Deep night.
Everyone took advantage of sleep, and the magicians hurriedly moved in the darkness.
Thanks to a noisecancellation spell, they were walking aloud without any care.
“Fortunately, no one is suspicious.”
“Did anyone notice that I had separately packed something to eat in my pocket, pretending to have no appetite just in case?”
“It’s fortunate that even the butler who was in charge of keeping the magic stone today is down with a cold.”
“The sky is also helping us.”
Merion moved quickly, breathing a sigh of relief.
“Here is the ‘Room of Earth’…….”
The ‘Room of Earth,’ where precious magic stones and treasures were kept, was locked tightly with intricate locking devices.
Through the small glass window, the Duke’s treasures sparkled and showed off.
“Hmm…….”
In front of the door lay a servant, put to sleep by a sleeping spell, dreaming.
The snoring sound almost sounded like a lullaby.
‘It was a good idea to cast a sleep spell all over the mansion just in case.’
Merion brushed his chest and carefully muttered a magic spell in front of the ‘Room of Earth.’
『Door, open.』
With that, click, click, the locks of the tightly closed door turned.
How many sounds rang out? Within a few seconds, all the locks were undone.
“Indeed, Lord Merion!”
“You are a high magician, breaking through the Duke’s security in no time!”
It was definitely intentional flattery, but Merion was encouraged by the magicians’ enthusiastic reaction.
“Hmph. This much is basic. Let’s quickly grab the magic stone and go back to the tower!”
Merion and the magicians quickly entered the ‘Room of Earth’ to find the magic stone.
“Huh?”
“……There’s no magic stone?”
However, they couldn’t find the magic stone, not even a fragment of it, no matter how hard they looked.
“What’s going on? I knew that the butler of this mansion took the magic stone from here…….”
Before Merion’s words were finished, bang, the ‘Room of Earth’ door closed.
The magicians, who had been relying on the small flicker of light, were utterly flabbergasted.
“Agh! A gh, ghost!”
“Zo, zombie?”
“That’s unlikely. Duke Keaton’s barrier is still working normally… Huh?”
Merion pointed to the other side of the glass window in surprise.
“Mi, Michael, the knight?”
Outside the ‘Room of Earth’ stood a gallant knight with platinum blonde hair and skyblue eyes.
He was standing with his brows furrowed and his arms crossed over his chest.
‘What’s happening here?’
Everyone in the mansion was supposed to be put to sleep by the sleep spell!
‘Come to think of it…….’
He had not heard the snoring of the servant for a while.
Realizing that, cold sweat dripped down Merion’s forehead.
Into the confused magicians’ field of view came a silverhaired lady.
“Oh, hello there, magicians? What are you looking for in the early morning?”
“Heek.”
The magicians all gasped at once.
Silver hair and purple eyes.
The owner of this mansion, Elizabeth Keaton, was glaring at them with sharp eyes.
She even wore a holster containing a pair of revolvers on her waist.
“That’s where our house’s treasure room is…. You weren’t planning to rob us and flee into the night, were you?”
“Th, that is…….”
The magicians turned pale with fear at the biting irony.
What could they possibly say in their defense? Caught redhanded, they were like cornered rats.
Merion tried to persuade them with the most harmless expression he could muster.
“Haha. It seems like there’s some misunderstanding here…….”
“Misunderstanding?”
Elizabeth chuckled and snapped her fingers.
“Jack. Wake up. You have to testify what the magicians did.”
“Yes, Duchess.”
Then, the servant who had pretended to be sound asleep a moment ago sprang up.
The servant guarding the ‘Room of Earth’ door that day in place of the butler, Patrick – it was Jack.
The magicians were shocked to see this.
“What!”
“How can this… We cast a sleep spell!”
“There are ways, you know.”
Elizabeth Keaton clapped her hands, and one by one, the lamps inside the mansion, previously drowned in darkness, were brightly lit.
Below revealed a scene where dozens of servants had gathered in a row.
“How dare you try to rob our Duke?”
“They came as guests, but they were pure thieves!”
The enraged servants were holding the wooden sticks that Michael had prepared, ready to charge at any moment.
“…We’re doomed.”
The magicians lost their momentum at this sight.
Even Merion, who had actively led the escape, pursed her lips.
‘We’re done for.’
Since they had failed to acquire the magic stone, there was no escape.
Going outside recklessly would only make them zombie prey.
The door opened with a creaking noise in front of the confused magicians.
It was Elizabeth Keaton’s doing.
“Now, shall we have a little chat?”
When did a chat come to mean holding a gun loaded with magical bullets and talking?
But the magicians, now at a disadvantage, had no choice.
“Yes…….”
When male lead is the homewrecker
“I know she doesn’t love him.”
I’ve read the novel below twice already. Girls, I’m highly recommending it to you!
The female lead? Not a good person.
The second male lead? Not a good person.
The male lead? Willingly plays the third party, breaking up the female and second male lead’s relationship despite all the warnings from his friends—so yeah, he’s definitely not a good person either.
Basically, nobody in this novel is simple-minded or without scheming.
The female lead starts off as the male lead’s secretary, but don’t worry—later on, she takes over the company while the male lead steps back to support her. He won’t steal her spotlight, overshadow her, or dull her shine.
I love novels where men are out here snatching wigs, tearing each other down, and going to war just to win the female lead’s affection. And this is exactly that kind of novel. Most of Hai Dai Ran’s works have this dynamic. You’ll see the male characters’ emotions being pushed to the absolute extreme.
There’s even a scene where the second male lead exposes the male lead online for being a homewrecker. The brotherhood immediately gangs up on him, dragging him through the mud. I find it compelling —it completely flips reality on its head, where usually, women are the ones fighting over a man and getting torn apart by the sisterhood.
For me, female leads in the novels I read should only struggle in their careers, not in love. But if the brainless romantics in the story are all men? I have zero complaints.
I’ve pretty much read all of Hai Dai Ran’s novels and even translated all of them—her works are just my thing. I’ll slowly upload everything here. One day, when my website is official, I hope I can invite her to join as one of the star authors.
Here’s the story synopsis:
One-line summary: She is his lifelong obsession, to the point where he was willing to be a third wheel, scorned by society, just to wedge his way into her relationship with her fiancé.
Cold-hearted and indifferent female lead + Scheming and subservient CEO male lead
Intro 1:
“I know she doesn’t love him.”
With blood trickling from his clenched fist, Rong Xiu gazed at the woman before him, his eyes clouded with anguish. Hidden in the wardrobe, he had witnessed Fan Xia – the woman he desperately loved – in an intimate embrace with her fiancé. Yet his heart still yearned for her, defying all reason.
Fan Xia, the elegant and composed assistant, carried something mysterious in her eyes whenever she looked at her fiancé, Wen Lan Sheng. Strange occurrences began to surface – secret meetings with the young Gu Jin Yi, an unexplained withdrawal of 5,000 yuan… Then suddenly, her fiancé’s sister, Wen Jing, violently attacked her.
In this matriarchal society, Rong Xiu had risen to become the chairman of a powerful healthcare conglomerate, breaking through gender prejudices. But for the first time, he willingly stepped into the shadows as the other man, disregarding his friends’ warnings to become her secret lover.
Because he had discovered the truth – Fan Xia wasn’t the pure angel everyone believed her to be. And perhaps, he was the only one capable of helping her execute her mysterious plan…
Intro 2:
Rong Xiu’s biggest regret in life was missing out on Fan Xia.
He secretly loved Fan Xia for 7 years.
Watched her go public with her boyfriend.
Watched her kiss her boyfriend at their wedding.
Until that man blissfully nestled in Fan Xia’s arms, obtaining everything he could only dream of.
The crazy jealousy stripped away his hidden secret love, layer by layer, burning like wildfire.
Fan Xia, how can I have you!
【Reading and Trigger Warning Guide】
1. Female dominant, male submissive, male pregnancy
2. Male lead schemes his way to the top, male competition
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