Just then.

Perhaps sensing Ryuto's dilemma.

"Father, you are bullying people again."

Delance Anna shifted her gaze over, not hiding her complaints.

"No, no, Anna, you misunderstood."

"Where did I misunderstand?"

Faced with the somewhat aggressive daughter.

"This..."

Delance, the Marquis, was suddenly at a loss for words.

"For real..."

Muttering to himself, Delance Anna shifted her gaze back.

"Mr. Ryuto, I apologize. This is just how my father is."

"No, it's fine."

Ryuto could only force a smile in response.

After a little commotion, Delance, the Marquis, turned out to be someone who fears his daughter, so are all successful people afraid of their daughters?

Hmm... why does it feel like I've suddenly discovered a truth about life.

Well, at least I've escaped the fate of being a guinea pig. In that sense, I should thank her.

Ryuto felt somewhat relieved as he pondered, but in the next moment...

"Because Mr. Ryuto is my savior, as a token of my gratitude, I hope Mr. Ryuto can taste it first."

Before Ryuto could respond, Delance Anna picked up the round metal lid, skillfully cut the pale yellow cheesecake, plated it, and placed it in front of Ryuto.

The whole process took less than a few seconds.

"Ah..."

Ryuto took a good moment to react.

Upon coming to his senses, Ryuto cursed.

What kind of play are you acting out? Hasn't the outcome remained the same? Do you think I'm stupid? So I'm still just an experimental guinea pig?

Moreover, this is even more cunning. The last one was just verbal, but now you didn't even bother asking me, you just assumed and got everything ready.

Are you both putting up a show? First giving me hope, then stabbing me in the back. What grudge do you have against me? Is it necessary for the two of you to team up to deceive me?

Although Ryuto really wanted to scold them, he managed to restrain himself because the remaining bit of his sanity reminded him.

This is the enemy's stronghold. If things go awry, I might get quietly dealt with by the other side.

A good man doesn't suffer immediate losses; here he must endure, as long as there are still green mountains, we won't worry about running out of firewood. Even though I don't understand why we are saving so much firewood, is it for warmth? Don't people have things like air conditioning now?

So Ryuto scrutinized the cheesecake in front of him.

Hmm...

Its appearance is not too miserable, not as bad as Ryuto imagined. No, appearances can be deceiving, right? Although something ugly might not taste good, something pretty might not necessarily taste good. I must not be deceived by appearances.

But...

It seems difficult to refuse. Ryuto sneakily glanced around.

God, if I hadn't looked, it would have been fine, but now I almost wet myself!

Completely surrounded, the other three were staring intently in this direction.

Looks like if I don't eat it, they might resort to force.

...

Seems like this god won't escape unscathed today. I thought of releasing my final skill to inflict heavy damage on the opponent before dying, but...

In the end, it's death by poison.

This death is too pathetic. If I had known, I should have equipped myself with immunity to abnormal states earlier. I regret it; actually, I don't think I had that kind of equipment, hehe, I guess death is inevitable after all, isn't it?

Oh well, I'll just accept my fate.

With a resigned mindset, Ryuto calmly used a steel fork to cut a piece of the cheesecake and put it in his mouth.

The next moment.

...

After shouting loudly, Ryuto supposedly vomited blood and died.

This should have happened, but it did not, my apologies, dear audience.

Well...

Upon closer examination, oh...

Unexpectedly, it's not bad at all, it's not the massive weapon of destruction I imagined.