It was the moment when lips parted from lips.
“Bii… Biiit!”
Somewhere, Pipi flew in.
“Bii!”
Rescal hesitated, made a puzzled face, and Lacelia used that opportunity to push him away.
“Are you awake now? Did you sleep enough?”
“Bii!”
Pipi, with an angry expression, stuck to Lacelia’s shoulder.
Then, Pipi flapped its wings vigorously towards Rescal.
“You didn’t sleep enough…”
Rescal sharpened his teeth.
Fighting between the two was a familiar occurrence, so Lacelia quickly lifted Pipi, holding it in her arms.
“Then please use the next room comfortably. I’ll be going now.”
“No, wait.”
Rescal grabbed Lacelia’s hand.
“Does using it comfortably mean you can come at any time?”
Lacelia turned her gaze away as if embarrassed. Rescal moved his head persistently, following her gaze.
“Answer me. Does it mean that?”
“Well… because Your Majesty needs a companion at times. I don’t know when that will be… Uh,”
Rescal pulled Lacelia close.
“Bii!”
Pipi screamed and flapped its wings towards Rescal, hitting his hair and the back of his hand, but Rescal paid no attention.
“Your Majesty, Pipi seems upset…”
“It doesn’t hurt because I didn’t sleep enough.”
“It’s not about the pain…”
“Biiit!”
Perhaps Pipi was upset by the mention of not sleeping enough, as it opened its mouth and spewed flames.
The edge of Lacelia’s clothing touched by the flames burned in a circle. Then Rescal turned his head and casually brushed away the flames with his hand. The movement was so light that it seemed like he was dusting off dust rather than dealing with fire.
“Isn’t it hot?”
Lacelia widened her eyes and asked.
Rescal smiled gently and covered Lacelia’s face with his hand.
“That expression. It looks like you’re surprised.”
“Yes. Because you touched the flames with your bare hands.”
“Are you worried?”
“Anyone would be worried.”
“This level of fire is fine. It’s so small that it can’t even be called fire.”
“Bii!”
As expected, Pipi expressed its anger, and Rescal didn’t even smirk.
Eventually, Lacelia had to comfort Pipi.
“Please let go, Your Majesty. I don’t like it when Pipi gets upset.”
“…If you don’t like it, I don’t like it either.”
“It’s not good to intentionally make me angry.”
Rescal pinched his face in a displeased manner and let go of Lacelia.
“Then, watch this.”
Chook, Rescal quickly passed through, and his lips swept over hers.
Lacelia was surprised, and in the meantime, Rescal quickly distanced himself.
“I’ll be back. …As soon as possible.”
“Bii!”
The shouting for him not to come back quickly and to not come back at all was completely ignored.
“Then, for a moment.”
Leaving a rather long lingering feeling, Rescal finally left.
“Huu…”
After Rescal left, Lacelia took a long breath.
She couldn’t remember if she had been able to breathe properly while he was there.
“Bii?”
Pipi climbed onto her palm.
“Hmm? No, it doesn’t hurt. I’m fine.”
“Bii.”
“Do you look like you have a fever? No, I don’t.”
“Biiii.”
“Because I said no.”
Lacelia, trying to conceal her expression, stroked Pipi.
Pipi started whining, listing the reasons why Rescal doesn’t like him.
“Well… it’s not that bad, is it?”
“Bii!”
“I haven’t done anything wrong.”
“Bii!”
“You can tell even without doing it? Oh, where did you hear such a thing?”
“Bii!”
“Don’t be biased… I’m just stating the facts.”
“Biiiiit!”
“No, really.”
At that moment, Ivet entered.
Behind her, Serven followed. Instead of Ivet, Serven was carrying several books.
“I’m back, Your Majesty the Empress. Where should I put the books?”
Lacelia pointed to the table with a slightly reddened face.
“On top there. There are quite a few books.”
“Oh, are there many? I selected only the ones you must see. The records about the first companion are quite extensive, and as much comes with it, many other things are mixed in. Oh? But why is the table over there?”
Lacelia’s face turned a little redder.
Rescal’s actions and expressions when he pushed the table couldn’t be forgotten.
Lacelia casually fanned her face with her finger.
“Just… that’s how it turned out. Thank you for bringing the books. Sigress Kyeongdo.”
“Greetings, Your Majesty the Empress. But, by the way, Your Majesty, you don’t know that I flew in with the books.”
After placing the books, Serven added a word.
“So it seems like you want me to keep it a secret. Any reason for that?”
“That’s… I received an order that I shouldn’t approach Your Majesty the Empress within ten steps. I’m counting the steps, but it’s a bit precarious right now.”
“Ten steps? Can you explain that for me to understand?”
“I want to understand it too…”
Serven’s face darkened.
“I feel like I did something wrong, but you didn’t tell me the reason and just gave me the order.”
It was because Serven had held Lacelia’s hand for too long when she got off the carriage.
However, ordering to count the steps would seem somewhat ridiculous to others, so Rescal had no intention of explaining the reason.
For a while, Serven would suffer mentally.
“Keep it a secret from Your Majesty. You may leave now.”
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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