“You’re lifting the lockdown? Just like that?”
“Yes. I’ve had a change of thought.”
Walter stared at his lord with his mouth agape, as if in disbelief.
However, Vlady ignored his piercing gaze and slowly walked to the window.
‘It’s almost been a year since she woke up.’
Vlady looked out the window, leaning back in relaxation.
Where his gaze landed, a garden bloomed with disheveled roses.
The rose garden frequently visited by Daphne, the only woman he ever loved and his companion.
He had deliberately set it up near his office to see her face at least once more when she was alive.
‘I still vividly remember the first time I saw her.’
Vlady recalled the day he looked down at the garden and saw his infant daughter.
That day happened to be when Daphne had appeared in his dream after a long time.
“Vlady, I told you you’d catch a cold if you slept here. How many times have I nagged you, and yet you still do this?”
“…Daphne?”
“This is not the time to sleep. Our child is awake, and how can you be working? You don’t even go to see her.”
“Daphne, is it really you?”
“Just wake up. Go and meet our daughter. Hold her tightly for me, as I couldn’t even call her name before parting.”
The only woman he ever loved stood on the meadow with a sad smile, unforgettable for even a moment.
The moment he couldn’t bear it anymore and ran to her—
The heavenly scenery that seemed impossible to exist in this world quickly crumbled and transformed into a familiar and gloomy space.
The cold touch of the desk and the quiet desolation of the empty office.
The warm and cozy air was gone, replaced by a cutting loneliness that stabbed at his lungs.
Vlady shivered from the sense of loss that overcame him and reminisced about the past.
The meeting between Daphne, the last descendant of the fairies, and Vlady, the vampire lord, was nothing short of destiny.
Originally rooted in heaven, the fairy race was fundamentally different from the demon race derived from the demon realm. Their union essentially went against reason.
However, Daphne and Vlady fell for each other at first sight. Vlady welcomed her as his companion, overcoming all opposition.
For Daphne, who followed him to a foreign kingdom, Vlady had only one hope, regardless of whether it was big or small.
It was related to her pregnancy and childbirth.
“Daphne, as you know, fairies have shorter lifespans than vampires. If you have a child, there’s a high likelihood it will shorten even more.”
“…What are you trying to say, Vlady?”
“I want to be with you for a long time. Even if you age and die before me, I will take care of you until the end. So, let’s not have a child.”
Vampires found it extremely difficult to have children due to their racial characteristics.
He brought it up just in case, thinking it would be impossible for her to get pregnant.
However, Daphne’s reaction, which he thought would be sad, was surprisingly calm.
“Gosh, don’t talk as if I’m going to die soon. I’m really healthy, you know? Who knows? Maybe I’ll live until you’re old enough to need a cane.”
“Vampires using canes is out of the question.”
“That’s the problem with demons! Who can guarantee anything in this world? There will definitely be things that don’t go as you think. Just wait and see.”
Vlady only understood the meaning of her words a few years later.
One morning, Daphne suddenly declared she was carrying his child.
Vlady confessed that he had secretly obtained a potion through the elf chieftain, offering his lifespan as payment, which could impregnate him with a vampire child.
“My God. Daphne, are you out of your mind? How could you do such a thing behind my back?”
“Vlady, I’m only going to live for about two hundred years anyway. Elves have a much shorter lifespan compared to vampires.”
“Right. I will probably live for hundreds of years after you die. Maybe even a thousand. But if that scares you, I wouldn’t have taken you as my companion in the first place. Do you even understand what I’m saying?”
“I do, Vlady. I understand it all too well. That’s why I wanted to leave someone by your side. Someone who will always be there to comfort you when you are suffering and hurting, even after I leave this world.”
“Damn it. So, you expect me to stand by and watch you die? You think I can really do that?”
“……I’m sorry, Vlady.”
After that, Vlady asked her dozens of times to give up the child, but Daphne’s decision remained unchanged.
He desperately tried to persuade her, losing his temper at times and even going as far as begging her on his knees, but her mind was already made up.
“Give it up, Vlady. Nothing you do will change my mind.”
“I don’t need a child. Just having you is enough.”
“But what’s the point if that time is shorter than yours? Don’t be scared, Vlady. My two hundred years will just be cut in half. Instead, you will have a child who will be with you for much longer.”
It was an utterly ridiculous thing to say.
How could there be anyone who could replace Daphne?
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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