“Done.”
The doctor who seemed to sigh with relief, as if a longstanding indigestion had subsided, spoke.
“You just need to rest for about a week and there will be no problem. I’ll prescribe some medicine. Please take care of it.”
“Yes. Thank you.”
Since the doctor said a week, the arm would probably heal in about three days. It was already bothersome to have to pretend to be in pain for a whole week, wrapping a bandage around.
“Is your arm alright?”
“Yes. The first aid was done well, so it will heal soon.”
Valige’s face relaxed at her slightly flattering words. A doctor who had been watching the two of them spoke up nonchalantly.
“You two seem to have a very good relationship as a couple.”
“……Excuse me?”
At the doctor’s bombshell, Lina’s movement to get up from her seat stopped.
Like someone who heard something she shouldn’t have, she froze. It seemed Martin was taken aback as he offered an apology.
“Oh, you’re not a couple?”
“What, no! We are…….”
“We’re about to get married.”
Valige naturally replied, placing his hand on Lina’s shoulder.
‘What?!’
“Ah, you’re an engaged couple.”
Valige, who casually said they were about to get married, was met with a stunned look from Lina. Then Valige sent her a signal as if to back him up.
[Usually, when a young man and woman travel alone, there is one reason.]Suddenly, a remark Valige had made before they arrived at the village flashed through her mind.
‘He meant to really pretend to be lovers?!’
What she thought was a joke must have been serious. Although she wondered if all of that was necessary, what could be done about spilt milk?
Eventually, Lina decided to go along with his pace.
“Yes, well……. That’s right. Haha.”
As Lina responded with an awkward smile, Martin continued, as if he knew it all along.
“Our Denver is a place where many newlyweds or lovers come to see the lantern festival around this time.”
“A lantern festival?”
“Didn’t you know? I thought you came here to see the lanterns. If you didn’t know, you’re really lucky. Tonight is the night to release the lanterns. It’s not far from here, so you two should go and see it.”
When Lina asked with a face showing she had never heard of it before, the doctor kindly answered. Then he briefly explained the lantern festival.
At 8 pm, after the sun had set, people gathered in the plain, all releasing lanterns together. Watching the doctor praise the spectacle, curiosity arose.
‘Lanterns.’
She had never seen a lantern festival before, so she felt a little inclined to go. However, going to a festival while they were nearly stranded seemed absurd.
Just as she was about to refuse the doctor’s recommendation,
“We are…….”
“Then let’s stop by. Thanks for letting us know.”
‘Going to the festival?’
She stared at Valige with wideopen eyes.
“We have plenty of time left, so there’s no reason not to go.”
“But…….”
“Don’t you want to go?”
It wasn’t that she didn’t want to go. But thinking about the Count desperately looking for the Duke, she felt a pang of conscience.
‘Well. It’ll take the Count a few days to come pick us up anyway.’
“Alright! Let’s go.”
“Then, I’ll show you the way.”
They had arrived at the festival site before they knew it, having walked with the doctor’s kind directions.
A crowd was gathering in the wideopen plain, each preparing to release their lanterns.
“It seems the festival is quite famous.”
“People gather from all over the country to see Denver’s lantern festival.”
So it was that famous. Judging by the overflowing crowd in the wideopen field, his words didn’t seem to be wrong.
‘But they’re all couples.’
The strange thing was that all the empire’s lovers seemed to be paired, as if they had all gathered together.
She seemed to understand why the Duke had suggested pretending to be lovers.
“There are too many people, let’s go somewhere else…… Huh?”
As she turned to suggest moving to a quieter spot, avoiding the crowd, the Duke, who should have been there, was nowhere to be found.
“Where did he go?”
After looking around for a while, she found Duke Valige. In his slowly revealed hand, he held a lantern.
“Shall we float a lantern?”
“Since we’ve come this far.”
Floating a lantern in this desperate situation. Even thinking of those who would be searching for the Duke with fire in their eyes made her feel a little guilty.
But the Duke, as if not caring about such things, unfolded the lantern and said,
“If you float a lantern and make a wish, it will come true.”
“A wish?”
“Hold the lantern like this, close your eyes, and make a wish.”
The Duke took Lina’s hand and had her hold the end of the lantern.
A wish. Wasn’t that quite a romantic idea? Even though she knew her wish wouldn’t come true, she never understood why the word “wish” always made her heart flutter.
Just as Lina was pondering what wish to make, a loud voice came from afar.
“Now! Finally! We will begin Denver’s lantern festival that you’ve all been waiting for! Soon we will float the lanterns, so everyone make a wish!”
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
