In Lillian’s hand, holding Vercheria’s arm, a momentary strong force was applied.
Having weakened as her strength declined while confined in a narrow house, she staggered back with the impact.
“Uh.”
The body that was about to fall flat on the bathroom floor collided with the firm chest.
Merck, with his large hand, firmly held Vercheria’s shoulders and straightened her up.
The feeling of the warm skin, almost touching through the thin gown, made the shoulders involuntarily huddle.
“Seems like greetings are enough for now.”
Even to Merck’s words, Lillian stared at his hand as if she couldn’t hear, or more precisely, at the hand holding Vercheria’s shoulder.
“Lillian.”
“Ah.”
Lillian nodded lightly with a smile on her lips.
“Yes. See you later, Your Highness.”
As soon as Lillian, who came out of the bathroom, entered the guest room, she hung on the bedpost.
“Hurry, untie it. Quickly.”
The maids rushed in, and they began to loosen the dress straps that were tightly hugging her body.
Breath that had been blocked by the spread-out clothes rushed out.
“Haah.”
Lillian exhaled, roughly grabbing the dress she was wearing.
Then, suddenly, her gaze fell on the skirt decorations, and her hand stopped, lifting it up.
“Take it off. Gently.”
“Yes, Your Highness.”
The maids didn’t answer immediately, looking at each other.
Wearing a corset, Lillian raised her eyebrows, looking at them.
“Why.”
The oldest among the maids cautiously spoke up.
“May we all go outside for a moment?”
Once the maids left, the lady asked again.
“Your Highness. Did you just mention red?”
“Yes?”
“Why.”
The maid, who was the only one among them who knew that Lillian was colorblind, covered her mouth and whispered.
“It’s not red; it’s yellow, Your Highness.”
“What?”
The lady pointed to the ribbon decoration again.
“There’s no red on the dress you’re wearing, Your Highness.”
Lillian’s expression stiffened.
“But definitely…”
She bit her lip until it bled.
The lady, who acted as both the maid accompanying her every day and the wife of the emperor, was with her at all times.
So, it shouldn’t be a lie.
Then, did Merck deceive me?
“Why…”
Why did he mention the color while pointing at the dress decoration?
‘Was he trying to confirm that I can’t distinguish colors?’
Previously, Merck had no idea that Lillian was colorblind.
To be more precise, he didn’t even show the slightest interest in how Lillian was doing. He kept refusing her persistent requests for marriage, saying it was impossible, showing no interest in her.
Then, did Merck notice in the bathroom that she was colorblind and tried to confirm it on the spot?
“Why…”
Because of that woman?
Why?
What color could there be in the bathroom worth hiding?
Lillian thought of the small woman who had seemed unusually blurry.
She bit her nails and opened the cage, which she had brought from the royal palace to the Winter Palace, and from the Winter Palace to Merck’s castle.
In case they ended up having a meal together, she brought along the liquor.
It was the Wild Berry, also known as Black Berry, a rare wine that only produced one or two bottles a year. This wine was incredibly sweet and smooth, to the point that people unfamiliar with alcohol might mistake it for a soft drink.
Just one glass could paralyze a person’s reasoning.
“Merck brought it, hoping he’d get drunk, but…”
Lillian handed it to the Countess.
“That woman is in the dining room now, right?”
“Yes.”
“Fetch it.”
When Lillian handed the wine bottle, the seasoned Countess quickly understood the intention and smiled.
“Don’t worry. I’ll make sure to bring that woman right in front of you. You can do whatever you want, Princess.”
And the scene was over.
Vercheria’s eyes sparkled.
That’s right.
There was no way she didn’t love him from the beginning.
In her eyes, which had only monotonous colors, he was the only thing that appeared in various colors.
Among the people who cursed her dirty blonde hair, only he saw her as a woman, as a human being.
‘How did I endure that time?’
At that time, when she wasn’t a goddess, when Merck was a god, that was the beginning and the end.
How she fell in love with him because of that wine. How Merck, or rather, Laclahan, got trapped in the garden of the gods and received punishment.
Why she became Vercheria.
Everything came back to her.
In her eyes, Merck, or rather, Laclahan, appeared.
Although she was the one at fault for falling in love with him, the gods punished him. Seeing the beginning, she knew everything.
The saying that patience and endurance would solve everything was a lie. She would never submit to the higher gods now. She would protect his love and her own love.
It was time to find the divine water that would forever bind them as one.
In the next life and the life after that, the time to recognize each other and be together. That’s exactly what it meant.
Male lead is reincarnated to save his wife
I’ve also read this one twice already. The female lead is kinda soft and gets embarrassed easily—not really my type, but the plot is definitely worth reading. Hurry up and read it, y’all!
Intro
When Shen Yuan encountered Su Jin again in his previous life, she had already become the Prime Minister of the current dynasty. As for him, the former top young master of the capital, he had long since fallen into the abyss, becoming a singer on a pleasure boat.
After a song ended, he was redeemed and sent to the Su Residence.
Su Jin respected and cherished him, gave him a roof over his head, and bestowed him with warmth. Shen Yuan fell deeper and deeper, but before he could express his feelings, Su Jin passed away.
Shen Yuan died to follow her in death, but instead, he returned to when he was fifteen years old.
At that time, he was not yet engaged, and Su Jin was just a poor scholar.
Shen Yuan gritted his teeth, casting aside all his pride, and thought of ways to coax and entice her every day.
The colder and more indifferent Su Jin was towards him, the more proactive Shen Yuan became.
He was not afraid of being mocked by the world, only wanting to marry his Wife-master early, to hold her hand and never let go for a lifetime.
[Note: This story will not specifically point out the male lead’s reincarnation time point; it’s all in the details. Whenever you feel that the male lead is acting strangely, he has most likely been reincarnated.]
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