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‘Ah, so that’s why…..’

Only then did I understand why Lord Joseph was so displeased with my meeting with Dorothea.

However, understanding didn’t quell the nausea rising from within.

My mind went blank.

I couldn’t quickly calculate what thoughts I should develop or what actions I should take.

But there was one thing for certain.

As long as Lord Joseph was my ally, I had to stand on his side.

If so, there was only one thing to do now. Right now, I had to cut off the connection between the two…….

“Duchess.”

……?

At that moment, Lord Joseph’s low voice called for me.

But the way he addressed me bothered me a bit. ‘Duchess’? Isn’t that too formal?

“May I speak with that woman for a moment?”

“Ah…..”

I felt oddly nauseated. But it was a different sensation from the previous nausea.

How should I put it, it was closer to a strange misery as if I was becoming insignificant. My shoulders involuntarily hunched.

But the next moment, I realize how luxurious these feelings of mine were.

“Go ahead.”

“Thank you.”

Lord Joseph, who had bowed politely, turned completely away from me.

Immediately after, his demeanor changed.

“It’s been a while. But…..”

His sweet voice sank coldly. My skin stung as if the surrounding temperature had dropped several degrees.

“Does it matter now that I was born from your womb?”

Wait a minute!

Is this alright? Just earlier, I was about to deny the fact that she was blood-related to Lord Joseph.

However, Lord Joseph showed no sign of denying it. Rather, wasn’t he naturally acknowledging it?

But there was a reason why I couldn’t intervene in this awkward situation.

Lord Joseph’s tone was as fierce and cold as if he was facing an enemy.

Ah, I could instinctively understand at that moment. That Lord Joseph, more than anyone else, hated that woman.

No, it wasn’t something that could be expressed with the simple word ‘hate’.

‘Murderous intent…!’

It was an emotion that normal parent-child relationships couldn’t possess.

Even my children, whose father was no different from a demon, never showed such an attitude.

How much resentment and anger must have accumulated to become like that?

It was fortunate that he had his back turned to me.

The chilling coldness emitted by his gaze, neither directed at me nor visible to me, made my skin crawl even from afar.

Dorothea must have felt the blatant hostility he was radiating as well.

But instead of being intimidated, she chose to assert her pride even more viciously.

“Ha! What did you say? You to your mother? Meaning, you said? You disrespectful bastard…! No matter how you grew up without a mother, you can’t sever blood ties!”

Her voice, filled with curses too frightening to keep in one’s mind, cracked as if it would tear and echoed loudly throughout the underground prison.

“I see now. I wondered where you had run off to, but you followed that woman! How dare you betray me and run away, enchanted by a woman’s face, and now that you’re properly called ‘Lord’, do you think you’ve become something?”

W-What did she say…?

For a moment, it seemed like words I couldn’t ignore were spilled.

Who ran away and followed me? Lord Joseph? When?

It wasn’t in my memory. But there was no time for me to ask anything more.

“Still, it seems that woman who picked you up did a good job of laundering your identity? Seeing that even your hair and eye color have changed. Kekeke, but that doesn’t mean your dirty status has changed. You’re still the filthy seed that came out of my belly!”

“……”

“Ah! Do the other noble ones know about your lowly origins? Yes, those truly great ones like the imperial descendants or sages. You haven’t confessed to them that your father might have been a drunkard digging through trash cans for scraps, have you?”

A series of vulgar word choices that were disgusting just to hear continued.

However, while I was grimacing at her crude language, Dorothea continued her maniacal laughter.

“Come to think of it, I’ve always been curious about something. There’s no need to hide it now, so tell me, my son Joseph. When you betrayed your mother that day and helped that woman escape, how did that wench seduce you?”

Her words were like puzzle pieces discarded in filth.

Amidst the nauseating words painful to hear, there was plenty of information I needed to pick up.

Escape, betrayal. And…….

‘He saved me?’

Such thoughts, however, couldn’t continue for long.

“Did she offer to spread her legs for you? Or did she say she’d gladly become your collectible? So how did it feel to stick with that woman……”

“Enough!”

This won’t do. I couldn’t listen anymore as it felt like my ears were rotting.

“Wait. Lord Joseph, just a moment……”

I shouted, but immediately after, I had to cover my mouth hastily.

It felt like my internal organs were twisting and about to spill out everything inside. No way…….

‘Lord Joseph, did he grow up hearing such words?’

I unconsciously pounded my chest as breathing became difficult.

A level of verbal abuse beyond imagination, something I had never heard in my life.

The vulgar taunts directed at me were still bearable. But!

‘Shouldn’t it not be like this for Lord Joseph?’

It wasn’t about comparing the intensity of verbal and physical violence. Both would be equally devastating to a person.

But at this point, even I felt my chest tighten with grief just from listening.

It wasn’t something to be ignored just because language has no physical form.

‘How can someone who calls herself a mother spew such terrible words to her child?’

How can one demand submission in such a barbaric way!

“This is why I hoped you wouldn’t meet that woman, my lady.”

At that moment, I came to my senses.

Lord Joseph, who had approached me at some point, was gently holding my fist that had been pounding my chest.

Moreover, I could no longer hear Dorothea’s ugly voice in my ears.

“It seemed too difficult for you to listen.”

My gaze reflexively passed over Lord Joseph’s shoulder.

I could still see Dorothea’s form, slumped and suspended by transparent threads like spider webs.

“I’ve temporarily knocked her unconscious.”

“Ah……”

As long as no harm was done, it was fine.

Only then did I calm down a bit and focus on Lord Joseph again. He…….

Even in this situation, he looked unnaturally calm.

He didn’t seem at all like someone who had just been verbally abused by his parent.

Rather, that made my heart ache more. As if he was someone who had become accustomed to it, hardened by it.

“……”

Looking at his face, the question of whether he was alright got stuck in my throat. Such a question was better left unasked.

There was no way he could be alright, and I didn’t want to hear an answer like ‘I’m fine’ or ‘I can endure it’.

Instead, I decided to ask something else.

Come to think of it, there was something I had been curious about. Even if the situation wasn’t appropriate for questions, I couldn’t help it.

Anyway, with my mind in such a jumble, I didn’t have the presence of mind to comfort Lord Joseph right now.

Right now, I was more urgent to resolve my curiosity, even if it was a bit selfish.

“Lord Joseph, I have a question.”

“……Please ask.”

“Is what that woman just said true?”

I asked without beating around the bush.

“That you saved me.”

That day.

The day I was kidnapped by Dorothea, some 20 years ago.

I safely escaped the slum maze with the help of an unidentified young boy.

I even gave him a button, telling him to come find me, but I never heard from him.

Even now, I don’t know who that child was.

The child was covered in rags from head to toe, and in my flustered state, I foolishly forgot to ask for his name.

But…….

‘Was that child really Lord Joseph?’

But if that were really the case, there was something difficult to understand.

Why hadn’t he told me until now?

I swallowed, watching Lord Joseph’s lips move. My heart was pounding, almost afraid of what answer might come.

“No, it’s not.”

However, when Lord Joseph’s low voice finally gave the answer in a bitter tone.

Ah, is that so?

I swallowed bitterness in disappointment. It seems I had unnecessary expectations. But the next moment.

“……Probably. I don’t think it was.”

He retracted his words.

I was dumbfounded. What on earth…….

“What do you mean?”

“I don’t have any memory of that time.”

“W-What?”

“It’s exactly as I said. I have no memory of experiencing the event that Dorothea is so certain about. Of course, she could be making it up.”

“……?”

I felt something off about his answer. My whole body trembled as if struck by a shiver.

If Lord Joseph were an ordinary person, that response wouldn’t have been so special.

But there was one point to remember.

He was the successor of Chronomancy with perfect memory ability. In other words…….

It was impossible for Lord Joseph to be uncertain about his own memories.

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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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