Ah… my lord. Why on earth did you call these dogs… no, these puppies…
When the reception room on the first floor was noisy, unlike the Artina Duchy, and Hadal was blocking the knights who were going to catch the lamb with his arms spread out.
“Hadal.”
A small voice called Hadal.
…What is this squeaky sound?
In the ears of the knights, who had only heard the howling of demons and the cries of the knights throughout their lives, the squeaky sound was excessively unfamiliar.
“This.”
The knights turned their heads in unison to find the source of the squeaky sound.
There’s nothing there.
“This ba…ba!”
For some reason, it seemed like the sound was coming from near the floor.
The knights lowered their gaze and then stopped.
The baby, whose hands and cheeks were dyed bright from picking something up so hard, was standing there with her hair shining like the sun in the light coming in through the large window, and her clear seablue eyes shining beneath it.
“…Eek?”
Herold screamed a strange scream.
“Huh…?”
Dwen also opened his mouth stupidly.
Evelia, who had just come in with a basket full of fruits that had fallen from the tree because she couldn’t reach the fruits in the tree, showed curiosity as she saw unfamiliar people bustling in the reception room.
“Whoare?”
Hadal, who was scanning the knights who were stupefied by Evelia’s sight, answered on behalf.
“Baby lady, these are the knights of Artina. They are knights of a family who have sworn allegiance to your lord.”
And they are the real crazy dogs of this area.
Hadal left out the latter part and informed Evelia.
Then Evelia shouted affirmatively.
“Knights!”
“Knights.”
“Knights! …Ugh …Knights!”
“Ahah Baby lady! I am Dwen, who will become your escort knight!”
Just a few hours ago, Dwen, who said life was no fun without a demon or remnants of the kingdom, knelt in front of Evelia and made eye contact as if he had found a new joy in life.
“No, baby lady! This new…, no, this knight is not fun at all even if you’re together! I have a special talent in reading fairy tales! I am Herold, who will be your escort knight!”
Just like a few hours ago, Herold, who had said that he couldn’t accept the knight’s position because he couldn’t beat the nobles in the capital, also knelt in front of Evelia.
“Baby lady… maybe an orc head…”
Shut up.
The knights quickly and accurately blocked Alex’s mouth, who was going to appeal to be selected as an escort knight by giving her an orc head that could be used as a decoration.
“Hehe fun… house!”
She didn’t know whether they were escort knights or not, but Evelia was very excited that people were bustling in the normally quiet duchy.
Evelia, who was much smaller than them, went around between the knights and handed them one of the fruits she had in her basket.
Thud! Thud! She did not forget to make fun of them.
There was not a single one among the Artina knights who did not owe their lives to their lord and lady.
Naturally, the lord and the lady were more valuable than their lives.
The little baby lady resembled those lord and lady in traits, and she was too small even though she was small, so the knights couldn’t help but keep their eyes on her.
“…I’m not going back to the north.”
“Me neither. I don’t need demons or remnants of the kingdom.”
Even if I put down the sword for the rest of my life, I have to watch our baby lady grow up here.
“…Only one escort will be selected.”
At the words someone mumbled, sparks flew in the eyes of the knights.
[Star Icon][Star Icon][Star Icon]Thanks to the Artina knights staring blankly at the chick baby lady wandering around, Elysia’s lamb barely saved its life.
“You’re drooling.”
Hadal was proud. As expected, our baby lady.
At that time, the huge door of the duchy opened, and Hugo, who had finished his duties and returned home, stepped into the reception room.
“You’re back. You’ve worked hard.”
Hugo easily praised the Arithina Knights who had been working hard to clear out the demons in the northern region for about 2 years.
Considering that all of them returned without a single missing member after entering the battlefield, it seemed that, as always, the ones who got a thorough beating were the demons.
“Baah!”
Evelia, who was especially glad to see her father return before sunset today, ran and hung onto Hugo’s legs.
Her running figure, fluttering her yellow indoor dress, once again struck the hearts of the knights, leaving no need to mention more.
Oh my, our little lady, you can’t even reach one side of the lord’s leg!
“Arithina Knights, announce our return to the lord!”
Even though they might have lost their wits at the sight of the chicklike little lady, the loyalty of the Arithina Knights to the family was higher than any other knights.
When the knight at the front fell to his knees in front of Hugo and announced their return, everyone else fell to their knees and shouted without a single inch of error.
“We announce our return, my lord!!”
It was a majestic sound that made the spacious duke’s reception room rumble.
Watching this scene contentedly, Hugo, who had endured a long period of hardship, opened his mouth to say something warm to the returning knights.
All the knights were all ears for the voice of their lord whom they could not but admire.
Then,
“It’s not ‘announce’, it’s ‘heartbeat!'”
“…?”
Huh? The lord has opened his mouth, but why is there a chick’s sound…?
Evelia, who started to speak earlier than her peers, has recently taken interest in speaking and started mimicking everything she heard.
The knights, who were momentarily taken aback by the outoftheblue sound, burst into laughter when they realized that the source of the sound was Evelia, who was hanging onto the lord’s left leg and squawking.
“Hahahaha Lady, what did you just say?”
Herold laughed loudly in front of Hugo disrespectfully.
“You guys! Can’t you be quiet! The lord is here!”
Knight leader Eddy was the first to come to his senses and tried to hold back the mad dogs,
“Our little lady… is way cuter than a chick…”
Even Alec, who always had a spacedout look in his eyes, was also smiling with sparkling eyes after a long time.
Hugo, who would never tolerate the knights showing a disordered look in front of him, couldn’t give the knights the punishment of making laps around the training ground today.
“Daddy Wait! Wait!”
Because he couldn’t help but laugh unusually at his daughter, who was hanging onto his left leg like a koala and saying ‘Wait!’, ‘Announce!’, mimicking the words she learned in her own way.
Holding the small wooden fruits that Evelia gave them one by one in their hands, all the Arithina Knights there made up their minds.
During their stay in the ducal mansion, they decided to show their best to the lord and the little lady, and absolutely secure their positions as escort knights.
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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