The Male Leads Were Stolen by the Extra

 

“Enough. Don’t try to harm the wrong people.”

 

Sellonia spoke harshly, looking at McLion who still couldn’t shake off his anger.

 

“You. I’ll remember that.”

 

McLion read the scared expressions of the store clerks in the distance with his angry eyes, gave Tan a warning, and kicked out the door first.

 

“Excuse me. See you next time then.”

 

“Lady.”

 

Sellonia caught Grace, who was hiding behind McLion and just watching and calmly trying to leave as if nothing had happened.

 

Why did this alliance arise now? She couldn’t just let it go.

 

“Don’t expect to be treated equally just because you’re with them. That’s kind of funny. The Lady yourself is nothing. Isn’t that right?”

 

Holding the saviors like trophies didn’t make Grace a savior.

 

Only the ridiculous thing was funny. What on earth do they say.

 

At that moment, Grace’s face, which had maintained her smiling expression, cracked.

 

“…Isn’t that the same for the Princess? “If it weren’t for the Basin family, you wouldn’t have been called

Princess, Princess

and wouldn’t have been treated like this.”

 

As if she had hit the nail on the head, Grace spoke with a grim expression on her face.

 

Sellonia, pleased with the provocation, smiled and opened her mouth again.

 

“Yes. But I came back alive after being in that hell for half a year. Unlike someone who would have stayed comfortably at home.”

 

Sellonia’s unwavering, solid blue eyes contained something that Grace couldn’t have.

 

Grace noticed it right away.

 

Because she saw it every time with Ian, Leyev, and Meg Ryan, who were always together. Their pride and honor.

 

“…We’ll see.”

 

Grace, who had been staring at Sellonia with wide eyes, uttered those words from her quivering lips and left the boutique.

 

***

 

“I’ll go up and get some warm bath water!”

 

Ella got off the carriage and went into the mansion first.

 

Returning to the mansion after a storm, Sellonia headed for the central door and then turned around.

 

She then asked towards Tan as they walked along.

 

“Why did you do that?”

 

“About what.”

 

“You’re not really my escort, so why did you grab him by the collar?”

 

Sellonia couldn’t understand Tan’s actions.

 

Although he didn’t use force, McLion was a count.

 

It was impossible for him, a commoner, to blindly grab McLion by the collar.

 

If he hadn’t been an escort knight, she would have had nothing to say even if he was captured.

 

Of course, Tan will blow away all the people who came to catch him.

 

“Because it’s that guy.”

 

Tan gave a clear reason.

 

However, Sellonia’s brow furrowed as she could not understand what she was saying.

 

“That guy?”

 

“The guy who betrayed you.”

 

One woman and three men.

 

They, called the Four Saviors, defeated the Demon King. And among them, a woman and a man were even engaged.

 

However, due to the man’s one-sided betrayal, the woman became alone, and even her colleagues who were with her betrayed her and left.

 

When Tan heard this from Maxwell, he was very upset.

 

For some reason, he felt annoyed. If they were in front of him, he would want to tear them all apart.

 

He even heard their names and realized that Ian, the same nerd he had encountered before, was one of the saviors and her fiance.

 

He regretted it. He should have sent him away with at least one leg broken.

 

So, if she hadn’t stopped him, he would have twisted McLion’s neck.

 

There was only one reason why he tolerated Sellonia stopping him.

 

He’s afraid that if he uses his strength like before, she’ll misunderstand again and ignore him.

 

Because she said she was scared.

 

He just endured it because she didn’t like it.

 

“How…”

 

Sellonia looked at Tan with an astonished look on her face.

 

How did he know? Could it be that his memories have returned?

 

“I heard that all citizens of the Empire know about the saviors.”

 

“…”

 

Sellonia observed Tan’s expression with her eyes, which were shaking violently at the answer she heard.

 

His red eyes showed no signs of agitation, as if he was remembering something in particular.

 

She was greatly relieved.

 

Since it was such a famous story, he really must have heard about it somewhere.

 

“Do you want me to kill them? I can kill them if you want.”

 

Tan said sincerely and stared at her face.

 

Then, he looked to see if there was any longing hidden in her low-slung eyes, and if there was any sadness hidden in her lips that were closed straight.

 

The moment he heard that from Maxwell, he wondered if she still cared about them or if she hadn’t forgotten them.

 

“That’s fine. I’m not interested anymore.”

 

Sellonia answered calmly.

 

“Or you can get revenge on those other guys and that woman. If you want.”

 

Tan said if she wanted revenge, he was willing to help.

 

If she’d just say something right now, he could have brought their severed heads.

 

He could do that much. No, he just wanted to do that.

 

“We just changed. Them, and me too.”

 

“…”

 

“That’s it.”

 

Sellonia answered with her face suddenly becoming calmer.

 

In an instant, Tan read the glimpse of loneliness on her face.

 

It was the feeling he knew best.

 

Because this was what he had been feeling every day, every minute, every second until he opened his eyes and met Sellonia.

 

A feeling as dark as the abyss that he felt when he was alone in a world where no one recognized him, without knowing his name.

 

That emotion passed through that clear face. He felt like he didn’t fit in with her at all.

 

“…”

 

Tan chewed his lip.

 

Why is he so angry, he wonders.

 

Because she doesn’t seem to want them to get hurt?

 

Because it looks like she still has feelings for them?

 

He didn’t know. It was just that the anger welling up inside showed no signs of cooling down.

 

He feels like vomiting.

 

He couldn’t control the desire that kept boiling up from deep within his heart.

 

Erroneous thoughts increasingly dominated him.

 

A desire as black as darkness to burn everything in sight right now, to tear their limbs apart and place them at her feet, covers her eyes.

 

“If you were trying to help me earlier, thank you.”

 

Although the reason he came forward was completely unexpected, Sellonia was grateful anyway.

 

She doesn’t know how he felt, but it’s true that he was trying to help her.

 

The more she learned, the more she realized that she might have misunderstood many things about him.

 

Today was a situation that couldn’t be helped,  yet she even defended Tan in front of McLion.

 

‘People’s things are so…’

 

She once again realized that she couldn’t foresee even an inch.

 

Who would have imagined that he would protect the Demon King in front of a savior?

 

Sellonia, who was walking away laughing inwardly at the quite funny situation, looked behind her when he seemed to have no reaction.

 

“Tan?”

 

The expression on his face as he suddenly stopped walking was a bit strange.

 

The frowning expression on his face is like someone who is uncomfortable.

 

Even though his eyes were red as usual, they were dull and vian, as if they were covered with fog.

 

“Tan!”

 

“…”

 

When a loud and familiar voice instantly pierced his ears, Tan tightened his flaccid eyelids.

 

Then, the darkness that had been blocking his vision, like black paint, cleared and the usual scenery was visible.

 

“What is it? Are you okay?”

 

Sellonia approached Tan and examined his face on tiptoes. She wondered if the pain came even though it wasn’t even midnight.

 

However, there was no sign of pain, and his eyes and expression had returned to their original state.

 

“Yeah.”

 

Tan, freed from his thoughts, answered briefly.

 

What was that just now?

 

A momentary feeling of darkness taking over his eyes and mind.

 

If she hadn’t called him, it seemed like he would have been caught up in his thoughts.

Coming out of the strange phenomenon, he took Sellonia’s face into his eyes again and again.

 

For he didn’t want to forget this face when his vision began to blink like before.

 

“Go in.”

 

“Have you known them for so long?”

 

“Well, we’ve been together for half a year, so it seems like a long time.”

 

In response to Sellonia’s answer, Tan thought deeply about those years.

 

Half a year. Half a year, she said.

 

It was definitely quite a long time compared to him, who had only known her for a week.

 

Tan was curious about Sellonia in those times when he couldn’t meet her.

 

At the same time, he felt like he wanted to know more about her and stay with her longer than those bastards. If possible, for life.

 

Because now it was he who was by her side, not those who left.

 

So he needs to know. From now on, anything has to do with her.

 

“Alright. So don’t do anything until I ask you to.”

 

“But, is it because you are a healer that you can heal my pain?”

 

“Maybe so.”

 

He walked along with Sellonia, having a casual conversation.

 

The two entered the Duke’s residence under the sunset sky as if they were familiar with it.

 

And the black shadow that had been watching from behind the tree disappeared.

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