It was all just talk.
Ryan was already touching the hilt of his sword while sitting on his knees. Although Prince Esellion had already drawn his sword, there was not a hint of concern in Ryan’s eyes. He simply had a desire to clash swords as soon as possible.
“I don’t know what these people are for.”
Having read Ryan’s eyes, Esellion threw a cold sneer.
A member of the Imperial Guard should never let personal pride interfere with their duties. Esellion embedded in his sneer the idea that this man was fundamentally ignorant.
Ryan laughed in response, mimicking him.
“Despite your concerns, I know my duty well. But for now, well, isn’t there no danger?”
“Blood does not lie.”
This meant that the actions of the twin siblings, who were also Shadow Knights, were the same.
“Please look favorably upon us. It seems the knights of the Empire are itching for a little action because the Empire has been too peaceful.”
As if about to draw the sword any moment, Ryan clenched the handle tightly, and Esellion nodded as if urging him to draw it.
Lyselia intervened at the right moment.
“Do both of you not think this is an unnecessary fight?”
“Pii?”
Pippi wondered why they were stopping. Lyselia glared at Pippi sternly.
“I don’t want to see an unfortunate incident where a prince of another country competes with the knights of the Empire and gets injured. The same goes for the opposite.”
Ryan made a nonsensical remark.
“Oh, I will make sure not to get hurt, Your Majesty the Empress!”
Esellion was the same.
“I have nothing to get hurt by the knights of the Empire, Lady Lyselia.”
“Piiii.”
Pippi instigated them, finding it amusing. Lyselia subtly pulled Pippi’s feather to quiet him down.
“How can there be no accident when both of you are seeking the same thing? Stop arguing and do your respective duties.”
“Oh, that’s right… I haven’t finished my work yet, have I? Checking inside and outside the Duke’s mansion thoroughly and returning, but—”
However, Ryan shouldn’t have said that.
Swoosh, clank!
Cutting off Ryan’s words, something flew in from outside the window. It broke the window and headed straight for Lyselia.
“Lyselia!”
“Empress!”
“Piiii!”
Pippi tried to blow on the ember with his small beak. However, the ember was too small. Ryan drew his sword and leaped, but unfortunately, there was some distance.
Esellion raised his sword. It also had a dense purple aura spreading from it, unlike Ryan.
Paat!
Before whatever flew from outside could reach Lyselia, Esellion’s purple aura blocked it. Blocked by the purple aura, it scattered away.
Swoosh…
The debris of what was something turned into ash-colored smoke and disappeared.
“No way… Sword Aura?”
Ryan spat out with a stiffened face. Esellion glanced at Ryan briefly, then approached Lyselia without saying anything.
“Are you okay, Empress Lyselia?”
“I’m fine. But what happened?”
The answer came from outside the window.
Swoosh, thud!
Through the broken window, a shadow of a person flew in.
Ryan belatedly regained his senses and drew his sword.
“Who are you?”
“Pii!”
But it wasn’t an enemy. After checking the face, there was no way the person could behave rudely, especially kneeling with one knee.
Esellion, still not moving from Lyselia’s side, gestured to Ryan without saying anything.
“He came with me.”
Kneeling, Esellion’s guard quickly spoke up.
“There’s no time for greetings. Your Highness is needed.”
“What? What’s going on?”
“Just now, did Your Highness handle what flew in here?”
“That’s right. What was it?”
“We couldn’t see it clearly either. It was…”
At that moment,
Thunk, clank! Thunk, clank!
Windows continued to break in succession as something kept flying in.
“Stay still, Empress Lyselia!”
“Piiit!”
Esellion wrapped Lyselia with one arm, and a purple aura spread over the blade.
Ryan swung his body like flying, brandishing the sword, and Esellion’s guard moved behind Esellion to form a formation. Pippi fluttered and spewed small flames.
“Pippi! It’s dangerous!”
Lyselia reached out to Pippi.
Kyaawoosh!
What flew through the broken window made a strange sound and opened its mouth towards Pippi.
“Piiit!”
“Pippi! No!”
With all its might, Pippi opened its beak.
Piiit.
Rather than flames, a somehow transparent and clear heat flowed from Pippi’s mouth.
The heat covered the unknown entity for the first time, and as it hesitated, Ryan stepped on Esellion’s guard, jumped, and sent it flying into the air.
Swoosh!
Then, Esellion’s purple aura turned it into black smoke.
“Piiit?”
Pippi looked surprised that things worked out well.
“There are still more!”
Thunk, swoosh!
Swoosh, thunk!
Several more of those things flew in.
Kyaawoosh!
Judging by the sound, they seemed to be living beings. However, he swore he had never seen such creatures.
Rather than living beings, they resembled deep and profound darkness. Because the main body was so dark, not even shadows were cast. It seemed as if the main body was swallowing light.
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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