“Then, I’ll take my leave.”
It seemed like the Vice Minister wouldn’t answer any more questions.
“Let me know if you find out anything. If you request an audience, it will be urgently approved.”
“I will.”
“Take care.”
After bidding the Vice Minister goodbye, Eric withdrew.
Though his mind was full of questions, there was no one to answer them clearly.
(This is a time separator.)
“Ah, sisterinlaw!”
“Hm?”
Alicia turned around at the sound of a familiar voice calling her unexpectedly on the street as she was returning from returning books at the mana reservoir library.
“Oh my, Lord Allen. Hello.”
“It’s good to meet you here, sisterinlaw. Where are you going?”
“Actually, I just finished some errands and was on my way back to the Earl of Russell’s residence.”
“Great, I’m going to see my senior and have something to give him. Shall we go together?”
“Sure, let’s go.”
As pleasant as ever, Allen began walking with Alicia toward where the carriage was parked.
“Isn’t that my senior over there?”
Eric was seen walking on the other side of the street.
“Really, where’s he going?”
“I wonder. He said he was returning to the residence after visiting the mana reservoir. Shall we pick him up?”
“Shall we? Was Eric at the mana reservoir?”
“Yes. He said he had a meeting with the Vice Minister.”
“We could’ve run into each other. I was coming from the mana reservoir library.”
Alicia and Allen moved in the direction Eric was going.
As they followed Eric and turned the corner, a less crowded street appeared, different from the bustling outer areas.
The street was lovely, lined with quaint buildings, each with its own small front yard.
“What a lovely place.”
“I agree. How did my senior know about such a place? Ah, there he is.”
As Eric stood in front of a cafe with a pretty green roof, the door opened, and a boy slightly taller than Ryan ran out.
The boy looked at Eric and broke into a wide smile before shouting,
“Dad!”
Allen and Alicia froze on the spot.
After a moment of silence, they hid behind a small shrub when it seemed Eric would turn around.
“Lord Allen?”
“Just a moment.”
Confused by the sudden pull, Alicia was about to ask when Allen quietly shushed her. He peeked his head over the shrub and stared at Eric again.
Alicia followed Allen’s gaze.
Eric was halfsitting to make eye contact with the boy and talking.
Then the child widely smiled, stretching out their arms, and Eric also smiled, lifting the child up before opening the café door.
Inside, the woman Alicia had seen before at the Knight Order headquarters came out and they both entered together.
Snap. Thud.
The sound of a branch breaking caused Allen to discreetly turn his head towards Alicia.
It was the sound of Alicia carelessly breaking a branch she had grabbed.
“Um, sisterinlaw. What I mean is, there’s some kind of misunderstanding…”
Allen, flustered, didn’t know what to do and hastily closed his mouth.
‘What is that guy lacking that he’d leave my sisterinlaw and act like this?’
‘And what’s with that child? They’re quite big, so does that mean they’ve had a longstanding relationship?’
‘Wow. So they even got engaged secretly? To think I respected and trusted such a scoundrel.’
Feeling pity for Alicia, Allen was on the verge of tears.
‘Even if he is my senior, I can’t just abandon him for being such a lowly human, can I? Somehow, I need to get him to come to his senses. That’s what a junior should do.’
After seriously contemplating what to do, Allen solemnly opened his mouth towards Alicia.
“Sisterinlaw, just stay put. I’ll take care of it.”
“?”
Wondering what on earth he was talking about, Alicia looked at Allen.
“There’s no need for you to intervene, Sisterinlaw. Don’t worry, I’ll take care of it. I’ll even knock some sense into my senior if I have to.”
As she watched Allen speak so earnestly, Alicia quietly smiled.
“!”
Even though Alicia was smiling, Allen suddenly broke into a cold sweat.
Unbeknownst to Allen, who was frozen in fear, Alicia rose from behind the bushes where she had been hiding.
“Sisterinlaw?”
“I should go.”
“Sisterinlaw–”
With a sobbing expression, Allen looked up at Alicia and then stood up.
“But Sisterinlaw, how can you leave seeing him like this? Will you be okay?”
“I’ll go first.”
“Sisterinlaw–”
Alicia began to walk away in the direction she had previously turned her back on.
‘If only she’d show some anger. If Sisterinlaw just said the word, I would be more than willing to grab my respected senior by the hair.’
‘Is it really going to end like this?’
But Allen couldn’t just let it end like this, not after all the efforts he had made for the two of them up to this point.
So he quickly followed Alicia who was walking ahead.
“Sisterinlaw, there must be a reason for this. I’ll give my senior a good talking to–”
“Don’t say anything.”
“Yes, yes.”
Startled by Alicia’s quiet tone, Allen unconsciously stood stiffly.
Although she wasn’t angry, Alicia, who was emitting a cold aura, was too frightening.
Male lead reborn without memories — but he still falls for her.
The person he finds displeasing in this life turns out to be his cherished wife-master in previous life…
Xie Zhi and Fang Xianxing who had known each other for less than three days through a blind date sat in the same car in front of the civil affairs bureau. They had a disagreement and failed to get married.
Xie Zhi immediately took out his phone, slid through his contacts, and randomly selected the next marriage candidate.
The woman snatched his phone and hung up. Looking at his phone wallpaper, she awkwardly changed the subject: “An ancient painting, eh? It looks pretty good, it’s just that the person in the painting looks a bit like me.”
When he heard this, he sarcastically mocked her for being so delusional, completely unaware that, the person in front of him was the reincarnation of Wen Ru, the famous prime minister of Yuan Shun whom he most admired…
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