Somehow sensing danger, Lucia followed the troupe members without even changing her clothes.
As a result, they went to the complaints office, picked up several request forms, and left.
Then they started to handle the requests by directly confronting the clients, as if threatening them.
Whether it was chopping down an old tree to rescue a cat, rummaging through the streets like sanitation workers to find lost money, or taking revenge on prank requests.
Despite their diligence, they were so clumsy that in the end they cruelly hung up the young clients upside down and laughed wickedly.
‘This is insane. How much more infamy are they trying to accumulate? This can’t go on.’
Just as she was about to stop this mess before the next request.
“You shouldn’t do this to a child…! Sob!”
“Mommy!”
Lucia halted at the sound of the child’s voice.
This time, the client’s situation seemed quite serious.
The troupe members who had been giggling now stood frozen at the sight of the weeping woman and her blonde child clinging to her hem.
Amid the tense atmosphere, Lucia listened more carefully.
“So, you’re saying the child’s father is a noble, and after promising marriage to continue the family line, he’s pretending not to know you? Do you have proof?”
At Berle’s rather inappropriate questioning, the woman nodded her head in misery.
“Captain! Isn’t that too much? What proof, what proof! How wronged must she be to lodge a complaint! Her name is out there, she can’t escape punishment if this isn’t true!”
“Gilliana, hold on. Hold on. It’s the procedure.”
Vernon intervened, stopping the chattering Gilliana.
As Berle awkwardly waited for the woman’s response, she slowly shook her head.
“No, I don’t have any. Just the child’s resemblance. But it’s true. He really looks just like him…!”
“Are you certain?”
Upon confirming again, the woman couldn’t hold back her tears.
Then, the child hugged his crying mother and said, sobbing,
“Mommy… Don’t cry… I’m sorry. I’m sorry.”
The sight suffocated Gilliana.
Finally, Berle seemed to make some decision and looked at Vernon.
Then, Vernon took out a whistle hanging from his neck.
“We will start by identifying the location.”
He blew the silent whistle with full force.
Then,
[Dash] Caw!A crow began to circle overhead.
He started tying something around the crow’s ankle.
Then he spoke confidently.
“We will soon know where he is.”
He had climbed to an executive position even during his time in the dark organization, as an information agent. His intelligence from that time was still very much alive.
“So, what do we do now? Will it end if we just dodge them? Should we just kill them all? Huh?”
[Dash] Thud thud.Gilliana began to loosen the joints in her neck and hands with a grim face.
Then, Berl, who was revisiting the request document, spoke.
“Gilliana, that’s not what the request is about.”
“Huh? It’s not?”
As if responding to Gilliana, the child who had buried his face in his mother’s skirt quietly grumbled.
“I just wanted to see the criminal…”
The requester was this tiny child.
Written in crooked letters on the request form was a small wish of a child who had never seen the face of his father since birth.
[Star icon]A luxurious hotel lobby.
Emily, dressed nicely after a long time, was sitting on a plush sofa, waiting for someone.
And Emily, as if making a decision, quietly clenched her fists.
‘I have to leave kindergarten soon!’
The place she had come to, even using her precious day off, was a popular location for young people to consider marriage.
So, Emily was here to escape from the anxiety that had piled up to her throat due to a shocking event during a recent trip.
“Ma’am, what would you like to drink?”
“Ah, my companion hasn’t arrived yet… Ah!”
Emily quickly raised her hand to her chin where she felt pain.
“My goodness, are you alright, ma’am?”
“Ah, I’m fine. I’m fine. Hehe…”
“Then, I’ll be back later.”
It seemed she was so shocked that even her chin, which had dropped that day, seemed lost and distressed.
When she finally lowered her hand from her nowsteady chin,
“Nice to meet you. I am Dukewell Chester. I recognized you instantly. You are the young lady of the Tangst Earl family, aren’t you?”
“……!”
Anyone could see his luxurious fabric and wellmaintained, smooth skin.
And his relaxed and fresh smile was definitely the single savior for her.
Looking at the impressive man in front of her, Emily silently rejoiced inside.
‘Yes, this is the man!’
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.
“Oh my! Earl Chester! Really? You even personally take care of the hunting dog’s puppies. You are such a kind person!”
“No, it’s a dog I’ve been raising like a child; I ought to, haha.”
The more she looked, the better he seemed. This man!
Emily speculated that this man, who was telling a reasonably nice story, was fairly materialistic.
But she wanted just such a man.
Because she herself was also calculating, slapping hands together lightened her heart.
And the feeling was mutual.
The blonde man with unblemished white skin, who had never worked a day outdoors, looked at Emily, who was playing along well, and smiled contentedly.
“Emily, you are different from others. The higher the rank, the more they talk about the scale of property and whatnot. I was disappointed that marriage felt just like business.”
“Ah. Hehe. Meeting between people shouldn’t be like that!”
‘He even has the skill to morally alleviate the situation. Really, what more could be better?’
The man was a third son who had somehow taken over the family line; although wealthy, he needed social connections to back him up.
So even if Emily’s family had declined, it was a known earl family, a stepping stone to broaden his influence, satisfying each other’s needs in a calculated meeting.
And Emily was a shrewd strategist.
She had carefully chosen, considering her investment.
The Dukewell Earl owned a vineyard in a pollutionfree area; the wine produced there had a skyhigh price.
The current warehouse of wine that this family held would never run out if sold for generations to come.
Moreover, his appearance, height, and character were all so apt.
There was nothing more she could ask for.
As they both looked at each other, satisfied in their own world, a dark crowd gathered around them.
It was the Black Knights, occupying empty seats one by one.
And sitting near today’s target were the Aces and Berl.
They barely managed to hold back the growling Gilliana and ordered tea in a very natural manner.
And today’s client cradled in Berl’s arms.
The blond, chubby and cute child looked up at the adult holding her and whispered.
“Is Jogi my dad…?”
“Yes, you really look alike. He was very handsome.”
Unable to swear at the child’s question, Berl deliberately mixed in a compliment in his answer.
However, the child still pouted with a gloomy face.
“…Dad’s house has a dog… I wish I had a dog…”
Everyone who heard the whispered words poked at their thighs.
But Gilliana couldn’t hold back.
Just as if the red fighting dog’s leash was unleashed, she quickly ran and grabbed him by the collar.
“Hey, you damn wretch! You take care of the dog but not the kid? Huh?”
Though her short stature didn’t let her get under the man’s feet, he couldn’t escape her grip.
“What on earth is this…!”
“The Black Knights again!? Ah, ouch!”
Emily, who was once again slackjawed, hurriedly held her jaw.
Still, what Gilliana said swirled in Emily’s mind.
‘Hold on, a child? What does that mean?’
Emily, now an expert in jaw clenching, looked at the man who had been her only savior with a meaningful gaze.
Then all of a sudden,
“Don’t! You can’t torment Daddy!”
The child hit Gilliana’s thigh with her little hands.
Emily almost dislocated her jaw again.
The child in front of her looked so much like the man.
‘This is insane…!’
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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