“Would you like to bathe? Shall I call the chamberlain?”
“No need for a servant. You can just pick out my clothes… No, that won’t do. Call Persoon.”
Rasilia had one misunderstanding, and that was that Rascal was the most indifferent person to appearance in the palace. The reason he had been wearing such picturesque royal attire these past few days was solely because of Rasilia.
Usually, he would have simply worn whatever clothes Liyan casually brought him, but not now.
Furthermore, Rascal was in a deeply dispirited state because of last night’s incident.
He could not just wear any clothes.
He had to appear somewhat better to the Empress.
It seemed a little too late, but just in case.
“Understood.”
Liyan opened the bathroom door.
It was a casual and natural movement, but it didn’t escape Rascal’s eyes.
“You’re using your left hand. Is your right one uncomfortable?”
Blood was on his right shoulder. It was a scratch that Serben had said was light.
“It’s best to be careful for a day.”
“Couldn’t you fend him off?”
“That’s… yesterday was different.”
The mutations and the pain Rascal experienced during the Bluemoon were a familiar occurrence to the shadow knights.
But yesterday was different. Never before had Rascal broken through three thick ironbarred bedroom doors and ran out just because a mutation occurred.
He was in pain, but he had never lost his consciousness like a blank page. He would only moan alone in his room.
“It’s not that I couldn’t fend him off… I was no match at all. Your Majesty, you ran past me without giving me a chance to even use my sword.”
The sword broke before he could swing it. He still hadn’t figured out exactly how his right shoulder had been injured.
Last night, Rascal was simply terrified.
“And the mutation was the most intense. The bone that protruded from his back almost completely formed the shape of wings. I think, with the thirtieth birthday approaching, the mutations are accelerating.”
“…….”
The sound of Rascal grinding his teeth was heard.
Liyan understood his feelings. He would have been utterly desperate too if it weren’t for the Empress.
If he hadn’t seen Rascal returning to human form as soon as the Empress touched him.
“So, Your Majesty, just share a bedroom with Empress Your Majesty. Whether it’s Bluemoon or not. No, just think that you’ve become one. Consider Empress Your Majesty a large piece of jewelry and wear her all the time.”
“……?”
“The fact that the mutation stopped because of Empress Your Majesty is the second time. Once could be a coincidence, but not twice. Empress Your Majesty is the true companion.”
“……. Will she want to be with me?”
Rascal hesitated to ask.
“The Empress saw me mutated. It’s only natural to be scared and run away.”
“Ah, that.”
Liyan suddenly grinned.
It was not the mischievous smile he wore when joking, nor a fake laugh for selfmockery. It was sincere. Liyan was truly smiling with joy.
“She said you were handsome.”
“……What? Who?”
“Empress Your Majesty.”
“Who?”
“You, Your Majesty.”
Rascal’s face scrunched up in confusion.
“It couldn’t have been last night. She saw me mutated.”
“She said the mutated form didn’t look that strange either. That you looked the same.”
“……?”
The confusion intensified. His eyes shook as if experiencing an earthquake.
“……Is the Empress mad?”
“Isn’t that the level of commitment needed to be a destined partner?”
Liyan’s expression became serious.
“She needs to subjugate the demon blood. The original demon that became the origin of the Eliaden wouldn’t have bound an ordinary human as their destiny.”
“But the Empress still…….”
Rascal continued to hesitate. Liyan shook his head as if frustrated.
“That’s not what you should be saying, Your Majesty. The acceleration of the mutation means there’s no time. There’s no room to worry about why Empress Your Majesty has been refusing you, what feelings she has for you.”
“…….”
“And this is just my opinion, but the feelings Empress Your Majesty has for you may not be that bad.”
Rascal’s golden eyes narrowed. Sharply, so sensitively.
“Why?”
“Because you said he was handsome.”
“What does that have to do with emotion? I thought the empress was beautiful when I first saw her too.”
“Believe me, Your Majesty. If the other person is just scary and hateful, they would never say they are handsome.”
“……”
Rascal still couldn’t easily believe those words.
Thinking that Liyan had a long way to go, he pushed him into the bathroom.
“I will quickly call for the chamberlain then.”
[This is the time separator]“Ah…… But hasn’t the Bluemoon ended now?”
While Rascal was bathing, Rasilia was washing her face and changing clothes.
Without giving it a thought, she hadn’t stopped Rascal from coming back, but looking out the window, the sun was bright.
The Bluemoon had ended. The next Bluemoon was three months away. If all went well, a priest from Dellaruta might arrive and find a way for them to leave the empire within it.
Male lead first thought she played hard to get, only to realize she
really disliked him
Short intro:
What she can’t stand the most is the streets full of effeminate men, especially that so-called top beauty whom she avoids at all costs.
Shen Yaoxing looks at Jiang Mingyue, who keeps approaching her with coy shyness.
Shen Yaoxing: Bro, don’t be like this, I’m really about to throw up!
She fears nothing in heaven or earth, except for him getting close to her.
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At first he thought she was just using the trick of feigning indifference to attract his attention. Later, he learned that she truly despised him.
This dealt a heavy blow to Jiang Mingyue, and he vowed to make her, like everyone else, fall at his feet in worship!
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Synopsis:
Before transmigrating, Shen Yaoxing only wanted to find a reliable man to spend her life with. Who knew that after transmigrating, she would become a reliable woman herself…
A forced misandrist, highly skilled, and reliable female lead
vs.
An initially aloof and arrogant, later morbid, obsessed male lead
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