“No. Keep it a secret from the Crown Prince for now. I’ll think more about whether there is another way.”
Lucan, who felt that the barrier Arthur was setting against the Crown Prince was too high, rolled his eyes.
Although they didn’t admire Arthur as much, Lucan and the knights didn’t hate the relaxed Crown Prince, who was kind to Arthur.
Despite various circumstances, the Crown Prince sincerely liked Arthur and wanted to be of help.
Sometimes, they felt that Arthur didn’t understand that feeling too much.
“……Your Majesty. The Crown Prince is on your side. He would want to help.”
“No.”
Arthur calmly cut him off.
“Julius is my family, whether I like it or not. And the royal family, can be my ‘backup’, but they cannot become ‘my family’.”
Kay, who understood his words, had a somewhat gloomy expression.
Tristan, who vaguely understood, looked at Kay’s face.
Lucan, who didn’t understand, stared at Arthur in puzzlement.
Arthur continued.
“I know that Kyle is sincere. But if the Crown Prince rashly moves the royal family to help me, and Queen Maria messes up Julius under the pretext of protecting me, then that’s my loss.”
“……”
Lucan closed his mouth.
Arthur quietly continued his words.
“Kyle could be my family on the battlefield. I understand that he worries about me personally, and I also think he’s a good person. But in the upcoming fights, he is no longer on my side, regardless of his own will.”
“……”
A heavy silence flowed among the knights.
Arthur smiled as if to ease the stiff atmosphere.
“……Don’t tell Kyle about my circumstances. That’s the only way to remain as friends, not enemies.”
“Yes.”
The knights, including Lucan, responded.
Tristan asked.
“……And the Duke Rembrandt? That side too……”
Arthur rolled his cigarette between his fingers, recalling Reyna’s words that she’d asked him to ‘keep seeing her unadorned self a secret’.
“……”
Unadorned.
Probably meaning when they met in her ‘maid’ state.
That side probably already knows.
“……”
“Lady.”
He recalled Rembrandt, who had spoken quickly and quietly in her ear.
“It’s okay. Don’t be surprised.”
“It’s okay.”
And then the words she had spoken while looking at him with her arm held.
“I…, Sir Arthur.”
“May I have a moment to talk with my wife?”
And then the words he had heard through Aura when he took Reyna away to the other side.
“Are you okay?”
“Do you need… help?”
“Duke and Duchess. Or Sir Arthur……”
“Is someone making it hard for you?”
“……What to do? I have to go back. Your eyes are red. Tears are about to come out.”
“What should we match our words to?”
Arthur smiled out of habit.
For some reason, he felt his head heating up.
Arthur calmly put the cigarette in his mouth and opened his mouth.
“He’s a royal family member. Especially a person from Queen Maria’s side.”
“……”
The knights nodded as if they had expected that answer.
Arthur puffed out a long stream of smoke and flicked his cigarette into the ashtray.
“Be wary. Don’t allow him near my wife.”
The knights answered.
“Yes.”
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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