Maximilian was tired.
‘The Mastopju is very talkative.’
Having reinforced the castle’s security, he showed interest in the marble extracted from the duke’s estate. In the end, after receiving a solemn oath never to disclose anything to the outside, he explored the marble facility together.
However, due to Kilian, who never stopped shouting for even a moment, Maximilian felt like he was hearing voices.
‘Even a short stroll…’
Maximilian headed towards the garden located behind the castle.
It was a place where he used to escape the fierce fights between his parents when he was a child.
Unlike the carefully maintained garden, it was deliberately minimized in terms of management to preserve it as it was in the past.
“Sigh…”
Upon reaching the beginning of the walking path, Maximilian started to walk slowly. The winter air was filled with a refreshing scent.
The scenery was almost the same as when he was a child, and his heart sank. Then, through the dry branches, a slightly familiar figure appeared.
“Teresa?”
He stopped in his tracks. Her tear-filled eyes met his gaze.
“What’s wrong?”
He approached her slowly, with the desire to run to her immediately, tightly suppressed.
But before he could get closer, Teresa turned her gaze away.
She rose from her seat, bowed her head, and mumbled.
“I apologize.”
Maximilian reached out and held Teresa, who was trying to pass by him.
“Teresa.”
Anger covered her previously opaque eyes. The familiar voice calling her name was the trigger.
“Let go of this!”
Maximilian, taken aback, stepped back. Teresa felt the things she had tightly suppressed pouring out.
“Just leave me alone.”
“S-Sorry… You seemed unwell.”
Watching him hesitate and not knowing what to do, Teresa’s frustration intensified.
“Why are you suddenly being nice like this?”
“I, just…”
“I used to think you weren’t interested in me. But that wasn’t true.”
Maximilian was at a loss for words. What she said was true.
He knew Teresa’s preferences.
But more important than that was Teresa reflected in his eyes.
At first, he thought her subtle tastes would invite ridicule in social circles. He wished she were more glamorous, more conspicuous. And gradually, he started ignoring Teresa, who didn’t fit into such splendor.
“Sorry, back then…”
“You knew everything but ignored it. And now you’re making a fuss…”
Teresa choked up again.
The fact that he pretended not to know about her while knowing angered her more. Also, among the things he showed her, there were things he did to match the young Maximilian’s preferences that Teresa also pretended to like.
“All of this is because of you.”
“Huh?”
“Without you, there’s nothing left in my life. All my hobbies, things I like, everything, only things for you remain…”
Speaking her thoughts, Teresa increasingly felt her own misery.
The real Teresa disappeared, replaced by a delusion filled with the preferences of the person she used to like.
And the one who made that choice was Teresa herself.
“I don’t know what I originally liked or what kind of person I was.”
With an empty voice, Teresa collapsed to the floor as if sinking.
Jaina, always busy with work by Teresa’s side, didn’t have the leisure to entertain such thoughts. Perhaps she was too immersed in other matters to want to think about it.
“Do you happen to remember? What I originally liked?”
Looking at Teresa’s tear-filled eyes, Maximilian couldn’t say anything.
After gazing at her moistened cheek for a while, Maximilian kneeled beside her and wiped Teresa’s eyes with a handkerchief he took from his pocket.
“I’ll help you.”
In a half-muted voice, Maximilian murmured. This shattered version of Teresa was a first for him. His meager compassion once again wounded Teresa.
“I’m your oldest friend.”
What should he do?
What could he do to help her?
He didn’t want to lose Teresa again. All he wished for now was for her to live a long and healthy life.
Forgetting the embarrassment, he forced himself to sleep, and the next day arrived.
When he opened his eyes, Nathaniel, who had already woken up, was sitting on the opposite side with an awkward expression.
“Uh, um.”
In a surprisingly awkward gesture, Nathaniel, who was usually shameless, took something out of his arms and handed it to me.
“What is this?”
“I urgently asked Martin to buy it for me yesterday…”
Having said that, Nathaniel quickly turned his head.
It was commendable that he had enough trust in his subordinates to ask for personal errands.
But as I opened the gift, that commendable sentiment vanished.
“I told you to buy this for Martin Kyungha!”
“Martin recommended it.”
What I held in my hand was a book titled ‘How to Be an Excellent Mom.’
“For your information, I bought one too.”
Having said that, Nathaniel confidently showed me a book titled ‘How to Be an Excellent Dad.’
Heat rushed to my face.
“Oh, no…”
Of course, I must have prepared something like this yesterday due to my slip of the tongue.
I grabbed his clothes while sitting on the bed, cursing yesterday’s me.
Male lead is a clingy little husband
One-line summary: The male lead is initially an arrogant, noble, love-deprived brat, later a cute, clingy, scheming little jealous one.
Introduction:
One day, Lu Yuner’s soul transmigrates into a female-dominant world. She enters the Imperial Academy and takes up the position of a doctoral instructor, teaching classes and grading schoolwork.
One day, she encounters the young prince Su Qingwan secretly skipping class from the male academy.
As a result, Su Qingwan is punished.
From then on, Su Qingwan sees Lu Yuner as a “thorn in his side”.
But before long, this “thorn” becomes the person he cherishes most, and he goes to great lengths to win Lu Yuner’s affection.
Mini scene 1:
One day, the sun is high in the sky but Su Qingwan still hasn’t gotten up for class.
Servant Xiaoyuan: “Young prince, it’s time for class. You’ll be late otherwise.”
Su Qingwan says arrogantly: “I’m not going. I am the esteemed prince, my status is so noble, why should I suffer this hardship? Besides, isn’t learning all this just to please women? Hmph, they’re not worthy!”
Mini scene 2:
After Su Qingwan falls for someone, he completely changes. He no longer skips class and diligently learns how to be a good husband and father. But he discovers that Sister Yuner is always surrounded by admirers.
Drunk and overcome with jealousy one day, he clings to Lu Yuner, crying beautifully like a pear blossom in the rain.
Su Qingwan: “Qingwan likes Sister Yuner.”
Lu Yuner: “Young prince, you’re drunk.”
Su Qingwan: “Qingwan isn’t drunk. Qingwan likes Sister Yuner, likes you so much, likes you to bits…” Before he can finish, Lu Yuner’s eyes flash with emotion and she leans in closer.
[Reading Guide]
1. The female lead is gentle, gracious, humble and polite but not weak. The male lead is initially an arrogant, noble, love-deprived brat, later a cute, clingy, scheming little jealous one.
2. 1v1, a bit torturous in the beginning but definitely sweet later on.
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