When The Cruel Villain Seduces Me

en them if she answered with, ‘How can we get married after spending simply one night together?’

 

He really didn’t know anything about people.
She was even worrying about the villain.
As she walked while losing herself in her thoughts, she arrived at the familiar room.

 

The study, the room only for Duke Hart and Nelia.

 

Nelia sat on the sofa anxiously.
This fluffy sofa felt hard today.

 

“Nelia, you don’t have to be too nervous.”

 

The duke assured Nelia with a light smile.
He was too aware of my mental state at times.

 

“I don’t intend to push the marriage.”

 

He knew what was on her mind.

 

But it was weird.

 

It was yesterday that he pressed her to get married, but his attitude changed a lot in just a day.

 

Did the duchess say something else to him?

 

“Like Nelia said, marriage is something we should be careful about.”

 

“…….
That’s right.”

 

“Yes, I was too hasty.
I didn’t mean to blurt it out rashly.”

 

“Then…….
You mean the marriage you talked about the other day is never going to happen?”

 

“I think it’s better to postpone it for now, rather than treating it as something that will never happen.”

 

She welcomed the decision for now, although it sounded vague.

 

Nelia was a bit suspicious of his attitude, which changed in just a day, but it allowed her for a while.

 

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In the meantime, she told herself to not fall for Duke Hart’s tricks again……

 

“Then, Nelia.
Please take good care of me tonight.”

 

“Yes……?”

 

As soon as she resolved her anxious mind, dangerous words tumbled out of Duke Hart’s mouth.

 

He’s saying to take good care of him tonight……?

 

As if knowing what’s on Nelia’s mind, he calmly added an explanation.

 

“I have to run a test with you to see if I return to my human form.
I have to go to the palace starting next week.”

 

“Oh…… I understand.”

 

Then he should have said it earlier.
She almost remembered the dizzying and pleasurable night they shared the other day.

 

From now on, she had to be careful as to not fall for the duke’s seduction.

 

“Nelia patted my head yesterday and I returned to my human form after that.”

 

Nelia remembered the moment when Duke Hart returned to his human form yesterday.
She was stroking the snake’s bald head out of pity and he changed back to his human form.

 

“Yes, I also thought the same.”

 

“Let’s do it the same way today.”

 

Nelia nodded.

 

It wasn’t a difficult thing to do, and it would be such a relief if he was able to return by just that.

 

Nelia replied with a lighter mind.

 

“Good idea.”

 

***

 

After work, Nelia and Duke Hart finished their dinner.

 

The dish for today was veal steak with oysters, which has a wonderful taste.

 

Due to that, the dish disappeared quickly from the plate.

 

The capital of the Andrian Empire was originally located inland, thus making it difficult to get seafood.
Oysters are high quality ingredient.

 

But it was a lot easier to get when she stayed in the duke’s mansion.
Sometimes, she wondered if he had something like a magic pocket and everything immediately came out of it.

 

She knew Duke Hart was rich, but she felt as if she couldn’t measure the depth of his wealth at times.
It was because when she stayed in the mansion, she sometimes found out things that were exorbitantly expensive.
Although she had no idea about expensive stuff, she often overheard people, who came as Duke Hart’s guest, opened their mouths in awe as they admired stuff around the mansion.

 

Even now, paintings were hung all over the wall on their way upstairs.

 

Nelia asked Duke Hart, her eyes trained on the painting.

 

“Do you like to collect paintings?”

 

“It’s not for fun, but…….
I just buy it regularly at auction.”

 

Then, what is it, if you go there to buy those on a regular occasion?

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I don’t particularly like paintings, but I buy stuff that I think are worth buying.”

 

“Is it some sort of investment?”

 

The duke shook his head.

 

“No.
If I have to explain it, I might say it’s like……..
An instinct.”

 

Nelia pondered about his vague explanation.

 

……She thought it’s just like a shopping addiction.

 

Nevertheless, it didn’t matter because he did it all for himself.

 

Nelia, who reached the fourth floor, quickly put aside the thoughts about how much fortune the duke actually had.
She pulled the duke on his arm right before they walked past her room.

 

“Your Grace, please do it in my room today.”

 

She couldn’t be alone with the duke in the room where they spent a hot night together.

 

Actually, she was perturbed at the thought that they have to be alone, but she thought it would be better to do it in her room.

 

The duke nodded without hesitation.

 

“Yes, that will do.”

 

Nelia nodded and opened the door.
Although they were in a different room, she felt anxious again seeing the bed.

 

She sat down at the table in the corner of the room, attempting to pretend to be fine.

 

She waited for the duke to turn into a snake in the bed yesterday, but now that she thought about it, she didn’t have to wait in the bed.

 

But the duke didn’t seem to agree.

 

“Why aren’t you in bed today?”

 

“I prefer to sit here.
It has nothing to do with the duke anyway.”

 

Duke Hart obediently took a seat across from Nelia, thinking that she probably felt wary around him.

 

A moment of silence engulfed them.

 

Nelia hurriedly started a conversation as she didn’t want to remain quiet while waiting for the duke to turn into a snake.
The topic was still related to earlier.

 

“I want to hear about Your Grace’s ancestors.”

 

She was wondering with that question in mind while looking at the painting earlier.

 

What the h*ll have they done to accumulate so much fortune?

 

“You want to hear about the Hart Family’s ancestors?”

 

“Yeah.
Such as, how you got the title of a duke.”

 

She couldn’t ask directly how they had become so rich, so she attempted to ask about the history of the duchy first.
From there, she could gather the information related to it.

 

She wasn’t extremely curious about the secret behind the duke’s fortune, but it was a great story to pass the time.