Her heart sank. It was dizzying, as if someone had pushed her forcefully at the edge of a cliff.
“Why?”
Levanfell’s voice hardened. Although his face was hidden behind his back, his caution was evident.
On the other hand, Elihu was still smiling like an angel.
“I’ve left the vicarage vacant for too long, so the young priests are anxious. So I’m sending the senior priests, and I’ll take care of the young ones. After all, it’s a task that Semula has given me. I also have to attend His Majesty’s wedding.”
“Ah…”
There was no room to question his perfect reasoning.
“That’s good news.”
“Everything is Semula’s will.”
As he spoke that everything was the will of the god, Elihu glanced at me again. It stung as if a needle was stuck in my body.
I cannot meet the vicar here and let the secret be revealed.
“I’m tired. Can I go back and rest now?”
I grabbed Levanfell’s sleeve and shook it lightly. Levanfell quickly turned his gaze to me.
Our eyes met in the air, and I clenched my teeth and rolled my eyes, speaking with my expression.
‘You know it’s all over for you if my secret is revealed, right?’
Levanfell subtly nodded without showing it and lightly tapped my arm with his finger. Fortunately, it seemed he read my sign correctly.
“The princess seems tired, so we should go back.”
Good. Well done.
Levanfell turned around, embracing me. We just had to quietly distance ourselves. And I just had to avoid contact with Elihu in the future.
Slowly.
“Wait a moment.”
And Elihu, as if reading my thoughts, caught us like a ghost.
“May I bestow the blessing of purification upon His Majesty and the princess?”
Elihu’s gaze was burning into me. My body stiffened, unable to move. My head was noisy because of my throbbing heart.
‘Has he noticed?’
I shriveled with tension.
“It’s fine.”
Levanfell, noticing my worry, whispered quietly to me.
“I told you.”
His hand was placed on my back.
“I will protect the princess’s secret.”
Then, Levanfell gently pushed me forward and turned back.
Unexpectedly pushed forward, I was able to escape freely from Elihu’s view thanks to him.
“The blessing of purification will be received by me alone. The princess seems tired. I’ll tell you the time later, so can you do it then, Elihu?”
“Yes, of course. Your Majesty.”
“Take the princess to her bedroom.”
I followed the maid out of the hall. Fortunately, Elihu did not stop me, and I was able to escape safely.
‘Phew. That was close. I thought I was caught.’
I exhaled the breath I had been holding and brushed my chest. It was a pity to use Levanfell as a shield, but not being discovered was the priority.
‘I’ll ask Levanfell how it went tonight if he comes.’
I offered an apology to Levanfell in my mind as I walked, and then:
“Chirp!”
“Huh?”
As I left the hall, I heard a clear chirp, like a call from an animal.
I looked down where the noise came from, and a cute grey hamster appeared.
‘A… hamster?’
The palace was constantly cleaned by maids; how did it get in here?
It must have come in with the people coming and going for the recent wedding preparations, or it followed Elihu in.
‘I’ve raised a hamster with my mother when I was young… This is the first time I’ve seen a hamster since then.’
When I was young.
I had raised a grey hamster with my mother in the kingdom of Lupeon. It looked similar to the hamster now in front of me.
At some point, the hamster disappeared, and I remember crying terribly in sorrow.
Strangely, seeing this hamster brought all those memories flooding back.
The hamster didn’t run away from me but stretched its body and stared sharply at me, as if asking me to take it.
‘I’ve heard that cats choose their owners, but this is the first time I’ve heard of a hamster choosing its owner…’
Still, I couldn’t take my eyes off it.
Seeing me stand there dumbfounded, a maid approached me, cocking her head to the side.
“Princess, what are you looking at… Aaaah!”
Following my gaze, the maid was startled and jumped on the spot.
“Kyah! A mouse, a mouse! Prin, Princess! Are you okay?! A mouse must have gotten in!”
Certainly, here’s the translation of the passage:
People usually run away when they hear a scream like that, but the hamster didn’t move, make a noise, or do anything; it just continued to look at me.
“……I’m fine. There’s no need to make a fuss.”
I crouched down and reached out to the hamster.
“Pr, Princess! What if there are germs……!”
“No. It’s fine.”
For some reason, I can be certain.
That hamster is neither dirty nor will harm me.
I had a feeling I could not understand.
As I reached out, the hamster naturally came onto my palm as if it knew I would do so.
“Pr, Princess.”
“……”
The hamster on my palm perked up its ears and stared at me. Even up close, it looked very similar to the hamster I used to raise with my mother.
“Could you please check if there’s anyone nearby who has lost a hamster?”
“Ye, Yes. I will do that.”
“And if it has no owner, prepare a hamster house as well.”
“A house? Do you plan to keep it, Princess?”
“Yes. If it has no owner, that is.”
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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