“I asked if I seemed generous.”
Leharht bent his upper body and lowered himself to eye level. The proximity was already uncomfortable, and it became even more so. At that moment, Fernand rescued Etienne.
Pulling Etienne backward to increase the distance, Fernand stared at Leharht. Despite Leharht’s grumbling, Etienne and Fernand remained silent.
‘Who doesn’t let their status get in the way?’
Etienne silently responded to her thoughts.
Leharht approached people first, initiated conversations, and even cracked jokes. When someone expressed dissatisfaction, he would easily brush it off, but he never thought of punishing the person who voiced their complaints.
Perhaps that’s why the journey felt somewhat liberating compared to traveling with the Crown Prince.
‘He only mentions his status when it suits him.’
Unable to resist, Etienne glanced at him and soon began walking beside him.
“Etienne.”
As Fernand whispered from behind, Etienne paused for a moment. Since Leharht didn’t stop walking, the distance gradually widened. Nevertheless, Etienne quietly waited for Fernand’s next words.
“Don’t get too close to the Crown Prince.”
In response to Fernand’s words, Etienne looked silently at Leharht.
“He’s an unpredictable person. And no matter how much we support the Crown Prince, the current atmosphere in the palace is not favorable. There’s nothing good about getting closer.”
It seemed like words spoken after observing the Crown Prince and me for a long time.
“Is it because I seem close to the Crown Prince?”
When Etienne tilted her head and asked, Fernand nodded.
“But I didn’t expect it to turn out like this.”
Indeed, she approached him with the thought of meeting him a bit sooner, but she didn’t expect to get this close.
In the previous life, she wasn’t particularly close to Crown Prince Leharht.
“Well, I couldn’t have been close to anyone back then.”
Fernand was everything to her at that time.
Anyway, even if they weren’t close, she didn’t know nothing about the Crown Prince. Looking back, he wasn’t as cheerful as he is now.
Before, she thought that sharing the secret of the flower tea made him smile, but during the journey, Leharht seemed to smile well to others.
‘It seems like he has gained some composure.’
Etienne thought with a slight smile. It was unexpected how well she blended with the Crown Prince, although her initial intention was to prevent him from dying again.
‘But it’s really strange. Knowing that he’s going to die, why is he so relaxed?’
No matter how someone from the future with his abilities exists, it was strange.
‘Whether I have returned to the past or not, it’s not like he has escaped death.’
Although I am trying to somehow intervene to prevent the Crown Prince’s death, I haven’t succeeded yet.
‘Strange. Everything from one to ten is strange. A strange person.’
The more they got along, the stranger he seemed.
“Etienne.”
At the sound of Leharht calling ahead, Etienne shook her shoulders in surprise.
“It feels like my back is being pierced; stop looking and look around.”
“Did you feel what I was looking at?”
“Fernand probably knows too.”
Etienne turned her head with a cool expression. Then, Fernand’s face came into view.
Whether Leharht’s words were correct or not, Fernand looked at her with an expression as if asking why he was sending the Crown Prince like that. Etienne nodded.
“It seems like there’s no more fork in the road. But Fernand, how do you really find the way?”
“Water.”
“Water?”
“Go in the direction where you hear the sound of water.”
At Fernand’s explanation, Etienne listened attentively. However, she couldn’t hear anything.
“It seems like your ability is starting to show.”
With Leharht’s muttered words, the three walked to the end of the road, and finally arrived at a certain place.
Only now did Etienne understand what Fernand meant by the sound of water. There was another world beneath the ground.
A place where flowers grow without the sun, forming a small lake with clear water. It was a place with another, much smaller Mithril tree than the one outside. It felt mysterious in some way.
“Is this it? The temple guided by Mithril…”
At Leharht’s muttering, Etienne turned to look at him. Sensing her gaze, Leharht met her eyes.
“Why?”
“Do you know this place?”
‘The temple? Wasn’t it just a space near Mithril with an unknown purpose?’
“You know the stories related to Mithril. Don’t you?”
Leharht rolled his eyes as if wondering why she didn’t know. Then he stopped playing around and explained.
“They say Mithril is a tree given by the gods. Also, they call it a divine prank. Because of this space that no one pays attention to.”
“But doesn’t a divine prank mean a change in fate?”
“The destinies of the two people who discovered this place changed.”
Leharht slowly entered, looking around. Etienne tried to follow him, but Fernand held her hand and prevented her from going.
When Etienne turned to Fernand, he lowered his head slightly. At that moment, Leharht spoke.
“That special ability.”
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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