Well, Liz found this more comfortable. There was no needless reason for her heart to pound.
“Shall we take a break?”
After entirely leading a waltz on her own, Kain spoke. Since Liz was about to slow down in her movements, she nodded without hesitation.
“You’ve gotten quite fast outside of the water.”
When did he see that?
Well, being the trainer, it was his natural duty to observe the patient’s progress.
As if there was some great meaning to that.
“We’ll need to train about two more times.”
At Kain’s words, Liz’s eyes widened as she asked,
“Two more times? There’s only a day left until the comingofage ceremony?”
“We need a rest period as well.”
Ah… That’s right. He wasn’t just relentlessly pushing her.
Liz nodded, convinced.
Then she stepped out of the bath for a moment and sat on a marble chair at the edge of the bathroom. Being out of the water, a chill set in.
As Liz wrapped her arms around herself and shivered, Kain brought a robe and wrapped it around her. The trembling seemed to ease a little.
“Sit down, too.”
Liz invited Kain, who was standing like a statue a little distance away, to sit beside her, but Kain refused.
“I’m fine. I’ll stand.”
If it were the old times, she would have left him be, but now that she knew he was the Crown Prince, how could she?
“Just sit down? It hurts my neck to look up at you.”
At those words, Kain hesitated for a moment before sitting next to her.
Liz took a quick sidelong glance at him.
His large, solid upper body was already covered by a robe, so there was no reason to shy away if she looked straight at him. But why couldn’t she face him?
Was it because of the graceful profile revealed as she swept up her wet hair?
Or the water droplet sliding down his jawline, following the contour of his cheekbone, and slipping off at the tip of his finger?
Or maybe it was…
“Would you like a glass of juice?”
…the seductive look in his eyes, arching like a bow as he spoke?
‘What… What am I thinking?’
Liz suddenly came to her senses and turned her gaze forward.
“I’m fine. I’m not thirsty.”
“Yes. I understand.”
Kain turned his head with a faint smile.
Liz wanted to slap herself on the cheek.
Realizing her possession but still losing her focus and having frivolous thoughts.
Was it because she only read her destiny in letters?
Was the realization of possession not hitting her, causing her alertness to decrease?
It won’t do.
It was time to firm up her resolution again.
“…Take good care of Lilia. She’s a lonely child.”
To reaffirm her determination, there was nothing as sure as the existence of the original heroine.
“You know, our father loved making children, but he didn’t care about raising them, right? And it’s not like the child grew up receiving her biological mother’s love properly. How lonely she must be, growing up in a strange house without someone to lean on? So you should…”
“From what I see, you seem lonelier, Miss?”
Kain cut off Liz’s words.
“…Me?”
The conversation turning in an unexpected direction, Liz was taken aback.
‘Why am I coming up here?’
Somehow, she had to shift his attention back to Lilia.
“Ye, yes, that’s right. I’m a lonely person.”
Not only in this life but lonely since her previous one.
“So I’m not lonely now. That’s why I’m getting married soon, right? So forget about that, Lilia is…”
“What if you’re still lonely after getting married?”
Kain cut in again, asking.
That question hit her heart so hard that Liz unintentionally lost her objective in the conversation and retorted,
“That’s nonsense. How can you be lonely if you’re married?”
“Your mother is there, isn’t she?”
“Ah…….”
When she thought about it, that was right?
But there was a solution for that.
“If I’m lonely, I’ll just have many children. I’m thinking of having at least three. Then I’ll be too busy to feel lonely.”
That had also been her dream, having been lonely since her previous life.
Her friends who married early used to say that sometimes.
‘Never get married. And don’t have kids. It’s the grave of life, a grave.’
But every time, Liz would think.
I wish I could enter that grave.
Living a brilliant life all alone is far less tempting than that grave you speak of.
Kain was silent for a moment. His eyes were fixed in space as if he was thinking.
Liz was about to bring up Lilia’s story once again in the meantime.
“So, Kain, Lil……”
“Who will be your partner at the masquerade?”
It was an unexpected question. But once again, Liz found herself responding effortlessly, caught in his pace.
“I haven’t decided yet. I’ll just see who asks me to dance first on the day.”
“……I see.”
For a moment, Kain’s eyes sparkled, but Liz did not see it.
She remembered something else she needed to say.
“Lilia doesn’t seem to have found a partner either, so if you could help……”
“That’s enough for today.”
Kain said, abruptly rising from his seat.
At this point, Liz could not deny it.
‘It seems like today is not the time.’
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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