“I have a favor to ask. But, did you come just like that?”
“Yes. You should respond promptly when called. Where would I find time to change clothes?”
No, if you can’t change, at least use magic to cover it up. Why is embarrassment my responsibility?
“Embarrassed?”
“Ah… No, well. What’s there to be embarrassed about among adults?”
Although I pretended not to be embarrassed, my cheeks were already turning red. His chest, loosely tied behind the robe, looked too good whenever he moved. Even through the robe, the white undershirt showed perfectly.
As if he noticed my embarrassment, he deliberately got even closer, teasing me more.
“So, what’s the reason for calling me? Miss me?”
“No.”
“Then?”
“I have a request.”
“Already trying to use a wish ticket?”
“Ah… it’s a bit too precious for that.”
I wanted to use a wish ticket for something more plausible and cool. Something that only he could do.
Seemingly reading my emotions, he smirked.
“It seems like it’s not something worth using a wish ticket for.”
“Ah… It’s because I want to use the wish ticket for something only the Archmage can do.”
“Something only I can do. That itself feels special. Alright, let’s consider this my favor for this time.”
Oh. I laughed at the thought that I did well to summon him.
“Calling me means you trust me, right?”
I nodded.
“And hearing the story, it seems like others can do it too, but you specifically want to entrust it to me.”
“That’s right. Others can do it, but I don’t trust them.”
“It feels good. That Isabella trusts me. In return.”
As if he was going to do it right away, he slyly extended the end of his words.
“In return?”
“Later, can I ask for a favor as well?”
“To me? I don’t know how to do anything, and there’s nothing I can help with.”
“I won’t make an unreasonable request. I want to make a request within Isabella’s capabilities. Is that okay?”
“Of course. If there’s something I can do, I’ll do anything.”
He won’t ask me for something unreasonable. Since he himself said he won’t make an unreasonable request, I can trust him on that. Saelus didn’t seem like the kind of person who would lie.
“Alright. Then, Isabella, what do you want to ask for?”
“I hope you can find someone for me.”
“Someone?”
“Yes. It’s someone who used to work at the Marquis’s mansion a long time ago. She was Shasha’s maid, and due to her health deteriorating, she had to quit her job. The exact time she quit is not clear, but… it was between 2 to 5 years ago.”
“Shasha was between 2 to 5 years old.”
I nodded at his words.
“I widened the range because I don’t know when she officially retired. Can you try finding her?”
“That’s possible, but if she left her job due to health deterioration, now…”
“She’s alive.”
With my firm statement, Saelus slightly lowered his head, causing his long hair to spill forward.
“Are you sure?”
“Yes. I’m sure about this. So, please find her.”
“Got it. Do I just need to find that person?”
About to say yes, I awkwardly smiled again.
“Do I need to find other people as well?”
“Yes. Can you check if there’s someone who lost a child seven years ago?”
“It’s too vague. Someone who lost a child… Who am I looking for?”
Can I tell him? But Saelus already knew.
That I am not Shannoncia’s real sister. He seemed to act like he didn’t know that I didn’t know, but anyway, he knew for sure that Shannoncia wasn’t the real daughter of the Marquis couple.
So, can I tell him?
“About Shannoncia’s parents.”
“Ah.”
“Did you already know, Saelus? That Shannoncia is not the Marquis’s daughter. Is that why she told me such things?”
To get a better look at him, I spoke again.
The Imperial Librarian, whom I met at the Imperial Library, said he ‘sensed’ a different soul. So, I wondered if Saelus also ‘sensed’ or ‘noticed’ that Shannoncia was not truly the Marquis’s daughter.
It was just a question, and Saelus nodded without much resistance.
“Yes. I knew she wasn’t the Marquis’s daughter.”
“How did you know?”
“Power.”
“Power?”
“People from the Marquis’s household have some magical power, however faint. Their auras are all similar. Some have powers that never manifest, and some have powers that manifest little by little. I don’t know what kind of power it is. But Shannoncia is different.”
I stared at him in silence.
“Different.”
“The aura is completely different. Like how putting a tree and a flower together doesn’t make them the same, Shannoncia’s power and the Marquis’s power are completely different.”
Thankfully, he didn’t ‘sense’ anything like Hwang Doh-joo did.
I breathed a small sigh of relief back then.
“Isabella, you’re different too.”
Cold Male Lead Became My Clingy Husband (Female-Dominant)
Feng Bai Su transmigrated into a matriarchal novel, becoming the sister of the female protagonist and the Seventh Princess of the Feng Ling Kingdom.
After working herself to death in her previous life, finally reincarnating as a princess, she only wanted to be a lazy fish who could eat, sleep, and play.
Until she met the male protagonist from the book, Wei Jing Mo, and he took a liking to her!
Wei Jing Mo is the top young man in Feng Ling City, talented in both appearance and ability, from a prestigious family, with a cold and otherworldly appearance, a figure like the bright moon in the hearts of noble ladies. It was thought that only the most powerful and talented noble lady in Feng Ling City would be worthy of such a brilliant young man. Who knew that this young gentleman would secretly admire the infamous Seventh Princess?
Short scene 1:
Feng Bai Su looked at the young man crying like a pear blossom in the rain before her, and couldn’t help but doubt her life.
Wasn’t the male lead described as a cold and otherworldly figure in the book?
Then who was this poor little thing crying with swollen red eyes and tear-stained face?
Short scene 2:
Wei Jing Mo stared intently at Feng Bai Su who was about to go out, wanting to say, “Be careful on the road.”
Before he could speak, Feng Bai Su suddenly bent down and bit his cheek.
Her peach blossom eyes were full of disdain: “Tsk! You’re so clingy!”
Wei Jing Mo: “…”
A talented fox spirit female lead with a flirtatious appearance but actually abstinent VS A cold-looking but actually naive and clingy little jealous male lead
