Beneath the fluttering priestly robes, not even a glimpse of a small sword could be seen. Clint, too, seemed to confirm that, rushing forward at a speed resembling an arrow.
“Ouch.”
Jenerba, frightened by the approaching Clint, raised both hands and froze in place.
“To suddenly draw a sword like that. Your temperament is destructive.”
Jenerba didn’t flee.
However, there were no subordinates in sight who came to save him. Jenerba, caught by Clint with such speed that his face turned pale, scratched his neck and spoke with an unjust tone.
“How can I win when you have the Empire’s strongest sword by your side?”
“Jenerba.”
He chuckled.
‘Doesn’t he understand the current situation?’
A heinous criminal pursued by all the nations of the continent had been caught. Trying to escape was a sensible action.
But Jenerba laughed.
Not knowing what Jenerba might do, I kept a reasonable distance and observed his face. It was the first time I had met his real face, not the one depicted in the wanted posters, and it looked much more menacing.
‘This seems insane.’
“I came purely as a citizen of the Empire to ask a question. But suddenly a man known as the strongest swordsman in the Empire is brandishing his sword!”
“Shut up.”
Clint shoved the sword into Jenerba’s neck, who was rambling without understanding the situation. As the sharp blade touched Jenerba’s skin, red blood flowed along with a thin, thread-like wound.
I quickly surveyed the surroundings. Perhaps his subordinates were lurking somewhere.
In this situation, Jenerba’s neck might be severed, and no one around seemed to care.
Even Jenerba himself didn’t flinch.
“…Why are you here?”
“If I have a question, I can’t sleep until it’s resolved.”
“What?”
“Originally, our alchemists were like that. When I was at my peak, I didn’t sleep or eat for four days, just focused on research. I even saw hallucinations and heard voices back then.”
Jenerba’s eyes twinkled. He forgot about the sword around his neck and leaned forward as if we were sharing a secret only we knew.
Thanks to that, another small wound appeared on his neck.
“Your Majesty.”
Jenerba chuckled at the corner of his mouth. Then, as if sharing a secret known only to both of us, he whispered softly.
“Your Majesty is the Holy Maiden, right?”
“…”
“It looks clear to me that Your Majesty is the Holy Maiden… but everyone around denies it. It’s unfair, and I can’t sleep because of it!”
Annoyed that his opinion was denied, Jenerba scratched the wound on his neck.
Due to his long nails, a gruesome wound appeared, and blood oozed.
“So just tell me.”
“…Crazy man.”
“Your Majesty is the Holy Maiden, right? I came prepared to die to ask this question. You could answer me, couldn’t you?”
I even began to suspect if he could feel pain. I turned my gaze to Jenerba, who clung to one fact like a madman.
And I gave an order to Clint.
“Take him to the security headquarters as he is. Contact the palace immediately.”
Even at the mention of being taken to the security headquarters, Jenerba showed no signs of fear.
Does he have confidence that he won’t be caught here? Or does he have his subordinates even in the palace?
I looked at the leisurely smiling Jenerba and asked tightly.
“Since we’ve captured Jenerba, tell them to prepare right away.”
“Yes.”
It’s strange.
It was undoubtedly Jenerba who was caught. However, his attitude was endlessly relaxed.
Rather, it was we who had caught him who felt uneasy.
It couldn’t be helped. He was the most elusive villain pursued for years by the entire continent.
Caught so easily? In one go?
Not only me, but Clint also seemed to find it odd, as he didn’t stop being vigilant about the surroundings. Constantly checking for any suspicious individuals approaching, Clint pulled Jenerba.
The thin body moved powerlessly towards Clint like a piece of paper fluttering in the wind.
“Ouch. Please pull me slowly.”
Jenerba exaggeratedly laughed, clutching his stomach.
I wanted to kill Jenerba in front of me right away. I wanted to make the face of that man who laughed and breathed easily despite causing hundreds of victims agonizing and pained.
Like the crying children. Like the suffering people.
I wanted to make the same pain vividly show on that face.
But I couldn’t.
Ending the problem by killing him wouldn’t be enough. If I killed Jenerba here, we wouldn’t know where the corrupt World Tree power held by his subordinates was.
It wouldn’t end with Jenerba’s death.
After Jenerba dies, another criminal inheriting his will might emerge.
The Perdiac Group had to be completely eradicated.
For those who might be suffering somewhere at this very moment.
“……. ”
The eyes of Jenerba, who was being pulled along, turned toward me. His eyes, curving like a crescent moon, ironically smiled beautifully.
“Are you really not going to tell me? Even though I’ve been caught like this?”
“……Clint.”
Instead of answering, I called Clint. Clint, who was dragging Jenerba away, stopped in his tracks.
“That hand.”
I pointed at Jenerba’s two hands carefully. Those cursed hands.
When male lead is the homewrecker
“I know she doesn’t love him.”
I’ve read the novel below twice already. Girls, I’m highly recommending it to you!
The female lead? Not a good person.
The second male lead? Not a good person.
The male lead? Willingly plays the third party, breaking up the female and second male lead’s relationship despite all the warnings from his friends—so yeah, he’s definitely not a good person either.
Basically, nobody in this novel is simple-minded or without scheming.
The female lead starts off as the male lead’s secretary, but don’t worry—later on, she takes over the company while the male lead steps back to support her. He won’t steal her spotlight, overshadow her, or dull her shine.
I love novels where men are out here snatching wigs, tearing each other down, and going to war just to win the female lead’s affection. And this is exactly that kind of novel. Most of Hai Dai Ran’s works have this dynamic. You’ll see the male characters’ emotions being pushed to the absolute extreme.
There’s even a scene where the second male lead exposes the male lead online for being a homewrecker. The brotherhood immediately gangs up on him, dragging him through the mud. I find it compelling —it completely flips reality on its head, where usually, women are the ones fighting over a man and getting torn apart by the sisterhood.
For me, female leads in the novels I read should only struggle in their careers, not in love. But if the brainless romantics in the story are all men? I have zero complaints.
I’ve pretty much read all of Hai Dai Ran’s novels and even translated all of them—her works are just my thing. I’ll slowly upload everything here. One day, when my website is official, I hope I can invite her to join as one of the star authors.
Here’s the story synopsis:
One-line summary: She is his lifelong obsession, to the point where he was willing to be a third wheel, scorned by society, just to wedge his way into her relationship with her fiancé.
Cold-hearted and indifferent female lead + Scheming and subservient CEO male lead
Intro 1:
“I know she doesn’t love him.”
With blood trickling from his clenched fist, Rong Xiu gazed at the woman before him, his eyes clouded with anguish. Hidden in the wardrobe, he had witnessed Fan Xia – the woman he desperately loved – in an intimate embrace with her fiancé. Yet his heart still yearned for her, defying all reason.
Fan Xia, the elegant and composed assistant, carried something mysterious in her eyes whenever she looked at her fiancé, Wen Lan Sheng. Strange occurrences began to surface – secret meetings with the young Gu Jin Yi, an unexplained withdrawal of 5,000 yuan… Then suddenly, her fiancé’s sister, Wen Jing, violently attacked her.
In this matriarchal society, Rong Xiu had risen to become the chairman of a powerful healthcare conglomerate, breaking through gender prejudices. But for the first time, he willingly stepped into the shadows as the other man, disregarding his friends’ warnings to become her secret lover.
Because he had discovered the truth – Fan Xia wasn’t the pure angel everyone believed her to be. And perhaps, he was the only one capable of helping her execute her mysterious plan…
Intro 2:
Rong Xiu’s biggest regret in life was missing out on Fan Xia.
He secretly loved Fan Xia for 7 years.
Watched her go public with her boyfriend.
Watched her kiss her boyfriend at their wedding.
Until that man blissfully nestled in Fan Xia’s arms, obtaining everything he could only dream of.
The crazy jealousy stripped away his hidden secret love, layer by layer, burning like wildfire.
Fan Xia, how can I have you!
【Reading and Trigger Warning Guide】
1. Female dominant, male submissive, male pregnancy
2. Male lead schemes his way to the top, male competition
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