“…So, please, just give me back the mine. I’ll support Lady to become the prince’s wife no matter what happens. I really need that mine. I trust Lady knows that too.”
As the princess’s words became sweeter, a chilling smile settled on Olivia’s lips.
Nurturing, soothing, persuading. The princess’s pattern of getting what she wanted, even if it meant threatening Olivia within the boundaries, remained unchanged.
Seeing her off from the system made me think, even if only for a moment, that I wanted to repay her once.
Becoming the same person wasn’t entirely without concern.
Even so.
Just once. A clear warning was necessary. To ensure I won’t be taken lightly again.
So Olivia spoke, word by word, as if pressing each one down.
“I will never hand over that precious mine to you.”
“…What?”
For a moment, the princess doubted her ears. The face that seemed cool and accommodating a moment ago had suddenly turned firm.
Seeing Olivia, who seemed like a needle wouldn’t penetrate her, the princess trembled with a flushed face.
“How dare!”
“…”
“How dare you mock me?”
“Has your Highness mocked me every time? Wasn’t there a reason?”
“Enough with the wordplay!”
The princess shouted sharply, raising her hand towards Olivia. It seemed like slapping those pale cheeks once might relieve some of the tension.
The hand cutting through the air was menacing.
But.
Thud.
The princess couldn’t believe it. How dare Olivia, of all people, block her hand. The grip on her wrist was quite painful.
“You, you won’t let go of this?”
The princess’s voice trembled with embarrassment. The green eyes observed the princess without a response.
For a moment, the area behind the princess became eerie.
She couldn’t meet the eyes full of imposing authority, and the held wrist hurt like a prickling sensation, causing a sharp discomfort.
Even the sound of breathing seemed unusually loud.
Olivia, who held the princess’s wrist firmly, looked sharply at her.
The princess unconsciously closed her eyes. But even after a few seconds, she felt no pain in her body.
When the princess timidly opened her eyes, she met Olivia’s gaze.
Shame covered her entire body. Olivia, who had been staring at her without a move, grinned and said.
“I will not lay a hand on you, your Highness.”
“…You are stating the obvious. Lady. Otherwise, it would be considered treason against the royal family…!”
“Hitting your Highness. These gloves are truly precious.”
“…What?”
As if surprised, the princess’s breathing became erratic again.
Now was the right time. Olivia sincerely said.
“However, if your Highness continues to disrespect me.”
“…”
“I am willing to challenge your Highness to a duel whenever necessary.”
A duel. The princess puckered her lips. No lady in high society had ever used the word ‘duel’ directly.
Therefore, the princess couldn’t guess what kind of duel Olivia was talking about.
Seeing her confused expression, Olivia kindly explained.
“These gloves are so precious that they cannot be compared to any of your Highness’s jewels. If the day comes when I throw these gloves at your Highness, I will absolutely not accept any trivial compensation.”
The princess pursed her lips as if in disbelief. Expectations continued to turn into despair.
“These gloves are so precious that they cannot be compared to any of the princess’s jewels. If the day comes when I throw these gloves at the princess, I will absolutely not accept any trivial compensation.”
The princess desperately searched for any opening as she looked into Olivia’s eyes. However, there was nothing of the sort, and her hope continued to turn into despair.
That was not the Olivia from the past. The princess bit her lip.
In contrast, Olivia smiled gently.
“So, if you are prepared, feel free to try hitting my cheek again when that time comes.”
An imposing atmosphere, untouchable with ease, enveloped Olivia and the princess. The princess glared at Olivia, exhaling sharply.
“Very well.”
Even in this situation, Olivia maintained her courtesy towards the princess.
With perfect etiquette, not a hair out of place, the princess glared at Olivia with eyes full of resentment.
Who. Who would dare to offer courtesy!
However, Olivia rose gracefully. Walking away with the princess in the background, she disappeared behind the curtain. The once thickened darkness revealed a bright moon.
The cold, silvery light seemed to protect Olivia as it poured down on her.
“How dare you, without even receiving courtesy from me!”
Although the princess shouted angrily, Olivia did not turn around. With an elegant stride, she walked to the end of the balcony. The curtain, as if waiting, was drawn when she reached it.
The Duke’s smile, seemingly natural, appeared briefly, then the curtain closed again.
The princess was trapped in unbearable shame and humiliation. A rage greater than that of the White Crystal Mine and the Emperor’s wrath overwhelmed her.
Amidst the redness before her eyes, the princess, as if about to tear apart, screamed and rushed outside the curtain.
“Olivia! This insolence!”
“Your Highness!”
At that moment, above the princess’s scream, a voice calling the princess echoed. In the princess’s vision, who was catching her breath, the blurry figures of two monks came into view.
“We finally meet Your Highness!”
What is going on? The princess glared at the two people who approached closely. Among them, the man, her husband, lowered his head with a bewildered expression. Despite his puzzled face, his loud voice resonated through the banquet hall.
“…Last month, don’t you remember the monk we presented to Your Highness in Katangta?”
Katangta…! The color drained from the princess’s face.
In an instant, the words of the knight flashed through the princess’s mind.
“Your Highness will face three crises.”
Is this all a scheme of the Duke?
In the dizzying moment, the princess quickly looked around. The gazes of the surrounding nobles felt sharp. Amidst this, she met the Duke’s eyes, red with amusement.
“Yes, you dare…”
A trembling voice burst forth. It was a whisper so quiet that no one could hear.
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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