Their actions were a bit suspicious, but I approached Delma and gave her a thumbs up.
“Delma, you’re really good at fighting!”
“Ah, did you just see that?”
Delma chuckled, seeming a bit embarrassed.
“Where did you learn that?”
“Oh, from my mother. She always said that as a woman, I should be able to protect myself.”
“Wow, that’s really impressive!”
“Yes, isn’t it?”
Delma giggled and tidied up my clothes again. Bart, who was standing behind us, cleared his throat and approached.
“I’m glad you’re unharmed.”
“Oh, yes. Thanks for earlier.”
“No, well… It seems like my help wasn’t really necessary…”
“Oh no! Why would you say that? If it weren’t for Bart, that noble would have continued bothering me. Thanks to Bart, the situation was resolved much faster.”
“Cough, I’m glad you think so.”
I watched the two of them talking quietly and tilted my head.
“But Bart, why is your voice so deep today of all days?”
“Miss, my voice has always been like this.”
‘No, it’s much lower and deeper than usual.’
It was a bit suspicious, but now it wasn’t important. I held Delma’s hand and spoke.
“Delma, let’s go to Congressman Garrison. You might be injured somewhere else.”
“I’m fine. I don’t have a single scratch.”
“Are you sure you don’t need to see the Congressman?”
“Yes, look at this! I’m completely fine.”
Delma confidently rotated her arm.
“Well, that’s a relief…”
But Bart’s expression next to us was strange. He was staring at Delma intently…
“Bart, is something hurting you?”
“Me? No.”
“Or maybe you’re tired?”
“Oh, no! Tired? Have you ever seen me easily get tired?”
He grinned, but still, both of them being okay was a relief.
“Miss, is the party still ongoing? I can escort you…”
“No! It’s okay. It’s right there. I’ll just go.”
“Then Miss, I’ll escort you.”
“No, no! The other young ladies must be enjoying the garden. I’m going there.”
“Oh, really?”
Delma’s face brightened, thinking I had made a friend.
“Yeah, so don’t worry about us and work! Go quickly!”
After sending them off, I went to a secluded place and waited for Eunbam.
‘Still, I’m relieved.’
The swindler was stopped, and though Eunbam hadn’t arrived yet, I didn’t think Asilwood Jajak would meet the merchants.
‘He must be busy dealing with his injuries.’
Once I confirmed there was no one around, I could finally catch my breath.
‘…Will there be another price to pay?’
I had quickly sent Delma and Bart elsewhere for a reason. Since the merchants were not dead…
‘Fortunately.’
The merchants did not fall for Asilwood Jajak’s scheme this time. In other words, there wouldn’t be an incident where Dad would swiftly deal with the merchants who fell for the scam.
Since someone had changed the end of a person’s life, there would undoubtedly be a price to pay.
‘What will it be this time?’
Wearing a pretty dress, I hoped it wouldn’t involve a nosebleed or nausea. I already had a bit of a headache…
At that moment, I heard footsteps from what I thought was an empty path not far away.
‘Huh, who’s there?’
I quickly stood up. The gradually approaching footsteps, which I thought no one would pass by, became closer.
Listening carefully to the footsteps, they seemed to belong to Dayban or Micael.
‘No place to hide!’
With no choice, I reluctantly greeted him while rolling my eyes. However, the unexpected thing was who appeared.
“Huh?”
A boy with light brown hair stared at me with his eyes blinking. In one of his hands, he held a few withered flowers.
‘Flowers?’
Overall, his clothes seemed rather modest to be a guest at the party.
But somehow, those clothes looked familiar.
‘Ah, it’s the boy I saw earlier!’
It was the boy I saw outside the window while waiting with Clemens and Dayban in the reception room before entering the party.
Seeing him again, I felt strangely pleased.
As I was about to ask if he was lost, the boy spoke first.
“Are you Lady Krustel?”
“Huh?”
“I asked if you are Lady Krustel.”
At the same time, Amelia Hwangbi and Asilwood Jajak were being expelled from the party.
“Are you joking with me right now?”
“Hwangbi-nim, please, listen to me!”
Amelia Hwangbi forcefully shook off Asilwood Jajak’s hand.
The reason Amelia had come this far was to help recruit more people for Asilwood Jajak’s mine investment.
In reality, she was also leaning towards investing in the mine.
However, Amelia wasn’t invited to the party hosted by the Duke of Krustel. Even though she wasn’t invited, she had come to help infuse the power of the royal family into recruiting more investors.
So, while gathering the noblewomen to discuss, one of them who had briefly visited the party started whispering among themselves.
It was almost everyone. It was time to just write the names of noblewomen on the investment list.
But as soon as each person heard the noblewomen’s talk, they started leaving one by one, giving absurd excuses.
‘Sorry, Hwangbi-nim. I’m not feeling well right now…’
‘I think the food I had earlier isn’t digesting well…’
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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