If it was a weak child, a slight lack of sociality would not be a problem, but Lordwick, who had strong power and formidable authority, couldn’t do that.
At least, they must have the morality not to kill a human being like killing a rat, so that people who feel threatened would not gather.
‘Sociality is needed. To lead the family and live in this empire.’
So Lordwick called playmates of similar age to the mansion from an early age.
The current family head, Blake’s son Derkedeon Lordwick, was no exception.
But.
“My Lord, the person who came as your son’s playmate fainted in the middle of the night….”
“My Lord, the person who came this time will also leave….”
“My Lord….”
The children who came as Deon’s playmates couldn’t even last a day.
Blake was not unaware that Deon was behind this.
Whether he scared them when kicking them out, now there were plenty of children who got scared just by hearing the name Lordwick.
“The nobles say they can no longer send their children as playmates.”
That’s why Blake visited the commoners’ village today.
He planned to find a suitable child as a playmate from the school he sponsored.
But.
“…….”
It was dirty and smelly.
The child who collided with him was not in a state to win Deon’s favor.
“Will you come with me?”
Even so, he said that because he felt compassion for the child’s situation and her age.
A 7yearold girl.
“Blake, I’m sorry.”
If his wife had survived childbirth, the child would have been that age.
Perhaps that’s why the words of death or slavery from this child’s mouth scratched his insides and felt so uncomfortable.
‘Did I do well to bring her?’
Sss. Sss.
The sound of the sleeping child’s breath was heard under her messy hair.
Blake turned off the lamp in the carriage and leaned back.
(This is a time separator.)
Agnes woke up quite a while later.
Awakened Agnes sat up and quickly looked around.
‘What…?’
It’s not a carriage.
It was on the sofa in a grand reception room.
“Ah, are you awake?”
Someone spoke to Agnes, who was looking around.
A young woman with brown hair and a beautiful face, with a bright expression.
Agnes asked her.
“Where is this place…?”
“It’s the Duke of Lordwick’s house. I’m Anna, who works here. What’s your name?”
“…….”
Agnes hesitated and couldn’t immediately answer the question. Then, she was surprised by the velvet sensation in her palms and got off the sofa.
“What’s wrong?”
“I, I can’t sit on the sofa.”
In the carriage, she had sat opposite to show herself well to Blake as he instructed.
But Blake was not there now.
“Huh?”
Agnes received Anna’s bewildered gaze as she walked through the room. The place where Agnes sat was next to a bucket filled with coal cinders from the fireplace.
“I’ll sit here because I’m dirty.”
“What……?”
For a moment, Anna opened her eyes wide, doubting her ears.
She thought the child was wary of her because she was a stranger, but what came out of her mouth was completely absurd.
‘What child says something like this?’
She had heard that the child had been sold into slavery to Jed, but what kind of treatment had she received that she called herself dirty and sat in such a place?
For now, it seemed a priority to get the child back on the sofa.
But Anna couldn’t take a few steps before stopping in her tracks.
It was because of the thunderous, loud sound coming from the crouching child’s stomach.
“Are you hungry?”
“…….”
At Anna’s question, Agnes bowed her head deeply and said nothing.
It was correct that she was too embarrassed to speak.
‘I’m embarrassed. I haven’t eaten anything since yesterday, but…….’
She hadn’t eaten anything since waking up in the attic.
Even if her stomach was sticking to her back, especially in front of a stranger like this…….
“Um…….”
Meanwhile, Anna was pondering, looking at the crouching Agnes.
Whether to sit on the sofa or to fill her belly first.
From the appearance of her tightly clasped knees with both arms, it didn’t seem like ordinary stubbornness.
“I’ll bring something to eat, so can you wait alone for a moment? It would be better if you were sitting on the sofa and waiting, though.”
Anna left that word and left the reception room.
When the surroundings became quiet, she had the opportunity to assess the situation.
Agnes, left alone, organized her thoughts.
‘I fell asleep in the carriage. I made a mistake.’
Not only did she go against her conscience, but she also fell asleep.
If she were expelled for being useless to the duke, she couldn’t blame him.
‘I can’t be expelled. At least……. until I’m old enough to live on my own outside.’
Outside was harsh for a sevenyearold child to live alone.
Without a guardian, a child was often sold into slavery or starved to death.
Since she followed Duke Ludwick, she needed his protection.
‘I’ll have to be about seventeen to find a job that pays. Until then, I have to hide that I’m Letiom. After that, let’s find a place with no contact with the dukes and leave.’
Tight. Strength entered her hand gripping her arm.
At that moment, someone else’s voice was heard in the reception room where Agnes had been alone.
“Hey.”
“…….”
“Don’t you hear me?”
She hadn’t heard, lost in thought.
As the voice became annoyed, Agnes then realized that someone was standing in front of her.
“I, I hear you!”
When she suddenly raised her head, the appearance of a boy in fine clothes appeared beyond her hair.
Sharp red eyes and neat black hair.
A handsome boy who looked like Duke Ludwick, who seemed a few years older than herself.
‘Ah.’
Agnes recognized the boy in an instant.
Energy gathered near the heart.
‘He’s a psychic.’
Given his appearance and clothing, he was likely to be Duke Ludwick’s son.
Whether or not that guess was wrong, the boy stared sharply at Agnes and scowled.
“My father brought another useless thing.”
Agnes paid close attention to the word ‘another.’
Had Duke Ludwick brought another child before?
“Hey.”
“……Yes?”
“Who else is here but you?”
There wasn’t only that to think about.
Judging by the boy’s tone and appearance, he was not friendly to her.
Shouldn’t she present herself well to Duke Ludwick’s son?
Just as Agnes was licking her dry lips, it happened.
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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