“Cozette, come in quickly.”
Ruella welcomed Cozette, who was carrying a lot of luggage, as she set it down.
“I’m back, Miss. But the main entrance wasn’t open, so I was surprised.”
Cozette greeted Ruella and explained.
Due to the defense shield, an unregistered person attempting to invade the mansion would trigger an alarm.
Since Cozette didn’t expect to return so quickly, she hadn’t registered, and when the alarm sounded, she had to go out to check.
“Your Excellency and Duke Herme are still fighting with those outside?”
Ruel glanced at Cozette, as if asking what nonsense this was, hearing that the people who went to check because they thought enemies had invaded were still fighting with outsiders.
“They are fighting? Did they try to invade inside? If so, the invasion warning should have sounded.”
Seeing Ruel confused about the situation, Cozette explained.
“They got angry because the people outside were rummaging through my carriage, and they scattered and unpacked my luggage. Lord Herme even told me to come in first, so I came in, but I’m worried.”
“Why did they search the carriage… Oh, were they trying to confirm if I was inside? And those two got angry?”
“I’ll go and bring them.”
Mitchell, who had been listening to the conversation, went outside.
Ruel introduced Meg, who manages household affairs, to Cozette, who happened to be coming out of the dining room with Xenon’s mother.
“Cozette, this is Meg, who manages the household affairs. She takes care of security and butler duties. This is Xenon’s mother, Andi. You already know Shuna, right? They seem to stick together since they both joined around the same time.”
Embarrassed by Ruel’s introduction, Shuna smiled.
“I’m sorry, Miss. There wasn’t much to do at the mansion, so I helped with kitchen work.”
“It’s fine as long as it’s not too difficult. If you need help, just call. But isn’t it tough?”
“Not really. I don’t get much work anyway. You told me to go out, but I didn’t have much to do, so I stayed close. Emma and Meg’s stories are very interesting.”
“I’m Leona Cozette. I’m the dedicated costume designer for Miss. Call me Cozette.”
“Hello, Miss. I’m Meg. If you have any tasks, please call anytime.”
“Thank you, Meg.”
“Me too, feel free to call if you have any tasks.”
Upon hearing Shuna’s words, Cozette elegantly blinked.
“Oh, then I’ll be asking for various things.”
“Yes, anytime. I’ll run over if Miss doesn’t have any tasks.”
“If it’s not too difficult, it’s okay. Oh, by the way, if it’s unpacking, we’ll all go and help.”
“No, the luggage sent from Elab should arrive around tomorrow. I have something to teach Shuna. Things like the latest hairstyles and jewelry wearing trends in Elab.”
Shuna’s eyes sparkled with anticipation upon hearing Cozette’s words.
“I really want to learn. Now that I’m becoming Miss’s lady maid, I want to learn a lot and become good at it.”
Looking at the enthusiastic Shuna, Cozette glanced at Ruella.
“Is it okay?”
“Of course. Since Shuna is interested, I’m fine with it.”
“Then, can I go up first? I want to organize the luggage I brought.”
Ruella nodded with glasses she took out of her pocket.
“Sure. I’d like to go up and help, but I have to go outside now. I don’t know if the person who went out is coming back for any reason.”
Cozette mumbled as she watched Ruella go outside.
“I made a dress for you, but seeing you in men’s clothes, it seems more comfortable for you.”
“No, I’m wearing men’s clothes inside the house now due to circumstances.”
Cozette didn’t ask for the reason behind Shuna’s explanation. She knew that even though she was aware of the reasons Shuna gets along well with high-class people, Cozette chose not to ask until Shuna talked about it.
“Then, shall we go to my workshop with the luggage? I rushed back to prepare a lot before the lively ball tomorrow. We have to make you the protagonist of the ball.”
“Why aren’t they coming in?”
Ruella, who went outside, asked, seeing the three people looking toward Wangseong.
“A person named Viscount Gart came. He asked if you had been in the mansion all day.”
Looking back at Ruella, Kite answered, putting her hat back on her.
“He asked if you had been here all day?”
“Yeah. Then he took Balder’s subordinates, who were monitoring our mansion.”
From Kite’s words, it could be inferred that the group on the opposite side, who had been beating the drum until now, was no longer visible.
“Why would he ask that?”
Hazen shrugged, seemingly clueless.
“Do you know about that Viscount Gart?”
Ruella also asked, looking toward Wangseong.
“I only know that he is the commander of the Wangseong guards.”
Mitchell’s answer made Ruella recall a fact.
“Could that Viscount Gart be affiliated with Duke Kuran?”
“It’s possible. He’s in hiding, but since Kuran controls everything, he must be associated with Duke Kuran anyway.”
Kite, who was answering, also looked at Ruella as if he realized something upon hearing the name Duke Kuran.
“Could it be?”
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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