Recently, Duke Ertman had been frequently visiting the chamber of princesses, and even Walter was aware of this.
And Walter was inclined to believe that “Duke Ertman is focused on the third princess.”
“Didn’t he have no connection with Odette in the first place?”
While others who disagreed whispered that there might have been something intimate between Walter and Odette, Walter knew Odette well.
Odette hated being the center of attention, and she was even more reluctant to publicly associate with famous people.
Why would Odette dislike friendly attention? It was because Odette had been used to keen stares.
Of course, this was greatly contributed to by Queen Katarina’s constant attempts to trample her.
[Dash] Odette? She can’t do anything on her own. She’s been broken since childhood. [Dash] With no backer, what can she do even if she tries flying or crawling?Even though she doesn’t die no matter how much she’s trampled, Ryajina used to laugh and say that weeds are weeds.
Odette, who grew up in that environment, naturally had to be very guarded.
“So there’s no reason for her to be involved with Duke Ertman.”
The last time Louis helped Odette must have been a coincidence.
Walter thought that and felt relieved.
Today, not only did Odette appear with Louis, but also danced with Walter as if to show off.
Odette talked with Walter throughout the dance, and Walter even smiled in between their conversations.
In short, they looked close.
At a glance, one might even misunderstand that they were in a relationship.
“To be around two men… I didn’t think she would do that. I’m disappointed.”
Has the innocent Odette he remembered truly disappeared?
Feeling betrayed at seeing how much Odette has changed since she went abroad.
Actually, that emotion was closer to jealousy, but Walter didn’t realize it.
“I’ll make her mine and teach her to change.”
In Odette’s inner self, surely her shy and innocent nature that he remembers is still there, and he just needs to educate her to remove the bad influence.
But first, he must get rid of her partner, Louis.
“Oh, who’s this? The protagonist of today’s banquet?”
“Walter! It’s really been a long time, hasn’t it?”
As Walter approached a group of young men, the slightly drunken youths cheerfully welcomed him.
These were the people Louis mingled with for his investments.
And they were also people who had connections with Walter from attending Belfort Academy together.
Though they weren’t very close, they pretended to be, which was somewhat repulsive, but Walter smiled and patted their backs.
“Are you all enjoying the banquet? If there’s anything uncomfortable, feel free to tell me.”
“What could be uncomfortable? We’re grateful to be invited.”
“Thanks to you, we even got to see some unexpected sights.”
A chill passed over the faces of the laughing young men at someone’s remark.
And they began to spew malicious gossip about someone.
“He said he’s been unwell and hasn’t been to a gathering, but it seems he has the energy to run around with a woman?”
“We must have lost our sweetness. If this isn’t using and discarding, what is it?”
“He looks good, too. His illness was probably a lie. Tsk tsk.”
It was as Walter had anticipated.
‘Louis has always been thorough with his networking, but he’s been quite neglectful these past few days.’
Since encountering Louis at Belfort Academy, Walter had kept an eye on Louis’s surroundings.
And he learned that Louis had been absent under the excuse of illness and had not interacted with anyone.
Thanks to this, these young men who had been clinging to Louis were harboring considerable dissatisfaction.
‘Originally, I just intended to stir up some resentment.’
Since Louis had shown up like this, there was no reason not to use it.
“I don’t know what’s going on, but you guys seem pretty angry.”
“I’ve been holding back looking at your face, but if it weren’t for that, I would have said something long ago!”
“Ha ha, everyone has become a gentleman.”
Regis, who smiled lightly, clashed the glass he was holding.
“People gather, and this and that happens. What can I do about that?”
“……Right?”
“Try to talk it over and ‘mediate’. Don’t raise your voice too much. Ha ha.”
Regis said so as if encouraging, and then left his seat.
With the intoxication at an appropriate level and within the group mentality, those who remained slowly exchanged glances.
(This is a time delimiter.)
After the first song ended.
“I really enjoyed it, Count.”
“……Same here, Elodie.”
With a cheerful smile, accompanied by a blush, Elodie spoke, and Louis responded with a soft smile.
In other words, he had just managed to relax.
‘I was so agitated like this.’
And Louis realized that his attitude had been somewhat abnormal.
Was it because of the hardship he had suffered for several days? He had overreacted.
It was only after watching Odette dancing with Walter at a distance that the reality hit him like cold water.
Elodie’s blatant display of affection for Louis contributed to this realization.
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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