Usually, when a woman disguised as a man reveals that she is actually a woman, shouldn’t he at least pretend to be surprised? Lara was all warm to his lukewarm attitude.

If she had been the female protagonist, she would have been 100% shocked, asked again if she was really a woman, or shaken her pupils in disbelief, but the extra didn’t do any of that. “Raan.”

Diches’s expression softened as if he had noticed Lara’s bitter feelings. He hesitated, unable to grab Lara’s wrist, and then said.

“Whether you are a man disguised as a woman or a woman disguised as a man, that is no reason for me to let you go.”

‘You are both men!’

Lara flinched and shook her fingers as she felt a gentle tremble in the air. She raised her head slightly and saw his dark eyes. The edges of his eyes, which had been sharp and straight without any affection, seemed as if they would melt.

“I have absolutely no intention of giving up on you, Raan. Isn’t it obvious when you think about the times we’ve spent together?”

‘It’s only been a day since I joined.’

Lara quietly groaned inwardly. Diches’s voice, unaware of this, gradually grew heated and began to rise in pitch.

“Aren’t we already one? The Royal Knights, united by a passionate sense of unity. A comfortable atmosphere that feels more like a family than a family, a close bond that notices each other’s discomfort without saying anything.”

“You don’t notice at all… … .”

“The close relationship between a superior and subordinate always makes me feel strong. Blood may be thicker than water, but our Knights are not like that. If you are loyal to these Knights with the mindset that these Knights are my Knights, you are already a respectable member of a group. It doesn’t matter whether you are a man or a woman.” “That’s why being a woman is important!”

I knew that the family-like atmosphere at work was like a family-like atmosphere, but it was even more so when I actually experienced it.

“I’ll overlook the fact that you’re a woman, so don’t quit the Knights. I didn’t intend to let you go in the first place.”

“No. … I think you’ve misunderstood. I want to quit.” “It doesn’t matter.”

‘No, I care!!’

Blood pressure. Lara felt like grabbing the back of her neck. It wasn’t my intention when I came in, and it wasn’t my intention when I left. It felt like she was stuck in a swamp of a pyramid organisation that she couldn’t escape from once she set foot in it.

Eventually, the carriage stopped, and Lara was able to escape from her boss. If only Diches could successfully rescue Elina3, it would be the perfect cliche.

Looking at the magnificent mansion hidden in the secluded mountain valley, it definitely seemed like there was something there. Diches quickly approached the back door of the mansion to infiltrate the pervert’s mansion. Fortunately, no one was there when she opened the back door where the employees came and went.

The two were able to enter the hallway easily. The hallway was dark with the lights off.

<Dices saves Elina3 from the perverted old man just before she loses her virginity. However, seeing Elina3 with her clothes loosened and her wig taken off, he realises that she is the same person as his subordinate Edgar3. He notices that she is a woman and a strange atmosphere blooms between the two.>

‘You’ve already seen Elina2 who looks exactly like her. But you didn’t notice… … .’

<Why don’t you just drop a hint? Like calling her by her male name without any sense.>

‘If that’s not a hint, isn’t that basically feeding her?’

<Do it in moderation.>

Does God know that moderation is the hardest part? Lara, who was walking down the hallway of the mansion with an awkward smile, stopped when she heard a shallow groan from somewhere. Diches also stopped walking, but his face was stiffer than he had ever seen before.

Lara also stiffened her expression due to the shock. Even though it was faint, she could tell right away that the groan was Elina3’s.

“… I can’t forgive you.”

Leaving behind the feeling of emptiness, a voice filled with anger rang out ominously. What was contained in his voice was a deep anger that seemed to swallow up the entire dark hallway.

Diches, who put his hand on the hilt of the sword hanging on his waist, went out to find the room where the groan was coming from. Lara almost fell over as she chased after him so fast.

Finally, Diches, who had reached a certain room, took off his sword and its scabbard without giving him a chance to catch his breath.

“How dare you two support and tease me without me… … . I’ll join you and do it too.”

‘You crazy bastard!’

Diches threw the cumbersome sword on the floor and quickly took off his clothes as he opened the door and entered. Lara hurriedly followed him to stop him. But the scenery beyond the door was quite different from what they had imagined.

“Haa… haa… … .”

Elina3, her face soaked in cold sweat, was lying neatly on the bed. Next to her was a pot-bellied old man, who was carefully squeezing a wet towel with his greasy hands.

“Hey, what are you doing… … ?”

The pot-bellied old man who had placed a wet towel on her pale forehead looked back at the intruders who had suddenly barged in. If you only looked at his double chin and protruding belly that were full of spite, he really looked like the perverted old man who often appears in novels. However, judging from his behaviour just a moment ago, he seemed to be far from a perverted old man. Lara glanced back at the bed. Elina3 was still in her original uniform, not dishevelled. Rather than harming her, he seemed to have been taking care of her with sincerity. ‘I don’t think he’s a pervert. Here too, there is a non-cliche… … .’

<There is no such thing as non-cliche in my dictionary. Even if it is not, it has no choice but to be a cliché!>

‘Are you trying to frame me now?!’

<Of course. We have to somehow get back the cliché.> ‘That old man’s life is at stake.’

<Think about the mission entrusted to you, chosen one. The fate of this world rests on your shoulders.>

The thought of such a god seemed irreverent, but Lara couldn’t spit it out anymore. She had no choice but to save her brother.

“Even if you didn’t know she was a princess, it would be considered a crime. Why on earth would you do something like this… … .”

“Ahem, let’s go outside and talk. Unless it’s something urgent enough to wake up a sick person.”

Diches and the old man had a brief conversation, so the two went outside separately. Fortunately, Lara didn’t seem to be in his sights.

Taking this as an opportunity, Lara locked the door and began searching the room. She opened everything from the bedside drawer to the large dresser drawer. When she opened the bottom drawer, there was a pair of old men’s panties neatly folded.

Lara hesitated to grab them, but she thought of her brother in her head. Her brother when he was a kind and warm siscom.

Grabbing the end of the panties, Lara quickly walked over to the bedside. She was about to put them over Elina3’s head, but then she hesitated for a moment, thinking that Elina3 might look like a pervert.

‘Then it would be better to do it like this.’

She gently placed the panties over Elina3’s shoulders. It was as if she could mistake him for a pervert who was excited by a woman’s shoulders.

And then, in order to have a perfect alibi, Lara left the room through the window and went back in through the back door. She pretended to have gone to the bathroom, took out a lace handkerchief, and pretended to wipe her hands.

In the hallway, Diches and the old man were talking.

“There were 108 slaves that I bought. How can you make excuses for this?” “… Now that it’s come to this, I have no choice but to tell you everything.”

Old man Recal, who had a troubled expression, soon began to tell his story in a dejected voice.

“I had a daughter. She passed away from illness at the young age of seventeen. My wife also died soon after, so I was completely alone.” Lara quietly approached them and muttered, “The water pressure here is weak… … .” before gradually becoming absorbed in the story.

“I didn’t know how I was going to spend the rest of my life alone. I couldn’t shake the feeling that I had a lot of money, but I was empty. The day I decided to follow in my daughter’s and wife’s footsteps… , I happened to meet a slave who ran to our house.” “… Gulp.”

“She’s my current adopted daughter.”

Ah. Lara and Diches looked surprised at the same time.

“She was sold into slavery at the young age of sixteen and barely escaped when the carriage stopped. I took her in. I raised her like my own daughter. While we were together, I really thought, ‘If my daughter were alive, this is how I would feel…’ Every single day was happy.”

His gums were blooming. His ugly face covered in greasy teeth seemed to brighten up like a bodhisattva. His golden yellow teeth looked beautiful like a symbol of wealth.

“Then one day, my adopted daughter said. She felt guilty that she was the only one happy… … She said she couldn’t ignore her friends who were still trapped there. She cried and said she wished more of her friends could be rescued, so how could a parent not step forward?”

Lara took out a handkerchief to wipe her hands and began to wipe her tears. The corners of his eyes had been red for a long time.

“It broke my heart to know that there were children who were locked up in cages and treated like beasts at an age when they should be dreaming. After that, I spent all my money on buying slaves.”

“Sob… … . I didn’t know there would be such a story.”

“It’s obvious, but as I brought them home one by one, there were already 108 of them. But I’m happy. As long as I can fool the slave traders, I don’t care what the world thinks about me.”

His words were full of firm determination.

“Until I die, I want to watch over and protect those children. No, I’m going to save even more children than I do now and let them live their dreams. That’s my life’s goal. So Your Highness, I can’t be caught yet… … . Sob.”

Lara sobbed next to Recal, who was sitting on the floor, holding onto the hem of Diches’s clothes.

He was a pervert. A sentimental transformation that touched everyone’s heart… … . This was the first time I’d cried so much from a touching story. I cried so much that my eyes stung.