Upon Johannes’s words, Roselia hesitated while glancing alternately at Klaus and Johannes.
It seemed like she was gauging whether it was appropriate to ask questions while Klaus was present.
While Johannes patiently waited for her, unlike Klaus, who felt uncomfortable and unpleasant with her asking Johannes for something, Roselia, who sighed reluctantly, finally spoke.
“After that day when I was unwell, there are times when I feel something pouring out from my chest strangely.”
Upon Roselia’s words, Johannes, who had been lost in thought, calmly responded with a composed expression.
“After the Reformation, the fragrance accumulates more in the body because I haven’t mastered how to control it yet. That’s probably why it happens. Do you happen to remember when you feel that way?”
Roselia, glancing briefly at Klaus in response to Johannes’ question, hesitated before speaking.
“It seems to happen after I talk with the Duke.”
Instantly, Johannes’ expression stiffened as he looked at Klaus. Johannes, who always had a smiling face, glared at him with a sharp expression, causing Klaus to involuntarily stiffen his shoulders.
Johannes, sighing as if he sensed something, continued with an undertone.
“It might be related to the time we spent together during the Reformation.”
In response to Johannes’ resigned words, Roselia rolled her eyes with a perplexed expression.
“To be honest, I don’t remember that night very well…”
Although Roselia gave the answer, Johannes’ gaze turned sternly towards Klaus again.
Avoiding his gaze, Klaus, feeling something uncomfortable, cleared his throat.
Johannes, glancing at Klaus once again and noticing his uneasy expression, calmly continued speaking.
“It’s not certain, but it seems that the Duke might have been a catalyst.”
Roselia’s gaze, puzzled by Johannes’ words, turned towards Klaus.
Klaus, who seemed to be catching Johannes’ implication, unintentionally felt his ears burning, unable to meet Roselia’s eyes.
While Klaus, being stared at by Johannes with a displeased expression, was avoiding his gaze, Johannes added with a sigh.
“I don’t want to say this, but it seems that being around the Duke might make it easier for you to grasp how to regulate pheromone fragrance.”
“Regulating it…?”
“You might have experienced it a few times, but if a vampire can’t control their pheromone fragrance properly, it can lead to serious trouble. Especially when it comes to attracting the opposite sex. It seems that being around the Duke has become the most reliable catalyst for you to emit fragrance, so you should be able to sense the energy flowing from your heart well and learn how to regulate it when the Duke is around.”
Roselia responded to Johannes’ explanation with an ambiguous expression.
“I see…”
While looking worriedly at her confused expression, Johannes hesitated for a moment, then cautiously continued.
“Also… It would be better for you to continue disguising yourself as a man for a while.”
Klaus was the one who responded to Johannes’ words.
“Why is that?”
“As I mentioned earlier, the pheromone fragrance of a female among vampires is several times stronger than that of a male. Therefore, vampire women are often keenly observed and become the main target of the imperial family’s restraint.”
For a moment, Klaus recalled information about the concubine faction entrenched in the Raphellios imperial family.
Those who were dedicated to gaining the Emperor’s favor would devour even ordinary women. If they sensed the presence of a vampire woman emitting a strong pheromone fragrance, the consequences were predictable.
“If it’s known that there is a female among the Raphellios vampires, the restraint on the palace ladies will become severe.”
In response to Klaus’ immediate acceptance, Roselia frowned and resisted.
“I have no interest in Raphellios anyway.”
In response to Roselia’s displeasure, Johannes smiled bitterly.
“That’s irrelevant. The Raphellios palace ladies will handle anything that might threaten their position, no matter what it is.”
Unlike the bewildered Roselia, Klaus, with a heavily furrowed expression due to Johannes’ explanation, spoke firmly.
“It would be better to continue dressing as a man for a while. Considering the issues with the Grand Duchy and, being a woman, you would face more dangerous situations.”
Well, now that Roselia had become accustomed to being a man, there was no reason to oppose it. Roselia nodded at the two men with a nonchalant expression.
Sitting awkwardly facing each other in the carriage returning to the Duke’s residence, Klaus and Roselia maintained a silent atmosphere.
Then, breaking the silence, Klaus’s indifferent voice was heard.
“I still don’t understand that absurd excuse you made.”
In response to Klaus’ words, Roselia turned her gaze to the window with a bitter expression.
She hadn’t expected him to believe it anyway. She just felt that she needed to make some excuse when she saw his expression, wounded at that time.
“You don’t have to believe it…”
In response to Roselia’s resigned tone, Klaus looked at her intently and continued speaking.
“But cancel that statement.”
Roselia’s gaze turned oddly towards Klaus in response to his words.
“What do you mean?”
In response to Roselia’s straightforward question, Klaus raised one corner of his mouth bitterly.
“Just forget about not seeing each other for a while. I need you to stay by my side at all times for reassurance.”
Suddenly, with his unexpected words, Roselia’s face involuntarily lit up.
Thump.
In response to Klaus’s honest words, her heart, now in a male state, also started to beat loudly.
Staring intently at her suddenly flushed face, Klaus opened his mouth.
“Ha… Roselia. Are you trying to dry me up?”
His face, glimpsed between his large fingers, seemed to be turning red.
In response to his sudden reaction, Roselia, bewildered, asked.
“What…?”
Between his fingers, his gaze focused on her, and Klaus muttered with a deeply darkened look.
“The fragrance…”
With a heavily lowered voice, Klaus suddenly rose, leaning against the wall next to where she was sitting.
As the distance between them closed in an instant, Roselia took a quick breath, and Klaus, watching her, let out a self-deprecating sigh by her shoulder.
“It seems I’m impressive enough to have a clear head…”
Roselia’s ear, touched by his warm breath, quickly warmed up.
Male lead is a Destined Young Husband (Female-dominant)
One-sentence summary: Wife-master, listen to my explanation!
Li Ruantang, a young lady from a prestigious family, stumbled and fell. When she woke up, she saw a noble and beautiful young man sitting by her bedside, wiping away tears.
The young master had slightly reddened eyes, and his every move exuded charm.
The sight made Li Ruantang’s eyes hot and her heart flutter. After all, she had made a bet with the young master Meng from the neighboring family. If she couldn’t marry a husband before the end of the year, she would have to admit defeat and give up the jade she had worked so hard to obtain.
Outside the window, the flowers were in full bloom.
Rather than losing the bet, the jade, and her face, Li Ruantang calculated that it would be better to seek marriage with the young master in front of her, killing three birds with one stone.
…
Meng Jun never thought that an accident during a spring outing would lead to them rolling down a cliff and into a river, yet still survive.
Now they were trapped in an unknown village, and Meng Jun had overheard that the family who had rescued them had their own intentions.
After all, it was Li Ruantang who had lost her mind and sought marriage first. He was only trying to protect himself!
Glancing at Li Ruantang, who was listing her own merits, the young husband’s voice softened, and he blushed as he lied, “W-wife-master, Wife-master, don’t you remember me?”
The young husband’s voice was clear and handsome, coaxing Li Ruantang’s heart to be soft and sweet, and she spared no effort to protect him.
It wasn’t until they returned to the capital that Li Ruantang suddenly remembered.
When they had fallen off the cliff, in order not to implicate Wei Yunruo, whom he secretly admired, the young husband had instead pulled her, who was slightly farther away, down the cliff with him…
Short summary by Yuushi L: Initially, the male lead (ML) liked another girl, while the female lead (FL) liked the ML. Both fell off a cliff. The FL temporarily lost her memory, and the ML, fearing others might take advantage of him, claimed FL was his wife while they were staying in a village. Later, when they returned home, the FL regained her memories and remembered that the ML liked someone else, so she kept her distance from him. However, during their time living together in the countryside, the ML’s view of the FL had completely changed. From this point, his pursuit of the FL begins.
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