Chapter 101: All He Has to Do Is Accompany Her

I’m a Rich Young Lady, So I Won’t Be Passionately Pursued by the Duke’s Young Master.

Just as I Was About to Become a Saintess, I Was Kidnapped by the Cult’s Holy Son.

Although We’re Sworn Enemies, We’re Secretly Having a Sweet Romance.

Looking at the various outrageous book titles on the borrowing list, Hall felt like he had traveled back to 2022.

Although he hadn’t read much in his previous life, he knew from the titles that these were wish-fulfillment stories.

“Young Master Hall, is this?”

The librarian aunt was a little surprised to see Hall standing there stunned with the borrowing list.

But she quickly said no more.

As the librarian of Saint Louis’s number one noble middle school, she couldn’t speak to these young masters and ladies.

“Is this the list of books I borrowed back then? Are you sure there’s no mistake?” Hall exclaimed in disbelief.

How could he have read these?

The very existence of these books in the library of this noble school was unreasonable, okay?

“Yes, we wouldn’t dare to misplace Young Master Hall’s borrowing list. Please rest assured, Young Master, you are a busy man…”

The librarian aunt felt very awkward.

But Hall thought about it again.

It seemed that the existence of these books was also reasonable.

Some noble young ladies liked to read them.

But he, a man, a duke’s young master, why would he read this?

Could reading this improve him in any way?

Besides, Leticia had asked him what book he was reading when they first met.

That book must have been something Leticia didn’t understand.

It shouldn’t be a romance novel.

Having no clue, Hall still handed the list back to the librarian, planning to take all these books back and see what was so special about them.

Anyway, he was quite bored before the final exams, basically just going to school, practicing his swordsmanship, and going home, a three-point line.

Occasionally, he would go to the library.

But just as he walked out of the library with the bags of borrowed books, trying to ignore the librarian aunt’s strange gaze.

He ran into someone he least wanted to see right now—Himan.

“Hall, what are you doing here?”

“I came back to take a look. Anyway, it’s in Saint Louis, so it’s quite convenient. On the other hand, why are you here?”

“Ah, I just came back to take a look too.”

Actually, she was lying to Hall.

Himan had finished all her final exam preparations.

With nothing to do, she planned to continue investigating the truth behind the false accusations against Hall back then.

That’s why she had returned to the middle school.

“I’m about to go back.”

Hall, carrying a bag of outrageous romance novels, felt like he was on pins and needles.

“Hall, what’s in your bag? I saw you coming out of the library. Are they borrowed books?”

Himan was very curious about what kind of books Hall would borrow.

Before, she would have thought Hall was reading indecent books.

Now she knew Hall was knowledgeable in theology and had been secretly studying it for the past few years.

“Yes, they’re borrowed books.”

“Are they theology-related books? Let me see what you usually read. I have to take an exam at the theology academy at the end of the term.”

Himan had been looking for a chance to understand Hall’s daily life this month.

She felt this was a good opportunity.

So she went forward.

But Hall made a gesture of refusal.

This made Himan angry.

“You can’t even let me see theology books? Besides, they’re just books. I won’t take them home. I can just look at your book list, right? Anyway, most of the books here will have several copies. I’ll just go and borrow them myself.”

Hall didn’t know how to reply.

But at that moment, Himan caught a glimpse of the contents through a gap in the bag.

“Transformed into a demon princess…”

Seeing the few words on the title page of the top book, Himan’s brain short-circuited a bit.

She had never read a book with such a title, but she had heard of them.

She had a close friend in middle school who loved to read them.

So she looked at Hall hesitantly.

“Hall, take out that book and let me see.”

“Alright.”

Seeing that the cat was out of the bag, there was nothing he could do.

He simply gave the whole bag to Himan.

As Himan took out the books one by one, her frown deepened with each one.

Hall just stood there on the side.

He didn’t care. He wouldn’t care.

Anyway, he was used to Himan looking at him with colored glasses.

It was better this way.

It was tiring, but it wouldn’t be tiring for too many days.

He was sure that the progress of the various heroine routes now, except for Christine, whose strength was questionable, and Sophia, who had started late because Elizabeth hadn’t died, was basically ahead of the original routes.

And, all the heroines, including the most classic one, Julia, were in Saint Louis, which meant the heroines would have close contact from the beginning.

As for Christine and Sophia, as two of the heroines with the highest stats, as long as they didn’t actively make enemies with the Church or the Demon Lords, they would not be in danger.

This also meant that the heroines didn’t actually need him for the time being.

Unless there was another situation like Sophia going to the Demon God’s Labyrinth, an isolated place where no one could support her, and just happened to encounter a cult fanatic like Rhys.

The probability was too low.

After careful analysis, the conditions for him to run away were gradually becoming sufficient.

“Hall, you… look at what kind of books you’re reading! You’re a man… you like to read this? Where’s your noble honor? Or rather, you…”

Himan looked at those outrageous titles.

She couldn’t stand it.

Her brain was about to explode.

She had thought Hall was reading serious theology books, but…

“I don’t like to read this, but reading this is useful.”

Hall explained, but not completely.

He couldn’t possibly say that he used to like reading this.

But after hearing this, Himan became even angrier.

Because she had heard that some guys increased their skills in chasing girls by reading this.

Of course, the prerequisite was that their status was transcendent, their strength was outstanding, and they were very handsome.

Just like the male lead’s hardware configuration in these books.

And Hall…

It seemed he really…

“I see. So the reason you’re so popular with girls is because you read these useless books every day?”

Himan’s gaze gradually sharpened.

She seemed to understand everything.

She continued, “Hall, you… you don’t have to be like this. You’ve really let me down…”

Himan understood, but she also didn’t.

As long as he performed as well as he used to, girls would like him.

In upper elementary school, there were shy little girls who would block their way home and give Hall the love letters they had just written.

At that time, Himan was still a spoiled little brat.

She would aggressively snatch them away and tear them up for Hall, and then arrogantly say, “Little sister, what’s your status? How dare you try to climb up to the young master of a ducal family?”

Many times, she would make the girls who came to confess to Hall cry.

Why was he still learning these things?

Could it be to conquer girls of higher status?

Indeed, it was hard not to associate these books with that.

Disappointed.

Very disappointed.

She looked at Hall, wanting to hear what he had to say.

But the black-haired, black-eyed youth said nothing.

Because Hall had just been enlightened by a sentence from Himan.

Could it be that he used to read these books to conquer the heroines in the game?

That was terrifying.

If he had succeeded, his past self should have been able to gain the power to dominate the entire world.

Besides, liking pretty girls was human nature.

Each heroine had her own personality and characteristics.

If this wasn’t an evil-path game, and Hall was the male lead of a normal game, it wouldn’t be surprising for them to conquer each other.

Especially girls like Leticia, who were originally very well-behaved and cute.

And wasn’t Lorraine a little angel as a child?

But from his current amnesia, the previous conquest plan had most likely failed… right?

This was an evil-path game, after all.

If the balance wasn’t handled well, a shura field would definitely lead to him being stabbed.

Hall fell into deep thought and could only say to Himan.

“Perhaps that’s the case.”

It was very fake, but also very true.

“So, Hall, you used to pretend to be mature because, and those…”

Himan thought of the comfortable days she used to spend with Hall.

How could someone be a little adult from birth?

So, all the good things Hall did for her were based on the content of these books.

Perhaps Leticia and the others’ affections were also…

So three years ago, even when Hall was slandered and attacked by those nobles, he didn’t refute.

He must have felt it was meaningless to continue being good to her, so he just went with the flow, hid his persona, and deliberately slacked off to distance himself from her.

This meant that from a certain moment, she was no longer his type, so there was no need to leave a good impression on her.

And now, too.

Although Leticia and Ye Wangxue were both very good, Hall had never shown any interest in these girls and had even said he would definitely break off the engagement with Ye Wangxue.

He wasn’t actually enlightened, but just tired of it.

Otherwise, why would he.

Why, when he was so formidable, would he bear a bad name for three years out of thin air?

Himan’s blood pressure shot up.

She was so angry!

She felt that managing Hall was not as good as not managing him.

Because Hall didn’t need her management at all.

No wonder he had been ignoring her for the past three years.

And recently, he had gradually changed her impression of him and had even saved her from that wolf’s claws.

He must have thought that it would be better to re-conquer her, just like when they were children…

Ah, so annoying!

“Hall, don’t read these kinds of books anymore! I’m going back!”

Giving the bag in her hand back to Hall, Himan left without waiting for him to speak.

As she was leaving, she was still thinking that if he chased after her and explained, she would forgive him.

But when Himan had already walked out of the school, she turned around.

But there was no sign of Hall.

“I’m definitely not going to care about him anymore! Anyway, I won’t be his conquest target!”

After Himan left, Hall re-analyzed the book titles.

From these titles, it was not impossible to connect them with a few of the game’s heroines.

“Don’t tell me I was thinking about how to conquer the heroines every day as soon as I was reincarnated? Just avoiding danger is tiring enough, and I was still trying to conquer them…”

…

But perhaps because he was reincarnated nineteen years ago, the heroine routes had not yet begun, and there would be no “Hall must die” scenario.

And his strength back then was probably far superior to the several heroines.

Otherwise, based on the current situation, he would have died a hundred times already.

“I have to run! I must run!”

As for where to run.

Hall actually had a vague idea.

—Sunset City.

Sunset City was at the western end of the continent.

The city there was at the four corners of the continent and was also one of the oldest cities on the entire continent.

In history, the human race could be considered one of the races under the rule of the Demon God.

In ancient times, apart from when interests were involved, the territories of the various races were not so clearly divided.

Anyway, the territory belonged to the Demon Lords and the Demon God, and the various ethnic groups would at most just rob each other.

And now, Sunset City belonged to the western Demon Lord domain, the territory of one of the eight Demon Lords, the Vampire Queen.

But it still retained its ancient traditions, allowing humans to trade and live.

The public security in the city was almost the same as in a large human city.

As long as you paid taxes to the vampires on time and didn’t cause trouble, no one would do anything to you.

It was a good place for daredevils and merchants seeking business opportunities.

In the game, players usually came here in the early stages to seek the opportunity to marry the Demon God’s daughter or a vampire girl.

But you had to know, the Demon God’s daughter was not so easy to meet.

You had to wait at a specific time and a specific place to have a chance to meet her.

In other words, as long as you avoided that specific time and place, this city was a good place to live in seclusion.

As for the Vampire Queen, to recruit her, you had to meet the condition that the Demon God’s daughter was recruited, and the overall strength of the player’s team could defeat her while she was holding back.

Hall knew that as long as he didn’t do it on purpose, it was impossible.

As for safety, even if a war broke out between the East and West in the later stages, the flames of war would probably not reach Sunset City.

If it did, there would be ample time to run.

In addition, the resident races of Sunset City were a hodgepodge.

There were pretty girls from all races, and the infrastructure was perfect.

It was an ideal city to stay away from the various human heroines.

Furthermore, the communication in Sunset City would not let him lag behind in information, and he could also keep an eye on the situation on the continent at all times.

In every aspect, it was very good.

“Then I have to buy a property in Sunset City first… I don’t know if my private savings are enough. They’re definitely not enough…”

Hall’s current balance was a little over a hundred gold coins.

He still had the check Leticia had given him, but it would be too high-profile to cash it at a Child family bank.

He had to save money.

Saving money was the first priority.

Having figured it out, Hall planned to go to the Demon God’s Labyrinth to earn some small money before the end of the term.

And when he really wanted to run, he had to take Lov with him.

“Young Master, you’ve been so busy lately.”

“It’s alright, it’s the end of the term.”

“That’s true… I haven’t seen Young Master so busy in a long time.”

Today was December 29th.

A light snow was falling outside of Saint Louis.

Lov, breathing out warm air, was tying Hall’s tie and straightening the wrinkles on his clothes as he was about to go out.

Her life had become increasingly peaceful.

She had been worried about what to do if Ye Wangxue became Mrs. Faxtius.

But Ye Wangxue had barely been back to the Faxtius estate these past few days, spending her nights at the Xia embassy.

According to Ye Wangxue, she would return to the Xia Kingdom after the winter break.

If her father, the king, objected to this marriage, she and Hall would no longer be fiancés, and naturally could not continue to live together.

But Lov was meticulous and had observed that when Ye Wangxue said this, she was clearly looking at the Young Master’s attitude.

Unfortunately, the Young Master just sat there and nodded, saying yes, which led to Ye Wangxue packing her bags and returning to the Xia embassy that very night.

And Lorraine wasn’t at home recently either.

The final exams at the theology academy were also about to begin.

Moreover, Lorraine had a high position in the Church, and at the end of the year, she had to submit an academic paper on theology, so her supervisor had called her back to do her academic work.

Thus, for Lov, the situation had returned to how it was in the beginning.

The only ones who could enter and exit Hall’s villa were her and Hall.

Her choice of clothes, naturally, was a bit more unrestrained.

“It’s so cold, you should wear more.”

Hall looked at Lov’s light-colored, strappy, form-fitting dress today.

It was beautiful, but the skin on her collarbone was not a healthy color, clearly chilled.

“As long as the Young Master likes it, it doesn’t matter to Lov. I can just warm myself by the fire later.”

For the little maid, it was a success if Hall’s gaze could linger on her for a moment longer.

Lov was not without a sense of crisis.

She was very afraid of being replaced.

There was no shortage of pretty girls in Saint Louis, nor of dexterous girls, and certainly no shortage of young girls.

As for status and position, she had none.

She only had these.

“Don’t catch a cold. How can you work for me if you get sick?”

Being patted on the head, Lov was slightly satisfied and said with a smile.

“It’s not that easy to get sick, Young Master.”

“I don’t remember clearly, but I feel like you’ve been sick once.”

“Haha…”

Lov laughed.

But her hometown was actually in the south.

The winter she was sold to Saint Louis and bought by Hall, she had indeed been sick.

And because she was not used to the climate, Lov was not very comfortable eating some of the high-fat foods.

So she had a fever, a very serious one, the most serious she had ever had in her life.

At the beginning, she would vomit, and her throat was uncomfortable.

But Lov’s first reaction was one of terror.

After being bought by Hall, she had wanted to repay his kindness.

After all, she could eat her fill with Hall, and at that time, she was still young and didn’t need to do the physical labor she used to do as a child laborer at home.

She only had to help Hall fold the blankets, tidy the bed, and the desk, and so on.

Lov didn’t have to tidy the bookshelf because she wasn’t tall enough that year.

Outside of these trivial matters, she was often trained by the old head maid of the Faxtius family.

The daily training was actually not that long, and cultural lessons took up a large part of it.

She still remembered what the head maid often said.

—The Faxtius family doesn’t need stupid people, nor people who can’t cater to the master’s interests. Especially a personal servant like you, you have to know what Young Master Hall wants with just a slight change in his expression or a glance.

But even so, she still had a lot of time to play around in the huge Faxtius mansion, living more freely than the daughters of some minor noble families.

In addition, her maid outfit was also custom-made by a special clothing designer in Saint Louis.

Her casual clothes for when she was not working were also designed together.

If Hall attended any occasion, and Lov accompanied him as a servant, she would be a part of Hall’s face.

But because Himan was often by his side as a child, Hall did not need Lov’s company at many noble gatherings.

And for Lov, this was simply a new life.

Such a happy life made her afraid.

Why was she sick?

And she couldn’t get used to the climate of Saint Louis and couldn’t get used to eating expensive foods like foie gras and caviar.

Why couldn’t she get used to it, when she was so happy?

Was she not suitable?

Was she unable to handle this job that many girls from commoner families in Saint Louis could never hope to attain in their lifetime?

Lov, seriously ill, thought about these things.

Even when she drank the fever-reducing medicine and fell into a deep sleep, she would have nightmares of “being fired.”

In her dream, Young Master Hall, who had bought her from a human trafficker, was in front of the Faxtius gate, and she was thrown out.

Then she heard him say, “I don’t need useless servants.”

In the end, she watched him turn and leave, closing the gate.

Little Lov was woken up by this dream, and when she woke up, she found Hall reading a book by her bed.

He was reading very seriously, a theology book full of ancient texts that Lov couldn’t understand.

She didn’t dare to disturb him when she woke up.

But Lov wanted to observe him, to observe every part of his face and body.

But soon, their eyes met.

The young duke, still a boy, asked, “You’re awake?”

“Mm, thank you, Young Master, for finding a doctor for me.”

She was terrified.

“You rest for a few days. The doctor said you have a cold, and because of a chronic illness and malnutrition, your body is in a sub-healthy state. The combination of these has caused you to have a high fever.”

That winter, Lov had just turned eleven.

She shouldn’t have been sick, but her life as a child had been extremely irregular, sometimes starving, sometimes full, and the time for meals was completely random, only eating when her work was done.

“But they’re all minor problems. You’ll be fine after six months of recuperation. You don’t have to worry.”

Hall then handed a diet plan and notes to Lov, “This is a diet plan customized for you by the doctor. You can cross out anything you don’t like to eat.”

“…Ah?”

Lov was still terrified.

Just Hall saying she could rest for six months was enough to terrify her.

And now there was a menu specially customized for her.

“As my future maid, you don’t have to be so reserved and grateful now. I’m being good to you because I will have a use for you in the future and will need your loyalty.”

“…”

In Lov’s worldview at that time, she didn’t know how to repay him and could only nod mechanically.

The rest was simple.

Lov really did slowly recuperate.

Except for those old problems, her body was now very good.

The only thing that couldn’t be changed was that she had missed the best time for development.

Her breasts and buttocks were slightly underdeveloped compared to the other noble young ladies who lived a normal life in Saint Louis.

But recalling all the past events, she actually wanted to go back to that year and say to the Hall who had sat by her bed and taken care of her when she was sick.

“Young Master, you have been so good to me. How could I not be grateful?”

But there was no need to say all this.

It was better that he didn’t remember.

She just needed to do her best.

So at this moment, after straightening Hall’s clothes, Lov said softly.

“It’s getting late. Go to school now, Young Master.”

She saw him off, knowing very well in her heart that for her, who was not outstanding.

The only thing she could do was to accompany him in this daily routine.

When Hall arrived at school and opened his drawer.

He immediately saw two envelopes.

“?”

Two envelopes?

Now Hall was a bit at a loss.

Why were there two letters?

And from the packaging, these two letters were not from the same person.

He was puzzled.

But he didn’t rush to take them out.

Himan was right beside him.

However, Himan hadn’t been paying much attention to him these past few days.

It was probably because she was still holding a grudge about that book.

It was good that Himan was ignoring him.

Once the winter break started, as long as he wasn’t at the Faxtius estate, this cousin of his would probably not appear in his sight at all.

And with Ye Wangxue going to the Xia Kingdom to report, and Sophia seeming to be ending her visit soon and returning to the Kingdom of Cateline.

It would be super easy.

There would be no shura fields, and no dangerous incidents.

And so it went until the end of the school day.

Before leaving, Ye Wangxue glanced at Hall.

Seeing that Hall had no special reaction, she left in a huff.

Himan didn’t stay long either and left.

Leticia also didn’t come to school.

So after the dangerous heroines were not in the classroom.

He began to open the letters.

And found that they were two invitation letters.

One was from Leticia, inviting him to Childland to celebrate New Year’s Eve with her.

The other was from Ye Wangxue, saying that Uncle Zhou wanted to talk to him, on the evening of December 31st at eight o’clock.

Before Hall could decide whether to go or not.

Himan suddenly returned, with Tarasha by her side.

She said.

“Hall, there’s a farewell party for Her Majesty of Cateline the day after tomorrow. She hopes you can attend.”

Hearing this, Hall looked down at the two envelopes and thought to himself, ‘I can’t be in two places at once.’