Rasilia didn’t know exactly what pain the Emperor was going through.
A pain that human flesh could not endure; there must be a limit to her understanding.
Therefore, she had to go back to where she originally was. Once the fake is gone, the Emperor will find a real companion.
“You may not believe it, but I’m doing my best in my own way.”
“Oh, is losing your memory your best?”
“Listening to sarcasm is as uncomfortable to me as it is to you. If you have no business, leave.”
“Well, since you’re kicking me out, I must go.”
Liyan turned his body with a jerk.
But before he opened the door, he looked back at Rasilia.
“I believe you remember the words I gave you before, Your Majesty the Empress, as much as the oath to His Majesty the Emperor.”
“……Of course I remember.”
“You should.”
Bang!
Liyan closed the door and disappeared.
[This is the time separator]Squeak! Squeak!
Goooo!
As soon as Liyan left, the birds pecked at the window and cried.
Rasilia looked once more at the closed door and then opened the window.
“What’s the matter? I didn’t call you.”
That woman, that woman.
Nasty, nasty.
Tease, tease.
Rasilia smiled mischievously.
“So you came to chase her away again? It’s okay. She’s already gone.”
Already gone? Gone?
No, no.
Now a black bird stepped forward.
Tease, tease!
Flap!
Before Rasilia could stop it, the black bird flew away.
“No, don’t do that!”
Rasilia shouted, but it was too late.
“I didn’t even tease her that much. It was just a few words. ……Well, not yet.”
Not yet. So until she was discovered to be a fake.
What would happen after that was the problem.
Rasilia chuckled and shook her head.
“It won’t work. You guys have to go stop it.”
The remaining birds flapped their wings and cried.
Why, why?
That woman, that woman, nasty.
“No, it’s not necessarily like that. She’s just very loyal to the Emperor. That’s just her job, and it’s not fair to punish her for working too hard. Go stop the black bird.”
Strange, strange.
Fair, fair.
The birds protested vigorously, but when Rasilia petted them and asked, they finally went after the black bird.
Picking up a few feathers that had fallen on the windowsill, Rasilia bowed her head.
“I’m told I’m liked, but there’s a somewhat blind aspect to it. What could be the reason?”
This place was still full of unknowns.
Among them was the fact that she didn’t even know exactly what those birds were.
But one thing seemed certain.
“…They’re similar.”
The blind nature somehow reminded her of the Emperor.
The one who would rather build a temple if he had to go to one.
[This is the time separator]“What’s that, Liyan?”
“This?”
Swish!
Liyan, who had just left the Empress’ palace, tossed something into the air and caught it.
“I don’t know.”
“What? But why are you holding it so tightly?”
“It’s Her Majesty the Empress’s.”
Liyan smirked and opened the palm that had been clutching something.
“…A stone?”
“It looks like a stone. That’s why it’s really strange, isn’t it? She wouldn’t have a delicate sensibility to cherish a stonelike thing. Our vicious Her Majesty the Empress.”
Serben suddenly looked serious.
“Her Majesty the Empress would never have given it to you… Did you steal it?”
“It’s closer to say I found it.”
“That’s the same thing.”
“No, it’s different.”
Swish!
Liyan threw the stone again as a joke. Thrown with immense arm strength, the stone went so high it became invisible, and only after a long while did it fall. Without even looking, Liyan reached out and caught the stone perfectly.
“I was with Her Majesty the Empress for a while. I casually opened her vanity drawer, and this came out. I was holding it when I took it secretly, but she didn’t say anything even when she saw it. That’s like saying, ‘Just take it.'”
“Hey, even so… …No. You must have had a reason. Were you testing whether her amnesia was real?”
“Two birds with one stone.”
Whing!
The stone flew again.
“People have changed for sure. Suspiciously rational and elegant. Even when I openly taunt her, she gracefully parries. Is that possible? Our crude and sordid Her Majesty the Empress?”
“She’s skilled at presenting herself.”
“She’s not the kind to waste her talent in vain when she’s alone with me.”
“Ah, I can’t argue with that.”
“So I’m a little confused now. When amnesia strikes, does a person completely change?”
“Do I know?”
“What on earth happened? It’s not just Her Majesty the Empress who’s changed; His Majesty has too. Did you see when he kicked Count Piellion earlier? Even His Majesty wouldn’t kick a noble, would he? Isn’t that against etiquette?”
“It’s very against it.”
“He’s not one who doesn’t know that, so why on earth would he do that? Like a jealous husband who can’t control his anger after witnessing his wife with another man… …Wait, where’s my stone? It’s time for it to…,”
Liyan was wideeyed, searching the air for the stone.
“Cawww!”
Pop!
A black bird suddenly appeared, cutting through the wind, and snatched the red stone in its beak.
“Ah! Isn’t that the crazy bird from last time? Hey, you crazy thing! Do you intend to eat a stone, even as a bird?”
Liyan drew his sword and ran after it.
“Caw!”
The black bird flew up high, as if mocking Liyan.
“Stay there! I’ll pluck all your feathers if I catch you!”
Liyan soon became a dot in the distance.
Left alone, Serben shook his head wearily.
“…But why did she really have a stone? It really doesn’t suit her.”
Keeping a stone that wasn’t even a gem was an unbelievable act for the Empress.
“Isn’t it an ordinary stone?”
They would know when Liyan safely brought back the stone.
But in the end, Liyan couldn’t catch the black bird.
And the black bird couldn’t return the stone to Rasilia either. The Emperor had returned to the Empress shortly after completing a brief errand. That was why.
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
