’t think I can guarantee exactly when I’ll wake up. The time I wake up is getting longer……”

At first, he said she was asleep for a little less than a week. Then she couldn’t wake up for a long month. And Sarah was trying to harness the power of Ambrosia, which was stronger than then. Maybe it needed a very long time.

   “But I will try to wake up as soon as possible.”
   “Was it a matter of effort?”
   “Maybe. There are a few things that I have learned from the past two experiences.”
   “……”

Despite Sarah’s answer, Ethan had a slightly anxious face. However, unlike before, he did not show any outright obsession. He just took Sarah’s hand and brought it to his cheek, trying to feel the warmth.

“What if I miss Sarah?”

Ethan whispered with a sigh. Sarah’s face heated up this time at the low voice.

“The morning time we always spent together, time to play with Claude. If I feel like I’m going crazy because I miss you, what do I do then?”
“Even without me, eat breakfast together, have a lot of playtimes, and talk to each other. If you keep doing that, I’ll come.”

Sarah wiggled her hand against Ethan’s cheek. Then she continued, gently sweeping his soft cheeks.

“Ah, don’t get too used to the daily life without me. Because I’m jealous”
“I can’t get used to it.”

Ethan smiled and shook his head, and Sarah smiled at him. At that moment, kwaang, Sarah’s magic circle shook violently.

“……”
“……”

The short time given to the two was about to end. No more moans could be heard from Kazer. The power that had completely devoured its host was now about to break through Sarah’s restraints.

“The ring, please put it back on.”

Sarah handed the ring Ethan had thrown off earlier and placed it in his hand.

“I don’t want to see you take off the ring I gave you so coldly like that again.”
“……I’ll keep that in mind.”

Ethan put the ring that Sarah had given him to his original finger. Then the familiar serenity enveloped his body gently. His gaze rested on the ring for a very long time.

“Until I come back, think of this ring as me. Got it?”

Ethan nodded gently, and Sarah was relieved only then. Determined to check the ring first when she came back, she now looked at the sphere that was swaying over Ethan’s shoulder.

“……He’s dead.”

Kazer’s breath had now completely stopped. He died with his eyes wide open, as if he didn’t understand why he had to be like this until the very end. It was indeed a futile death, and a death that was already predestined. The previous dukes of Ambrosia who considered this power a blessing also died like that. Bang, bang, and Sarah’s sealing magic ball shook as if it were about to break.

“Now all that’s left in there is pure power. Just by feeling it, I can see how much effort Oliven has put into it.”
“……Sarah.”

Ethan grabbed Sarah’s hand, even though knowing that he couldn’t stop her now.

“It’s fine.”

Sarah gently grabbed Ethan’s hand and pushed it away. Ethan’s fingertips, falling in vain, trembled. Looking at him like that, Sarah said with a smile.

   “I said I liked you. And now I’ll say I love you.”
   “……”
   “So please wait.”

It was a foul. Although anxious, nervous, and seemingly crazy, he was helplessly torn apart by a single word from Sarah. Obviously, it was Sarah who confessed her feelings first, and it was Sarah who waited for an answer. But in the end, it was Ethan who waited, and it was Ethan who was worn out. Whoever liked the other more lost the match, and Ethan will remain the eternal loser in front of Sarah.

   “I also have something to confess.”
   “……?”
   “It was the last time Sarah vomited blood and collapsed in the Imperial Palace.”
   “Did something happen?”

When asked by Sarah, Ethan continued, smiling bitterly.

“Then you vomited too much blood, you couldn’t breathe properly.”
“Ah……”

Sarah’s face clouded with guilt. Ethan raised his hand and placed his thumb to Sarah’s lips. He then smiled and said.

“So I repeated kissing and sucking the blood that blocked the airway.”
“……!”

Sarah’s eyes fluttered violently. The touch of Ethan’s thumb, gently stroking her lips, was more vivid than ever.

“You’ll probably vomit blood again this time…… I’ll have a good excuse.”

Ethan looked down at her lips, blurring the end of his words. Sarah thought her lips were going to burst red and pop when his gaze touched them. Did he know what she thought? A heavy, low-pitched voice hit Sarah’s heart directly.

“Such a lowly excuse to covet you greedily.”