“He hasn’t returned yet?”
“Yes, it seems like it will take a few more days.”
Anna calmly answered my question as she poured the tea. Soon, a misty steam rose from the hot tea filling the cup. Anxiety welled up inside me as well.
‘The weather is cold too…’
Of course, I know Grayan is sturdy and strong. But who in the world likes the cold? He would prefer a warm nest too.
“Grayan said he went to solve a problem in the Alphonse region, didn’t he?”
“Yes, I haven’t heard the details, but… it seems to be quite a headache.”
“Hmm…”
Should I go down myself? Maybe it’s something that requires my strength… But I’m such a weakling. My meddling might be more of a nuisance…
‘Sigh, if only I were as strong as Grayan.’
I sighed deeply and took a sip of tea. For now, I’ll wait patiently. I’ll wait a few more days… If Grayan still doesn’t come back, then I’ll go to the Alphonse region myself.
‘The local specialty there was, what was it, turnips?’
April probably won’t like turnips. Definitely, turnips are tasteless. Turnip salad is not good either. Healthy, though.
“Anna, I want to send a letter to Grayan.”
“That’s a good idea. How about calling Princess April?”
“Right! Let’s get April to write with us. Call April for me.”
“Yes, ma’am.”
So, on the second day since Grayan left for the Alphonse region, April and I wrote a letter to him.
It wasn’t anything remarkable, but it was sincere. Asking if he’s doing well, eating well, if he needs my help, and…
[About our last conversation that got interrupted, let’s continue it when you return. You got that? It feels bad as if something important was cut off.]Yes, that was the important thing. That night, Grayan and I… we kissed! How could that go by so lightly? That was my first kiss!
‘Besides, I didn’t even properly hear about the engraving or something…’
I could just ask someone else, but I didn’t want to. It came up in a conversation with Grayan, so I wanted to finish(?) it with him.
‘…Now that I think about it, I didn’t even call him ‘darling’.’
But I did something even greater. Hehehe.
…Was it Grayan’s first kiss too?
‘He was quite skilled for a firsttimer…’
…Let’s think of it as him being talented. Otherwise, my dark imaginations and misunderstandings might run wild.
“Kyawungit, kkiang?” (Can we send strawberries?)
April asked from beside me. I sheepishly scratched my cheek and replied.
“Uh… probably not? They might freeze and turn into strawberry sherbet.”
“Kkiing…….” (Heeeng…….)
“Don’t be too heartbroken, April. Let’s feed him lots when Grayan returns. That should do, right?”
“Woongky.” (Yeah.)
…Is that rabbit writing a letter with its front paws?
That’s impossible, isn’t it?
I couldn’t believe it and peeked at April’s letter.
April was… holding a fountain pen with its two front paws and actually writing down letters!
‘…I can’t believe it. How does it do that?’
An unbelievable sight. A rabbit holding a fountain pen and writing a letter with its front paws!
‘April is indeed a miraculous rabbit…’
A magnificent rabbit… it should not be called casually but addressed as Rabbit Lord.
I sneaked up next to April and flattered it.
“Rabbit Lord, your penmanship is quite elegant. Truly magnificent, Rabbit Lord.”
“Kkaewoong?” (Are you mocking me?)
“No, sir. How could I ever mock you, Rabbit Lord?”
“Kyawungnak!” (That’s a mocking tone!)
“No way, sir. I’m just marveling at your artistic penmanship…”
“Kkiwoong…….” (Wait until I finish this…)
“Your words are enchanting, Rabbit Lord. But we’ll see about that later.”
I fled from the spot before the rabbit could attack me, but soon I was found hiding in the greenhouse. We reached an agreement that I would make her favorite strawberries bloom.
Our rabbit lord is such a fool to be easily swayed by tasty things…
“What?!”
No, it’s the gourmet rabbit lord. I apologize. I must have mistakenly spoken those words out loud.
I ended up getting hit by the angry rabbit’s front paw, but of course, it didn’t hurt at all.
(This is a time divider.)
The next day.
I took April and Rodri to see the city. April was quite excited since it was a rare outing.
With the excited rabbit in my arms, we buzzed here and there, snacking and watching a street play.
The play was titled “Pyramus and Thisbe,” a tragic love story. April was so immersed that she even shed tears. Such an overly engaged rabbit…
“Why can’t the two people be happy? Why?”
Calm down, overengaged rabbit. It’s just a simple play. Although it could be a story that might actually happen…
“Pyramus and Thisbe will be happy together in the afterlife. …Maybe.”
I tried to soothe her with those words, but the rabbit glared at me as if telling me not to speak without sincerity. Such a finicky rabbit. I diverted the conversation by mumbling to myself.
“Ah~. The weather is really nice. I was planning to just watch the play and go back, but shall we look around some more?”
Of course, the rabbit agreed.
(This is a time divider.)
“…Duchess, the truth is, I… have something to tell you.”
Male lead is a Divorced Husband
She said to him: “Tell me, what makes you like me? I’ll change it!”
Liu Changning transmigrated into a female cannon fodder character in a female-dominant novel.
After reading the first half of the novel’s plot, the first thing she did upon transmigration was to divorce the Pan Jinlian-style male protagonist she had just married.
She indulged herself, pretending to be ugly and poor.
But as time passed, the way that man looked at her became more and more unusual…
Liu Changning was dumbfounded: Tell me, what makes you like me? I’ll change!
――
This lifetime, Pei Yuanshao was rejected by the same woman twice!
The first time, she drove him away. Forced by the situation, he endured the waves of anger in his heart, yielding and humbling himself.
That person lay slanted on a rocking chair, her sallow face emotionless: “If you don’t want a divorce, go cook!”
Pei Yuanshao’s face was dark and gloomy: “You!”
The second time, after the crisis in Jinling City was resolved, the new emperor sent someone to pick him up. He turned around, stammering: “I… I have to go. If you keep me…”
That person lay on the kang bed, her back to him, as if she had long anticipated this day, crisp and clear: “Goodbye!”
Pei Yuanshao was so angry his fingers trembled: “You… you!”
The mission of family and country made him restrain himself, averting his eyes and turning to leave this broken household.
Two years later, they met again. Seeing her ethereal face, his body shook like a sieve.
“She was originally a ‘she’!”
At the Qionglin Banquet, the top scholar of the imperial examination, a talented person with exceptional speech and conduct, all the unmarried young gentlemen from aristocratic families looked at her with shy and timid eyes.
The peerless imperial official Pei Yuanshao felt the anger in his heart erupt. He pointed at the woman surrounded by the crowd at the Qionglin Banquet, his thin lips slightly curled: “Little sister, I wants that person to be the wife-master of my Mingde Prince Manor.”
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