Wyatt held the grape wine left by Velofai in his hands and blinked with a blank expression.
“Did I really meet the god of the sea?”
During his brief stay in Dernacis amidst the war, Wyatt followed Lacrahane and saw the sea for the first time in his life.
Although there was a sea in Periat, it was such a rare sight that most people in the empire, who had been running on barren land for a long time, didn’t even know what the sea looked like.
Having lived like that, when Wyatt saw the sea for the first time, his heart swelled instantly to the point where he couldn’t even speak properly.
Its grandeur and vastness.
The god ruling over such a sea came to meet Wyatt.
Even thinking about it again, it was an unbelievable occurrence.
“It was even more magnificent and impressive than the descriptions in myths.”
If you were a man, you had a romance of wanting to meet Velofai at least once.
He was considered a symbol of masculinity in himself.
Wyatt looked at the grape wine in his hand with a blank expression.
“Just feed this to the Duke, and that’s it?”
That was all it took for all the truths to be revealed, Velofai said.
There was no need to doubt this.
Because it was not dangerous, and there was no guilt on his conscience.
The key was that Wyatt disliked Velofai.
Moreover, Lacrahane almost always talked with his knights, and alcohol was an inseparable element whenever they did.
In other words, even if Wyatt suggested sharing a drink, Lacrahane would not suspect anything.
“I have nothing to lose.”
Wyatt headed towards Lacrahane’s room, holding the bottle, humming a tune.
He hesitated for a moment whether to go to Vercheria first, but for now, Lacrahane’s room was the most ideal place to drink.
The bottle shook between his fingertips, and Wyatt’s steps boldly extended.
And luckily, he was able to meet Lacrahane returning to his room.
“Duke!”
Lacrahane noticed the approaching Wyatt and tilted his head slightly.
“Didn’t I ask you not to come out of your room for a while?”
Wyatt widened his eyes as much as possible and raised his hands.
“No? I haven’t wandered around anywhere!”
When Lacrahane looked at the grape wine in his hand, Wyatt grinned mischievously.
“I’m here to share this. Even if I did something wrong, you didn’t issue a prohibition on drinking. Right?”
Seeing Wyatt’s shameless attitude, Lacrahane chuckled as if dumbfounded.
“Yeah, you’re right.”
Opening the door, he motioned with his head inside.
“Come in. Just looking at the alcohol makes me suddenly thirsty too.”
A faint smile lingered on Lacrahane’s lips as he disappeared into the room.
Wyatt gulped, swallowed his saliva, and followed him inside.
Kellita, looking around the neatly arranged room, breathed a sigh of relief.
“Now, it seems like I can finally live.”
Once again, resentment returned to the maids who had stayed by her side while she lost consciousness.
“Rojae, no matter how much I think about it, I can’t understand. What on earth happened? Did you make the room like this, by any chance?”
Rojae waved her hands in the air.
“That’s not true, Your Highness.”
Rojae had an unjust expression, but ironically, Kellita was the one who felt unjust.
She glanced at the struggling maids and eventually shouted loudly.
“Why is everyone not bothering me properly!”
At that moment, when Kellita’s door opened, Gerard and Leone, dressed in splendid attire, walked in from the corridor.
Kellita smiled widely with a welcoming heart.
She had planned to visit Gerard as soon as her room was tidied up.
Regardless of how the situation turned out, finding a way to proceed with the marriage to Lacrahane in this empire required Gerard, who held absolute power.
“Emperor, Your Majesty.”
As Kellita was about to bow.
There was a sound, as if something flickered in the air, and suddenly a star flashed next to her face.
Smack.
Under the shocked gaze of the maids, as well as the Imperial Guards who had come with the Emperor, Kellita’s body was thrown to the ground with Gerard’s force.
“Oh my, my goodness.”
Everyone around, including the maids and the Emperor, was astonished.
Although Gerard was usually rude to those beneath him, he had never been so physically violent to his only younger sister.
“How dare you make fun of me?”
Kellita, lying on the ground while covering her cheek, defiantly looked up at Gerard.
“Emperor, I apologize. I did everything wrong, so please let go of this hand… It hurts.”
“If I had abused you for the sake of bloodline, I would have killed you a long time ago. Back when I cut off the breath of my father and brothers.”
Kellita’s face turned pale.
“I let you off because you were like an obedient dog. But what should I do if that dog starts pooping everywhere?”
Gerard’s grip on Kellita’s chin tightened.
“Would beating like this make you come to your senses? Or should I kill you and show an example to the other dogs?”
Whether it was because of pain or fear, Kellita’s body began to tremble.
Until a moment ago, she was walking on a flower path, but now, she felt as if everything had fallen apart.
After Being Cheated On, She Picked Up a Treasure (Female-dominant)
One-line summary: The husband I married on a whim had been secretly in love with me for a long time.
On the day when Jun Shao finally obtained the imperial decree for her marriage, Lan Qu, the person she had admired for six years, defied the decree and ran away.
Her gentleness and devotion, her promise of a lifetime together, were all disregarded by him. Instead, he dreamed of entering the palace to serve the Emperor’s sister as a sixth-rank attendant.
News of this incident spread throughout the capital, and the alleys in front of and behind the Lan mansion were crowded with people who came to watch the commotion.
Jun Shao should have been embarrassed and angry.
But someone stepped in to protect her dignity.
The figure was in a miserable state, yet still possessed an undeniable elegance and handsomeness.
The young lord struggled to climb the wall of the Lan mansion and shouted to her, “If he won’t marry you, I will!”
So, Jun Shao took advantage of the situation and married the person.
She thought the young lord did it to save the Lan family from the crime of defying the imperial decree, but never imagined that from beginning to end, what he coveted was her.
*
After the wedding, Jun Shao felt like she was living in a dream.
Her Wife-master was as beautiful as a fairy in a painting, skilled in the six arts, well-versed in poetry and literature, capable of being gentle and attentive, and also grand and dignified. Most importantly, she was the only one in his heart and eyes.
Jun Shao didn’t know how Lan Shiwu, as a illegitimate son without a father and blessed with beauty, had managed to preserve his purity, recklessly escape, and use his last ounce of strength to ruin his own reputation, all because of his love for her, just to stand before her.
She could only see him gazing at her with eyes full of love, and when she bestowed a name upon him, his eyes shone like stars.
“You have come to me like a weary bird perching on a branch. I shall call you A Qi.”
