“Let’s see.”
Wait? This is…….
What Ian handed over was not related to the knight’s duties, but Gabriel’s various errands.
This guy, did he make himself disliked by the captain?
“Why are you looking at me like that?”
I pondered whether to speak or not and ended up just patting Ian’s shoulder.
“At least the bookstore is close, let’s start from there.”
[Star Icon]I was bustling around and found myself in front of the restaurant again.
Has the meal finished by now? Or have they already left?
Whether it was due to the memories absorbed from Rosebelia, it kept bothering me even though I tried to ignore it.
I stopped for a moment and looked up at the restaurant. Ian, who had also stopped, suddenly asked.
“Why are you doing that?”
“Nothing, nothing at all.”
“If you’re hungry, I’ll buy it for you.”
“You? Why?”
“Aren’t you dealing with me?”
Caught off guard by the unexpected reply, I burst into laughter, and Ian stared at me.
Feeling his gaze intently scrutinizing my face, I finally extended my hand with a cough.
“That’s enough. I’m not hungry…….”
Before I even finished my sentence, the restaurant door opened, and Caiden appeared.
I quickly grabbed Ian’s cloak and hid our bodies in the alley.
“Why are you hiding?”
“It’ll just be a moment.”
“Who is it?”
“Do I have to answer that question?”
With a sighlike response, Ian obediently nodded his head.
“No, I don’t need to know.”
“It’s done now. Let’s hurry.”
Once the carriage carrying Olivia and others had moved away, I released Ian’s cloak.
Though the carriage that had taken them was undoubtedly gone, a sound of cheerful laughter seemed to echo in my ears, lingering without fading away.
“Should we return to the knight’s headquarters?”
“Yes.”
In response to my words, Ian turned without hesitation to the main road. The noisy sound of hooves made me grab Ian’s cloak again.
A carriage passed right in front of Ian by a hair’s breadth.
“Newbie, this is the middle of the square, so always look around and be careful. We can’t have a mishap like before…….”
What are you doing again?
Ian was looking up at me, seemingly embraced in my arms.
He’s quite heavy due to his build, but the way he tucked his body into my arms looked somehow pitiful, causing me to burst into laughter.
“I think it’s fine now.”
“I agree.”
You agree, but shouldn’t you stand up straight?
“Newbie, my arms are about to fall off.”
“I apologize.”
“You don’t need to apologize, but you must be especially careful in the square because you never know what might jump out.”
“Thank you, senior. You saved me again.”
Ian, who had straightened his body, smiled slightly.
Why is that? Did it feel like Ian was enjoying this situation?
“Let’s go.”
“Is there a place I want to stop by, can we drop in for a moment?”
“Where?”
The place Ian pointed to with a gesture was the general store we had visited earlier. Since it was close, I nodded without hesitation.
Ian, who had left a message that he would be back soon and headed to the general store, returned before long.
“Let’s go.”
“Yeah, let’s return to the knight order now.”
“Just a moment.”
“Why? Is there more to see?”
“No, this.”
When I turned to look, Ian held out something tightly in his palm.
It was wrapped in thin paper individually, and it looked like candy from its round shape.
“Where did you get this?”
“I bought it at the general store. It said it was a snack sweet enough to make the back of your head tingle, so I was curious.”
When I picked one up, Ian’s palm came closer to me.
“It’s all yours, senior.”
“You have your own share?”
To my question, Ian firmly shook his head.
“No, I don’t really like sweet things.”
“But why did you buy it?”
“Do you really not know and are asking?”
Ian looked down at me, frowning one brow as if he had heard something preposterous.
Ah, he bought it to give to me.
“Did you know I like sweet things?”
It was one thing Rosebelia and I had in common. We both loved sweets immensely.
“I collected information about you because I wanted to duel with you.”
“You should have bribed me with sweets then.”
I threw it out as a joke, but Ian hesitated for a moment before answering.
“I also gathered information that you wouldn’t respond to a duel like that.”
“You were much more serious about dueling than I thought, you.”
“Didn’t I tell you? That feeling was a first for me. Dueling with you is now the only joy in my life.”
I paused, about to carelessly stuff the candy Ian handed me into my pocket.
The only joy in life? Was it that much?
“Anyway, thank you, I’ll enjoy it.”
“I’ll look forward to the next duel as well.”
“When was it?”
“In two days.”
A smile slipped out at the quick response, as if he’d been waiting for the question.
“I thought it wasn’t a bribe.”
“It’s not a bribe. This is, let’s say, a reward for saving me twice today.”
I swallowed my laughter and popped a candy into my mouth. The expression ‘tingling at the back of your head’ was apt. For a moment, it was so sweet that I forgot all thoughts.
“You’re really not going to eat it?”
“Yes. As I mentioned earlier, I don’t really like sweet things…”
Ian suddenly stopped talking and narrowed his eyes as he stared across the way.
“What’s wrong?”
When I looked where his gaze had landed, I saw a man approaching Ian and me.
Wait? That face is…
It was certainly a familiar face to me, too.
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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