When A Ghoul Falls In Love

“She’s not a noble. Her place is at last. Did you forget basic manners? How could a human sit on the same table with us?”

Not a noble? I step away from the chair, feeling awkward. Is this the beginning of the drama? His step-mother would try to harass me or something. I am at a disadvantage though, considering his step-mother can literally eat me if she’s angry.

His step-mother has brown hair and dark eyes, yellowish skin with a few wrinkles in the corners of her eyes. She looks older than Eli’s father. Her voice isn’t nice to listen to either. Eli’s mother must have been more beautiful than his cranky step-mother.

Anyway, I don’t like her.

“If we are talking about rules, should you be sitting there?” Eli glares at his stepmother “Father didn’t give you the position of the main wife, but you are brazen enough to think of yourself as one.”

Okay, this is going exactly as in a TV drama. We have a rich son who wants to marry a poor woman. There’s an evil stepmother. His father is opposing the marriage too.

Something is missing.

His father hasn’t said anything about money.

“Ah.” I nod my head. His father is probably planning to kill me.

His stepmother blanches when she hears my response. She grimaces at me. “Are you mocking me?”

Why is she looking at me when she’s supposed to be scolding her stepson? I won’t like it if Eli is scolded, but still I am not married to him yet. “I was thinking that my life has turned into a mixed-genre B grade utterly predictable drama.”

Eli cackles. The rage in his beautiful golden eyes is replaced by amus.e.m.e.nt. That’s how I want him to look like. Anger doesn’t suit him at all. He should let me worry about dealing with his stepmother. Who said that I can’t be dramatic? I can play a role if I want.

“Huh?” She blinks her eyes, clearly unable to understand me.

“Let me guess.” I cross my arms. “Although you are arrogant, I see that you are insecure around Eli. So, Eli’s mother must have been his father’s first wife. You have a thick layer of makeup on your face that barely hide your wrinkles. I don’t understand why. Eli’s father has two more wives. So, are you competing with them? I don’t think so. You can’t compare to the youngest but naive one there. She’s quite pretty. You also seem like you aren’t used to putting makeup on your face. It means that you are insecure about your beauty. Eli’s mother must have been prettier than you were.”

She opens her mouth wide while her hand touches her cheek.

But I am not done yet. My first impression on this family is already screwed up. I don’t have any energy to play drama. I give her a wide smile.

“Eli’s father didn’t oppose when Eli asked me to sit here. Let me make a guess. You wanted to protest because you want to pick a fight with Eli. You probably want to put him down. I still don’t know where your insecurity comes from. Eli’s mother is already gone and I think that his father can’t forget his mother.”

His stepmother opens her mouth to question me.

“How do I know? Despite the fact that Eli has been highly rude to his father, his father hasn’t disowned him yet. And among all of his children, only Eli has his mother’s eyes. I am sure that his father swallows his anger because he can’t handle looking at Eli for long.”

“Y-You” She raises her hand, pointing at me with her trembling finger. Her voice breaks as if her tongue is unable to receive an operating signal from her brain.

Perhaps, I shouldn’t talk to my future stepmother-in-law in this way. However, I don’t want Eli to be angry. Little Marshmallow should remain the way he is.

“Keep your mouth shut,” the man, who is seated to her left, hisses at me. He must be her son.

“Lady, you should analyze your emotions.” I ignore him, leaning slightly on Eli’s arm. “It’s not Eli’s fault that he’s his mother’s son. His father is equally responsible. And why would anyone marry a guy who can’t keep it inside his pants? Four wives and thirteen children? I would never marry a guy who will take a second wife or more. His d.i.c.k should be reserve for only me, especially if I am married to him.”

His father is watching me with widened eyes. I sense others’ gazes on me. The silence becomes thick and heavy.

His stepmother bites her lower lip as her yellowish skin turns yellower. She throws a wronged look to Eli’s father before she flounces out of the dining hall with her son trailing after her.

I realize that she might not be a ghoul. Her skin is too yellow to be a ghoul. I can’t care less about what she is.

It’s not like I don’t feel bad for her. S.e.x can’t represent love. One can be married to a person he doesn’t love. A man like Balthier Sanguine can have many wives and mistresses, but his heart can’t be owned by his wives and mistresses. It usually belongs to that one woman.

For Eli’s father, that one woman is Eli’s mother.

I need to have a serious talk with Eli. This world’s culture is different from the human world. Polygamy seems to be natural here. I don’t think that I can share him with another woman while I am still with him. He should leave me before he decides to take another wife or mistress.

“Wife, my p.e.n.i.s is reserved for only you.” Eli hugs me tightly. “I will never ever let another woman touch it.”

“So, you are going to let another man touch it?” I ask him, smiling. I don’t want to deal with his male wife or mistress. “Perhaps, a second prince.”

“No.” He shakes his head in a docile manner. “No woman or man can touch it. Only you have the right over it.”

My heart feels lighter.

“I am starving,” I mutter. I sit down on the chair. Eli sits beside me, keeping his hand on my thigh. This ghoul must have received his horniness from his father. I have to do the work of four wives to keep him satisfied after I get married to him.

Eli’s father huffs, but he doesn’t utter a single word to me.