The brownhaired woman who had been listening in silence widened her eyes and asked.
“What…? Is that true?”
“I don’t know if it’s true myself? But if it is true… the woman marked by the Duke of Salisbury could become his Duchess, you know? The marking by the wolf sovereign is absolute. That’s why there are women deliberately lurking near that hut.”
“No, why go that far…? There really are all sorts of people. Besides, the Duke of Salisbury is already married? He married a princess from the Ainstern Kingdom.”
“Well, that’s true… but how long will that marriage last? There are people betting that it won’t last long before they divorce?”
“Hmm…”
The two women began to walk again. After some time, the woman who had first brought up the rumors about the wolf, casually spoke up.
“…Actually, that’s why I also want to go to that hut.”
“What―? Have you lost your mind? What if you run into trouble?”
“No, they say that wolf doesn’t attack people. The more I hear, the more it seems like the wolf sovereign. It could really be the Duke of Salisbury.”
“Heh…”
“It might be a golden opportunity to become the Duchess…”
Watching her friend dream an empty dream, the brownhaired woman shook her head in dismay.
‘…Hmm.’
Meanwhile, Jade, who had been secretly following them, furrowed his brow and lost himself in thought.
‘A mysterious wolf that lurks in a forest hut…’
A feeling came over him. A ‘this is it’ feeling.
Jade had a good intuition, and he had rarely been wrong when trusting it.
So this time too, he felt confident in trusting his feeling.
‘I need to go and see. That hut…’
First of all, reporting to Gloria and April would be the priority.
With a sly smile, Jade turned and began to walk in the opposite direction.
He was in a good mood, thinking about gaining points with the information he had discovered.
(This is a time delimiter.)
“…So, the rumor is that the wolf is Grayan…?”
“Yes, it seems so.”
“And the unmarried women are after Grayan…?”
“…Yes, it seems so.”
I jumped up from my seat. The rabbit sitting next to me jumped up almost at the same time.
“Kwaaang!”
“Ah, the translator broke again!”
“…!”
As I yelled anxiously, Jade flinched. I fumbled with the earring and spoke to him.
“This thing, it keeps going in and out of translation. I think it’s broken. Can’t you fix it?”
“…I’m not an expert in that area. Perhaps it would be better to ask Arwin?”
That crazy Black Mamba…? I vigorously shook my head. I’ll just live with the inconvenience. If it breaks completely, then I’ll say something…
‘Anyway, that’s not the important thing right now.’
The anger that I had momentarily forgotten surged again. What nonsense about those women targeting Grayan…? Are you kidding me? That man is my husband! A married man!
“I have to go too! To that abandoned hut!”
“Kkwaengkyah!”
My cry was echoed by the rabbit. I didn’t know what it was saying, but it was on my side anyway. It’s my rabbit.
“Yes, I have the location prepared, will you go right now?”
“Of course. I’ll change clothes, so wait for me outside. Rodri, you too.”
After I commanded firmly, Jade and Rodri bowed their heads and answered.
“Yes.”
“Yes, Duchess.”
And about 10 minutes later, I emerged outside, fully armed in warm clothing.
I also put a pink scarf with a red ribbon on the rabbit. …But when it transforms into a human, what happens to the scarf?
No, where does it keep its clothes when it transforms in the first place?!
‘I don’t know, I give up thinking.’
The mysteries about the beast people seemed to grow day by day…
“Ah? You came out earlier than expected? April is…”
Just then, Jade approached and paused as he saw the rabbit.
Then he covered his mouth with one hand. Making a face that said he couldn’t bear it.
“…Isn’t it too cute? April?”
“Kyaaung~.”
“What’s it saying?”
“‘I know that~.’ She says……. Ha……. Too cute…….”
I looked incredulously between April and Jade. The insolent rabbit is funny, but this guy Jade is even funnier. He’s totally hoodwinked.
Anyway, we got on the carriage to head to the western forest. Just as we were about to leave, I spotted Constable Baron running from afar.
“Wait a moment! Duchess! Princess!”
The coachman glanced at him and asked me.
“Shall we stop?”
I shook my head and replied.
“No, keep going.”
And so the carriage ignored the Constable Baron and continued on.
The Baron’s intention was obviously to prevent me from going to the cabin in the forest, so I had no intention of listening to him.
Then something unexpected happened.
The Baron, who had turned into a squirrel in an instant, dashed towards the carriage at an incredibly fast speed!
“Cr, crazy.”
The squirrel, dangling on the carriage window, looked at me with pleading eyes, begging me to stop.
Fearing an accident, I urgently ordered the coachman.
“Stop for a moment. But don’t screech to a halt!”
“Yes, Duchess.”
Fortunately, the coachman stopped the carriage smoothly, as per my request.
After Being Cheated On, She Picked Up a Treasure (Female-dominant)
One-line summary: The husband I married on a whim had been secretly in love with me for a long time.
On the day when Jun Shao finally obtained the imperial decree for her marriage, Lan Qu, the person she had admired for six years, defied the decree and ran away.
Her gentleness and devotion, her promise of a lifetime together, were all disregarded by him. Instead, he dreamed of entering the palace to serve the Emperor’s sister as a sixth-rank attendant.
News of this incident spread throughout the capital, and the alleys in front of and behind the Lan mansion were crowded with people who came to watch the commotion.
Jun Shao should have been embarrassed and angry.
But someone stepped in to protect her dignity.
The figure was in a miserable state, yet still possessed an undeniable elegance and handsomeness.
The young lord struggled to climb the wall of the Lan mansion and shouted to her, “If he won’t marry you, I will!”
So, Jun Shao took advantage of the situation and married the person.
She thought the young lord did it to save the Lan family from the crime of defying the imperial decree, but never imagined that from beginning to end, what he coveted was her.
*
After the wedding, Jun Shao felt like she was living in a dream.
Her Wife-master was as beautiful as a fairy in a painting, skilled in the six arts, well-versed in poetry and literature, capable of being gentle and attentive, and also grand and dignified. Most importantly, she was the only one in his heart and eyes.
Jun Shao didn’t know how Lan Shiwu, as a illegitimate son without a father and blessed with beauty, had managed to preserve his purity, recklessly escape, and use his last ounce of strength to ruin his own reputation, all because of his love for her, just to stand before her.
She could only see him gazing at her with eyes full of love, and when she bestowed a name upon him, his eyes shone like stars.
“You have come to me like a weary bird perching on a branch. I shall call you A Qi.”
