Was this how a devil whispered? No, it was the whisper of the devil, so resisting was impossible.
“Don’t think about anything.”
The feeble Loo even stopped thinking.
After passing through the spring when the emperor welcomed the new empress, the sultry summer quickly passed. Before they knew it, the autumn, which began to color the surroundings vividly, had arrived, and this year’s harvest began.
One year had passed since the end of the war. The east was quiet, and in the west, the first proper harvest in a long time began, delighting everyone. The disturbances in the south, which had been happening, also subsided.
Contrary to concerns, the empire prospered. The stature of Emperor Perseta rose day by day, and the popularity of the empress soared.
“…Doing, doing that. Uh… um…”
Lusilla, who was doing her composition homework, looked at her guardian with a troubled expression.
Lusilla found cleaning the stove, as her guardian was doing now, more familiar than writing and learning equations from books. But now, Lusilla couldn’t do such things. No, to be precise, she shouldn’t.
“You’ve decided on a conclusion.”
The guardian, speaking gruffly, neatly pulled out the ashes.
“Then let’s stick to that conclusion. I won’t help you. Do it yourself.”
With a considerably cold remark, Lusilla grumbled and immersed herself in composition again.
In any case, the homework had to be done by tomorrow. Elija Barkova, who was taking care of her younger sibling or rather, her nephew, handed her a piece of paper filled with ashes.
Living simply with a child wasn’t bad at all. The money she received for various errands for the Perseta Empire was more than enough. Elija planned to continue supporting Lusilla’s studies with this money.
“I’m done!”
Shaking off the ashes and pulling out some weeds in the garden, Lusilla rushed over.
Now, the child who had become healthy handed over her homework nonchalantly. After taking off her gloves, Elija read the composition.
“…It’s interesting.”
“Uh, it shouldn’t be interesting. I should write it well…”
“It’s interesting because it’s well-written.”
“Then what should I do now?”
“Do whatever you want.”
“Should I pull out weeds?”
Pushing Lusilla, who was familiarly trying to put on gloves, aside, Elija turned the child outside the fence.
“Go and play.”
“There’s a lot to do…!”
“Not much. Kids go out and play.”
Lusilla’s guardian wasn’t very talkative. That was just the way she was. Actually, Lusilla, who had been bothered by the sounds of laughing children outside, hesitated for a moment but eventually rushed out, holding her balled-up hands.
She walks well. She had worried that her muscles might be sore, but the child ran very well. Filling out in her previously thin cheeks, there was a bit of flesh now.
Elija enjoyed preparing meals with Lusilla, listening to the child chatter while pretending to be asleep, and thought that their daily life was good.
“So, why did you come?”
Although it was so nice, why did an uninvited guest suddenly appear? Elija’s gaze lingered at the corner where a haggard face peeked out.
“You still have a keen sense, Barkova.”
There was only one person in the world who called Elija that way. So, Elija also called her the same.
“Genesis.”
Perhaps resembling her husband, the Empress, who used to be serious, now smiled naturally.
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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