“Just help me this one time, Eigraine. For my sake, he won’t do anything extreme. Don’t worry about anything else. I won’t abandon you. I’ll spend my life repaying your devotion to me and our house.”
Would everyone throw stones at me if I wavered at the word ‘lifetime’?
‘The folks of Amtein would say we’re fools.’
“Please help me.”
Looking into his trembling green eyes, I couldn’t say anything.
I closed my eyes. But avoiding the reality didn’t solve anything.
「Are you stupid? So you’re going to do what he says?」
The semi-transparent blue wolf figure, Leo, jumped around me furiously. Despite my daze, I couldn’t help but smile a little.
“Stop jumping around, you’re making sense. But what can I do? If not me, the house will fall.”
「What is this, some kind of foolishly kind child complex? How did you steal me if you’re so weak-hearted?」
“I told you, you sparkled like a gem back then. How could I pass that up?”
The rock I stole from the ancient temple, resembling a jewel, contained a spirit.
“Aren’t you the one who used to rage about being stolen, saying it was shameful for you to be seen with me?”
Leo hissed sharply in response as I laughed.
「You fool!」
He continued to jump around, hurling insults. Being a noble spirit, his repertoire of curses was limited to ‘fool’ and ‘idiot’, not really bothersome.
The next day, I was taken to the royal palace in a carriage.
I wished Leo could come with me.
「The Imperial bloodline belongs to the sun and fire clans. I can’t go there in my current state.」
Thinking of the gloomy Leo, I lifted my head.
Soon, I was at the royal palace. Guided to the Prince’s chamber, I entered.
“Who are you?”
The ‘brutal Prince of the Empire’, as described by Hubert, was clad in thin clothes, eyeing me coldly.
A man with a stoic face, intimidating, massive in stature with dark eyes. His skin smelled of the sun.
He was a man who embodied the sun.
“Cat got your tongue?”
His intimidating face sent chills down my spine. Surely he wouldn’t harm me for not being to his liking?
‘Just try it. I’ll steal your eyeballs if you do.’
Like a small animal puffing itself up before a predator, I bristled inwardly.
“I’m Eigraine Lorentz. I’ve come to serve you.”
Despite my preparedness, my heart raced.
Regret surged within me. No matter Hubert’s request, this was wrong.
‘Should I have just jumped out of the carriage?’
I didn’t, because every time I thought about it, Hubert’s face came to mind.
‘Do I really have to sleep with this man tonight?’
“Get out.”
The gruff voice shattered my thoughts of being crushed by his massive figure.
Startled, I looked up.
“Excuse me?”
“I said get out.”
I responded stupidly.
“Where to?”
The man’s eyebrows twitched slightly, seemingly irritated, but just that expression made my body ready to flee.
However, his next words were unexpectedly normal.
“Why did you come here?”
“I was ordered to attend to you.”
“Ordered…”
He muttered softly and sighed.
“Then rest or do as you please.”
‘Huh?’
The supposedly brutal prince walked away, showing his broad back, moving towards the sofa.
Confused by the unexpected situation, I stood there hesitantly. Half relieved, half suspicious. Fortunately, the prince didn’t return.
When my legs began to feel sore, I walked over and sat on the bed.
The warmth lingering where the prince had lain felt awkward. It was a strange feeling.
‘Did the prince not know?’
The demand for a woman came from the Imperial Crown Prince.
[Be careful. The Crown Prince might have ulterior motives.] [So it wasn’t for his brother he demanded a woman?] [Yes. There are rumors that the prince doesn’t like women. It might be a mockery.]‘Could that be true?’
Either way, it was a stroke of luck for me.
‘Hubert must be satisfied now.’
But after spending the night in the palace, my situation worsened.
Contrary to his promise not to abandon me, Hubert hardly spoke to me.
He often had tea with his beloved Aris and even stayed up all night reading to her in her room.
Still, I tried to understand him forcibly.
Being adopted into the count’s house but not treated as a daughter, merely as a member of the household, didn’t bother me.
I never expected more.
But this was different.
Unable to contain my frustration, I stomped my foot.
“You look pale. Are you okay?”
“I have something to tell you, Hubert.”
“What is it?”
“Nothing happened with the prince. Really.”
Hubert looked incredulous at my words. I was angry.
“Seems like a lie?”
“No. I believe you, Eigraine. If I don’t trust you, who will I trust? If you say nothing happened, then nothing happened.”
His eyes said different things than his words.
He was lying to me.
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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