“Stop it, Herman. The children are here…….”
Olivia’s words trailed off. Her eyes dropped, appearing lost, as if she was the tragic heroine of some melancholy tale.
Who could possibly resist such an act?
At the very moment when she was about to suppress a hollow laugh, Vivian’s face came into view. Unlike Kaiden, who seemed relatively calm and accustomed to the situation, Vivian was looking at Herman with eyes that seemed about to cry at any moment.
“I’ll get up first.”
“It’s about time you accepted Olivia as your mother. How can she have a face so like Lilliana’s and yet a character so stubborn?”
As I was about to rise, Herman suddenly mentioned that name, and it caught my ankle like a trap.
Lilliana was Rosebelia’s biological mother. How dare he mention her name when he never truly cared for her as she suffered from an unknown illness.
Sick Lilliana, and young Rosebelia, who couldn’t leave her mother’s side. Herman was never there for them.
Not long after Lilliana’s death, when Herman remarried Olivia, Rosebelia wiped the existence of Herman from her heart.
A husband who couldn’t properly protect his wife, a mere nominal father.
That was exactly how Rosebelia felt about Herman.
“Herman, you are going too far.”
Herman licked his lips and quickly tossed the wine in his glass into his mouth.
“You say she has Lilliana’s face but a stubborn character?”
Fortunately, she looked just like her mother, who was considered the most beautiful woman in the empire, but perhaps her stubborn character came from her father. The words almost slipped out, but I managed to hold them back and left the dining room.
“What a fitting couple.”
I immediately left the mansion and headed for the stables. I slowed down when I found Roy leaning against a haystack, seemingly dozing off.
I didn’t want to wake Roy, so I tried to carefully pass in front of him, but I accidentally rustled the straw at my feet.
It was a very soft sound, but Roy woke up and looked up at me, rubbing his eyes.
“Miss?”
“I’m sorry, Roy. I was going to take Emily out, thinking you were sleeping soundly…….”
“No, Miss. I’ll quickly bring out Emily for you.”
I felt a pang of guilt as I watched him run like an arrow into the stable.
I soon received Emily’s reins from Roy, who came back outside, and headed straight for the Knights.
In my mind, there was only one thought: I must stand atop the city wall.
Facing the endless sea might lighten the heavy pressure on my chest.
[Star icon]As the dim evening light descended, the horizon began to blur.
Although I had only been on the city wall for a short while when the sun was setting, I couldn’t take my eyes off it, my heart full of longing.
“At least nobody caught us…….”
Before I could finish talking to myself, I felt someone nearby.
“Senior?”
Hastening to descend, I saw Ian approaching below the city wall and was relieved.
“It’s just the newbie, you.”
“I heard you didn’t come to the Knights today.”
“I wasn’t going to, but there was nowhere else to go.”
My murmur, almost lost in the wind, brought a worried look to Ian’s face.
“Is something wrong?”
“Do you want to come up?”
Instead of answering, Ian lightly climbed onto the wall with one hand.
“……What’s wrong?”
“It’s nothing worthy of discussing in front of this view.”
Pointing forward with a gesture, Ian’s head slowly followed my gaze.
Soon, the breathtaking spectacle before us caught his eyes, and I felt him take a short breath.
“This is the view.”
“It’s amazing, isn’t it?”
During the day, the sight was stolen by the endless sea; in the evening, the vast night sky took one’s gaze away.
“The reason you came up here after being scolded by the Commander, I understand now.”
Just then, a cool breeze blew, shaking my hair as it passed by. My eyes closed naturally with a comfortable sensation.
“It’s refreshing.”
I took deep breaths, in and out, repeating the process. Occasionally, laughter seeped out and scattered in the breeze.
How long had I been doing this?
Slowly opening my eyelids, I saw Ian, who was staring intently at me while holding his chest.
“What’s the matter?”
“Huh?”
Ian furrowed his brows, seeming not to understand my question right away.
“Are you hurt?”
I asked, pointing to Ian’s hand holding his uniform. His eyes briefly dropped, and he let go of his hand with a startled expression.
“It’s nothing.”
“Right, how’s the wound? Did you treat it properly?”
As I was about to raise my hand to Ian’s face, I hesitated, and he gently caught my hand.
“I told you, it doesn’t bother me.”
“…….”
Was it because of his eyes shimmering under the moonlight? Or perhaps Ian’s unusually soft voice?
The two lips that stuck together like magnets didn’t seem to want to part.
“You can touch it all you want. The wound has healed cleanly.”
“It’s already healed? In just a day?”
“It was a very minor wound, and I applied good ointment. You can check if you want.”
Ian pulled my hand up to his face. As I carefully touched it, I felt his cheek twitch under my fingers.
When scheming men desperately battle for her favor in the male harem
This one’s also on my reread list! The rivalry, scheming between the men in the imperial harem are just as intense and thrilling as in classic palace drama novels, where concubines fight to the death. Give it a read, girls! I promise you won’t be disappointed.
Synopsis:
“I am not worthy of her… but I still want to be by her side, even if only as a loyal dog…”
Those were the painful whispers of Yue Guanyi – the proud Crown Prince of the Great Qi, who was torn between deep love and a guilty conscience. Despite holding the supreme power of the Imperial Guard, he still could not forget the dark past when he was sold into a brothel.
Fate played a cruel twist when Qiu Shuzhi – a young female official who had just passed the imperial examinations with top honors – stepped into his life. She did not know that she was the one who had saved him from a tragic fate many years ago. And now, her heart was the target of pursuit for both Yue Guanyi and the powerful Empress Dowager Qin Qing.
While Yue Guanyi only dared to silently care for and protect the one he loved from afar, the Empress Dowager Qin Qing openly expressed his feelings and did not hesitate to take advantage of his power to approach Qiu Shuzhi. The covert struggle between the two most powerful forces in the imperial court began…
Trigger warning: All men in this novel are yandere style.
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