“[Alright! So, who woke up the cursed princess?]”
[Uh, well… maybe the servants woke her up?] [No, not at all! Hey, weren’t you listening to my story?]It was a childhood memory from the garden. Ailee, with an excited expression, had put down her fairy tale book, gathered her hands as if in a dream, and said,
“Listen well. The one who can awaken the cursed princess is none other than… ”
“Right away?”
“A kiss of love!”
Recalling that conversation, Delina leaned her face towards Noah. With tightly shut eyes, Delina felt a tingling sensation on her lips.
“…”
Was it due to the urgent situation, or perhaps the sensation of their touching lips? Her heart raced. Delina hesitated on when to pull away. Due to the extreme tension, Delina, with rigid shoulders, held her breath.
‘By now, there should be some reaction.’
Whether surprised, pushed away, or anything else, there had to be some kind of reaction from Noah. When Delina, uncertain of what to do, opened her eyes, she saw Noah looking at her with wide-open eyes.
“?”
As Delina, surprised, pulled away, Noah smiled, his eyes crinkling.
“Who kisses like they’re trying to slam dunk?”
Surprised by Noah’s swollen lips, Delina, also with puffy lips, stammered in a flustered tone.
“No, well… it was so urgent that I couldn’t control my strength… sorry.”
“Is it a clownish kiss? Or were you so eager to kiss me that you couldn’t control your strength and rushed in?”
“It’s not like that…!”
While Delina was about to refute Noah’s teasing words, in the midst of the strangely familiar yet natural conversation, Delina’s gaze quickly shifted above Noah’s head.
“!”
And Delina could see the word ‘Black Veil’ completely disappearing from above Noah’s head.
‘Surely, it can’t be…!’
“…Do you remember who I am? Do you recognize me?”
“Sure. You’re Delina Floren.”
“…”
“And the person who gave me a ring at the Grand Palace, with a lot of passion involved.”
When Noah accurately mentioned the place where he gave her the ring, a smile gradually spread across Delina’s face. Delina nestled into Noah’s arms.
“I’m really relieved. Do you know how worried I was? Afraid that you wouldn’t remember… huh?”
Continuing her words, Delina suddenly felt a gaze and turned her head. And she found them. Four people staring blankly at her and Noah from a distance.
“What’s going on? When did everyone…?”
Although flustered, Delina tried to get out of Noah’s arms, but she couldn’t. It was because Noah’s arms were tightly wrapped around Delina’s waist.
“Why, why are you like this?”
“When it’s okay to hug, anytime, can’t I hug when I want to?”
“No, it’s not…! It’s just that others are watching!”
“Yeah. So, they can see.”
Delina blushed and squirmed in Noah’s embrace, but the more she did, Noah smiled and exerted more strength in his arms. The first to speak after witnessing this scene was Ashed.
“Now, now…!”
“…”
“Just separate right now?”
With an even angrier expression than before, Ashed approached the two. At the same time, Delina noticed the words ‘Black Veil’ shaking as if about to shatter above Ashed’s head.
‘What’s happening…?’
If the situation was precarious enough for the words to break like that, it meant that Ashed was currently in a considerable state of confusion. Delina mumbled.
“Why is he acting like this all of a sudden? He looks even angrier than before.”
“Why wouldn’t he be? Probably because of us.”
“Oh, because of the kiss we exchanged? But would that make Ashed so unsettled?”
Instead of a proper answer, Noah shrugged his shoulders. Unable to get a satisfactory answer, Delina rolled her eyes.
‘Well, seeing close people kissing in front of you might be shocking in various ways.’
Delina instinctively thought of Gideon and Ailee kissing in front of her. The thought of that scene alone made her stomach churn, and Delina, with a reflexive frown, nodded her head.
“Yeah, that could be it.”
Meanwhile, Ashed glared at Noah with bloodshot eyes. Ashed pointed his sword at Noah and said.
“Hurry up and separate.”
“I don’t want to.”
Ignoring Ashed’s words, Noah smiled and hugged Delina once again. With a bewildered expression, Ashed swung his sword. But the one who blocked Ashed’s sword wasn’t Noah.
“…!”
Suddenly, Calyx and Zen, and Bancent, who had rushed forward, were there. Delina’s eyes widened.
“You guys…”
Only then did Delina realize that the three had returned to their original selves. Calyx and Zen confronted Ashed, and Bancent approached Delina.
“What are you doing? Try to calm the raging emotions.”
“Me?”
“Given the situation, you might be able to bring him back to his senses. He seems quite confused right now.”
‘Was that really the case?’
Upon Bancent’s words, Delina quickly shook her head. Then she pulled out a necklace from her pocket. Noah asked.
“What’s that?”
“The necklace Ashed gave me before. If we encounter the royal knights, I thought showing them this might help you all…?”
It was a necklace with the royal emblem engraved on it, clearly looking special. Bancent looked at the necklace and said.
An Indifferent Woman is the One Men Desire the Most
One-line summary: The female lead is actually cold-hearted and extremely rational. She has stage-by-stage relationships and won’t two-time, but there will always be someone who secretly likes her.
This novel has the following triggers, so if you’re sensitive to these, please don’t read:
1. The female lead has had many relationships, but she treated each one seriously and broke up properly.
It’s just that the men unilaterally pestered her incessantly. For the female lead, when she doesn’t like someone anymore, she simply doesn’t like them.
(This applies to her relationships with Male Lead 1, 2, 3, and 4 as well, but she’s loyal in each 1-on-1 relationship!)
2. In this novel, Male Lead 2 and the female lead kiss in a car, and Male Lead 1 sees it and beats up Male Lead 2.
The female lead calls the police and sends both Male Lead 1 and 2 to the police station! Male Lead 1 begs the female lead not to break up with him.
3. Male Lead 1 has a gentle appearance but an obsessive personality.
Male Lead 2 has a delicate and soft appearance, slightly green tea-like (two-faced).
Male Lead 3 is a youthful college student and a smart person who has secretly liked the female lead for a long time.
Male Lead 4 is the female lead’s father’s special assistant, a business elite with deep, hidden thoughts.
4. At the beginning of this novel, the female lead has already broken up with Male Lead 1 (Chapter 4) and gotten back together with Male Lead 2 (ex-boyfriend).
5. Enter with caution if you have triggers!!!
