Fortunately, I had the handkerchief that Betty had taken care of. I probably wouldn’t be so mean as to get blood on my clothes.
‘But….’
I didn’t want to show Erich vomiting blood in front of me. I don’t want to give another reason to someone who already hates me.
Erich, who didn’t know my situation, slowly opened his mouth.
“I do not wish to see someone getting hurt in front of me.”
“….”
“Even if that person is as loathsome as you.”
A mix of emotions crossed Erich’s eyes.
“… So if you want to die, go elsewhere.”
I slowly opened my mouth, feeling my throat heat up.
‘When will Erich leave?’
I wish he would just leave. But it seems Erich misunderstood my silence.
“Don’t you even want to speak now? But why is your complexion….”
Erich’s final voice trembled slightly.
‘My complexion?’
I don’t know what my face looks like because I don’t have a mirror.
Erich looked at me with bewildered eyes as if he was worried about me and then turned his body abruptly.
“No. It’s my mistake to think I would converse with someone like you.”
And just like that, he left the spot.
‘That’s good. It was hard to hold on more.’
As soon as Erich disappeared, I took out a handkerchief and covered my mouth. Blood poured out in a rush.
‘It’s darker than before.’
The trees around me pitied me more than I did.
Oh my, how horrific. The color is pitch black.
Which wicked guy put such a curse on our kid?
“It’s okay. It’s not painful.”
That’s because you’re getting better. You shouldn’t let your guard down.
Yes, he’s right. Now, your fairy power is blocking it, but if the curse gets stronger, your body could completely collapse.
“I will be careful as you said.”
Who would like to be in pain? I don’t like pain either.
“When can I fully recover?”
The curse inside you is too deep, we don’t know either.
I sighed as I looked at the bloodstained handkerchief.
‘Why did the Duke and Duchess of Libertan hate me so much to put a curse on me?’
Honestly, I didn’t expect them to hate me this much. But on the other hand, I felt more comfortable. There’s no need to sympathize with them even if they fall.
‘Let’s think about how to enhance the fairy’s power first.’
[Star Icon][Star Icon][Star Icon]As soon as I returned to the mansion, Betty greeted me.
“Madam. The master was looking for you.”
“The Duke?”
“It seems he prepared something for you.”
Betty led me somewhere else. Then she discovered the handkerchief that I had been holding without thinking.
“Oh, Betty. This is…..”
“Madam.”
There was a strange sadness in Betty’s voice.
‘What excuse should I make?’
There’s evidence right in front of me. I couldn’t say I wasn’t sick. I stiffened at the thought that I could lose my freedom if I made a mistake.
‘That would be really troublesome.’
Aside from the freedom of my movements, I might end up being confined to the mansion and not being able to do anything.
I’m already unable to do anything in the mansion now.
‘I can’t.’
I put my finger to my mouth and looked at Betty. Then tears welled up in Betty’s eyes. Betty, who took the handkerchief from my hand, nodded her head with a face that seemed to hold back tears.
“I’ll take care of this.”
“Thank you.”
“And the master is waiting in this room.”
I entered the room that Betty had guided me to.
Inside the room, Johan, dressed in black formal wear, was waiting for me with his arms crossed.
A goodlooking person looked good even with fancy jewels and decorations.
A noble atmosphere was added to the slender and decadent face.
“Did you come?”
He yawned lazily, a gentle smile around his lips.
The uniform embroidered with gold epaulettes emphasized his muscular body. His already broad shoulders and large physique were further emphasized.
In particular, the masculine collarbone and rough neck were highlighted between the open shirts.
‘He’s definitely a harmful man.’
It was like he was going to a flashy party.
“Duke, are you going to a party?”
“Yes.”
Johan nodded without hesitation.
“A place the lady wanted to go.”
“A place I wanted to go….?”
I didn’t remember telling Johan where I wanted to go.
“Should I say we’re going to fulfill what the lady wanted?”
I was further confused by his cryptic words. I tried to recall his usual demeanor, but nothing came to mind. Johann chuckled as if he found my confusion adorable.
“Shall we go, my princess?”
His large hand reached out to me, a hand that seemed ready to take me somewhere immediately. I looked at Johann’s hand and smiled gently.
“What do you mean by ‘princess’?”
“My wife is the princess I should serve, isn’t it uncomfortable?”
“No, I don’t hate it.”
Honestly, it was strange being called a princess.
I was dressed in a simple white dress, not looking like a princess at all if I had to say.
But perhaps because the man in front of me was so dazzling, holding his hand made me feel like the most precious princess in the world, even if I wasn’t much to look at.
I slowly placed my hand in his.
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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