Elua’s heart couldn’t calm down the moment she saw Lorencia’s purple eyes. Her heart raced.
“Is Sir Carllien doing well?”
“He is doing well, Lady Lorencia.”
Elua, who had been absently staring at Lorencia’s beautiful face, came to her senses and answered.
“That’s a relief. I was worried if he had safely escaped the Isuter Empire.”
As she smiled, her slightly reddened cheeks looked like a ripe apple.
“Did you hear from Sir Carllien what Elua needs to do?”
“Yes, Lady Lorencia. I was told to deliver the letter to my elder brother if you give it to me.”
“That’s right. Please take care of it.”
“I should be the one asking you to take care of me, Lady Lorencia.”
Lorencia looked fondly at Elua, who was nodding her head with a bright red face while looking at her.
The letter delivered through Elua will be rewritten on stationery by Carllien and then sent to Ruans. After reading the letter, Ruans will become Lorencia’s marionette doll. Without her prophecy, he will not be able to make decisions, and even if he does, he will become anxious and impatient.
In the previous future, Lorencia herself was a marionette doll without a will, but now it will be the opposite. The marionette doll whose strings could break at any moment will not be her, but Ruans from now on.
“And I heard your mother is not feeling well. That’s why I asked you to come to the duke’s residence together. I will assign a doctor to your mother right away, Elua.”
“Thank you so much.”
Lorencia laughed softly. For Elua, this may be their first meeting, but Lorencia couldn’t forget the Elua she had met in the previous future.
One of the maids who took care of her messy aftermath after being accused of being a witch and tortured by the priests was none other than Elua. Unlike the other maids, Elua did not resent her. She carefully wiped Lorencia’s face.
She was honest and thoughtful. Later, when she found out that Elua was Carllien’s younger sister, Lorencia bowed her head in apology.
In the end, without being able to reveal that she had orchestrated Carllien’s death, Elua was tried as a witch and starved to death in prison.
“I like that honest side of Miss Elua. I will make sure the doctor can see your mother right away.”
“Thank you, Lady Lorencia.”
“No, I should be the one thanking you, Elua.”
Lorencia muttered quietly. Elua had just spoken her mind, but she was truly grateful.
“Pardon? What did you say, my lady?”
“Nothing, Elua. I look forward to working with you from now on.”
Lorencia smiled at Elua. Just as Elua had taken care of her, she intended to take care of Elua and her family.
[This is the timeline separator]“Loa. Aren’t you tired?”
“Not at all.”
“You seem to be studying too much.”
“But studying is fun.”
After growing a lot at once, Lorencia’s body had definitely changed. She had become so healthy that it was an understatement to say she had become stronger. She digested any food well, and as she grew, the amount of food she ate also increased, making Teishar happy.
“It’s good that you sleep well and eat well, but I’m worried you might be overworking yourself.”
“Ter. Are you that worried about me?”
“Yes.”
Teishar caressed Lorencia’s cheek. Although he was very happy that Lorencia had become healthy, she was learning without discrimination as much as she had become healthy, including reading, literature, music, and history. He told Blondie that she might be making Lorencia study too hard, but
“I wish you would take a break from studying today.”
“Do you know that your current behavior is like Leo asking me to stop studying and play?”
Lorencia whispered, stretching out her arms and wrapping them around Teishar’s neck.
“It’s nice now that I’m taller.”
Teishar’s face turned a peach-blossom pink.
“Yes, I think it’s nice that I can see Ter’s face closer now that I’m taller.”
“Loa. If you come too close to me…”
It’s dangerous.
“Why? We are lovers. We can get close, but will you move away?”
When Lorencia tried to unwrap her arms from around his neck, Teishar hugged her tightly, not letting her arms go.
“No. I don’t want to let go.”
As Teishar hugged Lorencia, the sweet and sour floral scent made his nose tingle, and he unconsciously swallowed his saliva. Teishar closed his eyes tightly without realizing it, feeling the hot sensation running down his spine. He slowly opened his eyes, recalling Adrian’s untimely joke.
But it was no use. The moment he saw Lorencia in front of him, the corners of his mouth went up on their own, and his heart began to beat wildly. He felt so good that he thought he would go crazy. He wanted to hug that slender body tightly, but he had to restrain himself. This was a sweet torture like no other.
“Ter. Speaking of which, the designer Elua is coming today, so if you have time, would you like to look at dresses with me?”
“Of course, Loa.”
When Teishar smiled and lightly kissed her temple, Lorencia’s cheeks turned bright red. When their eyes met as he unhesitatingly narrowed the distance and kissed her forehead or temple, her heart sank helplessly to the floor.
The kiss that began softly ended with his lips gently on her forehead and carefully on her cheek. Every time their eyes met after their lips parted, she felt strange.
When his hand slid down her spine and settled on her waist, it felt like time had stopped. Seeing Teishar’s reddened eyes that seemed somewhat urgent, Lorencia’s heart pounded rapidly.
When she remembered their first kiss before, at the knocking sound from the terrace, she unwrapped her arms from around Teishar’s neck.
“I think Leo is back, Ter.”
“Leo? Didn’t he say he wouldn’t come back until evening if he went out to play?”
“He sometimes comes back early.”
As Teishar watched Lorencia slip out of his arms, he smiled in disappointment. It felt as if Leo had stolen Lorencia from him.
When Lorencia opened the terrace window, Leo came in, waving his proud tail.
“Leo. Did you have fun?”
-Meow.
When Lorencia picked up Leo, Teishar glared at Leo for no reason.
“Leo. Why did you come in so early today?”
-Meow.
“Was it not fun outside?”
-Meow.
“Isn’t Leo cute? It’s like he’s answering my words.”
Lorencia cooed over Leo, stroking his head with the back of her hand. Leo yawned. And then he started crying again.
-Meow.
“Why is he crying when you’re holding him?”
“That’s the sound Leo makes when he’s sleepy. I guess he came in early today because he was sleepy.”
Lorencia smiled and put Leo down on the bed. Leo, who had taken a spot in the middle of the bed, lay on his side and stretched.
“Leo. Sleep well.”
Teishar enviously looked at Leo lying freely on Lorencia’s bed. And he tried to create an intimate atmosphere with Lorencia once again, but he couldn’t.
Because visitors had come. As expected, the visitors were Abrelina and Welson.
They brought another load of gifts for Lorencia and visited the duke’s residence.
As they were the grandparents of the woman he loved, he always made sure they could visit freely, but Teishar, who wanted to be alone with Lorencia, swallowed a sigh inwardly with an inexplicable frustration.
However, seeing Lorencia happy with her grandparents’ visit, his frustration quickly dissipated.
Welson and Abrelina gave Lorencia, who had grown tall, shoes and boots that fit her feet perfectly, as well as brooch jewels. At first, Lorencia refused, saying it was too much of a gift, but now she accepted all the gifts with gratitude and was happy.
Teishar was satisfied. The young tree that used to be burdened by the love it received was now getting used to receiving love and learning to be grateful.
Today, he would give her a delicious meal and a bouquet of red roses as a gift.
[This is the timeline separator]Magus looked contentedly at the beautiful purple flowering tree behind Lorencia’s back.
“It’s so beautiful.”
Magus had been away from the mansion for a while due to work. As soon as he returned to the mansion, he received a report from Holio about Lorencia. Surprised, he ran to the room where Lorencia and Teishar were together.
Seeing Lorencia, who had awakened, Magus was so surprised that he kept rubbing his eyes and staring at her. He even pinched his cheek to see if it was a dream or reality, looking at Lorencia, who had grown up so beautifully that it was unbelievable.
“The more I look at it, the more beautiful the purple cherry blossom tree is. It’s really refreshing to see this flower after such a long time.”
“Is my flowering tree a cherry blossom tree?”
Lorencia recalled the illustration of a cherry blossom tree she had seen in a picture book. Most picture books only depicted pink cherry blossom trees. But the tree she had hugged in her dream didn’t feel unfamiliar, and when she thought about it, it looked just like the cherry blossom tree from the picture book, only with a different color.
“But I thought there were only pink cherry blossom trees? Purple cherry blossom trees are new to me.”
The purple cherry blossom tree is one of the flowers that herald the beginning of spring, blooming in late February. Of course, depending on the temperature, the flowers may bloom later, but the flower that many people think of when spring comes is none other than the cherry blossom tree.
Male lead is a Divorced Husband
She said to him: “Tell me, what makes you like me? I’ll change it!”
Liu Changning transmigrated into a female cannon fodder character in a female-dominant novel.
After reading the first half of the novel’s plot, the first thing she did upon transmigration was to divorce the Pan Jinlian-style male protagonist she had just married.
She indulged herself, pretending to be ugly and poor.
But as time passed, the way that man looked at her became more and more unusual…
Liu Changning was dumbfounded: Tell me, what makes you like me? I’ll change!
――
This lifetime, Pei Yuanshao was rejected by the same woman twice!
The first time, she drove him away. Forced by the situation, he endured the waves of anger in his heart, yielding and humbling himself.
That person lay slanted on a rocking chair, her sallow face emotionless: “If you don’t want a divorce, go cook!”
Pei Yuanshao’s face was dark and gloomy: “You!”
The second time, after the crisis in Jinling City was resolved, the new emperor sent someone to pick him up. He turned around, stammering: “I… I have to go. If you keep me…”
That person lay on the kang bed, her back to him, as if she had long anticipated this day, crisp and clear: “Goodbye!”
Pei Yuanshao was so angry his fingers trembled: “You… you!”
The mission of family and country made him restrain himself, averting his eyes and turning to leave this broken household.
Two years later, they met again. Seeing her ethereal face, his body shook like a sieve.
“She was originally a ‘she’!”
At the Qionglin Banquet, the top scholar of the imperial examination, a talented person with exceptional speech and conduct, all the unmarried young gentlemen from aristocratic families looked at her with shy and timid eyes.
The peerless imperial official Pei Yuanshao felt the anger in his heart erupt. He pointed at the woman surrounded by the crowd at the Qionglin Banquet, his thin lips slightly curled: “Little sister, I wants that person to be the wife-master of my Mingde Prince Manor.”
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