Rascal’s words were only partially true.
While it was true that Rascal had been drawing Lyselia all day, he had no intention of disobeying Lyselia’s instructions at any moment due to the emotions he experienced.
Lyselia had said she would go to the Duke’s mansion alone.
From Lyselia’s perspective, it was a consideration not to waste time on something that didn’t necessarily require accompaniment. However, for Rascal, it felt like rejection, and he found himself in a slightly gloomy situation.
The gloomy feeling suddenly turned into sharp discomfort.
He didn’t exactly know why.
He just had a feeling that something unpleasant might have happened to Lyselia.
Even a lesser bird flew over and made the same sound. Somehow, it conveyed a terribly bad feeling.
So he left everything behind and rushed out of the palace.
Ryan hastily organized the guards and followed Rascal.
When he arrived at the Pheleon mansion, he was informed that there was an intruder. But when they saw the intruder, it turned out to be a guest from Delarta.
In his mind, he knew.
There was nothing like a close friend that Lyselia had left in Delarta.
But the unpleasant sensation didn’t disappear.
His feet moved towards Lyselia involuntarily.
When he opened the door, he saw a person kneeling in front of Lyselia.
Fortunately, Pipi, who arrived first, made a fuss and caused Esellion to let go of Lyselia’s hand.
“Beep!”
Pipi scolded Rascal for being late, saying that if he had stuck closer, this wouldn’t have happened.
“Don’t babble nonsense, you little bird.”
Rascal, who would usually ignore it, unexpectedly responded to Pipi’s words.
It also meant that he was extremely annoyed.
“Was there something? While I wasn’t around.”
Lyselia couldn’t guess why Pipi and Rascal were both feeling upset, but she sensed that Rascal wasn’t in a good mood.
Lyselia raised the hand that was not being held and touched Rascal’s cheek.
Rascal’s shoulder twitched.
He still couldn’t casually accept Lyselia touching him without reservation. His heart first sank.
“It’s not like that.”
“Then did you really come just because you missed me?”
“Because I didn’t know when you’d come back.”
“But the Emperor can’t just empty the palace without reason.”
“Isn’t that better? Than an unexpected variable.”
“Ah… Was it dangerous?”
It wasn’t dangerous. Blue Moon had passed, and there was no threat to Lyselia’s safety.
But Rascal nodded.
“Because you weren’t here.”
And of course, Lyselia didn’t fall for Rascal’s expressionless face.
“It sounds like you just didn’t want to wait.”
Rascal, caught in a lie, touched Lyselia’s fingertips and played dumb.
“…You know that, right? You’re too strict with me.”
From Lyselia’s perspective, instead of being strict, it seemed like Rascal was distancing himself too much. Even now, he clearly tried to lie, but there was no trace of anger, making it quite perplexing.
On the contrary, she felt a bit warm.
“This person doesn’t know how to hide his emotions.”
So, the words that he really missed her must have meant just that.
“Your Majesty, it seems you’ve misunderstood the meaning of being strict.”
“Oh, please. You scolded me when I said I missed you.”
“You can’t call this scolding.”
Lyselia lightly tapped Rascal’s cheek while speaking.
Rascal half-closed his eyes and let out a satisfied sigh.
“Do more.”
Esellion stood up at that moment.
“I lacked manners and forgot courtesy. I am Esellion Brun Verhoet, the Esellion of Delarta, wishing endless prosperity to Ellyadun.”
“…”
Rascal turned slowly with a displeased expression that he didn’t bother to conceal after facing Esellion.
It became even more unpleasant after facing Esellion. The gaze of the golden eyes scanned Esellion from head to toe.
“Why is a royal from another country in my territory without any notice?”
“There were circumstances that prevented me from giving notice. The situation in my homeland is not stable enough to establish contact with other countries.”
“Hmm… In that case, it would be better for you to take care of your country’s affairs instead of being in mine.”
“Your Majesty.”
It was a statement filled with open disdain, to the point where there was no need to mention the lack of courtesy. Lyselia gently tugged at Rascal’s clothes.
Rascal looked at Lyselia with a different gaze, as if caught in a lie. The finely folded golden eyes seemed so affectionate that they were almost like honey.
“Why?”
“I owe a debt to King Verhoet of Delarta.”
“…So?”
“I am the one who will receive that debt on behalf of Esellion.”
“…”
So, it was a request not to drive him away.
“Is that a request?”
At first, Rascal, who pursed his lips, suddenly changed his expression and asked seriously.
“You can think of it that way.”
“Alright.”
Rascal held Lyselia’s hand tightly with a satisfied expression.
“If it’s your request, I can endure anything.”
Although his expression was gentle, his words were not. Esellion became stony-faced upon hearing Rascal’s request.
Male lead is a Divorced Husband
She said to him: “Tell me, what makes you like me? I’ll change it!”
Liu Changning transmigrated into a female cannon fodder character in a female-dominant novel.
After reading the first half of the novel’s plot, the first thing she did upon transmigration was to divorce the Pan Jinlian-style male protagonist she had just married.
She indulged herself, pretending to be ugly and poor.
But as time passed, the way that man looked at her became more and more unusual…
Liu Changning was dumbfounded: Tell me, what makes you like me? I’ll change!
――
This lifetime, Pei Yuanshao was rejected by the same woman twice!
The first time, she drove him away. Forced by the situation, he endured the waves of anger in his heart, yielding and humbling himself.
That person lay slanted on a rocking chair, her sallow face emotionless: “If you don’t want a divorce, go cook!”
Pei Yuanshao’s face was dark and gloomy: “You!”
The second time, after the crisis in Jinling City was resolved, the new emperor sent someone to pick him up. He turned around, stammering: “I… I have to go. If you keep me…”
That person lay on the kang bed, her back to him, as if she had long anticipated this day, crisp and clear: “Goodbye!”
Pei Yuanshao was so angry his fingers trembled: “You… you!”
The mission of family and country made him restrain himself, averting his eyes and turning to leave this broken household.
Two years later, they met again. Seeing her ethereal face, his body shook like a sieve.
“She was originally a ‘she’!”
At the Qionglin Banquet, the top scholar of the imperial examination, a talented person with exceptional speech and conduct, all the unmarried young gentlemen from aristocratic families looked at her with shy and timid eyes.
The peerless imperial official Pei Yuanshao felt the anger in his heart erupt. He pointed at the woman surrounded by the crowd at the Qionglin Banquet, his thin lips slightly curled: “Little sister, I wants that person to be the wife-master of my Mingde Prince Manor.”
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