“That’s information you, the little sister, should… Ah!”
“Sorry. It was an accident.”
I deliberately stepped on his foot with the high heel of my shoe. I didn’t want to hear the dog’s barking anymore.
“Hey, are you really going to do this?”
“It’s the brother who should take care of his fiancée. Why do you pass it on to me?”
Maximilian dodged my foot quickly. I quickly changed direction and kicked his shin.
“Ugh.”
“Oh dear, I’m sorry.”
A gentleman shouldn’t show a reaction even if a lady steps on his foot or messes up a step.
Maximilian bit his lip, trying to hold back the sound.
Somehow, our dance began to turn into a battle.
Between me, trying to hit him one more time, and my brother, who was trying to dodge.
When the song ended, the two of us were panting heavily, as if we had run a hundred meters.
Maximilian glared at me and turned to Teresa.
“Where are you going?”
“Obviously to dance with my fiancée……”
The confident Maximilian lost his words. Nathaniel, who had been watching from the stage, came down to the floor.
“My goodness, Your Highness……”
“Who should I go to?”
The nobles started to stir. Until now, the crown prince had never danced with a woman other than the host family at a banquet.
He was exceptionally chaste in his relationships with women, despite his handsome appearance.
‘Unlike Maximilian.’
I was proud of my pick and looked forward to what was going to happen next.
Nathaniel moved his long legs across the floor. He was heading towards Teresa, who was chatting with Casian.
“If you don’t have a partner for the next dance, I’d like to dance with you.”
“Yes… Yes?”
Teresa’s face turned red at Nathaniel’s polite request for a dance.
Her tightly clenched fists were sweaty.
“May I have your answer, though your hand may be embarrassed?”
Nathaniel spoke softly, smiling. His eyes curved into a crescent shape.
Even I, watching from a distance, felt my heart flutter at his cool appearance.
He looked like a prince in a fairy tale, asking a princess to dance.
Every woman in this place must be thinking the same thing.
The ballroom was so quiet that even the sound of breathing could be heard.
“Yes.”
Teresa placed her hand on Nathaniel’s. As the music began, they held hands and gracefully headed towards the floor.
“What, what is this……”
Maximilian watched the scene unfold before his eyes, his mouth agape.
He trembled as if betrayed, watching Teresa dancing with Nathaniel.
“Why are you like this, brother? Are you jealous?”
Maximilian closed his mouth to my words. Just a year ago, at a banquet, he had danced with another woman for business.
He had said one word to Teresa, who had watched him anxiously.
You’re not being petty and jealous about this, are you? This is just business.
It was only natural that Teresa had closed her mouth at those words.
“I don’t think my brother is petty enough to get angry about this.”
Maximilian bit his lip and shivered. Then he angrily stomped his feet and went outside.
Of course, there was no chance that Teresa had heard the sound.
A beautiful couple danced, twirling around.
Actually, I hadn’t expected Nathaniel to do this much for her.
It would have been enough to just stand by her or talk to her.
Crown Prince, I will take your secret to the grave.
I made a firm resolution and watched the two with satisfaction.
Casian came up to me, who was happily watching the couple dance.
“Why the Crown Prince of all people?”
“What?”
“There are many men, why the Crown Prince?”
“Because no one but the Crown Prince can match Teresa’s standards, you know?”
At my words, Casian closed his mouth tightly.
Certainly, here’s the translation:
“Also, the only unwed man with a handsome face in a position high enough to make Max feel inferior is His Highness, the Crown Prince.”
“But still, that man is too dangerous.”
Danger? Danger was a word that applied to extras like us.
Look at Nathaniel, who seemed to be deeply in love, smiling sweetly.
I knew that if you just put them together, sparks would fly on their own.
“Look. It seems like His Highness, the Crown Prince, has fallen for her too.”
Casius looked at me with a smile as if he couldn’t believe it. He looked like he wanted to say something, but I alternately pointed to the two dancing with raised fingers and Maximilian with a jealous expression.
“Honestly, isn’t that enough?”
“Yeah. I admit it.”
An emotion that seemed to be many times the malice that Maximilian had shown towards Iorene earlier was visible on his face.
Soon the music ended. As the dance that looked like a painting ended, applause erupted.
Many people seemed to have taken a liking to Teresa, who felt like Cinderella from a fairy tale.
‘Somehow, big brother looks a bit ridiculous.’
I was pleased with Teresa’s change, but I was a little concerned about Maximilian, the original male lead’s situation.
Of course, if I remembered what he did to Teresa, that awkwardness disappeared in an instant.
Teresa, who had finished dancing, headed towards where I was. Her face was flushed, as if she was embarrassed.
“Jaina, where’s Max?”
Looking for Max as soon as she arrived.
Of course, changing one’s mind at once must be hard.
But the fact that she began to mix with people, talk to other men without any problems, was a good sign.
“He said he’d go out for some air. He’ll be back if you wait.”
What bothered me more was the man Teresa had brought with her.
Nathaniel did not seem to have any intention of returning to his seat on the platform and lingered around us.
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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