Eleanor arrived at the door of Kolin’s room as usual. She hadn’t woken up too early, nor too late; it was just the usual time she came to wake Kolin up so they could go eat breakfast together.
Looking at the door that appeared no different from any other day, Eleanor fell into a bit of a reminiscence.
Perhaps it was because she had just woken up and her thoughts weren’t quite clear yet. Eleanor thought back to what Liyami had done yesterday morning. At the thought of it, she couldn’t help but frown deeply.
‘I clearly explained things to Liyami! Why did she still do that?’
Regarding this, Eleanor was still a bit confused last night, but now she finally understood.
‘Liyami… she must have recognized her own heart. I don’t know what she went through these past few days to change like this, but she seems serious this time… Which means, if I don’t work harder, Kolin might really be snatched away by her! No! Anything but that, absolutely not!!!’
At the thought of that possibility, Eleanor’s teeth clenched so tightly it felt as if they might shatter in the next second.
Shaking her head, Eleanor calmed herself down and regained her composure. She was about to meet Kolin, after all; she couldn’t let herself be swayed by her emotions at a time like this. If Kolin saw her like this, what if his impression of her declined? Eleanor didn’t want that to happen.
With that in mind, Eleanor took a few deep breaths, adjusted her mindset, and prepared to raise her hand to knock.
But just as her hand was about to touch the door, she suddenly stopped and pulled back. It wasn’t because she changed her mind about knocking, but because a thought suddenly occurred to her. ‘If I keep going like this, can I really prevent Kolin’s heart from being taken by someone else?’
Liyami had changed; she was no longer as timid as before, afraid to express her feelings. She had begun to aggressively pursue Kolin, and yesterday was just one example.
There would be countless similar instances following this one. If she continued to treat Kolin as normally as she always did, could she really compete with Liyami?
Eleanor knew she could no longer lack a sense of urgency. Yesterday, she had seen Liyami looking for Kolin just as she had been. She needed to work even harder!
Using various excuses to get Kolin to go out with her would likely have little effect anymore; Liyami would probably use the same reasons. And if Kolin had to choose between the two of them…
Although Eleanor was very confident in herself—after all, they had their childhood promise—she lacked confidence in Kolin.
For some reason, Kolin had become a bit different from how he was as a child. Eleanor had been able to feel it clearly for a while now, but she had never said it out loud. She was afraid that if she actually spoke of it, the him from her childhood might disappear entirely. That was the last thing Eleanor wanted to see.
To prevent that from happening, it was necessary for Eleanor to take some unconventional actions. But what should she do?
Eleanor felt a bit troubled. She had tried going out with Kolin many times before, but it never seemed to yield any results. Kolin’s attitude toward her remained exactly the same as always, which left her somewhat frustrated.
Under these circumstances, what kind of surprise move should she use? ‘Hmm… well… perhaps I should be more direct and bold?’
Eleanor remembered when Lavinia had unexpectedly called her out to take her measurements. The other woman had said she wanted to give her a gift, which was the only reason Eleanor had agreed.
Although she didn’t know what gift Lavinia was planning to give her, Eleanor now had a great idea. If she used the excuse of picking out a gift to take Kolin to a lingerie or swimsuit shop to see her in her undergarments, it might leave a deeper impression on him!
Eleanor praised her own idea and prepared to implement it after she finished breakfast with Kolin.
Thus, Eleanor finally raised her hand toward the door of Kolin’s room once more and knocked gently with her usual force.
After knocking, Eleanor waited quietly as she always did.
Although she could have called out to him while knocking, that would be far too unladylike. Eleanor didn’t think Kolin would like that kind of person, so she suppressed the urge.
However, it wasn’t just her imagination; it was taking much longer than usual for Kolin to open the door today. Moreover, Eleanor could hear rustling sounds coming from inside the room, and there even seemed to be the sound of a girl speaking.
‘Ha, how ridiculous. How could there be a girl’s voice in Kolin’s room? I really must not be fully awake yet to be experiencing such impossible auditory hallucinations.’
Eleanor gave a self-deprecating smile just as Kolin’s door opened.
Seeing this, Eleanor immediately regained her composure. She had intended to face Kolin with her usual expression, but after seeing clearly who had opened the door and what they were wearing, Eleanor suddenly didn’t know what kind of face to make.
The person who opened the door wasn’t Kolin himself, but Lavinia, who was wearing extremely revealing lingerie. She held the door half-open, using her body to block Eleanor’s view into the room. She even had a shy, blushing expression, as if something scandalous had just happened inside Kolin’s room! How could that be?!
Eleanor stared at the scene before her, dumbfounded. Her mouth moved slightly as if she wanted to say something. But before she could speak, a voice drifted out from inside the room.
“How is it? Lavinia, who is it? Who would come over at this time?”
Hearing the voice from inside, Eleanor, who had been about to speak, closed her mouth completely. She knew exactly who that voice belonged to—it was Liyami, the very person she had just been thinking about how to deal with! Why was she in Kolin’s room too?! What on earth were they doing in here?!
Lavinia seemed to notice Eleanor’s thought process and pulled the door open wider so Eleanor could see more of the room’s interior.
That sight caused Eleanor’s brain to stall completely.
Various types of “underwear” were scattered all over Kolin’s room. Half of the curtains had mysteriously disappeared, and Lavinia’s and Liyami’s clothes were tossed carelessly onto the floor, as if they no longer needed them. The entire room was permeated with a strange atmosphere created by this appearance, making Eleanor’s vision go blurry.
But that wasn’t even the most critical part! The most critical part was that Eleanor saw Kolin curled into a ball in the corner of the room, his eyes tightly shut and his hands covering his ears! He was even trembling! It was as if he had experienced something utterly horrific!
What had happened?! What did Lavinia and Liyami do?! Why would Kolin be acting like this?! And what was all this stuff strewn everywhere in the room?!
Eleanor felt as if her soul were about to leave her body. She was nearly ready to follow the call of the **Holy Light** and go to the **Realm of God** to serve the true **Holy Light**.
‘What in the world did you do to Kolin?! Why did things suddenly turn out like this?! I don’t want to experience this kind of “NTR”!!!’