“Simon, have you seen Kline?”
“I don’t think I’ve seen him today. He wasn’t there during the morning class either.”
“Is that so?”
He feigned nonchalance and swallowed a sigh with effort.
Should I have gone to the duke’s residence instead?
The rain had stopped by morning, and he returned to the knight’s order from the duke’s residence not because…
Perhaps, it was the slim hope that Ian might show up at the knight’s order.
However, even after scouring the entire knight’s order, there was no sign of Ian. No one had seen him either.
“Why are you looking for Kline?”
I felt eyes resting heavily on my face. Facing a face full of curiosity, I casually waved my hand and responded.
“Ah, it’s nothing… I just have something to say to Kline.”
“Do you want me to pass the message if I see him?”
“No, it’s fine.”
“If you need my help, please let me know anytime, senior.”
Simon’s eyes shone with determination. Seeing him filled with the energy to do anything made me rather uncomfortable.
“Thanks. But don’t you have another class?”
“Ah! Yes. I’ll go attend my class, senior.”
Simon bowed his head to me and entered the observatory. As the class attendees crowded into the observatory, the area in front of it quickly emptied. I scrutinized the faces of those remaining, but Ian was nowhere to be found.
“What on earth is going on?”
How could he completely disappear within a day?
Unless something really happened…
I suppressed the rising anxiety again. I shook my head to stop thinking.
Should I go find the royal guards?
Spurred by a sudden thought, I quickened my steps toward the training ground with seven interconnected arenas. Inside the tightly closed arena, I saw Conrad practicing swordsmanship alone.
“Sir Conrad.”
Thud. The wooden sword fell from Conrad’s hand and resounded on the arena floor.
“Yes?”
Conrad blinked repeatedly as if trying to figure out the situation.
It was understandable.
During our joint training in the seven interconnected arenas, we’d only exchanged light greetings, never a proper conversation.
“May I ask you something?”
“Yes? Me?”
“There’s no one else here but Sir Conrad.”
Surveying the empty interior of the training arena, Conrad winced as if embarrassed.
“Go ahead and ask.”
“Were you at the palace yesterday?”
“Yes, I was.”
You were at the palace?
A glimmer of hope arose in my mind for a fleeting moment. But then, the creeping anxiety pushed me to open my mouth again.
“Was anything unusual happening at the palace?”
“Nothing special.”
Conrad looked truly unflappable.
Even if the palace is vast, if something had happened to the crown prince, he couldn’t be this calm.
“But why suddenly ask about the palace…”
“I thought I heard someone talking about the palace earlier. I was just curious.”
It was a hastily fabricated lie, but Conrad nodded as if convinced. Just as I was about to breathe a sigh of relief, his small nod halted.
“It was unusually quiet, though. It was the First Crown Prince’s birthday.”
The First Crown Prince—that’s Ian.
Yesterday was Ian’s birthday?
“Ah, I see. Thank you.”
Leaving Conrad, who was blinking in bewilderment, behind, I headed for the library.
I remember reading something strange about birthdays in the history of the Phoennes Empire…
“Ah, here it is.”
I pulled a book titled “On the Phoennes Empire and its Royal Family” off the shelf and quickly flipped through the pages.
“Something about birthdays…”
My eyes scanning the text suddenly locked onto one particular spot.
Historically, the princes of Phornes often lost their lives without ever getting married. Strangely enough, many of these princes died on their own birthdays. Perhaps because of this background, birthdays are not celebrated grandly for princes in Phornes.
“Could it be…”
If the curse Ian spoke of manifests on one’s birthday?
Then you could die. And if you survive, just like the original Ian…
I closed the book with trembling hands. Since the original story is from Daisy’s perspective, I couldn’t know when Ian’s curse would manifest.
So I vaguely thought the curse would manifest sometime after he left the White Knights and before the Crown Prince’s book awarding ceremony.
But what if he left the White Knights because the curse manifested?
Thud, a loud noise echoed. A book had fallen awkwardly on the floor, but I only stared blankly at it.
My distorted emotions were still plummeting.
[Star Icon]“Herman, it’s about Rosebelia.”
After taking a sip from the tea Olivia had brought, Herman opened his mouth with a knowing look.
“Let’s postpone the marriage proposal for now.”
Olivia’s eyebrows twitched in surprise.
“Why all of a sudden? You agreed to a marriage proposal with the Diaz family last time.”
“There isn’t much time left for the subjugation, you see. Rosebelia will also be away from the capital for a while, so there’s no rush.”
“…Alright.”
“Olivia.”
Lifting her tea, Olivia smiled and responded.
“Go ahead, Herman.”
“It’s about Lilliana.”
“Why bring up Lilliana all of a sudden?”
Male lead first thought she played hard to get, only to realize she
really disliked him
Short intro:
What she can’t stand the most is the streets full of effeminate men, especially that so-called top beauty whom she avoids at all costs.
Shen Yaoxing looks at Jiang Mingyue, who keeps approaching her with coy shyness.
Shen Yaoxing: Bro, don’t be like this, I’m really about to throw up!
She fears nothing in heaven or earth, except for him getting close to her.
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At first he thought she was just using the trick of feigning indifference to attract his attention. Later, he learned that she truly despised him.
This dealt a heavy blow to Jiang Mingyue, and he vowed to make her, like everyone else, fall at his feet in worship!
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Synopsis:
Before transmigrating, Shen Yaoxing only wanted to find a reliable man to spend her life with. Who knew that after transmigrating, she would become a reliable woman herself…
A forced misandrist, highly skilled, and reliable female lead
vs.
An initially aloof and arrogant, later morbid, obsessed male lead
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