Why, Can’t You Eat? - Chapter 55

“Hyungs, come on out! I was a little late to bring Al-hyung too.”

“What is going on, what is it? Huh? What happened?”

Not long after, Damien and Ares came in with the commotion. Odil squeezed his eyes shut after seeing Damien’s unruly hair and Ares’ bewildered face. Endymion, on the other hand, stroked his chin.

“His Majesty is probably being serious. Perhaps sooner or later, he will do something to Miss Lily.”

“Eh, what is it? Why are you talking about His Majesty all of a sudden? Eddy, haven’t you heard of it yet? There seemed to be a lot of anger there.”

“What, what? His Majesty? Or Miss Lily? What?”

“…I think we need to sort things out one by one. Regulus?”

“Reg is at the training ground…. No, more than that, what the hell is going on?”

Ares said with a slightly flustered face. Sweat was forming on his forehead because he had been outside a while ago, but his cheeks were getting redder by the second, eventually resembling his own hair—perhaps because of how surprised he was. It was Endymion who answered his question. To be precise, he also asked a question.

“Miss Lily has found out that we were intentionally hiding the ring. Is that right, Odil?”

“…Damien.”

“What? Yes. My jaw will cramp if I say it again, so I’ll keep it simple. She figured it out. I didn’t want her to leave the palace, so I deliberately didn’t tell her about the ring. I got down on my knees and begged, but she said she didn’t want to forgive me. That’s it.”

“And His Majesty asked us to try it beforehand, fearing what kind of harm Terra’s envoys did to Miss Lily, whether she would be able to withstand it. Of course, Odil and I were against it. That is all.”

“What, what, what!”

Listening to the words Damien and Endymion said alternately, Ares pointed and shouted. He was still feeling depressed and guilty that he was lying to Lily, so it was difficult for him to immediately accept the sudden change.

But the other three were discussing what to do and arguing for a bit.

“I didn’t think we could fool her for long, but it’s faster than I expected.”

“Eh. What’s this, Eddy? Were you thinking like that from the beginning?”

“Of course. No matter how much I try to hide it, if Miss Lily keeps asking questions, I will have no choice but to answer.”

“…Could you please stop talking so proudly? Somehow, I feel like an idiot.”

Damien grunted as he pressed his hand through his wildly stretched hair. Then Ares walked over to the sofa and flopped down. Then he covered his face with his palms and said in a tearful voice.

“So I told you. Let’s not do that…”

“Hey, what can I do when it’s like this already? But I didn’t tell her what happened to the ring.”

“Why?!”

“She asked the person who told me to hide it, so I said it frankly. It’s me. Then I got cursed at and kicked with a single blow.”

“Oh, you got kicked? Where?”

“…I was kicked in a horrible place I can’t even talk about.”

The curved lips twisted in melancholy. Ares, who was following where the blurred red eyes were headed, took a deep breath. She was very angry… Odil broke the awkward silence.

“I was in a rush to catch what was right in front of me, so I forgot. That the ring is also a keepsake of Lily’s maternal grandmother.”

“Oh, I see. It was a keepsake…”

“…It’s late, but maybe it’s a good thing. Now there is no more hiding or getting bothered.”

“So, Eddy hyung. Hyung played around a lot. Actually, I’ve been told that she’ll never forgive, but still…”

Oh, it must have been a bigger blow than I thought. He spoke casually over and over again, but in the end, Damien couldn’t finish his words. He might have been better off being scolded. Ares, who was not sure what to do when he saw him suddenly depressed, sighed and looked at Endymion.

Endymion looked very calm. His face was neither frowning nor embarrassed, so Odil and Ares had a little bit of expectations. He felt the gaze and smiled kindly, and finally opened his mouth.

“A way to get rid of Miss Lily’s anger.”

“Y-Yes. Yes!”

“Haha, if I had known that, I would have done it already, would I be like this?”

“…….”

“No, you’ve dated a lot, so why don’t you know a woman’s heart?”

“I don’t know. No one has ever been angry at me. I’ve heard that looking at my face relieves anger, but Miss Lily isn’t a good match for that.”

Damien’s eyes were not good as he looked at Endymion that sighed and spoke in frustration. Damien also acknowledged that Endymion was a handsome man who could make everyone exclaim. The translucent atmosphere emanating from the clean platinum hair and light blue eyes seemed plausible, but the clear features and body shape were like a human being created by God.

“I’m not in a position to say anything to others about my personality, but Hyung, you’re seriously weird.”

“I know. Where in the world is there a perfect human being?”

“…Guys, why are you so easy-going? I’m dying to know how to look at her face right now.”

“We won’t see her for a while anyway. She has a succubus face because she can’t use her magic now. She will never come out that way.”

“We can’t see her? Damien, how did you talk to her then?”

Damien’s face contorted when Ares asked. Luckily he could somehow pretend to be a maid, but thinking about Odil, Endymion, and Ares doing something like that… Just imagining that makes him want to throw up, Damien waved his hand without hiding his displeasure.

“I don’t think that’s what matters right now, but I think we have to decide what to do now.”

“What to do…”

“I think there are two things we can do. Return the ring and not return it.”

“I don’t know how that’s different from what I said before.”

“Back then, she trusted us, and now she doesn’t trust us at all.”

Ares bowed his head with a bluish look at the cheerful voice.