“What are you doing here?”
One man in a black robe addressed another in a similar attire.
They were standing on top of the tallest building in the square, the spire.
“Whose idea was this?”
“?”
“Even so, why the black robes in such hot weather? Isn’t it too stereotypical ‘I’m the villain’?”
“This robe is not just fashion.”
“To hide your energy? What’s the use of hiding if it’s suspicious to anyone who looks at it?”
“······.”
When the other man closed his mouth, the grumbling man immediately asked in a sigh.
“Did you see it?”
“I saw it.”
“Are you sure?”
“I’m sure.”
“See. I told you.”
His face was halfhidden by the deeply worn robe, but it was evident from the shape of his mouth that he was smiling in satisfaction.
However, the other man’s face, which had been expressionless, twisted.
“The person is quite skilled. I couldn’t feel it at all until I touched it myself. Even though it was nearby.”
“That’s what I’m saying. Keep an eye out from now on. If you miss this time, it’ll be too late.”
“Yes, I understand.”
“If things go well today, we can start moving in earnest.”
“I understand.”
“Good.”
The man in the black robe nodded in satisfaction. The red ring on his halfcovered hand shimmered in the sunlight.
“How’s the magic?”
“It’s not enough, but it should be enough for today. There were two, right?”
As the man fiddled with the ring on his finger, the red gem in the ring glowed ominously.
The man laughed twistedly, looking mesmerized at the red light.
“When will you do it?”
“At the finale. All the preparation up to now can’t be wasted, we must allow at least that much.”
“I understand.”
The man who had received the order and responded in a dry voice disappeared from the spot first.
“Well, let’s enjoy.”
The man in the black robe chuckled and laughed as if amused.
He stood at the starting point of the square, the very top of the spire, looking down and then threw himself backward.
Falling and grinning at the clear blue sky devoid of a single cloud.
“Nice weather. It’s a perfect day for an accident.”
He was falling from a tremendous height, but he was at ease.
However, a moment later, no one was at the bottom where he was supposed to have fallen.
[Star Icon][Star Icon][Star Icon]Eric brought Alicia into the tentmade waiting room.
“Ah, wait a moment.”
Thinking it would naturally be messy, Eric began to clean up the surprisingly disorganized items.
Well, more like tossing them into another empty place rather than cleaning.
Then he sat Alicia in the cleanest spot he could find.
“Sit here for now.”
“Don’t worry about me. You must be tired.”
“If this is tiring, I should be thankful. Do you want some water?”
Eric took off his uniform jacket, casually tossed it aside, and checked the condition of a rolling cup before deciding to put it down.
“It’s not good. If you drink with this, you’ll get an upset stomach.”
“It’s okay. I drank a lot in the VIP section.”
Eric perched on the desk next to the chair where Alicia was sitting.
“Where’s Edward?”
“Among the audience, Edward must have been the most excited.”
“That’s a relief.”
“You were cool.”
“……I practiced a lot.”
“It showed.”
When Alicia smiled, Eric, feeling hot, started fanning himself with a scattered document.
“Still hot?”
“Aren’t you?”
“I’m fine.”
Alicia looked around and picked up a scattered piece of paper to fan Eric.
“You grumbled a lot but worked hard, I see.”
“So, I looked cool.”
“Ah.”
“You can stop now. You’ll get hot.”
Eric snatched away the paper Alicia was using to fan him.
“Now, will Eric do it for me?”
When Alicia looked at him with a smile, Eric avoided her gaze and began to fan.
Himself.
Alicia watched him for a while and then asked, looking worried.
“Eric. Are you not feeling well? Are you affected by the heat?”
“No, that’s not… is that so?”
Eric truly pondered if that could be the case.
Otherwise, why would he be so heated and uncomfortable in the same space as Alicia, who was perfectly fine?
“I really need to rest after this.”
“That sounds like a good idea.”
At that moment, a clamor came from outside, and Alren called out to Eric loudly.
“Commander!! It’s about time to go!”
“I heard you, quiet down.”
“Ah, I’ve been yelling so loud before, and again here. My throat’s about to give out.”
“Why are you yelling all the way here?”
“No, just in case, you know, you were doing that.”
“Doing what?”
Eric picked up the uniform jacket he had carelessly thrown aside and looked at Alren’s silhouette reflected in the tent with a baffled expression.
“Put the rest of it on quickly.”
“Huh? Okay.”
Prompted by Alicia, Eric put on the jacket and began to straighten his clothes.
Alicia, who had been watching, called out to Eric.
“Come here.”
“Ah. Okay.”
As Eric obediently stood in front of her, Alicia began to button up his uniform.
“Why did you throw it around like that? It’s all dusty. It’s black, you know.”
“I didn’t have the luxury of thinking about that at the time.”
As Alicia gently reproached Eric, she straightened out his insignia and brushed off the dust.
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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