“Those guys are hopeless.”
It was a sincere statement of regret. Despite treating him playfully, the captain was a terror to Mark.
Layan’s steps going back down to the underground were determined.
The assassins were confined in the farthest room.
“Ugh, ugh!”
As Layan looked down at the assassins who were indeed having seizures, just as Mark reported, he said, “I warned them.”
Thud. The convulsions of the assassins immediately ceased with Layan’s appearance.
In the dim underground, not even considered light, Layan’s red eyes sank eerily.
Those who dared to harm my master.
A sense of terror rose in the eyes of the assassins under Layan’s chilling gaze.
The horrifying image shown by the man in front of me earlier overwhelmed them again.
“Uh…!”
They were highly trained killers, confident that they wouldn’t reveal anything under any threat or torture. Naturally, they were not afraid of death.
But…
Thump.
“…!”
With just a slight movement from Layan, they trembled significantly.
The fear experienced in their bodies was unforgettable and unbearable.
“Anything left to say?”
Layan, with gloved hands, loosened the gag of one of the assassins.
At that moment.
Reacting to the actions of the assassin attempting suicide, Mark immediately intervened.
“Ouch. You shouldn’t die.”
Mark, who was waiting, quickly approached and bit down on the loosened gag. He didn’t forget to firmly secure it.
“Trying to commit suicide?”
“…….”
In Layan’s wordless gaze, the assassin’s expression froze as if petrified.
‘Oh no…’
An emotionless gaze that felt no mercy.
The assassins trapped here all had the same thought.
“Who’s the mastermind?”
The memory of the man with red eyes who came earlier.
Naturally, there was no one willing to reveal the mastermind in response to that question.
It was expected that cruel torture would follow as a matter of course, but that wasn’t the case.
The man just looked down at them.
At that moment, the shadow that had thickened on the candlelight began to waver.
Saaa[Dash].
The entire field of vision started to be dyed with darkness like watercolor spreading in transparent water.
Pitch-black.
An endless abyss.
Shouting, opening one’s eyes wide, nothing could be heard or seen in this pitch-dark darkness.
An indescribable amount of time passed. No, in fact, it was impossible to know how much time had passed.
How did this happen?
How long do I have to stay like this?
Just before going crazy with all sorts of thoughts, vision returned.
“Cough!”
Before understanding what had happened, an indifferent voice pierced their foreheads.
“Speak the mastermind. If you don’t want to be trapped in the shadows again.”
“Gruh….”
“Want to go crazy alone in an empty space with nothing left.”
“That, that’s…”
“I’m different from my master. I have no mercy. I won’t give you a peaceful rest resembling death.”
There was torture from which even death couldn’t escape. Someone, feeling a strong sense of crisis just from being momentarily trapped in the shadow, shouted desperately.
“Oh, Marquis Angelos!”
Once mentioned, everything proceeded smoothly. The assassins, not wanting to experience that terrible ordeal again, quickly revealed the mastermind.
However, after Layan left the basement, I couldn’t stay still due to the restless uneasiness running through my whole body.
When the man with red eyes might change his mind and trap them in darkness is uncertain.
Rather than being trapped there again, I thought I would rather end my own life.
It failed.
“Uh, uh….”
“Cough, uh!”
To them, begging for mercy with gags in their mouths, a salvation-like gesture was felt.
“Commander, Marquis! Are you here? I just came back from Mirhe!”
Upon the member’s shout, Mark, who was waiting in the background, glanced at Layan.
“It’s probably better to see and hear the report first, right?”
“……. ”
Layan, having seen the assassins once, turned and ascended the stairs.
The first thing Layan did after coming up from the basement was to take off the gloves he was wearing and throw them in the trash.
He didn’t want to keep wearing dirty gloves that had touched those people.
“What a waste.”
Ignoring Mark’s words, Layan sat down and looked at the members, including Mirhe, who had been waiting for him.
They finished their mission and came straight away, covered in dust.
“Report.”
“As the commander said, when we went to those coordinates… um.”
While speaking, Mirhe suddenly seemed annoyed, so a member who had accompanied him reluctantly stepped forward.
“You stay back; you lazy guy who finds breathing a bother. I’ll report, Commander.”
As Layan nodded slightly, the member’s report continued.
“We went to the place the commander mentioned, but there were guys who arrived before us.”
“Those who arrived first?”
“Yes. Presumably, they are the ones who attacked Lady Ferdia. They recovered the bodies, loaded them onto a carriage, and moved them to another location. So we immediately suppressed any signs and chased them.”
“The destination is.”
“Marquis Magnua’s territory. They pulled the carriage straight into the lord’s castle.”
Marquis Magnua.
He was known as the envoy of Marquis Angelos. With this, the credibility of the assassins’ confession increased.
“They took the bodies of the assassins to the lord’s castle? Why?”
Mark asked, and the member shrugged his shoulders.
“We don’t know. They set up a barrier across the entire lord’s castle.”
“A barrier? If they went to the trouble of setting up a barrier to that extent, it means they are doing something that others shouldn’t know about.”
Those who attacked Elodie.
As much as that, it was necessary to know what they were doing behind the scenes.
“Did you try breaking in secretly?”
To Layan’s question, the member smiled bitterly.
“It was a barrier created by authority, so we couldn’t secretly enter. We couldn’t break through unless we had the same authority or evil.”
So, what they could oppose was either similar authority or wickedness.
So there was no way ordinary humans like them could break through.
While Mark was silently pondering, he came to a conclusion.
“Hmm, it seems like the commander should go and see for yourself.”
Layan furrowed his brows. Going to Marquis Magnua’s territory was not a problem.
There was a bigger issue than that.
‘…I have to escort Lady Elodie.’
It was the absence of escort duty that would become a problem.
Male lead is a clingy little husband
One-line summary: The male lead is initially an arrogant, noble, love-deprived brat, later a cute, clingy, scheming little jealous one.
Introduction:
One day, Lu Yuner’s soul transmigrates into a female-dominant world. She enters the Imperial Academy and takes up the position of a doctoral instructor, teaching classes and grading schoolwork.
One day, she encounters the young prince Su Qingwan secretly skipping class from the male academy.
As a result, Su Qingwan is punished.
From then on, Su Qingwan sees Lu Yuner as a “thorn in his side”.
But before long, this “thorn” becomes the person he cherishes most, and he goes to great lengths to win Lu Yuner’s affection.
Mini scene 1:
One day, the sun is high in the sky but Su Qingwan still hasn’t gotten up for class.
Servant Xiaoyuan: “Young prince, it’s time for class. You’ll be late otherwise.”
Su Qingwan says arrogantly: “I’m not going. I am the esteemed prince, my status is so noble, why should I suffer this hardship? Besides, isn’t learning all this just to please women? Hmph, they’re not worthy!”
Mini scene 2:
After Su Qingwan falls for someone, he completely changes. He no longer skips class and diligently learns how to be a good husband and father. But he discovers that Sister Yuner is always surrounded by admirers.
Drunk and overcome with jealousy one day, he clings to Lu Yuner, crying beautifully like a pear blossom in the rain.
Su Qingwan: “Qingwan likes Sister Yuner.”
Lu Yuner: “Young prince, you’re drunk.”
Su Qingwan: “Qingwan isn’t drunk. Qingwan likes Sister Yuner, likes you so much, likes you to bits…” Before he can finish, Lu Yuner’s eyes flash with emotion and she leans in closer.
[Reading Guide]
1. The female lead is gentle, gracious, humble and polite but not weak. The male lead is initially an arrogant, noble, love-deprived brat, later a cute, clingy, scheming little jealous one.
2. 1v1, a bit torturous in the beginning but definitely sweet later on.
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