Bon Appetit (Manhwa)

Chapter 32

'Follow my heart.'

The duke pondered at what the doctor said. His father did not live a long life due to the curse, and his mother, although alive, did not show much interest in her son. She went back to her motherland as soon as his father died. Therefore, Legion became a duke at a relatively young age compared to others.

As soon as he became a duke, a heavy sense of responsibility fell on his shoulders. He had to pay allegiance to the emperor and struggle to protect the duchy. He also suffered from a curse like his father, which was not considered for outsiders.

Because of this, he overcame numerous crises and hardships even while suffering. It was painful enough that he wanted to die, but he persevered with evil. With no one helping him, he survived and became an adult.

For him, having a feeling toward others was a luxury. However, the doctor told the duke to move by following his own heart. But the subject is a witch, the same race that gave him the curse!

'I've come a long way.'

Even if the doctor told him to go with his feeling, Legion didn't know what to do.

'What do I want to do?'

The duke stood by the window and stared blankly at the moonlit garden, thinking of Luana. He saw her in the dungeon, crouching down and trembling in the cold. The only thing that wrapped her back was the blanket the butler brought her. Besides, she must have felt hungry. She loves eating. No wonder she couldn't let go of eating even when the kingdom was invaded. Legion put his hand on his forehead.

Legion doesn't know what to do. His hatred toward the witches was still burning in his body and mind. But on the other side of his mind, another thought was shaking him. In the end, he failed to torture Luana. Even though it did not go as planned, he felt pain in his chest.

He couldn't say anything to the butler, who was weak in affection toward Luana. The doctor must have thought the same. The duke was upset by his own weakness. Nevertheless, he felt pathetic that he couldn't give up his only weakness.

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It was hard to tell the time while in the dungeon as there was no window or light. At first, she noticed the time whenever she felt hungry but soon gave up on calculating the time.

'Why should I bother calculating the time?'

Luana had no reason to count the days. She sighed deeply as she pulled the blanket over her shoulder. If she died this way here, who would even mourn? There was no nanny who cared for her in the empire, although some of the people in the mansion became friends with her after she entered the duke's mansion, but would they even cry? She shook her head immediately after the gloomy thought.

'Didn't they bring me a blanket and soup?'

She shouldn't expect any more from such people. The duke may punish them because of her. She kept her mouth shut to the duke, but she didn't think it would be difficult to notice as the duke had several hidden eyes.

The duke suffered excessive hardship from an early age, so he did not fully trust people. In the novel, it is said that the duke only believed in his butler and his doctor, but among them, the butler acted unexpectedly. She couldn't predict the butler's action.

Gurgle-

In the meantime, the ignorant stomach was still making a fuss for food.

'I want to eat kimchi stew. Or even soybean paste stew. It tastes good with white rice!'

Thick meat and spicy soup in kimchi that melts after being boiled. Scoop the stew over warm white rice, then mix it. Woah! The taste was so good that it could not be described in words. The soybean paste stew was the same. Luana preferred to boil the soybean paste stew until it thickens and has a strong taste. She can scoop it and mix it over rice, and it's guaranteed to be delicious.