“Hmph.”
Eldert let out a laugh as if nothing had happened.
‘I’m sure I heard the sound of bones breaking.’
Lisi looked at Eldert worriedly, but Eldert casually brushed his hair back as if he expected this. His right hand, extended towards Windy, was still clenched in Windy’s mouth.
“Clever little one.”
Clever? It’s not an apple, but your hand it’s tearing?
“Little one, I understand my hand is as tempting as an apple. But this isn’t for eating. Got it?”
Eldert tried to stroke Windy’s chin with his left hand, but Windy shook his head with a hmph, without loosening the grip on Eldert’s hand.
“Eldert, are you okay?”
At this point, even Lisi couldn’t hide her concern.
Eldert lifted one corner of his mouth as if it was nothing.
“Are you asking me? Don’t you know who I am?”
Yes, I know. You’re a fool. Your wrist is about to fall off, but you’re pretending to be okay because of your pride.
“I’m Eldert Green, the deputy commander of the Tesei Knight Order. It’s not something to scream about if a baby unicorn bites me.”
A vein bulged on Eldert’s neck.
It seems like he’s really hurting and enduring it.
“Hey, little one. Let’s let go when your brother says good things. Okay?”
Crack!
Windy bit down harder.
This time, even Eldert couldn’t help but widen his eyes.
“Why are you angry again?”
“He’s a boy.”
“Ha!”
Eldert seemed to be in a dilemma.
He had been bragging in front of Lisi, but he couldn’t jump around in pain here. And enduring this pain would be hard too.
Lisi decided to help Eldert.
“Windy.”
Lisi softly called Windy.
As per Eldert’s advice, she looked at Windy with the mindset that Windy was the most lovable and precious creature in this world.
“Let’s let go of that man’s hand.”
“Man…!”
“Huh? Windy. Let go of that bad man’s hand and come here.”
Windy rolled his black eyes and glanced at Eldert once, then snorted.
The snot sprayed and covered Eldert’s face.
“Hey, snot! Disgusting kid.”
Eldert didn’t realize his right hand was free because of the snot smeared on his face.
While Eldert was wiping his face, Windy walked over in short steps and stopped in front of Lisi. The small, lovable creature, with its head held high, quietly stared at Lisi.
At that moment, something warm filled Lisi’s chest. This small, clever, mischievous creature was incredibly lovable.
A loving smile naturally flowed onto Lisi’s face. When Lisi gently raised both arms, Windy turned his head to the side so Lisi wouldn’t get hurt by his horn and nuzzled his head against Lisi’s stomach.
“You’re really kind.”
Lisi stroked Windy’s head and spoke.
“Kind? That’s a devil.”
Eldert was rubbing his sore hand and growled.
“You’re really pretty, Windy. Your fur is soft… and cute.”
Lisi completely ignored Eldert. She bent her knees and sat down to match Windy’s eye level.
“Windy, I’ll have a lot to learn. I don’t know how to cherish, adore, and value you yet. But now that you’re so precious, I think I have a little idea. I’ll learn more in the future, so understand me even if I’m lacking. Got it?”
Windy rubbed Lisi’s neck with the side of his horn, as if saying it’s okay.
Eldert quietly watched the scene while rubbing his sore hand.
The moment when the sensitive and cautious Windy opened his heart to Lisi, he didn’t feel Lisi’s soul shining strangely.
‘You look like a normal woman when you look like that. No, a normal woman’s soul doesn’t shine so terribly.’
Even at this moment, Lisi’s soul was shining so brightly that it hurt Eldert’s eyes.
Lisi, who noticed Eldert’s gaze, looked up at him as if asking why. When Eldert kept his mouth shut, Lisi said.
“Your hand seems to hurt a lot.”
Eldert frowned.
“Don’t think you helped me, Iris. It’s nothing.”
“Isn’t it the helper who should say that it’s nothing? If it weren’t for me, your applelike hand would’ve been split in half like an apple.”
Lisi pointed to the apple that had fallen near Eldert’s feet. The apple Eldert had been holding earlier was split in half by Windy’s teeth.
“You can forget about today, Iris.”
“I think I should be the one to say that.”
Anyway, that woman doesn’t back down a word.
She didn’t dislike that point. It was better than women who pretend to be weak and burst into tears over even the slightest dissatisfaction.
“Anyway, I still doubt you, Iris.”
At those words, Lissie chuckled, got up, and approached Eldie. Lissie, standing in front of Eldie, lightly patted his cheek with her palm.
It was such an unexpected action that even Eldie couldn’t help but be taken aback.
Towards the stiffened Eldie, Lissie spoke.
“I won’t be on guard against you, Eldhearth. I tend to find stubborn and prideful children endearing.”
She was treated like a child.
Eldie knew Lissie was six years younger than him.
Lissie added, watching Eldie’s lips quivering in astonishment.
“Just like Windy.”
+++
“Do you know how old Iris is? She’s only 20! But she calls me a child. Does that make sense?”
“Huh.”
“Daring to treat me like a child, looking as if one punch could send her flying?”
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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