She was a woman of ethereal beauty, as if stepping out of a legend. If I had ever seen such a beauty, I wouldn’t have forgotten, so she must not exist. Perhaps a fairy of some sort.
But strangely, Hadel thought of a being that looked nothing like her.
‘…Could it be, Kyu Kyu?’
The white ferret he raised.
Perhaps because of my earnest kisses, Hadel’s fever subsided.
I was so tired that I wanted to just sleep by Hadel’s side, but I again escaped through the window into Hadel’s study.
There was one reason for this.
‘Hadel would be shocked if he woke up and saw me.’
How surprised would he be to find a mysterious woman in his bed? The thought of telling him that I was actually the ferret he raised was unbearably embarrassing.
‘He’ll definitely think I’m some kind of monster. If I were him, I’d think the same.’
A beast that absorbs mana and turns into a human. It had to be suspicious.
‘Hadel is already tired enough.’
I shouldn’t burden him further.
Therefore, I planned to keep the fact that I could transform into a human a secret from Hadel forever.
Luckily, Hadel’s study wasn’t far from his room, and having done it before, climbing over the windowsill wasn’t difficult. Although no one came to Hadel’s study, I curled up under his desk and fell asleep, not wanting to startle anyone.
When I woke up, the morning sun was rising, and I had returned to being a ferret.
“Kyu.”
I opened my mouth, half-expecting to speak human words, but nodded at the familiar squeak. Initially, I was disappointed when I woke up as a ferret, but now it didn’t bother me at all.
‘Living as a ferret isn’t so bad. Roaming around naked like this isn’t embarrassing anymore.’
After all, being covered in fur is practically like wearing clothes, right?
In my previous life, I wasn’t particularly well-behaved, but now my mindset wasn’t much different from that of a primitive. If my friend, Yunisia, saw me now, she would probably cry her eyes out.
‘Well, whatever. Nagging is a privilege of the living, isn’t it?’
I coldly dismissed these thoughts of the past.
‘Aah, I’m feeling drowsy all day because of yesterday’s mana absorption.’
The shirt I had worn while escaping from Hadel’s room had turned into a comfy cushion. Lying curled up on it, I found it hard to get up.
It’s warm and cozy, but dark under the desk.
‘Maybe I should sleep some more.’
After a good rest, Hadel would have prepared my meal. I closed my eyes again.
‘Hadel is so sincere. Initially, he raised me to make a scarf but ended up taking care of me wholeheartedly.’
That must be because Hadel is a kind-hearted person.
While thinking of Hadel, I couldn’t contain my irritation and suddenly lifted my head.
‘But how could he be mistreated like that! What’s up with that guy?’
Prince Sae immediately came to mind.
Anger woke me up, and energy surged through my body. I shuddered, remembering how I had been kicked by a shoe the day before.
‘How can someone as kind as Hadel have such a rude brother? Maybe he was spoiled too much!’
Next time he kicks me, I won’t let it slide. I’ll jump and bite his calf.
Grumbling to myself, I slowly crawled out from under the desk in the study. Now that I was awake, there was no reason to stay there any longer.
‘Let’s go back through the window.’
I didn’t want to go outside because it was cold, but it was hard for me to open the tightly closed study door. Unlike other doors, this one wouldn’t open from the outside no matter how much I scratched.
‘I hope Hadel left that uneaten cheese ciabatta sandwich.’
With that thought, I emerged through the study window and carefully walked along the windowsill. It was a path I had taken several times, so it wasn’t difficult at all.
But today, something was different.
‘The window is open, that room over there.’
In the north, it’s cold, and most don’t open their windows often. But today, there was a room with its window wide open.
‘Shall I see who it is?’
I walked towards it and peeked inside through the window, instantly regretting it.
‘Gasp! Prince Sae!’
It was none other than Prince Sae’s guest room.
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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