She gradually shed her childishness, absorbed knowledge, and took steps forward while taking care of the land under her domain.
Even while in Shalea, Ru sensed that something was wrong when there was trouble in the south.
“How many troops are you sending?”
“Ten thousand.”
Upon the emperor’s reply, the deputy commander took another discreet step back.
If Your Majesty speaks in such a low voice and answers briefly, it means that you are uncomfortable. More precisely, it means that His Majesty is not pleased with the idea that his beloved fiancée is going to the front lines herself.
But honestly, the deputy commander was thrilled, sword in hand.
“That’s too much. Considering the scale, giving only a tenth would be sufficient.”
The fact that the Southern sage goes to the front lines herself is so ‘efficient.’ Moreover, as long as there is a sage in the south, the sage must protect the region and maintain the balance of the entire empire. That is the sage’s duty.
“It doesn’t seem to have fully recovered yet.”
“Yes, Your Majesty. And I can prevent any damage. Please let me go. That’s correct.”
Hayden looked at Ru with a complicated expression as she struggled to button her outer coat while picking up various items. He finally lowered his voice.
“You went there yourself last time.”
That’s right. This is already the second time. Ru expressed her frustration with one unbuttoned button, looking up at Hayden.
“Of course, I should go. And with this scale, it’s quite large.”
Ru was feeling the magnitude of the rebellion not with an exact number but with the tremors and anxiety felt in the south.
“Even a thousand would be enough earlier.”
“If I go, a thousand will be enough. It’s just to show and suppress any provocations. It can end without any casualties, and from a broader perspective, it’s more beneficial to show that the Southern sage is properly fulfilling her role, even in governing the south.”
With no time to spare, Ru spoke rapidly without even catching her breath, a habit formed from urgently reporting to superiors on the battlefield and requesting what was needed.
“Oh, really!”
She expressed her annoyance as she reluctantly let go of the sword, which she had insisted on not putting down, and began buttoning the button that had never been fastened.
This frustration was mixed with irritation towards herself for not thinking properly due to her urgent feelings.
But before she could touch the button, Hayden reached out first and began straightening her attire.
By now, Imperialale had no choice but to completely turn away from this side.
It was advantageous to pretend not to see the lord who ruled them all carefully taking care of someone, especially when it came to expenses.
“Ru is right.”
Even if you try to argue with right and wrong, in Ru’s eyes, Hayden, who appears irrational, will only be seen as an illogical emperor. Hayden really hated that.
“But I just…”
Did he dislike it so much because he saw Ru struggling and suffering while wielding the sword and fighting, the last time she raised the sword?
“……I just wanted to take a break for now.”
“Oh, that’s not possible, Your Majesty.”
In response to the sharp reply, Hayden sighed heavily without buttoning his coat.
“Oh, I thought you’d say that. I’m worried like this, and you don’t have any intention of listening at all?”
Imperialle blocked her ears. Everyone in the imperial court knew officially that the emperor used polite language with the fiancée in private because she was younger than him.
But to anyone, it seemed more like a younger lover throwing a tantrum, saying not to go.
“If the worry is rational, I would consider it, Your Majesty. But why should I listen to unnecessary worries?”
Changing the tone immediately, Ru, who had many ears around her, looked at Hayden with an expression that seemed to say she wanted to sigh.
She was the only person who could say what Imperialle wanted to say but couldn’t.
“Anyway, no matter where I go, you’ll keep watching, right?”
“Yes, you’ll just worry without being able to do anything. Do you know that too?”
If she thinks she made a mistake, she’ll immediately appear, organize the situation directly, and both of them will end up in the central palace imperial emperor’s bedroom. So Ru replied with a resentful expression.
“I don’t know. Just give me a thousand.”
Imperialle would never move without an order from the absolute commander, the emperor.
Ru also couldn’t move recklessly without Hayden’s permission. So she confidently said, leaving the arrangement of her attire to him.
Hayden, who had sighed, finished buttoning up and, with the loosened knot, said, “Delote, prepare for a thousand troops.”
“Yes, Your Majesty.”
Matilda Delote was already prepared to follow the winner’s orders, knowing well who the winner was.
In this fight, no matter how much he unified the empire and was the supreme ruler, the mighty Emperor of Great Perseta would definitely lose.
“If you think it’s too much, just whisper to me.”
“If it seems too much, I won’t participate, Your Majesty.”
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)”
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Cold female lead & dramatic black lotus with hidden yandere traits male lead
