At that moment, I truly thought,
‘Am I going to die?’
I slowly turned around.
“Gulp.”
“Shush.”
‘Duke Rocard?’
He covered my mouth and led me into a small storage room attached to the lab.
The storage room was so narrow that we could only stand close to each other.
I felt extremely uncomfortable, yet he unhesitatingly pushed me against the wall.
As we got closer, he looked down at me intently.
What now, what…
Before I could speak, he interrupted me.
“What are you doing, Lorisha?”
I had to swallow hard at the sound of his menacing voice I heard for the first time.
Can’t he put away that glaring gaze?
Given his demeanor, it was clear that the weapons being made by the manager were connected to him. He must have instructed the manager to make them using his alchemical skills.
But why?
Could it be that Prince Grayen was plotting something…
All sorts of catastrophic imaginations flashed across my mind.
In the end, I even wondered if Prince Grayen was planning to assassinate Prince Orle.
Though I couldn’t believe it myself.
Whatever the purpose of those arrows, I had snooped into someone else’s secret, and the owner of that secret was angry.
I glanced at him, and he looked incredibly intimidating.
This bastard, he must have had that face when slaughtering the Amata tribe?
The thought that his usually sly smile was all an act made him even more frightening.
“Uh…”
“I asked you.”
“Could you, um, step back…”
However, Rocard did the exact opposite of what I asked.
He extended his arms like a shelf and confined me within them. By then, I had lost all words.
We were too close. Way too close!
“I asked you.”
I closed my eyes tightly and answered.
“I brought some macarons for the manager…”
“Ah. Delicious, those.”
His voice was grim, barely distinguishable whether he was muttering to himself or talking to me.
I shrunk, trying to minimize my physical presence.
“I was also thinking of making medicine for Lord Londe…”
He murmured slowly and menacingly.
“Ah, I see. Loriar.”
That mocking tone! You’re so scary today!
“However, entering someone else’s room without permission is quite rude, don’t you think?”
I nodded vigorously.
“Yes, it’s rude. I’m sorry! Well, not sorry to you, but I’ll apologize to the manager. I’ll visit formally next time. Because, you see, I saw nothing today!”
Then, Duke Rocard slowly withdrew the arms that confined me.
“You saw nothing?”
“Yes! Look at me. My eyes are tightly closed, see?”
I said this as I pushed my tightly closed eyes towards him.
Then, I felt him holding his breath.
He stepped back from me and opened the warehouse door, saying,
“You saw nothing, so go back. If you think you saw something on your way back, forget it again. Can you do that, Mr. Roar? This is a very important matter.”
I nodded unconditionally. This guy, once he’s made up his mind, is no joke to deal with.
I came out, deliberately avoiding looking inside the room by tilting my head toward the ceiling.
I walked quickly down the corridor and looked back to see if he was following, but no one was there. My heart was pounding for the first time in a while.
‘Why does Director Royman have weapons…’
I lowered my head, squeezing out hope.
Maybe it’s just a hobby of Director Royman, who is also an alchemist.
Alchemists often make all sorts of strange things in the process of failing to make gold.
And Duke Kaidel was just messing with me, acting like a villain from some novel.
I hope so. I really hope it wasn’t a case where I accidentally saw him doing something villainous.
If he really were doing something villainous behind the Emperor’s back, he wouldn’t have let me go alive.
I struggled to calm myself with such thoughts.
However, as soon as I returned to the room, I unconsciously locked the windows tight.
What if he comes in here at night and slits my throat?
As I lay under the blanket and closed my eyes, the moment when I held my breath almost chest to chest with him in the pharmacy warehouse would not disappear.
My heart was still pounding wildly on its own.
It was curious, amidst all this, that he also liked macarons.
Who knew such a bad relationship could exist.
Male lead is reincarnated to save his wife
I’ve also read this one twice already. The female lead is kinda soft and gets embarrassed easily—not really my type, but the plot is definitely worth reading. Hurry up and read it, y’all!
Intro
When Shen Yuan encountered Su Jin again in his previous life, she had already become the Prime Minister of the current dynasty. As for him, the former top young master of the capital, he had long since fallen into the abyss, becoming a singer on a pleasure boat.
After a song ended, he was redeemed and sent to the Su Residence.
Su Jin respected and cherished him, gave him a roof over his head, and bestowed him with warmth. Shen Yuan fell deeper and deeper, but before he could express his feelings, Su Jin passed away.
Shen Yuan died to follow her in death, but instead, he returned to when he was fifteen years old.
At that time, he was not yet engaged, and Su Jin was just a poor scholar.
Shen Yuan gritted his teeth, casting aside all his pride, and thought of ways to coax and entice her every day.
The colder and more indifferent Su Jin was towards him, the more proactive Shen Yuan became.
He was not afraid of being mocked by the world, only wanting to marry his Wife-master early, to hold her hand and never let go for a lifetime.
[Note: This story will not specifically point out the male lead’s reincarnation time point; it’s all in the details. Whenever you feel that the male lead is acting strangely, he has most likely been reincarnated.]
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