<strong>“You’re so cold.</strong>Well, then, I’ll get going.”


    The man’s body began to fade.


    Then,rge chunks fell on his body. But the lumps did not harm him and he disintegrated in the air.


    “I hope to see you again next time.”


    The man’s hand vanished.


    I wondered if it would be okay to let him go like this, but it was toote to do anything now.


    I took my eyes off him and fixed my gaze on Igelto.


    He was a mess.


    His body was a wreck; only the appearance of his sleeping eyes seemed calm.


    “We should go too.”


    Robe came over to me, lightly avoiding therge piece of ceiling that fell where he was a moment before and approached me.


    His face, glimpsed through his robes, slightly frowned upon seeing Igelto.


    “The elf ising with us.”


    He said nothing.


    He just sighed as if he was displeased.


    He reached out slowly to me, and when I grabbed it, a familiar light enveloped us.


    At the same time,rge stones fell on us, but the Robe’s magic was one step faster.


    I slowly closed and opened my eyes.


    The background had once again changed.


    ‘It’s the cabin.’


    On the old table, I could see the hasty magic circle I drew.


    Robe stood next to me.


    “Are you hurt anywhere?”


    “As you can see.”


    He slowly came to me.


    I grinned, showing him a big smile. “By the way, how long do you n to wear that robe stair?”


    Even though his face was tightly hidden in his robes, I could see that he was embarrassed though his speechlessness and his body stiffening up.


    As a result, I couldn’t help but feel an unknown smug satisfaction.


    stair, seemed to be wondering where he went wrong and revealed his identity.


    It was ridiculous.


    ‘If you’re going to hide, hide it well.’


    How could I not know?


    Where was itmon that men had his talent? And such a gifted man is working hard for me for no reason?


    It was obviously that it was stair.


    Besides, he had a simr physique stair’s.


    At first, I didn’t recognize his magically altered voice.


    But that elusive personality, being flustered by me and that particr overprotection, all pointed to stair.


    It was amusing that he was trying to hide his identity, so I had decided to go along with it.


    Then it got a little ugly.


    I’m trying to get the elf because of *someone*, and that very person interferes with my ns. How frustrating. I can only sigh in exasperation.


    I wondered, how should I punish him today?


    I gentlyid Igelto down and got up from my position. Then slowly approached stair.


    The closer I got, the stiffer his body got.


    Is that why?


    I tried to hold back myughter, but myughter kept leaking out.


    Now the distance between him and me was so little that we were breathing on each other.


    I carefully reached out my hand towards him.


    Slip-


    With a light hand gesture, I peeled off the robe that was hiding his face.


    Then, a beautiful face, one that I had not seen for a long time, was revealed.


    It is wasteful to hide such a face.


    When we made eye contact, stair turned his head aside instantly.


    So you know what you’re guilty for, eh?


    “You can’t do that, stair.”


    I grabbed his chin and turned his face towards me so that he had to look at my face.


    His eyes were helplessly forced to look at me.


    “Now, then tell me why you were there.”


    “……..”


    “You don’t want to tell me? But what about this? I can force you to answer. The only reason I didn’t force you to answer before was because you weren’t stair, but now you’ve been found out.”


    stair closed his mouth firmly and looked down.


    It reminded me of the puppy I had raised in my previous life.


    When I punished the puppy, it looked exactly like this.


    “······When did you know?”


    “I didn’t know it from the beginning. I figured it out about halfway.”


    “…..How did you know?”


    “Fool. Isn’t it weird that you don’t know how not to be so obvious?”


    “……”


    I took my hand off his chin.


    stair looked at my falling hand with longing, but I didn’t care.


    Is it because I was too tired and worked too hard today?


    My legs hurt.


    I walked toward the table and sat down with my hips on it.


    With my hands behind me, I supported myself up and looked at himnguidly.


    “So stair, did you have fun deceiving me?


    The person who tried to fool me was duped, but can I really do it?


    “That’s not true,”


    said stair feeling a sense of injustice.


    “You weren’t fooled.”


    “Yes. For your information, it was kind of fun tricking you.”


    My eyes curled agreeably, and I smiled.


    stair sighed as he rubbed the back of his head.


    It wasn’t hard to fool and tease him.


    I almost had a convulsion in my mouth while holding backughter.


    “Good thing I got caught. I had something I wanted to ask you.”


    I propped my chin and on my hand and waited for stair’s proceeding words.


    stair smiled vaguely, but somehow, his smile looked twisted.


    I don’t know why he is upset, but I raised my eyebrow, coaxing him to tell me.


    “Why did you want to buy that elf?”


    Why did I want to buy him?


    The reason is obvious.


    stair looked at Igelto lying on the floor.


    As his cool gaze turned to Igelto, Igelto, who was sleeping well, suddenly began to curl into a ball.


    “I want him.”


    “……..”


    “I want that elf.”


    “·····You want that?”


    “Very. I’ve been coveting and wishing for a long time.”


    He slowly blinked and then slowly approached me.