I Thought It Was a Common Transmigration - Chapter 61

I whispered the ‘on the bed’ part in his ear, and slowly Killian’s earlobe began to flush.

“I love the way your back and shoulders and arm muscles move when you grip, extend, and swing your sword, and I can tell you’ve been training hard for a long time.”

Despite the heat rising in his face, Killian didn’t bother to stop me.

However, he did make some unnecessary remarks. “You seem to have some pretty firm standards for observing a man’s body,” he said.

“Yes, just as you have your own preferences for observing a woman’s body.”

For someone who loved the slender Lizé, Killian tended to obsess over the ‘voluptuous’ parts of my body.

Whether he realized it or not, Killian’s face was now too flushed for words.

He can be so out of this world when provoked, but at times like this, he’s surprisingly innocent.

Then, suddenly, he stiffened up and asked, “By the way, if you’ve been spying on me…… I assume you’ve also seen Cliff?”

“Oh, yeah, because you train together all the time.”

“Is that how you looked at Cliff’s body too?”

“You can’t make the obvious invisible.”

Killian’s eyes turned fierce.

I wondered why he’d taken his jealousy out on me if he liked Lizé.

But if I ended this date with his feelings hurt, it would be dangerous going forward, so I needed to let him off the hook.

“Of course, my preference is yours. I like round and firm muscles.”

“To be honest, Cliff’s muscles are a little more firm…… I tend to gain weight when I get a little lazy.”

“But your butt is a little more firm…….”

“Hoho……”

Oops, I’ve slipped into my own talk. I wonder why I dragged the topic of conversation down to the lower half of the body.

I quietly lowered my hands, which I had raised as if to grab something.

“I thought it was my chest you liked, is it my butt? Ha…… you are naughty……”

“W- w- what the hell? Your chest……?”

I shook my head in disbelief, but Killian’s eyes sparkled in a way I’d never seen before.

“We’re a couple, yes. We can stare at each other’s chests and butts with confidence.”

“T- that’s……. yeah.”

The heat was now rising to the nape of my neck as well. I wish we could stop talking about this topic now……

“The breeze has cooled off, but it’s still summer.”

“Yeah, it’s a little hot……”

I was fanning myself, glad for the change of topic, until Killian grabbed my waist and pulled me close, whispering, “Let’s wash off the sweat, shall we……”

“What……?”

As I stood there dumbfounded, he called a distant maid and ordered her to quickly prepare the bath water.

And while the maid ran off, he continued his walk, hugging my waist as if nothing had happened.

It was exactly fifteen minutes later that the maid had the bath water ready.

“Shall we go do something more couple-like now?”

Killian grabbed my waist and turned me toward the mansion.

My husband’s demands seem to be crossing the line more and more every day.

Personally, I am grateful for it.

***

Killian has changed, and he’s changing more and more.

The moment I realized it for sure was when Killian came to take me to Lizé’s teatime.

“We’re having tea outside today. Come with me.”

“Hm? Is this teatime with Lizé and Cliff?”

“Yeah.”

Killian replied lightly, as if it were no big deal, but I was surprised that he had come to take me to their teatime.

Wasn’t he the one who only came when Lizé told him to? And he’d even warned her to watch her language.

I was both shocked and thrilled by the change, but then I remembered that the previous tea I had come to was invited by Lizé

“I didn’t get an invitation today.”

“I told her, and I don’t think she’d object to you going.”

Hmm…… of course she would, given who she is, but I couldn’t help but feel a little uncomfortable.

‘How is Lizé reacting to Killian’s change?’

Of course, she doesn’t know that she’s the female lead in this world, and she doesn’t know that Killian is the second male lead.

But she does know that Cliff and Killian have always been there for her.

I wonder how she feels to see a man who’s always looked out for her, being kind to a woman he’s always said no to?

‘I think that’s what a second male lead, someone who’s not good enough for the female lead but is too good to give to someone else.’

In the original story, Lizé asks Killian to be nice to Edith, but you never know if she means it or just puts words in her mouth.

I walked out into the garden with Killian, a little nervous.

An elegant tea table had been set up in the shade of a tree, and Lizé and Cliff were already seated.

They were laughing out loud at what they were talking about.

‘Will Killian be okay?’

I looked over at Killian, worried about him because of their cheerfulness.

But he was looking down at me.

“Maybe it would have been better to bring something to wear?”

“Oh, no, it’s not even the end of summer yet.”

“I don’t want you to catch a cold and bother me.”

“I won’t bother you if I catch a cold,” I chuckled, and Killian frowned.

“Seriously, I won’t even let you notice that I have a cold, so don’t worry……”

“That’s ridiculous.”

“What?”

“Just know that if you hide being sick one more time, I won’t let you off the hook.”

“B- but you said it bothers you?”

“I’m sorry, I made a mistake. Did I offend you?”

“No, it’s just that……”

I was trying to think of a response, wondering what the hell was wrong with him, when Lizé stepped in and broke up our awkwardness.

“It’s been a long time, Edith!”

“Ah, Lizé, it’s been a long time. Are you feeling better now?”

“Yes, I’ve gained a few pounds from all that lying around and eating all the yummy stuff.”

Lizé pouted her lips cutely and pinched her side with her hand.

It barely caught anything, though.

“Lizé. How many times have I told you that you need to gain some weight?”

Cliff laughed and patted Lizé on the back, and Killian nodded in agreement.

Then Lizé looked at me enviously. “No matter how much I eat, I’ll never get a mature woman’s body like Miss Edith’s; I just get flabby on the sides.”

“Well, Miss Edith has her own charms, and you have your own. You’re pretty on your own.”

“Thanks, Cliff. But sometimes I’m jealous of Edith, and she’s better looking than me, isn’t she?”

Hmm? Is it just me, or is there something about this conversation that seems off?

Why is she suddenly making comparisons to me?

‘What am I supposed to do when she asks that question? I’m sure Killian would take her side.’

I forced a smile through clenched teeth.

Lizé’s all well and good, but she’s just a little too clueless.

Killian stiffened slightly and said nonchalantly, “I don’t want to make my wife’s body a topic of conversation in front of another man.”

His answer must have cracked Cliff up.

He continued to laugh, his shoulders heaving as he stood next to an apologetic Lizé.

“Ahahaha!”

“What?”

“Ahem, no, sorry, sorry.”

“Stop laughing so hard and say something.”

Killian continued to glare at Cliff, but Cliff laughed, looking completely unaffected.

“You and sister-in-law are having a good time these days, huh?”

Killian’s brow creased even more at the tone, which he couldn’t tell was mockery or praise.

“What do you mean?”

“No, nothing. Don’t put my sister-in-law in an uncomfortable situation. Let’s have some tea.”

“You’re the one who put her……”

Seeing Lizé’s troubled face, Killian kept his mouth shut, but I knew what Cliff was talking about.

In the original, no, not even the original, months ago, Killian would have responded in praise of Lizé.

But his answer earlier was more like covering for me.

Even Cliff seemed to feel awkward looking at me……

And as I watched Lizé’s expression, I realized that she was also surprised by Killian’s answer.

‘No way, did she say that because she thought Killian would naturally praise her?’

Did she know that I would be humiliated in front of him? Or did she…… just want to check Killian’s heart?

But Lizé quickly wiped her surprised expression off her face and smiled as if she were pleased.

“You two look so good together, like a real couple……!”

From the blush on her cheeks, I had a rough idea of what she meant by “a real couple”.

I breathed a sigh of relief when I saw it.

‘Right, there’s no way Lizé would have had such a nefarious idea. She’s just a bit clueless, but she’s a good girl.’

It’s a fact that the original book openly proclaims. Lizé Sinclair is bright, good, and righteous.

There’s no way she’d intentionally try to screw me over.

“Edith, I have mandarin black tea and strawberry black tea, which do you prefer?”

I smiled brightly as I heard Lizé’s sweet voice asking for my tea preference.

“I like strawberry black tea.”

“You also like strawberry tart, so you must like strawberries.”

Killian spoke to me this time, again causing Lizé and Cliff’s slightly surprised gazes to turn in our direction.

Of course, I shouldn’t be surprised.