To You, So Noble and Vulgar (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 46
Before the Maho Castle in Reika City, the capital of Bukryeong, all the vassals had gathered to welcome the Northern Marquis, who was returning home after a long absence.
At the very front stood Duke Teshio Hern, beaming with joy.
“Father, were you truly that eager to see His Grace the Northern Marquis?”
Seeing his father look happier than when greeting his own son, Viscount Andrei Hern grumbled.
“How could I not be delighted? His Grace is returning with the Marchioness.”
“But what if that so-called Marchioness turns out to be utterly unremarkable?”
“You fool, His Grace has such exceptional judgment in people. She must surely be an extraordinary woman.”
“I’m not so sure. Frankly, I can’t even trust the truth of Isaac’s letter. That fellow is a simpleton. He must have misunderstood a brief conversation between His Grace and some woman and sent that letter based on a wild assumption.”
“Surely even Isaac wouldn’t act so lightly regarding the Marchioness.”
Andrei thought Isaac was entirely capable of doing exactly that, but he didn’t bother pointing it out.
The letter, brimming with overflowing excitement, had arrived at the end of March.
[We’re running late because we’re escorting the Marchioness. His Grace is utterly smitten with her. She’s truly beautiful and clever—you may certainly look forward to meeting her!]
Duke Hern, who had been deeply worried as Cyrus was returning later than scheduled, couldn’t hide his beaming smile after receiving that letter.
Though Cyrus had ascended to the position of Northern Marquis at a young age and no one yet spoke of succession, the vacant seat of Marchioness remained a major concern.
Nobles of Bukryeong, as well as some from Dongryeong, Seoryeong, and Namryeong—and even nobles of the Empire itself—all eagerly watched for an opportunity to place their daughters as the Northern Marchioness.
My Step-brother Is Obsessed With Me (Female-dominant)
A gentle female protagonist vs pitiful in the early stage, and a sick male protagonist in the later stage
Cheng Songer transmigrated into the body of a vicious cannon fodder female supporting character with the same name as her in a female-dominant novel.
In the original story, the cannon fodder female supporting character was inhumane, committing domestic violence, gambling excessively, being lustful, and even wanting to sell her stepbrother to a brothel for money.
As luck would have it, she just happened to transmigrate at this time.
Seeing Cheng Qingzhi biting his lip, enduring the tears in his eyes, looking pitiful, her heart softened.
She stuffed the money back into the Madam’s hand and reached out to him.
“Brother, come home with me.”
I finally found the chapter corresponding to chapter 42 of the manhwa!
Here’s a mother who refutes the “instinctive motherhood” notion.