‘Why am I like this!’
Luus Kritchern fell into the greatest confusion of her life.
The reckless and foolish villainess Elizabeth Keaton had shown a changed appearance.
‘Why is my heart fluttering like this?!’
Baffled, Luus hurriedly rummaged through her pocket and pulled out a potion.
It wasn’t a magic recharging potion that she had been drinking while running all night. It was a sedative to calm her nerves when overly tense.
‘It’s because I’m tired. Just because I’m tired!’
Luus gulped down the sedative at once.
Although the pale golden liquid flowed into Luus’s esophagus and was quickly absorbed, her mind remained unsettled.
Her heart had been forcibly calmed, but only one scene repeated over and over in Luus’s head.
Elizabeth’s appearance, aiming her silver gun at a zombie with a composed and chilly gaze.
A relaxed smile on her face that was out of place in the dangerous situation.
And finally, her precise skill in eliminating the target.
All these scenes kept replaying, like a vivid painting that she couldn’t stop.
The smile that Duke Keaton had when he heard that she had wiped out all eight zombies looked… so refreshing and pleasant that no one could deny it.
‘Am I going mad?’
Luus was distracted, cooling her heated face with her palm, repeatedly being reminded of the scene.
Then, a hand reached out to grasp her from behind.
“Why have you been like this since earlier?”
“Eek!”
Startled by the approaching presence, Luus hurriedly knocked the hand away.
The owner of the hand was none other than Elizabeth Keaton.
“Uh… Um. Sorry to surprise you. You must be tired, and I didn’t consider that.”
Her white back of the hand turned red with embarrassment.
“No, no. I was lost in thought, and just… I’m sorry, Duke Keaton.”
Luus immediately apologized, filled with remorse.
Apart from their past animosity, there was the courtesy that she owed to Elizabeth, who had become Duke Keaton.
Even though she had scorned the idea of showing courtesy to a rascal like her when she was a princess, the past and the present were worlds apart.
But Luus didn’t realize she was speaking respectfully. The Elizabeth she knew and the woman before her now seemed like two entirely different people.
Elizabeth graciously accepted Luus’s apology.
“It’s nothing, really. Don’t worry about it. Besides, you must have been weary from using teleportation magic without even a moment’s rest. Please, rest now.”
“…Is it really okay? If more zombies are wandering around outside and they approach the duchy…”
Elizabeth reassured Luus’s worries with a knowing smile.
“The undead don’t approach where their kin have died. The sight of ten zombies with holes in their heads… rather, skulls, stopping instantly would make them realize that they could die too. They won’t approach anymore.”
“Is that really true?”
Mihail interrupted the two’s conversation, and Elizabeth nodded.
“It’s not a permanent solution. It’s temporary. Zombies that have stopped moving completely are nothing more than the corpses of dead people.”
“Ah…”
“We should bury them before it gets too late. After all, they were ordinary people before becoming zombies.”
‘Ordinary people, huh…’
Elizabeth’s words made Luus suddenly recall a zombie that had tried to bite her, which resembled Sienna.
“Wait a moment, Duke Keaton. There’s something I want to check.”
“What is it?”
“The zombie that tried to bite me earlier… I want to see if it was the former crown princess.”
‘Is this uncomfortable? Mentioning Sienna’s name directly here.’
She swallowed hard. It was a natural thing to say as Sienna’s friend, but for some reason, Luus felt selfconscious in front of Elizabeth, who had once been Sienna’s rival.
Was it because she had been so shocked by Elizabeth’s unhesitating elimination of the zombies?
Feeling anxious for having spoken, Elizabeth, resting her chin on the back of her hand, responded.
“It’s fine. Mr. Rus originally wanted to know the whereabouts of Her Highness, the Crown Princess, so there should be no problem now that everything’s quiet.”
“Really?”
Elizabeth, who obediently said so, was even unfamiliar.
Sienna’s purple eyes, filled with a sense of inferiority and jealousy at just a single word, were only still.
Instead, they settled down calmly, enough to be inscrutable as to what she was thinking.
“Of course. And, I also remembered something I wanted to ask Mr. Rus and Sir Michael.”
“What is it?”
At Elizabeth’s words, Michael, who had been silently standing behind her, asked.
“Please bring one of the zombies we knocked down, Sir Michael. I would like Mr. Rus to investigate it magically.”
“!”
Both Rus and Michael’s eyes widened.
‘I hadn’t thought that far.’
The same went for the maids and butlers who fired crossbows and small magical bombs with slingshots, as well as the steward.
“Er, Your Grace. Isn’t that too dangerous?”
“Right. Though the creatures stopped moving like broken puppets after being shot through the head, as Your Grace said… Shouldn’t we avoid bringing those ominous things inside the ducal residence?”
Male lead is a clingy little husband
One-line summary: The male lead is initially an arrogant, noble, love-deprived brat, later a cute, clingy, scheming little jealous one.
Introduction:
One day, Lu Yuner’s soul transmigrates into a female-dominant world. She enters the Imperial Academy and takes up the position of a doctoral instructor, teaching classes and grading schoolwork.
One day, she encounters the young prince Su Qingwan secretly skipping class from the male academy.
As a result, Su Qingwan is punished.
From then on, Su Qingwan sees Lu Yuner as a “thorn in his side”.
But before long, this “thorn” becomes the person he cherishes most, and he goes to great lengths to win Lu Yuner’s affection.
Mini scene 1:
One day, the sun is high in the sky but Su Qingwan still hasn’t gotten up for class.
Servant Xiaoyuan: “Young prince, it’s time for class. You’ll be late otherwise.”
Su Qingwan says arrogantly: “I’m not going. I am the esteemed prince, my status is so noble, why should I suffer this hardship? Besides, isn’t learning all this just to please women? Hmph, they’re not worthy!”
Mini scene 2:
After Su Qingwan falls for someone, he completely changes. He no longer skips class and diligently learns how to be a good husband and father. But he discovers that Sister Yuner is always surrounded by admirers.
Drunk and overcome with jealousy one day, he clings to Lu Yuner, crying beautifully like a pear blossom in the rain.
Su Qingwan: “Qingwan likes Sister Yuner.”
Lu Yuner: “Young prince, you’re drunk.”
Su Qingwan: “Qingwan isn’t drunk. Qingwan likes Sister Yuner, likes you so much, likes you to bits…” Before he can finish, Lu Yuner’s eyes flash with emotion and she leans in closer.
[Reading Guide]
1. The female lead is gentle, gracious, humble and polite but not weak. The male lead is initially an arrogant, noble, love-deprived brat, later a cute, clingy, scheming little jealous one.
2. 1v1, a bit torturous in the beginning but definitely sweet later on.
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