“Did you have a secret meeting with me in my absence?”
Despite clearly seeing and hearing his gaze, words, and actions, Kasalyn couldn’t comprehend them at all.
When his fingers, coiling around her lower jaw like a thin snake, began to caress her lower lip, the urge to flee the room became a certainty.
Kasalyn pushed him away forcefully and ran out of the room.
She ran blindly through the darkness, the cold night air filling her lungs but unable to cool her flushed cheeks.
‘I don’t want to go back to that room.’
Kasalyn walked on, regulating her breath and looking up at the night sky sprinkled with sugar powder-like stars.
Occasionally, guards watched her carefully but didn’t say anything, recognizing her as the Queen’s maid of the Khan Kingdom.
She stopped by a small pond.
Scooping up the frigid water in her hands, she splashed it on her face, especially scrubbing where his fingers had touched her lips.
Feeling the late chill and wiping the water dripping down her chin, she suddenly heard a groan.
It came from the inner garden, dense with bushes.
Drawn by the pain-laden moan, Kasalyn cautiously approached.
There, she found the same man from before, his handsome face now contorted as if in a nightmare.
‘Could he be a favored servant of the Emperor?’
Duke Ludwig’s warning about not entering the Emperor’s area flashed through her mind, but she approached him, thinking she should wake him up from such a tormented dream.
“Excuse me.”
She called out softly, fearing to startle him, but his long, elegant eyelashes didn’t move.
Almost unconsciously, she placed her hand on his burning forehead.
“Everything’s okay. It’s just a dream.”
Her soft voice seemed to calm his labored breathing as if by magic.
‘What am I doing for this arrogant man whose name I don’t even know?’
‘Perhaps this is unnecessary meddling.’
Just as she was about to stand up, fearing discovery by the guards, the man suddenly opened his eyes and grabbed her waist harshly.
He pinned her down on the grass, trapping her in his arms.
His eyes, now open, blazed fiercely.
“Did you see?”
He spoke in a voice half-drowned, like a growling beast.
His aggression was overwhelming.
It made sense to be startled by a stranger at one’s bedside upon waking, but his reaction seemed excessively intense.
“What did I see…”
“Did you see me writhing in pain?”
Kasalyn, trying to ignore her wildly beating heart, nodded calmly.
“Yes, I saw.”
No sooner had she spoken, the man violently tore open his shirt, revealing a sword hidden inside.
The blade, reflecting the moonlight, shone pale like winter frost.
He grasped her throat with one hand.
As her airway constricted, the threat to her life overwhelmed her entire being.
Overwhelmed by madness, the man wasn’t just making a threat; he seemed genuinely intent on killing me with the sword raised into the air.
‘Could it be the reason he was sleeping alone here…’
Even amidst the chaos, Kasalyn kept her cool, letting her body go limp as if resigning herself to whatever he might do. She relaxed her tension and slowly blinked.
His eyes, previously ablaze with excitement, wavered and the ferocity visibly diminished, like a wolf recognizing its master.
Seizing the moment his grip on her jaw loosened, Kasalyn spoke.
“I’m sorry, but may I explain? I was just passing by when I heard a familiar voice in pain and hurried here. There was no other intention.”
“Do you think I would believe that?”
“If you don’t, there’s nothing I can say. But I don’t understand why you’re so edgy, treating any stranger who approaches as an assassin.”
He narrowed his eyes.
“You don’t know who I am?”
“How could I know? You didn’t tell me your name or position. Unfortunately, I’m not a mind reader. Besides, we’re in the Emperor’s garden; it might be best to leave soon.”
He sighed in disbelief and tossed the sword aside.
“What a funny woman.”
“It’s the first time I’ve been called funny. I’ve been called old-fashioned though.”
A cold silence followed.
I had tried to lighten the mood with a joke, but it didn’t seem to work.
He rubbed his face and gestured towards the garden’s entrance.
“Leave.”
“I would, but may I ask just one thing?”
“Go. Now.”
“What’s your name? Just tell me that.”
Ignoring his warning, I asked with wide eyes, and he looked at me as if wondering what kind of woman I was.
It was odd.
Despite his overwhelming aura, I wasn’t afraid of him.
It felt like I could show my true self, not the facade of the Lady of the Robervon family.
“Don’t you understand?”
“Can’t always call you ‘hey, there,’ can I?”
I spoke almost grumblingly.
Then something remarkable happened.
The sharp hostility that had clouded his face melted away, replaced by a lopsided smirk.
Though it was more of a cynical sneer.
“Planning to meet me again?”
“We’ve already met twice by chance. Who’s to say it won’t happen again?”
“Sounds like you want to see me again. Be careful, it might be mistaken for a habit.”
“I don’t mind.”
“What?”
I shrugged.
“I have thought about meeting you again, truthfully. Of course, I didn’t expect to find you in the midst of a nightmare.”
“…”
“Please keep today’s incident a secret from the Emperor. It’s not that I wanted to come here; it’s your fault for sleeping so fearlessly. You’ll keep it a secret, won’t you?”
For some reason, the man seemed to forget how to breathe.
He just stared at me intently with his honey-colored eyes, his lips tightly sealed.
Then a gust of wind from the hill below shook the branches of the flower tree.
Petals from the freshly sprouted buds fell like a shower in the dawn wind.
It was a surreal, beautiful scene, but Kasalyn couldn’t take her eyes off the man before her.
Compared to the silvery waves of his fluttering hair, the rain of flower petals seemed infinitely mundane.
“Why are you staring at me so blankly?”
“If the Emperor truly can’t forgive you…”
“What?”
“What will you do if the Emperor refuses to pardon you?”
“You’re saying the Emperor himself intends to punish me?”
As I widened my already large eyes, almost like a rabbit, the man bit his lip as if trying to suppress a laugh.
So the tyrant Emperor really isn’t going to show any mercy.
This could complicate the entire festival that might have been peaceful otherwise.
“What kind of terrible punishment will he impose? I’m still a maid from another country; surely he wouldn’t physically harm me?”
“Who knows what goes through the Emperor’s mind.”
“Could you please speak to the Emperor for me? I haven’t done anything wrong.”
“Why should I do that?”
“I treated your wound, and this is how you repay me? You should show some gratitude.”
“You call that sloppy wrapping of a dirty skirt hem treatment? You’re quite presumptuous.”
It seemed hopeless.
I closed my eyes, contemplating whether to give him a piece of my mind and escape, but as I stepped closer to him, my body froze at the sight of his face shining brightly in the moonlight.
Then it hit me… this man’s voice is somewhat similar to the Emperor’s, isn’t it?
‘Could he be a relative of the Emperor?’
Looking more closely, there was a resemblance in the atmosphere too. His relaxed demeanor, as if he had never bowed to anyone in his life, and the fact that he was leisurely sleeping in the Emperor’s garden.
All the evidence pointed to him being no ordinary person.
“Alright, I’ll leave now.”
Better not to provoke him further. As I quickly turned to leave, his voice cut through the night air.
“Don’t tell anyone about me, wherever you go.”
“I was going to keep it to myself anyway. I won’t mention the nightmare either. Everyone has something they want to hide. …Me too.”
He glanced at me indifferently, then reclined under the tree and closed his eyes again.
Feeling oddly disappointed, I didn’t look back and hurried out of the garden.
Thinking that this would likely be our last meeting.
Male lead is a clingy little husband
One-line summary: The male lead is initially an arrogant, noble, love-deprived brat, later a cute, clingy, scheming little jealous one.
Introduction:
One day, Lu Yuner’s soul transmigrates into a female-dominant world. She enters the Imperial Academy and takes up the position of a doctoral instructor, teaching classes and grading schoolwork.
One day, she encounters the young prince Su Qingwan secretly skipping class from the male academy.
As a result, Su Qingwan is punished.
From then on, Su Qingwan sees Lu Yuner as a “thorn in his side”.
But before long, this “thorn” becomes the person he cherishes most, and he goes to great lengths to win Lu Yuner’s affection.
Mini scene 1:
One day, the sun is high in the sky but Su Qingwan still hasn’t gotten up for class.
Servant Xiaoyuan: “Young prince, it’s time for class. You’ll be late otherwise.”
Su Qingwan says arrogantly: “I’m not going. I am the esteemed prince, my status is so noble, why should I suffer this hardship? Besides, isn’t learning all this just to please women? Hmph, they’re not worthy!”
Mini scene 2:
After Su Qingwan falls for someone, he completely changes. He no longer skips class and diligently learns how to be a good husband and father. But he discovers that Sister Yuner is always surrounded by admirers.
Drunk and overcome with jealousy one day, he clings to Lu Yuner, crying beautifully like a pear blossom in the rain.
Su Qingwan: “Qingwan likes Sister Yuner.”
Lu Yuner: “Young prince, you’re drunk.”
Su Qingwan: “Qingwan isn’t drunk. Qingwan likes Sister Yuner, likes you so much, likes you to bits…” Before he can finish, Lu Yuner’s eyes flash with emotion and she leans in closer.
[Reading Guide]
1. The female lead is gentle, gracious, humble and polite but not weak. The male lead is initially an arrogant, noble, love-deprived brat, later a cute, clingy, scheming little jealous one.
2. 1v1, a bit torturous in the beginning but definitely sweet later on.
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