Fostering the Male Lead

ickly corrected his expression, but it was of no use as he had already been caught.

“…Outrageous!”

“Outrageous indeed! Was it fun to pretend to be His Highness and mess with me?”

I erupted in rage when I realized I had been aggrieved because of this fake Sihael.

“If you were going to pretend to be His Highness, you should have done a thorough investigation beforehand.”

When I tightened my grip on the fake’s shoulder, his jaws closed.
It was unusual to witness Sihael’s face give up to my power, but that was all there was to it.

‘What if his face is the same, he isn’t the real one.’

I released my grip on his shoulder and brushed off his wrinkled uniform.

“Well, now that our formal conversation is over, tell me who you are.
Seeing how my brother is being quiet, I think you might know each other.”

Leonard isn’t a fool.
There’s no way he didn’t know that this guy was a fake.

Maybe this guy’s also a close friend of Sihael?

“I’m afraid I can’t tell you.”

He’s so obstinate.
Well it can’t be helped.
I have no choice but to ask Leonard.
I couldn’t use force when it wasn’t clear who my opponent was, so I let the matter go without regret.

“Rosetta?”

Was the goddess of destiny on my side? When I encountered Leonard on the terrace, I sang with joy inside.

“Why are you here?”

I smiled innocently and pointed behind me.

“His Highness was acting strange, so I came to see him but he turned out to be a fake.
Brother, you knew about it, right?”

When Leonard looked behind me and frowned, the man covered his face and sighed.

“I really did my best.”

“Yes, you did your best.”

Leonard sighed as he complimented his best efforts to emulate Sihael.

“How did you find out?”

“The color of his eyes is subtly different.
And…”

Looking at the fake’s emotionless eyes, I added.”His Highness will never pass by  me ignoring me.”

Perhaps he found my confident words strange, Leonard looked at me with a subtle expression.

“You were able to know with that?”

“Mm, why?”

“…”

“…”

The uneasy silence on the terrace persisted for quite some time.
The longer it went on, the more worried I became.
How long could he be stunned when I was so worried? I yanked Leonard’s arm and prodded him.

“So where is His Highness? Did something bad happen to him for you to put up a substitute in his place?”

“Rosetta, you know that this is top secret and I can’t say it casually.”

I knew.
I knew it very well.
But if it was concerned with Sihael, of course I should know.

‘I am Sihael’s caregiver, friend and colleague.’

Having made all sorts of excuses inwards, I decided to goad Leonard.

“Even if you don’t tell me, I’m not going anywhere.
I’m going to keep pursuing and tormenting this fake.”

When I pointed my index finger at the man, his face hardened like a stone.

“And I might be able to help.”

In the end, Leonard raised both hands at my reckless stubbornness.

“… It would be better if you saw him for yourself.
Go to the lounge.”

He indeed came.
I was worried because I thought he couldn’t come, but it was a relief.

“Hurry up, don’t make a mess here.”

As the force on my back pushed me forward, I glanced around and said, “Ah, right.” Looking at the man leaning on the terrace, I murmured.

“Let’s meet in person next time.”

His face piqued my interest.
When I stared at the fake Sihael and smiled, he secretly avoided my eyes.

“And brother, please go around the banquet hall.”

I tapped the brooch on Leonard’s chest.

“Please help me promote them properly.”

Leonard’s expression distorted when I told him to work hard instead of Sihael.