“Your Majesty, did you speak directly?”
“Is there a problem?”
“Oh, no. I just mentioned it because it seems Your Majesty is a wonderful father. Haha.”
After finishing that sentence, Hildley, fearing he might have sounded too conceited, belatedly became nervous.
His brown eyes rolled nervously.
Luke, instead of getting angry, turned his head.
“Hmm. Does it look like that?”
There was no change in his expression, but it was undoubtedly a softer atmosphere than before.
‘That’s the right answer!’
It seemed that the rumors about the Marquess being an amazing figure were true.
Hildley replied briskly, “Of course. After recovering the child, you even made a separate study room, and, on top of that, didn’t you invite me right away?”
“Well, that’s only natural.”
“There are many nobles who are not particularly interested in educating a stepson or stepdaughter below their own children. Besides, being an outsider from a remote house, I thought you might think of me as someone unworthy.”
Hildley, who was playfully ridiculing, felt a sudden chill in the air.
“Be careful with your words.”
Luke warned, “Bonita will eventually become the Marchioness following my footsteps. I have no intention of bringing in someone of lower rank or a step-relative to inherit the title, unlike hiring a professional estate manager.”
“Haha… Of course. I know very well, Your Majesty.”
“Good.”
Luke looked at Hildley, who was smiling wretchedly, and raised one corner of his mouth.
“If, by any chance, you make a mistake with my precious daughter, I won’t just stand by. Be sure to handle it properly.”
“Yes, Your, Your Grace.”
Hildley, who was completely immersed in a smile as if he might draw a sword and kill someone at any moment, nodded.
He was an incredibly weak person in front of strong individuals. Especially for powerful figures like them, it was best to bow down.
‘Is it this way?’
Following the Duke, a slightly brighter colored door was visible compared to other places.
Before opening the white-painted wooden door, the Duke once again glanced at Hildley.
“Then, please take care of it.”
‘It’s not a look of asking for a favor!’
It was a facial expression that seemed more like he was about to catch and eat someone.
However, contrary to Hildley’s expectations, Luke was just nervous.
He was more concerned about whether Bonita would follow the lessons well.
‘Bonita should like it.’
‘It’s scary! By now, she must be having nightmares of me devouring her in her mind.’
It was truly a groundless fear.
While Hildley, under Luke’s watchful eyes, cautiously knocked on the door.
“May I come in, Miss Bonita?”
“Yes.”
A petite voice came from inside.
Hildley slowly opened the door and stepped into the room.
The inside was decorated with a calm green.
Inside, there was a sophisticated wooden desk and chair with rounded edges to prevent children from getting hurt, and even a footrest to help them climb onto the chair.
Bonita was sitting with a quill in hand. Her short legs dangled freely.
The desk was designed for an adult teacher to sit together, so the chair was much higher than the child’s height. When Bonita hopped down from there, she greeted politely, “Hello, teacher.” With her head tilted, speaking in a cute and rhythmic manner, Hildley blinked his eyes without realizing it.
‘Is she a lady?’
Although being the daughter of the Renaissance Duke seen just now… she didn’t resemble him much! For the past eight years, having taught children, he had seen numerous kids. They weren’t all cute and lovely just because they were children. There were many unruly troublemakers, arrogant noble boys and girls who shot their teachers with slingshots because they didn’t want to study. However, for the first impression… it was extremely good.
“Ahem.”
He cleared his throat softly and introduced himself.
“I am Hildley, Viscount Lottler. I came today to teach Miss Bonita at the request of the Duke.”
“Yes.”
Bonita nodded quietly.
“Then, would it be okay to sit back in the chair?”
“Um… that would be nice.”
As Hildley spoke, Bonita genuinely sat back in the chair. Hildley was surprised for the second time, watching children sitting quietly in chairs was already a rare sight. Especially for a child having their first lesson, even more so.
“Miss Bonita, have you ever received education from a home tutor before?”
Bonita shook her head.
‘It’s been about a month since I found the young lady.’
She said she lived separately from the Marquess before. Presumably, from the rumors of the common folk, the young lady must have lived mingling with commoners.
‘In that case, she might know the alphabet or be able to read a little.’
It might be quite challenging. He ruled out the 7-year-old materials from the prepared textbooks and took out a letter practice book for babies around the age of three.
“First, let’s see how well Miss Bonita can do. Please answer a simple question.”
The book he took out had individual consonants and vowels scattered all over it. Pointing to ‘A,’ he asked, “What is this read as?”
My Arch-enemy Sealed My Memory and Said That He is My Husband
This is an incredibly captivating story that you absolutely shouldn’t miss! I’ll give a brief introduction here, and below you’ll find a detailed synopsis of the plot.
The female lead is a fierce and powerful demon king. The male lead is a once-in-a-millennium celestial lord, admired by the entire cultivation world.
They are equally matched, legendary rivals who have battled for centuries.
In the final duel, the female lead is gravely injured. The male lead saves her, seals her memories, and hides her true identity. He tells her that he is her fiancé. His entire life has been flawless—except for the one thing he never expected, never controlled, and never wanted to control: falling for his greatest enemy. She is his inner demon, his obsession.
When the female lead regains her memories, she is furious at his deception.
She makes his life a living hell.
And somehow, the male lead—possibly a total masochist—doesn’t mind at all. In fact, he’s happy she’s paying attention to him.
Yep, we’re back to my favorite trope: male lead suffering. If you love this kind of story, jump into the pit with me now!!!
Intro
Dong Xia lost her memory.
Her handsome and extremely powerful fiancé Li Qing comforted her: “It’s okay if you can’t remember. I’ll always be with you.”
Everyone thought Dong Xia’s ancestors must have burned incense to get such a perfect fiancé. He was the number one person in the immortal realm, yet he remained chaste and only loved her.
…
The day before marrying her fiancé, Dong Xia finally remembered everything.
She wasn’t suffering from memory loss at all.
Her arch-enemy had made her fake her death, destroyed her cultivation, replaced her memories, and pretended to be her deeply in love fiancé.
No wonder he said, “It’s okay if you can’t remember”!
Dong Xia laughed coldly as she pulled out her long knife: Li Qing, prepare to die 🙂
*
Li Qing, as the supreme being of the immortal realm, was the people’s shining beacon.
The only unknown stain in his life was his affection for Dong Xia, the ruler of the demon realm.
In the final battle of the war between immortals and demons, the sky collapsed and the earth shattered. The ruler of the demon realm was finally slain under the sword of the supreme being of the immortal realm, and everyone in the immortal realm applauded.
The cultivation world lost a ruler of the demon realm.
And in the back mountain of Li Qing’s cave dwelling, he secretly hid away a fiancée.
Notes:
1. The female lead is white on the outside, black on the inside, and the queen of flattery; the male lead repeatedly tests the edge of darkness, a VIP guest at the crematorium.
2. Fantasy cultivation world setting.
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