She understood that. That he didn’t have much time left. That he couldn’t help but be desperate.
But the Emperor, who might even kill her, looking pitiable was a problem.
‘You know, I shouldn’t be here. I have nothing to offer the Emperor.’
Now was the time to speak. There was no benefit in delaying. Besides, Rasilia was worried that she might harbor feelings for the Emperor beyond sympathy, as foretold.
“Your Majesty.”
As Rasilia opened her mouth, Lescal inhaled once.
“Don’t tell me to let go. I have no intention of letting go now.”
“That’s not it… I have something to say.”
“Continue like this.”
Feeling both uncomfortable and sorry, Rasilia spoke.
“I am not Your Majesty’s destiny.”
[This is the time separator]“What?”
“What did you say?”
Reacting before Lescal, it was the shadow knights. Surprise, despair, anger, and disbelief quickly crossed the two men’s faces.
But that was only for a moment.
“It seems you’ve finally decided to be honest.”
Shing.
Ryian drew his sword. The expression of the other knight standing next to him was no less intense than the man holding the sword.
‘Being honest is too much to ask.’
She had anticipated this, so she was less shocked. A chill ran down her spine, but it wasn’t enough to scare her.
“Put away your sword. What are you talking about?”
Lescal pulled himself away, shielding the shadow knights with his back.
Rasilia calmly continued speaking to Lescal.
“I am not Your Majesty’s companion. I have lost my memory.”
“…”
Rasilia herself didn’t know if these words would work. But for now, this was the best method.
“The term ‘destined companion’ likely refers to beings who belonged to each other since birth. But to me, who has lost my memory, Your Majesty is just a stranger. I know nothing about Your Majesty, and I feel nothing. Every time Your Majesty comes near me, I feel stiff and fearful. How can you call that a destined companion?”
Lescal slowly repeated Rasilia’s words.
“…Nothing at all.”
“As I said, I heard from the maids what contact is. I, who am like that, cannot help Your Majesty.”
“So?”
“As I said, I need time. Things will change when I regain my memory.”
“When you regain your memory, you say.”
Lescal snapped his jaw once.
The next moment, he grabbed Rasilia’s hand. Rather than just grabbing, he lightly twisted her wrist and put a ring on Rasilia’s hand.
In an instant, their hands were tightly clasped.
“If you want to buy time from me, you have to make a vow as well.”
Holding hands at close range was neither uncomfortable nor difficult, and that’s what startled her.
“What kind of vow are you talking about?”
“A vow that you will surely return as my destined companion once you regain your memory.”
The word vow carried weight. For the prophet, the meaning of a vow was several times heavier than for others.
But she could accept it.
She had never lost her memory, so she couldn’t recover it.
It was a vow that could not be kept in the first place.
“I vow.”
“Then I will grant you the time you desire.”
“Thank you, Your Majesty.”
Rascal pulled Rasilia’s hand entwined around his finger.
The next moment, lips pressed softly on the back of the hand. It was more startling than a kiss on the cheek. A kiss like this, staring wideeyed, could not deny the feeling of unfamiliarity.
Rascal spoke without removing his lips from the back of his hand.
“I will do my best to make your memory return during that time.”
“…….”
[This is the time separator]“Is this the end? Is this a reasonable treatment, Your Majesty?”
Liyan could not accept this situation.
“You have drugged His Majesty! And you won’t punish the empress who fled? It’s not right!”
Serben also intervened.
“I think the same, Your Majesty. This case is different from the previous misdeeds…”
“It is completely different!”
Liyan, unable to hold back her anger, stamped her feet on the floor.
From the moment she returned from the empress’s palace, no, from the moment the emperor declared a punishment, yet seemed unsatisfied, and made vows and kissed the empress, she must have wanted to say this like mad.
But Rascal was different.
As he had said, the moment the empress returned, he forgot his anger. Instead, another emotion emerged.
He became anxious.
He did not want to experience the empress disappearing again. Rather than being angry, he needed to find a way to firmly grasp the empress.
“You are mistaken. I ate the sleepinducing fruit.”
“You…? You ate it yourself, Your Majesty?”
“The empress did not tell me to eat it. She said she wanted to eat it.”
“No, then… you stole and ate it, Your Majesty?”
“It was an unknown fruit. The empress could have had a reaction.”
“No, that’s…”
Liyan could not continue speaking and twisted her lips.
Strangely, Rascal’s words seemed like those of a lunatic who would rather harm his own body, terribly cherishing the empress.
“So you did not have a reaction, Your Majesty?”
“I am not saying that I have forgotten the fact that the empress tried to put me to sleep and run away.”
Thump!
Rascal threw off his cloak, which had been resting on his shoulders. Only now did he think to take off the cloak, meaning that he had been completely out of his mind all night.
“Making a vow is more effective than administering a punishment.”
“How is that going to work? The empress will pretend to have lost her memory until she is killed.”
“All we need to find is evidence that she did not lose her memory. Even something very small.”
Rascal brushed back his hair.
Strangely, his face seemed to be smiling.
“Then the empress can no longer refuse me. Because she made a vow.”
“…….”
“…….”
The shadow knights, who had been silent for a moment, nodded in turn.
“It might be possible… But finding evidence that she did not lose her memory doesn’t seem easy. We can’t watch the empress twentyfour hours a day either.”
Rascal cut Serben’s words short.
“Why not?”
“What?”
“Why can’t we watch for twentyfour hours?”
“To do that, someone has to be with her all the time…”
Rascal interrupted Serben’s words. As if this was his real intention, he clearly smiled.
“I will do it.”
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!!!
