Relieved, I alighted, escaping the suffocating space inside. After confirming Lirien had also disembarked, I was taken aback by the grandeur of the estate.
‘How can a mansion be this big?’
Though the burned-down Vuel mansion was huge, it wasn’t as vast as this one. The tree-lined paths, crystal-clear fountains, arch bridges, and quaint flower beds formed a fairytale-like landscape.
“How beautiful.”
“Really? I’m glad you like it, during your stay!”
Suddenly, a crashing sound echoed.
Turning, I saw a maid who had dropped her tray, staring at me in shock.
“Lady Lirien has a guest…”
“Please, come this way, Countess Vuel!”
Lirien hastily guided me, seeming to hide something. I followed, but the maid wasn’t the only one startled. Gardeners, carpenters, the steward, and servants all looked as if they had seen a ghost, a mix of astonishment and awe on their faces.
Lirien, instructing everyone not to follow, led me to a bedroom on the second floor.
‘…A guest for the first time. She really didn’t have proper friends.’
I, too, had scarce human connections.
Ignoring her embarrassment, I decided not to make her feel awkward about her reddened ears peeking through her long, silky hair.
“You can use this room, Countess.”
Pushed into the room at the end of the hallway, I admired the antique mahogany furniture, bearing the marks of time – exactly to my taste.
Click, Lirien closed the door and turned around slowly. Our eyes met, and she smiled awkwardly, rubbing her cheek with the back of her hand.
“Sorry for the rush. It’s the first time I’ve invited someone… I once invited those friends, but no one came.”
“Not even for your debutante ball?”
“Oh, actually, I haven’t had it yet…”
Ah, she hadn’t made her debut yet.
Well, even among the high society, some hadn’t debuted or led secluded lives, like me.
“So, I’m your first guest. It’s an honor, Lady.”
Lirien, looking up at me with wide eyes, shyly smiled, realizing she was in the middle of showing me the bedroom.
“Oh, right, how do you find the bedroom?”
“I like it.”
“The owner of the mansion, my younger brother, is away on a monster subjugation mission, so please make yourself at home.”
“The renowned Count Mipidian, right?”
Lirien’s eyes widened like lanterns.
“You know my brother?”
Of course, he was the hero and commander of the Empire’s subjugation force, who had eradicated a high-class monster horde that devoured a whole village in Jether Forest.
“Only strangers to the Empire would not know him.”
“Really?”
Lirien, adding a simple response, seemed uninterested in her brother’s fame. Instead, she glanced at me, smiling as I looked around the bedroom.
“Is there something else you’d like to say?”
“Actually… I want to apologize again about that incident. It doesn’t feel right to just let it go.”
An apology. From my perspective, Lirien was a victim.
Knowing how deceitful and thorough Devon was in his trickery, I understood.
As Etrisha, before my transformation, I never blamed the other women involved with my husband for their actions. It seemed unjust to blame another victim when my husband was the one being unfaithful.
“It’s really okay, Lady Lirien. Instead, could you promise me one thing?”
“What is it?”
“I’ll handle Devon, so please keep silent about your relationship with my husband to everyone. That includes your brother, the Count Mipidian.”
“So, for today…”
“Let’s just say it was a chance encounter, and you kindly offered your hospitality out of sympathy for my situation.”
It was crucial that her brother didn’t end up harming Devon.
I’d rather not be tagged as a ‘widow’ before the divorce. Or maybe, considering how infuriating this is, letting that scoundrel meet his end might be preferable.
Male lead is a clingy little husband
One-line summary: The male lead is initially an arrogant, noble, love-deprived brat, later a cute, clingy, scheming little jealous one.
Introduction:
One day, Lu Yuner’s soul transmigrates into a female-dominant world. She enters the Imperial Academy and takes up the position of a doctoral instructor, teaching classes and grading schoolwork.
One day, she encounters the young prince Su Qingwan secretly skipping class from the male academy.
As a result, Su Qingwan is punished.
From then on, Su Qingwan sees Lu Yuner as a “thorn in his side”.
But before long, this “thorn” becomes the person he cherishes most, and he goes to great lengths to win Lu Yuner’s affection.
Mini scene 1:
One day, the sun is high in the sky but Su Qingwan still hasn’t gotten up for class.
Servant Xiaoyuan: “Young prince, it’s time for class. You’ll be late otherwise.”
Su Qingwan says arrogantly: “I’m not going. I am the esteemed prince, my status is so noble, why should I suffer this hardship? Besides, isn’t learning all this just to please women? Hmph, they’re not worthy!”
Mini scene 2:
After Su Qingwan falls for someone, he completely changes. He no longer skips class and diligently learns how to be a good husband and father. But he discovers that Sister Yuner is always surrounded by admirers.
Drunk and overcome with jealousy one day, he clings to Lu Yuner, crying beautifully like a pear blossom in the rain.
Su Qingwan: “Qingwan likes Sister Yuner.”
Lu Yuner: “Young prince, you’re drunk.”
Su Qingwan: “Qingwan isn’t drunk. Qingwan likes Sister Yuner, likes you so much, likes you to bits…” Before he can finish, Lu Yuner’s eyes flash with emotion and she leans in closer.
[Reading Guide]
1. The female lead is gentle, gracious, humble and polite but not weak. The male lead is initially an arrogant, noble, love-deprived brat, later a cute, clingy, scheming little jealous one.
2. 1v1, a bit torturous in the beginning but definitely sweet later on.
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