Looking at me frozen in surprise, Leanne chuckled and mounted the horse that was next to me.
It seemed like he never had the intention of riding together in the first place.
As I followed Leanne, who was moving absentmindedly, my disappointed smile burst out.
“I fell for it, didn’t I? I fell for my own provocation.”
Instead of staying gloomy, I adjusted the reins and called Leanne.
“Leanne. By the way.”
“Yes.”
“Is it just the two of us going?”
Before the question ended, Greed, who had been hanging on to my chest, suddenly jumped to answer.
[Three!]“Are we going with three?”
“Yes. All the mercenaries are deployed elsewhere this time, so I ended up being the only one accompanying.”
“Elsewhere?”
Was there some kind of demon suppression operation going on? However, if it was such a significant operation, it would have been reported in the newspapers I occasionally checked, but I had never seen it.
It wasn’t a confidential mission, and Leanne kindly explained.
“It’s a guard mission.”
“Oh, a guard mission. For whom?”
“The client is Duke Sylvester Ferdia, and the person to be guarded is his consort, Elodie Ferdia.”
“Huh, me…?”
I, the target of a large-scale operation involving the entire mercenary force!
Come to think of it, I remembered the conversation between Duke Ferdia and his wife during the family meal.
“The child asked if they could play with friends for the first time. How about listening to it?”
“We still haven’t found the mastermind of the last attack, have we?”
“We can hire more mercenaries in the mercenary group and place them near the house.”
I thought it was just a casual remark, but they actually hired mercenaries and stationed them near Urania’s house.
I calmly advised Leanne, “Since there might be other watchers, let’s discreetly sneak out so as not to be noticed.”
“Yes.”
Side by side, we secretly slipped out to the back of Urania’s house.
The feeling of running through the autumn wind was refreshing. It was the time when it was getting a bit cold, but with a well-worn outer garment, the weather was fine.
[Woohoo. Let’s run!]Greed, who used to complain that the mansion was stuffy even outside, didn’t let go of the excitement as he ran outside quickly.
Even Leanne, who used to be terrified, didn’t care about his eyes and cheered loudly.
How far did we run?
I realized that I had overlooked one important fact.
That was… “Are you okay?”
“Not okay…”
My stamina.
Even though I had learned horseback riding as part of aristocratic education and was quite good at it, I hadn’t ridden for this long.
Moreover, being always stuck in the annex and hardly engaging in outdoor activities had made me weak.
I thought I had become much healthier by eating well and moving around a lot more than before, but it was my misconception.
Whether I was tired or not, Greed was lying comfortably on the saddle, spreading out his wings.
“It’s not working. I need to get back and exercise a bit.”
While thinking about that, I felt apologetic towards Leanne who was accompanying me, so I urged the horse to go as fast as possible. However, Leanne, riding alongside me, gradually slowed down his horse.
“The horse must be tired, so it’s better to take breaks from time to time.”
Although he made an excuse about the horse, there was no way he didn’t know it was because of me.
‘He may be quiet, but he’s considerate.’
Watching Leanne slowly calming the horse, I suddenly turned my head, and our eyes met.
“……!”
I was startled as if caught stealing something secretly. However, Leanne didn’t mind at all and asked me.
“It might be intrusive, but can I ask you one thing?”
“Yeah, it’s okay.”
“Why are you looking for someone named Estelle?”
I was taken aback by the abrupt question.
Since I first placed the request until collecting information about the target, Leanne never asked anything.
The fact that the question was difficult to answer also made me feel uneasy.
“I didn’t expect Leanne to ask such a thing.”
“Regardless of why you thought that, I’m always curious.”
“Huh?”
“About Lady Elodie. Everything.”
Leanne’s subdued voice flowed with the scent of the forest.
It felt strange because Leanne, who had been indifferent, suddenly said he was curious about everything about me.
Not even I had someone who wondered about me in every moment of my life as Elodie, what kind of person I am, and what I’m thinking.
“Please, Leanne, don’t. I’m not as great as you think.”
“……. ”
Leanne’s gaze staring at me in silence was uncomfortable, so I quickly changed the subject.
“Estelle. We were talking about Estelle, right? I can’t tell you the details, but she’s an important person. She can solve most of the problems I’m facing right now.”
Or she could be the cause of all the problems.
I swallowed the words in my mind. There was no need to reveal too much.
“In that case, what if this person named Estelle is different from what you thought?”
To Leanne’s out-of-context question, I raised my head and immediately answered.
Male lead is reincarnated to save his wife
I’ve also read this one twice already. The female lead is kinda soft and gets embarrassed easily—not really my type, but the plot is definitely worth reading. Hurry up and read it, y’all!
Intro
When Shen Yuan encountered Su Jin again in his previous life, she had already become the Prime Minister of the current dynasty. As for him, the former top young master of the capital, he had long since fallen into the abyss, becoming a singer on a pleasure boat.
After a song ended, he was redeemed and sent to the Su Residence.
Su Jin respected and cherished him, gave him a roof over his head, and bestowed him with warmth. Shen Yuan fell deeper and deeper, but before he could express his feelings, Su Jin passed away.
Shen Yuan died to follow her in death, but instead, he returned to when he was fifteen years old.
At that time, he was not yet engaged, and Su Jin was just a poor scholar.
Shen Yuan gritted his teeth, casting aside all his pride, and thought of ways to coax and entice her every day.
The colder and more indifferent Su Jin was towards him, the more proactive Shen Yuan became.
He was not afraid of being mocked by the world, only wanting to marry his Wife-master early, to hold her hand and never let go for a lifetime.
[Note: This story will not specifically point out the male lead’s reincarnation time point; it’s all in the details. Whenever you feel that the male lead is acting strangely, he has most likely been reincarnated.]
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