After giving me a brief kiss, Revampel happily smiled and left the bedroom.
“… It felt like seeing the most precious jewel on the continent.”
Hugging the pillow and engraving Revampel’s radiant smile into my chest, I responded, “Today, you seem like the goddess of love, Your Majesty.”
“…! Ph, Phoebe. When did you come in?”
In response to the unexpected voice, I turned my head and saw Phoebe, who had entered unnoticed, picking up my ribbon.
“Just a moment ago. Your Majesty asked me to come in!”
“Me?”
“All you think about is Your Majesty!”
Phoebe joked, smiling cute.
“Well, well, I should wash up first.”
I received assistance from the maids to freshen up and changed into the dress Phoebe had picked out.
Every time the clear traces of last night were visible on my body, Phoebe would smile knowingly, but I casually ignored it.
“…It seems like Lady Rejim has arrived.”
“Yes. After escorting Lady Ascal to the villa, she returned this morning.”
“Is Iyana okay?”
“There’s been no response to the letter I sent. However, when I met Assistant Rejim, I asked her…”
Phoebe glanced around at the maids and continued speaking. After ordering them to leave, I went to tend to other matters.
After all the maids left, Phoebe resumed speaking.
“Assistant Rejim didn’t seem to be in good condition. Lady Rejim’s face also seemed pale.”
“…I should have gone to see her.”
“Maybe it would have been good, but… Lady Ascal has refused entry to all outsiders.”
Phoebe gestured towards the closed door.
“I just pretended to open and close the door.”
“What, what?”
“It would have been good if you had gone, but… Lady Ascal refused all entry to outsiders.”
Phoebe explained, then patted my shoulder.
“Lady Ascal went to a place with fresh greenery, so she will recover quickly in the good air.”
“Tell the palace doctor to prepare a good medicine with expensive herbs and send it to her as a gift.”
“For Your Majesty to consume?”
“No, not for me. Send it as a gift to Iyana, without writing a letter.”
“Yes, Your Majesty.”
“By the way, Phoebe, did you ask Revampel to make medicine for me? Thank you.”
Phoebe blushed at my expression of gratitude.
“Hehe. If you ask the doctor, I’ll tell them to make an extra dose!”
“Okay. I’m counting on you.”
Before my words were finished, Phoebe ran to go to the doctor.
“Oh, Phoebe.”
“Yes?”
“I have a guest scheduled to come today.”
“A guest?”
Phoebe tilted her head, placing her finger on her chin.
“I haven’t received any notice of an expected guest. Should I double-check?”
“No, it’s a personal guest of mine. I want to have a private conversation in the garden. Can you prepare a tea table, just the two of us? Also, could you do it near the south garden? There were rumors of a strange iron smell near the north tower.”
“A strange iron smell?”
“Yes. Even though it’s not a blacksmith shop, there’s a strong, metallic smell, as if iron is being melted. I met Sir Sijong while coming here, and he said he would report to Her Majesty during today’s meeting. We may find out the cause soon!”
Revampel happened to be late for today’s meeting, so I’m not sure if I can hear the details properly.
“Alright, got it. Please prepare it in front of the south garden, then.”
“Yes! I’ll go to the doctor first and then prepare the table in the south garden!”
Phoebe was about to leave the room in excitement.
Knock, knock.
Someone knocked on the bedroom door.
“Your Majesty.”
It was Clint’s voice. It was still early for the guards to come.
‘What could it be?’
I nodded my head, and Phoebe discreetly opened the door to hide inside. Through the slightly opened gap, Clint’s deep voice flowed in.
“Lady Raven Liraneph has come to meet Your Majesty.”
“What?!”
As soon as I heard Clint’s words, I jumped up from the bed.
She was asked to come, but… who comes to visit so early in the morning?!
Without time to prepare a tea table in the south garden, I summoned Raven to the reception room.
“I didn’t mean to ask you to come this early.”
“Yesterday, I felt that it wasn’t right to send Your Majesty back to the palace like that.”
Raven glanced at my complexion.
“Is your health okay?”
“That’s not the only thing you wanted to ask, is it?”
The reception room didn’t have excellent soundproofing. Unless it was a very private conversation, it was easy for the conversation to leak out to the guards outside.
Raven, who had left the Liraneph mansion. The Raven known as the prince of the social circle.
He came to find me so early in the morning. All the maids followed me, probably eavesdropping on our conversation from outside. Maybe they pretended to be cleaning while listening.
‘I had planned to have a tea table in the garden to talk privately.’
To prevent the conversation from leaking outside, I pointed my finger at Raven’s wound instead of speaking.
“The most curious thing is about me, right?”
Raven did not deny it.
Male lead fell into her trap — and shattered when she walked away
This is also on my reread list!
This one is a slow burn, but when it burns, it burns hard.
Definitely worth a read, y’all!
The story follows a thousand-year-old seductive spirit who, on a bet, sets out to charm the male lead—a once-promising but unfortunate cultivator.
But just when she succeeds in making him fall for her, she heartlessly leaves, driving him to madness.
Determined to find her at all costs, he captures her, keeping her by his side no matter what, even if she hates him.
I love this kind of trope—I enjoy watching the male lead suffer in agony.
The ending drags a bit with unnecessary filler, but that’s fine.
As long as I enjoy the beginning, I’m good.
Intro
As an enchantress, Su Heng possesses captivating eyes and charming beauty, easily manipulating the joys and sorrows of living beings at her fingertips.
But to enchant a god, making him taste the bitterness of love’s separation, long-lasting resentment, unattainable desires, and inability to let go…
Do you dare?
Su Heng assists a divine lord in his cultivation, aiming to make him experience all the sufferings of love, so that he can attain the Great Dao.
Only after being chased down from the heavens by the divine lord, confined and completely possessed by him, does she realize how successful she has been.
The once gentle and polite youth has transformed into someone she no longer recognizes.
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