TMGH 13

Chapter 13

When the hands of the clock approached one, I got ready to head out to the meeting place and went to meet Jason. I wanted to tell him I was going out so he wouldn’t get upset.

“I’m going to meet that man from yesterday today.”

“Okay.”

But in the short time I hadn’t tried to seduce him, the distance between us had grown again. If I managed to finish this matter well, I’d have to start seducing him again. Ha… I have too many things to do.

I told my escort knight that he didn’t need to follow me and rode my horse straight to the plaza. I waited in front of the clock tower for the man I had met yesterday. Even when the clock hands reached two, the man still hadn’t appeared, and I became increasingly anxious.

‘He’s not actually planning on not showing up, is he?’

Since we were strangers and I was the one in the position of power, he had no reason to listen to my request. In fact, it would have been stranger if he actually came.

Fortunately, however, the man appeared at the meeting place.

“I was worried you wouldn’t come, but you did.”

“I was curious about how you would change my mind.”

This bastard’s intuition is ridiculously good.

This is why I hate people who are too perceptive. Still, since he got straight to the point, it would save time.

“If you already noticed, I’ll get right to the point. Keep what you saw yesterday a secret. Please.”

“Why would I? It sounds like it would be very entertaining to go around telling everyone.”

“Threats won’t work on you, so what do I have to do for you to keep quiet?”

“Answer my questions, and I’ll keep it a secret.”

“Fine.”

Answering a few questions was something I could do. The problem was what kind of questions he would ask. Since this was the price for keeping my secret, they would probably be impossible to predict.

I swallowed nervously and waited for his question.

“Are you perhaps from another world, or are you living in someone else’s body?”

The man’s question was something I never could have predicted. It was beyond anything I could have imagined.

‘Why is he asking me that? Does he know about my secret? But that’s impossible.’

Shocked, I rolled my eyes as countless thoughts ran through my mind. But I soon pulled myself together and put on a ridiculous expression, as if I couldn’t believe what I had just heard.

“If you’re going crazy, at least do it properly.”

“Then let me ask something else. Do you recognize this face?”

At that moment, the man’s appearance slowly began to change.

His ordinary brown hair turned into a striking black, and his brown eyes became red. Once his appearance had completely transformed, I couldn’t hide my shock.

How could I possibly not recognize that face?

Lucas Iris.

The Duke of Iris, and the male protagonist of The Reason Why My Indifferent Self Became Gentle. He was also the person who had once been my lover a long time ago.

‘How can Lucas be here?’

He was the male lead from another novel’s world. Yet somehow, he was now in an entirely different novel’s world.

That was something that shouldn’t have been possible.

‘C-could he have come here using magic?’

Lucas was the strongest person in his world—a great archmage with an enormous amount of magical power and incredible mastery over magic.

There were occasionally male protagonists in novels who crossed worlds and time itself to reach the heroine.

Could Lucas be one of those people?

“Why aren’t you answering?”

“Because no matter how much I think about it, you’re someone I’m seeing for the first time.”

I answered calmly.

However, Lucas persistently leaned closer and asked again.

“Really? You’ve never seen me before?”

“Why would I lie for no reason?”

“Hmm, is that so?”

Lucas raised the corner of his lips slyly and rubbed his chin.

Damn it.

That expression meant he still didn’t believe me, and now he found me interesting.

I was doomed.

Some might wonder why I didn’t just tell him that I was the person he was looking for.

But if I did that, I could end up becoming a rival to Evan, and I would become a horrible person who was cheating on him.

Not to mention I would have to explain my entire secret from the beginning, creating a complicated situation that never should have happened.

“Fine. I’ll decide whether to keep your secret or not based on what you do.”

He was definitely going to make things exhausting and torment me for a long time.

Ha… It was all my fault.

I let out a deep sigh.

“First, let’s go eat dessert together.”

Lucas grabbed my hand without hesitation and dragged me along.

Despite his appearance, his love for sweet desserts was still the same.

We arrived at a famous dessert shop. Since it was crowded with customers, I asked Lucas to hide his appearance. He gave me a pair of glasses that changed his appearance, allowing me to relax.

“This one and this one.”

Without thinking, I picked strawberry and chocolate.

Lucas had always been obsessed with chocolate cake and ate two slices every day.

He probably still liked it.

“How did you know?”

Ah.

I made a mistake.

“That I like chocolate cake.”

Maybe because meeting Lucas again after such a long time made me feel too comfortable. Memories from the past resurfaced, and I unknowingly acted the way I used to.

“Your hair is black, so I thought you might like chocolate cake. Also, I wanted chocolate cake myself.”

I rambled out an explanation.

But Lucas only looked at me with an even more suspicious expression.

With his sharp instincts, he probably already had a strong suspicion that I was Selena.

I needed some kind of solution.

‘Is there any item I can use in a situation like this?’