Gray eyes twisted through the tangled black hair. She managed a smile, then closed them again. She seemed tired and exhausted, waking up briefly before falling asleep again.
The woman who was called looked down at the man and turned away, blinking.
“Wow…….”
His looks are even more handsome when his eyes are open. He’s so beautifully made. Crazy.
‘He might be a dangerous spy sent by Emperor Kaleta to lure me.’
Roo shook her head vigorously to dismiss the thought and went to the kitchen. She wished the space was separated, but her shabby cabin, where she lived alone, was so cramped that she bumped into the walls after just a few steps.
“Sigh…….”
Thinking more about it would just give her a headache.
She suddenly had a guest in her peaceful retired knight life.
[Star Icon]As soon as the man woke up again, Roo said just one thing.
“Leave when you can.”
She tried her best not to ask anything else. She tried her best not to blush. She had to show some determination!
“You saved my life. Thank you, Roo.”
The man, with a build that wouldn’t be outdone even when dealing with darkskinned men, smiled.
Why does he smile so prettily! Roo squeezed her eyes shut.
“Is this your house, Roo?”
And he talked too softly.
“Do you live alone? It’s cozy and nice.”
The man, or rather, ‘the overly handsome man,’ just looked around and smiled as if everything was so great. It was too cramped to be cozy, and too shabby to be nice.
“Ah, are you feeling okay?”
That wasn’t a question Roo threw at the man, but a question the man asked her.
“People say it’s much harder for a woman…….”
What is he talking about! Roo was taken aback.
“You didn’t break your ribs or arm, did you?”
The man smiled innocently.
“Ah, I wondered why it hurt a bit.”
“……What on earth do you do?”
Roo asked incredulously.
“Me?”
“Yes, you.”
“Me, why?”
“What kind of madman takes on bears with just a sword? And two of them at that.”
It’s something a common man shouldn’t do. It’s as if he had a death wish.
“Ah.”
The sunlight coming through the small window lit up the man’s handsome face.
“But I met Roo. I was so hurt and disappointed that you left me, but now I’m relieved.”
“……Just consider it a mistake that never happened.”
As she busily moved about with her back to him, Roo somehow felt uneasy and took a quick glance back. Then she went pale.
“……You…… are you crying? Why are you crying? Why are you crying again?”
She was the one who wanted to cry! But why was that big and muscular guy crying? This was already the second time.
“Why do you say it was a mistake……. It wasn’t for me……. ”
“No, I mean, when adults drink and make mistakes, these things can happen, it was just carelessness……!”
She should have left it at that, but then he started to cry. Roo was sweating bullets.
“It wasn’t a mistake for me……. It was my first time…….”
Oh my God. Roo suddenly felt very much like the worst person in the world. The man, with thick bandages around his upper body, shed tears from his boyish face that did not suit his muscular physique.
“루가 좋아서 선택한 건데 나는 기억도 안 해주고, 계속 버리려고 해…….”
“No, who said I’m throwing it away? Don’t cry! Stop!”
The crying man raised his head and looked at her directly.
“What’s my name?”
His speech was suddenly blocked. How would I know that!
“See, you can’t remember.”
The man looked sulky and lowered his head. Tears welled up in the corners of his clean eyes and dropped like a picture.
“Heyden Constant Rostana Veller.”
Still, he spoke my name in a firm and clear tone.
“Don’t you remember?”
Riga blinked his eyes. He didn’t know such a long name at all.
The man clenched his mouth shut and lowered his head.
“Okay, let’s say I’ve forgotten. Then, have you heard the name Persecta recently…?”
He looked at Riga with a gaze that said, ‘You surely can’t not know this.’
“Th, this is the first time I’ve heard it…?”
“How long have you been in this countryside?”
Riga’s shoulders shrank unknowingly.
“4 years…….”
Heyden’s expression grew increasingly serious.
Without knowing it, Riga who answered honestly felt guilty for no reason.
He was half driven out of the empire, and half ran away to the countryside, so it was natural that he didn’t know about the outside world.
Of course, the outside news reached this backwater, but he had deliberately paid no attention to it. He no longer wanted to know.
“Do you know the commander of the Bugi corps has changed?”
“Ah, yeah?”
‘The barrier is broken, so it must be.’
Riga thought reflexively.
‘But why am I losing to that kid?’
Even though it was a story from a long time ago, she, who had been a genius knight in charge of the front at the barrier, a member of the Empire’s elite knights, and even a firstclass knight, had no reason to lose to a boy who looked chubby and only had a soft face.
Yet she was losing. She felt guilty as if she had made a big mistake. It must be because that kid is crying.
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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