“It’s been a long time since we met, and I’m scared.”
Benjamin Visennov reached out and wrapped his arms around her waist.
“What if fear takes hold in the eyes that look at your fiancée?”
Charlotte then discovered herself stepping back.
“…You’re too close.”
“I would be hurt if you acted like I was a wicked person.”
Benjamin withdrew his extended arm.
“The guardian is coming.”
Leandro panted.
His long white hair was tangled in the wind. Even his neatly dressed clothes were a little disheveled.
It was the first time I saw my grandfather in such a disheveled state.
He was sweating cold sweat even in the blowing wind.
His pale and drained face only regained its color when he found Charlotte.
“Did grandfather run here?”
Leandro barely steadied his staggering body.
“You must have been surprised when I suddenly disappeared.”
“There were too many people, so I got pushed. Were you worried?”
It might have been a draining result for him, having rushed over in such a hurry. But seeing the relief on Leandro’s face, Charlotte changed her mind. He was genuinely worried.
“Your Majesty, I see you.”
Leandro turned his gaze and looked at Benjamin standing behind him.
“Were you incognito?”
“I intervened when it was just family.”
“No, I’m relieved to see you together, so it’s fine.”
Leandro looked down at the child and shook his head.
“Getting older, worries only seem to increase.”
(This is a time divider.)
“Why are you with Charlotte, Your Majesty?”
“I came late, and she was with me.”
Leandro leaned back and examined his granddaughter. From afar, the child’s hair fluttered as she walked.
“The two of you are the same as ever, even after a long time.”
Aster also agreed with his father’s opinion.
“I was worried that Charlotte might find Your Majesty unfamiliar, but that wasn’t the case. I forget that you are unusually gentle with that child.”
This had always been the case. When the two walked alone, it was more dreamlike than awkward.
“Why are you here, sir?”
“His Majesty said I was in the way and sent me away. Such a sympathetic look is okay.”
Even the expelled Roskella carefully watched her master’s back. The night deepened, and the lanterns of the spirit festival illuminated the ground.
“The spirit festival is almost over.”
Roskella sighed.
“Aren’t you two soon to be married? It’s been a long separation, so you should watch over them as they comfortably ease their past resentments.”
Unaware of the conversation behind them,
Charlotte felt a distance in their longawaited reunion.
“Char.”
Benjamin called Charlotte.
“Did you lift the lantern?”
“…What lantern?”
“The spirit festival lantern. Those things that people send up to the sky.”
Charlotte was walking along the riverbank with Benjamin. Crimson lanterns adorned the sky.
“No. I didn’t have the opportunity.”
“Shall we lift one?”
“Together with you?”
“I think it’ll be fine if we lift it together.”
Benjamin smiled with his eyes narrowed. The softened atmosphere resembled the familiar past.
“Why do you keep flinching?”
“What?”
“Look, you’re trembling.”
Benjamin touched Charlotte’s hair with his fingertips, then lowered his eyes.
“I thought you’d be different, but if you act like you’ve seen something you shouldn’t have…….”
“It’s not like that.”
“You know I won’t hurt you. Why are you trembling?”
If you look sane to me now, am I crazy? There was a sharp edge to it, but his energy was not threatening to Charlotte.
He was gentle and compliant. As if, he wouldn’t let her get hurt, gently comforting.
And then,
“That crazy fool…….”
A curse was heard from somewhere.
“Shh,” Roskella shut his mouth. Embarrassingly laughing, he averted his eyes, whistling.
“Miss, buy a lantern.”
Charlotte’s gaze shifted. A girl with a crown of roses extended a lantern, her eyes sparkling.
“It’s three silver coins!”
Charlotte paid the price and took the lantern. Inside the crimson paper was a wick to light the fire.
“I have once seen the sky embroidered with these lanterns beyond the window. It was in a dark, narrow room. If they guide the path of lost souls, please guide my path too. I have lost my way……. Lead me too with light.”
Charlotte gazed distantly at the lanterns.
“I thought it was in vain, but it led me this way, and eventually placed me here.”
It did not seem entirely in vain.
“Perhaps it’s true that this lantern leads those who are lost.”
Lanterns were being lifted here and there. Charlotte put strength into her fingertips to lift the lantern.
The lantern ascended to the sky, embroidered the black sky, and slowly drifted away.
Would someone have mourned my death? Was there someone who wanted to light the path with these lanterns?
“I don’t know.”
The soul ceremony ended that way.
(This is a time separator.)
After the soul ceremony ended, some time just passed by.
“Where is Charlotte?”
Leandro asked a servant and came looking for Charlotte. Charlotte was reading a book, laying a mat in the backyard.
“Are you busy now?”
“No, I was resting.”
“I have to visit the imperial palace, would you like to come?”
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
