Carson moved slightly away from him, grinning as if he had never raged and backed the count into a corner.
“Don’t worry about it. Today, I have obtained the approval from the Empress herself.”
“The Empress, you say?”
Now appearing annoyed, Carson waved his hand and went back up to the podium.
“You, aren’t you too old to manage the territory? Why can’t you understand what I’m saying? I hear you have a grown son, why not step down and rest?”
“…”
“Or do you think I’m lying? Do you want to see the letter exchanged between the royalty?”
Count Graham bit his lower lip, unable to speak.
“What arrogance has caused you to reach so high?”
Ines kept her eyes fixed on Carson, not missing a single word or action, in order to take in every detail. The slight upward curve of his left lip, the angle of his head tilted towards his opponent, even the look in his eyes…
Without raising her voice, she was effortlessly entangling the person in front of her. She was newly aware that he was royalty, and she memorized his appearance as if engraving it in her mind.
But at that moment, Carson saw someone other than Count Graham. The clearly distinguished knight, who had been staring at Ines since earlier, caught his attention.
Even while scolding Count Graham, Carson could not help but be aware of where the knight’s eyes were lingering.
The target of the guard’s attention was surely not Ines, and Carson was increasingly wary of the gaze that was fixed on her.
He could not be certain what else Count Graham might do.
“Do you have anything more to say? If not, please go. I must greet my subjects.”
The count’s face turned crimson at the outright dismissal. He stuttered and tried to speak, then promptly took his daughter and left.
(This is a time separator.)
Having exchanged greetings with the nobles, Carson stood in the middle of the banquet hall, reviewing the events that had just occurred. Noah then approached him and handed him a piece of paper. As soon as he saw it, Carson’s expression changed.
“What is this?”
The list of women’s names on the paper clearly indicated its purpose, and he disliked the fact that an order was even established among them.
“This is going too far.”
“What do you mean, Your Highness?”
There was nothing wrong with Noah’s actions. Now, Carson von Raymond was the lord of Landhill, living his life as Raymond’s count. He was a young lord and an unmarried man.
He was not unaware that the first thing he had to do to give the territory’s people a sense of security was to take a wife.
“This is the first banquet, isn’t it?”
“It is not about choosing a bride right now. Just dance,” they said.
So it was clear that this was a good opportunity to observe the ladies right after the greetings. The problem was that Carson had no intention of doing so at the moment.
“According to the numbers written here?”
“You can decide the order however you want.”
“No.”
“Excuse me?”
“I said no.”
“You mean you won’t get married?”
As Noah’s words that it wasn’t about marriage were overturned, Carson shook his head vigorously. Then he looked back at the paper.
“But what criteria did you choose these by?”
“They are obviously the daughters of the Randhill aristocratic families.”
“Is that all?”
“Of course, only from families with baron status or higher. Family standing, surrounding reputation, size of dowry, age and appearance of the maidens, etc.”
“Perfect.”
Noah took his words as pure praise. He had sorted the list by comparing the real women who came today with the preselected list. Nobody could have done the job faster.
The praise that was not praise at all was spat out, and Carson went up to the second floor as he was. The balconies were full of people, but he managed to find an empty balcony where he could look down at the garden at a glance. Finally, when he was alone, he bent his head towards the sky and exhaled a long breath.
“Count Raymond, Count Raymond…….”
He muttered his name that people had called him all day long.
It was the name he would have to live with for the rest of his life. A snicker escaped, but it was just a momentary emptiness. As Noah said, it was urgent to find a woman who was qualified to become the countess.
A woman who is neither too much nor too little.
He realized easily that he was looking for someone’s name from Noah’s list.
But at that moment, a sight slender enough to catch his eye came into view.
It was her. The woman he ultimately failed to find in Noah’s list.
Ines Swelden, who appeared in front of his eyes wearing the dress he chose for her, but never came close to him.
Like the others, after exchanging brief greetings with him, she did not show herself in the ballroom and was now walking along the garden path, trotting.
When yandere male lead believes she loves him — but she never did
“How dare you!”
“How dare you make me love you, only to cast me aside as nothing more than a friend?!?
“I will never accept that.”
“I will never let you return to him.”
“Even if I have to burn myself to ashes.”
“Even if I must shatter my purity, my dignity, my very soul.”
“I will never let you escape me!”
This was the first novel that introduced me to the matriarchal genre. I’ve read it three times already!
At first, the male lead despised the female lead. Later, he misunderstood that she liked him, so he condescendingly and reluctantly reciprocated her feelings.
Then, he suddenly discovered that she was kind to everyone in the same way, and there was already someone she cherished in her heart, and that person was not him.
The male lead couldn’t believe it, he became angry and crazy. He was determined to capture her body and heart by any means necessary.
Synopsis:
Want to see how a green tea bitch male lead falls in love with the female lead?
Want to see how he flirtatiously pursues the female lead?
Want to see how he gets slapped in the face repeatedly?
The male lead is a green tea bitch, a poisonous lotus, jealous, ruthless, unscrupulous, with a venomous heart, and he’s also a delusional maniac.
The female lead is righteous, positive energy-filled, kind, a holy mother.
Let’s see how two people with extreme personalities come together~
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