The women who were chattering beside the emperor suddenly stopped talking and paid attention to the emperor’s mood. The emperor, without losing his smile, nodded willingly.
“Step back.”
Yuan caught a very brief moment of Bolonico’s, a very menacing flash of blue eyes aimed at Clad.
One shouldn’t do anything to irritate the emperor’s eyes…! Yuan wanted to scold Clad for what he did.
But before he could finish that thought, an incident occurred.
As they stood side by side for a moment to leave the difficult situation and wait for the beginning of the ball,
just as they were about to step back, familiar red hair rushed towards them and bumped into them with a thud!
“… Regina?”
“Uh, uh. Sorry. I was in a hurry to go to the restroom!”
The surrounding people, who had been buzzing, suddenly fell silent.
Yuan finally looked at Regina’s smoothly lifted mouth and the malicious green eyes that flashed above it.
Regina quickly picked up the mask that Clad had taken off in a hurry and deliberately bumped into him, almost making herself fall.
Yuan looked up at Clad in surprise.
Regina also, with a smile of remorse, raised her chin towards the many gazes that followed her.
See that?
‘How hideous a face lies beneath the mask…’
Without even considering covering her mouth, Regina laughed and mocked the startled girls, then turned her gaze toward the Pale Prince, who must be confused.
“!”
“Did you take your eyes off the restroom?”
The man, who seemed to frown as if annoyed, looked beautiful as if shaking and shaking his heart when he held the mask.
When he lightly swept back the slightly disheveled blond hair, the perfectly neat Pale Prince showed off flawless skin with not a speck of dust.
His beautiful and noble violet eyes sparkled as if absorbing all the light from the chandelier.
When the Pale Prince, struggling to put on the mask again, couldn’t do it well, he muttered something low and threw it onto the tray of the serving waiter who was serving champagne.
Every time Clad made such a move, it seemed as if someone deliberately had put time on hold, as if time passed slowly.
The static, as if submerged in water, was broken by the musicians who were preparing for the first dance in the distance, thanks to the sound of tuning instruments spreading.
As the light dance music began to play, people started to buzz, preparing to dance with their partners for the first dance, starting from a distance away from the Pale Prince and his wife.
Regina, frozen like a salt pillar, followed Pale Prince, holding Yuan’s hand and looking at the Pale Prince moving towards the center of the hall with her eyes.
‘This can’t be true.’
She had clearly seen the hideous face that couldn’t be completely covered even with a mask just a while ago.
The pitiful face of the Pale Prince, who had been hunted by Emperor Igor, transported on a cart with animals, she clearly saw it.
The half-removed mask concealed the face of a cursed monster, worse than one could imagine!
“Lady Regina. What is this commotion about?”
Regina lifted her dazed face, looking up at the force that pulled her.
“Causing such a disturbance, and yet, Bolonico won’t be dancing the first dance for you.”
Somewhat conscious of the gazes focused on them, Bolonico swiftly shook off Regina’s arm and bit down on it.
However, Regina couldn’t erase the thought that maybe he wasn’t so infuriated because she caused a disturbance, but because of the gazes directed towards the Pale Prince.
It felt that way.
“Go. Quickly go and have a tête-à-tête with the Lady Regina and dance the first dance.”
The moment Yuan’s mind flashed, Bolonico finally disappeared from her sight, swirling his magnificent cape.
Regina raised her dismayed hand meaninglessly, then turned around, startled by the mocking laughter that dug into her ears.
Each girl, facing her partner in the hall, poured clear mockery into their gaze as they looked at Regina.
‘No, this can’t be happening.’
No, it can’t be like this.
Regina went into a panic, bowing her head.
…There’s no way the worst debutante could be hers!
“Are you alright, Your Highness?”
“What.”
“Your face-.”
“Why. Should I hide it?”
Yuan almost nodded her head.
It was inevitable, considering how strong the gazes pouring down on Clad’s face throughout his walk to the center of the dance floor felt.
Certainly, it seemed like he deliberately wore a mask despite having a perfectly fine face.
“I’m sorry.”
“Why.”
“It’s Regina. Probably, she intentionally bumped into Your Highness because of me.”
“Regina?”
As he naturally adjusted his posture, narrowing his eyes, it seemed like he was recalling the face of the woman who bumped into him.
“The one with the red hair, Regina?”
“Yes, my cousin.”
“My wife has many enemies.”
“!”
As the music suddenly started, Yuan kicked her foot without a moment to ponder over the words ‘my’ wife.
She didn’t even hear the music.
Every time they spun around, the dress hem, where the tailor Michi poured his soul, repeatedly swelled like flower petals.
“Is she my wife?”
Male lead is a Destined Young Husband (Female-dominant)
One-sentence summary: Wife-master, listen to my explanation!
Li Ruantang, a young lady from a prestigious family, stumbled and fell. When she woke up, she saw a noble and beautiful young man sitting by her bedside, wiping away tears.
The young master had slightly reddened eyes, and his every move exuded charm.
The sight made Li Ruantang’s eyes hot and her heart flutter. After all, she had made a bet with the young master Meng from the neighboring family. If she couldn’t marry a husband before the end of the year, she would have to admit defeat and give up the jade she had worked so hard to obtain.
Outside the window, the flowers were in full bloom.
Rather than losing the bet, the jade, and her face, Li Ruantang calculated that it would be better to seek marriage with the young master in front of her, killing three birds with one stone.
…
Meng Jun never thought that an accident during a spring outing would lead to them rolling down a cliff and into a river, yet still survive.
Now they were trapped in an unknown village, and Meng Jun had overheard that the family who had rescued them had their own intentions.
After all, it was Li Ruantang who had lost her mind and sought marriage first. He was only trying to protect himself!
Glancing at Li Ruantang, who was listing her own merits, the young husband’s voice softened, and he blushed as he lied, “W-wife-master, Wife-master, don’t you remember me?”
The young husband’s voice was clear and handsome, coaxing Li Ruantang’s heart to be soft and sweet, and she spared no effort to protect him.
It wasn’t until they returned to the capital that Li Ruantang suddenly remembered.
When they had fallen off the cliff, in order not to implicate Wei Yunruo, whom he secretly admired, the young husband had instead pulled her, who was slightly farther away, down the cliff with him…
Short summary by Yuushi L: Initially, the male lead (ML) liked another girl, while the female lead (FL) liked the ML. Both fell off a cliff. The FL temporarily lost her memory, and the ML, fearing others might take advantage of him, claimed FL was his wife while they were staying in a village. Later, when they returned home, the FL regained her memories and remembered that the ML liked someone else, so she kept her distance from him. However, during their time living together in the countryside, the ML’s view of the FL had completely changed. From this point, his pursuit of the FL begins.
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