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Chapter 36 - Gentle and Affectionate

It reminded him of the old Lena, who didn’t even respond to his smile. It was natural for her to feel fear and rejection. Because he was nothing more than a monster only covered in beautiful skin.

In addition, he himself, who thought the devilish curse and the extraordinary appearance were painful, may be no more than a hypocrite. Having suffered so much because of his outward appearance, he had to try to look inside people. But has it ever really been like that? As he was too busy just beating everyone up and throwing them away…….

Besides, even now, very naturally, he demeaned Sid’s appearance first. He must have unknowingly felt superior in terms of appearance.

Thinking like that made him feel miserable.

“Then…… In your opinion, I must have been quite repulsive.”

Lena raised her tensed eyes at Kahel’s calm voice and looked at him, and then she carefully opened her mouth.

“Uh…… To be honest, it, it is true that I was scared at first. Honestly, I can’t forget the day we first met…….”

Come to think of it, he had slashed the baron’s and the baroness’ necks in front of Lena’s eyes. How terrible was that? Kahel, who remembered the memories, couldn’t bear to see Lena’s face, so he looked down at the teacup and fiddled with it.

In the meantime, Lena cleared her throat once more and spoke her words carefully .

“But now…… I feel sorry for Your Excellency because you seem so gentle and affectionate.”

It was then that Kahel’s head lifted slightly.

“You gave me too many things, brought Uncle Theo and Sid, and not long ago, you praised me…….”

“Praise?”

“That…… Here…….”

Lena quickly pointed the tip of her index finger to her forehead, then lowered her hand. She didn’t know why her face was getting hotter.

“There’s nothing I can do for Duke, but you’re so nice…… I don’t know how to repay all this favor.”

Kahel felt his heart, which had just been like a bleak winter night, warmed up by Lena’s blushing cheeks and shy gratitude. This maid doesn’t know what a miracle she is to him. Favor? Thanks? That was what he had to say here.

As he thought about it, he even thought that he had been treating Lena a bit too much because he had never known Lena’s identity. He wanted to do something that would make Lena more happy.

“That’s right, it must be because you suffered so much at Barony Fidelia. This is how everyone who serves closest to the great nobles lives. I thought I was mean for not being able to improve your treatment on the pretext of being busy.”

“What? It’s not even worth it! I am being treated well enough.”

“Thank you for thinking like that, but from now on, get used to receiving. You need to be aware of how great your position is.”

Lena tried to refute, but Kahel immediately put another topic on his lips and she shut her mouth.

“It’s almost December, do you have a coat and fur shoes for winter?”

“Just for the coat, there is the woolen coat that you bought me last time. I didn’t buy them because I thought I didn’t need more.”

“Hmm. That’s not enough. I need to order a sable coat and fur shoes soon.”