“……I truly don’t understand. Why on earth? A man who lacks nothing, why marry the daughter of a lowly viscount? Does Alton know about this?”
“When did we become close enough for you to casually call my father by his name?”
“…….”
“What are you lacking, that you would commit such a stupid act? Coming all this way with a body that has trouble moving, what disgrace.”
“That, that’s…….”
Count Ermeintz was flustered and stammered. His face, which had turned yellow with surprise, became so flushed that it looked like it would burst.
“If you’re so decrepit, you should have just stayed in your corner at home.”
Gibnen twisted his lips and sneered at Count Ermeintz. The usually neat and orderly gentleman was nowhere to be seen.
“Once praised as a national hero, hiring professional assassins to steal the life of a frail lady. You really look pathetic, sir.”
“…….”
“At this point, even the masses can only understand ‘why I had to steal another’s woman’.”
Gibnen gestured somewhere. Salk appeared with a group of men. Most of them were armed knights. A few of them held pens and notebooks, and cameras.
Reporters!
Count Ermeintz’s face turned pale as paper.
‘Oh no.’
A flash ceremony was unleashed at him. Gibnen leisurely smiled.
“Sir, dirty media wars are not your specialty.”
“…….”
“It’s my specialty.”
“You… really want to sever ties with our family?”
“That’s for you to decide.”
“…….”
“Either quietly shut up and accept the situation, or cut ties altogether. I wonder which option is riskier. Isn’t your son still competing for the position of master of the tower?”
“…….”
“Your successor’s battle for the master of the tower is fierce… is there a chance with that ability?”
Count Ermeintz’s face twisted in anger. But that was it. Given the situation, he couldn’t even utter a peep at the harsh words spat by the brash young man.
Rather, those who were watching the two’s conversation glanced around. They felt that the words were too harsh for the oncehero of the nation, even if he was now a wellknown master of the tower.
“What are you doing, hurry and take him away.”
At Gibnen’s words, the knights brought by Salk quickly picked him up.
Count Ermeintz became as dumbfounded as if he had been stung by a bee and floundered. However, his struggling was as pitiful as the fluttering of a wingtorn butterfly.
He belatedly yelled in a tantrum.
“Why are you only taking me! That guy used magic against people! That’s also a clear violation, so why are you only taking me!”
The knight’s brigade hesitated at this. Then Gibnen spoke nonchalantly.
“I will voluntarily appear, so go. There are many witnesses here.”
The momentarily hesitant knight’s brigade took Count Ermeintz and his entourage, along with the unconscious assassins, and left.
After they left the room, Gibnen took Riley off his embrace. At that moment, Riley tightly clung to his coat. Her slender, pale fingers trembled pitifully.
He hugged her with a frightened look and comforted her.
“You must have been scared.”
“…….”
“It’s okay now.”
She looked even more frail and precarious, wearing only thin sleepwear in the cold, and being a mess with mud and blood. Gibnen took off his overcoat and wrapped it around her.
“You’ll catch a cold.”
“…….”
“Let’s move for now.”
He reached out, and a blue portal was created. It was a portal that was quickly reserved to connect to the hotel room.
Before entering the portal, Gibnen turned and commanded Saki.
“Get those guys.”
“Yes.”
So Gibnen disappeared into the portal with Riley in his arms.
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Riley looked around as she nestled in Gibnen’s arms.
“……Where is this?”
“A hotel we were staying at briefly.”
“……Why here?”
“That house didn’t seem to be a comfortable place for you.”
At his words, Riley just nodded slightly. Indeed, the Eardalin mansion was not a comfortable place.
“It’s late, so I’ll take you when the east becomes bright.”
“……Okay.”
“First, drink this.”
He handed her a warm tea. She didn’t know what it was, but it smelled very fragrant. The pleasant scent relaxed her tense body.
“But how here……”
“Count Ermeints showed suspicious movements, so I checked the condition, and I also visited you.”
“……..”
“I came just in case, but I never thought that crazy old man would do such a thing.”
“……Thank you for saving me. How can I repay this debt?”
“A debt? Protecting the woman who will be my wife is something I should naturally do as a husband.”
“……..”
“Anyway, it’s nice to see you again.”
He chuckled as he brushed Riley’s hair behind her ears.
“How long has it been? Almost a month and a half?”
Handsome.
He seemed more handsome than before, having seen him after a long time.
“……Did you lose some weight?”
“Did I? I have been quite busy lately.”
“…….”
“Didn’t you miss me?”
“…….”
“I’m disappointed.”
He pouted his lips and broke the stiff atmosphere.
Staring at him, Riley impulsively hugged his neck. He flinched at the unexpected action, then chuckled and embraced her waist.
“Are you being childish?”
“……Stay by my side.”
Riley whined like a child and buried her face in his neck. Gibnen did not push her away but obediently sat down.
The warmth emanating from their bodies was hot. It had been so cold just a moment ago that she thought she might die, but now the warmth turned into a hot heat that enveloped her whole body.
His broad embrace felt as comfortable as custommade.
No soft bed or blanket could feel as warm and cozy as this.
“……I thought I was going to die.”
“…….”
“……I was really scared.”
The extreme fear she felt for the first time in her life.
Beyond her dimmed consciousness, her life’s panorama flashed by. So she felt death, let go of the desire to live. She had heard that the panorama of one’s life appears only to those on the brink of death.
What appeared last was Gibnen’s face.
Not her father, nor the family of her uncle she had lived with for over ten years, but the beautiful face of a man she had been with for just three days. Just three days.
“I thought of you instead of my father at the end…… I missed you like crazy.”
“…….”
“……I must have been relying on you without knowing it. We don’t even know each other. It’s just a relationship of one or two favors. Just that much of a relationship, but your face, not my father’s, flickering was so absurd.”
“…….”
“……But you really came.”
Her voice, weakly murmuring, was like a baby’s babble. Whether due to lack of energy or being out of her senses, her pronunciation was slurred, but Gibnen pondered over the meaning of every word.
He pulled Riley from his embrace and locked eyes with her. Looking at her terrified face, Gibnen smiled gently, seemingly pitiful, and wiped the blood from his lips with his thumb.
“Pitiful, indeed.”
“…….”
“You have no one else to rely on but me.”
For some reason, he looked very happy. The momentarily sparkling eyes felt a bit eerie, but the touch of the thumb wiping his lips was incredibly soft.
“Yes, keep relying on me.”
“…….”
“Look only at me.”
“…….”
“Trust only me.”
“…….”
“Love only me.”
Live only for me.
A gentle voice, as if comforting a child. Yet those words were firm, like a command. At a glance, it might sound like childish petulance, but if you looked a little deeper, it was clearly his selfishness and obsession.
“Then I’ll protect you.”
“…….”
“For a lifetime.”
Their lips met in an instant.
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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