She looked up at the tower through a small window gap, and the veil fluttered, swaying in the wind.
“A clever child; it won’t be long now. We must not miss that time. You know that there’s only one opportunity, don’t you?”
“Yes, of course I know. Will you give it to me then?”
As the woman sitting on the floor clutched the parallel butterfly, the woman in the chair grabbed her wrist and dug her nails into it.
“Gasp!”
“Your eyes are brimming with greed. Child.”
“I’m, I’m sorry.”
“Let’s do it like this.”
The woman sitting on the floor lifted her dazed face.
“Yes?”
The fan snapped open, tracing a halfmoon.
“Now, who will the parallel butterfly choose?”
“……Yes?”
The woman sitting on the floor lifted her dazed face again, turning pale and beginning to tremble.
Her face within the veil was changing to look exactly like her own.
“Ple, please spare my life……. Aaargh!”
Moments later.
Only the wideeyed corpse of the woman was left behind where the carriage had departed from the forest.
[Star icon]“Huh? Sister is waking up!”
Lakrahan, who had been looking out of the window, turned his head.
“Your Grace, Duke! Sister is waking up.”
Long legs moved, and the long cloak behind them fluttered as it stirred the wind.
“Right? Sister is finally deciding to wake up, isn’t she?”
Lakrahan bent his head and looked closely at the woman’s face.
Eyelids that had been motionless for several days were now twitching as if stretching.
“Yes.”
A short breath escaped from Lakrahan’s red lips.
“It seems she is finally waking up.”
“Kids! Hurry! She’s awake! Sister has woken up!”
Tatiana’s voice echoed through the once quiet corridor.
“Woah!”
Children sprang out from corners and ran with their hair flying.
“Ouch.”
“Oh, children! Be careful!”
Servants who were walking with cleaning tools quickly raised their arms to make sure the passing children didn’t get hurt.
Thinking everyone had passed, the youngest, Melissa, who had just started to walk, appeared toddling.
Her chubby cheeks and eyebrows that were seriously raised looked quite serious.
The servants watching Melissa’s earnest face as she moved her short legs diligently to follow the other children burst into laughter.
[Star icon]
After Tatiana left, only Lakrahan and the woman were left in the room.
The woman who had awakened was pushing herself back against the bed’s corner, eyeing Lakrahan warily.
“You don’t have to be afraid. I am from the north…….”
Thud.
The woman pulled the quilt up to her neck and flattened herself against the headboard, making it shake.
Every time Lakrahan moved even a little, the cowering woman’s shoulders twitched nervously.
‘Is there something wrong?’
It seemed hard to believe that it was just a reaction to being with a stranger.
The trembling like a twig, the anxious eyes.
‘It doesn’t seem like a normal reaction.’
The woman was glaring at Lakrahan with her forehead tightly furrowed.
“We met in the warehouse. Don’t you remember? There was a fire.”
The woman was as stiff as a statue, only blinking her eyes.
Her golden eyes sparkled every time her eyelids moved.
‘Indeed. It wasn’t a mistake.’
Blonde hair with golden eyes.
Though blondes weren’t entirely absent in the world, it was very rare.
Furthermore, having golden irises was a case that even Lakrahan saw for the first time.
He had heard of such a story only once before.
In a history book, in the past.
“Can you tell me your name?”
Her mysterious aura was not just because of her eyes.
The slender arms and legs, the pale skin translucent enough to see the veins, the dolllike features.
Her appearance was beautiful enough to take one’s breath away.
Even though her face was scared and her hair was disheveled, her beauty did not diminish.
Even Lakrahan, who had no particular interest in women, found it hard to take his eyes off her.
“Don’t you remember? What happened over there?”
Lakrahan pointed out of the window, but the woman did not take her eyes off him.
“You saved the children.”
“……?”
At the word “children,” the woman raised her eyebrows.
Chewing and muttering her lips, she looked at the door behind him with an anxious face.
“Tatiana will be here soon. She’s gone to call the others.”
Although he simply explained the situation, the woman glared at him fiercely.
“Ha.”
‘It seems like even an enemy wouldn’t look at me like that.’
“It’s okay. If you don’t want to talk, you don’t have to.”
He naturally folded his arms and leaned against the wall farthest from the woman.
He chose to stand a little further away because he was afraid to get closer.
As their eyes met, he swept up his hair and pulled his lips into the softest smile he could muster.
Usually, when he smiled like this, people who made eye contact with him generally showed the same reaction.
Their faces would turn red, or they would lower their gaze with admiration.
Surely she won’t keep looking at me like she wants to kill me, despite all my efforts…….
“Hmm, hmm.”
……She’s still looking.
“Are you by any chance from the northern region?”
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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