Manut poured a yellowhued whole grain sauce over the lamb cutlets and spoke.
“An arena.”
Across from Manut, Irgos gulped down a glass of fruit wine and responded.
“Just an arena? This will be a battle even the Sultan won’t be able to stop.”
“Irgos, as wise as the Sultan may be, there’s no way to stop the fight between General Hades and Iota. Someone has to lose and retreat.”
“If Prince Tarek is injured, this is clearly an act of royal assassination. Under any other circumstances, they would have been taken to the palace and executed; it’s that severe.”
“Nothing has happened yet.”
“No. Even if it’s Ignite, royal assassination is punished by law. Think about it, Manut. How did you ever graduate from Palhaistra with that brain of yours?”
Irgos grabbed a roasted chestnut from the silver tray and sarcastically threw it into his mouth.
“If what you’re saying is true, then General Hades would have already been summoned to the palace! Why hasn’t he been charged with the crime of royal assassination?”
Irgos answered Manut’s confused question by showing him the chestnuts he had just been eating.
“He used the crowds. Many of Prince Tarek’s supporters attended the Frau inauguration banquet. Many of them are not friendly to our Prince Luhan due to their political, financial, or familial ties to Iota.”
Still not grasping, Irgos lined up the chestnuts and continued explaining to Manut.
“In the midst of all that, Prince Tarek got hurt by the lion’s claw, and our crazed General Hades provided quite the spectacle.”
“Yes, that silverhaired Frau.”
Manut winced as if his stomach hurt and replied.
“While Prince Tarek was bleeding and struggling, no one helped him, except his escorts. Even Grand Duke Serza and others who hold Prince Tarek’s reins were captivated by Calende.”
After hearing Irgos’s explanation, Manut seemed to get the gist, and he began eating the linedup chestnuts one by one.
“Aha. To punish General Hades, all those who neglected Prince Tarek at that time would have to be charged with aiding and abetting. Then, naturally, Iota’s networks would be severed. So that’s why it was hushed up.”
“Manut! Stop eating without asking! The chestnuts are my side dish!”
Irgos lightly slapped the back of Manut’s hand as he grabbed another chestnut.
“A desk jockey like you in a wellpaid administrative job should stop being so stingy! Ugh, politics makes me dizzy; I’ll just wield my sword like a man.”
“Manut, don’t just complain about headaches. It’s time for you to read the political atmosphere.”
“What?”
“You’ve been recognized for leading this victory parade and are known as a close confidant to General Hades. You’re already entangled in this messy fight. There must be many people who either want to woo you or make you an enemy.”
“Damn.”
Unable to argue against Irgos’s logical points, Manut could only scrunch up his face.
“Being involved with the fire among fires, General Hades Ignite, that’s what it means.”
“Yes. Now all attention will focus on that Frau.”
Irgos seized the opportunity to shower Manut with a barrage of questions.
“Everyone in the Grand Bazaar is talking about that woman, Manut! Who exactly is she? General Hades can’t possibly have captured Calende, it must be a prisoner from the Empire! Taming the infamous Golden Lion is impossible! What exactly happened this time?!”
“Ha. Turns out there are things even you don’t know, Irgos.”
Only then did Manut find an opportunity to tease Irgos, laughing softly as he did.
The Frau is from the Empire—Ah, right. Don’t mention it to friends who are too stingy to even give you a penny.
However, Manit eventually succumbed to Irgos’s earnest request and began to quietly explain how Hades and Latifa had come so far across the desert.
“Still, appointing someone as Frau, Hades the general must be out of his mind.”
Hearing the whole story, Irgos laughed cheerfully.
“Don’t mention the Frau to anyone except Prince Ruhuan. It’s a top secret matter.”
Irgos thus spent a joyful time with his stalwart comrade recently returned from the battlefield and went to the palace the next day to recount all stories about Latifa to Ruhuan.
But perhaps he was too enthusiastic in telling the story, he failed to notice the sparkle in Ruhuan’s brown eyes and the faint blush on his cheeks.
[Star Icon][Star Icon]The morning sunlight still strongly illuminated the Grand Bazaar’s courtyard.
—Clang, clang.
With the cheerful clatter of metal bracelets, Hades, a man with black hair from the desert, was quickly walking down the spacious corridor.
Next to him, there was a sturdy small copper basket filled with fresh, wellripened pomelos.
“General Hades!”
As he hurried along, he sharply turned around at the sound of someone calling him.
Under his icy glare stood a messenger from the royal palace.
“An urgent message from Prince Ruhuan.”
“I’m busy now. Speak later. Tell it to Yanan.”
With a dismissive gesture as if swatting a fly, the servant quickly prostrated himself.
“I apologize. The message is urgent; I must tell you now.”
When yandere male lead believes she loves him — but she never did
“How dare you!”
“How dare you make me love you, only to cast me aside as nothing more than a friend?!?
“I will never accept that.”
“I will never let you return to him.”
“Even if I have to burn myself to ashes.”
“Even if I must shatter my purity, my dignity, my very soul.”
“I will never let you escape me!”
This was the first novel that introduced me to the matriarchal genre. I’ve read it three times already!
At first, the male lead despised the female lead. Later, he misunderstood that she liked him, so he condescendingly and reluctantly reciprocated her feelings.
Then, he suddenly discovered that she was kind to everyone in the same way, and there was already someone she cherished in her heart, and that person was not him.
The male lead couldn’t believe it, he became angry and crazy. He was determined to capture her body and heart by any means necessary.
Synopsis:
Want to see how a green tea bitch male lead falls in love with the female lead?
Want to see how he flirtatiously pursues the female lead?
Want to see how he gets slapped in the face repeatedly?
The male lead is a green tea bitch, a poisonous lotus, jealous, ruthless, unscrupulous, with a venomous heart, and he’s also a delusional maniac.
The female lead is righteous, positive energy-filled, kind, a holy mother.
Let’s see how two people with extreme personalities come together~
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