There Is No Need To Be Obsessed

t was obvious that he would become the next head of the household.

However, with the sudden death of the former Duke of Henness and the impending succession to the state, Wolfgang Henness suddenly disappeared.

No trace of Wolfgang could be found anywhere, and the second eldest son, Heights Henness, took over the duchy.

Heights Henness became a duke because he was left with no other choice.
One could say that he was forced to.

Perhaps that was why even after becoming a duke, he did not show any remarkable performances.
Making the Henness the least prominent of the three ducal families.

That’s why his reputation is not that far-reaching.

After handing the finished plate to a servant passing by, I folded my arms and leaned my back against the wall.

I was observing Heights Henness as he was surrounded by women, when he suddenly made eye contact with me.

“…?”

At first, I thought it was just that our eyes met by chance while shifting our gaze.

However, as time passed, Heights did not move his gaze away from me.

What? Does he know me?

His blue eyes seemed to shake for a moment, then he cut through the crowd and started approaching me.

Huh? What is it?

I was flustered.
I could just stare at him as he was getting closer.

“Eureia.”

Suddenly.
someone grabbed my wrist as a voice called out to me.

I turned my head.

I thought it was another man who approached because of Eureia’s beauty, but it was someone unexpected.

My eyes widened at him.

“Leone?”

“I’ve been looking for you for a while.”

He smiled softly.
He was not wearing the silver-framed glasses he always had on.

I glanced him up and down once.

He was wearing a formal attire.

The short tied tail of his hair still remained.
However, the purple pierced earring in his right ear were quite impressive.
It was usually not visible as it was covered with his hair.

As I touched the piercing, Leone’s gaze followed my hand.

“This is the gift I gave you.”

This pierced earring was given to him as a gift when Leone first entered the Guild.

“You used to struggle to sleep alone at night back then, so I had to come to your room.
I put you to sleep because you were quite scared.”

“Ack, owner… no, Eureia, that…”

Leone’s face turned red as I reminded him of that time.

I burst into laughter briefly as his cold and insensitive impression was replaced by a red flush.

At that time, Leone was stuck in the trauma of having witnessed his parents’ death with his own eyes so he had trouble sleeping at night.

Even after he had dealt with his uncle, he feared that he would come and kill him.

At that, I gave him this piercing as a gift.
It was an amulet that I made to get rid of nightmares.

After that, Leone was able to sleep well at night.

“By the way, how did you get in? I didn’t hear you enter.”

“I was the first to arrive.
It’s a little annoying to see people crowding around.”

Upon saying that, Leone glanced at the crowd.

Heights Henness, who failed to approach me, was surrounded by people again and was in trouble.

“So I quietly searched for you.
I figured it would be better for me to be with you than to be alone…”

Leone clung to me like an escort knight.

We were so far in a corner that no one noticed Leone’s existence.

I and Leone stood side by side and chattered.

Being alone wasn’t bad, but having a friend by my side made me feel at ease.