Chapter 60

“Lord Winnie, long time no see. How have you been lately?” The silver-haired fairy lady in front of him greeted with a smile.

From her tone alone, she seemed quite friendly.

However, only Winnie knew that beneath this seemingly amiable demeanor lay a heart that wished to skin him alive on the spot.

“I’m good, very good.” Although it was impolite to speak without looking at someone, Winnie slightly averted his gaze, cursing inwardly about how he could run into this jinx just by stepping out.

“So, Lord Winnie, are you preparing to attend Mirexia-chan’s birthday banquet tomorrow?” Aesphyra smiled charmingly, every gesture and expression seemingly carrying a bewitching magic, making one sigh at what a captivating little fairy she was.

Huh, “Mirexia-chan”? That’s quite intimate.

How did their relationship develop to this point in just a few days?

Although the silver-haired girl had been wearing anenchanting smile since they met, any other man would have been captivated by Aesphyra, or at least felt asurge of goodwill, hoping to further their relationship.

But Winnie felt nothing, even a bit scared.

Because he knew all too well what Aesphyra wasthinking at this moment.

Last time, he had publicly spilled red wine on her dress at a banquet, yet she acted as if it didn’t matter at all, as if she had completely forgotten about it.

Alright, if this was her being magnanimous, not caring about the red wine incident, then what about Winnie taking her life in his previous life?

Would she not care about that either?

Who could be magnanimous enough to not care about such a thing??

Even the most thick-skinned wouldn’t be that indifferent, right??

And based on Winnie’s understanding of Aesphyra, she was not a magnanimous person.

Like many protagonists in novels, she always sought revenge.

One had to admire the aura and grace of aprotagonist.

Even when facing someone she deeply despised, she could still wear such a smile, as if her face and heart were completely separate, unaffected by each other.

At this thought, Winnie took a deep breath.

Hidden arrows are harder to dodge than open spears.

Such people are often the most terrifying.

In the original story, Aesphyra was exactly this type of character.

You could never guess what she was really thinking.

She might be laughing and chatting with you like a friend one second, and then reveal her ferocious side and take your life the next.

“Uh, no, I have something to do tomorrow, so I can’t make it.” Winnie still avoided meeting Aesphyra’s gaze.

“Please convey my regards to Her Highness the Princess.”

“Oh, Lord Winnie isn’t planning to go?”

“Yeah, I have things to do.” If the other party could understand, Winnie really wanted to say, ‘My phone is running out of battery, let’s talk another day,’ and then run away.

He wasn’t sure if it was his imagination, but he felt that talking to Aesphyra made the surrounding atmosphere feel oppressive, as if the air had solidified.

“May I ask what Lord Winnie is doing here?” Aesphyra asked with a smile.

“Just wandering around after eating.” Winnie didn’t want her to know what he had been doing.

“Sorry, I just remembered I left the water boiling at home. I have to go. See you later.” Without giving Aesphyra a chance to continue, Winnie sidestepped her and quickly walked away, almost running.

Watching Winnie’s retreating figure, Aesphyra’s smile gradually faded.

She hadn’t just arrived and was unaware of the situation.

In fact, she had noticed Winnie when he brought Pete to the orphanage and had overheard his conversation with the orphanage director.

She was first surprised by the drastic change in Winnie’s appearance over the past few days, but then quickly calmed down.

After all, no matter how much a man’s looks improved, it couldn’t pique her interest.

Tomorrow was Mirexia’s birthday banquet, and all the nobles in the kingdom who could reach the banquet’s threshold would attend.

In the past, this person would never have missed it, but he had just clearly told her that he had something to do and couldn’t come?

Aesphyra knew this was just an excuse.

And while he was talking to her, his gaze kept darting around, avoiding eye contact, as if he was looking for an excuse to leave.

She wondered what mischief that scoundrel was up to now.

Inadvertently, Aesphyra caught a whiff of the lingering fragrance in the air.

Although it was faint and almost indistinguishable, it still made her feel refreshed and lost in thought for a long time.

For some reason, this residual fragrance was very appealing to her.

After a moment, Aesphyra snapped out of it, feeling like she was going crazy.

She actually found a man’s scent attractive?

And not just any man, but her mortal enemy from her previous life??

“Miss Aesphyra.” The director had noticed Aesphyra earlier and was surprised that she knew Winnie.

“Do you know that gentleman?”

“Yes, I do.” How could she not know him?

“I see, that makes sense. That gentleman is a very good person,” the old director said with emotion.

“Just like you, Miss Aesphyra.”

Like her?

Aesphyra laughed inwardly, never expecting that one day she would be compared to that person.

It was too ironic.

She didn’t say much but bent down to ask Pete with a smile.

“Pete, is your illness from the other day better now?”

“Yes, it’s better,” Pete nodded his little head, looking at the silver-haired beauty.

“Was it the big brother who took you to get treated?”

“Yes, but it wasn’t the big brother who treated me. It was his friend who did.”

“His friend?” Aesphyra was puzzled.

That scoundrel Winnie had friends? She didn’t know that.

But it was hard to say.

After all, she hadn’t delved deeply into Winnie’s life. Maybe he did have friends?

“Yes! A very beautiful Elder sister, extremely beautiful!” Pete’s tone became more excited when he mentioned this.

“Beautiful?” Aesphyra, for some reason, felt playful, her beautiful eyes curving into crescents as she teased, “Then, compared to Sister Aesphyra, who is more beautiful~?”

“Hmm…” Pete frowned, staring at Aesphyra for a long time before finally shaking his head. “I can’t compare.”

In fact, if he were to be honest, the pink-haired sister seemed even more beautiful to Pete than Aesphyra.

The maternal radiance and gentleness of that girl were something Aesphyra lacked.

Although Aesphyra’s figure was impressive, compared to Winnie’s, it still had a very youthful feel.

“Oh? You can’t compare?” This surprised Aesphyra.

It wasn’t that she was vain, but she was quite confident in her looks.

After all, it was an objective fact. So far, she had never met anyone who could rival her in beauty.

Whenever she joked with Pete about any girl, he would always say without hesitation that she was the most beautiful.

But this time, the child hesitated.

Children’s words are innocent and the most truthful.

This meant that the girl’s beauty was infinitely close to hers, or even completely on par.

Aesphyra felt no jealousy, only a growing curiosity to see this beauty and a sly, charming smile, as if she had spotted prey.

After all, her intentions towards sweet and soft beauties were never about competition.

There was actually a beauty in the capital that even she didn’t know about~?

What surprised her even more was that Winnie, that scoundrel, had actually befriended her??

…Interesting.