I really wanted to leave this savage place. Assassins. They were too scary to face for an ordinary person like me without any abilities.
However, having lifted my hips, I had no choice but to sit down again.
Because it’s clear she will be killed if she follows me. How can you ignore it if it’s clear that someone is going to die?
“I think we can go a little later when I think about it.”
“Then, I’ll go with you a little later when the lady goes.”
“Yeah, yeah. Haha.”
Even though I was laughing, it wasn’t funny. If I had known this, I would have learned something like fencing, not manners, from Sicar. Or,
I should have learned how to knock people out. If I had, I would have knocked Hersia out in this place and slipped away.
Still, Sicar is watching well, right? It’s not gone, is it?
Where did the assassins appear in the novel? Ah, yes, they climbed up the wall under the terrace.
‘Let’s move to a safer place for now.’
I moved my seat as far away from the terrace railing as possible, sitting on the chair.
Hersia, seeing me doing so, moved her seat following my action with a puzzled look on her face.
“Is this some kind of play?”
It’s sheltering. Sheltering.
“I just wanted to see the terrace from a distance.”
“Ah…… Just as the Duchess said.”
“Just a moment. Shh.”
“Excuse me?”
“Why don’t we just enjoy the wind quietly?”
It’s hard to sense the presence of assassins even if you’re quiet, but if you chatter, you might not be able to escape in time.
So I turned my back on Hersia, who was embarrassed to speak, and kept an eye on the terrace railing.
‘If anything, just run backwards.’
When the long silence became long and Hersia began to look at me busily, they appeared.
The assassins.
In the novel, it only said assassins, there was no exact number. So I thought there would be about 23 at most.
However, at least five assassins came up to the terrace.
‘Oh my gosh!’
Like the saying that if people are too surprised, they forget to scream, Hersia and I just stared at the assassins.
Hersia might not be able to scream because she couldn’t fully understand their identity.
But why do I hiccup instead of screaming even though I know their identity?
The assassins, wearing hoods, slowly walked towards us in black figures from head to toe.
Are they walking slowly to distinguish who Hersia is among us? Where is Sicar?
I looked up, but Sicar didn’t show up.
What are you doing! Assassins have appeared, what are you doing not coming out!
Then my voice started to crack.
“Yikes! Let’s run away!”
I grabbed Hersia’s hand and screamed and ran away. No, I tried to.
However, as if stimulated by my attempt to scream and run away, the assassins who were walking slowly suddenly jumped up, flew over us, and landed thud at the banquet hall door.
Because our retreat was blocked, we had no choice but to back away.
“Who……who are you? Why are you doing this?”
I could feel Hersia’s hand trembling. Of course, my limbs started to tremble, too. I had never thought about such a situation, so my head went blank.
It was a fear that I didn’t feel when I was dragged to Sicar’s mansion wearing a hood.
Above all, I felt like my life was at risk because Sicar didn’t show up.
Why isn’t he showing up? Is he trying to surprise me?
Now, I had no time to think about such things. The assassins had walked right up to me, raising their swords high.
Was I really going to die like this? In the hands of these, these extra assassins, so vainly?!
But neither Sicar, nor Hersia’s boyfriend had appeared yet.
The assassin’s blade fell towards me. With a force and speed that made it impossible to dodge.
Just when I thought I was inevitably dead…
The assassin’s blade seemed to graze past my nose and then, he suddenly fell backwards.
At that unexpected moment, the assassins standing behind also started to drop one by one.
‘Wh, what happened? Are they, dead?’
Hersia and I looked at each other in bewilderment, and cautiously approached the assassin.
But soon.
“Snore……”
‘That’s snoring, isn’t it?’
Indeed, the assassins were snoring and sleeping.
‘They came to assassinate and fell asleep?’
While it was a relief that I was alive, I was startled by the absurd situation.
Then, Bika dropped from the upstairs with a thud, and Sicar followed suit.
Bika came walking over, crossing her arms with a bored look on her face.
“I had to use my energy to put these bastards to sleep.”
Then, Bika kicked the sleeping assassin with her foot and said,
“Look at this guy? Snoring?”
‘Ah, Bika put the assassins to sleep. That’s why they dropped and fell asleep.’
Only then did my tension release, and I began to feel weak in my legs. As I wavered, Sicar, who had been walking towards me with an emotionless face, rushed over and supported me.
Then, another person fell from above. He, who was stumbling around, trying not to fall, shouting ‘oh, oh’ ran towards Hersia and called her name.
“Hersia!”
His staggering figure was somewhat funny, but it looked rather romantic over there.
“Ahron!”
‘Hmm. His name must be Ahron.’
Ahron, shedding tears, ran to Hersia, embraced her, and hid his face.
“Are you okay? You’re fine, right?!”
Hersia, wrapped in Ahron’s arms, said something while crying a river, but her voice was completely incomprehensible.
She must have been shocked. My heart was still pounding, it was a miracle I hadn’t fainted yet.
“Sicar. If you had planned to put the assassins to sleep like that, you could have given me a hint, right?”
“It wasn’t in the plan.”
“Then, why did you suddenly put them to sleep, when it wasn’t in the plan?”
“You appeared unexpectedly.”
“Of course, I’m sorry for appearing unexpectedly, but what does that have to do with putting the assassins to sleep?”
“I thought you might be surprised.”
“What does that mean…?”
“Even if it’s an assassin, if someone dies in front of you, you would be shocked.”
After Being Cheated On, She Picked Up a Treasure (Female-dominant)
One-line summary: The husband I married on a whim had been secretly in love with me for a long time.
On the day when Jun Shao finally obtained the imperial decree for her marriage, Lan Qu, the person she had admired for six years, defied the decree and ran away.
Her gentleness and devotion, her promise of a lifetime together, were all disregarded by him. Instead, he dreamed of entering the palace to serve the Emperor’s sister as a sixth-rank attendant.
News of this incident spread throughout the capital, and the alleys in front of and behind the Lan mansion were crowded with people who came to watch the commotion.
Jun Shao should have been embarrassed and angry.
But someone stepped in to protect her dignity.
The figure was in a miserable state, yet still possessed an undeniable elegance and handsomeness.
The young lord struggled to climb the wall of the Lan mansion and shouted to her, “If he won’t marry you, I will!”
So, Jun Shao took advantage of the situation and married the person.
She thought the young lord did it to save the Lan family from the crime of defying the imperial decree, but never imagined that from beginning to end, what he coveted was her.
*
After the wedding, Jun Shao felt like she was living in a dream.
Her Wife-master was as beautiful as a fairy in a painting, skilled in the six arts, well-versed in poetry and literature, capable of being gentle and attentive, and also grand and dignified. Most importantly, she was the only one in his heart and eyes.
Jun Shao didn’t know how Lan Shiwu, as a illegitimate son without a father and blessed with beauty, had managed to preserve his purity, recklessly escape, and use his last ounce of strength to ruin his own reputation, all because of his love for her, just to stand before her.
She could only see him gazing at her with eyes full of love, and when she bestowed a name upon him, his eyes shone like stars.
“You have come to me like a weary bird perching on a branch. I shall call you A Qi.”
