The masked figures, following him, couldn’t contain their laughter and began to chuckle.
[Star Icon]Batten, the former mansion caretaker of the palace. Having just regained consciousness shortly after fainting, he laid out what happened. At some point, the duchess had left the palace and lived elsewhere, and a few years later, she returned to the palace with the child. So, the couple had been extremely cautious before the child was born, acting as if they didn’t know when the child was born or conceived. The day the incident occurred was the day the child returned to the palace for the first time. That’s why Batten, the head butler, went to the welcoming station at the border to greet the long-awaited return of the duchess. When he returned, he found that everyone in the castle was dead, and it was in flames.
“Amidst the enormous fire, those men were about to attack the lady and the child waiting in the carriage, so I died protecting them was the last thing I could do. Even that ended when I got off the carriage at the lady’s command…”
“Then, you didn’t see the child?”
“Yes. But the princess is alive! I heard she closely resembles the lady. Otherwise, there would be no reason for the lady to go to the orphanage!”
“I see.”
It was troublesome. Because the child’s information was not certain. What Lucia had seen was only the portrait of the duke and duchess.
As he claimed, it was a girl or even a younger child with crimson-red hair. Why did the couple hide the child’s existence so desperately? Lucia stared at his bizarre and grotesque appearance as much as for the unknown reasons.
From clumsy makeup to ludicrously crazy acting.
“Is the reason you act like this because of orders?”
“Yes, it was the orders of the Grand Duchess. To keep the child alive, someday find the child, and never reveal the truth unless the culprit is exposed…”
If that was the case, there was only one reason.
“There must have been someone aiming for the child within. And that’s all I know.”
He shook his head, claiming he didn’t know even that.
“Please find the child. I believe if it’s you, you will definitely protect her.”
“Well, that would be under the jurisdiction of the Empire.”
Lucia firmly declined the promise she couldn’t keep. She knew how challenging it was to handle the child just by protecting Nia now.
But he seemed to despair; his white-powdered face turned even paler.
“No! It can’t be! I’ve always thought that the only person who wouldn’t be swayed by rumors of being cool and ruthless is the black monster!”
“…Do you really want to entrust everything to me?”
When she asked, he suddenly began to run somewhere.
Then, he quickly removed the lace screen.
Revealed were sturdy ropes tightly connected to the ceiling and a small chair.
“After revealing such a secret, if you don’t keep it, I’ll die! Agh!”
When he suddenly hanged himself, Lucia was surprised but calmly cut the rope.
[Dash] Thud!An old man in a dress fell awkwardly.
“What on earth are you doing?”
The only thing he could use as a hostage, who had been keeping orders only through that day’s shock, was his own life.
“Sigh, the master who served miserably died, and my only hope is to find a safe place for the child! Please, please. If you happen to find our young miss, you don’t have to let the truth be known. Just, just. Please live as if you don’t know anything!”
“…L-Let go of this!”
He desperately clung to Lucia’s ankle as she reluctantly accepted him. It wasn’t because his makeup, spreading like ruined dough, was terrifying.
Male lead reborn without memories — but he still falls for her.
The person he finds displeasing in this life turns out to be his cherished wife-master in previous life…
Xie Zhi and Fang Xianxing who had known each other for less than three days through a blind date sat in the same car in front of the civil affairs bureau. They had a disagreement and failed to get married.
Xie Zhi immediately took out his phone, slid through his contacts, and randomly selected the next marriage candidate.
The woman snatched his phone and hung up. Looking at his phone wallpaper, she awkwardly changed the subject: “An ancient painting, eh? It looks pretty good, it’s just that the person in the painting looks a bit like me.”
When he heard this, he sarcastically mocked her for being so delusional, completely unaware that, the person in front of him was the reincarnation of Wen Ru, the famous prime minister of Yuan Shun whom he most admired…
The female CEO who doesn’t want to get married with a divorce agreement in hand × The male archaeological researcher who will only get married if he’s sure he can get divorced
