She who had been wringing her head tried to calm down, and first managed to wear a smile. Additionally, she spread out her dress to cover her bare feet.
“I’m a traveler, so I don’t know much.”
The shop owner’s expression softened slightly.
“Are you from Elrab?”
Luella glanced at the map on the screen and nodded.
Elrab, a country across the sea, was a place you could only go to after reaching the max level, so she had never been there in the game.
Though she had raised several characters, she had quit them all in the middle. The only character that had come close to level 90 was a healer, and now, she was about to reach the max level not in the original game but here.
Lying was a bit dangerous due to the lack of information, but she was in a predicament where she couldn’t even afford water with her identity, so she had no choice.
“Yes, that’s right. I’m from Elrab. Anyway, you said the command came down. So didn’t you check the kingdom’s ID before?”
“Head hair, no, from the time this place was the Hellane Kingdom until now, there has never been such an occurrence.”
At the owner’s answer, Luella asked, thinking maybe it had changed recently.
“Did it change recently?”
“Yes. A command came down from the Balder Guild not to sell goods to a woman named Rominin or Lominin. Miss, you said you were a traveler? Show your pass, and I will give you bread.”
“I didn’t bring that either. I didn’t know this would happen.”
“Indeed, it’s a strange situation for us too; it must be even more so for travelers.”
The owner pondered for a moment and said,
“I’ll sell it to you just this once. Don’t talk about it anywhere.”
“Yeah, I’ll buy this round bread. How much is it?”
“It’s 1 Rue. Here.”
Luella took the packaged bread from the owner and pulled out a coin from her cloak.
“What’s this?”
But the owner scowled as he took the money.
“What do you mean? It’s money.”
“Where did this come from?”
The owner’s expression was not good. Luella quickly racked her brains, calming her uneasy heart.
“Uh, I received it……”
Under the sharp gaze, she unknowingly omitted the word ‘reward’ from ‘received as a reward’ and brought the remaining words to her lips.
“Received it as change?”
“Yes, yes.”
Luella quickly nodded her head.
“You’ve been scammed. Nowadays, with the opening, travelers change their country’s currency for ours and often get scammed like this. I never thought I’d see it myself. This is fake money.”
“Fake money?”
Her surprised expression was no lie.
Though it wasn’t as the owner thought, she genuinely felt scammed. She couldn’t use the money she got from the quest; this was a disaster.
“Miss, are you okay? Just take the bread. And from now on, be careful not to get scammed. This isn’t a wellfunctioning country like Elrab, you know.”
“I’m fine, thank you for your kind explanation.”
She handed the bread back to the shop owner and hurriedly left the place.
The money was fake?
Reeling from shock, she stumbled as she walked when suddenly, a shouting voice was heard.
“Clear the way for Master Balder. Get out of the way, you, move aside now!”
The bustling market street was quiet in an instant.
She wondered why Balder the Guild Master was here. It had only been the day before when she visited the Camun mansion.
But he was here in the capital all of a sudden?
Well, she was here on foot, so it wasn’t strange for him, who could ride a horse or carriage, to be here as well.
‘He didn’t follow me here, did he?’
A chill ran down her spine with the premonition that he surely would. She felt that something terrible would happen if she ran into him now.
Luella hid in the alley between the buildings and pulled her hood deeper. She then watched the approaching group of people.
Without anyone telling her, she could tell which one was Balder the Guild Master.
A man of average stature, who was shouting to clear the way and brandishing a sword, followed by bulky figures. Seeing him strutting around the street, he seemed to be showing off himself.
“Damn, spit!”
Suddenly, a man standing in front of them spat on the ground at the sight of the horsemen.
“Be careful, what will you do if you get caught doing that?”
“Do I need permission to spit? How did life get so constrained day by day?”
Another person chimed in quietly at the man’s grumbling who had spat.
“That’s right. The tyranny of the highups is getting worse without end. Aren’t they saying they will raise all the taxes from next month?”
“Raise it here too? Are we being told to starve to death?”
The murmuring people expressing their dissatisfaction fell silent as Balder’s party approached.
Balder’s face was quite decent. But the cunning look in his eyes and a slightly twisted mouth offset such an advantage.
“Oh my, how handsome.”
As I was internally evaluating Balder’s appearance, admiring voices came from somewhere. A group of women were following Balder’s horsemen along the road, cheering.
“Look at those sharp eyes. Isn’t it really charming?”
“Huh?”
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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