dorothea
Stories
65
Chapters
5,683
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31.0 M
Comments
8
Reading
107 d, 13 h
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Click, creak. A small friction sound broke the silence in the room. Lariella, who had been comfortably reading a book while leaning against a high pillow, turned her head to look toward the source of the sound. Due to the late hour, only a few lamps were lit around the bed, and in the fireplace that occupied one side of the room, well-dried firewood was crackling and burning bright red. But the unfamiliar noise came from a corner where the light didn't reach. Though it was hard to see in the…-
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Knock knock. Kais, sitting at his desk in the study, turned his head toward the sound of tapping on the window. Outside the window, Lariella was hopping up and down, tapping on the glass. What adorable and peculiar behavior was this? Kais grinned as he approached the window and flung it wide open. "The door seems to be over there. Have you perhaps lost your way, wife?" He leaned his body out through the window and grabbed the back of Lariella's head, planting kisses on her soft cheeks and…
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"Thank you for your hospitality, Baron Polar." Though they had resolved their long misunderstanding in the carriage yesterday, they hadn't had time to be alone since returning to the Polar mansion. Ronais and Murina, upon learning that the two had reconciled, mischievously followed them around, interfering. They kept knocking on Lariella's door at all hours, taking revenge on the Duke of Elmano who had disturbed the sound sleep of the Polar mansion's residents for days. Thanks to them, Kais had to…
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"Mrs. Tara, is dinner ready? I'm starving." Lariella, who had gone down to the village at lunchtime, returned to the mansion when the sun was setting. She had been reading storybooks to the village children like before. Now that the children could read fairly well, she was teaching them how to hold pens and write, which took several times longer than usual. Moving her body busily with no room for stray thoughts had made her very hungry. She felt like she could devour two large pieces of lamb. As…
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'Brother, I want to return to the Polar territory now.' Lariella wrote that at the end of the letter she sent to Ronais. And her wise brother Ronais found a way for her to return to the Polar territory and came to get her. She knew that even if the marriage was declared invalid, it would be difficult to receive normal proposals in the future. But it didn't matter. The social circles that had been buzzing about her marriage to the Duke of Elmano would be in an uproar again over this declaration of…
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The Duke's physician was summoned to Duke Elmano's bedchamber very early in the morning. After Kais explained that he hadn't been feeling well last night and therefore couldn't spend a satisfactory wedding night, the physician examined his body thoroughly. After a while, the physician respectfully reported: "Your Grace is in excellent health. However, even the healthiest man may fail to have a satisfactory night when his body is tired or excessively tense, so you must rest well and keep your mind…
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Willis, the loyal head butler of the Elmano household, reported while pouring warm tea into an empty cup. "Miss Lariella is out in the garden." At those words, Kais, who had been sitting at his desk, rose and approached the window. Golden hair that looked like it had been plucked from the sunshine of the brightest day was poking up above the rose vines. Seeing only the top of her head barely visible above the waist-high vines, she seemed to be crouching on the ground. Unable to understand why…
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The wedding was incomparably grand. Red flower petals carpeted every step she took, and precious treasures hung lavishly wherever her eyes fell. Distinguished guests filling the brilliant chapel, each adorned in splendid attire, watched the marriage of the most noble bloodline and wealthiest aristocrat in the Bayaroman Empire, Duke Kais Elmano. "I bless this couple, now husband and wife, in the name of God." The solemn ceremony, which had continued for half a day, concluded with the High…
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It was stale and boring. The ballroom was excessively splendid, the orchestra's performance quite excellent, and the people surrounding him all wore excited expressions. But Kais couldn't shake off his boredom. Men made exaggerated expressions as if deeply moved by his routine words, women blushed and frantically waved their fans at his meaningless glance, young ladies huddled together stealing glances at his face while whispering, and young gentlemen looked up at him with respectful gazes—all of…
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Nobles who visited Elmano Castle without invitations and requested to see the duke fell into three categories. Those hoping for marriage with the still-unmarried young duke, those wanting to do business with the duke who had outstanding business acumen, and the third category was like Count Ramona standing before him now—those who came to borrow money from the wealthiest duke in the Empire. Kais leaned back deeply in his high-backed chair and gazed steadily at Count Ramona sitting across from…
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