I did my best to maintain my dignity as the youngest member of the royal family, either by softly smiling at the people who introduced themselves passionately or nodding my head from time to time.
‘Everything is good, but I’m going to die for trying to save my words.’
Being cute is good, but to firmly establish my stern and intellectual image, I need to save some words.
I have no intention of sowing the seeds of unwanted dark history because of my short tongue!
‘But when will this greeting end?’
Sione did cut off at an appropriate time, but it was too much to block the crowd pouring in all at once.
Eventually, we were cornered in a secluded spot and unable to move.
Then, one person appeared, feeling like a savior.
“If you all gather in one place like this, it will be difficult to pass. Please disperse and enjoy the banquet.”
When the man’s firm and neat voice resonated, people who had been waiting in line reluctantly left one by one.
His identity was none other than Walter.
‘Finally, the time has come!!’
I’ve been looking forward to watching the reunion of these two up close.
Looking at the beautifully dressed Sione and Walter’s stiff expression, my excitement naturally surged.
“You’ve returned, Walter. Don’t you have something to say to me?”
“…I think I did, but I forgot.”
“What? Is that your apology now?!”
Unlike her, who was getting angry, Walter was looking blankly at her.
The fact that he was utterly infatuated with Sione, perhaps she was the only one here who didn’t know.
“Why did you hide the fact that the Lord is preparing for an expedition? You should have at least given me a hint.”
“Yes, I should have.”
“Will you keep sidestepping? I can’t hold back this time!”
“Sione, you. You look really pretty today.”
“What…?”
She had been about to fire back but seemed stunned, her mouth agape.
“You’re too beautiful. Too precious to show to the guys hanging around your lower body.”
“You crazy fool. What nonsense are you talking about in the banquet hall? Can’t you see that Lady Bella is beside you?”
“Lady Bella, may I steal Sione away for a moment?”
Yes, yes.
Such a wholesome kidnapping is always welcome.
“I want to see Tione dance.”
As I added more, she almost looked horrified.
“What are you saying! How can I leave Lady Bella alone and…”
“Sione, do you think this is a battlefield? No one would dare cause trouble in the banquet hall hosted by the Lord.”
“But you never know if a strange person might approach.”
“I’ll leave one of my knights with Lady Bella, so don’t worry. Or are you afraid that your pitiful dance skills will be exposed?”
“Ha! Are you done talking? I just don’t want to dance with someone like you.”
“I’ll make you want to.”
Walter, who skillfully bent and wrapped her waist and caught her hand, winked at me.
Thank you signal. He seemed to have noticed that I intentionally gave him space.
‘Alright, I’ve secured one of my father’s close associates.’
The Royal Knights Commander Walter is a person with great authority and ability.
From the first time we met, I had already noticed that his subtle pride in me was all because of Sione, so I was pondering how to make him my person.
It seemed that it would be easily solved if I utilized the strange emotions between the two people appropriately.
‘Very good. It’s satisfying to look at, and it benefits me as well.’
Looking at them like this, Sione and Walter were truly the epitome of a handsome man and beautiful woman.
As Walter, a commander among knights and a tall, grand figure, Sione appeared somewhat cold to others besides me, but whether looking at her face or her figure, she was a rare beauty.
I looked with a joyful heart at the beautiful woman who, adorned beautifully, took Walter’s hand with clumsy steps, as if she had never danced before, and twirled around the hall.
“Shall I bring you something to drink, Your Highness?”
“Mmm. A sip of juice would be good.”
“I’ll be right back.”
It was when Walter, the knight he had assigned to me, had gone to get a drink.
Behind me, someone tapped my shoulder.
“You were cute last time, but today you are especially cute, Master.”
“Ugh! You startled me!”
“You are still easily surprised.”
At the familiar voice, I turned around and saw the boy I had hoped never to see again, smiling at me.
“See? I told you we’d meet again sooner than you thought.”
“…… Are you crazy? How can you call me ‘Master’?”
“Oh. If you say it so loudly, everyone around will hear.”
“Uh……!!”
Oh, this pesky kid!
I glared at the noticeably handsome platinum blond boy compared to other boys around me.
Unlike his casual dress last time, he now wore a perfect suit adorned with gold trim, with his hair slicked back, looking extraordinary.
‘I will definitely find out what family’s child he is today.’
I puffed up my cheeks in frustration, and Cain approached me with familiarity.
“You don’t have to worry too much. I will keep the secret that you can already cast manipulation magic.”
“You…… you deceived me……!!”
“Oh my, deceived? Using such harsh words hurts my feelings.”
This won’t do.
Arguing with him would only make things worse for me.
Deciding there was nothing to gain from getting to know him better, I turned my head just as
Cain took one step closer and offered his hand to me politely.
“Would you like to dance with me, Your Highness?”
Hey, are you crazy?
Spitting out a silent curse with my eyes, I checked the people around.
The sight of a boy my brother’s age asking me, who is still a child, to dance must have looked very cute.
Everyone looked at me with expectant and pleased faces, and my cheeks turned red for some reason.
“I’ve never danced before. And I don’t want to dance with you.”
Hey, this situation seems similar to what I saw earlier.
With a feeling that something was going terribly wrong, a trickle of sweat ran down my spine.
No, Cain smiled innocently as if harmless and whispered something in my ear.
“Well, then I have no choice but to spread the rumor about meeting the princess at the lake.”
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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