Hiccup.
Hiccup.
The hiccups wouldn’t stop.
Casus gently patted Atia’s back as she continued to hiccup.
“I heard this helps stop hiccups.”
“Ah, I think I’m fine now… hiccup!”
“Seems like it’s still there.”
Casus patted Atia’s back until her hiccups ceased.
Each time Casus’s hand touched her, Atia’s heart also thumped lightly.
And she thought, ‘What would it be like to exercise with this man?’
Even though it was just a slight touch, she strongly felt they would be compatible.
Moments later.
“Wow!”
Atia exclaimed as she looked around the night market.
Tteokbokki? There’s also soondae and fried food?
Even very spicylooking chicken feet.
When the familiar scent tickled her nose, Atia felt like she might tear up from nostalgia.
How did this happen?
Modern Korean food was mixed into this fantasy world.
Did the author sneak this hidden setting into the novel because they were hungry while writing?
“Do you want to eat?”
Casus glanced at Atia’s face and grinned mischievously.
Atia approached the food and told the vendor,
“I’ll take this and this. And that and that one too.”
Let’s see what Northernstyle Tteoktwisoon tastes like.
Atia immediately stuffed the food that the vendor handed her into her mouth.
Casus wanted to say something but stopped when he saw how engrossed she was in eating.
“The sauce is fantastic. Five stars.”
Atia, who had cleared her plate in a blink, raised her eyebrows at the silently staring Casus.
“Aren’t you eating?”
“I’m good. Just watching you eat fills me up.”
To Casus, Atia looked like she wouldn’t be able to finish even one small plate.
But surprisingly, she cleared many more plates before finishing her meal.
“I’m a bit full now. There’s so much to see…”
After fully enjoying her longmissed foods, Atia and Casus wandered around, looking at this and that.
Then it happened.
They heard an old lady’s voice from behind.
“Ah, such a handsome husband. If only I were 10 years younger, I would snatch him right up.”
It was a voice filled with desire.
“Catch and eat, you mean.”
“So, catch… what?”
Atia raised her eyebrows incredulously, and the old lady clenched her teeth.
“Heh heh heh…”
Faced with the sudden provocation of the unknown old lady, Atia awkwardly smiled.
“Ahem…ahem.”
The old lady’s eyes looked slightly unfocused, perhaps tipsy.
Just as Atia decided it would be best to leave,
“You two look like newlyweds.”
The old lady was one step ahead.
“Eh?”
“I have something special just for newlyweds. It’ll keep things spicy at night.”
The old lady then took out some strange herbal medicine from her pocket.
“It’s toad’s hind legs. There’s no better aphrodisiac. You won’t be able to sleep due to your virtuous husband. Half price.”
“Eh?”
“You’ll be able to make love every night. With this.”
The old lady looked at her knowingly.
“My God… a, a hot n, night?”
Confused, so confused.
Atia rolled her eyes and broke into a sweat.
Then Casus, who had been standing beside her, lightly chuckled.
“I think we won’t be needing that.”
“What, you don’t need it?”
The old lady looked Casus up and down and swallowed.
The handsome man in front of her clearly seemed full of stamina.
Toad legs were unnecessary, to say the least.
As if pricked by her conscience, the old lady put away the toad legs and chuckled.
“Heh heh heh, I’m really jealous! Truly jealous.”
She seemed genuinely envious.
“Let’s just go, go…”
Embarrassed by the situation, Atia wanted to make a quick exit.
Atia grabbed Casus’s arm and practically ran out of there.
“Embarrassed?”
“Wh, what?”
Seeing Atia’s slightly reddened face, Casus almost couldn’t help but laugh.
It was hard not to, seeing the usually confident woman act so shy.
However,
Atia recalled Casus’s words to his grandmother just moments ago: “I don’t need it.”
‘What don’t you need?’
You’re the one with lower body issues.
Atia was uncertain how to describe her current mix of inexplicable emotions.
Casus seemed unperturbed in this chaotic situation.
No, he seemed to even subtly enjoy it.
‘Does he actually like this?’
The only way out of this absurd situation was simple.
“Skewered chicken!”
It was to divert attention elsewhere.
Atia yelled towards the skewered chicken that caught her eye.
Sizzling.
The skewered chicken was being grilled, emitting a strong aroma.
The smell of skewered chicken outdoors was the best.
Atia, who had been looking at the skewered chicken sprinkled with teriyaki sauce and parsley, asked the owner of the chicken skewer shop.
“Do you have chicken breast?”
The sign on the store read, ‘We handle all kinds of chicken.’
“……”
The bald male owner silently glared at Atia and then took something out from below the grill.
Thump!
It was chicken breast.
Literally unseasoned raw chicken breast.
Atia opened her mouth to speak.
“Oh? Will you grill this too?”
The owner hesitated, then silently started grilling the chicken breast without a word.
Sizzling.
The raw chicken breast began to grill to a golden brown on the fireplate.
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)”
— Reading Guide —
Cold female lead & dramatic black lotus with hidden yandere traits male lead
