“Currently, what is the name of the Astrian dynasty and the present king?”
Cedric asked in Astrian. Deborah was surprised twice: first at his perfect pronunciation and secondly at why he would ask such a question.
“The current king is His Majesty King Franz.”
The first interviewee, Abigail, stuttered in response. Afterward, Cedric did not ask her any more questions. He only politely said, “Thank you for your effort,” with a kind smile.
Clara, the second interviewee, correctly answered the question that had tripped up Abigail.
“You are aware that a certain poet’s works are being used as a language among noblewomen?”
“Of course. I can recite all of Butler’s poems.”
“Very good. Then please recite ‘The Summer’s Rose’ in German.”
Cedric asked in German. Clara understood the question but struggled to respond.
While Deborah, maintaining her composure and looking at the documents, expected Cedric to say ‘Thank you for your effort’ to Clara as he did to Abigail.
“You’ve worked hard.”
‘Oh, it’s different.’
In any case, the essence was similar. Deborah then wondered how the third interviewee, Grace, who had survived so far, would tackle the next challenge.
‘Economics? Culture? History?’
But Cedric, as if seeing Deborah’s thoughts, asked a completely different question.
“Alright. Do you have any questions for me?”
Grace, who thought she had conducted the interview boldly but couldn’t hide her nervous expressions and often furrowed her brows in concentration, asked back.
“Yes?”
“Ha ha. Don’t you have any questions? For instance, about future living arrangements or how the salary will be paid.”
Cedric spoke with a relaxed smile.
“Feel free to ask anything you wanted to ask the master, or even things you might find difficult to ask. Anything at all.”
“Ah…”
As Grace glanced at Cedric, he spoke in a calming tone.
“Really, it’s alright. You must not have been thrilled with this situation of being interviewed by someone other than the master. You should take advantage of this opportunity.”
His kind smile and pleasant voice brought the same peace as one might feel when their frozen body thaws in front of a fireplace.
This excessive relaxation was not good, as the interview was not over yet.
‘Cedric Rareford, Cedric Rareford…’
Deborah repeated his name in her mind.
‘I knew he was no ordinary person.’
All the interviewees were carefully selected by Deborah as competitors to Anna Franklin. Although she didn’t have much affinity for them, this cruel and cunning interviewer made her root for them.
‘Hang in there. And please don’t be deceived. He’s doing this on purpose.’
Unfortunately, Grace didn’t hear the silent cheer from Deborah.
“So then.”
Grace proceeded to ask the expected questions. Are salaries paid in the following month? What are the living arrangements? With other servants?
Cedric maintained a gentle demeanor in his responses. Deborah thought that just these questions would suffice. However, the situation, where every question received a kindly response, made Grace let her guard down.
“Is the young lady I’ll be teaching a relative of Mr. Baker?”
Jen Baker’s advertisement had stated that they were seeking a governess to educate a lady before she enters central society.
‘It’s a natural curiosity, given that there were no further explanations…’
Just then, Cedric replied with a natural smile.
“No.”
“Then, if it’s not rude to ask, to which family does the young lady belong?”
Cedric smiled lightly and answered.
“Countess Blythe.”
Grace’s eyes sparkled with surprise. After a moment’s hesitation, she smiled and responded.
“That would be a great honor, to impart what I’ve learned to her.”
Cedric seemed to agree with her, smiling and nodding.
“Thank you for your effort. We will be in touch.”
Thus ended Grace’s interview. She stood up with a satisfied expression.
Irene, the last interviewee who had correctly answered all questions and received the same invitation as Grace, replied with a cold expression.
“No, I don’t have any questions.”
“You don’t have any questions?” Cedric’s face still held a neat smile, but his voice and eyes were considerably more serious.
“Yes.”
“Aren’t you curious about who the lady you will be teaching is or what kind of person your employer will be?”
It was like a quiet rebuke to an irresponsible person. Caught off guard, Irene hesitated but then composed herself and replied.
“The information in the job advertisement was sufficient. If there is anything else I need to know, I believe it can be explained after I am employed.”
Irene looked directly into Cedric’s eyes. Their gazes locked intensely, as if in a stare-down.
“If that is your response, then I have nothing more to add.”
Cedric was the first to break eye contact. He then repeated to Irene what he had said to Grace.
“Thank you for your effort. We will contact you later.”
After Irene left, only Deborah and Cedric remained in the spacious room.
“You really didn’t ask any questions. You weren’t watching me, were you?” Cedric asked Deborah.
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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