“Yes, Lady Merah is right. Isn’t it absurd? Right, Lady Lucia?”
However, even with their nagging, Lucia did not nod. Perhaps she didn’t like their proactive attitude. The two ladies straightened their necks and pushed Lucia to answer.
With the flames rekindled once again, Lucia answered casually, like pouring cold water on them. That attitude seemed to displease the two ladies.
Now that the proactive ladies had laid the groundwork for astonishing news, the person involved was so unresponsive that they appeared anxious.
“Mrs. Mera, Mrs. Serdin. It’s undoubtedly a matter that will make you angry, but the truth is, I’ve decided to apply for withdrawal this time…”
However, before she could finish her sentence, the two ladies kneeled, clutched their mouths, and gathered.
“That’s right! You’re angry! We knew it! So, we stopped!”
The triumphant expressions of the two ladies. However, it didn’t take long for that to turn into a dumbfounded look,
“……What?”
“……What!?”
A moment of sudden silence. A mood filled with shock and confusion. Lucia calmly placed the teacup she had held throughout this static moment.
“Could it be that stopping means resigning as the class representative?”
“Could you be quitting kindergarten!?”
The two ladies shouted together, their loud voices drawing attention from the surroundings. However, no one could answer that question.
In this place, countless gazes exchanged through questions, and as some time passed, the faces of the two ladies were filled with bewilderment.
“…H-How could this…”
“…Could it be true? It’s not a joke…”
Lucia was also taken aback. It was one of the most regrettable situations in recent times. Perhaps it was evident that she had stopped siding with herself, as she did last time.
In this awkward moment, her dry lips felt even more parched. Although she wouldn’t have cared in the past, there had been gatherings like battlefields that she had overcome together with these ladies.
The camaraderie with such ladies was indeed a strange experience.
Staring at Lucia, who seemed like a thorn cushion, the ladies began rummaging through their bags and used handkerchiefs to wipe their eyes.
“As expected, are you going to your husband’s hometown?”
“Living alone as a woman in this harsh capital must be tough. I understand.”
They were the kind of women who could understand well without clarification.
“Again… I hoped they would blame me.”
And again, Lucia couldn’t deny it.
“…Sorry for causing this. Maybe I didn’t have the courage to be myself.”
“No, don’t apologize. These are tears of regret for stopping. Hoho.”
“That’s right. It was a chance to get bonus points, but it’s a shame. Hoho.”
Even with their jokes, Lucia felt uneasy. Then, continuing to lighten the mood, Mrs. Mera and Mrs. Serdin asked, “Oh, by the way. So, did Mrs. Julianna insist on being invited?”
“Oh, if you knew, you should have persuaded her. Well, then you must invite her, Lady Lucia. Got it?”
“That’s right. Where are you going? The warm east? Or the snowy north with beautiful scenery? Since it’s winter vacation now, I’m fine anywhere. Hohoho.”
“…….”
Lucia couldn’t answer again. The situation was the same as before.
‘As far as these ladies know, Lady Lucia is a widow who lost her husband in the war. However, it won’t be long before all the rumors reveal my true identity to them here.’
Lucia couldn’t respond again.
The situation was the same as before.
‘As of now, the Lady Lucia they know is a widow who lost her husband in the war. But within a few days, all the rumors will reveal my true identity to them…’
More important than that was whether she could call them there, even if they didn’t fear her.
Perhaps it wouldn’t be as peaceful as staying in the capital, predicting the situation of the Archfiend’s invasion.
This was because she knew it wouldn’t be easy to rid the pests swarming around the assets left by the Duke.
At that moment.
The Great Hall of the Arkis Grand Duchy.
The Imperial Governor sent by the suzerain empire, Gerald, held his throbbing temple.
He had heard enough about how he should deal with the noisy envoys from the Duchy, but somehow it felt a bit unfair.
It was because he had been tasked with the unusual responsibility of receiving the oath of allegiance without a master.
‘Her Majesty seems to cherish Lucia so much that she assigns me such a troublesome task.’
And what bothered him the most was,
“Does this make sense!? Without a single strand of hair visible, this Duchy has been conquered, and now you’re telling me to prepare a fitting investiture!?”
“Lord Jared’s words are correct! The Empire said it was concluding the matter of the Archfiend, but is this how you intend to conclude it? Truly remarkable. If that’s the case, I have no choice but to declare independence, including my barony!”
Jared Arkis Aylis Viscount, Autumn Arkis Ruvoli Baron. They were the infuriated brothers of the former Grand Duke, inciting among many nobles.
To this, Governor Gerald let out a bitter laugh.
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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