Most of the people she had met a few times have usually reacted like this.
A great wizard.
As they said, it was true that she was great, so she wasn’t very impressed.
Rather, she got tired of hearing it too often.
“Thank you.”
Elena, nevertheless, answered kindly and continued eating.
Her only concern was the flirting session between Jane and Hayes.
Leoter wasn’t blind either. He knew that she wasn’t interested in him.
The more it went on, the more childish it got.
But somehow, he just wanted Elena to look at him once more.
But she hasn’t turned her attention to him again.
Having met numerous women, it was a rare sight that Leoter could not believe.
“Lady Elena.”
After pondering for several minutes, Leoter called her again with difficulty.
“Yes?”
After taking a sip of wine, Elena turned to look at him.
The scent of flowers followed the motion of her hair.
Thump, thump.
Leoter was nervous and did not know what to do.
As the tension grew, he suddenly spat out a question without realizing what it was.
“By any chance, are you dating someone?”
At Leoter’s question, Elena’s eyes widened.
‘I thought he was drunk because he was strangely looking at my face….’
When seen from Elena’s perspective.
Up until now, Leoter was just a drunk person.
She recalled his flushed cheeks, slightly rough breathing, and sometimes even stuttering words.
But a while ago, Leoter’s remarks were different.
‘He is interested in me.’
In fact, Elena was pretty dull in this area.
After she came into this world, many people were interested in her.
However, since she mostly kept to herself in her laboratory in the Magic Tower and was focused on her experiments, very few people would come and talk to Elena.
Some of the wizards in the tower had a crush on her, but they would eventually give up after witnessing Elena’s kindness to everyone.
Moreover, she was only there with research in her head.
Thus, she was not aware of the other person’s feelings. Unless they confessed to her directly.
However, the fact that she noticed Leoter’s heart meant that Leoter’s actions were quite obvious.
Even Hayes, who was busy flirting with Jane, quickly felt that something was odd.
Eventually, the attention at the dinner party which was focused on Jane and Hayes was now on Elena and Leoter.
The pair didn’t even notice.
Elena looked at Leoter, whose fingertips were trembling, and said cautiously.
“Yes.”
“… Yes?”
Leoter was shocked by her answer.
It was natural. There must have been a lot of people – other than him – who have a crush on such a beautiful person.
When he heard her answer, he felt like his heart was sinking.
Elena smiled awkwardly at Leoter and continued.
“Sorry.”
Even though she and Lexion were only lovers for three months.
It was still true that she has a lover right now.
In response to Elena’s answer, Leoter was silent for a moment.
Rather, after being rejected by her, the tense situation finally eased.
He felt that his mind became clearer, and he tried to return to his usual self.
“No. You don’t have to apologize to me. It’s just a little sad. The fact that I was late.”
Leoter smiled bitterly.
But he didn’t give up.
“But you’re not engaged yet, are you?”
Leoter asked with the slightest hope in his voice.
“Ah yes. Well….”
Elena answered honestly.
Lexion did push her to sign an engagement contract, but she thought they were just playing house.
In addition, there was a possibility that the relationship between the two would end after three months.
So Elena answered honestly.
“That’s nice. I guess I still have a chance.”
Leoter did not continue to speak, but his intentions were clearly conveyed to Elena.
She smiled awkwardly, feeling strange in her heart.
****
The uncomfortable feeling Elena felt did not go away easily even until the next day.
After dinner, Hayes and Leoter left. Elena chatted with Jane, then they went to go to sleep, and woke up the following day.
Elena had a light breakfast with Jane and then washed up.
She then decided to change clothes.
‘Let’s not act embarrassed. It’s not like I’m having an affair.’
And she properly rejected Leoter.
‘Besides, it’s true that we’re not engaged.’
However, there was still a bit of anguish in her heart.
Even more so when she thought of Lexion, who would always smile whenever he looked at her.
“Hah…”
Eventually, she sighed.
‘Why am I behaving like this when I haven’t committed any crimes?’
Elena slammed to the bed.
That was then.
“Duke Halos is here!”
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