“Really? This is the first time I’ve heard of it.”
“You’re always stuck in either the battlefield or the lab, so how would you know?”
What followed was Walter’s explanation.
Somewhere on the continent, there was a tribe specializing in assassinations. They relied on physical skills rather than magic, using a mysterious technique different from magical power.
Their ability to evade the eyes of magicians also seemed related to the current incident.
“Although not as rare as Benians, this assassin tribe is known to be a very small group. Digging into them will take a considerable amount of time.”
“What should we do then?”
“We’ll have to narrow down our investigation to people who could easily hire such individuals. It won’t be easy, but their numbers can’t be that high.”
Sione and Walter discussed the future direction of their investigation for a while.
All they talked about was work-related, but Walter felt his heart pounding just by facing her.
‘How long has it been since we spent time like this, just the two of us?’
Ever since Sione declared that she would go to Rose Palace, they had not had such a lengthy conversation.
Not only that.
He had thought he would never meet her again to heal the wound in his heart when his awkward first confession ended in failure.
Now they were sharing a natural conversation in the same space after such a difficult time.
It couldn’t be anything but a touching moment for him.
“……What is it? Why are you staring at me like that?”
“Nothing. I’m just very happy at this moment.”
“What does that have to do with staring at me?”
“It has a lot to do with it, very much so.”
Walter spoke earnestly, but as always, Sione seemed to think he was talking nonsense.
‘If even that face looks beautiful to me, they’d surely say I’ve gone mad.’
He wanted to convey his feelings to her right away, but he couldn’t.
Without any preparation, he couldn’t just confess and spend fifty years regretting it.
It would be better to bite his own tongue than to experience that again.
“Anyway, I should go now. Let me know if there’s any progress in the investigation.”
“Leaving already? It would have been nice to have some tea together; it’s a pity.”
“I have a lot of work to do back at Rose Palace. We can have tea later.”
“Then I’ll visit Rose Palace later. I also need to greet Queen Elga.”
“Fine. Understood.”
Worried that he might be rejected, Walter was surprised by Sione’s not-so-bad reaction.
Apparently, she didn’t dislike him as much as before.
“I’ll accompany you to the building entrance, Sione.”
“It’s okay. I can go by myself.”
“It may be within the palace, but this place is practically my domain. It’s a knight’s manner to escort important guests.”
Sione tried to stop him, but couldn’t break Walter’s determination.
In the end, Walter escorted her to a place far from where the knight brigade stayed and then returned to his office.
‘Somehow, I have a good feeling.’
Despite the piled-up tasks and the incident at Rose Palace.
The work that had to be solved seemed daunting, but it didn’t feel as bothersome as before.
Whistling, Walter quickly worked through the stack of documents on his desk.
Thinking he should finish quickly and go to Rose Palace.
The afternoon of the next day after the incident.
As the clean-up, including the recovery of the assassin’s corpse, was mostly done, Sione called Raven and me for tea time.
‘She probably wants to tell us the aftermath related to the attack.’
Sione offered us a choice between juice and tea and then naturally opened the conversation.
“You must have been shocked by yesterday’s incident. We’ve found the culprit’s body, and the Royal Knights are also putting effort into tracking, so you can put your worries to rest now.”
“Thank you. You must have had a hard time too, Sione.”
“No need for apologies. I regret not having prevented this danger in advance.”
She bowed her head as if ashamed.
She appeared to feel a heavy sense of responsibility for the situation, consistent with her conscientious and honest character.
“Raven, I’m very grateful to you as well. You rescued Bella, didn’t you?”
“…It’s nothing.”
“It’s not nothing. You’ve saved Bella twice now. You deserve praise.”
Ah, this is a good atmosphere.
Is now the time to propose one of my plans?!
“Um, Tione, there’s something I want to say.”
“Yes, Bella. Please go ahead.”
“Raven has a room, right? Can I get a small one? I’m growing.”
As if making a wish, she clasped her hands together and her eyes sparkled. Tione awkwardly scratched her cheek.
“Actually, I was planning to give you a better room this time. A room that’s as spacious and comfortable as possible.”
“Great! Tione, you’re awesome.”
“How could we mistreat someone who saved Bella?”
She softly smiled and turned her gaze toward Raven.
“Raven, how are you feeling? You were affected by the assassin’s poison, right?”
“…I have some resistance to poison. I learned naturally after experiencing various things.”
“That’s good. It seems like you’re almost fully healed, which is fortunate.”
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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