The Male Lead I Raised Is Obsessed With Me

Chapter 6

I quickly turned my head towards the sound.

I was distracted by the dragon, so I didn’t even realise there was someone else present since there was barely any presence.

He was nearly 190cm tall and had tan skin.

pr/n: 6’2” for you americans haha

His white hair was braided into one long braid and his buttons on his clothes were fastened all the way to his neck.

He didn’t say anything, but instinctively, I could tell that the man in front of me was a dragon. From the cool atmosphere that surrounded him and his long serpentine pupils couldn’t be missed.

He looked at me with an expressionless face and asked.

“How did you get in here?”

Eyes void of emotion stared at me.

As if he was a life-size doll moving, strange goose bumps crawled up my spine.

“May I ask, where are we? I was definitely just in the castle a moment ago…..”

“Castle? Do you mean the Castle of Valruga?”

His blue eyes flashed with suspicion.

“Yes. Was it you who brought me here?”

“It may or may not be me that did.”

Well, your tone sure made it sound like you did.

I swallowed the words before they could escape from my throat.

It was better to avoid saying anything that could suddenly irritate him.

He strode towards me.

I wanted to avoid him by stepping away, but there was no place to escape since there was the body of the huge dragon behind me.

Approaching me, he bent down and made eye contact with me.

Even his breath felt cold.

His eyes observed me like a cobra with a snake charmer.

“What’s your name?”

“Felia Foldvich. No, I’m married now so it’s Valruga.”

“That name is too short to be called yours. Isn’t there a name that has been with you for much longer?”

I observed the man’s face, but I still couldn’t find any expressions.

Did he know I was reincarnated?

What was his real identity?

Unconsciously, I took a step back but ended up tripping and as I stumbled, he grabbed my arm to prevent me from falling.

“If you want to be called by that name in the future, then it doesn’t matter.”

After that, he turned around while moving me away from the dragon.

It was only a brief moment, but my entire body shivered from the cold air he left on my arm.

Perhaps he was trying to show that he had no intentions of harming me, because he took a step back and distanced himself from me.

He patted the body of the dragon that seemed like a giant snow mountain and said.

“Name me.”

“What? Name you?”

“Hurry up. We don’t have much time.”

I was so confused by the situation. There wasn’t anything like this in the original.

It was hard to tell whether this was a dream or a reality.

So I just said it randomly.

Ever since the first black puppy I raised in an orphanage when I was young, all my other pets at the orphanage had the same name.

“Then….Black?”

“What? Wait a minute….!”

For the first time, an emotion flashed through the man’s face.

pr/n:….poor Black. Condolences hahaha.

But right at that moment, my vision became blurry, similar to when I was brought here.

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When I opened my eyes, I found myself on the bed in my room.

“Noona!”

When I opened my eyes, Ruth hugged me with a teary face.

Seeing Ruth’s face made me feel relieved.

It was only a strange dream.

“I was worried sick when noona suddenly collapsed. The doctor said you had only fallen asleep….Was it because I have been too pushy these days?”

“Don’t worry, it’s not like that.”

I patted Ruth to reassure him, but Ruth refused to leave my side because he was extremely anxious.

“Besides that, Ruth. What time is it now? How long have I been asleep?”

Ruth stayed silent and stared into my eyes.

“Ruth?”

“……It had already been a day since my noona fell asleep.”

“I see…..Huh?”

“Noona, the time limit is ending soon.”

Oh no. I wanted to see if Frug had secretly moved the jewels in the end.

Ruth came closer to me and whispered.

“Frug didn’t do anything.”

How did he know?

Perhaps because I just had a strange dream that I stared at Ruth curiously.

“That’s what you’re worried about, right?”

However, my Ruth smiled innocently as usual.

Well as the male lead, Ruth was pretty smart so he would know all my plans.

“Good. Then, all that’s left is to carry out the plan.”

I held Ruth’s hand and smiled.

“Do you trust me?”

Ruth nodded.

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Ruth and I headed to the office.

The castle crowded with all the servants showed how wide Frug had spread the rumours.

“Lady, are you feeling well?”

“Madam, you’re very weak. What should we do?”

“Should I add more wood?”

“But we don’t have money to buy more firewood.”

Amidst of the people who clamoured around, Frug had a triumphant look on his face.

“Alright, madam. The deadline is about to end. Have you prepared the 1 million marks?”

He seemed convinced that I had no money in hand.

But then again, there must have been a lot of rumours that I had been rolling around and lazing about in the castle this past week.

I shook my head lightly.

“Not yet, but I can earn a million marks in a blink.”

“How could you all entrust the household to a girl like this?! Look at this everyone! She said she could earn a million marks that quickly. Can you believe that?”

Frug looked around and saved his hands about exaggeratedly.

I turned away calmly without being shaken.

“If you are all that curious, I’ll show you how to earn a million marks right now. Everyone, follow me.”

The servants followed after me, murmuring at my confident attitude.

“Madam, where are you going?”

“You can earn 1 million marks in the castle?”

“There’s only 30 minutes left until the time limit!”

I led the people to Frug’s room.

Frug, who was initially laughing at me, gradually turned uneasy. When he was certain that I was heading towards his room, his face turned red.

When I grabbed the doorknob of Frug’s door, he hesitated before blocking me with his whole body.

“Wait! What are you doing?! No matter how furious you are, you can’t enter my room as you please!”

At that moment, Ruth spoke up.

“Frug. Move.”

“Duke!”

“Are you going to disobey me? Get out of the way.”

“No! I won’t move! This was a bet that madam had lost in the first place! What does my room have to do with it?”

As Frug’s defiance intensified, the people who stared at me with a puzzled look at first gradually shifted their gaze over to Frug.

“What’s in your room?”

“Why did we come to Mr.Frug’s room?”

“But…isn’t Mr. Frug’s reaction quite strange. There’s no reason to defend your room like that.”

Frug, who heard people’s words, only then realised his mistake.

He stared at me for a long time before slowly stepping aside.

“…It was just to protect my privacy, so I hope everyone doesn’t misunderstand. Once you enter my room, I hope you don’t touch my things randomly.”

Frug stared at me and singled me out with his warning.

“Don’t worry.”

Since there won’t be anything else after searching.

Frug’s room remained dirty as before.

When a cluttered pile of paper was caught on the corner of my skirt, Frug made a fuss.

“Wait! Please be careful! This is my room……!”

“You’re noisy.”

I disregarded him and rolled the carpet.

The people were wondering about my sudden action, but Frug seemed as if he was about to faint right away.

“Hold on! That’s…..!”

Frug tried to stop me, but Ruth had already ordered someone to grab him.

“No! You can’t! That’s mine! How dare a mere orphan touch my things!”

I lifted the wooden board, ignoring Frug’s screams.

“No!”

When I lifted out the small box from the empty space under the board, a jewel emitting a dazzling glow appeared in front of the crowd.

An astonished gasp broke out among the people, either in awe or bewilderment.

“That’s my property! It’s my personal inheritance! How dare a girl like you…..!”

Frug struggle amongst the crowd.

I dug through the box and displayed the ring inside it.

“Is this also part of your inheritance?””

Any person who was loyal to the Valruga family would recognise the ring.

The ring was engraved with the family seal belonging to the Duke who would lead its territory.

“That’s the former Duke’s….!”

“I heard the Duke passed away from an accident, so why is that with Mr.Frug….?”

“Hey, what’s going on?”

“T-this…..!”

Frug elbowed the person holding him and rushed through the shocked crowd.

“Catch Frug! Don’t let him escape!”

At my cry, the people began to block Frug.

He tried to run away secretly but the people gradually came to their senses and held onto him tighter.

In the end, Frug was forced to kneel before Ruth and I.

Frug stared at me resentfully, his mouth was gagged with a cloth.

I ignored Frug’s gaze and handed the small box to Ruth.

“This inheritance does not belong to you, it belongs to Ruth.”

Only then did people seem to realise what had happened.

“Wait a minute! Did Mr.Frug steal the Duke’s property?”

“That’s the only explanation. Or else, why would he kept it a secret?”

“What are all those piled up jewels?”

The answers to those questions came from Ruth.

“He had secretly stolen the family’s property and it was my wife, Felia, who figured it out.”

“The new madam figured it out?!”

“So you’ve been spending a fortune while watching us struggle to eat properly?!”

“I wouldn’t be starving if I sold those jewels!”

“Yes, indeed! That’s right!”

“It, it’s a miracle…..!”

Someone said.

“M-Madam is our saving grace! You are the castle’s blessing!”

“Right, right!”

“If it wasn’t for Madam’s actions, I would still be fooled by that thief!”

Suddenly, someone raised their arms.

“Long live the lucky lady!”

Those who couldn’t contain their joy lifted me and tossed me up in the air.

“W-Wait…..!”

“Long live the madam!”

“Long live the madam! Hooray! Hooray!”

I tried to stop them, but it was futile.

How do I describe the joy that they must have felt when one of the causes of their long-term poverty, as well as the issue of struggling to feed themselves, had finally been resolved?

Still, seeing people hugging and rejoicing together made me feel warm.

A few days later, a formal investigation on Frug was conducted and evidence of what crimes have been committed was discovered one after another.

Frug was trapped in prison and denied his sins at first, but eventually admitted.

Instead of the death penalty, he was banished from the grounds.

He will never be able to return to this land again.

I stared at Frug’s pitiful back from the window as he left the castle alone.

It’s been two days since I was in charge of the household.

And currently, I was now stuck in a position where I had to pay off a debt of 1 billion marks.