Felyn clutched his forehead, chuckling bitterly as if experiencing a mid-life crisis.

People really do laugh when they're speechless.

Felyn never expected Dorothy to have become this outrageous.

He used to not understand why some middle-aged men would rather stay outside than go home.

But now, Felyn understood. Dorothy was like his little sister. He originally thought she was a well-behaved, high-achieving girl, only to one day discover she had become the top dog of the country.

The gap between reality and imagination was just too vast.

Even now, Felyn still felt that the Dorothy who would always cry "Big Brother Felyn, pat me" in his arms couldn't possibly say things like, "I'm willing to kill anyone for Big Brother Felyn."

Felyn opened a crack in the wardrobe and saw Zervanie's left hand tightly gripping the hem of her skirt.

She was scared.

Facing a female knight holding a sword, facing a crazed princess, the defenseless Zervanie was of course scared.

"Zervanie, what on earth do you like about me?"

Felyn sighed and pushed the wardrobe door open.

He had no desire to keep trembling in a closet while watching the girl protecting him get knocked aside by a villain.

Zervanie likes me, and I'm still hiding behind her? Isn't that just a pure scumbag?

This kind of weakling script better not happen to me.

Since Dorothy had already discovered his presence, there was no point in hiding anymore.

He just had to bite the bullet.

Dorothy was just his client. If he couldn't even handle a client throwing a tantrum, it would be a disgrace to his professional reputation.

Felyn stepped out of the wardrobe, stretched out his hand, and really wanted to shout, "Spare her, my good lady!"

But Dorothy didn't give Felyn a chance to show off at all.

The moment she saw Felyn appear, Dorothy rushed over recklessly, charging towards the Big Brother Felyn she hadn't seen in half a month.

"Big Brother Felyn!"

Dorothy tried to squeeze past Zervanie, but failed.

Zervanie suddenly reached out, wrapped an arm around Dorothy's waist, and in one smooth motion, lifted her petite, thirteen-or-fourteen-year-old-like body into the air.

The hem of Dorothy's lace skirt fanned out in the air, and her legs kicked about wildly, like a kitten being held by the scruff of its neck.

By the way, Dorothy was wearing white lace stockings today, the kind where you could see the toes, which was Felyn's favorite type.

"Zervanie, let me go!"

"Your Highness, I'm protecting you. Felyn is very dangerous, be careful not to be deceived by him."

"Zervanie, stop making excuses! Don't you like Big Brother Felyn too?! Are you just afraid I'll snatch your Big Brother Felyn away?!"

Zervanie's body suddenly stiffened, and her heart sank.

She didn't want Felyn to know her feelings yet; she wanted to keep hiding them.

Zervanie slowly turned her head, winked at Felyn, signaling that everything she was about to do was an act.

"Yeah, I just like Felyn. Is that a problem?"

"You admit it! You were saying things like 'friends' before. Weren't you just trying to stay by Big Brother Felyn's side so he would notice you more?"

Zervanie's cover was completely blown by Dorothy, leaving her at a loss.

In her shame and nervousness, Zervanie directly lifted Dorothy over her head.

"Put me down!" Dorothy waved her fists, but unfortunately, her arms were too short to reach.

"Dorothy, then you follow Felyn around all day calling him Big Brother Felyn. Isn't that also to make him like you more?" Zervanie dropped the honorifics. Since her actions could no longer be considered respectful to Dorothy anyway, she might as well lay her cards on the table.

She'd been annoyed with this little pink-haired girl for a long time!

"Big Brother Felyn already likes me. Do I need to use such tactics? It's just that Big Brother Felyn likes people to call him Big Brother, so that's why I've always called him that."

Zervanie glanced back at Felyn and saw that he didn't refute it.

He had indeed told her this during the time they had just met.

"Whatever Big Brother Felyn likes me to call him, I'll call him that. Daddy, Master, Husband, anything is fine."

"Your Highness?! You..." Veronica, behind her, couldn't hold it together anymore. She couldn't accept Her Highness using such kinky terms.

Felyn watched as Zervanie glanced back at him again, and he quickly explained, "Wait a minute, I never said I liked this."

"In short, Big Brother Felyn and I are truly in love. It's not your place to interfere!"

Truly in love?

Zervanie's eyes, holding Dorothy up, dimmed.

Where is the true love?

Felyn is already avoiding you. You've already hurt him. How could it be true love?

You're just forcibly occupying him with your possessiveness.

Just like me.

"Dorothy, after you get together with your Big Brother Felyn, what do you plan to do?"

"Of course, I'll make Big Brother Felyn stay away from you bad women! I'll protect Big Brother Felyn well. He can stay in my bedroom forever, without meeting anyone, without doing anything. I just like a useless Big Brother Felyn!"

Felyn's brow furrowed. This counts as a confession, right? But why do I feel like my self-esteem just took a serious hit?

"Can you do that, Zervanie? Can you arrange everything for Big Brother Felyn? Can you ensure Big Brother Felyn lives a carefree life forever? Can you ensure your beauty and body will never age? I can!"

Dorothy was still struggling, trying to break free from Zervanie's grasp.

"I can't."

Zervanie looked at Dorothy, and her words gradually quieted the princess in her hands.

"I can't make Felyn live a carefree life forever, and I certainly can't stay young forever. I'm not like you, Your Highness. In another ten or twenty years, I won't be as beautiful as I am now, and Felyn might not like me anymore."

"But I also won't be like you, wanting to chain Felyn to my side and make him live for you."

"I like the Felyn who has his own thoughts, not your so-called useless Felyn."

Zervanie put Dorothy on the ground, but her hand tightly gripped Dorothy's wrist.

"And, you said something wrong just now."

"What?"

Zervanie's hair fell forward, like a curtain separating her expression from the world.

She was afraid Felyn would see that the words she was about to say were her true feelings.

"Felyn saved me. He saved me from pain and helplessness."

"During that time, he was the light of my life."

"Without him, I would probably... probably be like you now..."

"So, Felyn is not useless. He is the hero who pulled me out of the abyss."

(End of Chapter)