Larisa quickly identified who the princess was among them. It was because her flowing golden hair and emerald eyes closely resembled those of the Queen.
“I present to you, Princess.”
“Oh, Larisa. It’s been a while.”
The princess stood up abruptly, taking Larisa’s hand and leading her. Larisa sat down awkwardly in the seat the princess offered, receiving uncomfortable gazes from the other girls.
“You enrolled in the Knight Department and already look like a knight? Impressive.”
“You flatter me.”
“Calling you during class won’t be a problem, right?”
“No, even though Royal Academy students are temporary, being part of the Royal Knights prioritizes following the orders of the royal family.”
The princess smiled as if pleased.
“Don’t worry. I’ve already informed the professors.”
‘Wow, I could have been in big trouble if I had refused.’
This was all a test. Larisa swallowed hard. She had thought about it before, but the princess was not an ordinary person.
“How long has it been since we last saw each other? I think it was at the graduation ceremony of Duke Rondante.”
“That’s correct.”
“You were in the territory, right? How was it there? Tell me, it must have been impressive since it developed so much thanks to Their Majesties’ favor. Of course, it’s only natural, considering the increased territory.”
Larisa made an effort not to pay attention to the girls standing like folding screens and smiling. Since the princess treated them as if they didn’t exist, Larisa couldn’t help it.
“You’ve already built a city in the desolate wasteland. Their Majesties were very pleased. It’s only natural, considering the increased territory.”
Not knowing how to respond, Larisa just smiled.
Suddenly, the princess leaned in, a subtle smile on her face. Looking directly at Larisa’s face from close range, the princess spoke unexpectedly.
“Even if not a drop of blood is shared, it seems family is family. You resemble Duke Rondante a lot.”
“…….”
“How sentimental. We’ve known each other since childhood, but every time we meet, it’s thrilling.”
Oh no, the princess’s business turned out to be about William again. Larisa felt relieved after knowing the princess’s purpose.
However, the princess suddenly burst in.
“Larisa, isn’t that so?”
What’s going on? Larisa’s eyes widened.
“What are you talking about…?”
“I’m sorry. It’s weird if you have those feelings between childhood friends.”
There was something peculiar about her words. Larisa belatedly realized the meaning but pretended not to understand and just smiled along.
After that, the princess continued with various small talk. Larisa sincerely played along.
The princess called her out during someone else’s class, saying her class was already over, and then ended the conversation.
“Here, this is a gift.”
Larisa thought, ‘Here it comes,’ and received a small gift box.
“Can you give this to William?”
“What?”
The princess laughed unexpectedly with a surprised expression.
“Of course not. It’s a token of our meeting today. I want to be friends with you, Larisa.”
Then, jealous and envious glances were sharply directed at her. Larisa awkwardly smiled and tucked the gift box into her pocket.
“Thank you.”
During the break, she returned to the dormitory and opened the box to find a silk bracelet inside. Luckily, it didn’t look too expensive. It was just enough not to feel burdened to reciprocate.
While thinking about this, Juliana, who had been napping in the room, woke up and asked when she saw the silk bracelet.
“Who gave this?”
“The princess.”
“Huh? This is that, right? Friendship bracelet. They make it themselves and give it as a gift….”
It felt overwhelming.
“What? The princess gave it? Lara, did you make a friendship bracelet with the princess before me?”
Juliana pouted, and Larisa was serious.
“What should we do?”
“What can we do? Just wear it.”
“Why would she give something like this? It feels awkward.”
“Normally, people exchange these things with each other…. Don’t you have to make one too?”
After a moment of contemplation, Larisa closed the box.
“I’ll go with something I’m not familiar with.”
“Wow, be bold. Truly a young lady of the Rodante family, huh?”
“I told you not to call me that.”
Larisa threw a pillow as Juliana screamed in surprise, starting a pillow fight. Larisa didn’t consider her a friend. In the end, amidst the chaotic pillow fight, Juliana, who had received blows without focus, surrendered.
“Look at me. There’s not much time until the next class!”
“You’re pretty.”
“Oh my, the humanities department is no joke.”
Unlike the knight department, where you only needed to wash up and tie your hair tightly, the humanities department required proper grooming for a lady.
Larisa reluctantly combed Juliana’s hair and tidied up her disheveled clothes.
Juliana, who applied red lip balm to her lips and cheeks, asked Larisa the same question.
“Would you like to do it too?”
“No.”
“Why? Is it okay for a knight apprentice to do this much?”
I don’t really know. Larisa answered vaguely.
“Just because it’s bothersome.”
“What about me? Am I standing out too much for a first-year?”
“I don’t know. Isn’t this kind of thing okay since everyone does it outside?”
“Probably, right? Thanks, see you later!”
Juliana shook hands and disappeared.
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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