“No, that’s what I said, Idrish. I hope Rodrio is alive.”
Rodrio looked up at him with a face full of worry yet filled with expectation.
Idrish wore a faintly serious expression.
Worried? Why worry about this? Just say yes. It’s not like it costs money!
I spoke fervently with my expression where Rodrio couldn’t see.
‘Say yes! Say you agree!’
Idrish’s eyes slightly narrowed.
“Really, Idrish?”
Idrish looked at Rodrio slowly. Expectation and anxiety simultaneously surfaced on the child’s face.
“Yes.”
“Me, really? Idrish, me…”
Rodrio seemed to try to hold back, but the joy welling up in his rosy face could not be hidden.
“Yes. More than that, Nightblossom, we have something to do, so come with me.”
“Something to do? Got it. Rodrio. Sleep well. You can walk around from tomorrow. It’d be really nice to go on a picnic with Idrish and the three of us.”
“I? Why me?”
“It’ll be fun, right?”
Idrish tried to refuse, but I cut him off.
“Yes! Okay, Cecilia.”
Rodrio didn’t notice. Phew.
Is this the end of the mission to console Rodrio?
Then, Rodrio mumbled softly.
“But Lord Tesmillion won’t come, right? Even if Cecilia says so, I really can’t believe it. The lord wouldn’t do that. Yes, that’s how it will be…….”
Damn. How to turn away from that pitiful little bird?
(This is a time separator.)
“No, but is it really Rodrio’s real grandfather? How can he not come even once? Even the old man next door wouldn’t be this indifferent!”
I grumbled to myself in the room.
Should I have not told a white lie in the first place?
But how could I not!
Seeing that cute and chubby face say, ‘No one likes me or worries about me. They don’t care whether I live or die…’ would make even the devil want to tell a lie out of kindness.
Falling for that cute and pitiful face, I ended up having to call Tesmillion to take responsibility for my lie!
Damn! Tesmillion is a bit scary to me.
I was already considered halfmad in front of him last time for making all sorts of weird noises… Can I do this…?
Ah, should I just pretend I don’t know?
But a part of my heart was uncomfortable, and besides, Tesmillion really seemed to care about Rodrio.
When Rodrio first came back injured, Tesmillion’s face was clearly not indifferent or something similar. It was an expression of worry and fear more than anyone else, as if afraid of losing Rodrio.
But why did he change his behavior as soon as Rodrio’s condition improved? What, as long as he doesn’t die, everything is fine?
“Okay. Then I’ll go and ask. Why doesn’t he visit even once when his grandson almost died and woke up?”
I went to find Zeros right away.
Tesmillion spent his time alone in his study unless he called someone. The other servants said he didn’t like them to disturb him. So they cleaned only when he was out at night. Really peculiar!
Anyway, Zeros was the one who visited the study most often. All communication was through him.
“Zeros, I want to visit Lord Tesmillion.”
“Ye? Why, why?”
“I have something to say.”
“You can’t!”
“What? Rejecting me without even hearing the content? Where’s that done?”
“No matter what the content is, you can’t. Lord Tesmillion really dislikes anyone visiting him. And besides…”
“Besides what?”
“Lord Tesmillion said Cecilia seems strange, to avoid encountering her.”
It must have been because of the weird noises I made in front of him last time.
Ah, why did it have to be in front of Tesmillion?
“So, I want to clear that misunderstanding.”
“You can’t. Anyway, you can’t. Never go. You’ll really be kicked out of this house.”
Tsk, such a finicky old man.
So what to do?
I scratched my chin.
I didn’t want to barge into the room of someone who disliked me either. It wouldn’t benefit me to incur the master’s hatred.
“So all I have to do is not barge in and just happen to meet him, right?”
That’s why I decided to get up very early.
Even if Tesmillion stays cooped up in the library, he wouldn’t sleep there.
I was aiming for the timing when he moves from the bedroom to the library in the morning.
With Zeros’s help, I was able to roughly know Tesmillion’s waking time. It was very, very early. Before the sun even rose, so it was understandable.
That’s why Idrish was very displeased.
“Yawn.”
I came out into the dark hallway and crouched down. I was inundated with sleep.
“Does Grandfather not have morning sleepiness? But why doesn’t he come out…….”
My eyelids were heavy.
As I was doing so, the door opened. Tesmillion, who moved silently in the darkness, looked like a ghost.
If I talk to him as soon as he comes out, he will be surprised, right? I’ll naturally talk to him on the way.
But Tesmillion’s pace was faster than I thought.
He didn’t head straight to the library?
Tesmillion headed outside the mansion.
There was an old bench in the small and unattended garden. He slowly sat down on that bench.
Did he just come out to get some fresh air?
Perhaps now was the perfect time to pretend to bump into him and start a conversation.
I tried to step forward.
But I stopped a few steps before I could take them.
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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