Johann naturally escorted me. And the moment I stepped forward, the empty room transformed into a huge ballroom.
A grand ballroom large enough to accommodate dozens of people.
There was a glittering chandelier on the ceiling, and lavish paintings adorned the walls. Lights shimmered everywhere like jewels.
“You said you regretted not being able to dance then.”
Johann leaned in and whispered lazily in my ear.
“So I thought about a way to dance alone with my wife.”
At that moment, my simple white dress shimmered and transformed into a glamorous dress.
A skyblue dress as soft as silk, hair tied back with jeweled ribbons and flowers, and gloves that appeared suddenly.
Everything was miraculous.
The most unbelievable thing was that all of this was prepared just for me.
“Can you do such a thing with magic?”
“Normally not.”
Johann shrugged his shoulders lightly.
“But there’s nothing impossible for me.”
A space so beautiful, it felt mystical.
In this magical place, he was the most dazzling person. It felt overwhelming to hold his hand like this.
Johann stepped so close that our noses brushed against each other.
Our foreheads bumped into each other. Somehow, music started playing nearby.
I locked eyes with his rubylike, sparkling red eyes. Holding my hands tightly, Johann whispered softly.
“Princess, shall we dance a song?”
“Yes, I’d love to.”
[Star Icon][Star Icon][Star Icon]With each step I took, the brilliant lights of the ballroom seemed to shatter and sparkle.
‘It feels like I’m dreaming.’
Every time I moved, I felt strangely closer to Johann, as if our bodies were going to rub against each other.
The warm heat, the wind coming in through the window gaps made the excited heat feel more real.
Johann hugged me and led me. I could feel his firm muscles through his uniform. The hand naturally wrapped around my waist kept making me feel sensitive about the situation.
The calm music of the ball echoing, Johann’s body scent close by. The sound of a beating heart, which I didn’t know to whom it belonged, continued to resonate.
Johann in front of me was so wonderful, it was like a beautiful illusion.
‘To be exact, he is not mine.’
Although we act like we’re married, in reality, we’re not even registered as a married couple.
‘I shouldn’t even think about it.’
I repeated the cold truth to calm my pounding heart. From the moment I was adopted into Libertan, Johann was forbidden to me.
So, what is happening now is ultimately, like a dream on a midsummer night that will eventually break. I found myself speaking without realizing it.
“…Is this, a dream?”
“It’s not a dream.”
Johann looked at me with honeydripping eyes full of affection.
“…Right. It’s reality.”
His gaze strangely made my heart sink coldly.
“Have you danced a lot in a place like this, Duke?”
If it weren’t for Johann, I, who am not at all familiar with dancing, wouldn’t have been able to follow. Johann shook his head at this.
“No. I also have almost none.”
“I thought you had a lot of experience because you led me naturally.”
“Before I became a duke, I couldn’t afford to enjoy such an aristocratic life.”
A bittersweet smile flitted around Johann’s mouth. Naturally, the hell that Johann had to go through came to mind.
A young boy who lost his parents to a pyre, his sister to torture.
‘When I think about it, it’s amazing.’
The Duke of Libertan thought that even if a mere boy ran away, it would not change anything. In reality, there was no one who believed that a boy who had lost everything could do something.
But Johann did it.
He feigned death to escape the surveillance of the Libertan Duke’s house and acted by any means necessary.
‘Of course, I don’t know everything.’
The original work did not fully reveal the process of Johann preparing for revenge. However, even with the coldly mentioned information, one could feel the traces of a fierce and harsh life.
Perhaps this perfect aristocratic etiquette was also something he honed himself for the sake of revenge.
‘Your revenge should not be fulfilled.’
Thinking of that made Johann’s face, which he was facing like this, feel a bit sad.
‘But I want your revenge to be fulfilled.’
Having struggled so much, having run for one thing.
Not accomplishing anything is too sad. But the fact that I was included in his revenge made my heart infinitely hurtful.
Even if I were to die, it was regrettable.
‘I think I’ve become strange.’
It was as if Johann had cast a spell on the entire ballroom. He who met my eyes asked.
“You look tired. Shall we take a break?”
“Thank you.”
As soon as I moved to the side, a bench appeared where I could sit and rest. As soon as I sat down, Johann sat next to me.
“Exactly where is this place? Is it in the mansion?”
“Think of it as having moved by magic.”
“Magic is really amazing.”
That even the clothes I wore could all be changed by magic.
Boom! Boom!
The harmoniously resonating music sound stopped. The rough friction sound coming from outside covered everything.
The twinkling lights shook. Johann’s expression became serious.
“These bastards……”
“What is this……”
Johann told me with a smiling face.
“Stupid ones seem to be trying to enter my magic without knowing the subject.”
“Then shouldn’t we get out right away?”
“Don’t worry. Those things, I can handle at once.”
But for some reason, I felt uneasy. I felt an unease from him.
As a fairy, you are more sensitive to magic than others.
What the tree had told me last time came to mind.
So what you feel will be real.
My gaze went to Johann’s hand. A sinister energy swirled from Johann’s hand, covered in black gloves.
He spoke as if nothing was wrong.
“Don’t worry. Just trust me.”
Johann gently stroked my head.
The reason black magic is forbidden is because it has a greater effect than ordinary magic, but the side effects are also great.
‘I don’t know much about the side effects.’
The only thing that can treat the side effects of black magic is divine power.
Sadly, I had no divine power. I had no relation to divine power from the beginning. Still, I instinctively took his hand and took off the glove.
“As expected……”
The tips of his fingers were stained black.
It’s a sign of a rampage.
Clang!
The sound as if a glass window was breaking sharply pierced my ears.
Male lead reborn without memories — but he still falls for her.
The person he finds displeasing in this life turns out to be his cherished wife-master in previous life…
Xie Zhi and Fang Xianxing who had known each other for less than three days through a blind date sat in the same car in front of the civil affairs bureau. They had a disagreement and failed to get married.
Xie Zhi immediately took out his phone, slid through his contacts, and randomly selected the next marriage candidate.
The woman snatched his phone and hung up. Looking at his phone wallpaper, she awkwardly changed the subject: “An ancient painting, eh? It looks pretty good, it’s just that the person in the painting looks a bit like me.”
When he heard this, he sarcastically mocked her for being so delusional, completely unaware that, the person in front of him was the reincarnation of Wen Ru, the famous prime minister of Yuan Shun whom he most admired…
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