But luckily, it seemed God was on their side; Matthias averted his gaze from them and looked gently at Sien again.
“Daughter, what did you do at the daycare today?”
“Hehe, thinking about dad.”
Upon hearing that, Matthias broke into a smile. A warm smile spread across his previously cold face; he looked quite adorable.
Of course, this was from Sien’s perspective.
In other words, he looked menacing to others.
Sien lightly pressed her father’s cheek with her thumb and giggled.
“Dumb. Cute.”
Pat and Matt wore expressions as if they were hallucinating at the brink of their death.
Even if she’s his daughter, daring to lay a hand on the dignity of Matthias…
While Matthias seemed to find Sien a bit cute, daring to touch his face is…
The situation had been dire for a while. Are we really going to die?
Moreover, Matthias was smiling eartoear, almost like a malevolent deity.
Both Pat and Matt opened their mouths simultaneously.
Please don’t torment Sien.
“Tha—”
“…But,” Matthias spoke with a tinge of embarrassment.
“Dad’s naturally cute. And kind.”
They shrank back, dumbfounded.
Heaven and Earth were overturned.
Matthias said that…?
There was one more person who was confused.
It was Acid, who had awakened to save Sien.
He had even awakened his healer abilities to rescue Sien from Matthias Mirmode. What on Earth was happening?
Acid stared at them with a gaze more chaotic than that of the villains.
He had to consult Leonhart, who had informed him.
(This is a time separator.)
Perhaps because Axel Mirmode was due to arrive at the mansion soon, the atmosphere of the mansion where Leonhart was staying was bustling.
Even in the midst of that, he appeared without any sign of annoyance when he heard Acid had come.
“Did something happen to Bamtoll?”
Acid cautiously reported what he had observed so far.
Leonhart’s face turned pale in an instant.
“…What, what? That’s impossible.”
“But it’s true. What’s going on…?”
Unlike the flustered Acid, Leonhart quickly regained his composure.
He bit his lip and muttered,
“Did that genius… even manage to manipulate Matthias?”
“It seems so.”
Leonhardt touched his lips and murmured,
“Truly impressive. At this rate, even the menacing Axel might be crushed…”
Acid, who had been disheartened by the thought that he couldn’t protect Cien, sparkled his eyes.
“Axel?”
Leonhardt looked at Acid and nodded. The Acid in front of him seemed unaware of who Axel was.
“Right. Didn’t I tell you?”
Observing Acid’s gentle face, it seemed like even if he had been told, he’d forgotten.
Leonhardt briefly explained about Axel Mirmode, who he was.
The Mirmode family had two mad dogs; one was Matthias, and the other was Axel.
After Matthias had been pushed out of the succession due to some incident, Axel Mirmode had gradually seized power.
But he had left the management of his mansion to his confidants and roamed the battlefields, as if he could no longer hold back his urge to kill.
And it was indeed the case. Axel Mirmode slaughtered people like a demon possessed by bloodlust. Rumor had it that both the good and the evil had been butchered by his hand.
Unlike Matthias, who only killed those who were a hindrance, Axel acted like a genuinely deranged dog.
Thus, he was an exceedingly terrifying individual.
Leonhardt glanced at the pocket watch he was holding.
Acid, who had been silently watching him, tilted his head.
“Ah, I have to go. It’s time to receive lessons from the Duchess. Lately, she’s been indoctrinating me that I must follow Bamtal. Although I already am loyal to Bamtal.”
Lately, Leonhardt had been receiving private lessons from a magician at the Duchess’s mansion. That was what he was talking about. Acid nodded in response, seemingly envious.
“Yes, let’s go together!”
Acid wanted to hear more. The stories about Cien from the people around him.
Hearing those stories made him feel a wavelike fluctuation in his mood, but still, he didn’t want not to listen. Because he wanted to know more about Cien.
‘Listening makes me feel weird.’
He couldn’t precisely identify why he felt strange.
Whenever he heard Cien’s acquaintances talking about a Cien he didn’t know, it felt as if waves were rocking in his heart. Sometimes it felt like ripples on a tranquil sea, and sometimes, it made him feel odd.
This feeling was jealousy, something the young Acid hadn’t realized yet.
As Acid was about to take a step, immersed in his emotions, Leonhardt was in a similar situation. He swallowed his saliva and mumbled softly,
“So, even Matthias was manipulated by Bamtal… How is that even possible? Is he really a god?”
In reality, it wasn’t that Cien had manipulated Matthias; Matthias had loved Cien from the start. However, such a thought never occurred to Leonhardt.
He merely harbored a reasonable doubt from his perspective that Bamtal had manipulated Matthias just like he had done to him.
“As for me…”
“Do you think he’s a god?”
Blushing, Acid cautiously nodded. Earlier, his words had flowed too easily due to confusion, but now he was embarrassed again.
Peeking at such an Acid, Leonhardt once again sank into his own thoughts.
So, he even manipulated Acid.
People call the art of dealing with humans “diplomacy.” How is Bamtal so good at applying it in real life without even learning it?
Is he really a god?
Thus, Leonhardt’s mind stacked new misunderstandings about Cien layer by layer.
He drywashed his hands and whispered softly,
“I knew he was a genius, but to wield diplomacy so well too. He’s truly admirable in a human sense.”
A new misunderstanding was added on top of existing misunderstandings.
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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