“But don’t worry. Even if he is His Majesty, he’ll know that he must bring an animal, not a person, to the social gathering.”
“…Right. That must be the case?”
“Yes. So you’re going to the social gathering. Oh, how should I send your reply?”
“Is there a specific way?”
“Miss, as you wish, you can send the reply from the Count’s house or the Duke’s house.”
“I’ll ask for the Count’s house.”
If she had sent it from the Duke’s house, the shock and horror of those receiving the reply would have been indescribable. So Delina quickly chose the Count’s house.
“But will it be okay? I’ve never been to a social gathering before.”
She knew the basic etiquette but had no practical experience. Social gatherings were entirely different from debutantes, so she was naturally nervous.
“Don’t worry too much, miss. You did well in the great imperial ballroom, didn’t you?”
“Did well? Even that ended in failure in the end.”
Delina sighed again, recalling her dance with Ashud, and it was just the moment she opened the door. Feeling something catch outside the door, Delina instinctively stepped back.
‘Could it be?’
Carefully peering outside, suspecting another of Ban’s traps, Delina’s eyes widened at what she saw beneath the door.
“Zen?”
The sensation was Zen. Zen, who had been crouching in front of Delina’s door, jumped up at the sight of her.
“You, why are you here?”
Despite Delina’s surprised words, Zen only circled around her. Then Felik answered.
“I gave him a room, but he must be feeling a bit awkward. Looking at him coming all the way to your door.”
“But still. Were you planning to stay here the whole time?”
She couldn’t take him inside the room either. Delina sighed softly in the difficult situation. Then Felik, who had been watching the two, clapped softly.
“In that case, since you two are here together, how about both of you receive instruction together?”
“Instruction?”
“Yes. I happen to know a good teacher who can teach you social gathering etiquette and basic manners.”
Felik finished speaking and smiled at the two.
(This is a time separator.)
“Really, it’s annoying!”
In the garden of the Rosehip Earl’s house, someone spoke in a gruff voice. Then the lady, sitting in the middle of the garden, sipping tea, opened her mouth.
“Why is Silvia acting like that?”
“Mother, sister, didn’t you hear about this debutante?”
The Rosehip Earl’s eldest, Plena, asked, and the second, Goldiana, answered. Sipping tea with an elegant demeanor, the two looked at Silvia, who was walking with animals not far away.
“There was a young lady who got more attention than Silvia at this debutante. That’s why she’s like that.”
“There was a young lady who got more attention than our youngest?”
Plena, surprised by Goldiana’s words, put down her teacup.
“Yes. Remember the young lady who danced the last dance with His Highness the Crown Prince?”
“Of course. I know.”
Flennado showed off an astonishing dance and then vanished as if he had fled, knowing about the young lady who had disappeared. Only then did Flenna realize why Silvia was angry.
“Who on earth is she! Why is she getting more attention than me!”
To Silvia, who had admired her two sisters who were always the center of attention more than anyone else, this debutante party meant a great deal. But it was shattered by the mysterious pinkhaired young lady. Silvia resolutely vowed to find that young lady.
“Aha, so that’s why for this social gathering…….”
Flenna’s eyes sparkled with interest as she realized that all the young ladies were invited to find that young lady. Goldiana also looked amused.
“Yes. There’s a condition that you have to bring an animal, but most of them will come.”
A place where all the young ladies are eager to go. That was the social gathering of the Roselip Viscount’s family. Flenna grinned at Silvia, who was still angry.
“It will be fun if that young lady comes.”
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
