“Please calm down.”
“No, assistant. I’m sorry, but I left my handkerchief in the room. Can you help me?”
“Alright. I’ll tell the knight and be right back.”
Noah left Ines in the room and rushed to the door. Seizing the opportunity, Ines brought her face close to Rena’s.
“I know who commanded you to do this.”
Rena’s forehead momentarily wrinkled at the sudden words.
“But do you know? The Lord of Risonia will abandon you.”
Mentioning Count Graham, Rena’s face turned completely pale.
“Don’t talk nonsense.”
Ines glanced briefly at where Noah was. He seemed to be still explaining Ines’s room location to the knight.
“He told you there wouldn’t be any problems if you did as he commanded, right?”
“This, this is…!”
“Don’t tell me you believed him? Whether you succeeded or failed, to Count Graham, you are a completely unnecessary person. There’s not a single reason to keep you alive. You should know that…”
“That’s… not true.”
“Jason.”
“What?”
In reality, Ines didn’t know exactly who Jason was, the name that Rena often muttered in prison. Some said he was the man Rena loved, others said he was her dead child.
“He’ll die.”
“No, no.”
“He will die. Definitely. I know for sure.”
Rena’s eyes wavered wildly. What Ines was saying was a single, pure, undeniable truth. Rena would go to Romfield for this, and whoever Jason was, he would die at the hands of the Lord of Risonia.
Ines looked intently into Rena’s eyes, certain that the unadulterated truth she was speaking would be fully conveyed.
“Jason, whom you cherish, will surely die at the hands of the count.”
With narrowed eyes and a harsh breath, Rena abruptly stood up, lunging at her like a wild beast.
Ines did not panic and stepped away from her. Thump! The sound of the chairs and table falling rang out along with Rena’s scream.
“No! It’s never true!”
Startled by the commotion, Noah quickly approached the two.
“What’s going on?”
Noah ordered the remaining knight to restrain Rena. At that moment, Ines turned to Rena and silently mouthed the words again.
‘Jason will die.’
Hearing those words, Lena lunged at Ines, tripped over a fallen table, and fell on the spot.
“Shut your mouth!”
Ines slowly approached Lena, who was sitting on the floor, grinding her teeth.
“It’s about Romfield.”
“…….”
“Yes, that Romfield, the place you will soon inhabit. You’ve heard rumors about that prison, haven’t you?”
Noa stared blankly at Ines, who was speaking abruptly. The woman who stood tall and stared down with a posture that made it hard to believe she was a 20yearold maiden had an unbelievable attitude. Despite the criminal in front of her threatening her with all her might, she did not back down a bit.
“It’s not a place you can dare imagine.”
Ines crouched down to look at fallen Lena. She then grabbed Lena’s chin and made eye contact. Lena’s eyes, which had been turned over by the strong grip, gradually regained focus.
“Listen well, Lena.”
“…….”
“Your fingernails, toenails will be plucked day and night. Your joints will never be in place for a whole day. In the summer, you won’t be able to sleep properly for a single moment because of bugs and rats.”
“Stop it!”
“You will be grateful for the day when swallowing the food you vomited will be a good thing. You won’t even remember the face of the person who dragged you away and robbed you at any time.”
“Shut your mouth!”
“The sound of men’s laughter as they plunge your face into the water and giggle next to you will be the start of your day.”
Ines smiled like a beautiful demon, looking at Lena’s terrified face. Then she grabbed her left ear and whispered closely.
“Ah, has this been cut off too?”
“You… Who, who are you?”
Lena writhed and moved away from Ines. But she did not stop.
“You’ll become blind from getting beaten so much and your ears will become deaf. The moment when you think that’s lucky, will definitely come to you.”
With every forceful syllable, coarse curses burst from Lena’s mouth.
“Crazy… bitch.”
Ines laughed out loud at those words. The moment had come to hear that Lena, the lunatic of Romfield, was crazy. Her words were not wrong, either. Ines was struggling to maintain her sanity, trying to suppress the anger that rose daily.
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
