“Huh? Well, it’s true that he’s handsome.”
“…….”
Anselot clamped his mouth shut.
After deeply contemplating for a while, he finally conceded to my point.
“Fine, he is handsome. He looks like a knight straight out of a fairy tale.”
“Right, right.”
“……Especially his hair looked particularly handsome.”
As I nodded in agreement, Anselot pulled out a potion for changing appearance from his pocket and stared at it meaningfully, adding in a significant tone.
A chill ran down my spine.
“Stop turning other people bald now!”
It was one thing for the Duke of Hamilton, but turning a handsome man like Klaus Winter bald would be a disaster.
Especially since Klaus’s splendid platinum blonde hair was even more beautiful than that of many noble ladies, and he was planning to get rid of it.
“Who’s saying anything? I was just noting that his hair is handsome.”
Anselot retorted gruffly and put away the potion.
‘Anyway, it seems I should abandon the idea of winning Klaus Winter’s affection…’
I was just glad the affection hadn’t dropped any further.
So, the next method would be…
Option 2. Receive a knight’s vow from ??>.
“A knight’s vow…”
I murmured, frowning at the words ‘knight’s vow’.
A knight’s vow.
It was a common theme in fantasy novels, but in the world I lived in, it was a rather rare tradition.
With contracts as a more solid means than vows dependent on ever-changing hearts, it was considered an old-fashioned culture from centuries ago.
‘Maybe it’s even more romantic because it’s uncommon…’
In the Ajester Empire, it was thought of as a stale old custom, something people from a few hundred years ago would do.
Only the traditional royals received a knight’s vow from their close aides, or lovers would offer it to each other…
“Do you plan to get a knight’s vow from that man?”
“I have to try.”
I confidently told Anselot, who looked somewhat displeased.
“I have a plan in mind.”
Bright daytime, Brillanta Square in the Imperial Capital.
The faces of the people were utterly peaceful.
The capital had been in turmoil for a while due to the Duke of Hamilton and Prince Orent, but my mother quickly settled it.
Eventually, their crimes were fully exposed, and the Duke of Hamilton became a sacrifice on the scaffold, claiming all the crimes as his own.
Thanks to the Duke’s paternal protection, Prince Orent managed to save his life but was stripped of all possessions and his royal status.
Soon, he would be transferred to a monastery far from Brillanta to spend the rest of his life.
Some called my mother cold-hearted for such a strict punishment towards her own bloodline.
‘But considering the sacrifices of the imperial citizens because of them, it was the right decision.’
Had my mother forgiven Prince Orent, there might have been even more turmoil.
The burden of an emperor felt incredibly heavy, having to punish one’s own child.
‘Is the lack of equal affection towards us because of the weight of the imperial throne?’
Lost in various thoughts, I fiddled with a small piece of metal in my pocket as I walked, searching for someone.
The bought from the Dark Guild Merchant was typically used by Ajester men for proposals.
‘It said it increases the success rate of confessions by 500%.’
I recalled the item description and smirked.
‘But who said the confession has to be about love?’
Despite the destruction of the original work by , its popularity remained due to the high degree of freedom.
‘As long as the core keywords are adhered to, bending the effects of an item like this is entirely possible.’
Having activated the minimap and located Klaus, I quickened my pace.
And just as I spotted Klaus turning the corner of the alley, I suddenly presented the in front of him.
“Sir Klaus!”
“Lady Louibel, the Third Princess…?”
Seemingly not expecting to encounter me here, Klaus stopped abruptly, his expression one of surprise.
“Become my knight!”
I proposed to Klaus with flair, as if confessing my love.
“I need a knight. I’m about to embark on a quest for the proof of a hero. I’d like you to join me. Will you swear a knight’s vow to me?”
At that moment, the Proposal Ring shone brightly.
[SYSTEM] Using item . The success rate of confession increases by +500%.‘I did it…!’
I thought I had succeeded and looked up with a bright smile.
‘Uh-oh?’
Klaus’s expression was souring, turning very red.
“Sir Klaus…?”
[SYSTEM] Klaus Winter’s affection drops by 10. (Affection: 300)I quickly looked at the numbers above his head.
Heir to the Winter Duke’s House
§ On Guard §
Affection: 300
‘Even Prince Orent, who disliked me, never dropped below 300…’
I felt a sense of despair.
“Did you say a knight’s vow?”
Klaus, who had always been polite despite his low affection for me, now frowned and asked with a voice that seemed to be holding back.
“Ah, I made a mistake. I’m sorry, Sir! Forget about it!”
I cried out and quickly left the scene.
Male lead is a Divorced Husband
She said to him: “Tell me, what makes you like me? I’ll change it!”
Liu Changning transmigrated into a female cannon fodder character in a female-dominant novel.
After reading the first half of the novel’s plot, the first thing she did upon transmigration was to divorce the Pan Jinlian-style male protagonist she had just married.
She indulged herself, pretending to be ugly and poor.
But as time passed, the way that man looked at her became more and more unusual…
Liu Changning was dumbfounded: Tell me, what makes you like me? I’ll change!
――
This lifetime, Pei Yuanshao was rejected by the same woman twice!
The first time, she drove him away. Forced by the situation, he endured the waves of anger in his heart, yielding and humbling himself.
That person lay slanted on a rocking chair, her sallow face emotionless: “If you don’t want a divorce, go cook!”
Pei Yuanshao’s face was dark and gloomy: “You!”
The second time, after the crisis in Jinling City was resolved, the new emperor sent someone to pick him up. He turned around, stammering: “I… I have to go. If you keep me…”
That person lay on the kang bed, her back to him, as if she had long anticipated this day, crisp and clear: “Goodbye!”
Pei Yuanshao was so angry his fingers trembled: “You… you!”
The mission of family and country made him restrain himself, averting his eyes and turning to leave this broken household.
Two years later, they met again. Seeing her ethereal face, his body shook like a sieve.
“She was originally a ‘she’!”
At the Qionglin Banquet, the top scholar of the imperial examination, a talented person with exceptional speech and conduct, all the unmarried young gentlemen from aristocratic families looked at her with shy and timid eyes.
The peerless imperial official Pei Yuanshao felt the anger in his heart erupt. He pointed at the woman surrounded by the crowd at the Qionglin Banquet, his thin lips slightly curled: “Little sister, I wants that person to be the wife-master of my Mingde Prince Manor.”
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