“Prince, it’s not common for you to pretend to know first.”
“……. ”
“And what’s with cleaning shoes?”
As if this were the main point, Kichef wore an expression.
“I was surprised. You don’t usually care about anything on your hands, whether it’s shoes or not.”
Giovanni’s expression became strange as he heard the grumbling.
“Well, I don’t know why I did that. It just caught my eye.”
“Never do that again. It makes you look very close.”
Close? Giovanni recalled Egrain in his mind. The expression that looked down on him was vivid like a painting.
Unable to understand why his throat choked up, Giovanni rubbed his neck up and down a couple of times and mumbled.
“Not close.”
“Hmm, I guess I worried for nothing.”
“But she is an interesting girl.”
Interesting?
Kichef stared at him with a mischievous look.
‘Interesting? Where?’
Thinking of her misdeeds, Kichef found it even more incomprehensible why Giovanni would think that.
Above all, she seemed like a person from a strange and corrupt kingdom carrying an unknown whirlpool inside.
‘Does it change when we’re alone? Can she tell a great joke, that girl?’
Kichef’s gaze suddenly turned suspicious.
‘Is she using wicked magic?’
In the empire, there were charlatans posing as sorcerers who occasionally sold unbelievable elixirs, so he didn’t know if there was something similar in the kingdom.
“May I ask what you mean?”
“Your abilities are quite exceptional for such a small body.”
“What?”
“Have you seen her thieving skills?”
“No.”
“I haven’t either. If she can avoid my eyes, it’s truly remarkable. Just that alone makes her worth keeping around.”
Watching him sincerely admire her, Kichef relaxed the tension he had felt.
Giovanni recruited talent regardless of social status. It was surprising that a woman with such a mind-boggling ability caught his eye, but if that was all, it was reassuring.
Giovanni looked up at the sky and said, “The sun is already rising over there. Let’s hurry. To get to the western land where the temple is said to have been discovered, it will take quite some time.”
The two men from the desert widened their strides and walked with determination.
That evening, the king’s office echoed with loud noises.
“What did you just say?”
“Can’t you stop making Egrain and the prince go on a date?”
“What? Why?”
When the king openly asked for the reason, the startled Princess Lala-tu responded promptly.
“Just because!”
“What? Just because?”
In response to the king’s piercing gaze, Princess Lala-tu shrank her shoulders.
“You! Even if something comes into my ears, I ignored it, but do you really have feelings for the imperial prince?”
“Well, not really.”
The puzzled princess’s gaze suddenly became resolute.
“No, is it not allowed?”
“…….”
“That person is the imperial prince. Where can I find someone as suitable as him for marriage? Moreover, he helped me that day! Other men were too scared to even blink, but he promised to stand by me with words alone.”
“……. ”
“But he’s different. Although it hasn’t been long since I got to know him, I’m convinced that he’s someone I can trust and rely on…”
“Nonsense!”
Princess’s shoulders twitched at the thunderous roar.
“Do you not know how dangerous his position is? Above all, he’s a man from the desert. The bloodline of the desert. It can never coexist with our kingdom, a land of water!”
As the shock passed, Princess Lala-tu’s pupils shook ruthlessly.
“H-How can you say such things to me… Father is being too narrow-minded! Leaving aside that he is an imperial person, he is a good person!”
She left the room with tears streaming down her face.
“You naive girl.”
“Your Majesty!”
The king, who had suddenly risen, grabbed her by the back. As if waiting, a courtier quickly supported him, settling him back into his seat.
“Calm down, Your Majesty.”
“Tell me.”
“When did she start having feelings for the prince?”
The king’s eyes, momentarily puzzled, shot flames.
“Absolutely! It can never happen!”
“Your Majesty?”
In response to the intense reaction, the courtier’s voice trembled, but the king ignored him and continued to scold him.
“When the blood is mixed with fire, magic breaks. The bloodline of the nation banished to the desert will destroy the princess and eventually our kingdom.”
The king glared at the courtier with a sharp look.
“Watch over the princess thoroughly from now on.”
“Trust me.”
The courtier, prostrated on the floor, replied reliably. The king, who had regained his composure, sighed with an even older face for a moment.
“How weak-willed you are… I’ve said countless times that an imperial person is absolutely unacceptable. Never an imperial person, even after I die.”
The king rubbed his aching head and waved his hand.
“Well, summon those who are waiting.”
Originally, at this time, he should have received reports from his subordinates, but it was delayed due to the scolding of the princess.
Before long, five nobles entered one by one and took their seats in the king’s office.
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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