Wait.
“I must go now. The energy is stronger than ever.”
The wolf urged.
Nikolai bit the inside of his lip hard.
The metallic taste lingered on the tip of his tongue, then turned into a familiar bitterness.
Wait, I said.
“You’re quite enthralled by that fragrant woman.”
Shut up.
“Don’t try to deceive me who’s always watching you. I know your desires better than you do.”
Don’t ever come out again on your own. I won’t tolerate it.
It was an empty and bitter warning.
What does he mean by not tolerating?
The empire needed the wolf.
The emperor had to coexist with the wolf.
No, he had to throw the prey the wolf wanted at the right time.
The wolf knew this fact all too well and tried to take advantage of it whenever he could.
“Is this about what happened in the library?”
You brazen thing.
“I couldn’t help it. You know, right? This woman’s scent drives me crazy too.”
Are you calling that an excuse?
“Even now, I’m on the verge of madness thinking of Elizabeth’s sweet scent. Just like you.”
The wolf, who had a face identical to Nikolai’s, flicked its tongue.
A strange impulse welled up.
Whether the empire and the people, he wanted to kill the wolf inside him, who had grown a tail, right away.
But even that was caught by the wolf.
“Would it be okay if you kill me? In the empire, the flowers of the underworld will bloom again.”
…….
“Hey, Niki. Do you know what’s happening while we waste time like this?”
The wolf taunted.
He tried to be stern, but the result was always the same.
As the wolf wanted, led by the wolf.
The beast chained was not the wolf, but Nikolai.
But today he couldn’t leave Elizabeth behind.
He wanted to take her where she wanted to go.
As if reading his mind, Elizabeth looked up.
“It’s not far from here.”
“Where is it?”
“I’ll tell you on the way.”
“…….”
“I have something important to tell you, too, if Your Majesty would like to hear it.”
Elizabeth’s dark eyes, filled with starlight, shone clearly.
Perhaps she was ready to give up a part of her tightly closed heart.
‘I want to listen to you all night. Even silly jokes are fine. I’m already drunk on your scent. Pray to the goddess to make this night never end. While the goddess laughs at me, I’ll dream. A sweet and vain dream that you’ll pray the same.’
But the wolf didn’t allow anything.
“Niki. Have you forgotten the emperor’s will?”
The chain around his neck was pulled tight.
Nikolai was dragged back into fate.
“I have to go back now.”
“You said you’d go with me?”
“I forgot a pressing matter.”
“It’ll really just take a moment…….”
Elizabeth timidly grabbed Nikolai’s sleeve.
Her eyes trembled as they looked up at him.
Words that she might not be able to say if it weren’t this night were prepared in her cheeks and lips.
After a painful conflict, Nikolai spat out words he would surely regret.
He even shook off her small hand.
“Aren’t you busy? You’re already a nuisance!”
He barely averted his gaze, but he could feel the twinkling around Elizabeth going out one by one.
A trust that might have been sprouting.
A look in her eyes that had become gentle for a moment.
A courage that might never happen again.
So Nikolai had to move away from his last salvation.
“Well done, Niki. You endured again. You are indeed a great emperor.”
In the silence, the wolf’s mockery lingered for a long time.
Nikolai wanted to die again, after a long time.
Just like the day he inherited the wolf at the coronation.
[Star Icon][Star Icon][Star Icon]“Elizabeth, what are you thinking about all day?”
Franz pounded the desk.
She was staring blankly out the window and suddenly turned her head.
“Sorry, where were we talking?”
“We haven’t said anything, okay?”
“Ha ha. Was that so?”
“You laugh even looking at an empty schedule? What did you do last night?”
You almost went straight to your dad and blabbered everything.
Thanks to your whimsical and overconfident father, a fatal mistake was prevented.
Oh, thank you!
“Could you please mind your own business about my personal life?”
“How about you show some concern for your student’s studies?”
“You’re like a naughty little kid.”
“You, being the lazy education official.”
He was naturally gifted at talking back.
Thanks to Franz, I was able to momentarily forget Nikolai, who had coldly turned his back.
But that was a lie.
No matter what I did, I couldn’t forget him.
‘When did you persuade me to drive? Suddenly, you have something to do? How did such a busy gentleman go to the library and the kebab house? Busy? Annoying? It’s so ridiculous, my goodness!’
How great would it be if there were an eraser in my head?
I tried to force it out, but new images of Nikolai kept popping up.
It wasn’t just one or two.
Little Nikolais with different faces appeared in groups, chattering away.
“You’re really interesting.”
“You know nothing about me.”
“I don’t want to be misunderstood by you.”
“You are a valuable woman in that way.”
“It’s pathetic.”
All of this poured out overnight!
Male lead is reincarnated to save his wife
I’ve also read this one twice already. The female lead is kinda soft and gets embarrassed easily—not really my type, but the plot is definitely worth reading. Hurry up and read it, y’all!
Intro
When Shen Yuan encountered Su Jin again in his previous life, she had already become the Prime Minister of the current dynasty. As for him, the former top young master of the capital, he had long since fallen into the abyss, becoming a singer on a pleasure boat.
After a song ended, he was redeemed and sent to the Su Residence.
Su Jin respected and cherished him, gave him a roof over his head, and bestowed him with warmth. Shen Yuan fell deeper and deeper, but before he could express his feelings, Su Jin passed away.
Shen Yuan died to follow her in death, but instead, he returned to when he was fifteen years old.
At that time, he was not yet engaged, and Su Jin was just a poor scholar.
Shen Yuan gritted his teeth, casting aside all his pride, and thought of ways to coax and entice her every day.
The colder and more indifferent Su Jin was towards him, the more proactive Shen Yuan became.
He was not afraid of being mocked by the world, only wanting to marry his Wife-master early, to hold her hand and never let go for a lifetime.
[Note: This story will not specifically point out the male lead’s reincarnation time point; it’s all in the details. Whenever you feel that the male lead is acting strangely, he has most likely been reincarnated.]
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