Early dawn. Duke Valige, having awakened from sleep, turned his head at the rustling sound coming from beside his pillow.
Lina, lying with her eyes closed in an uncomfortable position, seemed to have fallen asleep sometime earlier, breathing softly.
‘She must have fallen asleep here.’
Did she know that this place was his bedroom? Her face, deeply asleep, was only peaceful.
The Duke examined the maid’s face carefully, from her forehead to her eyes, and then her lips. Everything seemed to be something he was seeing for the first time since she had come to the mansion.
‘Why does it feel so familiar?’
Valige reached out his arm, to see the maid’s face more closely. Her shallow breath brushed against his skin.
And her somewhat stiff hair tangled around his fingers.
The fresh energy emanating from the maid spread through his fingertips and into his entire body.
Like rain seeping into the hem of his clothes, very slowly.
The clear air seemed to calm the boiling blood within his body.
“Haa.”
Valige’s eyelids fluttered as he let out a satisfied breath.
“But what was that dream about……”
Valige’s brow furrowed as he tried to recall his memory. It was unfamiliar, having not had such a nightmare in a while. But more than that,
“What were those sensations?”
Valige muttered, clenching and unclenching his fists.
It was strange. That the nightmare that had tormented him was so vividly remembered. The unpleasant, sticky sensations that had clung to his entire body still seemed to linger.
The dreadful howling noise that rang in his ears. The putrid smell that stung his nose. All these things made Valige’s feet feel numb.
No matter how he struggled and screamed, nothing changed. Cutting down everything that rushed at him was futile.
As if he had fallen into an inescapable swamp. They only tightened around Valige’s throat.
Would he suffocate in this nightmare? A ray of light came to him, who was in despair.
That light brightly shone around, and in an instant, dispelled what was choking his throat.
And when he opened his eyes in that warm light.
The maid was there.
The relief that he had escaped from there was shortlived, and Valige began to falter on the boundary between reality and dream.
Even after opening his eyes, his body trembled at the unpleasant sensations lingering on his skin and the eerie noises that seemed to ring in his ears.
He was afraid.
Even though he had awakened from the dream, the remnants of the nightmare seemed to slowly climb up his feet and choke his neck.
Until he felt the warmth that enveloped his cold hand.
The quiet that cleared the confusing noise. And the peace that felt like a lie.
[“I’ll be by your side.”]Her voice calmed Valige’s turbulent heart like a rough wave.
[“Don’t be anxious, Duke.”]A peaceful voice like leaves brushing against each other in the wind.
It was a first. For someone to speak to him like that, who had been left alone.
A warm light seeped into his longempty, cold heart.
He pressed his lips to her hand and inhaled deeply.
As desperately as a person who had stopped breathing for a long time.
The man’s golden eyes glowed, lingering on Lina’s face.
“Finally.”
He found it. The light he had been waiting for a long time.
‘I have finally found this light. My hope.’
He won’t lose it.
“Never.”
In his low murmuring voice, desire flickered. It was sincere, persistent, and very desperate.
[This is the time separator]Chirp chirp.
With the twittering of birds, warm morning sunlight seeped into the room. Lina, annoyed by the sunlight that disturbed her long sleep, covered her face with the blanket.
“Ugh. So bright. Who left the window open……”
But not long after, her eyes, grumbling inside the blanket, shot open.
“Gasp!!”
Lina, who had jumped up from the bed as if sprung, looked out the window.
“Morning……?”
Certainly, the sky that should have been dark was shining with a bright light, welcoming Lina.
“What, what is this…!”
She hurriedly looked around. The luxurious atmosphere of the room told her that this was not Lina’s room.
‘It’s the Duke’s bedroom?!’
Realizing she had fallen asleep in the Duke’s room the night before, Lina bit her lip.
‘When did I fall asleep? And why in the bed?!’
Seeing the white blanket wrapped around her body, she seemed to have slept comfortably.
Quietly blaming herself, Lina looked around the bedroom to find the owner of the room.
But fortunately or unfortunately, there was no sign of the Duke.
“I don’t know how this happened, but I should leave quickly.”
It wouldn’t be good for others to see her, with her face obviously just woken up, leaving the Duke’s bedroom. Lina quickly got up from the bed and straightened her clothes.
‘Act as naturally as possible. Naturally.’
As she tiptoed out, a familiar voice came from behind her.
“Are you awake?”
“Kyah!”
Suddenly, the bathroom door opened, and the Duke, appearing to have just taken a shower, with wetness still clinging, appeared.
“Du, Duke?”
My Ex-Girlfriend Is The Regent In The Female-dominant World (Male lead transmigrates to the matriarchal world)
Two years ago, Gu Sui picked up a homeless woman in ancient costume from the street.
Apart from occasionally claiming to be a princess from a female-dominant country due to illness, her figure, appearance, intelligence, and martial arts skills were impeccable.
Naturally evolving from roommates to girlfriends, as time went on, Gu Sui found it increasingly difficult to tolerate her queen syndrome.
“Mu Jiulu, can you stop controlling me inside and out? Let’s break up.”
Gu Sui made a breakup call, and since then, he couldn’t find any trace of her.
A year later, Gu Sui, who was planning to move, woke up the next day and found himself in a different place.
“Young Master, today is the day you choose your Wife-master through martial arts competition at Jade Dew Pavilion. Please get up quickly.”
Gu Sui: Who am I? Where am I? What am I doing?
As the only son of a general’s mansion in a female-dominant dynasty, the young empress personally issued a decree allowing Gu Sui to select his Wife-master through martial arts competition. Whoever could defeat him could marry him.
Gu Sui: “……”
He didn’t inherit the original owner’s martial prowess, so anyone could defeat him! And what the hell is a Wife-master?
Forced to come to Jade Dew Pavilion, the densely packed women below made Gu Sui’s agoraphobia act up, and his face was full of resistance.
Until he saw the Regent sitting on the second floor, with a smile on the corner of her lips, her eyes wicked and nonchalant.
Hmm… she looked a little familiar.
It turned out that the Regent also found him a little familiar.
Mu Jiulu fiddled with her bone clasp, her deep gaze locked on the man who was out of place in this world.
“Finally, I found you.”
Male transmigrates into female-dominant world
One-sentence summary: What goes around comes around, taking turns in the crematorium
