A pitchblack darkness descended upon the night. Lea busily wet a towel by Count Heidern’s side.
Suddenly, after throwing her into confusion with his plea to stay, the Count lost consciousness.
Curious, she placed her hand on his forehead and felt his body boiling hot. Come to think of it, even when the Count had been conversing with me, his condition had seemed off.
His breath came out in quick, shallow bursts. His complexion was noticeably pale.
There was no doubt that the Count’s health had worsened since returning from the Imperial Palace.
“Rikel, what’s going on? What happened at the Imperial Palace?”
“I had tea with His Majesty the Emperor.”
Rikel, who had come at Lea’s urgent call, answered while looking at the Count.
“Tea? That’s all he had?”
“Yes, ever since he returned from the Imperial Palace, his condition has not been good…”
“What kind of tea did he have…”
If tea time was spent, the Emperor should have also had tea. Yet, only the Count’s condition had worsened significantly.
Reading the suspicion written on Lea’s face, Rikel hesitated before answering.
“Do you happen to know what ‘Sunroot’ is? I suspect that he might have consumed that tea. I’m not certain, though…”
“What…?”
Though Sunroot was known in society as an energy booster, the reality was…
‘Stimulant.’
While it might be a tonic for a healthy person, for a patient addicted like the Count, it exacerbated the toxicity.
Especially for Count Heidern, who had been consuming Polarium poison for a long time, it was no different than deadly poison.
‘How could such a coincidence occur? No, is this really a coincidence?’
Just as Lea was staring at the Count’s ashen face, he coughed dryly, propped up against the bed.
“Count Heidern!”
And at that moment, a scattering of red blood drops entered her vision. Blood had burst from the corner of the Count’s mouth, staining the white sheet crimson.
And at the same time, a scattering of red droplets like sunlight came into view. Before he knew it, blood burst from the corners of Count Heidern’s mouth, staining the white sheets.
Ricel looked at Lea with a ponderous face upon seeing this.
‘What should I do?’
Recently, the count’s condition had been improving.
Due to no longer taking the Poralium poison, the side effects were slowing down more than before.
That’s why she had been adjusting the new medicine’s concentration for him.
Lea, biting her lip anxiously, scrutinized the count’s face closely.
‘If it’s the trembling under the eyes and the signs of hypoxia…’
Lea began to examine Count Heidern’s feet and hands.
“His body is stiffening…”
The increasing stiffness of Count Heidern’s body signaled the onset of paralysis.
‘Damn.’
Throwing up blood meant that the poison had already spread throughout his body. Lea looked down at Count Heidern, choking back tears.
Biting her lips until they bled, Lea rose from her scrutinizing stance.
‘This isn’t the time for this.’
Instead of worrying, she should administer the new medicine right now.
“Count, please hold on a little longer.”
She muttered towards the count, who was already unconscious and only exhaling heavily.
“I will save you, Count, no matter what.”
Lea’s steps quickened as she kicked open the door and headed to the room. In no time, she arrived in the room and started rummaging through her belongings.
Soon she picked up a bottle of crimsoncolored medicine. What was in her hand was a new medicine she had recently developed.
“There may be side effects, but…”
There was no other choice.
‘Please…!’
Lea gripped the medicine bottle tightly, as if praying, and returned to the bedroom without wasting any time. She approached the count.
He had worsened during the brief moment she was away. His already pale face had turned ashlike.
Deeply sunken eyes and the dark shadows beneath them.
Realizing that the count’s time of death was approaching, Lea hurried.
“Count, please try to drink this.”
Lea’s hand shook with tension as she picked up the bottle, but there was no time to tremble. She tilted the bottle over the count’s lips.
However, perhaps because the count had completely lost consciousness, the medicine rolled off his cheek.
‘What should I do…?’
No matter how many times she tried, it was the same.
‘I have to do something.’
The count had to drink this medicine somehow.
Looking at the nearly emptied bottle, Lea seemed to make up her mind.
“…Excuse me for a moment.”
Pouring the remaining potion into her own mouth, Lea approached the count and placed her lips over his. She transferred the potion to him through their locked lips.
The rough and cold sensation of the man’s lips transferred to Lea. She slightly furrowed her brows, as if feeling the pain of Acria from the texture.
Their lips perfectly aligned.
As Lea entered the count’s slightly parted lips, the potion began to slide down his esophagus.
Slowly. Very slowly.
It was a moment, but it felt like an eternity to them both.
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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