“Heuk!”
As soon as he opened his eyes, Ermildin forced himself to stand up.
Looking around, despite the small window compared to the size of the room, bright light was still pouring in.
‘It seems like I didn’t faint for too long.’
Naturally wiping his forehead, he felt damp with how much cold sweat he had shed.
“Empress Dowager! Have you awakened?”
Belrest’s face, paler than when he himself fainted, was tear-streaked.
“How long have I been unconscious?”
“Just a moment. About 5 minutes?”
“I see. Where is Master Pellio?”
Ermildin looked around the room, but Pellio was nowhere to be seen.
“He rushed out to call for a physician.”
“There was no need for that.”
As Ermildin finished speaking, Pellio appeared.
“I couldn’t find a suitable physician nearby…”
Pellio, who was about to shout in desperation, stopped when he saw Ermildin sitting on the bed.
“I’m fine, Master. Just a moment…”
Without explaining the scream at the end, Ermildin hesitated to describe his condition, and Pellio walked over to him with a face as if possessed.
Then, he suddenly knelt down, burying his face in the bed.
Ermildin’s knees, which only made a thumping sound, hurt so much that it seemed like they would break.
“Master. I’m really fine.”
To calm down the trembling Pellio, Ermildin reached out his hand to his shoulder.
Pellio, in an unconscious state, grabbed Ermildin’s hand and pressed it against his cheek.
“Heuk…”
As Ermildin looked at Pellio with a bewildered expression, Belrest also seemed confused.
‘I should probably comfort him for now.’
“Master. You seem very surprised. I’m really fine, so stop crying. I’m more worried about your knees, Master.”
Ermildin’s gentle voice made Pellio lift his head as if entranced.
The face that was worthy of the nickname “Ice Master” when they first met was melting with tears.
His mysterious silver eyes emitted a moist glow, and the blurry light in the room seemed to react to that mystery, hanging on the droplets at the end of his eyes. They clung for a moment, then fell off his neat chin and disappeared.
Ermildin stared at the sight as if enchanted.
Although he tried to comfort him, now he felt like he might shed tears himself.
At this moment, she understood why people become devoted to religion when faced with an indescribable sacred sight.
When encountering a scene that cannot be explained in words, all that can be done is shed tears.
However, Belrest was still making a stupid face beside her.
Grabbing the thin thread of reason, Ermildin withdrew her hand from Pellio’s hand, wiped his face with a gentle touch, and rummaged through her robe to find her handkerchief. Placing it under Pellio’s nose, she said, “There! Stop crying and blow your nose, Master! Your snot is coming out!”
Pellio, shocked by the sudden change in Ermildin’s mood, stared at her cheeky face for a moment. Although her face was full of mischief, he could tell that her beautiful purple eyes were shedding tears.
Pellio immediately wiped the moisture off his face and accepted the handkerchief, blowing his nose vigorously.
“Here you go.”
“Ugh! Suck it and give it back!”
When Pellio handed her back the handkerchief with a disgusted expression, Ermildin took it nonchalantly.
“Do you know how surprised I was? If you, the Empress Dowager, pass away now, a trial will be held over your vast estate. Then, the sewage construction and orphanage construction will all come to a halt!”
“What?”
Pellio had gone too far.
Attempting to lighten the mood with casual words about money, but it was an outright money discussion. However, before there was a chance to find it absurd, the next attack came.
“If you’re going to collapse again, write your will!”
“What! What are you talking about?”
Belrest, who didn’t understand what was going on, threw a powerful sweet remark at Pellio.
“Well done, Lady. Anytime you want to say something about liking money to me, feel free. I’ll sue you. I’ll sue you. Hehehe.”
Ermildin exchanged playful glances with Belrest and burst into laughter.
And Pellio’s heart, which had fallen under her laughter, started beating again.
Ermildin still felt a tingling sensation throughout her body, but she didn’t lose consciousness as she did before.
Adrenaline was rapidly being secreted due to the heartbeat, which was more intense than the pain.
Thanks to that, Ermildin could carefully look around the room, which was unfamiliar but not completely strange, as she did earlier.
‘Here.’
A monotonous room where there seemed to be no hidden spaces.
Except for the bed and basic furniture, the room, devoid of all decorations, was easy to understand in structure.
Ermildin instinctively felt that there was a hidden space under the old wardrobe.
‘Blood is reacting. Maybe because it’s my own home, unlike the palace?’
She wanted to drop a drop of blood right away to see, but now was not the time.
Now that she confirmed that there was something, she had to assess the situation and try it when she was alone.
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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