Fortunately, Iana went back obediently.
After sending Iana away, I gathered my thoughts. The hamster Mu climbed onto my shoulder and said,
“Squeak. Squeak. (If you want to save that child, you should hurry. The amount inside is so small that you can cure it before it spreads through the body, but the child may not endure long as the body’s condition worsens.)”
“I know. But I just need an excuse to replace me.”
I really wanted to announce that this small hamster was actually a god, and this god healed her…
“Gasp!”
I was surprised and quickly closed my mouth. At my reaction, Mu, sitting on my shoulder, scratched his ear with his leg and tilted his head.
“Squeak. Squeak. (Why? What’s there?)”
“……I found it. An excuse.”
“Squeak. (What?)”
“You were there, Mu.”
“……Squeak. (……I’m uneasy.)”
I patted Mu’s head and smiled broadly.
I’ve got it. I can cure Lisa.
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And late at night, Levanfell visited my room.
I shared everything I heard from Iana today, my concerns about whether Generba might be in the palace, Lisa’s condition, and everything else with Levanfell.
After hearing all my stories, Levanfell stroked his chin and mumbled seriously.
“The possibility of Generba entering the palace is nil. But someone working in the palace might collude with Generba. We can’t be sure about everything, so let’s attach Generba’s wanted posters around the palace tomorrow.”
“That sounds like a good idea.”
“And we should request the continental alliance as well. Not only in our empire, but Generba could be lurking anywhere. Every country must be cautious.”
“It can’t hurt to be cautious.”
“And if that story is true, the situation will change drastically.”
“Why?”
“The Eteria Empire boasts powerful military forces. The snakes have many elements to covet. Plus, there’s no heir now, is there? If something were to happen to Empress Eteria, a lot would change.”
I nodded in agreement with Levanfell’s words.
“In an empire where powerful people gather, a lost emperor can be overthrown in an instant. It’ll be one of two things. The emperor, weakened by losing the empress, will be extinct, or else…….”
Levanfell turned his head and looked straight at me. With his arms crossed, seated on the railing, his eyes sank.
“The anger of an emperor who has lost his empress will be directed at the entire continent. The fury of someone who has lost a loved one and given up everything is difficult to handle.”
“…….”
“To prevent the continent from becoming a sea of blood, we might have to kill the Eteria Emperor.”
“You seem to understand the Emperor of Eteria’s mind quite well.”
“I feel the same way. If something happens to the Empress, I think I would kill all living beings on this continent.”
“……What?”
“Living and breathing in a world without the Empress has no meaning.”
Levanfell spoke these terrifying words with a calm face.
‘Is he joking?’
I turned my eyes away, unable to distinguish whether he was joking or serious.
Suddenly, I caught sight of Levanfell’s shoulder, where my bite mark remained. Despite the possibility of healing through Elihu, Levanfell chose not to.
He sometimes looked at the scar I left on his shoulder with a contented expression, as if it was precious to him.
I cleared my throat and changed the subject.
“So Your Majesty thinks that Lisa… I mean, the current Empress of Eteria must stay alive?”
“That’s right.”
“If Lisa dies, it might cause bad winds to blow across the continent?”
“The emergence of a new conqueror always leads in a bad direction.”
“The continent must be safe for the Leonhart Empire to be safe too.”
I continued to add reasons, smiling brightly. Levanfell, who had been agreeing with me, suddenly straightened his leaning body and looked at me with suspicious eyes.
“What are you thinking, Teriella?”
“So I thought of a way to solve this problem, Your Majesty.”
“……Teriella. As I said before, if the Empress of Eteria suddenly recovers, everyone will doubt…….”
“Yes. So that’s it. The continent must be safe, so Lisa must live. But if Lisa suddenly recovers, everyone will doubt, right? Because the Leonhart Empire doesn’t have the power of God.”
“Right. So…….”
“But we had a very good excuse!”
“……Excuse?”
Ignoring Levanfell’s question, I held up the sparkling object I had prepared. Levanfell’s eyes narrowed at the sight of the object in my hand.
“That is…….”
“Your Majesty, do you know this?”
I shook the holy relic in my hand, smiling brightly.
“It’s said that the power of God is contained in the holy relic.”
“What?”
“If the military power of the Eteria Empire is so good, we can also be a snake, Your Majesty.”
“…….”
“We will save Empress Eteria using the holy relic we found by chance and receive the military power of the Eteria Empire in return. That’s our reason for helping Lisa with the holy relic.”
“Empress.”
“That military power, we’ll take it, Your Majesty.”
With the excuse and the evidence that it wasn’t me, I smiled cheerfully at Levanfell.
(This is a time separator.)
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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