“Nothing, really.”
“……What?”
I asked, doubting my ears.
“Really, nothing?”
Sir William looked at me with a troubled face. At this point, it was impossible not to know.
‘Hades sent him.’
Hades must be busy around this time, so he sent Sir William instead.
‘I guess Sir William is the only one he can trust.’
I felt a bit sorry for Sir William. He probably didn’t want this tedious task of guarding a bedridden saint.
And seeing as he couldn’t even properly say that he came to guard me, he was likely not officially assigned.
“How long do you plan to stay?”
“I will escort you until the sendingoff ceremony.”
“But that’s in the evening!”
The morning sun was brightly pouring in. I stared at him, flabbergasted.
Sir William had done nothing wrong, but this was too much. It wasn’t Hades, with whom I had grown familiar, but Sir William with whom I’d have to spend the whole day.
“……I apologize.”
Seeing that he didn’t mention Hades at all, it seemed like it was some kind of gag order.
I sighed.
“Well, it’s not your fault. Would you like something to drink?”
“Just water will do.”
Amy quickly poured a glass of water and handed it to him.
I watched as he evasively sipped his water.
Lately, his skin looked rougher than usual, and his disheveled beard was not properly trimmed.
‘Well, he was close to Tobias.’
After finishing his water and putting down the glass, he cleared his throat and began to speak.
“I deeply regret what you’ve recently been through, Lady Saint. I, too, feel responsible and…”
“Don’t apologize.”
I shook my head.
“No one could have predicted it.”
“Still, he was my direct subordinate.”
Sir William’s voice was as stern as his face.
“I should have been the first to notice something was off.”
Oh dear.
I was slowly realizing that Sir William wasn’t just here because of Hades’ orders.
Maybe he…
“I’m sorry, Lady Saint.”
Sir William apologized formally.
“I also apologize for all the rudeness I’ve committed so far.”
“If you know you were rude, that’s enough.”
I barely concealed my surprise. To apologize for having been hostile toward me all this time, even if it’s about Tobias, was completely unexpected.
“I know that not just me, but most of the palace looked at the Holy Lady through colored glasses.”
“That’s fortunate.”
I responded bitterly.
“I thought everyone had forgotten.”
Even if I knew the inside story, the wounds received from the initial hostile atmosphere hadn’t disappeared.
William squirmed uncomfortably.
“No one has forgotten. And… no one is unaware that this place would have crumbled by now if not for the Holy Lady.”
I swallowed dryly. It was one thing to speculate, but another to actually hear it.
‘Really… everyone acknowledges me.’
William opened his mouth with a resolute face.
“So, please do not leave Your Highness.”
I opened my eyes wide. This time, I couldn’t maintain my composure. Even Hades hadn’t noticed the main point.
No one else, except for Denesor, knew that I was planning to leave.
Of course, including Hades, everyone didn’t doubt that I would stay in the palace.
Especially since they knew I was terminally ill.
“Figured as much.”
William, a seasoned knight, quickly read the answer on my face.
“…How did you know?”
He smirked.
“I may not know the Holy Lady well, but I do know Your Highness. And at some point, I realized that the relationship between you two is different from what the public believes.”
“… ”
I tightened my lips. Perhaps the most dangerous person in Donovan’s Duchy was this man, who didn’t have much presence other than being Hades’s righthand man.
“Does His Highness also know?”
“…About what?”
“That the Holy Lady is planning to leave.”
“Yes.”
I lied. After all, William had to play along with Hades and my act, so he couldn’t ask him directly.
William bowed his head.
“In that case, you really shouldn’t leave.”
“Why?”
I finally asked the question I should have asked long ago.
I had no idea why he, who had noticed that I was planning to leave, was discouraging me.
William looked at me intently.
I waited anxiously for his answer.
From someone who had always been so stern, I saw a mix of concern and affection.
“Because His Highness cherishes the Holy Lady.”
Cold Male Lead Became My Clingy Husband (Female-Dominant)
Feng Bai Su transmigrated into a matriarchal novel, becoming the sister of the female protagonist and the Seventh Princess of the Feng Ling Kingdom.
After working herself to death in her previous life, finally reincarnating as a princess, she only wanted to be a lazy fish who could eat, sleep, and play.
Until she met the male protagonist from the book, Wei Jing Mo, and he took a liking to her!
Wei Jing Mo is the top young man in Feng Ling City, talented in both appearance and ability, from a prestigious family, with a cold and otherworldly appearance, a figure like the bright moon in the hearts of noble ladies. It was thought that only the most powerful and talented noble lady in Feng Ling City would be worthy of such a brilliant young man. Who knew that this young gentleman would secretly admire the infamous Seventh Princess?
Short scene 1:
Feng Bai Su looked at the young man crying like a pear blossom in the rain before her, and couldn’t help but doubt her life.
Wasn’t the male lead described as a cold and otherworldly figure in the book?
Then who was this poor little thing crying with swollen red eyes and tear-stained face?
Short scene 2:
Wei Jing Mo stared intently at Feng Bai Su who was about to go out, wanting to say, “Be careful on the road.”
Before he could speak, Feng Bai Su suddenly bent down and bit his cheek.
Her peach blossom eyes were full of disdain: “Tsk! You’re so clingy!”
Wei Jing Mo: “…”
A talented fox spirit female lead with a flirtatious appearance but actually abstinent VS A cold-looking but actually naive and clingy little jealous male lead
