I Awoke as an Imprisoned Villainess - Chapter 54

Worn out man=sexy

I was on my way back to the laboratory after picking medicinal herbs and tending to the fields.

“No, be that as it may, he sure was cool. I’m rather jealous at Sophia for getting her fortune told”

“You envy the star that will bring upon troubles with women?”

“I’m envious”

I looked at Sven, who immediately responded that he was envious to Noel san’s astonishment, with a faraway look in my eyes.

“You’re such a fan, aren’t you?”

“No, you see, it’s refreshing to see a genius of a different magnitude, isn’t it? Especially Frederick Foster”

Not heeding to Nancy san and Noel san’s look of exasperation, Sven nodded repeatedly and said, “That’s the effect of the leaking genius aura. I’m just an ordinary guy who can only work hard, so I admire real geniuses”.

Indeed, even I, who am not very familiar with alchemy or astrology, can somehow understand his awesomeness.

I’ve heard that astrology is something that can only be divined after very complicated calculations.

I’m sure that a top-notch astrologer can do complicated mental arithmetic. Amazing.

And the idea of using minerals for medicine is not something that comes up very often.

I’d like to talk with him once. I wonder what sparked the idea….. As I was thinking about it, Nancy san put her hand on her cheek and said in a calm tone, “Cool, is it?”.

“I’d prefer someone a little more muscular. Like a big, stout man—For example, Claude sama, the knight commander under His Majesty’s direct command”

“Eh?”

I was so surprised by Nancy san’s words that I couldn’t help but raise my voice, and then she put her hand over her mouth.

“I wonder if I misspoke. I thought Sophia chan wasn’t interested in Claude sama since she refused his marriage proposal”

“Eh, Sophia, you dumped Claude Bradley? You look so meek and yet….. There ought to be a limit to greed….”

“I-It’s a misunderstanding! T-That was with good intentions! Claude sama is my friend!”

I rushed to explain, denying Nancy san’s surprise and the words of Sven who was put off.

“After becoming a royal apothecary, I started getting a lot of marriage proposals, and Claude sama just saw me in trouble and made the offer, so I told him I was sorry for that and that I would do my best on my own! It wasn’t that I dumped him”

For the sake of Claude sama’s honor, I have to make this clear.

Generally speaking, I heard that Claude sama had been flooded with proposals after leaving the position of Violet sama’s fiance candidate.

I think it’s probably true. He is the good-looking second son of a marquis and the head of the knights that is worthy of His Majesty’s favor and trust”

“I-I’m not a good match for him. That’s why I’m devoting myself to be friends and not embarrass myself……”

When I said this, the three of them looked at each other.

“…..Claude Bradley must be having a harder time than I thought”

“Agree. But aren’t struggling men sexy? It’s too bad I can’t go for him”

“That’s a thing that I, as a man, do not understand”

“A woman like me also don’t understand it”

“Sven and Noel chan, you still have a long way to go”

I didn’t understand the meaning of the conversation between the three of them.

I listened intently to Nancy san’s talk, ‘The cutest and sexiest thing in the world is a worn-out man’ while my head was filled with question marks.