“What is…… that?”
I suppressed the urge to say ‘I don’t know’ and opened my eyes wide.
Pretending as if I didn’t know anything.
“Don’t pretend you don’t know.”
The expression on General Schjechin’s face was one of genuine displeasure.
“You have the duke always by your side, and yet you don’t know the existence of the sacred sword?”
“Your Highness does not speak to me of difficult matters.”
“Ha.”
Schjechin openly scoffed at me.
“Shall I tell you something, Saintess? If you had just spat out some nonsense, I would have thought that the Saintess really knew nothing. However…….”
Schjechin brushed my hair as if it were dirty dust.
“A person who truly doesn’t know cannot grab at it like that.”
“……”
I set my face firmly.
From now on, every word must be chosen carefully.
I may end up using Schjechin, or being used by him.
“……I know it’s in the report. I also know that Your Highness guards the report.”
“Only that much? A threeyearold in Donovan could say as much.”
I paused for a moment and took a deep breath.
To Schjechin, it probably looked like I was deeply troubled.
“I know how to get into the report.”
“……!”
Schjechin’s face convulsed for a moment.
“But I cannot tell you.”
“Saintess.”
Schjechin’s voice lowered, as if warning.
“Think carefully.”
“I’ve thought it over.”
I looked at him squarely.
‘Yes, I’ve thought it through deeply.’
That I had concluded to use Schjechin, something he could never even dream of.
“If you wish, tell His Highness that I was wandering near Sir Tobias’s residence in the middle of the night. But I cannot betray His Highness.”
Schjechin took the bait hook, line, and sinker.
“Saintess, do you know what you are saying?”
“I do indeed.”
I smiled.
“Go and tell him now if you want.”
“Heh heh.”
Schjechin let out a dry laugh.
“You must not fear losing the duke’s favor.”
“Of course.”
I smiled back at Schjechin.
“As you may have heard, I don’t have many days to live. Why would I fear such a thing? The thing I fear most has already come so close.”
“……”
Schjechin stared at me as if he’d been hit.
He seemed to finally realize that he was the one at a loss in this situation.
Silence flowed.
My heart, which had been pounding just minutes before, began to calm down.
Schjechin’s mind must have been racing.
Wondering how he could open my mouth.
When Schjechin finally spoke, I was seized by the urge to laugh.
“What do you want?”
The question I had asked him earlier was now coming from him.
I pretended to think for a moment.
“Anyway, I’m a dying person, so I’d appreciate it if you could postpone the marriage proposal until then…….”
Schzecin’s eyebrows twitched.
“Rather, now that I know I’m dying soon, there will be nothing to hinder my spirit. Do as you wish.”
“You don’t want anything?”
“Yes.”
There was one thing. For Schzecin to make a mistake in his anxiety.
That’s why I’ve been dragging on this risky conversation so far.
Schzecin now knows what I know.
He must have guessed that I know even more.
Enough to hand over not only the holy sword but even more.
So he will either try to lure me by giving me flesh and bone, or try to remove me.
This conversation was a gamble in which everything was bet on the former.
“I want nothing, I fear nothing. Truly a formidable enemy.”
I opened my eyes wide.
There was a chill in Schzecin’s voice that had never been there before.
“But there are things in the world that those who have grown up as naive as a saint cannot even imagine.”
My mouth was parched. Schzecin’s words were not mere bluster.
Contrary to his thoughts, I was not ignorant, and I knew how terrifying things existed in this world.
“I’ll give you two days to think. Choose to learn that there is something more terrifying than death, or else…….”
Schzecin’s icy hand lightly brushed the back of my hand.
“Choose to enjoy what little life you have left in peace.”
It was closer to the latter.
That was the result I grasped.
[Star Icon][Star Icon][Star Icon]“Saint, are you feeling unwell?”
“Sorry, I have no appetite.”
I pushed the plates slightly away and stood up from the chair.
Fortunately, there was no schedule this morning, but my head ached from the worry that Schzecin had brought yesterday.
“Usually, you clear all the food…….”
Amy looked sad as she cleared the food.
“Sorry. Today, my stomach really doesn’t feel good.”
I apologized again. If I had eaten a little more, I would have felt like I was going to vomit.
“Should I call a doctor? Or would you like some tea that’s good for digestion?”
I asked Amy for tea and then became lost in thought again.
‘…What to do.’
In reality, there was only one choice left for me.
To spill all the truth to Hades.
The problem was the lack of evidence.
Schzecin had a magician erase the marks revealed by the sacred fire, and now the embassy’s magician would not make the same mistake.
‘Will he believe me even if I have no evidence?’
I swallowed dryly.
Looking at the liking, it was true that Hades’ feelings toward me had improved significantly.
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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