Trapped in His Own Luna's Trap

Episode 10:

I just nodded, a faint smile in my heart. My sisters are the phoenixes, and I’m supposed to be lucky to be married off to the son of the Minister of Education as a concubine?

I really wanted to say, father, you really don’t understand me at all!

Every time my mind was in turmoil, Gregory would whisper, “Stay calm, stay composed. Even if time is short, it can still be used well.”

Three years indeed couldn’t be short. Three years, indeed, couldn’t be considered short. Three years was enough for me to undergo a transformation.

That day, when the maid came to report that Jeremy had arrived, I was sitting in front of the dressing table, admiring my appearance intently.

Graceful, natural.

The maid whispered in my ear for a long time, urging me to not sit idly, to quickly put on makeup, and to not keep Master Jeremy waiting for long...

I said nothing, just stood up and walked out.

Seeing me coming out, Jeremy shouted loudly from afar: “Mia!”

Just like when we first met three years ago, he still called me “Mia”, still intimate, gentle as always.

I smiled, waved to him, lifted my skirt, and ran over. Jeremy was quite tall, taller than me by a head, but his smile was still the same as before, beautiful like the sun, making people smile just by looking at it.

Facing Jeremy, I always smiled comfortably, then said, “What new trick do you have today?”

In the past, I taught Jeremy how to play the sand-throwing game, and he played poorly. After that, every day when he returned, he would “diligently practice”, even teaching me new ways to play the sand-throwing game every time he came to see me, each method unique and creative.

Jeremy chuckled mysteriously and said, “No sand-throwing today. You’ll follow me!” After saying that, he took my hand.

I gently avoided, laughing, “I won’t follow you, I want to go ahead of you!” After speaking, I chuckled softly and circled around him, stepping forward.

Jeremy wasn’t sad or angry. He just smiled and followed me.

Leaving the Martinez family’s gate, someone came up and asked, “Master, are you not returning to the mansion?” The person looked neat and tidy, apparently sent by Beta William to protect Jeremy.

When I was young, I often teased Jeremy, asking why he didn’t learn martial arts, so he wouldn’t have someone always following him. If it were me, I would definitely feel uncomfortable. He just laughed, then shook his head and said what he hated most was the flashy sword dance. So I teased him for being like a woman.

He said seriously again that just knowing martial arts weren’t enough, men shouldn’t rely solely on this to be strong. I laughed.

Jeremy waved his hand and said, “Not returning to the mansion.”

“Yes.” The person respectfully stepped aside. As we walked, he followed from a distance.

We entered the market at its busiest time, with horses and carriages flowing like water, bustling and lively.

Although my father had never forbidden me from leaving the mansion, I had never wandered the streets either. Because I always had more important things to do, and I probably intended those things for Chloe and Victoria. After finishing my homework every time, of course, they would go out for a stroll.

As we walked, I saw Jeremy stop in front of a stall.

“Jeremy!” I called out, but he didn’t respond.

I didn’t understand, so I went over there and saw him quickly hide something. Glancing at the stall, I saw it was full of beautiful jewels, but I didn’t know what exactly he was hiding.

Jeremy smirked, not waiting for me to speak. He said, “Mia, close your eyes!” Seeing me motionless, he said again, “Quickly, close your eyes!”

I chuckled softly, thinking that he must have seen a beautiful hairpin and wanted to give it to me. I stopped teasing and obediently closed my eyes.

I felt the young man’s long fingers gently touching my hair, lightly lifting it up, adding something into Jeremy’s hand. The hair that had fallen on my forehead was gently lifted, and then I heard him chuckle softly, saying, “My Mia is finally grown up!”

I was stunned. I knew that what he pinned to my hair wasn’t a hairpin; it was definitely a wooden comb. What Jeremy did for me was a hair-arranging ceremony.

The young ladies of the heavenly dynasty all wore their hair, covering their foreheads before the hair-arranging ceremony. On the day of the ceremony, they considered it adulthood to lift their hair using a wooden comb.

Raising my hand to touch my forehead, feeling the gentle and beautiful smile of the young man in front of me. It turns out that even if no one remembered I was fifteen years old, Jeremy still did.

Jeremy’s finger touched the wooden comb on my head, softly saying, “Well done. Mia has grown up!”

As I was about to speak, suddenly a troop of soldiers ran past, and then the leading soldier quickly dismounted from his horse, carefully took out a neatly folded paper from his chest, unfolded it, and pasted it on the wall.

Yellow, it was the royal decree.

In the blink of an eye, the crowd around surged forward, crowded, and squeezed around the decree. I was somewhat curious, but also knew not to pry.

At this moment, someone in the crowd shouted, “King Lycan is seeking a wife! King Lycan is seeking a wife!”

I felt my whole body trembling; the final wife selection had finally arrived!

Like the past three years, I had been waiting for this moment.

The phoenix fate!

Remembering, I couldn’t stop trembling.

Not out of fear, it was a kind of competition. I was competing with other women, competing with fate.

I turned to Jeremy and asked, “Are they selecting a wife?” He was the son of the Minister of Education, so he must know about this.

Jeremy calmed down and nodded, saying, “Yes, that’s right. King Lycan has been single for three years, and there are a few concubines in the palace. But I’m afraid this time it will be the crowning Luna.”

“Crowning Luna?” I asked nervously. “Does King Lycan know about the Martinez family’s phoenix fate?”

Jeremy tapped my forehead lightly, smiling, and said, “What are you worried about? Of course, he doesn’t know. They have buried this news for a long time. If King Lycan knew, what else would there be to say?”

“King Lycan doesn’t believe it?”

Finally, Jeremy withdrew his smile, his face serious. “Whether or not King Lycan believes, it is not a good thing.”

I fell silent. If King Lycan didn’t believe it, then the Martinez family would be guilty of deceiving the king. If King Lycan believed it, then how many people would secretly covet the position of King Lycan’s Luna?

The surrounding crowd grew thicker and thicker. Pasting announcements was common, but seeing the royal decree was rare. This was a major event, like selecting a wife.

Jeremy shielded me with his hand and whispered, “Let’s go!”

I became distracted, nodded, and he pulled me away.

The bustling sound behind us gradually faded into the distance, but my thoughts were still not calm.

“Mia...”

“Jeremy...”

Both of us spoke at the same time and then stopped. He laughed, “You go first!” Both of our cheeks blushed slightly, the warm smile, the innocence making my heart tremble a bit.

Many years later, when I remembered this moment, I always smiled sadly. If I had let him speak first, would everything have been different?

But there were no “ifs.”

I hesitated for a long time before deciding, asking, “What are the requirements for this wife selection?”

Jeremy didn’t expect me to ask that, and the smile on his face became stiff, hesitatingly said, “Because this is the first time King Lycan is selecting a wife, naturally, they will all be descendants of noble families, prestigious and renowned. There may also be recommendations.”