“Ah, hahaha! If Her Majesty the Empress wishes, anytime…”
Roji said with a smile that looked like she was about to cry, lifting only the corners of her mouth.
I don’t know what it is, maybe a cherished egg?
It was just a joke.
I thought to myself, looking at the embarrassed Roji.
But suddenly, she shouted enthusiastically.
“If Her Majesty the Empress wants to eat it, of course, we should crack it!”
“Really? But isn’t this something you cherish? Like for decoration or something.”
“I have nothing to cherish, so an egg like that… No, I absolutely don’t cherish it. It’s not great for decoration either. It just rolls around everywhere.”
Roji said, waving her arms.
“Really? Then should we really crack it for a snack?”
I joked, handing her the egg I was holding.
“Sh-should I crack it right now?”
Roji asked eagerly, as if she was ready to drop the egg on the marble floor.
Seeing her like that made me laugh.
“Just kidding. But is it really an ostrich egg?”
“I’m not entirely sure, but, I heard that.”
“From whom?”
“The person who entrusted this to me.”
“Hmm, in my opinion… it seems a bit different from an ostrich egg, isn’t it? It’s not about to hatch, is it?”
I asked, tapping the egg with the back of my hand.
“Absolutely not. If it were going to hatch, it should have happened 300 years ago… Oh, no, it should have happened even before that. I just want to throw it away, but still, I’ve grown somewhat attached to it.”
She kneeled down and pulled out a basket from under the bed, placing the egg inside.
“Huh? Roji, didn’t the egg seem to move just now?”
I bent my waist, looking down at the egg and grinned.
“…What? I absolutely, completely, have no idea!”
Roji replied, pressing the egg firmly with one hand.
“Just now, it seemed like the egg moved from side to side.”
Did I see it wrong?
“Could it be… Is it really trying to hatch?”
I straightened up again, laughing, and said.
“Ah, hahaha, such surprising events! I’ll have to keep a close eye on it tonight.”
Roji nudged the basket with her toe, sending it back under the bed, then changed the topic.
“Oh, by the way, Empress Pyeha! How about I treat you to lemon cake with refreshing pomegranate juice? The lemon cake made by the servant brought from my family is surprisingly delicious!”
“Oh, really? I was feeling a bit peckish, so why not?”
“Yes! Leave useless eggs like that behind, and I’ll bring it to the terrace.”
Roji and I went outside to the terrace, and she ordered her servant to bring the lemon cake.
We sat facing each other at the table on the terrace.
“Empress Pyeha, the weather seems really nice.”
“Yeah, the view from the terrace is splendid.”
I replied, looking up at the sky.
Zelda and Roji began chatting outside on the terrace, while inside the bedroom, the wyvern egg started showing signs of change.
Inside the egg, a red light flickered and repeated its appearance and disappearance.
Then, cracks began to form on the sturdy wyvern egg that had endured for 300 years,
Snap!
A small, black wyvern hatchling head pierced through the eggshell with a ‘pop.’
“Ah, it’s that easy! Were you trapped for 300 years, little one?”
The hatchling wyvern, having pulled only its head out of the egg, hopped out of the bedroom.
“Hmm? But where did our owner go? Oh, there you are, little one.”
The hatchling wyvern grabbed onto one of the bedposts.
The tiny head wiggled and peeked between the bedposts, secretly observing the terrace outside.
“Hello? Owner….”
Duke Martins read the letter brought by Rolf King several times.
The person who sent him a letter was Norton, who had escaped from Yavando with Princess Lesilia and, after falling from a cliff, came back to life through a knight’s revival.
Norton Asalman, the third prince of the Pacha Empire.
A figure thought to be just a wandering mercenary turned out to be the prince of the most powerful nation on the Southern Continent.
Duke Martins had saved such a person.
Not only that, but the Duke had become a benefactor who saved his son as well.
Duke Martins was secretly observing what Prince Norton would do after recovering.
“Did Prince Norton say anything else?”
He folded Norton’s letter and asked Rolf King.
“Other than the letter, there was nothing particularly conveyed. He did inquire about Empress Pyeha, though.”
“He asked about Empress Pyeha?”
“Yes, Duke.”
“What was he curious about?”
“He asked about the relationship with Emperor Rinal, how she is adapting to life in the Rafion Imperial Palace, and the extent of her friendship with Prince Tesler.”
“Really? That’s strange. I thought you would be curious about Princess Lesilia…”
“I haven’t asked a single word about the princess. In fact, if I casually mention her, he looks at me as if he would kill me. Oh, there have been two or three times when it seemed like he actually wanted to kill me.”
Rolf King spoke with an angry expression.
“Hmm, is that so? It seems like it’s been a while since I had such an interesting spectacle.”
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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