Especially when Ren saw only her face, he might stiffen or have a vacant expression, looking at it with fascination. Whatever the reason, it was fortunate that it momentarily made him forget his negative and dark feelings.
‘This kind of confidence… I guess it’s okay to have.’
The danger and anxiety of revealing her bare face still lingered, but if it was limited to Ren, there was nothing she couldn’t muster the courage for.
Shar-tee thought of Ren, who reached out to her even while suffering from madness.
‘…’
The plea for help from Ren, who cried out with his entire body, overlapped with herself trapped in the fire five years ago. The image of herself losing consciousness and falling apart to the point of self-destruction, surviving the agony of the fire five years ago, came to mind.
The memories of that day, which she wanted to forget but couldn’t, became a festering wound. Even now, it still imprisoned him in the darkness, piercing him painfully, tearing at him, and shattering his mind.
Was the compassion she felt for Ren derived from a sense of empathy toward him?
Shar-tee slowly leaned her body and lay on the blanket.
Staring blankly at the sunlight outside the cave, she tried to change her troubled mind.
‘Did my feelings for Ren stem from the fact that he’s a broken person like me?’
That’s a bit sad.
‘Ren would hate it if he knew.’
Just because Ren is also broken like me, he felt relieved in that moment…
Rather than being sad about others’ pain, he rejoices. If he knew about this bad and selfish mindset, his respect for her might plummet.
‘…Now is not the time. Pull yourself together.’
Being engulfed in melancholy at a time like this was a luxury.
Shar-tee pressed her face into the fluffy blanket.
“Where was the stream around here?”
Estimating her current location, Shar-tee recalled the map she had memorized.
Ren, who had strangely gone to change clothes, was being delayed, but she didn’t think deeply about it.
Everyone has trivial personal matters.
At the same time, Ren was, due to a small personal matter, banging his head against a tree.
“Even though Shar is showing her face…!”
Ren chewed on the overflowing frustration.
[Remember, huh?]The beginning of the memory was a vision blurred by the smell of piercing blood from the nose.
Though faint, she remembered rubbing her body all over, trying to get rid of the disgusting smell, repeatedly scratching and tearing her body apart.
Ren couldn’t open his mouth.
The memory of losing reason, going so far as to inflict wounds on his own body, was so unfamiliar and shocking.
The fact that Shar-tee showed signs of mental illness made him not just embarrassed but also angry.
Ren was most enraged by the bandage wrapped around his back of the hand.
‘I put Shar in danger.’
He couldn’t remember attacking Shar-tee, but just looking at her messed-up state was enough to anticipate what had happened.
Ren was most angry about himself, who had lost reason to the point of self-harm.
‘Rain? Because of the rain? What the hell… Why does the rain make me lose my mind… What a pathetic body.’
Isn’t it the worst for a mentally ill patient to lose their mind because of rain?
Ren didn’t have the courage to mention the night right away. He didn’t want to admit to himself that he had caused a lot of trouble, was dangerous, and had survived the night.
[Oh, it’s already morning. Did you stand guard alone after waking me up?]So he avoided it.
The hasty decision to leave was a cowardly and selfish act, but Ren didn’t have the luxury of Shar-tee alone.
But when the crimson pupils showed disappointment, Ren suddenly felt scared.
At the same time, one blurry memory came to mind.
[-I like you, Ren.]Thud, thud, thud! Ren hit his head hard.
It wasn’t to forget. It was to recall the words and situations that would follow.
The only thing the stupid head remembers is that one phrase.
“Gosh, I should have borrowed a magical tool from that wizard to revive the memories…!”
He should have asked Shukady to rent a magical tool that retrieves forgotten memories.
Shar-tee’s confession was the most important and urgent memory than any other so far.
Ren remained seated, powerless.
“…This is driving me crazy, really.”
The throbbing heart echoed with stifled anger.
In his heart, he wanted to selfishly ask Shar-tee to say it one more time.
But Ren, holding his head, just left.
“Making Shar confess first was not enough, and now she can’t even remember that confession properly…”
It was an endlessly desperate situation.
But within that despair, twisted hope tormented Ren even more.
“Thinking that she has a mental illness and is not going to leave me first…!”
The mental illness, the madness he suffered, was a flaw and a weakness, but looked at differently, it was a powerful weakness that would definitely evoke sympathy from Shar-tee.
“…Damn it.”
He hated himself for having such thoughts.
Rather than building favor with a good appearance, he sought sympathy with a weak appearance.
Ren, who suddenly stood up, changed irritably.
The heat that had boiled due to frustration toward himself was calmed as the cold air embraced him.
“Secrets to share with Shar are increasing.”
Ren looked at his left hand. The expression on Ren’s face as he looked at the silver ring, the same as Shar-tee’s, was awkward.
He still hadn’t revealed that he was wearing the same magical tool as Shar-tee.
Since missing the chance to speak, he had maintained a vague attitude.
“Still, there’s no need to hide this now.”
Since Shar-tee had taken off the silver ring herself and showed her bare face, there was no need to worry anymore.
Even if they confessed to wearing matching silver rings, Shar-tee wouldn’t hide her face anymore.
“Let’s not talk about it today…”
Ren ate the shattered seeds, kept the secret of the silver ring, and couldn’t completely waste the day as a trash who couldn’t even look Shar-tee in the eye because of guilt beyond apology.
“It’s essential to light a fire first.”
Ren picked up branches scattered around. By lighting a fire and putting stones in it, wouldn’t it serve as a substitute for the magical tool?
Imagining Shar-tee’s pale cheek, Ren immediately started looking for a place to light the fire, avoiding Shar-tee’s eyes.
He was familiar with making up for scores in this way.
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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