“They were children who would have starved to death if left alone! I sent them there to fill their stomachs…!”
Thunk!
Before Revenfeld could react, Clint, who had been silently standing behind the chair, moved quickly. Having endured it all along, he fervently kicked Viscount Adreza pleading for his life from behind the chair.
“Because of you! Because of scum like you!”
Though Clint didn’t continue his words, it was clear what he intended to say.
“I, I, I wanted to live too! Just because I wanted to live!”
Viscount Adreza waved his hands in the air, trying to push Clint away. Clint, fueled by Viscount Adreza’s outburst, became even more agitated.
“Just because one bastard like you wanted to live, you threw dozens of innocent children’s lives into the pit of hell?!”
“W-well, they were children who were going to die anyway!”
“You son of a bitch!”
Clint raised his fist again.
At Clint’s sudden rampage, the officers exchanged glances, unsure whether to intervene. However, with Revenfeld, me, and even Elifu remaining silent, they chose to quietly observe.
“W-wait! Th-there’s one more piece of information I haven’t mentioned yet!”
Clint, who was about to slam his fist down forcefully, stopped. Viscount Adreza, tears streaming down his face, shouted toward Revenfeld.
“Y-your Majesty! Th-there’s something that very few people might know!”
First, obtaining information was a priority. When Revenfeld nodded, I called Clint gently. Responding to my call, Clint bit down on his anger and lowered his fist quietly.
“T-there seems to be someone manipulating Generva from behind!”
“Manipulating her?”
“Yes, yes! I-I once asked her how she started the experiments. A-at that time, Generva said that someone came to her shortly after the World Tree disappeared!”
Someone came?
With an unexpected story, I turned my head and looked at Revenfeld. Revenfeld, too, looked back at me simultaneously. Unless Generva’s arbitrary actions were the cause, capturing her wouldn’t change anything.
“Did you hear who that was?”
“S-she said it was a woman she hadn’t seen before. Th-that woman asked Generva if she wanted to try making the World Tree.”
The origin of the Ferdian experiments was born.
“Generva said she couldn’t do it, but the woman said she could… She taught Generva how to transfer the sap of the World Tree to other plants using alchemy, so Generva started the experiments.”
“Who is that woman?”
“I-I don’t know. B-but she was described as a very beautiful woman, as if meeting a goddess… Even now, if those two are meeting somewhere! That woman might be the one controlling Generva!”
This was truly valuable information. When the continent fell into chaos after the World Tree disappeared, someone suggested creating the World Tree.
Without a doubt, that someone was the woman who approached Generva.
“Do you know her name?”
“I-I don’t know anything more than this! Truly! Your Majesty!”
Viscount Adreza pleaded for his life, proving the truth of his statement. Following Revenfeld’s nod, the officer gestured to support Viscount Adreza, helping him stand up.
“W-well, then, can I live now? W-will Your Majesty protect me?”
Viscount Adreza smiled triumphantly with tears of relief streaming down. Revenfeld, who had been behind the scenes, walked slowly toward him, smiling.
“Viscount Adreza.”
And he pressed his forehead firmly with his index finger, as if telling him to come to his senses.
“Don’t you remember? Everyone involved in the Ferdian experiments is to be executed immediately.”
“…What?”
“Lock him up again.”
When Revenfeld lightly gestured, the officer took Viscount Adreza back into the cell.
“W-wait! Just a moment! Your Majesty! Y-you wouldn’t break the promise! Y-you said you would protect me, so I told you everything…!”
“When did I?”
“Your M-Majesty!”
“I said we would listen first and decide. Did I promise to protect you?”
“What… This is like a joke…”
“Like a joke? That’s what you’ve been doing all this time.”
Revenfeld stared at Viscount Adreza, who was trapped behind bars, with an expressionless face. Pushed inside, Viscount Adreza slammed his face hard against the cold ground.
“It’s an immediate execution, so it’s better to do something like your last prayer before you die.”
“W-wait! Just a moment! Y-your Majesty!”
“Even if I wanted to hear your prayer, I wouldn’t listen.”
After ordering Revenfeld to watch closely, he turned away. Following him, the officer pulled Viscount Adreza back into the cell, where his desperate screams echoed.
“What about confirming the truth with the remnants we captured this time? Revenfeld.”
Upon my suggestion, Revenfeld nodded and ascended the stairs.
“It’s a good idea.”
“Shall we go now?”
“…No. Let’s do that in a few days.”
“Why? Doing it quickly…”
“Right now, they’re undergoing a physical examination.”
“Huh?”
Instead of answering my question, Revenfeld turned his head. When I turned around, I saw that Clint and Elifu both had faces indicating they understood something.
‘A physical examination?’
Was there a need to check the bodies of the captured prisoners for any issues?
“Lady, that’s considered torture…”
“Hush! Mr. Clint, don’t tell the Empress about strange things!”
At the moment Clint was about to say something, Elifu loudly interrupted him.
‘Strange physical examination…’
As I imagined the prisoners undergoing a physical examination, we exited the prison tower.
And…
“Your Majesty, I greet you.”
“…What is going on here?”
“We’ve come to assist since we heard you’ve captured those who conducted the Ferdian experiments.”
Standing in front of the prison tower, Lord Liraneph smiled brightly, as if waiting for us.
Male lead is a Destined Young Husband (Female-dominant)
One-sentence summary: Wife-master, listen to my explanation!
Li Ruantang, a young lady from a prestigious family, stumbled and fell. When she woke up, she saw a noble and beautiful young man sitting by her bedside, wiping away tears.
The young master had slightly reddened eyes, and his every move exuded charm.
The sight made Li Ruantang’s eyes hot and her heart flutter. After all, she had made a bet with the young master Meng from the neighboring family. If she couldn’t marry a husband before the end of the year, she would have to admit defeat and give up the jade she had worked so hard to obtain.
Outside the window, the flowers were in full bloom.
Rather than losing the bet, the jade, and her face, Li Ruantang calculated that it would be better to seek marriage with the young master in front of her, killing three birds with one stone.
…
Meng Jun never thought that an accident during a spring outing would lead to them rolling down a cliff and into a river, yet still survive.
Now they were trapped in an unknown village, and Meng Jun had overheard that the family who had rescued them had their own intentions.
After all, it was Li Ruantang who had lost her mind and sought marriage first. He was only trying to protect himself!
Glancing at Li Ruantang, who was listing her own merits, the young husband’s voice softened, and he blushed as he lied, “W-wife-master, Wife-master, don’t you remember me?”
The young husband’s voice was clear and handsome, coaxing Li Ruantang’s heart to be soft and sweet, and she spared no effort to protect him.
It wasn’t until they returned to the capital that Li Ruantang suddenly remembered.
When they had fallen off the cliff, in order not to implicate Wei Yunruo, whom he secretly admired, the young husband had instead pulled her, who was slightly farther away, down the cliff with him…
Short summary by Yuushi L: Initially, the male lead (ML) liked another girl, while the female lead (FL) liked the ML. Both fell off a cliff. The FL temporarily lost her memory, and the ML, fearing others might take advantage of him, claimed FL was his wife while they were staying in a village. Later, when they returned home, the FL regained her memories and remembered that the ML liked someone else, so she kept her distance from him. However, during their time living together in the countryside, the ML’s view of the FL had completely changed. From this point, his pursuit of the FL begins.
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