Felix, who had been locking eyes with Liurian and giving it his all, suddenly jerked his head back.
“…That’s a really tricky question.”
Seeming flustered, he leaned in closer to Evelia’s neck. His movements seemed like an attempt to avoid Liurian’s intense, almost fiery gaze.
Evelia was the only one present in the conversation who was baffled.
“It’s not magic? Then how in the world…”
Evelia quickly blinked her eyes. She hadn’t suspected it was magic, so if it wasn’t magic, why would someone transform into a hamster…
Evelia, lost in thought, suddenly felt a shiver down her spine. It was because another passage from the books related to magic had come to her mind.
According to that book, during the time when magic existed, there coexisted malevolent forces known as demons, which would either parasitize on a person’s body or devour their soul, causing chaos in the world.
Could it be that Felix…
Evelia turned her stiffened head to look at Liurian. Her eyes were filled with fear. Liurian, who had been observing her closely, suddenly chuckled.
“My dear, you seem incredibly frightened. So, Felix, come down now. This will be the last time I ask nicely.”
It was a statement that bordered on a veiled threat, yet it was delivered with a remarkably gentle tone. Felix, who had been hiding his face in Evelia’s neck, trembled for a moment.
“If you put it that way…”
Felix hastily scampered down Evelia’s dress, fearing that Liurian might catch him. Once he secured a safe distance, he looked at the two of them.
“If the intruder is gone, I hope you had a pleasant time. Well then!”
With those words, Felix quickly disappeared. It was an abrupt exit.
Evelia watched in astonishment as Felix vanished. He had insisted on accompanying her to the reception room, and his sudden departure was bewildering.
“He has some peculiar abilities, but as you can see, he’s just a quirky fellow.”
Evelia unconsciously nodded in agreement. She thought Felix’s departure and the explanation fit well together.
However, for a moment, she realized that she had reacted too honestly to someone who might be Liurian’s friend. She quickly raised her head.
“Oh, I mean, the reason I nodded just now was…”
“You must have had the same thought.”
“Your Highness, I…”
“Although it’s quite annoying that Felix approached you without my knowledge, I’m pleased that you treated him with such kindness.”
As Evelia was pondering her excuses, she widened her eyes. He was smiling at her so distinctly. His warm smile, in stark contrast to his seemingly cold demeanor, left her momentarily stupefied.
“Did he startle you in any way? Apart from suddenly changing his appearance, I mean.”
He gazed at her with raised eyebrows, as if interpreting her distraction differently. His expression was so affectionate that Evelia could only blink her eyes in response.
“Evelia?”
After his question and her continued daze, she managed to regain her composure and lifted her head.
“…No, there was nothing.”
“Alright then, that’s good. You don’t need to be afraid; Felix won’t harm you.”
Despite being such a simple reassurance, Evelia had to take a deep breath. His voice in her ears was incredibly sweet.
“There shouldn’t be any reason for that, but even if something like that were to happen, I will do my best to protect you, so don’t worry.”
He spoke with a calm voice, yet Evelia couldn’t release her tightly clenched fist, as if she were desperately holding back something.
It was due to the fear she had just let slip, and he was trying to console her with affectionate words multiple times. His actions strongly swayed Evelia’s emotions.
Evelia blinked rapidly. Tears threatened to well up if she let her guard down. At this pace, it felt like tears could flood her eyes. Unbeknownst to her, he reached out his hand towards her.
“It seems like it’s a perfect day as you said. So, speaking of that…”
“…”
“Now that the intruder is gone, shall we go on a real date?”
Evelia gazed down at his outstretched hand, biting her lower lip tightly. She had always thought tears only came when one felt sad or troubled, but her heart felt so overwhelmed that tears welled up. Repeatedly wrestling with the overwhelming feeling, Evelia clasped his hand.
“All right, Your Highness.”
With tears welled up in her eyes, she gracefully curved her eyelashes and then walked alongside him.
It felt like a dream. It felt like she was having a happy dream beyond words. So, instinctively, Evelia wished fervently.
May this dream last for a long time, may they be happy together for a very long time.
In the deep darkness of the night, Edwick couldn’t easily leave his study desk. His mind was unusually tangled. It was because of the incident with the Crown Prince that morning.
It was unbelievable. Not only had he secretly visited him, but he had also found Jade. What was even more astonishing was what he said after Jade took a seat.
[“I would like to become your subject, even if it includes the titles of viscount and sub-viscount.”]Male lead is a Divorced Husband
She said to him: “Tell me, what makes you like me? I’ll change it!”
Liu Changning transmigrated into a female cannon fodder character in a female-dominant novel.
After reading the first half of the novel’s plot, the first thing she did upon transmigration was to divorce the Pan Jinlian-style male protagonist she had just married.
She indulged herself, pretending to be ugly and poor.
But as time passed, the way that man looked at her became more and more unusual…
Liu Changning was dumbfounded: Tell me, what makes you like me? I’ll change!
――
This lifetime, Pei Yuanshao was rejected by the same woman twice!
The first time, she drove him away. Forced by the situation, he endured the waves of anger in his heart, yielding and humbling himself.
That person lay slanted on a rocking chair, her sallow face emotionless: “If you don’t want a divorce, go cook!”
Pei Yuanshao’s face was dark and gloomy: “You!”
The second time, after the crisis in Jinling City was resolved, the new emperor sent someone to pick him up. He turned around, stammering: “I… I have to go. If you keep me…”
That person lay on the kang bed, her back to him, as if she had long anticipated this day, crisp and clear: “Goodbye!”
Pei Yuanshao was so angry his fingers trembled: “You… you!”
The mission of family and country made him restrain himself, averting his eyes and turning to leave this broken household.
Two years later, they met again. Seeing her ethereal face, his body shook like a sieve.
“She was originally a ‘she’!”
At the Qionglin Banquet, the top scholar of the imperial examination, a talented person with exceptional speech and conduct, all the unmarried young gentlemen from aristocratic families looked at her with shy and timid eyes.
The peerless imperial official Pei Yuanshao felt the anger in his heart erupt. He pointed at the woman surrounded by the crowd at the Qionglin Banquet, his thin lips slightly curled: “Little sister, I wants that person to be the wife-master of my Mingde Prince Manor.”
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