Duke, This Will Sting for a Moment (30 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 68
Three days before the Great Nobles’ Assembly. One day before the imperial ball.
The nobles gathered in the imperial capital, Yurahil, appeared to be living their usual daily lives on the surface, but beneath the calm, they were nervously on edge, frantically trying to gauge why the Emperor had summoned the Great Nobles’ Assembly and preparing countermeasures.
Which faction should they bet their fate on, and which should they discard? It was like wandering in fog where they couldn’t see even an inch ahead, making them all the more anxious.
The four great eastern noble houses, including the Duke Figuera family—the Empress Dowager’s natal house—were openly pro-Emperor.
The four great southern noble houses, led by Duke Gauze Yobel, repeatedly opposed the Emperor’s will and openly supported the north, forming the anti-Emperor faction.
The four great western noble houses, centered on the Duke Melito Greco family that had long maintained neutrality alongside the Magic Tower, had supported the north during the Emperor’s northern subjugation campaign. However, since the imperial family eradicated the black mages about a hundred years ago, they had followed a pro-imperial line, so it was uncertain whether they would continue supporting the north.
Among the total sixteen great noble families, the most noble northern Grand Duke Frost Eelheim had officially reconciled with the Emperor, but unofficially, tensions were at a breaking point.
The number of assassins the Emperor sent to the north as a hobby had only increased, and the Grand Duke mockingly displayed the assassins’ heads on the castle walls, making it a situation where an incident could erupt at any moment.
Leo let out a deep sigh.
With every eye and ear of the empire focused on the Grand Duke, his lord’s eyes and ears were fixed on something entirely unrelated.
“A tea party is extremely dangerous. I cannot leave Bi alone there.”
Frost hurriedly mounted his beloved horse, Mars.
“Tea parties are not dangerous. Cassandra and Airy went as well. Lady Shabelle, disguised as Dilaila, accompanied her too.”
“You fool. Women’s sharp tongues are far more terrifying than black magic or typhoons. How could Shabelle’s mediocre eloquence possibly protect Bi?”
It was obvious how the arrogant noble ladies would treat his wife, who had once lived as a dancer in a traveling troupe, and Frost grew impatient.
An Indifferent Woman is the One Men Desire the Most
One-line summary: The female lead is actually cold-hearted and extremely rational. She has stage-by-stage relationships and won’t two-time, but there will always be someone who secretly likes her.
This novel has the following triggers, so if you’re sensitive to these, please don’t read:
1. The female lead has had many relationships, but she treated each one seriously and broke up properly.
It’s just that the men unilaterally pestered her incessantly. For the female lead, when she doesn’t like someone anymore, she simply doesn’t like them.
(This applies to her relationships with Male Lead 1, 2, 3, and 4 as well, but she’s loyal in each 1-on-1 relationship!)
2. In this novel, Male Lead 2 and the female lead kiss in a car, and Male Lead 1 sees it and beats up Male Lead 2.
The female lead calls the police and sends both Male Lead 1 and 2 to the police station! Male Lead 1 begs the female lead not to break up with him.
3. Male Lead 1 has a gentle appearance but an obsessive personality.
Male Lead 2 has a delicate and soft appearance, slightly green tea-like (two-faced).
Male Lead 3 is a youthful college student and a smart person who has secretly liked the female lead for a long time.
Male Lead 4 is the female lead’s father’s special assistant, a business elite with deep, hidden thoughts.
4. At the beginning of this novel, the female lead has already broken up with Male Lead 1 (Chapter 4) and gotten back together with Male Lead 2 (ex-boyfriend).
5. Enter with caution if you have triggers!!!
He is too in love to think properly. There are so many weird things about Yuriela, yet he choses to overlook them.
Poor man. He is daydreaming. I hope he won’t use that liquor.
It’s crazy how Cassandra got so attached to Yuriella.