By Some Unbelievable Twist, I Became the Villainess’s Older Brother - Chapter 20.2
But Adelio was not a man who could be placated that way. He smiled with twisted lips.
“No. You find this situation so amusing you can hardly stand it, Sir Enoch. Aren’t you? That is why you answer lightly as though playing a joke. Am I not right?”
“No. I considered Your Highness’s words seriously before answering…
It was true! Enoch wanted to take out his sincerity and show it to him. Growing anxious, he looked at Adelio imploringly.
But even after seeing him, Adelio shook his head sharply with a cold expression.
“No. You find it amusing to toy with me. That must be why you are acting this way. Why, do you enjoy seeing me cling to you so much? Do you truly?”
“Absolutely not.”
Who was clinging to whom? Enoch only had one life. What nonsense was this?
Enoch swallowed dryly. Adelio’s eyes made him feel as though the man might devour him at any moment, to the point that he wished someone would cover his eyes.
Enoch furtively looked away. He couldn’t bear to meet that gaze. Something seething within those eyes frightened him profoundly.
Adelio’s strange, persistent curiosity and goodwill had always made Enoch deeply uneasy. He couldn’t understand the man at all.
…He did not seem to have been this way as a child. In Enoch’s memories, Adelio had certainly been a reasonably kind, innocent, and remarkably polite child.
Far from being frightening, Adelio had been a lively, playful, and active boy then. He knew how to feel happiness and gratitude over the smallest things, and young Enoch had thought well of him.
…So why in the world had he grown into such a thoroughly twisted man? Had life in the west been so difficult? Was that why he now insisted on tormenting Enoch like this?
Enoch hid his trembling hands behind him. Adelio’s gaze as he silently looked down at him was profoundly ominous.
Just then, the carriage suddenly swayed, followed by a rattling sound.
“…Huh?”
What was that? Enoch looked blankly around the carriage, then moved his gaze toward the window.
He immediately sucked in a breath and stopped. No, wait… Why had the carriage started moving…? Had Adelio not intended merely to talk for a moment?
“……?”
Before he could finish the thought, a sudden hand turned his head sharply. Their gazes instantly tangled in the air.
As though commanding him never to look away, Adelio’s blue eyes glared fiercely at Enoch.
Enoch reflexively leaned back. Adelio leaned forward from the seat by the same amount. Cold sweat seemed to trickle down Enoch’s back.
“Go on.”
“Pardon? Wh-what do you mean?”
“Make excuses.”
“……”
“Why? You’re good at excuses. I will listen, so go on and continue.”
“……”
“Or can you not make one? Then again, if you have a conscience, you would have nothing to say even with ten mouths.”
“Uh, umm. That is not entirely true…”
“Is that so? Then tell me. Explain why you went to see the First Princess. You had better give me a reason I can accept, Enoch Laochenes. Otherwise…”
“……”
…Otherwise? Enoch swallowed dryly. Adelio lowered his eyes and fixed his gaze on one place.
Unconsciously following Adelio’s gaze, Enoch saw the collar of his shirt hanging wide open. Startled, he hurriedly fastened the buttons. He had completely forgotten that he had loosened them earlier because he felt stifled.
Above his head, Adelio quietly clicked his tongue. Enoch’s hands trembled.
At that moment, the pressure from above suddenly disappeared. Then he abruptly heard something being locked.
Wait. The sound of a lock? When he flinched and turned, he saw Adelio securing the carriage latch.
After carefully locking the door, Adelio turned to Enoch and abruptly said.
“Do not think you can leave this carriage.”
Then he smiled innocently. But Enoch could hardly fail to see the cruelty within it. His face went deathly pale.
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