What is Walter hiding, after all?
Although Ellie wanted to dig a little deeper into the truth, she decided to let it pass this time.
‘For now, it’s true that I received help from the Duke.’
Above all, Ellie’s greatest concern was the relationship between Walter and Elodie.
Since the part she was most worried about was clean, she felt relieved.
Above all.
‘There’s no way Your Highness didn’t notice what I noticed.’
Odette was thoughtful and kind. She was more inclined to trust than suspect, but that didn’t mean she was foolish.
‘If Your Highness decided to prioritize resolving this suspicion… I shouldn’t interfere with anything beyond this.’
With that thought, Ellie organized her thinking and neatly brushed it aside.
Anyway, isn’t it good that things turned out well?
With a mischievous smile, Ellie hugged Odette tightly.
“I don’t know what this commotion is the night before the wedding. You must be tired, so quickly… huh?”
And only then did Ellie discover the blood on Odette’s sleeve, surprising her.
“Your Highness? Is this not blood? Are you hurt?”
“Oh, it’s not my blood. Don’t worry. I had a little dispute with Blake before coming.”
“Prince 2?”
At the mention of blood, Walter grimaced, grabbing Odette’s wrist.
He seemed not to be reassured by Odette’s words, as he only let go of Odette’s wrist after pulling up the blood-stained long sleeve.
But that didn’t mean the wrinkled forehead smoothed out.
“Why in the world would you carry around someone else’s blood if it’s not yours?”
“It’s really nothing. It seems that Blake is the one who arranged the kidnapping of Elodie Montuart.”
Odette, as if just remembering, explained what happened with Blake.
From Blake suggesting chess to threatening with hair.
And the judgment that it seemed to be fake.
“Still, I didn’t know if Ellie was really in a dangerous situation, so I rushed here thinking I should ask for your help right away. This blood is from a minor scuffle with Blake. That’s all.”
Of course, not everything was revealed in detail in the explanation.
“After all, you’re not with Ellie.”
After Odette said this,
Blake, after a moment of stiffening, burst into laughter.
“Your reasoning seems pretty good, Odette. If you want to believe it that much, go ahead. I don’t know what will happen to that woman. Surely, you’re not putting that woman’s life on the line based on your deduction alone?”
“Of course not.”
However, this time, Odette did not agree with his words.
“Ellie, I will find her, so you can relax. You just have to see her at the wedding venue tomorrow.”
Whether you lied or not.
Odette said that and got up from her seat.
And Blake, who realized that lies no longer worked.
He reached out to stop Odette, who was trying to run away.
“Where do you think you’re going!”
“Let go of this!”
But this time, Odette was quicker.
She had been preparing for this moment before even getting up from her seat.
Swish!
With a flash of light, the pendant infused with magic transformed instantly into the shape of a dagger. It was the same pendant she had borrowed from Annesophie, who had advised her about “premonition” and handed it to her as a precaution.
And Odette, seizing the moment, swung the dagger she now held in her hand at Blake’s arm.
It wasn’t a properly trained move, so it couldn’t inflict a fatal injury, but it was enough to slash his outstretched arm that was reaching carelessly.
“Grr!”
Blake gritted his teeth, clenching Odette’s injured arm.
“What can you do by leaving now? No one will speak a word to you!”
Blake had already anticipated that Odette would try to escape and spread the word to all the stables.
If Odette came late at night, don’t let her in.
But Odette didn’t need to find a horse.
With her ‘ability,’ it was more than enough.
Without any hesitation, she ran out.
And after finding a suitable carriage, she infused it with magic.
‘Trying something this large after such a long time… I don’t know if it will work.’
There was no need to say that it might not be possible in this situation.
‘I have to make it happen!’
Odette gritted her teeth and poured all the magic she had into her body.
While all magic used magic power in common, individual abilities varied.
For example, Annesophie had ‘premonition,’ and the most common abilities were pyrokinesis or telekinesis.
In fact, even an ability as common as Annesophie’s was quite valuable, but Odette was particularly rare among them.
was such an ability… truly rare. It was a power that might come once every few hundred years.
Even Jantife, who was not easily impressed, might have been amazed by Odette’s ability and made such comments.
If Odette wanted, she could have secured a position at the Belfore Academy using her ability.
Moreover, with the added distinction of being from the imperial family, she could have increased her value, become famous, and even made a name for herself.
Jantife suggested such a path to Odette, but she declined.
What she wanted was the opposite of what he suggested.
After Being Cheated On, She Picked Up a Treasure (Female-dominant)
One-line summary: The husband I married on a whim had been secretly in love with me for a long time.
On the day when Jun Shao finally obtained the imperial decree for her marriage, Lan Qu, the person she had admired for six years, defied the decree and ran away.
Her gentleness and devotion, her promise of a lifetime together, were all disregarded by him. Instead, he dreamed of entering the palace to serve the Emperor’s sister as a sixth-rank attendant.
News of this incident spread throughout the capital, and the alleys in front of and behind the Lan mansion were crowded with people who came to watch the commotion.
Jun Shao should have been embarrassed and angry.
But someone stepped in to protect her dignity.
The figure was in a miserable state, yet still possessed an undeniable elegance and handsomeness.
The young lord struggled to climb the wall of the Lan mansion and shouted to her, “If he won’t marry you, I will!”
So, Jun Shao took advantage of the situation and married the person.
She thought the young lord did it to save the Lan family from the crime of defying the imperial decree, but never imagined that from beginning to end, what he coveted was her.
*
After the wedding, Jun Shao felt like she was living in a dream.
Her Wife-master was as beautiful as a fairy in a painting, skilled in the six arts, well-versed in poetry and literature, capable of being gentle and attentive, and also grand and dignified. Most importantly, she was the only one in his heart and eyes.
Jun Shao didn’t know how Lan Shiwu, as a illegitimate son without a father and blessed with beauty, had managed to preserve his purity, recklessly escape, and use his last ounce of strength to ruin his own reputation, all because of his love for her, just to stand before her.
She could only see him gazing at her with eyes full of love, and when she bestowed a name upon him, his eyes shone like stars.
“You have come to me like a weary bird perching on a branch. I shall call you A Qi.”
