His voice echoed once more. Even though Rosé thought that the Duke was not addressing her, she glanced back apprehensively.
Then, she locked eyes with Duke Arteum, who was looking at her. The Duke, sneering at her, curling the corner of his mouth. His smile was burning Rosé inside.
‘Was he really telling me to sit?’
… Why?!
She wanted to grab the Duke’s shoulder and ask him. But she didn’t want to offend the Duke.
With effort, Rosé swallowed the words that had reached her throat, and asked the Duke with a trembling voice, hoping that he hadn’t been speaking to her.
“Are you speaking to me?”
“Yes. Besides you, who else is standing here?”
“There are many people standing…”
Rosé murmured to herself as she looked around the auction hall. Contrary to the Duke’s words, there were quite a few people standing.
But that was only for a moment, people who were looking at her like meerkats sat down swiftly, their faces turning serious. It must have been due to Duke Arteum, who was pressuring them with his intimidating gaze.
Now in the auction hall, only Rosé and Selen stood awkwardly. Making people tremble in fear with just his gaze, Rosé felt more fear toward Duke Arteum standing in front of her.
“I was about to sit at the front…”
Rosé, with an awkward smile, tried to dodge the situation. But she couldn’t move forward due to the Duke’s next words.
“Are you going to block my sight from the front?”
The sharp voice of the Duke was etched in her ears.
‘Sitting here like an invisible person might be better than offending him by sitting in front.’
Upon hearing the eerie voice of the Duke, Rosé had no choice but to sit next to the Duke like eating mustard out of desperation.
Not long after Rosé sat down, the auction began.
Worried that the Duke might interfere, Rosé sighed in relief seeing that the Duke wasn’t doing anything.
Now Rosé could focus on the auction. She didn’t particularly want to buy anything, but it was quite fun to look at the rare items.
“Thirty million less.”
“Thirtyfive million less!”
Voices bidding for the item rang out. As expected of nobles, the price was extraordinary from the start.
‘I heard that a lowerclass noble’s annual living expense is between one thousand and two thousand less. For ordinary commoners, they need an annual average of one million less.’
Rosé’s mouth opened in surprise at the bid price, which surpassed three times the living expenses of a lowerclass noble.
‘The nobles gathered here really seem to be on a different level from ordinary people.’
Rosé, who still couldn’t feel that she was also at that level, looked at the people with eyes full of awe.
“Is there no more? Then we will start the count from now. Three, two, one.”
To win the bid for an item, you have to offer a higher amount before the person on the stage counts to three. If not, the item goes to the last person who shouted.
Bang bang bang.
“This item has been won for thirtyfive million less.”
As soon as the bid was confirmed, a maid went to the winning bidder. Then, she took his bid ticket.
‘So, you can only win once.’
Without the bidding ticket, you can’t bid anymore. Rosé thought she should carefully select the item to buy as she skimmed through the auction list.
She didn’t know any of the items except ‘Luna’s Tears.’ However, Rosé didn’t plan to bid for ‘Luna’s Tears.’
Just then, the bidding for Luna’s Tears began.
“This is Luna’s Tears. We will start at fifty million less.”
At the auctioneer’s words, people started raising the amount rapidly.
“Fiftyfive million less.”
“Sixty million less!”
“Sixtyfive million less.”
“Eighty million Res.”
‘After all, it’s a counterfeit…’
Everyone is hanging themselves on fake stuff without knowing anything.
Hearing the rapidly increasing amount, Rosé clicked her tongue inwardly. Then, the quietly seated Grand Duke Artem raised his auction plate and spoke.
“One hundred million Res.”
Grand Duke Artem called out one hundred million Res, adding twenty million more to the eighty million Res. It was a high auction price, but the other nobles did not easily give up.
“One hundred and twenty million Res.”
“One hundred and twentyfive million Res!”
Grand Duke Artem picked up the auction plate as if he were going to proceed with the auction again in the face of the endlessly rising auction price.
Rosé, sitting next to Grand Duke Artem, couldn’t help but be bothered by the Grand Duke auctioning off ‘Tears of Luna’ right next to her.
She couldn’t stop each and every person in the distance, but Grand Duke Artem was right next to her.
In an instant, the auction price rose to three hundred million Res.
‘What to do. I’m bothered.’
Rosé was watching Grand Duke Artem, who was proposing a huge amount for the counterfeit. When the Grand Duke was about to raise his hand to bid at a higher price,
“Don’t.”
Rosé blocked the Grand Duke’s hand and shook her head.
“What?”
The Duke showed discomfort at the sight of Rosé interfering with his auction.
As she met his bonechilling cold expression, Rosé felt as if she had meddled unnecessarily. Nevertheless, she clenched her eyes and spat out the words with a creeping voice.
“Don’t buy that.”
“What’s it to you?”
As expected, a voice sharp as a thorn. Rosé berated herself for intervening, sweating profusely.
‘Really, I need to fix this habit… I just stepped forward without thinking. Just needed to close my eyes and pretend I didn’t know.’
She was a person who appeared timid and quiet on the outside. Naturally kind, she took on things that others disliked saying ‘I’ll do it’, and helped out before anyone even asked for it.
She was the one who couldn’t ignore a person in distress.
‘The Duke probably has a lot of money anyway.’
The Duke was a former crown prince. It’s unimaginable how much money he has.
Whether he spends three hundred million Res on a counterfeit, or one billion Res, that amount of money might not be a big deal to the Duke.
Regretting not to speak up, not to care about it was too late now.
‘Should I just tell him to buy it again?’
Rosé, who was peeping at the Duke, clenched her mouth when she saw his expression.
He was glaring at her with an expression that said he wouldn’t let her off if she called him over for something trivial.
In the end, Rosé decided to tell the truth. Whether he believed her or not.
“That’s a counterfeit.”
“Counterfeit?”
“Yes.”
“How do you know that? Are you saying that those people are scamming the nobles here?”
“No, that’s not it… I think they also don’t know that the ‘Tears of Luna’ is fake.”
Rosé muttered timidly as if to say, buy it if you really want it. But was Rosé’s word bothering him? The Duke, who was holding the auction plate, slowly lowered his hand.
“Lady Wens, the wife of Baron Wens.”
Rosé was startled when she heard the Duke calling her name.
‘Did you… know me?’
“Yes?”
When Rosé responded with a bewildered voice, the Duke spoke in a low voice.
“If it’s genuine… you will have to pay a fair price for obstructing me.”
Her body stiffened at the sound of the Duke’s low voice echoing around. Despite knowing that it was a ‘counterfeit’, Rosé’s throat went dry at his beastlike gaze.
The Madman of the North, Grand Duke Artem.
Somehow, she had a bad feeling that she had gotten into trouble with him.
Male lead is a clingy little husband
One-line summary: The male lead is initially an arrogant, noble, love-deprived brat, later a cute, clingy, scheming little jealous one.
Introduction:
One day, Lu Yuner’s soul transmigrates into a female-dominant world. She enters the Imperial Academy and takes up the position of a doctoral instructor, teaching classes and grading schoolwork.
One day, she encounters the young prince Su Qingwan secretly skipping class from the male academy.
As a result, Su Qingwan is punished.
From then on, Su Qingwan sees Lu Yuner as a “thorn in his side”.
But before long, this “thorn” becomes the person he cherishes most, and he goes to great lengths to win Lu Yuner’s affection.
Mini scene 1:
One day, the sun is high in the sky but Su Qingwan still hasn’t gotten up for class.
Servant Xiaoyuan: “Young prince, it’s time for class. You’ll be late otherwise.”
Su Qingwan says arrogantly: “I’m not going. I am the esteemed prince, my status is so noble, why should I suffer this hardship? Besides, isn’t learning all this just to please women? Hmph, they’re not worthy!”
Mini scene 2:
After Su Qingwan falls for someone, he completely changes. He no longer skips class and diligently learns how to be a good husband and father. But he discovers that Sister Yuner is always surrounded by admirers.
Drunk and overcome with jealousy one day, he clings to Lu Yuner, crying beautifully like a pear blossom in the rain.
Su Qingwan: “Qingwan likes Sister Yuner.”
Lu Yuner: “Young prince, you’re drunk.”
Su Qingwan: “Qingwan isn’t drunk. Qingwan likes Sister Yuner, likes you so much, likes you to bits…” Before he can finish, Lu Yuner’s eyes flash with emotion and she leans in closer.
[Reading Guide]
1. The female lead is gentle, gracious, humble and polite but not weak. The male lead is initially an arrogant, noble, love-deprived brat, later a cute, clingy, scheming little jealous one.
2. 1v1, a bit torturous in the beginning but definitely sweet later on.
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