I feel like I'm going crazy!
I grabbed Luna and Kane and pushed them onto my bed, then threw the sheet over them.
"If you come out of there, you're dead."
I'm the one who's going to die. Me!
"I'm coming in."
"No, don't come in! Wait!"
I rolled off the bed, making a nest with the sheet to hide Luna's spinning eyes and Kane's face, which was cursing me with his eyes as if to say 'What are you doing?', then I ran at full speed and burst out the door as if I was going to break it.
"Huff… Huff..."
"That was dangerous, I almost got hit by the door. What were you doing..."
I was out of breath and took several deep breaths, then opened my mouth with a growl while fanning myself as my body heated up.
"Aren't we done talking?"
"…Former Head Caiman wasn't at the summer villa. You said he was there..."
"Did I say he was there? I just said 'Maybe he's there?' Is that why you came?"
"Ha, let's talk inside first. This doesn't seem like something we should discuss in the hallway."
"Go inside where? I'm busy right now."
Gadia tried to push me and reach for the doorknob, but she grabbed my wrist and pulled.
Or rather, I tried to pull…
I never knew there would be such a difference between the strength of Adelian, who only caused trouble when drunk, and Gadia, who pulls bowstrings!
With her hand still gripping my wrist, Gadia opened the door and went in, dragging me along with him.
'Please! Be under the blanket!'
Did God answer my prayer?
Kane's black hair was visible above the blanket mound, while Luna's legs and the hem of her maid uniform were sticking out below.
"In broad daylight..."
Ah, my image… No, I was already a scoundrel, but my image…
"Two of them..."
I couldn't help but lower my gaze for the first time at Gadia's shocked expression…
"I-I told you I was busy. Get out!"
"Men are indeed… D."
Gadia, whose face had been emotionlessly pale, turned bright red as she left.
You… You're not going to do it with Kane later? I'll tell you to release a harem DLC even if I have to break my savings account again!
I watched Gadia run away as if escaping, then slowly closed the door and locked it.
…Right, I traded my shame and the safety of my neck, so I'm the one who gained, right?
I gained… Right?
But why do I feel like I'm about to cry?
"Young Master… Are you alright?"
Luna, who had emerged from the blanket mound at some point, looked at me with pink eyes, and I shrugged and turned away.
"More or less? I'll probably be fine. Anyway, Kane must be hungry."
You?
Since Gadia had fled in disgust, I lifted the blanket to feed the child something, but Kane was lying there as if he had fainted.
If it weren't for his chest rising and falling shallowly, I might have thought he was dead, he looked so haggard.
"Should we… Wake him up?"
"Leave him be. We'll feed him when he wakes up."
After all, he's dozing off like that because I didn't let him sleep.
I covered him back up with the blanket I had lifted.
* * *
As I finished signing the divine contract, a beautiful melody played, and a purple aura rose.
A sweet scent wafted to my nose, and a translucent angel descended, moving its beautiful rose-colored lips.
―In the name of God, this contract shall be valid
"I look forward to working with you."
"Yes… I look forward to working with you too..."
I looked at Harlon's dying face and laughed loudly with undisguisable joy, then fiddled with my family ring and pulled out a stack of documents.
"Read through these, and if there's nothing special, sign them. Only bring me documents with content that I absolutely must look at even if I'm dying."
Seeing Harlon's face drain of color even more at the amount of backlogged paperwork, I put on a serious expression.
"What if you bring me something that I think is trivial?"
I waved the still-warm divine contract that had just been signed.
"As stated here, you'll work one more year extended. Understand? Think of it as being dead for 5 years, but if it becomes 6 or 7 years of paperwork, whose fault is that?"
"It-it's my fault..."
Looking at Harlon, who didn't dare refuse after I deliberately called for 10 years at first and then pretended to be generous by cutting it down to 5 years, I stretched.
It's not like I'm going to be the head of the Kruger family forever, so neither I nor even Caiman will care if some new business projects are delayed for a few years.
In fact, if there's urgent business, Caiman will probably take care of it. He's said to have gone into seclusion to build up his strength, but there must be ways.
"Alright, you can go now. Ah, use this to buy yourself a meal or something."
I took out a gold coin from my subspace as a sort of contract fee and flicked it to Harlon, then waved goodbye.
"That man is also a victim of your silver tongue."
"What do you mean, victim? Where can you find such a benevolent employer like me?"
"Th-that's right. Young Master always provides good food..."
Did I have any black clothes?
Kane, dressed in a black tunic and black pants that looked just like shit, looked quite normal except for his slightly pale complexion and emaciated body.
I was pleased that Luna had taken my side instead of her future husband's, so I patted her head and signaled her to bring food, then gestured for Kane to sit across from me.
"You woke up earlier than I thought. I thought you'd sleep for a few days. By the way, does your face look better after sleeping? You know I gave up my bed for you, right? It's thanks to me."
"I remember well that it was also thanks to you that I withered in the first place."
"You have a communication disorder but you speak well?"
"I don't know what you mean by communication disorder."
'…This is annoying?'