Jamie had prepared a horse in front of the mansion.
A black steed with a sheen, larger than Kevrant’s unicorn, White.
The restless black horse, when Kevrant approached, obediently lowered its head.
“Would you like to ride?”
Kevrant turned and asked Iris.
Iris quickly shook her head.
“I’m okay.”
Having never ridden a horse before, the black horse seemed too big and intimidating for Iris to challenge.
Kevrant asked with a teasing tone.
“Are you scared?”
Iris stubbornly retorted.
“I’m not scared, I just prefer to walk.”
“He’s quite gentle compared to a unicorn.”
“If he’s gentler than Windy, who tries to eat my hand, then at least he won’t eat me.”
“Exactly. He’s quite a polite fellow.”
Kevrant reached out his hand to Iris. Iris hesitated before placing her hand on top of his.
“Do you know what I like? I like it when you naturally give your hand when I reach out.”
Iris didn’t know how to respond to Kevrant’s words.
Jamie, who had been standing silently, cleared his throat and quietly left the scene.
Unlike Wallace or Nathan, Jamie had the selfcontrol not to show his feeling of being about to throw up. But the impatient tapping of his foot seemed to assert, ‘Please behave yourselves, at least in front of me, Captain!’.
Iris felt awkward, but Kevrant, the master who watched Jamie go, seemed unfazed.
“Come here, Iris. Take a look at this fellow’s eyes.”
Kevrant didn’t forcibly drag Iris’s hand, but waited for her to move herself.
Iris took a deep breath, and approached the black horse.
The black horse, large and intimidating like a black death on the battlefield, had eyes as black as its fur. Its large eyes were very clear and deep.
Iris cautiously reached out and extended her hand to the black horse. The black horse gently rested its cheek on Iris’s palm.
As Kevrant had said, it was gentler than a unicorn.
“Is this horse’s name Black?”
“Oh, how did you know?”
“It’s obvious. Your naming sense.”
“You know me well enough to say it’s obvious. Indeed, the Lady of Green Earl is amazing.”
Kevrant placed his hand on his stomach and bowed in a mock gesture.
At his extravagant praise, Iris laughed and nodded her head.
“That might be true.”
Kevrant made Iris step back a little.
With his palm on the horse’s back, he kicked off the ground and gracefully mounted the black horse.
There was a saying about a prince on a white horse, but she thought a count on a black horse wasn’t bad either.
Kevrant reached out his hand towards Iris.
“Come here, Iris.”
“I’ll walk.”
“Don’t do that. I’ll hold you firmly. Okay?”
His voice, as if he was comforting a child, was so pleasant that Iris was drawn to him and reached out her hand.
As Kevrant bent his waist towards Iris, he pulled the arm she had extended and at the same time lifted her up slightly with his other arm.
“Ah!”
Feeling her body float in the air, Iris let out a small scream. The next moment, she was sitting in front of Kevrant.
“Look, Iris.”
Kevrant pointed out front.
“The view from up here is quite spectacular, isn’t it?”
It really was.
The density of the incoming wind, the color tone of the incoming scenery, felt different than when seen from below. Even though her buttocks were stuck to the horse’s back, it felt like she was flying in the sky.
Kevrant’s arm tightly wrapped around Iris’s waist. With his other hand holding the reins, Kevrant whispered.
“We’re going to run.”
“No, wait…!”
Black began to trot along the path in the garden. It was more like a fast walk than a run, but to Iris, it felt like they were racing at an incredible speed.
Iris, wanting to grasp anything, tightly held onto his arm that was wrapped around her waist and tightly shut her eyes.
Was it because her eyes were closed?
The sound of horse hooves was getting faster and faster, and the wind brushing her hair seemed to be getting stronger and stronger.
So she couldn’t open her eyes even more.
“Iris.”
Iris couldn’t even feel Kevrant’s chin resting on her shoulder.
“Iris, you can relax.”
Was this man serious? The moment she relaxed, it felt like she would fly far away.
“I’m holding you tight.”
Only then did Iris feel his warmth on her back. Iris was sitting as if she was wedged between his thighs, her back pressed against him.
“Open your eyes, Iris.”
After feeling his body heat, she relaxed a bit. Iris slowly opened her eyes.
“Wow!”
Upon opening my eyes, I found myself unwittingly gasping in awe at the scenery before me.
When did we get here?
They were running around a large and pristine lake. There was grass laid around the lake’s path, and beyond it, various types of trees were growing. Sunlight fell on the clear water, making the lake shine brilliantly as if it had been sprinkled with gold dust.
Black gradually reduced his speed and came to a complete stop under a large tree.
Kevrant got off first and helped Iris get down.
“It’s a wonderful place. Did you want to show me this?”
“Well, I did want to show you, especially since Brittany is with us. Did I do something foolish?”
“No, you did well.”
Male lead is a Destined Young Husband (Female-dominant)
One-sentence summary: Wife-master, listen to my explanation!
Li Ruantang, a young lady from a prestigious family, stumbled and fell. When she woke up, she saw a noble and beautiful young man sitting by her bedside, wiping away tears.
The young master had slightly reddened eyes, and his every move exuded charm.
The sight made Li Ruantang’s eyes hot and her heart flutter. After all, she had made a bet with the young master Meng from the neighboring family. If she couldn’t marry a husband before the end of the year, she would have to admit defeat and give up the jade she had worked so hard to obtain.
Outside the window, the flowers were in full bloom.
Rather than losing the bet, the jade, and her face, Li Ruantang calculated that it would be better to seek marriage with the young master in front of her, killing three birds with one stone.
…
Meng Jun never thought that an accident during a spring outing would lead to them rolling down a cliff and into a river, yet still survive.
Now they were trapped in an unknown village, and Meng Jun had overheard that the family who had rescued them had their own intentions.
After all, it was Li Ruantang who had lost her mind and sought marriage first. He was only trying to protect himself!
Glancing at Li Ruantang, who was listing her own merits, the young husband’s voice softened, and he blushed as he lied, “W-wife-master, Wife-master, don’t you remember me?”
The young husband’s voice was clear and handsome, coaxing Li Ruantang’s heart to be soft and sweet, and she spared no effort to protect him.
It wasn’t until they returned to the capital that Li Ruantang suddenly remembered.
When they had fallen off the cliff, in order not to implicate Wei Yunruo, whom he secretly admired, the young husband had instead pulled her, who was slightly farther away, down the cliff with him…
Short summary by Yuushi L: Initially, the male lead (ML) liked another girl, while the female lead (FL) liked the ML. Both fell off a cliff. The FL temporarily lost her memory, and the ML, fearing others might take advantage of him, claimed FL was his wife while they were staying in a village. Later, when they returned home, the FL regained her memories and remembered that the ML liked someone else, so she kept her distance from him. However, during their time living together in the countryside, the ML’s view of the FL had completely changed. From this point, his pursuit of the FL begins.
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