“You don’t have to be scared.”
In response to Yuvia’s calm voice, Ivy’s chest unexpectedly sank.
One can only tell someone not to be scared if they are genuinely a frightening presence.
Moreover, Yuvia, as it turned out, was a guy with plenty of reasons to be afraid.
The Night Tribe that Rochika wanted to kill, the one that even ten hunting dogs couldn’t deal with.
Behind the cute appearance, Yuvia’s true nature was so wicked, and this fact weighed heavily on Ivy’s heart.
However, Ivy shrugged it off as if it were nothing.
“Scared? What about?”
“Me.”
“Why would I be scared of you?”
“Aren’t you scared?”
“Scared…”
But the boasting she mustered crumbled with just one question, and Ivy felt more embarrassed than scared.
“Lies are not good.”
The reprimand from the young boy made Ivy even more ashamed. So, with her face and neck burning red, she lowered her head.
This annoying curse. The person who cursed me might have wanted me to endure disgrace and eventually take my own life.
While Ivy was struggling to swallow her pride, Yuvia added in a small voice.
“And there’s nothing to be afraid of. I’m grateful to you.”
With still-red cheeks, Ivy glanced at Yuvia. However, Yuvia continued to walk ahead without looking back.
It’s almost lunchtime. Yuvia was diligently moving towards the dining table and food, saying that Dias should return on time for the meal.
Walking with determination towards the dining table and food, the boy spoke.
“Dias came to kill me. He was determined to kill me and could have succeeded. But he didn’t. Because of you.”
“Because of me?”
“Yeah, because of you.”
Yuvia, who had been walking ahead, finally turned to look at Ivy.
Behind the dazzling silver hair, Ivy realized only now that Yuvia’s eyes were as deep black as hers.
“Originally, he wouldn’t have hesitated. But because of you, he couldn’t harm me.”
Looking at Ivy with eyes like a night sky, Yuvia said. At that moment, Yuvia’s voice was not conjecture or assumption but spoke as if stating an unchanging truth.
However, Ivy didn’t readily agree. She never heard such a story from Dias.
“How can you be sure of that?”
“Because life is connected. Living things inherit, continue, and let go. The living things are all connected. Like seeds blooming into flowers, there’s not only sunlight and dew but also someone who becomes the soil. Humans are the same. Appearances, hearts, choices at crossroads are not just their own. They are inherited from someone we met before.”
Oh, I see.
Ivy suppressed the urge to tease like this. Yuvia was still scary, thanks to the curse.
“What you give and receive can be affectionate or cruel. And the recipient cannot choose. It’s solely the decision of the sender. You all become a new version of yourselves within that framework every day.”
Yuvia’s words remained enigmatic. However, Ivy seemed to understand the meaning of those words. No, she had to understand. Because Ivy wanted to become a better person for this reason.
Living things are somehow connected, whether through kindness or cruelty, constantly exchanging and influencing each other because they share the same world.
This is a romantic yet harsh story, and Ivy was inclined to think it was cruel.
In a world of inheritance and continuation, there are countless paths. There are noble paths with flowing elegance, and there are base paths piled only with vulgarity.
A difficult person can smoothly navigate the noble path, but anyone who is easy and trivial gets trapped in the base path, swallowing only things that make them sick. It can range from disdain, moderate rejection, to heavy abuse, exploitation, or domination.
If life is about connections, even that can be a curse for the fragile.
Thinking like this, Ivy quietly smiled. Yuvia spoke as if he had seen Ivy’s thoughts.
“Fortunately, you were affectionate to Dias. Despite it being an undesirable place and an undesired companion. Dias learned it from you, and that’s why he became affectionate to me too.”
“Dias said that?”
“No.”
“But how can you be so certain?”
“Because my words are correct.”
The rabbit-like guy kept on whining endlessly. So Ivy felt a bit strange.
That I became affectionate, and others became affectionate too because of me. Ivy didn’t like such optimistic stories.
“The world can’t be that simple…”
“Of course, it’s not simple. That’s why it’s fortunate. That someone taught you longing, that you learned it, that you met Dias, and that I am connected to the world, it’s truly fortunate.”
But Yuvia persisted in expressing gratitude, and Ivy’s words were blocked.
A few days ago, she remembered what she had said to the Count.
Meeting Uncle is the luckiest thing for me, the miracle that happened to me only once!
Thinking back to that time, Ivy closed her eyes tightly and groaned with her soul.
Ah, why did I say such a embarrassing thing? Ivy found the curse that made her feel like a fool utterly dreadful.
While Ivy was struggling to swallow her pride, Yuvia spoke.
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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