“Truly, Your Grace, you’re going too far. How can you leave your bride, whom you spent the first night with, alone?”
Lina, who was brushing Blair’s hair after her bath, was furious. Her voice carried a sense of injustice as if she were the one going through it.
The actual subject of the matter, however, smiled as if nothing was amiss while listening to her complaints.
“I’m fine. Sleeping separately is more comfortable for me.”
After all, except for gatherings with the nobles, they used different rooms. It wasn’t much different from that.
But Lina’s anger didn’t subside.
“Even so! Yesterday wasn’t just any other day; it was the first night.”
“……Lina, it hurts when you brush so vigorously.”
“Oh, I’m sorry. I got carried away.”
While Lina’s grip on the brush, which seemed like it could break at any moment, loosened, her anger remained unabated.
“Anyway! In this unfamiliar mansion, with unfamiliar people all around, to a lovely lady who came here with just one husband to look after, you shouldn’t do that. It’s a deprivation of your husband’s qualifications.”
“How does an unmarried lady like you know about that?”
“It’s all knowledge and emotional nourishment from books.”
Blair thought of the red-stickered book that Lina had been reading all night with flushed cheeks and chuckled.
“Well, Your Grace’s appearance is honestly like the male lead himself, but… we might need to see more about your character.”
Listening to Lina’s muttering, Blair’s slightly improved mood further brightened.
As she gazed at her gradually tidying reflection in the mirror, something sparkled between her neck and collarbone.
“… A magic circle?”
Blair quickly opened her collar to check, but all she could see were the red marks he had left the night before.
Seeing that, memories of the previous night rushed back, and her face flushed.
Blair hastily covered her collar. It seemed like she had seen it wrong.
Lina tilted her head in confusion.
“Madam? Is your dress uncomfortable?”
“Ah, no. It’s nothing.”
Blair, who was embarrassed, lowered her head, and suddenly, she noticed a thin bandage wrapped around Lina’s fingers.
She asked, “Did you hurt your hand?”
“Ah…”
A momentary look of panic flashed across Lina’s face as she was brushing Blair’s hair.
“I’m sorry. I got carried away.”
Lina’s grip on the brush, which seemed like it could break at any moment, loosened, but her anger didn’t diminish.
“Anyway! In this unfamiliar mansion, with unfamiliar people all around, to a lovely lady who came here with just one husband to look after, you shouldn’t do that. It’s a deprivation of your husband’s qualifications.”
“How does an unmarried lady like you know about that?”
“It’s all knowledge and emotional nourishment from books.”
Blair thought of the red-stickered book that Lina had been reading all night with flushed cheeks and chuckled.
“Well, Your Grace’s appearance is honestly like the male lead himself, but… we might need to see more about your character.”
Listening to Lina’s muttering, Blair’s slightly improved mood further brightened.
As she gazed at her gradually tidying reflection in the mirror, something sparkled between her neck and collarbone.
“… A magic circle?”
Blair quickly opened her collar to check, but all she could see were the red marks he had left the night before.
Seeing that, memories of the previous night rushed back, and her face flushed.
Blair hastily covered her collar. It seemed like she had seen it wrong.
Lina tilted her head in confusion.
“Madam? Is your dress uncomfortable?”
“Ah, no. It’s nothing.”
Blair, who was embarrassed, lowered her head, and suddenly, she noticed a thin bandage wrapped around Lina’s fingers.
She asked, “Did you hurt your hand?”
“Ah…”
A momentary look of panic flashed across Lina’s face as she was brushing Blair’s hair.
“I’m sorry. I got carried away.”
Lina finished arranging Blair’s hair and helped her to her feet.
Following Lina’s guidance, as they descended to the dining room, a servant who had been waiting opened the door.
On the first day of their marriage, it was customary for the newlyweds to have dinner with the groom’s family.
Usually, on such occasions, the dining room would be bustling with immediate family members, but in the spacious dining hall, only Herdin was seated.
He had no family.
With no siblings and having lost his parents at a young age, Herdin had grown up alone. For him, the person who was like a parent was none other than Empress Esmeralda.
Seeing the empty dining room, he felt he might finally understand why he hated himself so much, apart from his resentment.
The butler, who had pulled out Blair’s chair, expertly filled her glass with wine before leaving the dining room.
As they were left alone in the dining room, Herdin raised his glass and asked, “Did you sleep peacefully?”
It was a somewhat ironic question coming from the person who had tormented Blair all night and only released her at dawn. Nevertheless, Blair answered obediently, “Yes.”
With that brief exchange of pleasantries, the meal began.
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…
The female CEO who doesn’t want to get married with a divorce agreement in hand × The male archaeological researcher who will only get married if he’s sure he can get divorced
