Not long ago, even at the national dinner, she truly hated the inefficient process of spending more time dressing up than eating during the mealtime, with that fancy dress and makeup.
‘To do that again…’
Seeing the atmosphere of the commander, Berl opposed the members.
“Stop that. The Supreme Commander has a bad back, so the commander has to do things instead. It’s too much for you all to do.”
“What? The Sword Master has a bad back? You can replace him with something like that……”
Berl sighed at Vernon’s words and shook his head.
“General Herbert dislikes it terribly, even though he is a general. There’s no help for it.”
That’s right.
If the Empire’s top knight, Herbert, were missing, the one to replace him would be Lucia.
Unless Herbert was absent, such incidents were not common, but this time was different.
Due to their daughter, their responsibility was to bear the consequences of the injured back.
Leaving behind the chattering members and completing the report, Lucia now prepared herself, wearing her military jacket to go out.
“Then submit the report and come back.”
In response to her brief remark, the loyal vice-captain suddenly stood up from his seat.
“Do you need to go personally, Commander? Can’t I go on your behalf?”
“That would be nice, but…”
Lucia raised the first page of the documents to be delivered to the Marshal.
Documents embroidered with the mark of the palace.
It contained information about the military commander of the Arkis Kingdom, a national-level classified document that no one could touch.
“Ah, I see. Then please go. Commander.”
With Berl’s regretful farewell, Lucia opened the door, and as she did,
“Commander Lucia. Where are you going?”
…?
Someone she met before taking a step out of the knight hall. It was Leon, standing there as if he had been waiting, not by coincidence.
Lucia stared at him intently.
Under the suspicious gaze, Leon behind her became visibly uneasy, as if sweat would flow down his back.
In such situations, he instinctively used his charm.
A naturally calm smile, like a white deer freely running on the plains.
“Oh, the sky here is beautiful. That’s why I’m standing here.”
…?
Has he become sentimental since teaching music these days?
Lucia urged her steps, finding his strange hobby of scrutinizing the same sky anywhere unnecessary.
“I see. Well then, enjoy your leisure.”
“Hey! Uh, where are you going?”
As Lucia took a step, he began to follow hastily.
Just like before, she showed him the documents in front of him.
“Oh… It’s a confidential report. Are you going to see the Vice-Marshal?”
“Yes. That’s right.”
Only then did his steps slow down, and Leon, left behind, looked at the busy woman’s back.
Remaining in that place, he pulled something out secretly from his pocket.
It seemed to be a magical tool, as the color changed when he tapped the bead with magic, and as the color changed, something began to whisper there.
And not long after,
[Dashing] Boom!!In Lucia’s ears, who was walking away, the sound of an explosion rang out.
What’s this?
Since she was going this way anyway, she went to confirm the origin of the sound. There, Prince Irene and the knights following him were present.
“Hello, Commander Lucia.”
Prince Irene waved his hand as if he knew she would come here.
“Your Excellency, what on earth happened?”
Looking around, Lucia noticed that the corner of the large fountain in the palace had collapsed, causing water chaos underfoot.
“Oh, we were trying to replace the fountain before the conference. Why did it burst without draining the water?”
Her gaze narrowed as she looked at the ground.
The ground had turned into a muddy pool due to the water chaos.
“It’s okay. It’s okay. Since we were going to replace it, let’s clean the floor while we’re at it.”
“Why did you explode it without draining the water?”
Her eyes narrowed as she looked at the ground.
The ground had turned into a muddy pool due to the water chaos.
“It’s okay. It’s okay. Since we were going to replace it, let’s clean the floor while we’re at it.”
“I see. Understood. I’ll pass through then.”
She didn’t like her shoes getting messy, but to reach the temporary residence where the diplomatic mission was staying, Lucia had no choice but to take the shortcut.
However, the prince’s reaction was unusual.
“What!? You’re going through this mess?”
“Yes. It’s military boots, so it’s okay.”
His pupils were shaking visibly.
And there was something urgent about his gestures, indicating towards the clock tower as if being chased by time.
Whenever she took a step, he would suddenly wave his long arms in the air, obstructing her path.
Annoyed, Lucia gave him a stern look, and the prince started sweating.
“Ah, exercise. You told me last time that to stay healthy, I should exercise, right? Like this? Huh? Is this right? Huh?”
“….”
More exaggerated movements.
Sensing something suspicious, Lucia pretended to turn back and skillfully avoided him, darting her body to walk around him.
Then came his desperate shout.
“Ah, Luciaaa! This path won’t do!”
Male lead is a Divorced Husband
She said to him: “Tell me, what makes you like me? I’ll change it!”
Liu Changning transmigrated into a female cannon fodder character in a female-dominant novel.
After reading the first half of the novel’s plot, the first thing she did upon transmigration was to divorce the Pan Jinlian-style male protagonist she had just married.
She indulged herself, pretending to be ugly and poor.
But as time passed, the way that man looked at her became more and more unusual…
Liu Changning was dumbfounded: Tell me, what makes you like me? I’ll change!
――
This lifetime, Pei Yuanshao was rejected by the same woman twice!
The first time, she drove him away. Forced by the situation, he endured the waves of anger in his heart, yielding and humbling himself.
That person lay slanted on a rocking chair, her sallow face emotionless: “If you don’t want a divorce, go cook!”
Pei Yuanshao’s face was dark and gloomy: “You!”
The second time, after the crisis in Jinling City was resolved, the new emperor sent someone to pick him up. He turned around, stammering: “I… I have to go. If you keep me…”
That person lay on the kang bed, her back to him, as if she had long anticipated this day, crisp and clear: “Goodbye!”
Pei Yuanshao was so angry his fingers trembled: “You… you!”
The mission of family and country made him restrain himself, averting his eyes and turning to leave this broken household.
Two years later, they met again. Seeing her ethereal face, his body shook like a sieve.
“She was originally a ‘she’!”
At the Qionglin Banquet, the top scholar of the imperial examination, a talented person with exceptional speech and conduct, all the unmarried young gentlemen from aristocratic families looked at her with shy and timid eyes.
The peerless imperial official Pei Yuanshao felt the anger in his heart erupt. He pointed at the woman surrounded by the crowd at the Qionglin Banquet, his thin lips slightly curled: “Little sister, I wants that person to be the wife-master of my Mingde Prince Manor.”
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