“Hehe, Nathan, you were mistaken.”
“You had a bias that a woman could not be better than you?”
At Ian’s question, Nathan’s face turned red.
“To be honest, I never even dared to imagine it would be a lady. I’m sorry, Your Highness.”
“I heard from Commander Gabriel that a female knight from the White Knights Order killed the monster that came down to the village this time…”
Before Callisto’s words were even finished, Ian answered.
“That’s right. It was Rosebelia Winters, the knight who was misunderstood by Nathan, who killed it.”
Nathan, who had been bowing his head in reflection, sneakily raised his head and asked.
“Your Highness, isn’t it rude to call a lady a ‘knight’?”
“Just because she’s a woman doesn’t mean she’s not a knight. So what should we call her?”
Ian asked, furrowing his brow.
“…I suppose that’s true.”
“Hehe, she easily defeated you in a duel, and even killed a monster on her own. She must be a very talented knight. Female knights are also knights, so we must call them ‘knight’ accordingly.”
“You are indeed wise.”
Callisto looked at Ian, who was now smiling all over his face.
“Ian.”
“Yes, Your Majesty.”
Ian, too, looked squarely at Callisto sitting before him. He could feel the deep anxiety in the eyes looking at him, though others might not notice.
“Is your body all right? Is anything wrong anywhere?”
“I’m fine.”
“Then it’s settled. Your twentysecond birthday is not far off, so I’ll just watch a little longer.”
Callisto had often said such cryptic things.
Like today, he had secretly inquired if there were any changes in his body, and if there were none, he had noticeably breathed a sigh of relief and gone away.
“Are you still unable to tell me?”
“I’ll tell you when the time comes.”
Callisto, who had gotten up with a somewhat relieved face, looked back at Ian. His eyes were filled with laughter.
“You’ve set your heart on someone, and as a father, I’m pleased.”
“What are you talking about? Setting my heart on…”
At Ian’s flustered expression, Callisto touched his forehead.
“You mean you don’t know your own heart yet?”
“…”
“If Violet had been alive, she would have certainly liked it.”
At the name Violet, Ian’s eyes became tender.
Violet was not the current Empress, his political wife, but Callisto’s personally chosen only Empress and Ian’s biological mother.
“You must protect her well.”
Calisto lightly patted Ian’s shoulder and left the office.
Forgetting even to salute, Ian was left in silence.
“My heart is…”
“Do you really not know?”
Ian tilted his head at the words suddenly thrown by Neison.
“What is it that I don’t know?”
Unable to bear it, Neison rushed to Ian’s front in one step. Neison seemed to be signaling frustration as he beat his chest, and soon opened his mouth.
“What about thinking of Lady Rosebelia?”
“Lady Rosebelia?”
As Ian frowned one eyebrow and asked back, Neison answered with a chuckle.
“I’m not a knight, and she is strictly a noble young lady, so you can call her that. The title of ‘Sir’ does not yet suit her.”
“Then call her by her full name.”
“Yes, yes. How about thinking of Lady Rosebelia Winters?”
Ian’s bulging throat moved heavily. The first thing that came to mind was the face that looked up at him with round eyes in his arms.
Then, remembering the small body that fit snugly in one arm, and her breath lingering near his lips, his heart pounded as if it was not his own.
‘Why is this happening again?’
As Ian clutched his chest, Neison shook his head as if he knew it would happen.
“This is surely a miracle.”
“A miracle?”
“I thought I would never see the Emperor holding someone in his heart before I die.”
“……Hold in my heart?”
In other words.
Holding in the heart means…
“I congratulate you, Your Majesty.”
“…….”
Speaking of admiration…
“You have begun your first love.”
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
