“Grandmother.”
“Euhhaah. Miss. Carry my luggage…”
As the grandmother extended her heavy baggage towards Kelita, she smiled as if asking why she was giving it, and pointed towards the castle with her eyes.
“Do you see the road over there? If you go that way instead of this one, it’ll be faster and more convenient.”
“……”
The grandmother took the bag back with her trembling hands and let out a deep sigh.
“Miss. Since I’m grateful, I’ll give you a present.”
Kelita nodded her head, smiling.
“Yes, give it to me.”
The grandmother rummaged through her bag for a while before taking out a small bottle the size of her thumb from its deep inside.
A sparkling transparent liquid flowed within.
“What is this?”
“Tears of Determination.”
“Tears of Determination… Excuse me, but what did you say? Your pronunciation is unclear because your teeth are all missing.”
The old woman sharply furrowed her brow.
“Tears. Tears of Determination.”
Suppressing her irritation, she enunciated each word, and Kelita finally seemed to understand, nodding her head.
The old woman seemed quite annoyed by Kelita, who was looking at her with a bright smiling face, and waved her hands in front of her face.
“Give this to someone you want to kill.”
“What?”
“…Even if it’s just someone you dislike, that’s fine. It’ll feel refreshing as if a painful tooth was pulled. What’s more, the effect is certain, so you don’t have to doubt it.”
“Oh.”
“But remember. There’s only one drop in here. If you fail once, it’s over. You must keep this in mind.”
The old woman whispered, placing the bottle in Kelita’s hand.
“You must succeed in one go.”
“Uhhuh.”
She held Kelita’s hand tightly with her bony hand as she observed the bottle and waited.
“And one more thing!”
Kelita made a groaning sound as the old woman’s grip was too strong.
“If this was just something to feed, I wouldn’t have called it a gift.”
“What, what do you mean?”
“Nobody will ever be able to find out who fed it.”
“…Yes?”
“Trust me. This potion has many capabilities.”
How valuable the Tears of Determination were and its true worth, this foolish princess would probably never know.
But that was not the problem.
Whether she knew or not, she didn’t care.
What mattered was that this princess could feed the potion to Bercheria without guilt.
Just once. She couldn’t miss that opportunity.
“…A person I want to eliminate.”
“Yes. Then everything will go well.”
The old woman let go of Kelita’s arm and started to walk again, staggering.
Even though she headed into the forest on the way she had come, not towards Lakrahan’s castle, Kelita did not pay any mind to it.
No, she didn’t have the mental capacity to care.
“To feed it to someone I want to get rid of?”
The face that came to her mind at those words was too clear.
“They’ll never find out who fed it.”
Moreover, there would be no doubt.
Kelita murmured, holding the bottle tightly in her hand.
“Then I won’t get scolded by His Majesty the Emperor. If that woman is gone, I can marry Lakrahan.”
[Star Icon]Late evening.
As the surroundings, busy all day, became quiet, Lakrahan immediately headed to the library.
He quickly crossed the rarely populated, quiet hallway and the unblocked entrance.
The family library seemed open to anyone at a glance, but in reality, no one staying in the castle could casually enter this space.
Even during cleaning, only people designated by Lakrahan were allowed in. This place was strictly Lakrahan’s personal space.
“When did you arrive?”
Lakrahan took off his cloak, hung it on the chair, and sat beside Bercheria.
She, who had been reading several opened books, looked up.
“Not long ago.”
“Is there any progress?”
The desk in the middle of the library, made for Lakrahan’s convenience of piling and reading many books, was spacious enough for dozens of people to sit.
He pulled the chair right next to Bercheria and sat down.
This was the first time he had seen her face since Kelita had caught them in the act of kissing that afternoon.
“I haven’t found anything substantial yet.”
Bercheria pushed the book she had been looking at towards Lakrahan.
“Could this be related somehow?”
“Let’s have a look.”
As Lakrahan leaned over to read the page, his arm touched Bercheria’s.
She immediately jumped, surprised, and moved away from him.
Lakrahan briefly looked up, then ignored the shocked Bercheria and nonchalantly buried his face back in the book.
As he turned the next page and the gap between them closed, Bercheria once again increased the distance between them, just as she had done a moment before.
Once could be a coincidence, but twice was clearly intentional.
Lakrahan raised his head, frowning.
“What are you doing?”
Bercheria, who had been sitting on the edge of the chair with only half of her bottom, very uncomfortably, moved further away from him with an expression as if nothing had happened.
As if Lakrahan were infected with a deadly contagion that must not be touched.
“Do I smell strange or something?”
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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