“Commander.”
Delia’s tone suddenly changed.
The once chirping baby bird called out to Aaron with a lower, altered voice.
At the sudden shift in atmosphere, Aaron’s brows twitched.
“Why so serious, all of a sudden?”
“I understand why you are so kind to me, Commander.”
Delia glanced at the plate on the table.
The meat on the plate was already neatly cut, ready to eat.
Perhaps the Commander had prepared it.
“I think I know why you’re worried that I’ll get hurt. You’re keeping me alive to use me.”
It was a question Delia asked herself, already having an answer.
A question that didn’t require Aaron’s answer.
The question that probably needed an answer would be the next one.
Aaron lent his ears to Delia’s clear voice.
“But?”
“Why do you keep pushing me? When I tried to kill the Commander… even though I failed, when I deceived the Commander to escape… you understood everything, didn’t you?”
“Yeah, I did.”
“But you even advise me to try other things, as if mocking me.”
“No, I’m genuinely cheering for you.”
At the inexplicable feeling, Delia tilted her head.
“Commander, are you overconfident in your power? Or are you disregarding me, thinking I can’t do anything?”
Delia’s fork, which had been stirring the meat, stopped in midair.
“Or are you… just insane?”
At Delia’s straightforward question, Aaron burst out laughing.
Seeing the smile on his face, Delia nodded.
“Hmm. Seeing you laugh, I think I know the answer without asking.”
“What do you think the answer is, prisoner?”
“You’re completely insane.”
At Delia’s harsh response, Aaron laughed heartily.
“Haha, that’s correct. And the previous reasons are also correct. All of them.”
“Commander, you’re really annoying.”
After a moment of laughter, Aaron idly stroked his jaw.
Aaron’s silver eyes connected diagonally with Delia’s.
“There’s a bigger reason than that.”
“What is it?”
“To not leave any regrets.”
At the ordinary word ‘regret’, Delia’s fork movement slowed.
“Regret?”
“If there’s something you haven’t done, it leaves you longing.”
“What does that have to do with our current situation?”
“You have to try everything. You have to do everything you want to do.”
At the calm voice of Aaron, every hair on her body stood on end.
Delia’s long eyelashes trembled as she looked at Aaron.
“If you’ve tried everything so that there are no regrets and still fail, you’ll give up.”
Delia’s slowly moving hand eventually stopped what it was doing.
Even her heartbeat began to slow down.
“If you crush your hopes like that, you’ll be easier to tame. So, prisoner.”
The hardening of Delia’s heart was clearly felt by Aaron.
A subtle smile appeared on Aaron’s face.
“Try everything. So you won’t have any regrets.”
Even though she knew she was being led to ruin.
It was a devil’s smile, so beautiful it made your heart shudder.
“Do everything you want to do, so you won’t have any regrets.”
It was a remark so affectionate it sent chills down one’s spine.
Delia halflowered her eyes as if to avoid Aaron’s gaze.
Her long lashes glistening as they caught the light.
In her trembling blue eyes, she took in the food on the table.
The finely cut meat, the soft soup, and a basket of mountain berries picked from the Tarence Mountain.
“To tame…”
Quietly murmuring, Delia picked up a berry.
The fresh berry entered Delia’s red lips with a pop.
The explosion of fruit in Delia’s mouth brought the aroma of Eorenti.
The vibrant sensation of the mountain berry awakened Delia.
Delia’s small lips, stained with red juice, parted slightly.
“Commander. You’re surprisingly cute.”
At the unexpected word, Aaron’s eyes widened.
There were countless people who were afraid and avoided his gaze even without words.
They laughed and gave him the nickname ‘Mad Duke.’
And now, this audacious prisoner called him ‘cute.’
“Me? The Grand Commander of the Empire, cute?”
Delia slowly raised her lowered eyelids and stared at Aaron.
One arm on the table, she propped her chin with her hand.
Delia’s tilted blue gaze reached Aaron.
As if placing a mirror between them, they stared at each other in the same pose.
“Yeah, Commander. You’re cute.”
Aaron’s eyebrow twitched ever so slightly.
“Where do you see it?”
“Presuming to tame me all by yourself. Truly adorable.”
Aaron opened his eyes slightly, listening to Delia’s haughty voice.
Could it be the spoiling of a stubborn prisoner who hates to lose?
“Trying hard for an impossible task is somewhat pitiful.”
Feeling Aaron’s gaze on her hand, Delia stretched her hand over the table.
A sleek mountain berry was caught at the end of her slender fingers.
“I’ve really come far. Even receiving the sympathy of a prisoner.”
At Aaron’s grumbling, Delia burst into a faint laugh.
“Why do you put yourself up for such an impossible task?”
“But it’s not impossible. I’ve never failed to tame the prey I’ve caught so far.”
“Then I’ll be the first impossible task for you, commander. I’m not a tamed entity.”
Delia provocatively jeered at Aaron and bit the fruit with her lips.
A red fruit was caught between her red lips.
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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