I'm A Doll, But The Tyrant Is Obsessed With Me

Chapter 81

“…Ah, yes.”

Liam captured his surprise and straightened his posture. I thought he wouldn’t be surprised as he stood still when he saw the doll move before.

“You must have been reluctant to a moving doll, though I was always grateful for your quiet escort.”

After all, no matter how loyal a knight was to the Emperor, it would not have been an easy task. Surprised by my greeting, Liam hurriedly shook his head.

“As a knight, it’s only natural to carry out orders. So, please don’t bow your head to me.”

As always, he was a very loyal knight. At the same time, it seemed that Hans was still frozen and he was unable to take his gaze from Liam’s back.

“Hans.”

“Yes? Yes, yes—!”

He seemed to have eventually regained his senses, but he still looked a little dazed.

“Thank you for helping me in the kidnapping case. I’m finally greeting you in person.”

“…Are you really the guardian angel?”

“Of course.”

As I smiled, Hans grabbed his two hands and brought them together in front of his chest as he opened his mouth again.

“Oh, my God… This isn’t a dream, is it?”

Seeing him like that, I pinched his cheek while he spoke.

“Ouch.”

Grimacing his face in pain, he suddenly opened his eyes wide.

“How could this happen? To see the guardian angel in person…”

Tears welled up in Hans’s eyes as he muttered with a puzzled face.

“Even if I die here, there will be no regret.”

Declan glanced at Hans, who was excited and hid me behind him. As Liam took a step back as if he was used to it, Wenzel, who saw it for the first time, stared at him in amazement.

“Hans, calm down.”

As Declan spoke with annoyance, he trembled.

“Oh, yes… I’m sorry.”

Hans quickly straightened his posture at those words, but there was still a fanatical excitement in his eyes.

“Thank you so much for saving me and my humble brother. The grace that I will never be able to repay even if I pay it back for the rest of my life.

Although the contract had already been signed by magic, the oath that came from the heart had a different meaning.

“Thank you.”

When I answered with a smile, Hans was moved and his eyes lit up. Then, Declan took my hand before taking another step back from him.

“The sun seems to be going down soon, so how about sharing the rest of the story with us when we go back to the village?”

Yeriel approached and said as if she thought the greeting was roughly finished.

“Let’s do that.”

* * *

Upon arriving at the village of Kefiena, me and Declan slipped out of the party before we went up to the sand dunes near the oasis. When I sat down on the blanket that Declan had laid down, he sat down next to me.

“Pretty…”

The sun shone its last light hanging from the horizon, and the sky dyed red. As a result, the reddish desert was truly spectacular.

“Yeriel said that the sunset here is beautiful.”

“The best sunset I’ve ever seen.”

“I think so.”

I leaned softly on his shoulder as his hand gently wrapped around my shoulder.

“…To be able to be like this is like a dream.”

Even though I expected to become a person, it was just a vague wish. To be honest, I never imagined that it would actually come true.

“I can’t believe we can feel each other and be together?”

Like the sunset that filled the horizon, my whole body was colored with joy.

“Me, too. I received a gift I don’t deserve.”

He gazed at me before gently kissing my forehead. The spot where his lips had passed tickled me, and I couldn’t help but smile.

“I went to the Perseum, and there was really a Lacande tree.”

I glanced at the sunset and told him everything that had happened there. When I finished talking, he asked.

“…Don’t you regret it?”

‘What? To be made a savior? What was left there…?’

I tilted my head and looked at him as if asking back. At my reaction, Declan carefully opened his mouth.

“You will miss your parents… the world you lived in.”

“Everything Rohim showed me is just a memory.”

What if my parents were still alive? What if I could meet them even with my soul?

‘…Even so, would I have said that I would stay here?’

At that thought, I gazed at Declan with a smirk.

How could I leave this person who said I was the reason he breathed? Besides, I knew what kind of life he led. As I gently caressed Declan’s face as he closed his eyes, his eyelashes — like silver — were dyed in the sunset, giving them a reddish tint.

“Your Majesty isn’t there.”

“Erica.”

He held my hand and kissed it deeply as if to carve his mark on the palm of my hand.

“If I go to the great temple, all the believers will recognize me.”

Rohim said so.

As soon as I left Perseum, I would give a revelation about myself to all the believers on the continent. He also mentioned that this revelation would be issued in the official language since there were no people left who knew the divine language.

“I don’t like that.”

Declan frowned.

“You have to hold me so that no one else can take me.”

“No one can take you away from me.”

The deep lust felt from the hand he embraced made my heart beat rapidly. For a moment, his face suddenly darkened.

“There is one thing I am worried about.”

Did he think people would be surprised to see me like a doll? In addition, I also didn’t even have an identity yet…

As I was thinking about this and that, I heard something unexpected.

“Even when you were a soul, I couldn’t take my eyes off of you. It’s so difficult that I can’t come to my senses right now.”

I blinked my eyes as I gazed at Declan, who sighed and continued.

“What if there are people who look at you and fall for you?”

In an instant, my face lit up.

“I don’t want to show you to anyone. I just want to hide you like this.”

After he finished whispering those words, Declan gently stroked my face. In the end, unable to overcome the embarrassment, I leaned my face against his chest.

‘Isn’t he ashamed? How could he say something like that casually?’

…No matter how much we had confessed our love to each other.

After a moment of such embarrassment, my heart began to tickle and flutter. This time, regardless of my will, I had to struggle to lower my lips that were about to rise.

* * *

As we descended from the sand dunes, the smell of grilled meat stimulated our sense of smell. How long had it been since I was able to smell this? I stopped quickly and took a deep breath. The smell of charcoal and the smell of grilling meat felt like the scent of flowers.

“Are you hungry?”

It was only then that I realized that I was feeling hungry at Declan’s question.

“Yes. I’m very hungry.”

It was my first meal in this world, and my heart raced happily.

“Come on.”

As I hurried my steps in anticipation, he followed with a smile. When we entered the tent, Yeriel got up and greeted us.

“I was just about to pick you up. Please, sit here.”

After a while, a low table was placed in front of us, and the food was placed one after the other.

“It is an honor to be able to serve the savior a meal.”

“Thank you. Thank you for taking care of me.”

I looked at the table full of food and said my thanks.

“Today’s meal must mean a lot to the Savior. So, I tried to prepare with sincerity.”

She then smiled softly as if she knew my heart, “It’s your first time eating here, so I hope it suits your taste.”

The food on the table was not the things I had seen in the Empire.

“It’s your first time trying this food, so it’s best to start with something soft.”

The food Yeriel pointed to was finely ground chickpeas with some spices.

“You can spread it on bread or dip it.”

As she told me, I reached out to pick up the flatbread, but Declan was a little faster.

“I’ll do it for you.”

“Now that I can move freely, it’s okay.”

“Didn’t I always take care of your meals?”

At my words, he furrowed his eyebrows sullenly. Because of that, I was embarrassed since I didn’t know that he would be upset about this.

“Do you know how long I’ve been waiting for your first meal?”

He muttered with a face full of regret.

“Don’t refuse this. It’s always what I do.”

He looked like a puppy with his ears hanging down, and I couldn’t stop him.

“Okay, all right.”

Seeing his face brighten in an instant, a smile came out.

The next moment, Declan tore the flatbread into bite-sized pieces and spread the food recommended by Yeriel, and handed it over to me. When I put it in my mouth, I could feel the sweetness and softness. It also tasted sour with lemon in it.

My senses clamored at a sensation they had not felt in a long time.

“Is it that tasty?”

When I nodded violently with a tearful face, Yeriel gazed at me with delight.

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