Lona had no idea what had gone wrong. After all, her entire focus lately had been on Karina and Illeone’s first encounter. She desperately hoped that Karina would show up before the flowers wilted. Lona prayed fervently in her heart.
She entered the shop. As she headed for the order counter, a handsomely aged middleaged man greeted her.
“Are you eating?”
“No, I have something to ask.”
“What is it?”
With a response that did not seem like a customer, the cafe owner stopped speaking.
“Did you see someone like this among the recent visitors to the cafe? A young lady of my age, she is beautiful with dazzling silver hair and green eyes.”
“Hehe.”
The cafe owner laughed lightly.
“How can you find someone with just that? Try saying you’re looking for a blonde with purple eyes. Who would you find with that?”
“Haha. Well, I suppose so?”
It was when Lona was disappointed.
“If you’re looking for a blonde with violet eyes, isn’t that her?”
The thugs who were sitting on the terrace intervened.
Where they were pointing, a wanted poster from the temple was attached.
[Elysia Yuter, blonde, purple eyes, white skin, fairly pretty. If you see this person, please contact the nearest temple or Hadunsha. Reward 9990 gold coins.]Looking at the unrealistic reward on the flyer, Lona shook her head.
“How can you find someone with such a flyer? There must be hundreds of people who look alike.”
The face of the woman drawn on the wanted poster was painted in a style that could be seen on the queen card of our world’s trump card, perhaps because this is a medievalthemed world.
‘Did they think they could find someone by looking at that? Seriously?’
Lona couldn’t help but chuckle at the thought that a good deal of money must have been spent on spreading the flyers from the temple, but they were looking for someone with such a lackluster portrait.
It was when Lona was about to return to the mansion without any income.
“Hey, miss. Wait a minute.”
“Yes?”
The thugs who said Lona was similar to the wanted poster in the cafe earlier followed her and called her.
“You look a lot like the woman in the flyer.”
“Me?”
That’s ridiculous. How on earth do I look like a trump card!
Lona wanted to refute, but somehow the three men were surrounding her. Lona inadvertently shrugged her shoulders.
“What’s your name, miss? Where do you live? Do you have any proof of identity?”
“What, what are you guys?”
“If you have time, why don’t you go to the temple with us?”
“What gives you the right to do this? Le, let go of this!”
Just as the burly man’s hand was about to drag Lona’s wrist.
Thud!
The rogue who had grabbed her wrist flew through the air. At the same time, Lona’s delicate body seemed to be sucked into a solid arm and she was pulled into a man’s embrace.
“Aren’t you being rude to the lady?”
A familiar voice rang out from the top of her head.
“You, what’s up all of a sudden?”
“Looks like a gentleman. Why are you interfering in our business?”
The thugs looked down on Illeone and switched stances to charge again.
Thud, thud, thud.
The crisp sound of blows rang out just three times.
“You guys are not even up to the level of a gentleman.”
It seemed that they only then realized who they were dealing with.
“Clevent Duke?”
The man who held Lona tightly in his arms and was swinging a cane with one hand spoke.
“Since you messed with my person, you have to pay the price.”
His cold voice changed into a soft whisper.
“So, you stood me up to do this, Lona.”
At Illeone’s words, Lona’s heart jumped.
“Lord Illeone! What do you mean by that?”
Thud. Thud.
Illeone retaliated against the thugs who didn’t know when to give up while he spoke casually.
“Didn’t we agree to have tea together in the afternoon when I return from the palace? But you weren’t at home. I heard you went to the cafe, so I came to meet you.”
“Ugh.”
“Argh.”
In a flash, the thugs who had fallen on the street disappeared beyond Illeone’s attacking range with furious faces.
Unable to say anything like “I’ll get you back” and fleeing in disgrace, Lona heaved a sigh of relief as she watched the men.
“……I’m sorry.”
“Any injuries?”
“None.”
At Illeone’s nod, Lona, who had been stifled by the shock of the violent situation, widened her eyes as she looked at him.
“Why was that standing you up?”
“Because that’s how I felt.”
“And we didn’t agree to have tea together. I am to serve tea to Lord Illeone.”
If anyone saw us, they’d think we had made plans for an afternoon tea together.
“By the time the tea is ready for us to drink together, it’s practically a date.”
“That’s too farfetched. It was wrong of me to ignore the master’s orders, but I didn’t expect you to come so early.”
The difference in expression between ‘not obeying the orders of the master you serve’ and ‘making Illeon wait’ was too large. Sometimes Illeon would use such friendly terms that it would fluster Lona.
‘No matter how you look at it, he’s a Duke. Isn’t he too informal?’
Lona decided that she would have to reprimand Illeon about his choice of words later.
“Didn’t you mention a cafe you wanted to visit?”
“Yes, it’s this place. Cafe Cardinal.”
There had been a time when she had casually asked, thinking she would have to drag Illeon here if Carina didn’t show up.
“Since we’re here, why don’t we have a cup of tea?”
At Illeon’s words, Lona’s eyes widened.
“Really? Great, that sounds fantastic!”
It seemed as if the heavens were on her side, since they say ‘fortune favors the bold.’
[Star Icon][Star Icon][Star Icon]
Lona and Illeon entered the cafe and sat across from each other at a table.
“What would you like to order, Mr. Illeon?”
As Lona lowered her voice to ask, Illeon licked his lips.
“What can we order?”
“Coffee, tea, juice. There are also cookies, cakes, and chocolates.”
“What do you like?”
Lona gave up looking at the menu after a deep consideration. The Duke’s head chef, Chevalier, was incredibly skilled. Whatever she ordered here would not taste better than the desserts at the Duke’s mansion. Lona casually picked something.
“Coffee and chocolate.”
“Let’s have the same.”
Lona paid at the counter and placed the order. Lona nervously looked around.
‘What is Carina doing? She should be here by now.’
In her previous life, Won Yoon Ji would have undoubtedly voted that ‘SNS is a waste of life.’ But as she was unable to contact the heroine, Lona suddenly resented the lack of SNS in this world. If it had been available, she would have sent a direct message.
“Wow.”
Suddenly turning to look at Illeon, who was sitting at the table, Lona couldn’t help but exclaim in admiration.
Illeon, who had dressed up in his uniform for a visit to the palace, was an eyecatching sight. This was the first time Illeon had left the mansion since Lona started working.
She was so surprised to see the grownup Illeon this morning that her heart pounded as if it would jump out from her chest.
And there he was, sitting in a cafe where even commoners could frequent, looking as majestic as a crane sitting in a chicken coop. It was pitiful that such a man was blind.
“Did you have a good visit to the palace?”
“Yeah.”
Illeon nodded.
“His Majesty the Emperor had a lot to say.”
He started to speak, then suddenly laughed. Why did he stop talking there? She was curious.
“What did His Majesty say?”
Unable to contain her curiosity, she asked, and Illeon responded coolly.
“He said I was getting old and should get married.”
The ticket to send Lona back to her original world before the original heroine appeared was now in jeopardy.
Male lead is reincarnated to save his wife
I’ve also read this one twice already. The female lead is kinda soft and gets embarrassed easily—not really my type, but the plot is definitely worth reading. Hurry up and read it, y’all!
Intro
When Shen Yuan encountered Su Jin again in his previous life, she had already become the Prime Minister of the current dynasty. As for him, the former top young master of the capital, he had long since fallen into the abyss, becoming a singer on a pleasure boat.
After a song ended, he was redeemed and sent to the Su Residence.
Su Jin respected and cherished him, gave him a roof over his head, and bestowed him with warmth. Shen Yuan fell deeper and deeper, but before he could express his feelings, Su Jin passed away.
Shen Yuan died to follow her in death, but instead, he returned to when he was fifteen years old.
At that time, he was not yet engaged, and Su Jin was just a poor scholar.
Shen Yuan gritted his teeth, casting aside all his pride, and thought of ways to coax and entice her every day.
The colder and more indifferent Su Jin was towards him, the more proactive Shen Yuan became.
He was not afraid of being mocked by the world, only wanting to marry his Wife-master early, to hold her hand and never let go for a lifetime.
[Note: This story will not specifically point out the male lead’s reincarnation time point; it’s all in the details. Whenever you feel that the male lead is acting strangely, he has most likely been reincarnated.]
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