Despite Caron’s heart set on it, Evelia safely grew up within the duchy, nourished by the love of her family and the knights, until she was three years old.
After the selection of the escort knight, Hugo tried to drive the Artina Knights back to the north, but to put it conclusively, it failed.
Because the mad dogs didn’t want to leave, they laid down mats in front of the duchy and sat on them as if they were on a hunger strike, yelling day and night for the right to see our young lady again, the citizens of the empire occasionally visited to watch the spectacle.
Even so, when Hugo showed no signs of changing his mind, a complaint was even raised to the emperor.
‘The only ducal family in the empire deprives the Knights of their rights. It’s cruel. If they don’t guarantee us the right to see the young lady, we’ll run wilder than the demon tribe.’
Due to the difficult situation, the emperor had to call Hugo into the emperor’s office and ask him to handle his knights.
“It’s only until Evelia turns five. From now on, divide the team and sequentially visit to cleanse the demon tribe.”
In the end, Hugo had to step back.
The knight squad, who was happily smiling, was already planning grandly on how to extend their stay in the duchy when the young lady turned five in two years, something Hugo was completely unaware of.
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Bright sunshine filled Evelia’s room, and the chirping of the birds echoed faintly.
It was morning everywhere, but Evelia was still pushing the blanket under her bed and traveling to dreamland.
Knock knock.
“Is our baby still asleep?”
“Mmm…….”
So, don’t touch me, big brother……
“The sun has risen so high, and you’re still sleeping?”
“No……. It’s not morning…….”
“It is morning. If our baby doesn’t get up like this, will she turn back into a baby?”
“Huhuh…… okay…….”
At the thought of turning back into a baby, Evelia fumbled for the blanket with her hands, then opened her eyes slowly and reached out to Cedric.
Just yesterday, Evelia had been following the knights, her father, and her brothers, saying she wanted to learn swordsmanship.
When everyone refused because she was still a baby and couldn’t teach her swordsmanship, she proudly declared that she was now an adult with both hands on her waist.
“Didn’t our Eve declare herself an adult just yesterday?”
“…….”
“Didn’t she?”
“That was a joke……. Hold me, big brother…….”
The proud declaration was cancelled just a day later.
When Cedric carried Evelia down the stairs to the dining room, Arkan, who was already sitting at the table reading the newspaper, smiled and said,
“Didn’t she declare herself an adult from yesterday? Why is she nestled in Cedric and coming down?”
“……I’m a baby in the morning and an adult in the evening. Now it’s morning, so I’m a baby!”
Despite halfasleep and barely opening one eye, Evelia made up a logic of her own and was proud of it. Arkan, who was now eleven years old and looking quite like a boy, took her into his arms.
The duchy was lively from the morning.
Evelia, who had barely woken up, found an invitation on the table for her.
She received an invitation for the first time in her life.
Evelia carefully held the envelope in her hands, saying ‘I’m now at an age to receive invitations’, and went around the mansion to show it off to everyone.
“Good morning, Herond! Look at this……!”
“Hello, Hade! What is this?”
And so, around 11 in the morning, from the gardeners to the cooks, all the servants of the duchy came to know that our young lady had received an invitation.
Evelia was not yet sixteen, the formal age to receive an invitation.
So this invitation was like a 1+1 gift sent to the Artina family.
But no one could tell Evelia that, seeing her so happy and bouncing around.
“It’s an invitation from the Marquis of Cassis.”
The first invitation ever received by Evelia was an invitation to the birthday party of the Marquis of Cassis.
The Cassis Marquis family had been a family of outstanding magicians for generations, and the current Marquis of Cassis was a veteran who had fought through the tough times on the battlefield with the Emperor and Hugo.
Arkan and Cedric, who lifted the dizzy and buzzing Evelia with both hands, briefly explained the Cassis Marquis house to Evelia.
The Marquis of Cassis’ family, known for being magicians, were calm in every way, but it was only the personality of Icryan Cassis, who trained in swordsmanship with the young ones of the Marquis and Artina, that was considered unusual. That was the extent of the explanation they gave, insisting that their names shouldn’t be mentioned in the same sentence.
“Miss, if the Miss goes to the Marquis’ house, who will I play with?”
Already feeling lonely at the thought of not having the young lady around all day, Herold cajolingly tried to coax Evelia.
Hugo decided that it was not appropriate to bring a group of knights to attend a family event at another house.
After Being Cheated On, She Picked Up a Treasure (Female-dominant)
One-line summary: The husband I married on a whim had been secretly in love with me for a long time.
On the day when Jun Shao finally obtained the imperial decree for her marriage, Lan Qu, the person she had admired for six years, defied the decree and ran away.
Her gentleness and devotion, her promise of a lifetime together, were all disregarded by him. Instead, he dreamed of entering the palace to serve the Emperor’s sister as a sixth-rank attendant.
News of this incident spread throughout the capital, and the alleys in front of and behind the Lan mansion were crowded with people who came to watch the commotion.
Jun Shao should have been embarrassed and angry.
But someone stepped in to protect her dignity.
The figure was in a miserable state, yet still possessed an undeniable elegance and handsomeness.
The young lord struggled to climb the wall of the Lan mansion and shouted to her, “If he won’t marry you, I will!”
So, Jun Shao took advantage of the situation and married the person.
She thought the young lord did it to save the Lan family from the crime of defying the imperial decree, but never imagined that from beginning to end, what he coveted was her.
*
After the wedding, Jun Shao felt like she was living in a dream.
Her Wife-master was as beautiful as a fairy in a painting, skilled in the six arts, well-versed in poetry and literature, capable of being gentle and attentive, and also grand and dignified. Most importantly, she was the only one in his heart and eyes.
Jun Shao didn’t know how Lan Shiwu, as a illegitimate son without a father and blessed with beauty, had managed to preserve his purity, recklessly escape, and use his last ounce of strength to ruin his own reputation, all because of his love for her, just to stand before her.
She could only see him gazing at her with eyes full of love, and when she bestowed a name upon him, his eyes shone like stars.
“You have come to me like a weary bird perching on a branch. I shall call you A Qi.”
