The dagger cut through the air, heading straight for Edith.
“…!”
In an instant, Valter pulled Edith towards him.
Since it was not an attack from someone skilled in swordsmanship, it was not difficult to read the trajectory.
Glide—
The dagger swung by Lady Sunghwang did not even reach Edith. It barely grazed Valter’s forearm that surrounded her.
Blood flowed, but it was a light injury that did not put her life at risk.
However, Patricia trembled with excitement, bursting into a sinister laugh that sent shivers down the spines of onlookers.
“Duke, your magical power is undoubtedly so immense that it must be unbearable for your mother.”
“……!”
As her lips curled up, Valter bit into them.
As if falling from a high place, her heart tightened, and suddenly her vision turned. To endure the dizziness, red blood burst from the seam of her closed eyes.
The magical power, barely settled by the efforts of Lexion’s chief physicians and magicians, became uncontrollable the moment the magical blade made of magic stones pierced the flesh.
Although Edith was not a magician, she instinctively sensed that Patricia, not being a sorceress herself, had somehow provoked Valter’s magical outburst.
“Valter!”
“Ugh…”
“Bain, call someone here. Quickly!”
Edith, barely supporting Valter, who seemed to lose consciousness at any moment, glared at Patricia.
Even though she was restrained by the knights with her arms bound, Patricia burst into a more cheerful laugh than ever.
“After finally finding my grandson following my daughter, making him lose consciousness due to a magical outburst, the Duke of Lexion must feel quite pitiful, don’t you think?”
The more widely the tearing laughter spread, the more Claude flinched.
Despite being restrained by the knights, Patricia continued to mockingly watch Valter’s exit. He had only been in a state of mental and physical chaos for a few minutes since the blade brushed against him, but he was already unconscious and uncontrollable.
‘The blade must have been filled with sharply refined magical power for attack. It’s only natural.’
Her expectations were correct.
Being Lea’s son, he was also destined to live a life of ailing due to inheriting immense magical power.
‘If I die like this, it will be a joyful punishment.’
As she stared at the door with bloodshot eyes, someone entered Patricia’s field of vision. It was the Emperor with a stern face.
“In the name of Agnas, from now on, Patricia will be removed from the position of the Sunghwang Consort. The members of Goturk who have ravaged the Empire and the Imperial Family will face annihilation.”
“I do not seek mercy, Your Majesty. I have nothing more to lose.”
With her mouth twisted in a sneer, Patricia looked at the Emperor.
“I may not have everything, but I’ve achieved some of what I wanted. It wasn’t a pathetic life disappearing without achieving anything.”
However, why did the Emperor seem to be laughing at her? Patricia found his utterly unreadable face irritating.
“I don’t know what you’ve gained, Jim. Are you erasing what Leah Lexion, whom you so envied, left behind in the world?”
“……!”
As her thoughts were read, Patricia froze for a moment.
The Emperor clapped his hands, had someone bring another magical rod, dipped one end in Valter’s spilled blood, and then the other end in his own blood.
Zing—
The magical rod emitted an unmistakably deep blue light.
“What is this…!”
Patricia’s eyes shook greatly.
The unexpected surprise attack from the Duke had already halted the restless movements of the spectators. They fixed their gaze on the Emperor, and even the knights who had restrained Patricia were momentarily still.
“Whose blood reacted with Your Majesty’s just now?”
“Just now, it clearly reacted to the blood that Duke Lexion spilled…”
“Then, it means the Emperor is the legitimate father of the Duke.”
Each word, each sentence exploding from all directions, stabbed Patricia’s heart like daggers.
‘Lea Lexion was with the Emperor… The child of the Emperor?’
The fact that Lea, who already had everything Patricia desired, ascended to an even higher position made Patricia more miserable than ever.
While she had been catering to the desires of the aging Emperor, the lady had insight into who would eventually seize the imperial throne.
She truly was a woman Patricia disliked from the beginning to the end.
Tuk, tuk. Tears fell from Patricia’s trembling chin.
The Emperor, with an expression still devoid of emotion, spoke.
“Becoming a member of the imperial family. Exerting formidable influence over the entire empire from the highest position. Eventually, my son will have everything you coveted.”
Finally, Patricia felt like she could read the Emperor’s emotions for the first time.
In the Emperor’s voice, there was a certainty that Valter would awaken. Patricia was also prepared to ensure that it happened.
At the same time, she felt tremendous anger towards herself for trying to harm her son, whom she had reunited with after great difficulty.
“Having used Claude to flaunt your arrogance until now, you should know better than anyone the weight of the sin of trying to harm the last imperial bloodline in the empire.”
“……!”
“Take Patricia Goturk away.”
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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