Carter trembled as if angered. However, he wasn’t a fool who couldn’t judge the situation at all.
Since I had stated that I would follow Ascan, there was a lack of justification, and fighting here was out of the question.
In a grumbling voice, Carter said, “Count Arteas, today’s disgrace will be repaid later.”
Then, Carter turned around and ordered the members of the First Knights, “Let’s go.”
“Yes, Commander!”
Thus, when Carter and the members of the First Knights stepped aside, the carriage I was in and the procession began to move again.
As Carter and the members of the First Knights stepped aside, the carriage and the procession I was in started moving again.
I glanced back at Carter, who had distanced himself quite a bit. Then, I quietly spoke to Ascan, who was visible outside the window.
“About what you said earlier, were you serious?”
Ascan, who had been casually staring straight ahead, turned his gaze towards me.
“What are you talking about?”
“About saying you would settle things right there.”
“Did you think I was lying?”
Ascan answered indifferently, but if a fight had really broken out with the First Knights, it wouldn’t have ended so easily.
“Is it because of me that things got complicated?”
In truth, I had no particular thoughts about meeting Helsion. Whether we met or not, it didn’t matter much to me.
However, since I was forcibly taken to the palace, I developed a sense of resistance. But I didn’t want Ascan to suffer because of this incident.
It seemed Ascan sensed my feelings, and he responded in a quiet voice, “This won’t be a problem. We didn’t have a good relationship to begin with, and I thought we would clash sooner or later. This might have been the opportunity.”
Come to think of it, Carter’s gaze at Ascan wasn’t pleasant from the start.
“I didn’t expect trouble like this at my residence.”
“I suspected something like this from the moment you presented those conditions. Don’t worry about it.”
“For such a situation, the atmosphere didn’t seem like you would detain me even if I went to the palace, right?”
“It might not matter much, but I need some justification to take you with me, don’t I?”
Upon hearing those words, I realized. Ascan had planned not to intervene from the beginning.
He waited until I spoke, saying I would go to Ascan’s mansion. That way, he would violate the royal decree and have a reason to take me with him.
The thought that Ascan was like a villain in a novel crossed my mind naturally.
I looked at Ascan with an admiring expression. I didn’t know the details, but even provoking Carter earlier might have been an action carefully calculated within a scheme.
Ascan looked back at me with that expression, and he said, “I don’t know why you want to go to my mansion, but don’t expect much. There’s nothing particularly interesting.”
After a long journey, Ascan arrived at the mansion in the capital where he stayed.
The bodyguards who had come with us scattered in various directions after achieving their goal. I and the members of the Brellof family entered the mansion.
The mansion was not too large or too small. It was appropriately sized, like a typical townhouse.
I stared at the exterior of the mansion for a while with a subtle emotion.
It felt unfair and curious that I hadn’t found this place all this time when Ascan lived here. There was a somehow complicated feeling.
The guards who had accompanied us greeted us at the entrance, and the members of the Brellof family entered the mansion.
There weren’t many servants working in the mansion. Only an elderly butler and a few maids welcomed us.
“Have you arrived, sir?”
When the butler with white hair greeted, Ascan spoke quietly.
“He’s my guest. Show him to his room.”
“Understood. Is there anything specific you’d like to instruct…?”
“None.”
Ascan left the butler in charge of us and disappeared somewhere.
The mansion’s servants, while transferring the luggage from the carriage, arranged accommodations for the others. The butler approached me, guiding me immediately.
“This way, miss.”
Nodding, I followed the butler up the mansion’s stairs. I was wandering unknowingly, and the butler spoke to me with a friendly expression.
“It’s the first time the master has brought a lady while I’ve been working at this mansion.”
“Really?”
It was hard to believe, as if it wasn’t something said to everyone.
Given Ascan’s appearance and status, he must have been quite popular. Perhaps he was still unknown because he wore a mask.
“Do you have a room type you prefer? For example, a room with lots of sunlight or a quiet one. There are plenty of vacant rooms in the mansion, so you can choose a place you like.”
“Can I really choose a room I want?”
“Yes. Just let me know…”
“Then, give me the room closest to Ascan, no, to Viscount Arteas.”
The butler seemed quite surprised at my unexpected choice. However, he soon smiled kindly and replied.
“Actually, that room is the best place.”
So, following the butler, I was guided to a cozy room on the third floor.
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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