This Life, I Will Save The Duke (20 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 48
After the Duke and Duchess of Elbaltan departed for the capital to attend the competition, two messenger birds took flight from Duke Tris’s estate at different times.
One of them soon descended into the forest along the road leading to the capital. The messenger bird, trained with special feed, could be easily summoned to the desired location.
“The Duke of Elbaltan has set out, split into two groups. One has dozens of knights, while the other has about ten.”
Normally, the group with more knights would seem to be the one needing protection, but he decided to think differently—because Kaius von Elbaltan was the one who had prepared this operation.
“We go after the group with fewer knights. Our objective is simple: just injure the arm or hand of the one who looks like the chef.”
More than twenty people clad in black clothing and face coverings began moving in one direction. Yet they were unaware that Damian had left with the Duke’s party and headed toward the Metron Hotel in Tris. The carriage they were pursuing was completely empty.
“If the Duke appears at the place we’ve chosen, flee immediately. Remember that if you don’t want to die.”
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Tension filled the Duke’s townhouse in the capital due to ‘Le Cordon Bleu.’
Dozens of knights who had accompanied the group from Tris tightly secured the perimeter of the residence—a deliberate ruse, as the ingredients for tomorrow’s competition were stored elsewhere and needed concealment.
As the western sky turned crimson, Devian and several directors from Kaldenbach arrived and entered the second-floor study to discuss the upcoming competition and the future of the hotel business. After the maid who served tea left, Lemon began his report.
“Half the nobles say they’ll judge purely based on taste, while the other half say they’ll support us only if we convert the hotel being built in the capital into an exclusive establishment for nobles.”
“Then if we can’t win them over with food alone, we’re guaranteed to lose.”
The eldest-looking gentleman among them spoke cautiously in response to Lemon’s explanation.
“That’s correct.”
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The Male lead Always Seduces Her with His Beauty (Matriarchy)
Xin Jiao Zhou is the leader of the world’s premier sect. She has just experienced betrayal from all sides, was poisoned in an assassination attempt, and faced death squad attacks while the poison was taking effect. After finally clearing out the scum from her sect, she was drugged again while trying to detoxify.
After waking up from a night of unconsciousness, she gained a “beautiful and kind-hearted” husband.
Xin Jiao Zhou: “???”
He fell ill.
She came to see him, bringing breakfast.
As she put down the breakfast and was about to leave, his hand slipped while holding the spoon. “Clank!”
She turned around upon hearing the noise.
He looked up at her, his eyebrows drooping: “My hand… has no strength.”
“Shall I… feed you?” she asked tentatively.
He opened his mouth cheerfully: “Ah—”
Thinking she was drowning, he jumped in without hesitation to save her, but nearly drowned himself. In the end, it was she who swam over to rescue him, giving him air underwater.
After emerging from the water, his ear tips turned red. He lightly brushed his cheek, tucking his sideburns behind his ear, revealing delicate, pink-tinged ear tips. He lowered his gaze, too embarrassed to look at her.
Xin Jiao Zhou: He’s truly beautiful, kind-hearted, and adorable.
A certain someone when disciplining subordinates behind the scenes: “If they don’t obey, just kill them.”
What’s that? She might already have someone she cares about in her heart? A certain someone: Find out who it is, kill them, and then there won’t be anyone.
What? She met a man by the riverside? What? That man even hurt her? A certain someone: Whichever hand hurt her, chop off his entire arm.
Love at first sight without realizing it, gradually falling in love, slowly getting closer…
Family and national grudges, schemes and desires, good and evil, crime and punishment, she and he face the future together, seeking justice with passion!
A naturally dark female lead who could accidentally destroy the world but is actually an honest person VS a weak, pitiful, and helpless but skilled fighter, beautiful white-cut black male lead
My heart is not of stone, how steadfast is your love? — Tao Yuanming “Imitating the Ancients (No. 3)”
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Cold female lead & dramatic black lotus with hidden yandere traits male lead
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