“The bird is fine. I didn’t handle it roughly enough to get hurt. And why not now?”
Leskel persisted as if he had to get an answer.
“Misunderstandings may arise, but I’m not insisting on practicing right now. I want to know the reason. You proposed it, but you’re also the one saying it’s not allowed. If your feelings have changed in the meantime, I need to know.”
The issue with Leskel was that he took every word of La Celia seriously, no matter how trivial it might be.
There were still facts about this man that she could slowly understand now.
It seemed not entirely unpleasant, and it seemed like evidence that her heart had become particularly weak to Leskel.
“Now, for now, Pippi is here.”
“Peep.”
Pippi flew over with its beak slightly pouting. It exaggeratedly complained that the tail Leskel just pulled hurt so much.
La Celia gently stroked the tail Pippi offered, speaking.
“And soon, Lady Shurayden will come with a new teapot.”
“Why not tell her not to come in advance?”
Leskel wasn’t insisting on continuing the practice. He was asking if La Celia’s thoughts were still the same.
“Well…… it might be possible, but I don’t want to.”
“Why? Is spending time with the Lady more enjoyable than with me?”
Such nonsensical words sounded serious because Leskel was too earnest.
“Your Majesty.”
After Pippi glared at Leskel, La Celia gestured for him to bow his head.
“Peep, this?”
Pippi suddenly whispered, causing a commotion. But La Celia pressed her lips to Leskel’s ear.
“I actually thought we should hurry a bit.”
“…What?”
“Practice.”
Leskel stared at La Celia with a frozen expression.
The pupils, shaking as if trying to determine whether what he heard was true or not, flickered busily.
“There might be intentions against me from the demons who want to harm me. Maybe to interfere with the dependence on blood.”
“That…… If at this point, it’s most likely.”
Nodding urgently, Leskel hastily added.
“But I hope there’s no misunderstanding. It’s not because I agree with your thoughts. It’s just because I think your guess is correct.”
Leskel, who was fidgeting oddly from a certain point, looked adorable to La Celia.
“Yes. So as soon as possible…… Actually, it’ll need real dependence more than practice.”
“That… Ah, wait a moment.”
Leskel covered his mouth with his hand and lowered his head to hide his expression. The skin around his eyes that was visible outside of his hand turned slightly red.
“Your Majesty? Why are you doing that?”
“No, a bit… I need to regain my composure.”
“Is there something wrong?”
“I can’t believe it.”
“Then…?”
It was strange that Pippi was the same.
Suddenly, Pippi inflated the feather-like fluff on its chest and flew around, saying that it was difficult to breathe.
“Now I understand why you said I need practice.”
After a long time, Leskel murmured quietly.
“Or I might end up showing an ugly sight.”
Even if Leskel did something a bit strange, in fact, due to his appearance, it wouldn’t be ridiculous.
La Celia pulled Leskel’s collar slightly.
“Do you disagree then?”
Leskel looked at her with both eyes and mouth tightly closed.
“When would be a good time?”
“… As soon as possible. As you said.”
“So, when?”
Leskel’s irises shook madly behind his eyelids.
After a long while, Leskel slowly opened his lips.
“Tonight… would I seem like a madman if I said that?”
She was momentarily bewildered. Tonight felt too sudden.
“Tonight… seems a bit hasty…”
“Indeed.”
Leskel opened his eyes again.
His expression was peculiar. It seemed to regain a calm, expressionless look, but at the same time, the corners of his eyes seemed to droop downward.
“It’s better if you decide the date. Since you said it’s not tonight, only thoughts of either tonight at dawn or tomorrow morning come to mind.”
“…….”
If it’s tonight at dawn, would something change?
It would probably be the same even if it’s tomorrow morning. If anything, the ideal time would be at night, but Leskel didn’t seem to care much about the time.
“But I also don’t really know.”
Would it be better if it’s tomorrow night? If it’s the night after tomorrow, would it relieve the urgency?
“…Then it’s the same, isn’t it?”
In the end, they were just continuously postponing the same thing.
“Then let’s go with tonight.”
La Celia made up her mind.
“……Cough!”
Leskel suddenly coughed dryly. No, it was too intense to call it a dry cough. It seemed like he accidentally inhaled incorrectly.
La Celia gently patted Leskel’s back as he coughed.
“Your Majesty, are you okay?”
“Not really…”
“Then let’s postpone it to tomorrow.”
“It’s okay.”
As if lying, the cough abruptly stopped. Leskel bit his teeth and suppressed the cough.
“Tonight.”
“Yes, tonight.”
The expressions of the two became similar. They looked at each other with stiff faces as if they had both made a firm decision.
Now, on those faces, the cold and cruel expressions that turned away after stabbing with a knife were no longer visible. Even if the expressionless faces were similar, to La Celia, it seemed like the determination to do whatever it takes for the sake of a partner.
‘Once the blood is dependent, there won’t be anything like the end the demons mentioned.’
Leskel becoming completely human like this, and the death that the gods showed, would be different.
La Celia impulsively stood up and pressed her lips to Leskel’s forehead.
Now was the time for the evet. As far as La Celia knew, the person with the most knowledge about the royal rituals and other related matters was Evette.
The Male lead Always Seduces Her with His Beauty (Matriarchy)
Xin Jiao Zhou is the leader of the world’s premier sect. She has just experienced betrayal from all sides, was poisoned in an assassination attempt, and faced death squad attacks while the poison was taking effect. After finally clearing out the scum from her sect, she was drugged again while trying to detoxify.
After waking up from a night of unconsciousness, she gained a “beautiful and kind-hearted” husband.
Xin Jiao Zhou: “???”
He fell ill.
She came to see him, bringing breakfast.
As she put down the breakfast and was about to leave, his hand slipped while holding the spoon. “Clank!”
She turned around upon hearing the noise.
He looked up at her, his eyebrows drooping: “My hand… has no strength.”
“Shall I… feed you?” she asked tentatively.
He opened his mouth cheerfully: “Ah—”
Thinking she was drowning, he jumped in without hesitation to save her, but nearly drowned himself. In the end, it was she who swam over to rescue him, giving him air underwater.
After emerging from the water, his ear tips turned red. He lightly brushed his cheek, tucking his sideburns behind his ear, revealing delicate, pink-tinged ear tips. He lowered his gaze, too embarrassed to look at her.
Xin Jiao Zhou: He’s truly beautiful, kind-hearted, and adorable.
A certain someone when disciplining subordinates behind the scenes: “If they don’t obey, just kill them.”
What’s that? She might already have someone she cares about in her heart? A certain someone: Find out who it is, kill them, and then there won’t be anyone.
What? She met a man by the riverside? What? That man even hurt her? A certain someone: Whichever hand hurt her, chop off his entire arm.
Love at first sight without realizing it, gradually falling in love, slowly getting closer…
Family and national grudges, schemes and desires, good and evil, crime and punishment, she and he face the future together, seeking justice with passion!
A naturally dark female lead who could accidentally destroy the world but is actually an honest person VS a weak, pitiful, and helpless but skilled fighter, beautiful white-cut black male lead
My heart is not of stone, how steadfast is your love? — Tao Yuanming “Imitating the Ancients (No. 3)”
— Reading Guide —
Cold female lead & dramatic black lotus with hidden yandere traits male lead
