“…Blood.”
The emotion that flooded Clodel upon seeing the blood was close to euphoria. All the human feelings of resentment and bitterness towards Kyan that she had just a moment ago felt distant.
‘I can die soon.’
The painful deaths of her parents, the insufferable insomnia that tormented her for ten years, the agony of enduring the pain of coughing while trying not to reveal her illness in the past few months.
Being sold into a political marriage with the Temnes.
The contempt she faced at Rowen Castle.
Her life would end with her death, and what followed was none of Clodel’s concern.
The path of the dead is to be forgotten, both in life and existence.
Her weak heart beat faster than usual.
Why does the call of death, heard at the lowest point of life, sound so sweet?
The last symptom of Herzel, the coughing disease she suffered from, was coughing up blood.
Coughing up blood meant the disease had progressed beyond treatment, and death usually followed within a month.
Rising from her bed, Clodel, unlike her usual listless demeanor, was purposeful. She quickly changed her clothes and hid the blood-stained bedding in a laundry basket managed by the maids, making sure to do so before Hannah came down from the maids’ floor.
After hastily handling the laundry, Clodel lay back down on the bed.
Looking at the more brightly rising sun, emitting a radiant light, she prayed to the gods.
‘Please take me away sooner.’
She hoped for a shorter time to endure the pain.
Antoinette was elated.
“A day like this has come.”
The servants and Temnes family members throughout the castle were all on her side.
Until Clodel entered the castle as a bride, Antoinette’s declarations of ‘I will be Kyan’s bride!’ were taken lightly.
While it wasn’t uncommon for the Temnes family to welcome a lady from outside, it was because the previous duke had married a royal.
Kyan’s mother, Lady Elise, was a princess of Oberon Kingdom.
The king, who had only two daughters and no sons, cherished his daughters, Sylvia and Elise, who were twins. They were adorably doll-like with strikingly similar appearances.
Sylvia married the king of Luxen Duchy, but since she also became a queen, she could only spend one or two months a year with her ducal husband.
Elise, on the other hand, married the Temnes duke and lived a wealthy and happy life as the lady of the estate.
The balance between the Bermontes and Temnes, which had been even, undoubtedly tipped in favor of Temnes’s rise due to the marriage with the princess.
Regardless, although Antoinette raged like a fierce cat within the estate, controlling the ladies who admired Kyan, people thought it uncertain whom the duke would marry.
That was until now.
Previous dukes married royal princesses, and many said it would be beneath Kyan, who had surpassed his predecessors, to marry merely a girl from a local Verang family. Some who said this were even slapped by Antoinette.
But with the appearance of the ‘red-haired Bermonte’, people from Temnes and Rowen Castle united in support of Antoinette.
It was easy to say a word in support of Antoinette to give a blow to the despised red-haired Bermonte.
Antoinette decided to enjoy this situation.
After all, a Bermonte wouldn’t last long here.
After being told by Kyan never to appear again, Antoinette left, filled with indignation, planning to wait quietly for an opportunity. But that moment came much sooner than she thought.
Hearing the news that the ridiculous woman had stolen Kyan’s ceremonial button decoration, Antoinette couldn’t help but scoff.
“Really, that’s so low-level. Kyan must be regretting his hasty marriage by now.”
The story of Clodel being humiliated in front of the servants and maids made Antoinette certain that today was the day to execute her plan. Even the guards, who had been strictly guarding Kyan’s bedroom door, stepped aside without taking a bribe, knowing that if she won Kyan’s heart, they could drive the Bermonte out of the castle.
Having sneaked into Kyan’s bedroom, Antoinette waited for him but eventually fell asleep.
When she woke up, dawn was breaking.
Panicked, Antoinette realized that Kyan had not come to the bedroom at all. She had rolled around and slept soundly in the lord’s large bed, and now she tried to sneak out of the room in her disheveled state.
But there, in front of the door, stood the fierce Bermonte, looking intense.
‘Ah, so Kyan didn’t go to her last night.’
If he had, this woman wouldn’t be here, waiting and ready for a fight.
Antoinette’s mind raced, and after spewing venomous words, she felt a sense of satisfaction.
“People really should speak their minds,” she thought.
As she left the castle, the fully risen morning sun blessed her with its rays.
She admired the blue diamond ring on her finger in the light.
“Soon, it will be mine.”
From a distance, Clodel looked frail and sickly, like someone suffering from illness.
Antoinette hoped she would explode with anger and die from the stress.
So that Kyan would soon accept her as his wife.
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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