“The temple is not a place for equal treatment. How can a man and a woman sit together, even if it’s to get to know each other before marriage? They will refuse.”
His voice resonated with pleasant ease into Beril’s ears.
“You, who are practically the pinnacle of that place, are doing something entirely different.”
I wonder what that thought is.
Speaking in such a low voice, he was still so close.
Beril unknowingly tightly grasped her garment.
“……Of course, the priests may dislike it, but I intend to give more meaning to this marriage than finding a demon family.”
She still had to say what needed to be said.
It would have been nice to meet the Duke with her thoughts organized and speak confidently, but he seemed to enjoy surprises.
Still calmly. You thought unexpected things could happen at any time.
“What more meaning?”
Belled’s low voice echoed around. Beril looked up at him.
“Nobody cares, but at least we have to care.”
You probably don’t care either. But at least I have to.
This marriage is not a demonseeking project. Not to me, even if it is to everyone else.
“Basically, this is a marriage.”
Belled was silent for a moment at those words.
Beril continued, looking at him.
“I was curious about the person who would marry me and spend time together.”
Precisely what kind of demon you are…… Whether you are more demonic than the temple and Yuvar, Orobas. Whether I should prepare to run away from you, or prepare to be with you.
Her brown eyes began to sort out her thoughts and gleamed.
“I thought I was just suspected.”
He smiled.
“Why did you ask why I met you first in the guise of a knight? I will return the same answer.”
He laughed.
“It’s said we shouldn’t meet before the worldly winds touch us, but I was curious about who my wife would be.”
Beril thought the moment she heard those words.
No, that’s a lie.
Her instinct told her. He must have been nervous that the saint was coming.
“So what did I look like to you?”
Beril asked. Belled spread his hands.
“I realized that Beril doesn’t think negatively of Vain.”
“Of course.”
Beril said with as much confidence as she could muster.
“I can’t doubt without evidence―”
But the smooth voice was not yet finished.
“Or maybe you are not negative about demons, I thought.”
“That is,”
Beril’s words were momentarily blocked. She was hit on the nail but couldn’t agree.
Not knowing what he thinks.
In a normal case, a demon might be happy if a saint who thought I had come to capture him said she was not hostile to me, but…….
It occurred to her that this might be different.
One cannot casually guess the devil’s intentions. No matter how untrustworthy the priests say they are, they are not the ones who can believe in the devil at that point.
Caution was needed. It was the time when Beril, who had many thoughts in a brief moment, was about to answer.
“It’s a joke.”
A light voice changed the surrounding air in an instant. The two people’s eyes met again.
Eyes of deep green that seemed as if nothing was there smiled. Eyes that could not understand the thought at all.
He laughed.
“Now that I know the person to be welcomed as a priest is more interesting than I thought, I have obtained everything I wanted.”
It was the answer to why he approached as a knight. He asked.
“How about Beril?”
Are you satisfied with the person who will become your husband?
Somehow, the voice asking so sounded secretive.
“Ah…”
Beril hesitated at the breath that reached her in a moment.
After Being Cheated On, She Picked Up a Treasure (Female-dominant)
One-line summary: The husband I married on a whim had been secretly in love with me for a long time.
On the day when Jun Shao finally obtained the imperial decree for her marriage, Lan Qu, the person she had admired for six years, defied the decree and ran away.
Her gentleness and devotion, her promise of a lifetime together, were all disregarded by him. Instead, he dreamed of entering the palace to serve the Emperor’s sister as a sixth-rank attendant.
News of this incident spread throughout the capital, and the alleys in front of and behind the Lan mansion were crowded with people who came to watch the commotion.
Jun Shao should have been embarrassed and angry.
But someone stepped in to protect her dignity.
The figure was in a miserable state, yet still possessed an undeniable elegance and handsomeness.
The young lord struggled to climb the wall of the Lan mansion and shouted to her, “If he won’t marry you, I will!”
So, Jun Shao took advantage of the situation and married the person.
She thought the young lord did it to save the Lan family from the crime of defying the imperial decree, but never imagined that from beginning to end, what he coveted was her.
*
After the wedding, Jun Shao felt like she was living in a dream.
Her Wife-master was as beautiful as a fairy in a painting, skilled in the six arts, well-versed in poetry and literature, capable of being gentle and attentive, and also grand and dignified. Most importantly, she was the only one in his heart and eyes.
Jun Shao didn’t know how Lan Shiwu, as a illegitimate son without a father and blessed with beauty, had managed to preserve his purity, recklessly escape, and use his last ounce of strength to ruin his own reputation, all because of his love for her, just to stand before her.
She could only see him gazing at her with eyes full of love, and when she bestowed a name upon him, his eyes shone like stars.
“You have come to me like a weary bird perching on a branch. I shall call you A Qi.”
