It wasn’t as if she suffered severely like a high fever or languished for a day before dying. And still, the cause couldn’t be identified?
Doesn’t that mean there wasn’t anything wrong with her body, after all?
After stabling Emily and returning, I walked through the garden as usual. At the moment I turned the direction, seeing Margaret and Olivia walking ahead, who was talking to her.
“I was right, wasn’t I? It’s really perfect.”
“Madam, it’s better to refrain from talking about that outside.”
Margaret’s voice, heard shortly afterward, grabbed me firmly.
It seemed like no big deal, so why tell me to refrain?
As I gauged the distance between Olivia and me, I hid behind the climbing roses that rose high. As a Swordmaster, my senses had developed, and even at this distance, I could hear both of their voices well enough.
“Can’t you see that we’re the only ones in this vast garden? It’s actually more uneasy to talk inside. Someone might be eavesdropping outside.”
“Surely not.”
“Anyway, it’s certain that it fell into the hands of Queen Dowager.”
“…Didn’t Lord Dylan say he wouldn’t give it to you?”
“If the Queen Dowager has it, it’s a piece of cake to get it. She subtly sensed that I wanted to try it out first.”
“But… didn’t you say you would watch for a while?”
“I did. What I mean is… I can get it anytime if I set my mind to it. I’m showing remarkable tolerance right now.”
“Yes, madam. You are truly generous.”
What’s that supposed to mean?
It was a strangely omitted sentence, and I couldn’t readily guess, but my intuition was warning me that there was something.
In the latter part of the original work, Daisy mostly lay in her room, so she didn’t know what was happening within the empire.
The information Daisy knew was mostly about the extinction of the Winters family, the news of Emperor Ian’s expedition, and Ian’s death.
“There seemed to be something more…”
The common denominator among Empress, Dylan, and Olivia was the Riley family.
‘Beware of the Riley family.’
Recalling Gale’s words that followed, I quickly surveyed the garden. Confirming that Olivia and Margaret were no longer visible, I slowly moved towards the main building.
Should I meet Gale again?
It wasn’t easy to open my mouth easily, but if I were to ask Ian to meet him together…
“Oh, Rose?”
“Mother.”
“Coming from the Knights’ Order, aren’t you?”
“Yes.”
On the way, I stopped by the Duke’s mansion, but there was no need to mention it. Olivia wouldn’t appreciate me building a friendship with the Duke, after all.
“I was just about to talk to you. You’re aware that there will be a reception at the Riley family soon, right?”
“A reception? Oh, yes.”
“This time, let’s go together.”
“Well, I…”
The Riley family.
Yes, recently, the Riley family had hosted a grand reception. Was it to commemorate the day when the head of the Riley family was appointed as the Grand Duke?
“I couldn’t attend last year. I hope you’re not going to say you can’t go this time either.”
This could be an opportunity to face the knights of the Riley family who had been acting suspiciously. If I could go with Ian, I might find out what they were hiding…
“This time, Empress Dowager is also said to be attending.”
As soon as Olivia brought up this information, my lips moved involuntarily.
“I’ll go this time.”
“Really?”
I answered with a faint smile on my lips.
“Yes. Don’t worry; I’ll attend no matter what happens.”
Male lead fell into her trap — and shattered when she walked away
This is also on my reread list!
This one is a slow burn, but when it burns, it burns hard.
Definitely worth a read, y’all!
The story follows a thousand-year-old seductive spirit who, on a bet, sets out to charm the male lead—a once-promising but unfortunate cultivator.
But just when she succeeds in making him fall for her, she heartlessly leaves, driving him to madness.
Determined to find her at all costs, he captures her, keeping her by his side no matter what, even if she hates him.
I love this kind of trope—I enjoy watching the male lead suffer in agony.
The ending drags a bit with unnecessary filler, but that’s fine.
As long as I enjoy the beginning, I’m good.
Intro
As an enchantress, Su Heng possesses captivating eyes and charming beauty, easily manipulating the joys and sorrows of living beings at her fingertips.
But to enchant a god, making him taste the bitterness of love’s separation, long-lasting resentment, unattainable desires, and inability to let go…
Do you dare?
Su Heng assists a divine lord in his cultivation, aiming to make him experience all the sufferings of love, so that he can attain the Great Dao.
Only after being chased down from the heavens by the divine lord, confined and completely possessed by him, does she realize how successful she has been.
The once gentle and polite youth has transformed into someone she no longer recognizes.
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