“So, the agony you were experiencing earlier was because harm was done to your heart gem.”
“Yes, that’s right.”
As I nodded, Cahilin’s jawline flickered with a hint of laughter.
“So, what happened that you became a reborn? Did you throw yourself into the fireplace? Did you drop your heart?”
Without waiting for my answer, Cahilin continued swearing, as if he didn’t need to hear my response. His expression showed a desire to strangle Floria’s neck immediately. Cahilin, trying to suppress his anger, took a deep breath.
Then, he suddenly lifted his head and stared at me.
“What if I only reveal such important things now?”
Even without an answer, Cahilin sighed, seemingly guessing the reason.
“It means that the damn fairy’s magic doesn’t work if you’re by my side, right?”
Cahilin, who knew better than anyone that fairy magic was useless against a swordmaster, brushed his bangs nervously.
Then, looking up at the ceiling with his head still in his hands, he turned his gaze to me.
“We need to find something worth exchanging with your heart until then.”
“I might have to pretend to obey Floria until then.”
As if my words were pitiful, Cahilin distorted his expression.
“Do you really need to do that? I said it’s fine if you stay by my side.”
“How can I stick to you every second?”
“Why not? It’s not that difficult.”
“Will you go to the bathroom together too?”
“I don’t mind.”
“I mind.”
Cahilin chuckled lowly. He seemed somewhat dissatisfied.
“It’s dangerous. She’s not in her right mind.”
“For now, she won’t kill me.”
Floria clearly thought that Cahilin considered me the one he cared about the most, as he had come to find me himself.
“I still have a use for Floria. Since I can use myself to investigate Cahilin. So, for now, she won’t kill me.”
“But really, was I the only one who didn’t know?”
I considered myself observant, but I still couldn’t believe it.
I still couldn’t feel that this man truly liked me.
As I discreetly observed Cahilin, our eyes met, and I quickly averted my gaze.
Cahilin, who had been leaning back in his chair with his fists clenched, tilted his head and stared at me. Unable to understand English, I blinked my eyes. After staring at me for a while, he slowly opened his mouth.
“Father is unwell.”
As he said, the king’s condition was worsening, and he was destined to die soon. I found it strange that Cahilin, who had no affection for his family, suddenly brought up such a topic.
“Hilik must marry to ascend to the throne. I always thought it was irrational, but I didn’t expect a day like this to be so welcoming.”
“What?”
Suddenly, he said something like that, and I opened my mouth, wondering if it made any sense. Cahilin, who closed my mouth with his hand, smiled slyly.
“Isn’t a prince better than a servant?”
“In the original work, Cahilin marries the princess of Etra to compete with Eric for the throne. However, Cahilin firmly denied marrying me in front of the king, claiming that there was no marriage with Izolla.
‘So, were you planning to marry me back then?’
Judging by Cahilin’s expression, it seems to be true. Since he has feelings for me, choosing me would be a natural choice for him.
‘There must have been a reason why Cahilin stuck out his tongue.’
Even though I was right behind him, I didn’t know if he was considering me while talking. I now realized that Cahilin’s actions, which I couldn’t understand before, were all because he liked me.
Blushing, I bit my lower lip as Cahilin approached closely. The field that seemed like our lips would touch any moment made it hard to breathe due to the proximity.
“How about it?”
Cahilin met my gaze gently as if tempting me.
“Becoming my wife.”
This man clearly knew he was handsome. Otherwise, he couldn’t make such an expression. Unconsciously, I closed my lips, intending to answer. I almost crossed the line.
I pushed Cahilin’s face away with a fake cough to freshen up the atmosphere. Cahilin, who had stepped too close, withdrew with a disappointed expression.
“I thought you were weak to my face.”
…He must have known it after all. It was strange not to notice, considering that I hadn’t only seen him once or twice.
“I won’t easily fall for such an indecent proposal.”
“You’re overdoing it. Can’t you just come over a bit?”
Cahilin grumbled roughly. He looked strangely cute… No, what am I thinking? I quickly lowered my head and told Cahilin, who was still looking at me with subtly persuasive eyes.
“I know why Shanna is helping Floria.”
When I revealed the origin of the Invited Queen, Cahilin smiled as if he finally understood.
“So, that’s why you were digging into the auxiliary building like a puppy.”
“Don’t laugh at the desperate actions from my perspective.”
How desperate I was. When Cahilin, with a mocking expression, looked at me, I grabbed my hand. Then, he raised his lips deeply.
“You have no idea how much I’m restraining right now.”
As Cahilin said, his purple eyes were deeply submerged. Moreover, beyond his smiling face, a chilly aura emanated. He seemed really angry.
His expression and gaze were strangely firm.
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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