Buzz Vogentaf was a renowned knight in the north, but the cantankerous nobles hadn’t really crossed paths with him.
He had never attended social gatherings because he was too busy serving his devil-like lord.
Still, he heard rumors. How noble ladies meticulously observed etiquette and laws.
Hitting the lower-class people’s cheeks is a basic thing, right?
If Diana were to indulge in mischief, he had considered lifting her up, starting from her mother-in-law.
“I’m pleased to meet you too, madam.”
“Oh my, was I impolite? I apologize.”
However, Diana smiled brightly and held Carol’s hand.
Though Carol realized belatedly that she couldn’t reciprocate the joy properly, Diana lowered her head, preventing Carol from pulling her hand away.
“Are you grateful for such a welcome?”
Blushing, Carol gracefully guided her to a seat. She didn’t forget to give a thumbs-up towards Buzz, unnoticed by Diana.
The beauty queen.
With a smirk on his slightly pouting lips, Buzz burst into laughter. I thought you’d like it.
The mother-in-law couldn’t resist the curiosity about the lady who melted the ice-like Roderick.
“What are you doing, Sir Buzz?”
“Yes? I’m working, but…”
Diana, guided to the quietest and most secluded spot, turned to look at Buzz standing behind her with a puzzled expression.
“He doesn’t have a hobby of eating alone. Come on, take a seat.”
Dragging an empty chair, Diana thumped it down.
“……Uh, okay.”
What should I do in a situation like this? I don’t know any escort rules. Buzz’s deep green eyes shook here and there. At that moment, his savior appeared.
“Oof!”
Carol, with a hearty muscle on his back, exclaimed proudly, slapping it.
“Come on, our specialty at the store. Two glasses of cream beer!”
Despite his small stature, Carol, somehow gaining strength from somewhere, held two giant beer glasses in one hand and placed them chin-high on the table.
The frothy white foam swayed as if it might overflow, but it settled neatly into the glasses without spilling.
“Well, sir, the beauty’s words are right. Don’t you think so?”
“Dear, if I get caught by the head of the bar, it’s death.”
With a sigh, the landlady, who subdued the bear-like man with just one glance, smiled at Diana.
“I think our young lady has more strength than the head of the bar. Right?”
“Yes, I’m stronger.”
Diana, glancing around, whispered as if sharing a secret.
“This is a secret, but I might even beat the Duke. My father is surprisingly weak against a prospective daughter-in-law.”
“Hahaha. Miss, I really like you.”
Carol laughed heartily in response to Diana’s banter.
“He’s just big in size. He’s very scared.”
Asking for understanding, Carol gave Buzz’s back one more hit.
“Oh, dear, your hand really hurts!”
Carol continued to practice martial arts with a smiling face.
“So, any complaints? Sit down when I speak nicely. Don’t make the beauty wait.”
It was when Buzz, pressed by the oppressive aura of the sullen mother-in-law, tried to sit on the chair, wincing.
“Carol! Sister-in-law! We’re here!”
“He said this kid is buying the second round.”
“What? Kid, we decided to settle that through a bet!”
The bustling crowd rushed in, filling the noisy tavern. In the midst of it, Buzz, awkwardly seated, locked eyes with someone.
“That kid. Why are you here?”
“Yeah. On duty right now…!”
The group of knights from the 1st battalion fell silent at once. The twenty knights who had left work early due to an external schedule froze when they saw Diana.
“Hey there, gentlemen? Stop.”
Carol halted the knights who were stepping backward.
“If you don’t want to settle the debt right now, don’t run away, okay?”
They quickly glanced around.
‘Commander. Where’s the commander?’
‘Not here. Can’t see him.’
‘Darn. Thought we were in trouble.’
Roderick was absent. The knights, after sighing in relief, awkwardly smiled at Diana, who was smiling mischievously.
Diana rested her chin on the table and tapped her fingers.
“Shall we join you?”
Refusal would be refused. Diana said, narrowing her eyes.
“So, you decided to leave work early on your own?”
A knight, who had emptied his honey-like drink to the last drop, nodded, placing the glass on the table.
Elite knights and regular members of the battalion gathered around the table, sitting closely together with Diana at the center.
“Well, there should be some flexibility at this level.”
“If not, we can’t handle being in the knights.”
“Haha. If the Commander doesn’t catch us, that’s enough.”
It’s fascinating. Despite appearing so intimidating, the knights, especially the elite ones who guard him, moved freely.
To others, their actions seemed like putting their lives on the line, but they never crossed the line he had drawn.
“Wow, Miss, your tolerance seems quite impressive.”
“Miss, Miss! How about making a bet with us?”
Diana’s mouth curled up at the interesting proposal. She had already had her fifth glass of beer. Cream beer had a higher alcohol content than it looked.
“Sure. If I lose, I’ll pay for what I’ve eaten today, and your debts too.”
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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