The party was in full swing.
Odette quietly slipped out of the ballroom.
Citing a mild excuse that she had had too much to drink and needed some fresh air, she left.
‘So many people.’
She felt like she could get swept away by the atmosphere rather than the alcohol.
Odette knew all too well that in such moments, one had to keep their wits about them.
However, Odette didn’t leave to clear her mind.
She had left to escape the ballroom.
‘I was supposed to meet him around the fifth chime.’
After some time, the dimly lit garden came into view due to the lack of lighting.
‘I’m almost there.’
The meeting place with Walter.
Just before entering the ballroom, Odette had this conversation with Walter.
“Walter, there will definitely be a lot of people in the ballroom, right?”
“Of course, there’s going to be a wedding announcement. Are you worried?”
“It’s fine, but… If I lose sight of you, it will be hard to find you again.”
“Really? No one’s ever had a hard time finding me.”
At Walter’s words, Odette lifted her head and looked at him.
She was struck anew by how much Walter stood out.
He was taller than most, with a solidly built physique.
His black hair and handsome features would certainly stand out in a crowd.
“…Even so, you’ll get lost in the crowd if you stay in the ballroom.”
“Why not decide on a meeting place outside then?”
Odette pondered telling him, “The problem is you standing out. It’s not a matter of inside or outside,” but then had an idea.
“How about here? There is a pathway leading to an empty palace from the ballroom.”
The pathway leading to the unused palace was dark, with almost no lighting.
Few people knew of it, and due to its darkness, it was practically deserted.
It was a place where Odette often hid herself.
When she was wandering around a ballroom filled with people, she craved a place to be alone.
“I’ll show you the way. Let’s meet at the archway. It’s not far, so you’ll easily find it.”
They agreed to meet there.
And, as expected.
Odette’s prediction was spot on.
‘I lost Walter right after the wedding announcement…’
It wasn’t surprising for men to talk with men and women with women.
‘Good thing we decided on a meeting place.’
The thought of standing next to Walter in a crowd felt dizzying.
The dark path felt somewhat eerie, but for Odette, it had become a comfortably familiar space, so her steps lightened as she approached the archway.
More importantly, she noticed a silhouette next to the structure.
‘From the height, it must be Walter?’
It was hard to see clearly in the dark, but who else could it be in a place like this?
Odette quickened her pace toward the silhouette.
“Walter? Did you come early?”
As she got closer, the silhouette’s form became clearer.
Tall height, a straight nose, and handsome features.
The basic descriptions matched, but something was off.
If Walter was a deeply carved cliff, the figure before her had a softer appearance.
In the dim light.
Odette finally recognized the person standing there.
They had met quite some time ago, and the atmosphere seemed markedly different…
However, recognizing that platinum blonde hair was hardly difficult.
A hesitant word slipped from Odette’s lips.
“…Count Clovis?”
Louis Clovis.
The young man with striking platinum blonde hair had not been staying at the mansion lately.
While it was said that he had fallen ill, the real reason was an unidentified curse.
Of course, he no longer suffered or felt pain as he had when the curse first manifested.
He was simply plagued by hallucinations, or perhaps nightmares.
‘Odette… No, the Fourth Princess.’
So broken was Louis’ daily life that his only wish was to return to the time when he didn’t know about her.
When awake, he searched through various documents or conversed with those who might know something; when asleep, he conversed with Odette in his nightmares.
As a result, Louis’ ‘nightmares’ gradually became clearer.
If initially, he could only infer situations by piecing together fragmented information, now everything felt as vivid as if he had experienced it himself.
Even the causality of situations, even the emotions he would have felt at the time.
Sometimes he was confused whether he was Odette’s husband Louis, or still the Louis Clovis pressured by his stepmother to marry.
“Odette, it’s not like that. I didn’t mean to ignore you; it’s just painful to look at you…!”
“Master, get a hold of yourself! You are not married! This is not a dream!”
“…It’s not a dream? Then where is Odette?”
He had woken up multiple times to see the faces of his servants holding him down, looking anxious.
Walter was right. The curse was indeed cruel, pushing him inevitably towards death.
Because by now, he felt he had gone mad.
‘I still want to see Odette, even in this state.’
Despite knowing that the proper title was the Fourth Princess, Louis unconsciously called her by her name.
The experience of meeting her as my wife felt more vivid than meeting her as the Fourth Princess.
My Ex-Girlfriend Is The Regent In The Female-dominant World (Male lead transmigrates to the matriarchal world)
Two years ago, Gu Sui picked up a homeless woman in ancient costume from the street.
Apart from occasionally claiming to be a princess from a female-dominant country due to illness, her figure, appearance, intelligence, and martial arts skills were impeccable.
Naturally evolving from roommates to girlfriends, as time went on, Gu Sui found it increasingly difficult to tolerate her queen syndrome.
“Mu Jiulu, can you stop controlling me inside and out? Let’s break up.”
Gu Sui made a breakup call, and since then, he couldn’t find any trace of her.
A year later, Gu Sui, who was planning to move, woke up the next day and found himself in a different place.
“Young Master, today is the day you choose your Wife-master through martial arts competition at Jade Dew Pavilion. Please get up quickly.”
Gu Sui: Who am I? Where am I? What am I doing?
As the only son of a general’s mansion in a female-dominant dynasty, the young empress personally issued a decree allowing Gu Sui to select his Wife-master through martial arts competition. Whoever could defeat him could marry him.
Gu Sui: “……”
He didn’t inherit the original owner’s martial prowess, so anyone could defeat him! And what the hell is a Wife-master?
Forced to come to Jade Dew Pavilion, the densely packed women below made Gu Sui’s agoraphobia act up, and his face was full of resistance.
Until he saw the Regent sitting on the second floor, with a smile on the corner of her lips, her eyes wicked and nonchalant.
Hmm… she looked a little familiar.
It turned out that the Regent also found him a little familiar.
Mu Jiulu fiddled with her bone clasp, her deep gaze locked on the man who was out of place in this world.
“Finally, I found you.”
Male transmigrates into female-dominant world
One-sentence summary: What goes around comes around, taking turns in the crematorium
