“I can’t do that.”
Latifa Glaesia flatly refused. There had been too many instances where she had been deceived by Hades’ bluster.
“A woman who would be my Frau is quite negative. I like to see the positive side.”
“Who would be happy to become private property?!”
“Private property is merely a pretext to protect you.”
“You protect me?”
“If you go to the Grand Bazaar now, your status is nothing but a captive imperial with white skin and bright hair color. Then I have no pretext to protect you.”
“But…! I didn’t come here because I wanted to!”
“When I achieve my goal, I will send you fully back to the empire. I will send you with plenty of gold and jewels, and many attendants.”
Would she believe him?
Latifa stared at him, wanting to scream just that.
“I may seem like a good person at first glance, but I have quite a few enemies in the Grand Bazaar.”
“Heh!”
Admiring his shameless nature of praising himself, Latifa snorted.
“There is no choice but the status of Frau to make you inherit Caleb’s name and exercise rights. Or else, become my real wife.”
“Are you crazy?!”
“Yes. I reject marriage as well. You wouldn’t want to become my concubine either, would you?”
“General Hades!”
“Don’t ever underestimate your worth. You can be much more valuable than a concubine or a subordinate’s wife.”
Latifa had to admit it. Hades’ eloquence was far above ordinary levels.
She never exposed her hidden joy at his flattery, and carefully uttered her words.
“That existence must be related to my ability, right? But it’s not an ability that can do something so incredible. It’s a great ability, but there’s a certain limit[Dash].”
Hades abruptly interrupted her.
“Stop being humble. You’ve already saved our entire army here. It’s a really remarkable thing that you can be proud of. Not just anyone can do it.”
Feeling a little embarrassed at his serious praise for her achievements, she cast her eyes downward.
She had rarely been praised before, so she didn’t know how to respond.
In the end, unable to find anything to say to his praise, she changed the subject.
“It’s too unfair a condition for me. You don’t know what you’ll do to me. I’m just a weak woman with nothing…”
“I have no interest in women. I’ll specify it in the contract about your person, so don’t worry.”
He replied with a slightly cold voice, lying down on the bed and burying his face in the luxurious cushion.
“So, what should I do? I mean, as your Frau.”
He sighed and made a slight groaning sound as if his head hurt, speaking from the pile of cushions.
“Haah……. I’ll explain later.”
“You seem tired.”
At Latifa’s words, he peeked his face out from the pile of cushions and looked at her.
“……I’m not tired.”
His face looked incredibly tired as he said that, so instead of replying, Latifa chose to look at the pouring rain outside the tent.
In truth, Latifa had no choice. Her homeland was ruined, and there was no one to protect her.
Even though she was in a position where she had to do whatever Hades forced her to, he never forced her and gave her a chance to choose.
‘If he had really been a bad person, he would have forcibly taken me before Brenda drugged me…’
But Hades did not do so. Even though he had vaguely noticed her secret ability, he respected her choice at the time.
Becoming his frau.
‘Maybe it won’t be so bad.’
After meeting Hades, she was experiencing magical things she had only ever seen in books every day.
A new environment. New people. New opportunities.
Somehow, she restrained her beating heart and quietly watched the rain pouring in the desert.
“I never thought I would see it rain in the desert……. It’s quite charming.”
The hot herb tea had all gone cold, and only the strong scent of jasmine was wafting from the fireplace.
[Star Icon][Star Icon]“General Hades, today’s report is……. Uh, what are you doing?”
Manut had come into Hades’s quarters with the day’s report.
Latifa was sleeping soundly, clutching a desert fox in a corner under the bed, and Hades was giggling as he twisted her long silver hair this way and that with his fingers.
“Now I understand why people keep pets.”
“Uh……. Because they’re cute?”
“The feeling that this small creature is completely relying on me isn’t bad.”
Still unable to understand his thinking, Manut shook his head back and forth.
“Will you really appoint that woman as your frau?”
“Why not?”
Manut let out a deep sigh. It was already too late to say no, as Latifa’s presence in the barracks had become too significant.
Somehow the soldiers had heard that the silverhaired woman by Hades’s side was a symbol of luck, and she was being informally adored.
“Yes. Have we gathered enough water? Soon the desert cactus will absorb the moisture and plump up, so send a reconnaissance team to harvest it and secure more water and food.”
He gave the order to Manut, speaking more seriously than usual.
“Yes. I have already given the instructions. This will surely raise your reputation further, General. It feels rewarding for all our efforts.”
Male lead reborn without memories — but he still falls for her.
The person he finds displeasing in this life turns out to be his cherished wife-master in previous life…
Xie Zhi and Fang Xianxing who had known each other for less than three days through a blind date sat in the same car in front of the civil affairs bureau. They had a disagreement and failed to get married.
Xie Zhi immediately took out his phone, slid through his contacts, and randomly selected the next marriage candidate.
The woman snatched his phone and hung up. Looking at his phone wallpaper, she awkwardly changed the subject: “An ancient painting, eh? It looks pretty good, it’s just that the person in the painting looks a bit like me.”
When he heard this, he sarcastically mocked her for being so delusional, completely unaware that, the person in front of him was the reincarnation of Wen Ru, the famous prime minister of Yuan Shun whom he most admired…
The female CEO who doesn’t want to get married with a divorce agreement in hand × The male archaeological researcher who will only get married if he’s sure he can get divorced
