It was an unexpected question.
“…….”
Unable to give any response to Ruth’s penetrating words, I was stuck.
‘I can’t deny it. Because Sienna is a zombie.’
However, it was also difficult to speak the truth.
Because of the frostiness that momentarily appeared in Ruth’s silver-gray eyes.
Just a moment ago, he was treating Sienna kindly. If I told the truth, I felt a sense of guilt as if I were taking Sienna away from Ruth.
Looking at me, who didn’t know what to do, Ruth gave a bitter smile.
“…You can’t answer, my lord. Seems you’re someone who can’t lie.”
“…What does Ruth want to confirm with me?”
How much does he know?
Just by listening to Ruth’s words, I felt that he already suspected Sienna as a zombie, but there was a need to confirm it accurately.
When I asked with a firm face, Ruth only let out a faint smile as if he was about to break.
“Sienna’s hands were excessively cold.”
“……”
“That child’s hands were always warm. It was like the warmth soaked in the May sunlight was always with Sienna. So, I wondered if Sienna received the blessing of the spring fairy.”
However, Sienna’s hands, who returned alive with lost memories, were as cold as a corpse.
The voice, spoken quietly, sank weakly.
“I held her hands many times, but nothing changed. It wasn’t a delusion.”
Ruth’s face, speaking those words, was tinged with pain.
Zero marveled at Ruth’s words.
“Surprising. I don’t know what means were used, but until now, others couldn’t perceive Sienna’s abnormal body temperature.”
Except for me, no one else noticed her icy body temperature.
Even though Sienna didn’t wear gloves to hide her body temperature.
We decided to remain silent because we assumed that even this had been planned by the culprit who sent Sienna in, considering the stress of having zombies inside the mansion.
Given Sienna’s purpose in coming to Kitten Marquis, we couldn’t discard the conjecture that she might be targeting me.
“…I wouldn’t have harbored suspicions just based on that.”
“Right. I became certain… a little while ago when Sienna showed interest in weapons and techniques for defeating zombies.”
“Why is that?”
Considering the situation, it might be something to welcome.
‘If Sienna’s identity is not just a zombie.’
Only now, some people voluntarily fight against zombies, but wasn’t it different in the early stages?
If Sienna, the Crown Prince, took the initiative, other regional lords might be more cautious and offer more substantial support.
“You… since you brought Sienna into the mansion, were you planning to make a profit?”
Zero said to me, expressing a mixture of astonishment and disbelief.
‘Isn’t that obvious?’
Despite the stress of bringing zombies into the house, I intended to extract all the benefits I could get from using Sienna.
‘I’ve already discreetly leaked the information to the Mato and local lords. They may be inclined to support Aston and gain benefits later, but they will be quite nervous about the appearance of the Crown Princess.’
Even if Crown Prince Louis is dead, Crown Princess Vi is Crown Princess.
From their perspective, if Sienna had even become pregnant as Louis’s surviving heir, things would get complicated.
‘Of course, Sienna won’t do such a thing because she’s a zombie.’
Local lords who move solely for profit and loss without knowing this will be perplexed.
About which side to attach themselves to.
‘The answer is simple.’
Attach to both Sienna and Aston.
It may cost more than expected, and their wallets may be lean for a while, but considering it an investment for the future, it won’t be a waste.
I was delighted with the hope for more material support in response to the letter, even though I was troubled about how to reveal Sienna’s true nature as a zombie.
“Evil. Weak.”
‘Thanks for the compliment.’
After nonchalantly accepting Zero’s words, when I looked at Ruth, he shook his head while saying,
“If it weren’t Sienna, I would have resisted. But Sienna is different. She’s a friend who regards life as the most noble value.”
Knowingly. One of the reasons Sienna was loved as the Sunshine Heroine.
A lovely person who values others’ lives more than her own, even if they are the lives of zombies.
That was Sienna’s identity.
“But if she suddenly loses her memory, her personality might change a bit, right? Like me.”
‘Of course, I changed my entire being.’
Ruth countered my words.
“I admit that you, my lord, have changed compared to before. However, I think that basic tendencies and main personality traits won’t change unless a person undergoes a soul swap. Oh, not that your soul has been swapped. I’ve just been ignoring your true inner self until now.”
“…….”
“Oh. You, the stinky magician. You might not know it yourself, but you came close to the truth about being a possessed person! You quickly changed your path, though.”
‘Don’t just watch, help.’
I urged Zero, gnashing my teeth, but that bastard just farted.
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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