Lakrahan stopped his feet and looked at her.
The fearful eyes that he first saw in the bedroom where she had awakened had somehow become firm.
Bercheria had once again crossed the walls that surrounded her, stepping towards the world.
Lakrahan raised his hand and pressed it against his fluttering heart.
“Is that so?”
His voice caused Bercheria to turn, her hair fluttering in the forest wind.
She lightly lifted her eyebrows, hooking her blonde hair behind her ear as if prompting him to speak.
“Comforting the lonely is a special talent, they say.”
“Were you lonely?”
His lips pulled into a gentle smile, creating a small dimple on his cheek.
“Then someone will appear for you, Lakrahan. Perhaps your heart will realize it before you do.”
Lakrahan looked at Bercheria and responded in a voice tinged with laughter.
“I didn’t know, but it seems that way.”
[Star Icon]Empress Feriat was taking a walk in the royal garden with her maids.
“Your Majesty, the weather is really nice today. The flowers are in full bloom since it rained not too long ago.”
“Indeed. The weather seems especially good today.”
The empress and her maids, out for a morning walk, were enjoying a rare moment of happiness.
They sat on garden chairs and burst into laughter, none of them hesitating to be the first.
“With that fox-like government gone, the royal family feels like spring, Your Majesty.”
One maid hastily spoke, causing the empress to make a regretful face.
“I don’t think it’s appropriate to say that.”
The maid felt embarrassed and pitied the empress, who always seemed to be the one being taken advantage of, even more so to those who watched her.
“I’m sorry, Your Majesty.”
“But Your Majesty, I was actually thinking the same as Lianra. Seeing the government act as if they were the empress infuriates me.”
The empress smiled a bitter smile.
One of the maids handed her a small bouquet made from flowers picked in the garden.
“Thank you.”
A radiant smile spread across the empress’s face, perhaps delighted by the unexpected gift.
The maids watched the empress smelling the bouquet and gently touching the petals, secretly pouring out their sympathy.
Born into a good family and having received excellent education, she became the empress, but due to the government official Lione, she couldn’t properly fulfill her role as an empress.
The maids felt heartbroken more than anyone for the empress, who always took on the unpleasant tasks and was ignored by the emperor.
“Your Majesty, isn’t it time to expel Lione from the royal family?”
“Indeed. Lately, he acts as if he is the highest-ranking person in the royal family. It’s intolerable to watch.”
To the complaining maids, the empress spoke in a tender voice.
“He’s someone the emperor cherishes, so we are not in a position to comment. The empire will run smoothly only if the emperor is at ease. Let’s put an end to this and go inside.”
Following the empress, all the maids rose from their seats.
The empress moved towards her chambers with graceful steps, befitting the mistress of the empire.
Even as she walked through the palace interior with her maids, there were many who didn’t even greet the empress.
Would they all have respected the empress if Lione were not there?
The empress was occupied with such useless thoughts.
“Ah, Your Majesty, have you heard? They say Bercheria has returned.”
The empress looked at the maid with a surprised face.
“The goddess of weather?”
“Yes, that’s what they say.”
“But the guardian power hasn’t returned yet.”
“That’s what I heard briefly.”
“Yes.”
The maids all gathered with curious faces.
The maid who had spoken wore a serious expression.
“Does it seem like Bercheria has lost her power?”
“Really?”
“Yes, really. It seems she needs to regain all her power for the guardian power to manifest.”
“Oh my, how could she lose her power? She is a goddess after all.”
“That’s what I’m saying. But it’s all just rumors; who knows if it’s true or not.”
“True.”
“People say that if you have blonde hair and golden eyes, you must be Bercheria. Does that even make sense?”
Amidst the gossiping maids, the empress merely blinked her eyes.
[Star Icon]“Keep trying. The difference might depend on the level of focus.”
At Lakrahan’s words, Bercheria nodded her head vigorously.
Lately, the two of them had been coming out to an empty forest every night to practice regaining their powers.
It all started that day.
The day Bercheria collapsed after eating a cookie.
The next morning, when Bercheria woke up, she realized all her powers had vanished.
It was a moment when she just started to feel her powers returning, a time when she was adjusting to the regained strength.
But when all her powers evaporated suddenly, Bercheria could only despair.
She had no idea what had happened.
“Ah, it’s not working. I don’t feel anything at all.”
Lakrahan shook his head as if it was not a big deal.
“It’s likely a side effect. Or perhaps the effect of some medicine. Things made to torment someone always come with side effects.”
“Will it be alright again?”
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!!!
