“Are you the male lead?”
At Elysia’s sudden words, Mariella froze on the spot.
Elysia’s face, as she looked at her, was unmistakably the face of a daughter born from a sick stomach, yet it was an unfamiliar expression.
As if she wasn’t her daughter.
“You, how do you know that…”
Mariella couldn’t say a word of denial at Elysia’s confident attitude, only trembling. Elysia’s eyes, looking at Mariella, who unwittingly affirmed, were devoid of any warmth or affection between mother and daughter, just cold. At the heartless eyes of her beloved daughter, Mariella felt something had gone terribly wrong.
“EElysia. Did your, your memory come back?”
“You’ve possessed a body in this world, haven’t you?”
Before losing her memory, my daughter Elysia knew well that Mariella was a possessor.
But the words that followed from Elysia were even more shocking.
“I’m a possessor too.”
“What, what did you say?”
Elysia continued to speak, avoiding her eyes.
“I’m sorry. For becoming your daughter. I thought you’d be shocked if you knew the truth.”
Mariella was stunned. What on earth was this?
‘Elysia is a possessor? That’s ridiculous.’
She was so surprised that her head seemed to have gone haywire.
“It’s not my fault. You’ve taken someone’s precious daughter’s body too. So I thought you would understand.”
“WWhat are you talking about? Elysia! Explain so that I can understand!”
Mariella screamed as if squeezing the words out.
“My original name is Won Yoonji. I’ve been possessed for about half a year.”
“……!”
“I don’t know what happened to your daughter’s soul either. Just like you can’t know where the real Mariella’s soul has gone.”
“AAh…”
Mariella gasped for breath, tears streaming down her face.
“AAh. My daughter… Elysia! Elysia!”
She fell to the floor, wailing.
But Elysia couldn’t console her. She had no right to console Mariella.
“I’m sorry.”
Though it was not her fault, she sincerely felt sorry.
“EElysia…… You…”
Listening to Mariella’s sorrowful cries, Elysia found herself in tears.
What defines a person’s existence?
Memory.
My memory of myself.
And the memory of others who remember me.
Surrounded by the self of Won Yoonji, who had taken over the body without any memory of Elysia, and those who remembered Elysia, she who could not act like the real Elysia was malformed.
All this while, Elysia thought Mariella’s behavior was inexplicable.
Why was she, a Duchess of the Empire, so afraid and struggling?
Why was she fussing over Elysia like a child?
Like someone who knew the future.
As if she had read the original and came into this world, knowing that Elysia Yuter was an obstacle in front of the main couple, that she would become a nonexistent dead person when their love was fulfilled.
Mariella’s behavior made perfect sense if she thought she was a possessor.
“I won’t live as Elysia.”
She told Mariella.
“And I don’t intend to die quietly as in the original.”
Tears of sorrow dripped from Mariella’s eyes as she looked at Elysia.
“……I can’t be your daughter. I’m sorry.”
“……Sob.”
Mariella beat her chest, weeping. Elysia stared at her for a long time.
(This is a time separator.)
Knock, knock.
The sound of knocking on the Grand Duke’s office door was heard. Illeon answered without taking his eyes off the document he was reviewing.
“Come in.”
Entering with a distinctive angular walk and standing upright was Illeon’s aide, Cedric.
“I have looked into the matter you ordered.”
Illeon put down what he was looking at on his desk and asked.
“What happened?”
“There is no sign that Her Highness the Princess used the guards. Neither the Imperial Bank account nor Her Highness’s personal property had any expenses in the last four years.”
“That’s strange. Mother is not a person who is frugal.”
The time when the former Grand Duchess, Lev, went abroad for a trip, was five years ago when Illeon was still on the battlefield.
Illeon’s father, Grand Duke Dezhar Clément, passed away in his 40s due to illness. It was a regrettable age. No matter how empty the place of the head of the family was, the imperial law forbade inheritance by minors. The vast territory was guarded by the vassals in place of the young heir. They swore allegiance to the late Duke Dezhar, waiting for the head of the family to grow up.
In the meantime, Illeon attended the military academy and honed himself. As soon as he celebrated adulthood at the age of 16, he ascended to the position of Grand Duke.
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