“……It’s fire attribute.”
I was certain.
At a glance, they looked no different from the elite demon soldiers I had seen before, but the torchshaped horns visible here and there were revealing their attribute.
My mouth was parched.
It was because I recalled Hades’s ultimate technique melting and disappearing into my insignificant holy flame.
If there are so many fireattribute demons, perhaps…
“It must be a trap.”
I turned straight around and headed for Hades’s bedroom.
“Where are you going, Saintess?”
Amy’s bewildered voice reached my ears, but there was no time to explain everything.
“He seemed to be spending the morning in his bedroom, so he should be there. He must be!”
But the bedroom was empty.
As I stood there with a blank face, Amy urgently asked,
“Saintess, what’s the matter?”
“I must see the Duke right away.”
“Ah, you’re worried.”
Amy smiled brightly.
“Don’t worry. Just wait with a cup of warm tea, and he’ll be back.”
That’s not it!
I don’t mind if you call me an old woman.
After all, it was proven last time that I had underestimated Hades.
But I actually saw it.
Hades’s ice sword melting and disappearing into my feeble holy flame.
How could I not worry about Hades?
I looked back at Amy.
“Where might the Duke be now?”
“That would be… probably at the banquet hall? Unless he has not left yet.”
The banquet hall of all places.
Like last time, the knights will treat me as a mad woman, but I didn’t care right now.
I was about to head quickly to the banquet hall when I stumbled badly.
I didn’t even bother to grab Denesor in my hurry, and my vision blurred.
“Saintess!”
Amy grabbed me.
“Are you unwell? Should I call a doctor?”
“…….”
I did not reply to her but went back to the room and grabbed Denesor.
“It’s okay.”
As Denesor approached, my body felt at ease.
Of course, I couldn’t match a normal person’s physical state, but still.
“Don’t follow me.”
“I can’t do that.”
Amy seemed more stubborn than she looked.
She stubbornly followed me all the way to the banquet hall.
I considered putting her to sleep with ‘Setun’ briefly, but it seemed better not to, considering our future relationship.
“……Angel.”
Fortunately, Hades had not yet left the castle.
A considerable number of knights did not hide their contempt for me.
Of course, Sir William was among them.
But what they thought of me was none of my concern.
“Your Highness!”
I shouted out before Hades could say anything.
“I know I shouldn’t have come, but I missed you so much… Can’t I be here?”
A strange expression crossed Hades’s face, but it soon softened.
“Come here, Angel.”
I quickly approached him.
“I’m so glad to see Your Highness. Why did you leave so early this morning?”
“You were sleeping so soundly, I didn’t want to wake you.”
Hades answered with a smile.
“Why, did you have something to say?”
“I’m embarrassed in front of the knights…….”
I mumbled shyly.
“Speak softly.”
Hades bent his knee to meet my gaze.
I hurriedly whispered in his ear.
“Do you know that those are fireattribute?”
“I know.”
Hades calmly replied.
“Did you come all this way just for that?”
But I did not miss the fact that Hades’s eyes wavered for a moment.
“……Do you know how to deal with it?”
“What do you think of me, Saintess?”
Hades answered softly.
“I wish you wouldn’t show such a pitiful sight as before.”
“It’s okay for a servant to look a little pitiful.”
“But you are not my real servant.”
Hades looked at me directly and whispered.
“You don’t have to pretend to worry about me for real.”
“It’s for myself.”
I didn’t back down at all.
“If Your Highness falls, I will have the sacred sword taken by the demons. Do you think I came here just to pretend to be a loyal servant?”
“…….”
Hades was silent for a moment.
“You have a point. But it’s an unnecessary worry.”
His voice was filled with conviction.
No, that alone is not enough to describe it.
It would be more accurate to say the voice of a person who doesn’t think he will lose, not even a little bit.
I was almost convinced for a moment.
“……Go back and eat some apples, Angel.”
He pulled away from me and patted my shoulder.
I was annoyed by the feeling of being treated like a child, but there was no time to protest.
He left the castle straight away.
“It would be best to return as Your Highness has said, Holy Lady.”
As expected, Sir William began to attack me as soon as Hades disappeared.
“You know that being here does nothing to help him, don’t you?”
“Commander.”
I blinked.
Someone interrupted the increasingly intense words of Sir William.
“I will escort her to her room.”
No, is he just loyal to Sir William?
Even though I didn’t say I was going back, he’s stepping forward to escort me to my room.
“That would be good, Tobias.”
My eyes widened.
This person, is he the Tobias that Hades mentioned?
‘He’s too young.’
Tobias, with his bright golden hair like sunlight, looked to be in his early twenties.
It was a much younger age to be a deputy commander.
Especially when Commander William looked so old.
After Being Cheated On, She Picked Up a Treasure (Female-dominant)
One-line summary: The husband I married on a whim had been secretly in love with me for a long time.
On the day when Jun Shao finally obtained the imperial decree for her marriage, Lan Qu, the person she had admired for six years, defied the decree and ran away.
Her gentleness and devotion, her promise of a lifetime together, were all disregarded by him. Instead, he dreamed of entering the palace to serve the Emperor’s sister as a sixth-rank attendant.
News of this incident spread throughout the capital, and the alleys in front of and behind the Lan mansion were crowded with people who came to watch the commotion.
Jun Shao should have been embarrassed and angry.
But someone stepped in to protect her dignity.
The figure was in a miserable state, yet still possessed an undeniable elegance and handsomeness.
The young lord struggled to climb the wall of the Lan mansion and shouted to her, “If he won’t marry you, I will!”
So, Jun Shao took advantage of the situation and married the person.
She thought the young lord did it to save the Lan family from the crime of defying the imperial decree, but never imagined that from beginning to end, what he coveted was her.
*
After the wedding, Jun Shao felt like she was living in a dream.
Her Wife-master was as beautiful as a fairy in a painting, skilled in the six arts, well-versed in poetry and literature, capable of being gentle and attentive, and also grand and dignified. Most importantly, she was the only one in his heart and eyes.
Jun Shao didn’t know how Lan Shiwu, as a illegitimate son without a father and blessed with beauty, had managed to preserve his purity, recklessly escape, and use his last ounce of strength to ruin his own reputation, all because of his love for her, just to stand before her.
She could only see him gazing at her with eyes full of love, and when she bestowed a name upon him, his eyes shone like stars.
“You have come to me like a weary bird perching on a branch. I shall call you A Qi.”
