“You. Did you come here to find a place to die?”
“…….”
I always thought Kain had a cold face, looking angry all the time. But facing his truly angry gaze now made me feel a chill down my spine.
‘I might not be able to hide it after all.’
I was prepared in my mind. I had hidden my coughing and hemoptysis well so far, but there was no guarantee my luck would continue. Moreover, unlike the doctor in Bermont Castle who lied for me, if the doctor in Rowen Castle properly examines me before I die, it would be hard to keep my illness a secret.
“How long has it been? Judging by your condition, the disease must have started before our marriage.”
Kain couldn’t hide his anger.
‘Why is he angry?’
I thought he wouldn’t be so upset, so I asked back, “Isn’t it a good thing?”
“What?”
“Because it’s Bermont. It’s better for me to disappear early, right?”
Kain frowned as if he heard something unbelievable.
“You didn’t want this marriage, did you?”
I avoided his gaze.
I had felt that Kain didn’t want me, layer by layer, like peeling an onion. Like at our wedding, where he simply scribbled his name on the marital oath and the family register and left without a word. The only time I heard Kain’s voice that day was his brief ‘yes’ to accepting me as his wife and then, without even leaving together, he turned and walked away saying, ‘Prepare the carriage, I must leave immediately!’
Even on our first night, he didn’t even know the name of the woman he married.
‘Don’t make me repeat myself. What’s your name?’
‘Clodelle Quinn… Bermont.’
I always reassured myself that this is how nobles marry, especially since it’s a royal-ordered marriage and we are far from the north and south of the palace. But when he asked my name, something thinly held inside me crumbled.
‘That damned Bermont.’
Clodelle realized her place when she heard Kain muttering.
Just a sudden rock dropped into the house of an enemy.
An eyesore daughter of an enemy that needs to be removed.
I might excuse the missing wedding gift as Antoinette’s misdeed, but he knew she was being ignored even by the servants in Rowen Castle and yet turned a blind eye until she saved him from a crocodile attack.
“Is it right to deceive, even if it’s an unwanted marriage?”
“….That’s…”
“You find it funny. Now it’s a deceitful marriage I didn’t want.”
Kain spoke sarcastically.
“How dare you send a flawed bride to the lord of Rowen? That old Bermont has gone senile.”
His words made Clodelle open her eyes wide.
“I’ll crush everything living in Bermont territory into nothingness….”
“No!”
Clodelle spoke urgently.
“It’s, it’s me. Lord Bermont… Father doesn’t know anything.”
I blurted out a lie.
The man talking about Bermont wasn’t making idle threats.
I ended up instinctively protecting the name of Bermont.
“He doesn’t know?”
Kain scoffed.
“So, does that make it okay that I was deceived?”
“Ah….”
Clodelle clenched the blanket with trembling hands.
It was painful.
The tragedy Bermont territory would face, directed by the anger of the man in front of me, felt more vivid than ever.
I thought I only had to endure my own death.
I never imagined I could be caught in a collective guilt and become the target of Kain’s venting anger.
Bermont Duke plotting against Temnes was a posthumous issue, not a burden Clodelle thought she had to bear.
Kain exclaimed, “You won’t be able to die peacefully.”
His words pierced her like a knife forged from ice.
“I won’t allow it.”
Shaken and trembling, Clodelle watched as Kain, filled with undisguised rage, stormed out of the bedroom.
Late at night, heavy footsteps echoed loudly in the castle’s corridors.
“Damn it.”
Kain felt an intense heat rising to his head, as if his hair would stand on end.
“Master.”
The butler hastily followed him.
“Bring me liquor.”
“Liquor?”
Kain wasn’t one to drink without a reason for celebration.
“Bring something strong. Right now.”
As Kain entered his bedroom and immediately regretted it, he cursed under his breath. He was reminded of Clodelle sprawled beneath the special ceiling structure that could open up.
“To the office. I’m going to the office.”
Soon after, he guzzled down strong spirits and covered his head with his hands. Even after several shots of potent liquor, his mind was painfully clear.
His lucid mind egged him on to strangle the cunning old fox, Bermont Duke.
It drove him crazy.
The anger was overwhelming, yet he couldn’t quite understand why.
Clodelle’s words were accurate.
‘You didn’t want this marriage.’
He never desired this marriage.
But he hadn’t outright denied or ignored it either.
He had worried about how other noble couples in arranged marriages managed to converse.
So much so, he had even asked the butler, setting aside his pride.
After Clodelle was injured in his stead, he had tried to be more accommodating.
‘Bermont. It would be better if you disappeared sooner.’
Her quiet voice, devoid of emotion, seemed to expose Kain’s fault.
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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