The white shirt was entirely stained with blood. Not only the shirt but also his hands… and even his face was splattered with fresh blood.
Duke Artyom, without even wiping his bloodstained hands, casually swept back his hair. The dark red blood gave his hair an eerily radiant glow.
The Duke… killed someone?
Without standing up, Duke approached Rosé, who was leaning back. He quietly extended his hand towards her.
The giant hand approached as if it would engulf Rosé. Duke’s hand, which seemed like it could strangle her any moment, froze in midair. A strong smell of fresh blood, carried by Duke’s hand, wafted to her nose.
Rosé was terrified. She thought that she might be brutally killed just like the person who had screamed in pain by the Duke.
“This is not polite. Extending a bloody hand to a lady.”
Duke Artyom, without taking his eyes off Rosé, withdrew his hand. Then, he casually wiped his hand on his shirt and reached out once again.
Plop.
The Duke helped Rosé up without waiting for her to take his hand.
Startled by his touch, Rosé stood up from her seat without uttering a sound.
What on earth is he trying to do?
Rosé, who was pale as a ghost, swallowed her dry saliva, unable to understand his intentions.
“What a sight. Your dress is all ruined.”
Her skyblue dress was covered in mud and in complete disarray. Despite the Duke’s comment, Rosé didn’t have the presence of mind to check her dress.
She couldn’t let her guard down in front of the Duke. All her attention was focused on Duke Artyom.
‘What is he going to do to me?’
She was undeniably present at a murder scene…
The place where she heard the man’s screams and where Rosé was, were only a few steps apart.
‘…Is he so relaxed because he can just kill me too?’
Rosé pondered what she could say to spare her life from the Duke.
‘Should I beg for my life? Should I plead that I saw nothing…?’
Maybe, just maybe, if she begged desperately enough, she could spare her own life.
Shaking with fear, Rosé looked at the Duke with trembling eyes after contemplating for a while.
Then, she made up her mind. She decided to ‘gamble’ with Duke Artyom.
“I’ll pretend I didn’t see anything.”
Instead of begging for her life in a cowardly way, Rosé went for a frontal assault. A strange smile surfaced on the Duke’s face at Rosé’s words.
She was obviously shaking with fear, so this audacious attitude towards him was somewhat curious.
“What are you saying?”
As if nothing was wrong, the Duke wiped the blood smeared on his cheek with the back of his hand and asked.
“I’m saying, Your Grace, I’ll pretend I didn’t witness you murdering someone.”
She tried to appear calm, but the tremor in her voice couldn’t be hidden. The Duke stared at Rosé, who was speaking straightforwardly.
In a situation like this, she didn’t beg for her life, instead she showed this attitude.
“Murder…”
Duke Artyom trailed off, his eyes opened slightly wider. Then, he bowed to Rosé and muttered in a low voice.
“My lady… seems to think I killed someone?”
Rosé flinched as if she’d been struck at the heart.
“Well…”
She was at a loss for words at his demeanor, as if he was asking something so obvious.
When Rosé didn’t continue, perplexed, the Duke opened his mouth once more.
“Did you see it?”
“Pardon?”
“Did you see me kill someone?”
“No…
She didn’t see it, but she heard a person’s scream and… afterwards, the Duke, covered in blood, appeared. Plus… wasn’t there a bloodstained knife on his waist?
‘Based on the circumstances’, the Duke had probably killed someone.
“You think I killed someone without seeing anything. What do you think of me, madam?”
She couldn’t possibly utter the thought that he was a ‘duke without pity or remorse’, though it did cross her mind.
When Rosé didn’t say anything like a mute who had eaten honey, the Duke shrugged as if this was familiar to him.
“Well, my appearance now could indeed provoke misunderstanding.”
“Pardon?”
So… is he saying that she’s completely misunderstood?
“Follow me.”
He gestured to the dazed Rosé and calmly began to walk. Rosé, who was still stunned, hastily followed the Duke.
Because the Duke didn’t have a wide stride, Rosé was able to catch up with him easily. In fact, it even felt like he was walking very slowly.
She walked alongside him. As they turned the corner without even taking a few steps, the smell of blood was even stronger than before. It was enough to involuntarily scrunch up one’s face.
Rosé held her nose with one hand and looked around. There was nothing, let alone people, in the meadow.
‘I definitely heard a human voice.’
There was no way she heard it wrong. It was such a clear and painful sound. But it seemed that Rosé wasn’t the only one who thought it was strange.
“It disappeared…….”
Rosé heard the duke’s voice muttering as he looked around the empty surroundings.
“……What happened, Your Grace?”
“I just helped Duke Bled who was being attacked by a monster.”
“Then that blood…….”
Male lead is reincarnated to save his wife
I’ve also read this one twice already. The female lead is kinda soft and gets embarrassed easily—not really my type, but the plot is definitely worth reading. Hurry up and read it, y’all!
Intro
When Shen Yuan encountered Su Jin again in his previous life, she had already become the Prime Minister of the current dynasty. As for him, the former top young master of the capital, he had long since fallen into the abyss, becoming a singer on a pleasure boat.
After a song ended, he was redeemed and sent to the Su Residence.
Su Jin respected and cherished him, gave him a roof over his head, and bestowed him with warmth. Shen Yuan fell deeper and deeper, but before he could express his feelings, Su Jin passed away.
Shen Yuan died to follow her in death, but instead, he returned to when he was fifteen years old.
At that time, he was not yet engaged, and Su Jin was just a poor scholar.
Shen Yuan gritted his teeth, casting aside all his pride, and thought of ways to coax and entice her every day.
The colder and more indifferent Su Jin was towards him, the more proactive Shen Yuan became.
He was not afraid of being mocked by the world, only wanting to marry his Wife-master early, to hold her hand and never let go for a lifetime.
[Note: This story will not specifically point out the male lead’s reincarnation time point; it’s all in the details. Whenever you feel that the male lead is acting strangely, he has most likely been reincarnated.]
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