Upon arriving at the main palace and passing through the lobby, climbing the central stairs, I finally gathered the courage to speak to him.
“Your Majesty, how did you end up coming to the Support Road with Prince Tessler?”
He glanced at my face for a moment, then turned his gaze straight ahead and replied while climbing the stairs.
“After the party, the prince came to me, saying he had something to discuss about the hunting competition.”
“What did he want to discuss?”
“It was nothing important. While suggesting a walk, he mentioned wanting to bring you, who is in Rosie’s residence, to visit.”
“I see.”
He stopped on the second-floor landing.
“Your Majesty, about Rosie’s confession earlier…”
“Go up to the bedroom.”
Rinel interrupted my words coldly and ordered.
“Yes? Oh, alright. What about Your Majesty?”
“I have some matters to attend to briefly, so I stopped by the study. Go wash up and wait.”
“Really?”
“I might join you later for a bath.”
He seemed to be joking, but his face didn’t show the usual smile, making it hard to gauge his current mood.
“Actually, I wondered if you had some work to attend to at this late hour.”
“Shouldn’t the Emperor have work to do even at night? There’s also an Empress drinking champagne with another man in the temple support, this late at night, so…”
“…I will wash up and wait for you.”
I replied quietly, clasping my hands neatly.
“Alright, see you later. Stian, escort the Empress.”
“Yes, Your Majesty.”
After giving orders to the servant, he immediately headed to the study.
Returning to the bedroom, I went straight to the bathroom, soaked my body in the bathtub, and came out.
It was time to come out after the bath, and I thought he would be in the bedroom, but he hadn’t returned from the study yet.
“Do you have a lot to do?”
I wandered around the empty bedroom. Then, a beautifully patterned sword hung on one side of the wall, catching my eye.
As I held the sword, suddenly, the sexy and intense sword dance of the Tavelo Empire empresses came to mind. Rinel had undoubtedly admired the empresses’ sword dance as well.
“It didn’t seem like such a remarkable move, right? Well, it wasn’t a difficult dance.”
Recalling the movements of the empresses in my mind, I began to imitate their sword dance. However, the moves I thought were easy were entirely different when attempted.
My body didn’t move as smoothly as I wanted, and the upper and lower parts moved separately. Connecting movements like flowing water and expressing sensuality required different muscles than when practicing swordsmanship.
The most challenging move was bending the waist backward, swinging the sword, then straightening the waist, shaking the hips, and splitting the legs.
“Ugh, oh my.”
Among the numerous movements the empresses performed, I was shocked to find that there wasn’t a single move I could properly digest.
But it was too early to give up. I continued to sway my whole body, gradually finding my own style of sword dance.
Surprisingly, my joints began to feel a bit smoother.
Of course, if someone saw my dance, they might say there was no progress, but who cares? After all, it’s a solo sword dance.
I swung my legs more confidently.
Gradually, I became absorbed in the exaggerated dance that seemed to expose even my soul.
“Hoohoohoo.”
“?”
Laughter echoed from behind a pillar in the corner of the bedroom at 9 o’clock.
“Wh-who is it?”
It couldn’t be Rinel, right? I didn’t hear any signs of the door opening.
Moreover, even if I didn’t hear the door sound, he wouldn’t be hiding behind a pillar dressed in black with a mask on.
Could it be an assassin?
This is the Emperor’s bedroom in the main palace, right?
Then maybe this intruder had aimed for him from the beginning?
I didn’t even realize that an assassin had invaded while I was immersed in the sword dance…
With belated reflection, I boldly drew the sword from the scabbard in my hand.
But something was strange.
There was supposed to be a sharp friction sound from the blade from the beginning, but there was no sound at all.
Checking the condition of the sword, I was more surprised than when I found the assassin.
“Huh?”
The scabbard was just pretending. The sword itself… the blade was a dull decoration.
Darn it, I can only fight with bare fists!
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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