Mildred squinted her eyes, gazing into the distance, and spoke.
“It’s someone’s soldiers. About thirty, I’d say.”
It was just as Mildred said. Soon, knights dressed in green uniforms, riding horses, approached in front of me. It was easy to know whose soldiers they were.
At the forefront were Enoch and Alexander. Since only Alexander had different clothes, these were Enoch’s soldiers.
“Elen? Why are you here?”
Surprisingly, the one who spoke as if surprised was Alexander. Then, Alexander’s gaze, which had been scanning the surroundings, was drawn to the bandits surrounding them.
“I was on duty. Where are you and Master Enoch headed?”
“That… ”
Instead of Alexander, who couldn’t continue his words, Enoch answered.
“We were tracking the bandits.”
“Bandits?”
“We had almost caught them, but they escaped.”
Enoch descended from his horse and stood in front of the bandits we had captured.
“It’s already over. We chased them with all our might, but we were a bit late.”
Our employees captured the bandits pursued by the soldiers. My nose instinctively wrinkled.
“Our workers are quite strong.”
Enoch, with a bitter expression, nodded and ordered the soldiers.
“Take them with you. And the horses they rode.”
The soldiers dismounted. If we left them like this, it seemed like only the bandits would be taken away.
Our workers fought for their lives, and it was unreasonable not to give them any reward.
Even if I heard that I was a bit wicked, it didn’t matter. After all, they already thought of me as a villain.
I quickly intervened between the bandits and the soldiers.
“Wait a moment, Master Enoch.”
“Why? Madam?”
“I understand that you came to catch them, but we can’t let you take them away.”
“What?”
“We caught them.”
One of Enoch’s eyebrows went up. It seemed like he wondered what I was saying.
“Even if they are under your jurisdiction, there are crimes committed against me. What will happen if I let them go? They should rightfully pay for their crimes.”
Enoch inspected the bandits’ condition and furrowed his brow.
“Didn’t you already beat them up enough?”
“That was to subdue them.”
While shaking the fan slowly, I raised one corner of my mouth.
“Take them and torture them or kill them. I’ll handle it according to the laws of the Morris territory. So, please leave now.”
With a deliberately more wicked smile, the faces of the bandits turned pale.
Instead of answering, Enoch looked at Alexander. Alexander, who had dismounted by now, stood in front of me with a troubled expression.
“Elen, we need to take them with us.”
“Why?”
“Why? These are wicked bandits who have harmed Enoch’s family, and…”
“We’ll impose severe punishment, so don’t worry.”
Alexander looked at Enoch. After exchanging glances, Enoch cleared his throat.
“Already looks like they’ve been thoroughly beaten. Is that not enough?”
I shook my fan slowly, and one corner of my mouth rose.
“Whether you drag them and torture them or kill them, I’ll handle it according to the laws of the Morris territory. So, please leave now.”
With a more deliberately wicked smile, the bandits’ faces turned even paler.
“Hmm, yes. To summarize… these bandits are individuals who plundered our territory and came to the capital.”
“That’s right. They viciously ravaged Lord Enoch’s territory.”
I tilted my head slightly.
“So, did you catch them in the act?”
Enoch’s eyes rolled from side to side. It was Alexander who answered.
“Well, we were in the proc…”
His words didn’t finish, but the corners of my mouth rose happily.
“Madam… Could it be? A reward…?”
Finally, Enoch understood my intention.
“Pretend if that makes it easier.”
I deliberately folded the fan with a snap sound and pointed at the bandits.
“We caught them, so if you want to take them, you need to offer a reward.”
Alexander and Enoch looked at each other with a grimace, then both coughed repeatedly.
“Well, well then. A reward… It’s one gold coin.”
Alexander quickly nodded in agreement with Enoch’s words. I smirked at their response.
One gold coin in my context is equivalent to one million won. What a joke.
“The reward for the entire group of bandits wouldn’t be so trivial… you mean one gold coin per person?”
Enoch broke into a cold sweat on his forehead. He looked extremely uncomfortable. It was Alexander who nodded his head.
“Then for fifteen people, 15 gold coins. Is that it?”
I asked Enoch again.
“Did they really cause significant damage to the territory?”
Enoch, who had been hesitating, managed to say.
“It’s according to my father’s standards.”
“In reality, they were not such serious criminals. Well, it might not be much…”
I casually extended my hand.
“Give it to me now.”
“What?”
“The reward.”
Enoch forced a wry smile.
“Unfortunately, I don’t have that amount right now.”
Alexander kindly stepped forward.
“Elen, do you really need to receive the reward right now? Can’t you receive it later?”
“That’s true.”
I had an employee bring two sheets of paper. I wrote down the store’s address and the reward amount, then handed it to Enoch after signing.
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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