“I miss Dad.”
It was a moment when Evelia’s eyes were slightly directed towards the sky.
Dantalrion, who did not miss the moment her attention scattered, immediately secured his place.
Zepar, who had been bouncing in place, stormed towards Caron, laughing strangely and tearing his mouth open.
Due to Dantalrion’s grotesque charge, Evelia’s body stiffened slightly in fright.
Fortunately, Silape, who had been floating in midair, generated a sharp wind that repelled Dantalrion’s reaching arm.
No, in reality it was more like she cut it off than repelled it.
Evelia, who witnessed the sight of a demon’s arm being cut off right before her eyes, wore a gloomy expression.
“I’m scared! It’s disgusting!”
[Get it together. Contractor! Do you intend to get your knight killed too?!]Silape scolded as she cut off Dantalrion’s two arms and pierced his torso.
Evelia bit her lip hard and her eyes bulged.
“No. I can’t. I must pull myself together. Now.”
From behind her, she could hear the sound of Caron’s sword clashing with Zepar’s.
The sound was more like a colossal rupture caused by the collision of forces than the mere clashing of steel.
‘Caron is guarding my back. I must not lose consciousness.’
Evelia shook her little head.
[Contractor, if it’s difficult, close your eyes. I’ll handle it.]To Silape’s voice, Evelia resolutely shook her head.
However, Evelia, who was still not used to elemental magic, couldn’t give any outstanding commands, despite her courage.
If the demon had power comparable to Silape, it would have been Evelia, who hadn’t fully mastered elemental magic, who would lose.
Evelia, watching the bodies of the Dantalrion’s, which turned into black smoke and dispersed immediately after being pierced and falling at that spot, turned her body towards Caron and Zepar.
She intended to help Caron.
The demon, while clashing swords with Caron, showed no sign of strain, yet emitted a thunderous noise that couldn’t possibly be described as the sound of swords clashing.
Whistle.
“Little one. You need to watch your back.”
Zepar, who focused his gaze on Evelia as she turned towards them, whistled a short, high warning.
Little one.
That nickname, always uttered by her friend Ash, which had felt warm, was now chilling.
With a strange laugh causing her to shudder, Evelia quickly turned back to see a terrifying sight: Zepar had summoned a highranking demon, Cerberus, who was now baring his sharp fangs and charging at her.
“Ah…!”
In an instant, she couldn’t even sigh.
The huge dog with three black heads had bitten and torn at Silape’s wing.
[Damn it. Contractor……!]Silape, who was concerned for her little contractor even as she was being unsummoned, tried to endure somehow, but young Evelia’s body couldn’t handle it.
She felt a hot sensation in her throat.
‘Am I going to vomit…?’
Evelia coughed at the disgusting sensation, and bright red blood splattered on the ground.
“Miss!!”
The sound of the young mistress repeatedly coughing reached the knight’s ears, which were extremely sharpened as he was clashing swords with the demon.
He glanced back and saw blood falling from the small mouth of his mistress. This caused Caron’s sword to hesitate.
“Whistle Knight. You need to watch your back too.”
It was as if this entire event was some kind of joke, judging from the light, bouncing voice that reached his ears.
Right next to Caron’s ear.
Whoosh.
Then, a creepy sound of flesh being torn was heard.
Squeak.
The demon, amused by the blood spurting everywhere, laughed.
“No!! Caron!!”
Evelia’s knight fell down.
The demon, who had gotten rid of the obstacle, walked towards her step by step, clanging his red armor.
The demon’s armor, which showed silver parts here and there, was now more stained with Caron’s blood, making it look even more red.
Evelia’s vision only reached there.
[Star Icon][Star Icon][Star Icon]The knights of the Cassis Duke’s House galloped their horses towards the palace.
A highranking demon. In the heart of this capital.
They couldn’t believe it even after hearing about it.
If it was true, it was an extremely serious issue.
In front of Emperor Calail’s office.
The knights were yelling loudly, demanding to be allowed into the Emperor’s office without an audience request, despite being blocked by the royal knights.
“What is going on?”
The emperor himself, furrowing his brows at the commotion, opened the office door and came out.
Through the opened door, he could see Archduke Artina and their master, the Duke.
The Knights of Cassis cried out loudly that an incident had occurred.
Among the phrases roughly three sentences long, the only words that stuck in Hugo’s mind were ‘Princess’, ‘Demon’.
“……”
“……”
The weight of the words spat out by the Duke’s knights was so heavy that a chilly silence momentarily filled the Emperor’s reception room.
The first to jump up from his seat in the reception room, where he had been learning politics over the Emperor’s shoulder, was Ludwig.
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.”
