“Yes, my lady……”
Mirabelle, who had been mechanically responding, stopped.
She was as heartbroken as Liz about this incident.
For some reason, the young lady, who had always seen men other than Kain as stonelike, had finally made up her mind to marry with great resolve, but such an event had occurred.
Mirabelle felt that she could never forgive the scoundrel, whether it was Rubent or Event.
But, apart from that……
“Still, you must marry. The madam has said that she will definitely find a suitable match this time. Perhaps, there will be an appointment set for tomorrow?”
Mirabelle’s words were true.
It was because not long after the incident, the mother had called Liz to her room.
“It’s unfortunate this time, but let’s consider it a blessing in disguise.”
“A blessing in disguise……”
Liz quietly repeated the words.
Then her mother spoke with a confident voice.
“Yes, think about it. What would you have done if you had married that man without knowing? It’s fortunate that you found out before the marriage; after the marriage, it would be irreversible.”
Indeed.
Liz agreed with that statement.
Even if she wanted to build a family, she couldn’t accommodate her husband’s mistress. She was not up to that level.
“The Count of Barleuze has sent a proposal. He recently inherited the title and is ambitiously managing his domain. We’ve thoroughly investigated this time, so there won’t be any unpleasant incidents like last time.”
“……Did you really make sure?”
Liz narrowed her eyes and asked her mother.
Knowing her mother’s slightly lax side, she couldn’t help but doubt.
“I’m sure this time. Or shall I have your greatuncle investigate?”
Her mother mentioned the greatuncle.
Liz’s greatuncle, Count Clemangis, had gathered information about most of the nobles while working as a royal tax administrator until a few years ago, from their financial status to relationships to drinking habits.
After retiring, he utilized his skill to arrange matched marriages between noble children, and the results were a great success. Along with his reputation as a matchmaker, the greatuncle had raked in substantial commissions.
Yes. If they had entrusted him from the beginning, there would have been no mistake like today. However,
“No, that’s fine.”
Was it pride?
Liz didn’t want to drag her relatives into it. It felt somehow cheap.
“In any case, we’re going to proceed swiftly to the wedding this time, so just remember that. I need to tell the housekeeper to inform Lady Veronica in advance. We have to start fitting the wedding dress.”
Her mother pushed forward, as if not considering the possibility of failure.
But Liz, who had already tasted failure once, was different.
“Isn’t it too early?”
How could they be sure, after all……
“Early? Do you know how famous that person is for wedding dresses? Some young ladies reserve right after their comingofage ceremony. Otherwise, they can’t get one.”
So, isn’t it too late?
Sigh. I don’t know.
Do as you please.
“Then I’ll go up now.”
With those words, Liz withdrew from her mother’s room.
Back in her room, Liz took out her embroidery frame to forget her troubled mind. There was nothing better than simple labor to clear her head. She reached for the frame to finish the halfembroidered rose. That moment,
“Ouch!”
She quickly pulled her hand back at the sharp sensation on her fingertip.
She had forgotten another needle stuck in the frame.
A small bead of red blood formed at the tip of her index finger.
Pressing it with her thumbnail, the bead of blood grew to the size of a droplet.
As she looked at it, a sudden ominous premonition came over her.
She thought of the superstition that seeing blood from a needle prick before finishing embroidery meant a failed marriage.
The previous Liz had been a believer in superstitions.
She never ate seaweed soup before an important exam and only cut her nails on Tuesdays.
Once, she carelessly cut them on a Friday and was completely rejected by the one she had been in unrequited love with for four years.
“Ah, superstitions are just superstitions.”
Liz tried hard to console herself.
But the creeping anxiety made her interpret even the slightest sign as a harbinger of misfortune.
And that anxiety proved to be accurate.
(This is a time marker.)
She was stood up by Count Barlois.
He didn’t come even after waiting for two hours, sending only a flimsy letter through a servant.
“Please accept the decision I have made after careful consideration. No matter how I think about it, I am infinitely inadequate for the beautiful and noble Lady Verium. I realize that fact now, and it weighs heavily on me. You shine so brightly that I can hardly look at you, and I worry that I might somehow overshadow that light. Hence, I fear that I might cause the smile to disappear from your face. Therefore, I hope you find someone who can truly make you shine and cherish you…….”
The letter was filled with excuses, but in summary, it said:
“Can’t meet today. No future meetings.”
My Arch-enemy Sealed My Memory and Said That He is My Husband
This is an incredibly captivating story that you absolutely shouldn’t miss! I’ll give a brief introduction here, and below you’ll find a detailed synopsis of the plot.
The female lead is a fierce and powerful demon king. The male lead is a once-in-a-millennium celestial lord, admired by the entire cultivation world.
They are equally matched, legendary rivals who have battled for centuries.
In the final duel, the female lead is gravely injured. The male lead saves her, seals her memories, and hides her true identity. He tells her that he is her fiancé. His entire life has been flawless—except for the one thing he never expected, never controlled, and never wanted to control: falling for his greatest enemy. She is his inner demon, his obsession.
When the female lead regains her memories, she is furious at his deception.
She makes his life a living hell.
And somehow, the male lead—possibly a total masochist—doesn’t mind at all. In fact, he’s happy she’s paying attention to him.
Yep, we’re back to my favorite trope: male lead suffering. If you love this kind of story, jump into the pit with me now!!!
Intro
Dong Xia lost her memory.
Her handsome and extremely powerful fiancé Li Qing comforted her: “It’s okay if you can’t remember. I’ll always be with you.”
Everyone thought Dong Xia’s ancestors must have burned incense to get such a perfect fiancé. He was the number one person in the immortal realm, yet he remained chaste and only loved her.
…
The day before marrying her fiancé, Dong Xia finally remembered everything.
She wasn’t suffering from memory loss at all.
Her arch-enemy had made her fake her death, destroyed her cultivation, replaced her memories, and pretended to be her deeply in love fiancé.
No wonder he said, “It’s okay if you can’t remember”!
Dong Xia laughed coldly as she pulled out her long knife: Li Qing, prepare to die 🙂
*
Li Qing, as the supreme being of the immortal realm, was the people’s shining beacon.
The only unknown stain in his life was his affection for Dong Xia, the ruler of the demon realm.
In the final battle of the war between immortals and demons, the sky collapsed and the earth shattered. The ruler of the demon realm was finally slain under the sword of the supreme being of the immortal realm, and everyone in the immortal realm applauded.
The cultivation world lost a ruler of the demon realm.
And in the back mountain of Li Qing’s cave dwelling, he secretly hid away a fiancée.
Notes:
1. The female lead is white on the outside, black on the inside, and the queen of flattery; the male lead repeatedly tests the edge of darkness, a VIP guest at the crematorium.
2. Fantasy cultivation world setting.
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