TLed by NolepGuy
Chapter 195
The Desmond Family had two types of hierarchies.
One was the social hierarchy.
The other was the hierarchy acknowledged by the Desmond members.
The social hierarchy was a reasonable one that others would nod in agreement with, with Darbav, the Great Wizard and Head of the Family, at the top, followed by Kyle, the next Head of the Family, in second place.
In ordinary households, the treatment of family members varied greatly depending on their social status.
Like in Romance Fantasy novels, where family members lived while being mindful of the Head of the Household’s gaze.
However, the Villainess’ Family was a bit different.
-Father! Give me food!
-What do you want to eat.
-Meat.
-I want to eat fish today.
-Eeeek! Meat!
-Okay, I’ll prepare meat.
Because it was the Villainess’ Family, the Desmond Family’s hierarchy was determined not by social status, but by who had the worst personality.
More accurately, it was a concession for the sake of family peace, and the Desmond members accepted this treatment without complaint.
The best example of this was the Young Lady.
The Young Lady called the Head of the Household ‘Father’.
The highest hierarchy in the Desmond Family was Mistress of Desmond Rosanna, who had the Head of the Household’s full support, and was the one who made life difficult if you didn’t listen to her.
-Honey?
-Sorry.
-You didn’t say anything.
-Is it because of the socks?
-Yes.
Next was the Young Lady.
-Father! Older Brother! What are you doing?
-I’m working.
-Work.
-Let’s eat!
-Don’t.
-Okay.
Then it was Kyle, the next Head of the Family.
-Olivia, wake up at 8 tomorrow.
-I don’t want to!
-Alright.
Then it was Darbav’s turn.
Today’s problem was the second hierarchy.
In other words, Darbav had to solve the difficult task of resolving the change of heart that had come upon the Young Lady.
Darbav was worried, taking deep breaths.
The Young Lady’s fasting was a problem that everyone was tense about.
The Young Lady, who loved to eat more than anything in the world, was fasting, and this was not a problem that Darbav, who was lower in the hierarchy and the Father, could take lightly.
If the Young Lady fasted, it would naturally reach Rosanna’s ears, and a battle between the first and second hierarchies would ensue.
Darbav, who was lower in the hierarchy, was reacting sensitively, not wanting to get caught in the crossfire between the two.
Of course, he was worried about the Young Lady’s health, but that was why he brought up the topic.
-Why aren’t you eating?
-We’re beggars, so we have to save money.
-That’s right.
But Darbav had never seen the Young Lady like this before, so it was understandable that he was surprised.
As soon as morning came, Darbav and I sat on the bed, watching the Young Lady, who was still sleeping, through the door.
“Hmph.”
Before eating breakfast, the Young Lady’s routine was to eat the chocolate she had hidden in her treasure pouch.
Today, we had placed a chocolate cake on the table next to the bed, waiting for the Young Lady’s reaction, as she was sure to smile happily as soon as she saw the chocolate.
-She’s really not eating. Not even meat, not even rice.
-That’s a lie, isn’t it? I can understand not eating rice, but not eating chocolate is unthinkable. The Young Lady loves chocolate so much.
-It’s true.
…
We watched as the Young Lady, who had just woken up with sleepy eyes, looked around.
“You’re up.”
“Yes.”
Darbav grasped the doorframe, swallowing hard.
“Don’t worry, the Young Lady will eat.”
“Hmph…”
The Young Lady had always loved to eat.
-Hehe, chocolate!
Starting with chocolate, her favorite food in the world, she would even try insects or visually shocking things if they tasted good, showing her brave heart.
When she was younger, she had even asked to eat a frog, saying it was delicious, which had left me speechless.
-Ricardo, let’s eat frog!
-What?
-Let’s sneak out and roast a frog to eat. It’s delicious!
-What are you talking about? I’ve never even thought of eating that.
-Why not?
-Because it’s disgusting?
-But they say it’s delicious.
That’s why she had maintained her appetite.
The Young Lady was a severely obese child when she was young, but not to the point of being unsightly, just plump.
I observed the Young Lady with Darbav.
“Hmph… Air Raid Alarm.”
Darbav said with a serious expression.
“You’re worried about the Empire’s safety.”
…
“My daughter is too patriotic.”
…
This was an incomprehensible family.
After waking the Young Lady up once, there were no more Air Raid Alarms, as we had only woken her up a little, using the bathroom as an excuse.
I waited for the Young Lady to notice the chocolate cake on the table, expecting her reaction, as the Young Lady I knew would definitely eat it as soon as she saw it.
“Hmph… What’s this?”
“Chocolate…?!”
“Ugh…”
Soon after, the Young Lady, who had been staring at the cake on the table, started to smile, her eyes wide with excitement.
As she turned her head, looking around, and stared at the chocolate cake on the table, I whispered to Darbav in a small voice.
“Do you see?”
“…Not yet.”
“She’ll eat it soon.”
“Wait and see. My daughter isn’t that easy to give up.”
I asked Darbav a question, as I had never heard why the Young Lady was fasting.
“But, Head of the Household, why is the Young Lady fasting?”
“I don’t know.”
…
“If I knew, I wouldn’t be here like this.”
I nodded in agreement with Darbav’s passionate answer.
‘Indeed.’
The Young Lady continued to stare down the chocolate cake, her dull eyes fixed on it, her nose twitching as she sniffed the air, the Villainess.
“I’m hungry.”
But she didn’t take any action, and I felt a pang in my chest as I looked at her, her eyes closed, struggling.
“I shouldn’t eat.”
Why is she acting like this?
I soon found out the reason for the Young Lady’s fasting, which started with a very reasonable reason.
“I need to diet…”
It was a fact that started with a very healthy reason.
“I shouldn’t get fat…”
I realized that.
Time passed.
It wasn’t a long time, just three hours, ticking away.
I stood in front of the Young Lady’s bed, holding a tray with lunch, and looked at her with a serious expression as she picked at her food.
“Ricardo.”
“Yes.”
“No.”
The Young Lady looked worried.
I didn’t know why she had started this one-day diet, but the Young Lady’s changed demeanor was unsettling.
At first, I wanted to applaud her determination to diet, but as I looked at her, who was fasting for a whole day, I started to worry.
Of course, it’s no secret that it’s better if your weight is distributed evenly, but I kept my mouth shut and watched the Young Lady’s gloominess.
“Sigh…”
It was clear.
The Young Lady, who lived for food, was on a diet, and it was heartbreaking.
If this continued, she might become as thin as paper, like Darbav had said, and I was worried.
I had been supporting her, but this method of cutting off food was clearly bad for her health, so I picked up a fork and brought some meat to the Young Lady’s mouth.
“The airplane is flying.”
“What’s an airplane?”
“It’s meat.”
“Umm…”
The Young Lady closed her mouth and shook her head, resisting fiercely, as if trying to block the protein from entering her body.
‘Young Lady…’
I asked the Young Lady in a gentle voice.
“Why aren’t you eating? Is your stomach not feeling well?”
“Yes.”
-Growling stomach sound.
Hmm, this doesn’t seem right.
I smiled slightly and told the Young Lady, covering up the fact that the growling sound came from my own stomach.
“Still, eating is good for your health.”
“…”
“People are driven by their appetite, aren’t they? You used to be like that too.”
“Yes, but…”
The Young Lady looked down at her stomach with a gloomy expression, her belly fat not excessive, but smooth and rounded, and let out a deep sigh.
I smiled faintly and put the food I had taken out back on the table, then sat down carefully beside the bed.
“Young Lady.”
“…”
“Young Lady.”
“Yes?”
I spoke in a gentle voice, telling the Young Lady my thoughts on her diet.
“Fasting is not good for your health.”
“I’m not fasting, I just don’t feel like eating.”
“Your stomach has been bad for two days? You should go to the hospital then.”
“…I don’t like hospitals.”
“The Head of the Household told me that you haven’t eaten since I left, for a whole day.”
“…”
I made a sad face and asked the Young Lady carefully.
“Why are you doing this? I think you look fine just the way you are.”
“No, I’m fat.”
“You’re not fat, you’re beautiful and have a good figure.”
“Really?”
“Yes, really.”
“Really?”
The Young Lady turned her head and said in a sulky voice.
“No, I’m fat.”
I thought that maybe someone had hurt her feelings, as the usually unflappable Young Lady looked so wounded.
I hid my annoyance and asked the Young Lady in a gentle voice.
“Who said that to you?”
I hid my cold heart.
If someone had told the Young Lady that she was fat, I would have ended their beautiful life with a brick, but I asked in a kind voice, hiding my malicious intentions.
“No one said it, I just feel like I’ve gotten fat.”
I shook my head and asked again.
“I don’t think that’s it.”
“It’s true, I just feel that way.”
“Hmm…”
I spoke my honest thoughts.
“I’ve never seen anyone as beautiful as you.”
“I know.”
“You’re full of confidence.”
“It’s not nice to pretend you don’t know you’re beautiful.”
“Puhaha… that’s true, like how I’m handsome.”
“That’s just being arrogant.”
“…”
The Young Lady’s iron wall was hard to penetrate, and I smiled bitterly and swallowed my dry saliva.
“I still don’t want you to diet.”
“Why?”
“Because you’re beautiful just the way you are.”
“…”
The Young Lady clenched her fist and looked up at me.
“How beautiful am I?”
I drew a large circle with my hand, like a Young Child.
“This beautiful?”
“Is that all?”
“No, you’re even more beautiful than that.”
“Puhit.”
The Young Lady covered her mouth and smiled, looking at me, her expression a little brighter than before, her eyes sparkling with an eye smile.
“I know.”
What’s with this normal smile?
My heart beat slightly at the Young Lady’s eye smile.
The Young Lady smiled faintly and looked at me, then closed her eyes, opening her mouth, waiting quietly.
“Kkogi.”
“I’ll eat it with carrots.”
“I don’t like carrots.”
“You can’t.”
I started feeding the Young Lady meat with a fork, and when the plate was almost empty, she wiped her mouth and patted her full stomach.
“Are you full now?”
“Yes. I think dieting and I aren’t compatible.”
“It seems that way.”
“I’m not going to do it anymore.”
I sat down beside the Young Lady and asked.
“So, why were you trying to diet?”
“It’s just that…”
The Young Lady turned her body and pulled out a magazine from the drawer next to the bed, pointing to a woman’s picture with her finger and said.
“I want to wear this.”
“…?”
I smiled slightly and thought to myself.
‘Damn.’
The Young Lady was pointing to a swimsuit.
She was pointing to a black, revealing swimsuit and was smiling shyly.
“But I’ll wear it later.”
I guess timing is everything in life.