At first, it was unbelievable. Those two who had taken such good care of her had been pretending to be her protectors for the sake of their title and property.
Should she have noticed when they delayed her debut on the grounds that she was still young, or should she have realized when they repeatedly opposed her going into society? Once the two had fully inherited the title, they completely discarded their masks.
They tried to sell Delina to a man over fifty when she came of age.
There was no worse day than that.
That was somehow overcome thanks to Gideon’s lifeanddeath prevention, but after that, the two of them had no choice but to live almost imprisoned.
What was it like at the moment the empire collapsed? Niel and Charlotte had tried to flee with all their wealth, leaving Delina and Gideon behind.
“…This time, I won’t let that happen.”
She would protect the family and the house where she was born and raised. Delina spread the map of the vast empire, her eyes shining. Her finger touched the words ‘Duke Ulphrim,’ and she fell into deep thought.
Duke Bellion Ulphrim.
The current protector of Callis and the Duke of the Ulphrim family. And… the future patron and master of the children who would become the villains.
Originally, Bellion was famous for sponsoring or teaching talented children. And the five villains had been trained at Bellion’s mansion since childhood. Therefore, she had to go there to meet the five now.
“……”
But Delina couldn’t help but hesitate.
Of all the places, why there…
There were many ominous rumors about the Duke’s family. The man who ruled the Duke’s position by stepping on the corpses of his family was rumored to have the purpose of forcing the children to fight on the battlefield.
Once you go in, you can’t come out alive, and it’s a secluded family with no interaction. Sometimes, only a horrifying scream is heard, a terrifying Duke’s family.
‘…But do I have to go there?’
Just the rumors she had heard so far made her feet go numb. Delina shrank her shoulders for a moment but soon shook her head.
‘No, no.’
Hadn’t she already resolved while engulfed in flames? To avoid repeating the same thing, she had to jump into the pit of fire or the Duke’s house.
‘Okay, then first…’
Fortunately, in her previous life, a few secrets of the Duke’s house had been revealed when the Ulphrim family fell from grace due to the imperial family. Delina’s hands moved faster as she recalled them.
(This is a time separator.)
“Happy birthday! To both of you!”
In front of Gideon and Delina, who were receiving birthday congratulations, there was a large cake. Gideon, who was eyeing the cake, was just barely holding back his desire to eat it and sitting quietly.
“Come on, Jake and Jane, you have to congratulate them too.”
“……Congratulations.”
“Congratulations.”
At Charlotte’s urging, Jake and Jane finally reluctantly offered their congratulations. Then Charlotte smiled and gestured.
“Shall we light the candles now?”
Following that, Niel and Charlotte, who had seated Gideon and Delina in the center of the dining room, began to sing the birthday song with smiles.
The surrounding servants also joined in with one heart. Gideon, receiving the congratulations of the people, smiled with the corners of his mouth raised, but Delina was calm. She didn’t like the warm scene created by Niel and Charlotte.
“Any wishes before you blow out the candles?”
Whether she knew of Delina’s burning inner feelings or not, the song had ended before she knew it, and it was time to extinguish the candles. At Charlotte’s words, Gideon rolled his eyes back and forth.
“To become the strongest knight in the empire!”
As if his dream had already come true, Gideon’s eyes sparkled, and he began to punch the air. Unlike Gideon, Delina couldn’t easily say her wish.
“A wish?”
“Yes, whatever Delina wants.”
“……”
After a moment of silence, Delina opened her mouth.
“I wish for all our family and the people of our mansion to be happy. And for all the people of the empire too.”
Of course, excluding the two of you in front of me.
Delina stared at the flickering candle as if wishing her desire to come true, then extinguished the flame.
“Take this!”
But Delina’s somewhat melancholy atmosphere did not last long. As soon as Delina put out the fire, Gideon’s whipped cream attack flew in.
“……”
“How is it? Tasty?”
Delina’s face was covered with whipped cream. Gideon laughed, and Delina, who had been quietly watching the cream fall from her cheek, slowly grabbed a handful of whipped cream, with a grim smile on her face.
“Come here. Big brother.”
“Try it if you can.”
The warm birthday party quickly turned into a whipped cream fight between the two siblings. Charlotte and Niel stopped the two, and only after the servants washed Delina and Gideon’s faces and hands were the whole family able to eat together.
“Right. Now it’s time to see the gift that little mom and dad have prepared.”
“Really?”
At the word “gift,” Gideon’s voice rose with excitement.
When scheming men desperately battle for her favor in the male harem
This one’s also on my reread list! The rivalry, scheming between the men in the imperial harem are just as intense and thrilling as in classic palace drama novels, where concubines fight to the death. Give it a read, girls! I promise you won’t be disappointed.
Synopsis:
“I am not worthy of her… but I still want to be by her side, even if only as a loyal dog…”
Those were the painful whispers of Yue Guanyi – the proud Crown Prince of the Great Qi, who was torn between deep love and a guilty conscience. Despite holding the supreme power of the Imperial Guard, he still could not forget the dark past when he was sold into a brothel.
Fate played a cruel twist when Qiu Shuzhi – a young female official who had just passed the imperial examinations with top honors – stepped into his life. She did not know that she was the one who had saved him from a tragic fate many years ago. And now, her heart was the target of pursuit for both Yue Guanyi and the powerful Empress Dowager Qin Qing.
While Yue Guanyi only dared to silently care for and protect the one he loved from afar, the Empress Dowager Qin Qing openly expressed his feelings and did not hesitate to take advantage of his power to approach Qiu Shuzhi. The covert struggle between the two most powerful forces in the imperial court began…
Trigger warning: All men in this novel are yandere style.
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