Sister, I'm the Queen This Life (330 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 98
Arabella’s death notice was immediately sent to Taranto, so that her elder brother and head of the family, Ippolito, could attend the funeral.
In noble households of San Carlo, it was customary to keep the body in state for seven days, laid in a coffin to receive visitors. Afterward, a memorial mass doubling as the funeral service would typically be held in church before burial.
Ordinary people were usually buried in communal graveyards, while nobles found their resting places in specially designated areas within the Imperial Cathedral.
Since Arabella had to wait for her family from Taranto, she would receive mourners for fourteen days—slightly longer than the usual seven. This was only possible because it was midwinter.
“Master Ippolito, you are summoned to return to San Carlo immediately.”
A servant of the De Mare household finally found Ippolito in the middle of the Taranto banquet hall and delivered the message sent from home.
“What? Why is the household sending for me again?”
Ippolito glared at the servant without hiding his irritation. Was his mother throwing another tantrum? No—even if so, why send a servant right into the middle of a party to fetch him? This obsession was beyond ridiculous…
“Miss Arabella has passed away.”
“What?”
“You’re asked to return at once to attend the funeral.”
Ippolito had never felt particularly close to his youngest sister, who was much younger than him.
Arabella and Ippolito were born in the same zodiac year, but shortly after Arabella began speaking, he had left for Padua to study abroad. He rarely, if ever, had genuine conversations with his youngest sister as one human being to another.
Moreover, he was thoroughly enjoying life, attending every winter social event in Taranto. The news of his distant sister’s death, delivered amidst wine, meat, and revelry, left him half-surprised, half-annoyed.
“What happened to her all of a sudden?”
The Male lead Always Seduces Her with His Beauty (Matriarchy)
Xin Jiao Zhou is the leader of the world’s premier sect. She has just experienced betrayal from all sides, was poisoned in an assassination attempt, and faced death squad attacks while the poison was taking effect. After finally clearing out the scum from her sect, she was drugged again while trying to detoxify.
After waking up from a night of unconsciousness, she gained a “beautiful and kind-hearted” husband.
Xin Jiao Zhou: “???”
He fell ill.
She came to see him, bringing breakfast.
As she put down the breakfast and was about to leave, his hand slipped while holding the spoon. “Clank!”
She turned around upon hearing the noise.
He looked up at her, his eyebrows drooping: “My hand… has no strength.”
“Shall I… feed you?” she asked tentatively.
He opened his mouth cheerfully: “Ah—”
Thinking she was drowning, he jumped in without hesitation to save her, but nearly drowned himself. In the end, it was she who swam over to rescue him, giving him air underwater.
After emerging from the water, his ear tips turned red. He lightly brushed his cheek, tucking his sideburns behind his ear, revealing delicate, pink-tinged ear tips. He lowered his gaze, too embarrassed to look at her.
Xin Jiao Zhou: He’s truly beautiful, kind-hearted, and adorable.
A certain someone when disciplining subordinates behind the scenes: “If they don’t obey, just kill them.”
What’s that? She might already have someone she cares about in her heart? A certain someone: Find out who it is, kill them, and then there won’t be anyone.
What? She met a man by the riverside? What? That man even hurt her? A certain someone: Whichever hand hurt her, chop off his entire arm.
Love at first sight without realizing it, gradually falling in love, slowly getting closer…
Family and national grudges, schemes and desires, good and evil, crime and punishment, she and he face the future together, seeking justice with passion!
A naturally dark female lead who could accidentally destroy the world but is actually an honest person VS a weak, pitiful, and helpless but skilled fighter, beautiful white-cut black male lead
My heart is not of stone, how steadfast is your love? — Tao Yuanming “Imitating the Ancients (No. 3)”
— Reading Guide —
Cold female lead & dramatic black lotus with hidden yandere traits male lead
I’m still curious of what Alphonso meant by the last chapter
I’m still curious of what Alphonso meant by the last chapter
So Alphonso is misunderstanding now?