Whether I was there or not, Emperor Eteria gently wrapped his arms around Lisa’s waist. Lisa playfully pushed her husband’s cheek with her palm and smiled sheepishly.
“Is this any way to act when we have a guest? I will talk to the Empress, you may leave now.”
“But……. ”
“Didn’t you invite the Empress? This is not polite to her. Have you properly talked to His Majesty since arriving in the empire?”
“……No.”
“Are you going to ask for the blessing of Chancellor Elihu? You must speak to His Majesty.”
“But Emperor Leonharta always looks scary at me.”
At Emperor Eteria’s words, I inadvertently turned my gaze to the void.
The cause was me…… It’s gone.
There seems to have been an unnecessary misunderstanding between us.
“Still, please go. It’s for me.”
Lisa’s words changed Emperor Eteria’s face. His whole cowed expression vanished, replaced by the terrifying look I usually faced.
“I will go.”
After saying this firmly, Emperor Eteria gave a quick peck on Lisa’s forehead and left.
“……You two seem very close.”
“Do you think so?”
Lisa laughed shyly, hee hee. Her bed was placed so that if she leaned her head, she could see outside the window.
Looking at the tracks on the floor, it seemed the bed was not originally placed there…… It must have been Emperor Eteria, who moved it for the ailing Lisa.
As evidence, Lisa was looking familiarly out the window at the retreating figure of Emperor Eteria.
“……That’s why I worry. I wonder if he’ll be okay after I die.”
“Ah……. ”
“If I knew it would be like this, I should have had a child sooner.”
Lisa murmured in despair. She didn’t turn her head from the window until the figure of Emperor Eteria disappeared.
“Thank you, Your Majesty. It must not have been easy to trust my husband and come…… My husband’s face, actually……. ”
Lisa couldn’t finish and replaced her words with laughter.
“Ah…… I was scared to see him laugh…… He said the Empress looked cute when she laughed……. ”
“Oh my. Isn’t that really cute? I fell for that look. Isn’t his toothy smile when he laughs lovely? Like a rabbit. Hee hee.”
That looks like a rabbit? Where exactly?
“When I was alone in the empire without me, people might have found him scary, so I told him to laugh cutely……. ”
“Ah…… That’s why he laughed so often.”
“Was it counterproductive? Hee hee. I’m sorry. In my eyes, my husband looks cute no matter what he does. It’s the power of love. Don’t you feel the same way, Your Majesty? His Majesty looks lovely and cute no matter what he does.”
I thought deeply about Lisa’s words. Levanfell’s adorable and lovely appearance no matter what he does?
“I don’t really know. Your Majesty… your face isn’t scary.”
At my words, Lisa’s eyes widened as if she couldn’t agree.
“Really? When I first saw the Emperor of the Empire, I was so surprised that I wanted to hide?”
“Really? Your Majesty… I mean, Levanfell? Levanfell’s… facial features look strong and glamorous, but not a scary face…”
I think I’ve said this to the maids before. Lisa nodded vaguely at my opinion, tilting her head.
“Hmm. So other people see me like this too? I understand. I need to be more modest in the future.”
“Really?”
I’m not blinded by love; it’s real! Lisa shook her head at my unjust expression and changed the subject.
“Please speak comfortably. I have no friends… If it’s okay with you, I want to be friends with the Empress.”
“Uh… then call me comfortably, Lisa. Uh… but all the rumors that have spread are all false. There’s no luck or anything if you make eye contact with me… Is that okay?”
“What use is that between friends? I’m happy to have found a good friend before I die.”
Lisa ordered the servants to bring out delicious tea, then gently took my hand.
“So, Teriella. As a friend, I have a favor to ask.”
“Hmm?”
“If I die, will you watch over my husband so he doesn’t follow me?”
Lisa smiled faintly, and I opened my eyes wide in surprise.
“It seems like we’ve been friends for just a minute now.”
If someone saw us, they would think we were friends of twenty years.
Lisa slumped her shoulders and muttered quietly.
“I know it’s a rash request. But I’m not in a position to be choosy right now.”
“Hmm?”
“Teriella, you’re the Empress of the Empire, so you can’t treat my husband casually. And since you came here at my husband’s request… you seem like a good person…”
Lisa trailed off.
“I probably… don’t have much time left… I really feel like the end is near.”
“…”
“I would be overjoyed if my husband lived well after my death. But as you can see, he seems tough on the outside, but he’s really tender inside. I hope he finds a new wife, has children, grows the empire well, and then comes to meet me.”
“…Lisa.”
“He always says he’ll die if I die, like it’s a habit.”
Lisa forced a bitter smile.
“My family, the surrounding officials, they all wish for my husband’s death. Then they can push him out and welcome a new Emperor. If my husband says he’ll die, they’ll probably all dance with joy.”
“…”
“But I want my husband to live happily. So…”
The dying woman was strong.
“Even if they say it’s not easy to give up on life if even one person is watching. Will you occasionally watch over him so that he doesn’t think about it when I die?”
She was a strong woman who, despite the imminent death, worried more about the future of the person she loved than her remaining life.
I simply responded with a bitter smile.
I was still an inadequate person to take someone’s death lightly.
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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