“Step aside, Your Majesty. Before things get more complicated.”
Serben raised his sword like a final warning.
Rasilia clenched her lips.
There was only one way.
The only thing she could rely on at this moment was the Emperor.
“Your Majesty.”
[This is the time separator]“Ugh, ugh, it’s really…… It’s really not…… I really am…… Ugh!”
Ivette, paralyzed with fear, collapsed on the floor, not knowing what to do, and burst into tears.
Rasilia sat beside her, holding Ivette protectively.
“……”
The Emperor, who had approached, sat down on the floor, as if trying to match her eye level.
The perplexed expressions of the shadow knights briefly flashed before her eyes. The gaze that did not need to be looked up at now seemed almost tender.
“Your Majesty.”
Rasilia called Rascal with difficulty once again.
“Speak.”
“……The reason this court lady saw Your Majesty’s face was just a coincidence. It was never intentional.”
“Intent is no exception.”
“I know. But I also know that Your Majesty is a being who can create exceptions.”
“You’re proposing a deal?”
“I’m asking a favor.”
Rasilia’s eyes narrowed, as if examining something, or doubting it.
“If it had been a reasonable request, I would gladly have accepted it. But it is also unfamiliar to me that you are pleading for the life of a court lady who has clearly violated the law.”
So he couldn’t help but doubt.
“There was nothing like what Your Majesty’s knight said. I cannot stand by and watch an innocent person receive excessive punishment simply for following me. I can swear on the name of the God.”
“It’s unfortunate, but you’ve made too many false oaths in the name of God.”
“……”
What kind of person had the Empress been?
Rasilia closed her eyes tightly and opened them again.
“Please make an exception this time.”
In the end, she had to say such a thing.
“Then I will also grant you an exception.”
“……So it’s a trade.”
She couldn’t deny that it was a trade. But this was the only way.
Serben tightly clenched the handle of his sword and spoke to Rascal.
“Your Majesty. You must not comply. You know well what kind of person Her Majesty the Empress is.”
“Quiet. I’m thinking.”
“Your Ma,”
Rascal silenced Serben with a gesture.
Really thinking, Rascal slowly stroked his chin.
“If your oath is not an exception, what will you do then?”
“……Do you think I’m lying?”
“Yes.”
His eyes pierced her as if they would go right through her body.
“I have no reason to trust you. Of course, there is no reason to take a risk to spare a court lady who has clearly violated the law. But right now, I want to hear what you have to say. Whether it’s a request or a deal, anything.”
“Ugh, Your Majesty……”
Serben made a pained noise, but Rascal paid no attention.
Instead, he reached out and gently touched Rasilia’s cheek.
“So there must be a price. If you are lying to me now, what can I receive in return for the risk I take for that?”
It was strange.
The words of the Emperor, who was demanding a price, claiming not to trust her, strangely felt as tender as his eye level.
‘Even though I’ve been lying all this time, you don’t believe me.’
But the Emperor said he wanted to hear what I had to say. Whatever it is, taking whatever risks necessary.
It didn’t sound like a desperate need, but more like blind affection.
‘Strange. They say the Emperor hates the Empress. But why…….’
Why is he acting like this?
Why does he confuse people like this?
“Then,”
Rasilia placed her hand over Rascal’s, who was gently touching her cheek.
It seemed like the right thing to do at that moment.
“I too will pay any price. If Your Majesty wishes for it, anything.”
The answer seemed unexpected, and Rascal flinched a little. But the hand that was softly caressing her cheek soon firmly embraced her face.
“Then good. It will be a fair trade.”
At those words, Ivette stopped crying and suddenly lifted her head.
“Ah…… so, then…… then I don’t have to die?”
Rascal fixed his gaze on Rasilia as he answered.
“That’s right.”
“Ah…… Ththank you! Thank you, Your Majesty! Thank you, Empress Your Majesty!”
The tears that she had been forcibly holding back now flowed freely, filled with relief.
Serben looked at Ivette, shaking his head repeatedly. His face was full of worry.
“But you see,”
Liyan tapped Serben’s shoulder once before stepping forward.
Liyan thought that Rascal’s choice was not wrong. Now that it has been proven that the Empress is genuine, it was right for Rascal to court the Empress unconditionally until full contact was made.
But the current situation had too much risk.
It’s not that they couldn’t keep an eye on one palace woman, but they couldn’t guarantee her life without knowing anything about what kind of person that palace woman was.
“Your Majesty’s words will be obeyed, but don’t we need a safety measure? If today’s events leak to the outside world through that palace woman, there will be a problem. Like a viper, for example.”
Serben, who had been opposed to making exceptions from the beginning, chimed in.
“Right! There were the knights of Castle Malik!”
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!!!
