“But…”
“Watch me. I’m not just saying that I’ll protect you with words.”
“Are you pretending to be in front of the kids? It’s truly amusing.”
Béatrice laughed at me like that. Léderle, who was with the children, seemed to sense unease and shook his head nervously.
“Mom. Don’t do this because of me… because of me…”
The child would know. If he went to Béatrice, everything would be resolved.
Lian Duro, who was beside me and seemed to be trying to take me behind him, would also know. He would know that everything would be resolved if he didn’t do anything to Béatrice.
But I had no intention of ending it like this.
“Don’t think everything is your fault, Léderle. The people who are making you suffer are the ones who are wrong. You haven’t done anything wrong. So, don’t throw yourself away just because you don’t want to harm others.”
I looked at Léderle.
“Just grow up like a child, like a child. You don’t need to be cautious. Just be yourself, Léderle.”
“Mom…”
“Lian too. I’ll handle it. I won’t hide. I will stand up.”
“It’s dangerous.”
He tried to block me as if wanting to protect me at all costs.
“I’ll be stronger than you, Lian. And I’m qualified.”
Meanwhile, her power spread more extensively on the floor than before.
There is a saying that power tends to resemble the person using that power. The power emanating from Béatrice was as formidable as it was dark and fiery.
It wasn’t just me who felt it. Shasha and even Léderle sensed it. Probably anyone in the imperial palace would have felt that power.
“As expected, you used magic, Béatrice.”
“I never said that.”
“Do you know what makes me angry? The fact that a human called a mother tried to use such dirty and fiery power to control her child.”
However, she still didn’t come to her senses despite my words.
“Why? He’s my child. It’s my possession. Why can’t I do as I please?”
“No, you can’t. A child is neither an object nor property.”
“Ridiculous. Honestly, weren’t you jealous of me?”
“In what way, exactly?”
“As a parent of a child?”
“You’re strangely proud. Don’t bother me with all sorts of words, and let’s finish this quickly.”
At that moment, black smoke that had spread on the floor enveloped the people around rapidly. Those who had come to the Crown Prince’s birthday party hurriedly ran away in astonishment.
In an instant, it turned into chaos.
“What is this!”
“R-run away! Run away!”
The knights who were already deployed for safety were now restrained. Perhaps that was why. The nobles were in even more chaos.
The noble faction didn’t seem to have expected such a situation and started fleeing among themselves. However, Béatrice just laughed at them.
“Look at them running away like scared rabbits. That’s why weaklings are not fun.”
“Stop it, Béatrice. Don’t you know that doing this only adds to your sins?”
“Well, will my sins really increase? Lian, I’m actually someone who can kill you anytime. But I haven’t done it because I still have a bit of compassion for you. However, there’s no reason to show such mercy to someone who tried to kill me. So, I’ll just kill you.”
Calmly, with anger in her words, she continued speaking to Lian.
“Nonsense. Do you think you can kill me?”
“You’re really stupid. You still don’t know what situation has unfolded. You’re truly… so foolish. Just die. Honestly, if you die, everything will be fine. Even so, I, who once loved you so much in the past, tried to spare you. But since you refused that… I will kill you now.”
“Béatrice.”
“I don’t really need you. I don’t need someone weak like you. As long as I have Léderle, it doesn’t matter. If you die, there will be only one person left to succeed the throne in this country, Léderle… Then I can ascend to the position I desire. A higher position than the emperor. It suits me very well.”
In the novel, Béatrice, hiding her desires, lived for that one. Concealing her desires, waiting for the day her son would ascend to the emperor’s position. She wanted to become an empress higher than the emperor.
It was truly ridiculous.
“In the end, you did all this to become someone higher than the emperor. How amusing.”
“Why is that amusing?”
“Just… in the end, it seems like you won’t achieve anything. So it seems amusing.”
I clicked my tongue.
“You won’t achieve anything. Just watch once. I’ll let you die very, very late. After seeing everything, I’ll kill you then.”
That was the end. She raised her hand again with a mocking smile as if trying to exert her power. However, she overlooked something.
While her power could indeed be strong, she seemed unaware that such confidence made her look like a student boasting about being number one in the class in front of the whole class.
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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