The bandit’s final thought was that they should warn the remaining subordinate.
“Ugh…”
Kiryian glanced at the ashes remaining where the bandit had been. The flames consumed the bandit in an instant with no time to even wipe his hands.
Although the desired information was not obtained, as the bandits were taken care of, there shouldn’t be a problem for a while.
Kiryian turned away without hesitation.
When he emerged from the bushes, the carriage was still traveling on the horizon.
He didn’t want his sister to see this. Fortunately, it seemed that there would be no need for that.
I looked out of the carriage window.
“Where did he go…”
At my muttering, Number 1 immediately responded.
“As expected of Ant! To throw out the static outside the carriage!”
“Really impressed, Ant!”
The organization members inside the carriage looked at me with gleaming eyes.
“After all, it’s power over love!”
“Excellent choice!”
I blocked my ears from the members’ flattery.
And the next moment, a loud noise echoed. The carriage stopped abruptly.
“Oh my!”
“It’s an attack!”
While the organization members were in chaos, I opened the carriage door and jumped out.
“Wait inside, everyone!”
Actually, I wasn’t very worried. The stable hands were competent enough to handle any situation like the Duke’s servants, and the organization members probably wouldn’t be too harmed.
However, being the leader of the Madlen Pa, I couldn’t just stand there idly.
Outside the carriage, there was a commotion with the dust and the sounds of horses.
“What’s going on?”
I called the Duke’s two stable hands, pushing through the dust cloud.
A few steps in, I almost lost my balance due to the slippery substance.
“What is this…”
Through the swirling dust, the clear outline of a red liquid became apparent.
“Blood…?”
“Milady, don’t come closer!”
The Duke’s stable hand’s shout echoed.
“You’ll only ruin your eyes for nothing. We’ve handled it, so don’t worry!”
In the gradually clearing dust, the figure of a person collapsed beside the carriage vaguely came into view.
“The bandit who was pretending to be a stable hand has caused an accident by hastily stopping the carriage and attempted to kill the people inside.”
“Don’t worry! The accident was minor, and we dealt with the bandit.”
Perhaps the person lying down had dealt with the bandit.
One stable hand started checking the face and clothes of the fallen bandit. Another shook hands with me.
“As soon as we confirm the identity, we can resume the journey. Don’t worry and rest!”
It seemed there was nothing for me to do. As I turned to return to the carriage, I saw the Madlen Pa organization members crowding and peering out of the window.
“Cough.”
I fake-coughed and shrugged. If I went back like this, the organization members would probably think of me not as the fragile lady but only as ‘Ant.’
“All right, good job. I’ll be watching, so finish up the cleanup.”
I behaved as if I were orchestrating everything.
“Hey, take a closer look. We need to thoroughly investigate who is behind this.”
The Duke’s stable hands seemed a bit surprised, but soon nodded.
“Yes, milady!”
Well, the people of the Duke probably only knew me as a lady who enjoyed cakes, so it was natural for them to be surprised.
But I confidently stood my ground, still playing the arrogant role. While it might be unfamiliar to the Duke’s people, it was an everyday sight for the Madlen Pa guys.
“Examine closely to see if there are any identifiable tattoos or scars.”
“Yes!”
Fortunately, the stable hands, who usually saw me fooling around at the Duke’s mansion, didn’t ignore me and diligently moved according to my instructions.
As one of the stable hands lifted the bandit’s clothes, whoosh, a massive flame engulfed the corpse.
“Huh!”
While the stable hands were startled and took a step back, the fire spread to the carriage.
“Hurry, evacuate the people inside!”
The stable hands shouted, trying to approach the carriage door, but the flames were too hot for them to easily reach.
“We’re fine in here!”
“We can easily break and get out of this kind of carriage!”
They assured me that the people inside the Madlen Pa were fine, but the door, damaged in the accident, wouldn’t open easily.
“Come on, everyone, move aside!”
I rolled up my sleeves and approached the carriage.
The stable hands were surprised and tried to stop me, but I confidently placed my hand on the carriage.
Although the flames covered my hand, thanks to the protective barrier spell, I felt nothing.
Having been scolded by the Marquis, I meticulously prepared various spells before leaving the mansion, and it paid off.
With the increased strength from the spell, I effortlessly opened the carriage door and inspected it.
“As expected, Ant!”
“Amazing!”
The organization members inside began to cheer, but I just waved my hand.
“Get out quickly.”
Number 5, who was in the carriage, moved first with caution. However, as he tried to pass through the door, the flames suddenly shot up.
“Be careful!”
“Ah!”
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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