After fitting the ballroom dress in the dressing room, Ophelia boarded the carriage and addressed Idel.
“Now that we’ve got the dresses ready, shall we head towards the real destination of this outing?”
“The real destination?”
“I told you I want to know how I fight.”
Winking as if to emphasize, Ophelia led Idel to a building located in the central district of the capital. The sign on the building read ‘Active Women’s Association.’
As they entered, the voices of passionate conversations among women became clearer. When they opened a door from which the sounds flowed, the women sitting at the table all turned their heads in unison.
“Hello! You’re all working hard again today.”
“Madam Chair!”
As Ophelia greeted them, they all welcomed her with joyful expressions.
“You’re here? We were preparing for the meeting first.”
“But… who is this?”
Looking at the unfamiliar woman following Ophelia, they showed curious expressions.
“Let me introduce you. This is my friend Idel. And here are the members of the Active Women’s Association, my comrades fighting alongside me.”
The term “comrades” made them burst into laughter. Idel realized that they were Ophelia’s colleagues, involved in the women’s rights movement she had mentioned before.
As Ophelia introduced Idel without revealing her own status, and they addressed Ophelia as the chairperson without any formality, Idel also greeted them comfortably with her name alone.
“Nice to meet you. I’m Idel.”
“Your friend with the Chairperson? Then we’re friends too.”
“Welcome, Idel. You’ve come to the Active Women’s Association!”
Despite the differences in age, status, and occupation, the only commonality among them was being women and uniting for women’s rights.
‘In the Active Women’s Association, all members treat each other as equal colleagues, regardless of age, status, or occupation.’
As Ophelia whispered a brief explanation to Idel, she nodded understandingly. Ophelia and Idel also took their seats at the table.
“Let’s check the progress. How is the preparation for the Women’s Rights Conference promotion going?”
“Here is a draft of the promotional poster. Once the design is finalized, we plan to advertise it in the ad spaces of various newspapers and post it on major street boards in the capital.”
The poster had the slogan ‘Give her the right to vote!’ and depicted the goddess Athena bowing her head and weeping.
“Even the goddess of wisdom and war, Athena, is in despair because she doesn’t have the right to vote. The expression is metaphorical but also straightforward. The purpose of this conference is to intensify the importance of securing women’s suffrage.”
Ophelia smiled satisfactorily while looking at the promotional poster.
Meanwhile, Idel’s eyes widened as she learned that the main theme of the upcoming Women’s Rights Conference was women’s suffrage.
‘Women’s suffrage…’
Decisions on major political issues within the empire, as well as the proposal and amendment of the constitution, involved voting. However, the right to vote, or suffrage, was granted only to adult men.
The social limits that had prevented women from political participation were now being broken, and the goal of this conference was to raise voices for equal rights for women.
“We have also prepared a petition for women’s suffrage to be signed by conference attendees.”
“Idel, would you like to read this petition? We’ve seen it so many times… but I’m curious to hear your opinion as someone seeing it for the first time.”
Ophelia handed a paper containing the contents of the Women’s Suffrage Petition to Idel. Idel, who received the petition, meticulously examined and read through its contents.
“I’ve reviewed the contents well. However…”
Idel, who had been lost in thought while looking at the petition for a while, slowly opened her mouth. Ophelia and the members of the association, including her, focused on her words with anticipation.
“As you all probably know, historically, there have been struggles for women’s rights. About two hundred years ago, during the era of the Levante Empire, there was a declaration of human rights for all subjects.”
Reflecting on history, Idel continued to speak in a soft tone.
“All subjects, meaning all citizens of the empire, were declared equal and free by this proclamation, but women were excluded. At that time, women’s rights activists argued that this was a contradiction, asserting that women are born free and have equal rights with men.”
Ophelia responded, saying she was well aware of it.
“That’s right. Especially, Lady Orlando, who led the women’s rights movement at that time, even disappeared with the morning dew on the guillotine, claiming that women had lost their virtue.”
One of the association members added tearfully, “The saying she left behind is still circulating. She said that if women have the right to stand on the guillotine, they also have the right to ascend to the legislative podium.”
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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