Staying here was no different from being outside the castle. She couldn’t be sure where he was, what he was doing, and even if he was inside the palace. Even within the palace, Carson felt like a distant existence.
“Ines…?”
At that moment, a familiar voice reached her ears, and Ines jumped up from where she was sitting. Turning around, she saw the one she had longed for standing there.
Surprisingly, the one calling her was Charlotte.
“Charlotte!”
“What happened here?”
Charlotte rushed to Ines in a month. Louis was with her.
“Were you already inside the castle?”
“Ah…”
Ines couldn’t give a proper answer for a moment. It was partly because it was hard to believe that they met here, and partly because it was a bit awkward to say that they had entered through the initiation.
“Oh, can’t we speak informally now?”
Charlotte blushed for a moment. While she was trying to suggest speaking comfortably when they were alone, Louis pushed himself between the two and, as if they had met yesterday and parted ways, hugged Ines tightly. As Louis’s small body embraced her, Ines’s eyes involuntarily closed.
“It’s been a while, Ines.”
“Yeah, it’s been a really long time, Your Highness. Have you been well?”
Instead of answering, Louis nodded his head gently. Looking at his shiny black hair, Carson’s image came to mind.
“Wasn’t the journey uncomfortable?”
When Ines asked, Louis shook his head sideways and snuggled even deeper into Ines’s embrace. It meant that he didn’t want to say anything now.
Instead of the silent Louis, Ines asked Charlotte.
“Weren’t you supposed to come a few days later originally?”
“We came to the capital yesterday. Thanks to Her Highness, I was able to come to the palace.”
That was how it was planned. Carson hoped that Louis would come to the palace in time for the enthronement ceremony. Although Charlotte was still in the middle of her term of service in the temple and had to return, she came here with Louis because of Louis’s strong will. Emma also came as Louis’s nurse.
“Now there’s not much time left, but for a while, I’ll be staying in the palace as a temple maid.”
“But why did you come to this castle first? The maintenance here is not yet complete.”
In response to those words, Louis shook Ines’s dress a little. When their eyes met, Louis turned around.
Following the child’s gaze, Ines saw a maid standing behind them, who had released two cats from a small carriage modified from a baby stroller.
“Lenora and Alba.”
Louis mentioned only the names of the cats without saying anything more. However, Ines quickly understood what she meant.
“Did you come because you wanted to quickly introduce your home?”
“Yeah, both of us are too tired.”
It is said that cats, in general, don’t like new places much.
“Since it might be tough for them to adjust after staying in a different castle.”
“At least you wanted to bring Lenora and Alba here?”
“Yeah. But then I met Ines. Lucky me.”
Louis seemed not particularly surprised to have met Ines, as if it were natural for her to be where Ines should be.
“Have you met Father?”
“No, we arrived late last night. We stayed overnight in the castle, and I came to see the castle I’ll be staying in after leaving. We decided to have lunch with Uncle. We’re going to meet him now. Ines, let’s go together.”
Ines opened her eyes brightly, but soon lowered her head. It was impossible for her to attend a meal where both a non-maid and a Crown Princess were present.
“I have something to do right now, so I can’t go.”
At that moment, whether the cat moved or not, Louis bit Ines’s body. But he hesitated and didn’t leave immediately.
“Don’t worry and go, we’ll wait here.”
As Louis nodded and moved away, Charlotte approached Ines.
“What on earth happened?”
“When we’re alone, speak comfortably. I’m dying of discomfort.”
Charlotte lowered her head.
“Don’t make a mistake for no reason.”
Understanding her words, Ines nodded. If there was a mistake in this matter, it would be Charlotte’s fault, not Ines’s. The two of them sat down not far from where they stood.
“In fact… Her Majesty doesn’t know that I’m still here.”
“What? What on earth are you saying? Speak properly. No, tell me.”
Too embarrassed, Charlotte’s voice became louder. Ines found her somewhat awkwardly raised voice surprisingly comforting and smiled unintentionally.
Now that Louis was here, she could meet Carson. Ines quickly explained her current situation.
“So, now you’re in the position of a maid?”
“Yeah.”
“And tomorrow, you have to leave the palace?”
“That’s right.”
Charlotte sighed. Ines occasionally smiled at Charlotte’s absurd smile.
“How fortunate. If you hadn’t met us today, you might have gone straight to Landhill and ended up getting married.”
Ines smiled a bit brighter at Charlotte’s typical way of speaking.
“That’s true, just thinking about it gives me the chills. Me, getting married…”
“Right, you’re noble. Wasn’t there an easier way?”
“An easier way?”
Male lead is reincarnated to save his wife
I’ve also read this one twice already. The female lead is kinda soft and gets embarrassed easily—not really my type, but the plot is definitely worth reading. Hurry up and read it, y’all!
Intro
When Shen Yuan encountered Su Jin again in his previous life, she had already become the Prime Minister of the current dynasty. As for him, the former top young master of the capital, he had long since fallen into the abyss, becoming a singer on a pleasure boat.
After a song ended, he was redeemed and sent to the Su Residence.
Su Jin respected and cherished him, gave him a roof over his head, and bestowed him with warmth. Shen Yuan fell deeper and deeper, but before he could express his feelings, Su Jin passed away.
Shen Yuan died to follow her in death, but instead, he returned to when he was fifteen years old.
At that time, he was not yet engaged, and Su Jin was just a poor scholar.
Shen Yuan gritted his teeth, casting aside all his pride, and thought of ways to coax and entice her every day.
The colder and more indifferent Su Jin was towards him, the more proactive Shen Yuan became.
He was not afraid of being mocked by the world, only wanting to marry his Wife-master early, to hold her hand and never let go for a lifetime.
[Note: This story will not specifically point out the male lead’s reincarnation time point; it’s all in the details. Whenever you feel that the male lead is acting strangely, he has most likely been reincarnated.]
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