Rosé’s skin, pressed against the Archduke, was scorching hot.
“What a fever…!”
At Rosé’s overheating condition, the Archduke unconsciously furrowed his brows. He looked down at Rosé, who had collapsed powerless, and bit his lower lip.
He scanned the surroundings to see if Rosé’s entourage was present.
But around her, there was no one. Neither maid nor escort knight.
“She ventured out alone in this state.”
No, was she sent out alone?
‘I just got divorced.’
The Archduke was troubled by Rosé’s words murmured with a clear smile.
Lifting up Rosé’s body, he entered a desolate alleyway.
The Archduke, who was with a woman who had fallen in the middle of the square, received suspicious glances, hence the reason.
“Where should I take her?”
Should he take her to his mansion? No, it could cause unnecessary rumors.
It didn’t matter to him, but it could spread unfavorable rumors for Rosé.
Then, should he leave her at the parliamentary building and return?
“……Madam Wens could be recognized and it might spread unnecessary rumors.”
Seeing her lying naked, people might whisper that she was ‘abandoned.’
He didn’t want Rosé to hear such things.
The Archduke was in a bind, just pacing around.
Rosé’s body was still feverish. Looking at Rosé, who was gasping irregularly in his arms, he bit his lower lip again.
He was scared that the frail woman might be in danger.
Then, people he had forgotten came to the Archduke’s mind.
“……It should be okay to go there.”
He let out a wry laugh at his belated realization. The Archduke moved with big strides.
He did not forget to look around as he turned the corner.
In the place where he thought no one would be, there was a knight with a small stature. The knight couldn’t take his eyes off the robed Archduke and the fallen Rosé.
The Archduke frowned and quickly moved away.
“……Could it be, Madam?”
The person who encountered the Archduke was Serun, Rosé’s escort knight. Serun, who happened to see Rosé, doubted his own eyes.
Just now, did it seem like Madam was in the arms of some man?
Her face was buried towards the Archduke so he couldn’t properly see her features.
However, the elegantly braided light pink hair was always Madam’s style.
He chased after the Archduke to confirm what he had seen.
The man in the black robe carrying the fallen woman and looking around was suspicious. Serun, not realizing that the robed man was the Archduke, followed him.
Serun didn’t lose sight of the Archduke disappearing into the crowd.
However, the Archduke noticed Serun following him.
‘Why is he following me?’
The Archduke thought he had to shake Serun off and moved even faster.
‘……Did he notice me!’
The Archduke began to run at full speed to shake off Serun. Serun chased him down fearlessly, not wanting to lose sight of the Archduke.
The distance between the two was closing. If he just turned this alley, he might catch him.
The Archduke turned the corner into the alleyway. Serun quickly chased after him.
As soon as Serun turned the corner,
“……What?”
He had no choice but to freeze in his place.
“Where did they disappear?”
It was a deadend alley.
But there was no sign of the Archduke and Rosé anywhere.
Serun, unable to hide his confusion, quickly moved to the mansion.
‘I need to check at the mansion. If Madam is there.’
He thought the person in his arms wasn’t Rosé, but he kept feeling uneasy.
‘Madam would never go out alone.’
He felt anxious for some reason. What if the person he was carrying was really Madam?
Though he was following Sedric’s orders, he was her escort knight.
Serun ran to the mansion as if slicing through the wind. All that was on his mind was ‘Rosé’.
When Serun entered the front gate, the knights raised their hands in greeting.
“Hey, Serun.”
As Serun, who had run at a terrifying speed, stopped, the wind scattered around the man’s face.
‘Whew, that surprised me. If someone saw, they would think Serun ran so fast that he created wind.’
There’s no way Serun could do that.
The knight thought that and dismissed what just happened as a coincidence.
Even though he had just run straight to the mansion, Serun, not panting at all, asked the knight.
“Where is Madam?”
“……Madam? Ahahaha. That is…”
When the knight was asked about Rosé’s story, he made an awkward expression and bowed his head.
“Madam, you divorced the Earl.”
“So where is she now?”
Divorce was expected.
Because Seuren was Sedric’s man. He knew that Rosé would get divorced someday.
“……You’re not surprised?”
The knight widened his eyes at Seuren’s reaction.
“If it were the usual Seuren, huh! Really? That’s impossible! Why our Madam! No, this can’t be! Shouldn’t you react like this?”
He mimicked Seuren’s voice and then looked at him with suspicious eyes.
I didn’t want to beat around the bush……
‘If I act too differently, I’ll be suspected.’
He played the ‘Seuren’ he had created according to the man’s expectations.
“……I was so surprised that I couldn’t speak. Our Madam got divorced, what the hell happened!”
After Being Cheated On, She Picked Up a Treasure (Female-dominant)
One-line summary: The husband I married on a whim had been secretly in love with me for a long time.
On the day when Jun Shao finally obtained the imperial decree for her marriage, Lan Qu, the person she had admired for six years, defied the decree and ran away.
Her gentleness and devotion, her promise of a lifetime together, were all disregarded by him. Instead, he dreamed of entering the palace to serve the Emperor’s sister as a sixth-rank attendant.
News of this incident spread throughout the capital, and the alleys in front of and behind the Lan mansion were crowded with people who came to watch the commotion.
Jun Shao should have been embarrassed and angry.
But someone stepped in to protect her dignity.
The figure was in a miserable state, yet still possessed an undeniable elegance and handsomeness.
The young lord struggled to climb the wall of the Lan mansion and shouted to her, “If he won’t marry you, I will!”
So, Jun Shao took advantage of the situation and married the person.
She thought the young lord did it to save the Lan family from the crime of defying the imperial decree, but never imagined that from beginning to end, what he coveted was her.
*
After the wedding, Jun Shao felt like she was living in a dream.
Her Wife-master was as beautiful as a fairy in a painting, skilled in the six arts, well-versed in poetry and literature, capable of being gentle and attentive, and also grand and dignified. Most importantly, she was the only one in his heart and eyes.
Jun Shao didn’t know how Lan Shiwu, as a illegitimate son without a father and blessed with beauty, had managed to preserve his purity, recklessly escape, and use his last ounce of strength to ruin his own reputation, all because of his love for her, just to stand before her.
She could only see him gazing at her with eyes full of love, and when she bestowed a name upon him, his eyes shone like stars.
“You have come to me like a weary bird perching on a branch. I shall call you A Qi.”
