“Since when have you been here? From the time we parted in front of the barrier? Have you been like this for 4 years here? Do you like it here?”
The man asked very cautiously.
“Why do you ask? It’s none of your business.”
Riga regained her composure and snapped back. She didn’t want to look weak.
“If you like it, I have to settle here too.”
What?
“Why you?”
“I must take responsibility for Riga, and Riga must take responsibility for me too. Because it was my first time.”
My goodness. We’re not communicating. Riga lost her words, staring wideeyed at the arguing man.
What should I do with this guy? She somehow spoke with a bewildered mind.
“……Heyden. Yes. I remember your name, but that child had blond hair back then.”
So, it couldn’t be this man. That child had a more babylike face, like a round egg, with chubby cheeks.
“Ah.”
This man, who had a manly charm, looked at the long black hair that had fallen in front of his eyes.
“It happened when I crossed the ‘barrier’ too often.”
Riga raised her head. Her expression froze in an instant.
“What do you mean, ‘crossing the barrier’?”
In this world, there were only two countries, the Caleta Empire and its vassal states.
At the far northern end of the continent was the ‘barrier.’ Monsters continually sprang from the ‘barrier,’ which was said to have been created by the gods, slaughtering humans.
The Caleta Empire had no choice but to use the gigantic barrier as its border and defense wall to keep the monsters at bay, even though it couldn’t be crossed. At least the vassal states were located from the west to the south.
Thanks to the Caleta Empire, the vassal states received protection from the monsters, so they naturally obeyed the empire.
So the only war waged by the Caleta Empire was against the monsters at the barrier.
“The barrier has been breached, Riga.”
The man, who was sitting on her small bed, said something crazy with a serious face.
“The Caleta Empire is no longer the only empire.”
The Caleta Empire, which had been expanding to the west and south while avoiding the barrier, had to face the accumulated karma over a long period in the north.
“The monsters…, a war has broken out again?”
Riga’s voice trembled without her realizing it.
“아직 일어나지는 않았어요. 하지만 어떻게 될지 모르지요. 그래서 내가 먼저 당신을 데리러 왔어요, 루.”
헤이든은 언제 울었냐는 듯, 아주 부드럽고 낮은 목소리로 말했다.
“그런데 날 재미만 보고 버리려고 하다니……, 그런 사람이었어요?”
어떻게 그럴 수가 있어? 금세 상처받았다는 듯 훌쩍거리며 쳐다보는 눈빛에 루는 결국 소리를 지르고 말았다.
“성인끼리 술 먹다 보면 사고가 날 수도 있지!”
“나, 나 돈 많아요.”
“털어보니 없던데? 네가 가지고 있는 돈보다 네가 잡은 곰이 더 비싸게 팔리겠다.”
어디서 개수작을 부리려고!
“그거 봐요. 나 돈도 잘 벌 수 있어요.”
아주 천연덕스럽다.
“아니지. 부상당해서 치료비로 다 나갔지. 더 말하지 말고 누워 있어. 뼈 안 붙는다.”
루는 더 이상 말리지 않기로 작정했는지, 딱 쏘아붙여놓곤 커다란 바구니 하나를 든 채 바깥으로 나갔다.
헤이든은 베개에 뒤통수를 기대곤 그녀가 나간 문을 마음에 들지 않는다는 듯 쳐다보았다.
“……전혀 안 통하네. 도대체 황제 새끼가 무슨 짓을 해놓은 거야.”
언제 싱글싱글 웃고, 또 울었냐는 듯 대번에 헤이든의 잘생긴 미간이 찌푸려졌다.
온기만 감돌던 회색 눈에 냉기가 돌자, 뽀얗기만 해 보이던 미남이 순식간에 분위기가 휙 바뀌었다.
이쪽이 더 그에게 익숙하고, 또 어울리는 모습 같았다.
“……왜 기억을 못 하는 거지?”
그녀는 그를 모른다. 다시 만날 날만 손꼽아 기다렸고, 술에 취한 그녀에게 끌려가서 침대에 가는 것도 기뻤는데 심지어 술 좀 깼다고 태도가 싹 달라지다니.
일부러라도 곰에게 부상을 입길 잘했다. 주변에 마물도 없고, 기껏 있는 게 곰이라 더 크게 상처를 입는 게 꽤 어려워서 애 좀 먹었지만 어쨌든 루와 좀 더 길게 있는 데는 성공했다.
‘……더 예뻐지고, 여전히 다정하고.’
픽 웃던 그는 자그마한 창문에 날아든 하얀 매를 보고 손을 뻗었다. 매는 놀랍게도 창문을 통과하여, 햇볕을 따라 그의 팔 위에 앉았다.
“잘 찾아왔구나.”
매는 주인이 붕대를 감은 모습을 보곤 작게 울었다. 슬퍼하기보다는 꾀병을 부린다며 나무라는 소리였다.
헤이든은 웃으며 매가 가지고 온 소식을 펼쳐보았다.
“조금만 기다려. ……그래, 황제가 아직까지도 사태파악을 하지 못하고 있다고.”
장벽이 열리고 ‘마물’이라 일컫던 장벽 너머의 사람들이 슬슬 나타나고 있는데도 아직까지도 정신을 못 차렸다, 라.
예상했던 대로다. 덕분에 루와 이곳에서 느긋하게 있을 시간이 늘었다.
“내버려둬. 나도 아직까지 그 새끼 얼굴은 볼 생각 없으니까.”
칼레타 제국의 황제를 ‘그 새끼’라고 지칭한 헤이든은 차게 웃으며 매를 다시 내보냈다. 매는 들어왔던 것처럼 창문을 통과하여 사라졌다.
그는 주변을 둘러보았다. 온통 루의 손길이 닿은 곳이다.
루스티카 제너스, 황제에게 모든 걸 빼앗기고 지금까지도 착취당하고 있는 가장 훌륭한 기사이자 마검사.
장벽 너머에서 온 남자는 황제에게서 그녀를 빼돌릴 것이다. 그는 다시 연약한 부상자로 돌아갈
When yandere male lead believes she loves him — but she never did
“How dare you!”
“How dare you make me love you, only to cast me aside as nothing more than a friend?!?
“I will never accept that.”
“I will never let you return to him.”
“Even if I have to burn myself to ashes.”
“Even if I must shatter my purity, my dignity, my very soul.”
“I will never let you escape me!”
This was the first novel that introduced me to the matriarchal genre. I’ve read it three times already!
At first, the male lead despised the female lead. Later, he misunderstood that she liked him, so he condescendingly and reluctantly reciprocated her feelings.
Then, he suddenly discovered that she was kind to everyone in the same way, and there was already someone she cherished in her heart, and that person was not him.
The male lead couldn’t believe it, he became angry and crazy. He was determined to capture her body and heart by any means necessary.
Synopsis:
Want to see how a green tea bitch male lead falls in love with the female lead?
Want to see how he flirtatiously pursues the female lead?
Want to see how he gets slapped in the face repeatedly?
The male lead is a green tea bitch, a poisonous lotus, jealous, ruthless, unscrupulous, with a venomous heart, and he’s also a delusional maniac.
The female lead is righteous, positive energy-filled, kind, a holy mother.
Let’s see how two people with extreme personalities come together~
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