Fostering the Male Lead

d the door looked back at me with a grin.

“You can’t just trust anyone and do things like that.
You could get in big trouble.”

“…Oh.”

At her words of admonition, I put my hands together and bowed my head.

Wait a minute, why am I being scolded?

I lifted my head and squinted my eyes, and before I knew it, she stared back at me with an expressionless face.

“Still, you’ve come to the right place.”

“What?”

Do you know me? I quickly searched my memory, but it was a face I didn’t know.

‘By the way, what kind of alcohol did she drink?’

The smell of the alcohol that wafted from her was awful.
Anisha didn’t smell like this.

‘Wait…?’

I bit my lips because I finally realized it.
Anisha didn’t smell like anything.
The half-closed eyes and her staggering figure were definitely the appearance of a drunk person.

‘Could it be that she did drugs and not alcohol?’

Contrary to what she looked like, Anisha was quite a free spirit.
What broke my string of thoughts was a light tap on my shoulder.

“You’re Rosetta Katzel, right? Chase’s youngest daughter.”

Chase was the Duke’s name.

“Yes, but who are you?”

Her friendly demeanor made me flustered. Whoever sees us will think that she was a close friend of mine.

“I just came here to check if I found the right person.
Now I can finally relax my eyes.”

“What?”

First it was Anisha and now this person.
Their words were full of nonsense that I couldn’t understand.
Was it because they were both out of their minds? Just when I muttered to myself that I was unlucky to come across a drunkard twice in a row, a familiar voice flew into my ear.

“Miss Kariya, it’s time to go.”

“Lily, I told you to wait as I would be there soon.”

“I didn’t know what else to do.
Huh, Lady Katzel?”

‘…Did she say Kariya?’

I couldn’t hear Liliana’s voice calling me.

Kariya…? Could she be that Kariya that I know?

‘Is she the Mage Tower’s Head Kariya?’

I closed my gaping mouth.
The person whom I thought of as another annoying drunkard turned out to be the living legend, Kariya – the Head of the Mage Tower.

“Why is the legend…?”

“What legend? I’m just an old woman who’s about to retire.”

What do you mean by old woman! She was still strong enough to wipe out an entire area if she put her mind to it!

‘No wonder, I was intimidated by her presence.
Her aura is no joke.’

It was to the point that I, who usually never blinked an eye, was left flustered.

“Do you two happen to be friends?”

“We became friends today.”

When I answered instead of Lilliana, who was hesitant about what to answer, Kariya patted her on the shoulder with a beaming smile.

“Lily, I wondered what was going on when you suddenly disappeared.
So, it happens you were making friends.”

Kariya tousled Liliana’s hair as her face flushed red.