The nickname matched the Night’s Clan so well that it gave her the shivers.
“So you figured out the location, organized a tracking team, and even the accomplice decided to participate in the tracking for a while. Because the snake can move.”
“That’s quite cooperative. Is there any chance that person could be lying?”
Diess’s explanation of snake hunting was mostly plausible. The only problem was that everything depended solely on the accomplice’s words.
So when Evie asked with a hint of suspicion, Diess smiled faintly without answering.
“……What’s that expression about?”
As a dull smile spread across the steward’s gloomy face, Evie felt anxious in an instant.
But instead of explaining, Diess reached into the pocket of his coat. Something rustled, and a bundle of documents was pulled out.
Diess spread it out neatly and handed it to Evie.
“What’s this?”
“A contract and a loan certificate.”
“Kyaa……!”
Evie unwittingly screamed as she looked at the documents.
What Diess handed over were the contracts with the tracking team and an unidentified loan certificate.
“Wait a minute, I can understand the contract, but this loan certificate is……”
“That’s the amount the accomplice demanded.”
“With this amount, it’s not an accomplice, it’s a robber!”
Evie examined the loan certificate in astonishment.
The document stipulated that if Diess succeeded in snake hunting, he would pay an amount equivalent to Evie’s annual income to a person named ‘Yubia.’
Evie’s annual income! That was a substantial sum, enough to buy several houses in a decent city of Bys.
As Evie was struck speechless by the shock, Diess calmly delivered the final blow.
“You might find it easier to accept if you think of it as a form of trust.”
“Ugh, such……”
Evie bit her lip, trying not to whine, and after a while added,
“Well, with this amount, they won’t lie……”
The form of trust, the words were well spoken by a man who had ruined the household.
But it wasn’t wrong.
Evie felt a growing trust and carefully folded the painful document.
Then she let out a long sigh of relief.
Everything seemed bleak when the curse first struck, but somehow she endured, and gradually saw the light.
The road was still long, but Evie was satisfied with the progress, patting her chest.
“I feel like I can finally breathe a sigh of relief.”
“The atmosphere on Tienda’s side doesn’t seem too bad, does it?”
Diess asked, gesturing to the ash on the silver tray, and Evie nodded coolly.
“Yes, Duke Laurel is quiet, you know. So the other nobles seem to be watching and waiting.”
Actually, the person most enraged by what Evie had done at the last party was not Count Laurel but his brother, Duke Laurel.
Evie had ruined a party hosted by Duke Laurel in his castle, by insulting Duke Laurel’s younger brother.
So it was the Duke who should be furious with Evie Ariate, but he had been quiet for the past few days without saying a word.
So the other nobles were just whispering among themselves, apparently keeping their mouths shut.
“Although I don’t know why, it’s a relief, isn’t it? I’m going to behave as quietly as possible until the attention decreases. I’ve already canceled all the social gatherings.”
“You’ve done well to cancel the social gatherings, but the purification ceremony is tomorrow.”
“That’s right, tomorrow…”
Evie’s complexion paled at the mention of the purification ceremony.
In the sacred Manyanya Tower to which Evie belonged, a purification ceremony was held every 40 days.
And Evie, a purifier and candidate for a saint, had to attend that ceremony.
“You’ll meet the other saint candidates tomorrow.”
At the point emphasized by someone, Evie sighed without hesitation.
There are seven purifiers in the Manyanya Tower, including Evie.
They were all young ladies of similar age, and they were also candidates for the saint.
So Evie’s participation in the purification ceremony meant meeting a group that envied Evie for being on par with them, despite being a commoner, hated Evie for doing it all alone during the purification, and hated Evie Ariate, mentioned as a likely next saint, more than anyone.
Feeling burdened by the thought alone, Evie touched her forehead, then added, groaning,
“I have to meet Count Laurel too…”
The day the Count had agreed to hear her out was also tomorrow.
As Evie sighed heavily at the thought of the Count, someone else also worried with her.
“It seems like it will be a troublesome day, do you have any countermeasures?”
“Don’t worry about that.”
But Evie’s answer was surprisingly quick.
She was going into a fire pit with a bundle of straw, and she said not to worry.
As someone looked at her curiously, Evie spoke calmly.
“I’ve already prepared a countermeasure.”
In Evie’s short and long life, there was always hardship.
So she had realized early on. I have to save my life, which no one cares about, myself.
So Evie was determined to get through this time too.
[Star Icon][Star Icon][Star Icon]The next day, many nobles gathered at the Manyanya Tower, just before noon, when the purification ceremony began.
And the purifiers, who had already arrived a few hours earlier, were waiting for the time in the sanctuary of the Manyanya Tower, dressed in pure white ceremonial clothes.
The purifiers in their pure clothes were all young and beautiful ladies.
So their chatting was no different from the young ladies of any other social gathering.
In fact, they were all highborn nobles, and at the same time, they took great pride in purifying the continent’s water under Manyanya’s protection.
So they hated her all the more.
Evie Ariate, who was mentioned as a saint, surpassing them from the lowborn, and who had not even appeared yet.
“How arrogant can she be, being the last one among us?”
“She must know the shame. How can she show her face after what she did?”
Two purifiers whispered about Evie lightly. Then they looked at a girl for agreement.
“Don’t you think so, Miss Sedro?”
The girl called Sedro, who looked younger than the other purifiers, had her long trumpetcolored hair tied in twin tails.
But despite her cute appearance, a strangely chilly impression was not hidden.
That oddly grim girl, Miel Sedro, smiled broadly at her colleagues’ questions.
Just then.
The door of the sanctuary opened, and a girl appeared.
Dressed in dazzling white ceremonial clothes, with her long hair braided and tied with a blue ribbon, it was Evie Ariate.
Male lead is a clingy little husband
One-line summary: The male lead is initially an arrogant, noble, love-deprived brat, later a cute, clingy, scheming little jealous one.
Introduction:
One day, Lu Yuner’s soul transmigrates into a female-dominant world. She enters the Imperial Academy and takes up the position of a doctoral instructor, teaching classes and grading schoolwork.
One day, she encounters the young prince Su Qingwan secretly skipping class from the male academy.
As a result, Su Qingwan is punished.
From then on, Su Qingwan sees Lu Yuner as a “thorn in his side”.
But before long, this “thorn” becomes the person he cherishes most, and he goes to great lengths to win Lu Yuner’s affection.
Mini scene 1:
One day, the sun is high in the sky but Su Qingwan still hasn’t gotten up for class.
Servant Xiaoyuan: “Young prince, it’s time for class. You’ll be late otherwise.”
Su Qingwan says arrogantly: “I’m not going. I am the esteemed prince, my status is so noble, why should I suffer this hardship? Besides, isn’t learning all this just to please women? Hmph, they’re not worthy!”
Mini scene 2:
After Su Qingwan falls for someone, he completely changes. He no longer skips class and diligently learns how to be a good husband and father. But he discovers that Sister Yuner is always surrounded by admirers.
Drunk and overcome with jealousy one day, he clings to Lu Yuner, crying beautifully like a pear blossom in the rain.
Su Qingwan: “Qingwan likes Sister Yuner.”
Lu Yuner: “Young prince, you’re drunk.”
Su Qingwan: “Qingwan isn’t drunk. Qingwan likes Sister Yuner, likes you so much, likes you to bits…” Before he can finish, Lu Yuner’s eyes flash with emotion and she leans in closer.
[Reading Guide]
1. The female lead is gentle, gracious, humble and polite but not weak. The male lead is initially an arrogant, noble, love-deprived brat, later a cute, clingy, scheming little jealous one.
2. 1v1, a bit torturous in the beginning but definitely sweet later on.
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