Chapter 1 – Prologue. The Male Lead I worked Hard to Raise Proposed To me

“Please marry me, Master.”

“……What?”

Sian looked at Theodore with a look of utter disbelief. There wasn’t a single shadow of doubt on Theodore’s face as he smiled radiantly before him.

‘What did he just say?’

Sian belatedly pondered Theodore’s words.

Marry him? A proposal? Did he just propose to him?

……The male lead of the original novel?

Confused, Sian remained speechless. It was because, although [stolen contentstyle="opacity:0;font-size:1px;user-select:all;">visit our site]he had imagined this scene countless times over the past few years, he had never actually envisioned it happening this way.

“You told me you would marry me.”

“No, that was…….”

That happened when Theodore was very young. Sian’s mind was still a chaotic mess. His eyes scanned Theodore’s face and body, which had grown sturdy and gallant.

Theodore Ren Kailos. The male lead of the original novel. If his guess was correct, by now, he should have become the Emperor of the Kailos Empire, the largest nation on the inchamber continent.

When they first met, Theodore was small and weak. The child he had simply wanted to protect had undergone an amazing growth spurt and now stood before Sian. However, his smiling face was exactly the same as before. That beautiful, softly smiling face stared intently at the frozen Sian.

“Please keep your promise now.”

“Pro-promise?”

“Yes. Please come back and be my bride.”

“……!”

Hearing those words snapped Sian back to his senses. Because he wasn’t the one who was supposed to hear this.

‘Where is the female lead?’

Sian hurriedly turned his head. He searched for the person who should have been in front of Theodore. Someone entered his desperate gaze.

‘There she is. The female lead!’

The female lead of the original novel, Yurina Dane. The one Theodore, the male lead, was supposed to propose to after slaying the evil dragon should have been her, not him.

“Congratulations, Emperor Theodore, Lord Sian!”

“……?”

As their eyes met, Yurina shouted with a bright smile, as if she had been waiting for this moment. Sian felt as if he had been struck by lightning. Yurina continued, bowing elegantly toward Theodore.

“I hope you will not forget the loyalty of our Dane Merchant Guild.”

“Yes. I shall remember it.”

“It is an honor!”

“……!”

Sian knew that Yurina, the female lead, was a considerably materialistic character despite her appearance. However, knowing it intellectually and seeing it in person were different things. Sian was deeply shocked by the conversation between the male and female leads, who were proceeding with the story as they pleased while excluding him. It felt as if a massive pillar that had formed his world had collapsed.

This can’t be happening. This can’t be……. According to the original, this situation should have been the scene where the male lead, having slain the evil dragon, makes a grand proposal to the female lead. So why was Theodore proposing to the wrong person?

“Wa-wait a minute. Theo…… no, Theodore. Something is wrong here…….”

“I have waited for this moment alone.”

“What……?”

Thump. Theodore dropped to one knee before Sian. At that moment, a certain scene flashed through Sian’s mind.

「I have waited for this moment alone.」

「Theodore…….」

「I love you, Yurina. Please spend the rest of your life with me.」

Flowers suddenly bloomed from the tree purified by the death of the evil dragon and began to scatter around. That was the final scene of Part 2 of the original novel.

And that exact same scene was unfolding before Sian’s unauthorized [Read on Read BL Novels]copyeyes. Only, the characters had changed slightly.

“I love you, Sian. Please spend the rest of your life with me.”

“……!”

Theodore’s obsessive voice bound Sian. For some reason, unable to move his body, Sian widened his eyes.

As if by a prank of fate, flower petals fell from the sky. The flowering tree that Sian and the dark elves had poured their hearts into blooming in the land of death had happened to reach full bloom right now.

How on earth did it end up like this?

He had simply intended to raise the male lead well so he could be rewarded.

Sian pressed his throbbing head and began to reminisce about the past.