“I, Empress of the Laphion Empire, the Sun of the Laphion Empire! I warmly greet Katrea of the Delroi Empire!”
The charismatic voice of Empress Katrea resonated loudly throughout the main palace lobby.
However, did she have to greet warmly?
For some reason, Emperor Katrea’s words slightly bothered me.
I deliberately smiled broadly, but I had a bad feeling.
“It’s been a long time, Emperor Katrea,” Lionel extended his hand for a handshake.
“Emperor Laphion, even outside the battlefield, meeting you has a peculiar charm that excites people,” Empress Katrea replied in a thunderous voice. As Lionel offered his hand, she brushed it aside…
Slap[Dash]!
She kissed him.
The sound of their kiss echoed loudly.
What did I just witness?
The Empress… my husband’s lips… she stole a kiss.
And right in front of me!
I stared at her with an absurd expression without a chance to check his expression.
Emperor Katrea greeted me normally, and I responded with a puzzled expression.
Perhaps aware of my unfavorable expression, she explained as if making an excuse.
“Oh, please don’t misunderstand. In our Delroi Empire, it is a tradition to exchange kisses when meeting nobles from other countries.”
“Empress of Delroi Empire does uphold the tradition well?”
When I asked with a perplexed expression, she burst into laughter.
“Hahaha, sometimes when I meet someone genuinely pleasant, I unconsciously greet them that way.”
It sounded like she didn’t usually follow traditions.
“But I should have been careful coming to the conservative North Continent, and I unintentionally committed rudeness. Ah, hahaha!”
It was embarrassing to keep an impression of Emperor Katrea’s irritation.
By the way, isn’t traditional greetings usually not done with women?
“Do you also traditionally exchange kisses with nobles in Delroi Empire?”
I asked Emperor Katrea with a relaxed smile, releasing my frozen expression.
“Of course. So please don’t take it to heart, Empress of Laphion.”
I looked at her male officials, who stood firmly on both sides of her like pillars, not government officials.
They seemed quite bewildered by Empress’s actions, just like me.
That means the kiss she just gave Lionel was a provocation from the Empress…
Is this what it is?
This is undoubtedly evidence of ignoring my existence.
Did she say that exchanging kisses is a traditional etiquette of the Delroi Empire?
I approached the white-faced beauty next to Emperor Katrea like a flour doll.
Yeah, you first.
To the officials in front of me, with eyes as bright as fresh green leaves, I offered greetings first.
“Empress of Laphion welcomes the guests from the Delroi Empire!”
Slap[Dash]!
Following the traditional etiquette of Delroi Empire’s nobility, I also gave a welcome kiss on my lips.
Official 1 with green eyes raised his hand to my lips, then looked at me with a vacant expression.
Official 2 with gray eyes, standing next to him, tightly bit his lips with a look that seemed to say, ‘Are you going to kiss me too?’
If you discriminate in etiquette, you can’t use it. So, come here obediently.
No, since they are guests, I should move.
“Indeed, a warm welcome!”
Slap[Dash]!
The expression of Official 2 with gray eyes was literally opened and helpless.
Wow, as vitality returned to the faces of the two officials as pale as flour, their beauty became even more prominent.
Hey, elves? Power isn’t exclusive to your master alone.
I turned my tilted chin directly toward Emperor Katrea and smiled, just as she did to me a while ago.
Anyway, unlike the distinctive greeting she showed me, I showed a bit more sincerity.
“I, Zelda Gideon Edpa, the sunflower of Emperor Lionel of the Laphion Empire, officially greet Emperor Katrea of the Delroi Empire, whose lips are warm.”
The face of Empress Katrea was heating up like her lips.
After greeting her, my heart suddenly started pounding.
Ah, I am no longer Zelda Von Trova; now, I am Zelda Gideon Edpa.
For the first time, I uttered my changed last name.
Feeling strange, I looked at Lionel’s face standing next to me.
His face was glowing red under the sunlight.
Come to think of it, not only Lionel but also everyone else had a flushed face.
Among them, Lionel’s face was the most reddened.
For some reason, my face felt stinging, so I turned my gaze to Emperor Katrea’s officials.
“Let’s go inside and have a cup of tea first.”
Upon Lionel’s words, Emperor Katrea nodded silently and entered the palace lobby with her officials.
I was about to follow them into the entrance, but Lionel grabbed my arm and growled quietly.
“Hey, sunflower… Are you in your right mind?”
With a tense atmosphere, everyone entered the reception room.
Even sitting around the round table, the chilly atmosphere didn’t easily fade away.
Both Lionel and Katrea, the two emperors, looked at me with less than friendly gazes.
I usually let go of the dark and unfriendly expressions of the emperors.
Instead of meeting the arrogant two emperors’ eyes, I turned my gaze to the handsome officials sitting gracefully.
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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