“Stop hiding and laughing, come out and see for yourself, Duke.”
Christine spoke to Stone beyond the door.
A voice so sweet that, to an unknowing listener, it might have sounded like a request. As if trying to comfort someone. But the veins on the back of Christine’s hand, clutching the sword, bulged with tension.
Because he felt instinctively that he must not relax.
Then Stone asked softly from behind the door,
“What is it you fear the most, Viscount?”
“Well, I’ve never felt fear.”
“Then I’ll show you soon. You’ll choke the moment you realize.”
Christine chuckled as if she couldn’t bear it, and finally burst into laughter.
“If you can make me like that, I’ll gladly die for you, Duke.”
“That bravado. Adel might even be momentarily enchanted.”
Swooosh.
Christine’s blue eyes, staring with the sword raised, were colder than ice.
“Too bad, Duke. If you hadn’t mentioned that name, I would have cut off your breath with a single stroke.”
Then Stone laughed from behind the door, as if overjoyed.
“That’s what I’m going to say. I plan to tear you to pieces and eat your heart last.”
Christine doubted her ears.
‘What…?’
At that moment,
Craaash!
The old door of the watchtower broke to pieces, and something jumped out.
It cut through the air sharply and charged like an arrow.
Christine felt the hairs on her body stand on end instinctively.
She quickly leaped back.
Wooosh!
An enormous force split the wind, and a terrifying noise whizzed past her ears.
The snow piled on the branches scattered, and one side of her fluttering cape was torn away.
Thud!
Christine’s face was pale as she landed lightly on the snowfield.
Wooosh!
Although her opponent attacked again, she stood still, frozen like a statue.
Flying over the piercing blue winter sky and covering it was…
‘A brown wolf!’
Splat!
It attacked Christine with its five claws.
Red blood splattered on the white snowfield, and her body flew off the cliff like a piece of paper.
(This is a time separator.)
While waiting for the four winners to return, the stadium was bustling with various performances.
Starting with the martial arts demonstration of the Royal Guards, the knight orders belonging to each house performed horseback riding shows. The competition to stand out between the houses was intense, as pride was at stake. In between, circus performers in glamorous costumes provided amazing skills and belly laughs.
Outside the palace, all sorts of crafts and food were being sold. Tired nobles from watching the shows mingled with the citizens here and enjoyed the sights.
It was a joyous festival for everyone all day long.
Except for one person, Adel.
“Oh, there’s Lady Bonita!”
Tanya, who was reluctantly dragging Adel to see the crafts, shouted.
Mia, who was taking a big bite of kebab, also quickly ran to the two.
“Adel! Tanya!”
“It’s been a while, Mia.”
Adel wiped the sauce from Mia’s mouth and smiled.
“Oh my, Adel, your face is blooming. Is it the water in Marble Palace, or is it because you received lots of love from the Count?”
Mia started chattering as soon as she met them. She thought she might have cobwebs in her mouth because Adel was gone, but Adel couldn’t be as cheerful as usual.
A little later, Mia, noticing this, looked at Tanya with a questioning expression.
“She’s worried about the Count.”
Mia laughed, holding her stomach.
“Au, the least necessary worry in the world is worrying about the Count. A man who has survived the battlefield might be stung by a bee in the imperial forest?”
“Even a bee sting hurts.”
Adel didn’t even like that.
“Well, it’s hard to imagine the Count being stung by a bee. That’s why he’ll come back without a single hair harmed and with the Emperor’s treasure.”
“That’s what I’m saying.”
Even though Tanya joined in, Adel couldn’t let go of her anxiety.
The two people did not know how cunning Stone was. Moreover, it seemed that Christine was not going to leave him alone either.
If they were to fight in a deep forest where no one was around…
“Can Christine really be safe?”
Then it happened.
“He’s back! The winner is back!”
At someone’s cry, Adel hurriedly ran to the stadium.
It was neither Christine nor Stone who had returned. One of the four winners said he had come back because it would be dangerous when it got dark. The Emperor’s treasure had not yet been found.
Gradually, the short winter sun hung on the western mountains, and a dim darkness settled.
Adel became increasingly anxious.
Could there really be nothing happening between the two?
“Someone else is coming over there!”
People’s eyes were all focused in one place.
Someone was driving a horse from the forest path where the snow and darkness had thickly settled. He raised his hand defiantly to the people. The last waning sunlight dazzlingly reflected off the gold ornament in his hand.
“It looks like he found His Majesty’s treasure!”
“Who is it?”
“I don’t know, it’s too dark.”
(This is a time separator.)
“It’s my treasure indeed.”
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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