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Her lips began to dry out with tension.
A serene silence lingered, as if a storm had swept everything away.
I was certain that if Elijah touched me, my holy power would be exposed. I must avoid it.
But my body was stiff like a dry twig, and I couldn’t move easily.
It was then, when I stared blankly at Elijah’s hand deliberately approaching slowly.
“Elijah.”
Thud.
A voice that instantly relaxed my tension was heard. At the same time, Elijah’s hand coming towards me was blocked by him.
“What are you doing to my wife?”
A sharp and intense voice roared, as if to tear Elijah apart. Elijah stood up from his seat and bowed respectfully when he faced Levanfell.
“I greet Your Majesty the Emperor.”
“I asked what you’re doing to my wife.”
“…… Ah.”
Elijah twitched his lips, then glanced at me for a moment.
‘…… Huh?’
He seemed to be saying something to me with his eyes rolling, but… I didn’t understand what he was saying.
“Elijah.”
“…… Ah. No. I was just passing by, and I greeted the princess. That’s all.”
“It seemed to me that you were about to do something to the princess.”
“Absolutely not.”
Elijah’s denial was immediate and vehement as Levanfell’s words ended. As if trying to protect my secret.
‘…… It’s just my imagination, right?’
Elijah straightened his wrinkled face, speaking innocently as if proving his innocence.
“Your Majesty. I serve Lady Semula. I never harbor other feelings towards the princess.”
“You swear to God?”
“How can a child swear upon his parents? Instead, I can swear upon my life.”
Levanfell scanned Elijah with his slender eyes. Whether he felt pure sincerity from his emeraldlike eyes, Levanfell let go of Elijah’s hand.
“…… It seems the princess and I are on edge with the wedding ahead. I apologize, Elijah.”
“Not at all. I fully understand.”
Elijah brushed his chest, smiling. Then he turned his head towards me. His clear eyes were full of pure curiosity like a child’s.
As if he was curious about who I was.
“Princess. If I startled you, I apologize.”
“…… No. It’s okay.”
“Later, when you’re comfortable, call me. I will bless you with the purification I couldn’t give before.”
Elijah apologized and turned away. Without looking back, as if he knew it was okay since I was with Levanfell.
Levanfell stared at Elijah until he turned the corner. Then he came over to me when he was sure that his figure had completely disappeared.
“Are you okay?”
Levanfell reached out to help me up. It was a starkly different look from last night.
“I’m fine.”
Both the fact that I was okay, and that my secret was still safe, meant that I was okay. I firmly grasped Levanfell’s hand, conveying that meaning.
“What’s next? I’ll escort you, we might meet some strange fellow again.”
“I have to go to the dress room for fitting. They said the tailored dress has arrived.”
Levanfell naturally pulled me along as we walked side by side.
“Were you enjoying tea time with Elijah?”
“Tea time with the Grand Chancellor? As if I have a confessional to tell him my secret.”
“Then?”
“I met Duke Liraneph in the garden.”
His justmelting face immediately froze over like an ice mountain.
“Who?”
“Duke Liraneph. He kept bringing good tea even though I said I was busy…… I couldn’t refuse since there were many watching eyes.”
Levanfell’s lips snapped shut. It seemed he was repressing his anger, lest it show like last night.
“It’s okay. I don’t think he’ll come to see me again.”
“What happened?”
“I ignored him, so I told him I didn’t need him.”
Every time Duke Liraneph’s story came up, Levanfell looked unhappy.
Yesterday, he said he wanted to kill him but couldn’t do it right away. He said the future was changing.
‘Will killing Duke Liraneph change the future? But nobody knows the future.’
Who could know what would happen in the future, unless they were a god?
So it seemed like something had happened between Duke Liraneph and Levanfell.
‘I know nothing.’
Again, this wasn’t the atmosphere to ask.
“The princess suffered humiliation because of me.”
“Why is this because of Your Majesty? It’s the fault of the one who ignored me. I can tell the difference between the perpetrator and the victim. Surely you’re not thinking of protecting me like a flower in a greenhouse?”
Levanfell had no answer to that.
We still knew nothing about each other. Not just me, but Levanfell as well.
I was not yet accustomed to Levanfell’s help, having never received help from others in my life.
“If you are thinking of doing that, it’s okay. I will handle my affairs on my own. You know? I didn’t grow up nicely only loved in the kingdom of Lupeon.”
“Princess.”
“Don’t arbitrarily make my affairs Your Majesty’s.”
Levanfell stopped in his tracks. He wore a face that could not comprehend why I was refusing his offer to walk the thorny path for me.
“I don’t like you doing everything for me, even cutting off my hands and feet.”
But is really having him walk the thorny path for me truly in my best interest?
The Male lead Always Seduces Her with His Beauty (Matriarchy)
Xin Jiao Zhou is the leader of the world’s premier sect. She has just experienced betrayal from all sides, was poisoned in an assassination attempt, and faced death squad attacks while the poison was taking effect. After finally clearing out the scum from her sect, she was drugged again while trying to detoxify.
After waking up from a night of unconsciousness, she gained a “beautiful and kind-hearted” husband.
Xin Jiao Zhou: “???”
He fell ill.
She came to see him, bringing breakfast.
As she put down the breakfast and was about to leave, his hand slipped while holding the spoon. “Clank!”
She turned around upon hearing the noise.
He looked up at her, his eyebrows drooping: “My hand… has no strength.”
“Shall I… feed you?” she asked tentatively.
He opened his mouth cheerfully: “Ah—”
Thinking she was drowning, he jumped in without hesitation to save her, but nearly drowned himself. In the end, it was she who swam over to rescue him, giving him air underwater.
After emerging from the water, his ear tips turned red. He lightly brushed his cheek, tucking his sideburns behind his ear, revealing delicate, pink-tinged ear tips. He lowered his gaze, too embarrassed to look at her.
Xin Jiao Zhou: He’s truly beautiful, kind-hearted, and adorable.
A certain someone when disciplining subordinates behind the scenes: “If they don’t obey, just kill them.”
What’s that? She might already have someone she cares about in her heart? A certain someone: Find out who it is, kill them, and then there won’t be anyone.
What? She met a man by the riverside? What? That man even hurt her? A certain someone: Whichever hand hurt her, chop off his entire arm.
Love at first sight without realizing it, gradually falling in love, slowly getting closer…
Family and national grudges, schemes and desires, good and evil, crime and punishment, she and he face the future together, seeking justice with passion!
A naturally dark female lead who could accidentally destroy the world but is actually an honest person VS a weak, pitiful, and helpless but skilled fighter, beautiful white-cut black male lead
My heart is not of stone, how steadfast is your love? — Tao Yuanming “Imitating the Ancients (No. 3)”
— Reading Guide —
Cold female lead & dramatic black lotus with hidden yandere traits male lead
