“Should I call it dislike…? I don’t want to get involved because I have some circumstances. So, it seems I automatically have a repulsive reaction. I know I shouldn’t dislike people.”
“I do dislike him. So, please dislike him too.”
At his frankness, my knitted brows relaxed.
Where on earth did such a perfect man fall in front of me?
Not only is he goodlooking but his acting is perfect too.
“Hertian. Let’s never become enemies.”
He was someone I really wanted to keep as an ally.
“Of course.”
[Star Icon][Star Icon][Star Icon]A new guest had come to visit the emperor.
His eldest son, Serdis, who was like looking in a mirror. The boy emitted an atmosphere completely opposite to his younger brother, who was only a few months apart. A child like a greenhouse plant without a single scar on his body, raised gently in the palace.
“Father. I ask of you.”
He had come to make a request, much to the surprise of his father, who considered him immature.
“I’ve told you, no.”
“Anette is not suitable to be the duchess.”
That too, to block the marriage of his brother, Hertian.
The emperor knew there was a deep rift between his sons, but this was the first time Serdis made a request that directly interfered with Hertian.
Seeing his son trying to block his brother’s wedding, the emperor flared up. He had been too accommodating thus far, spoiling his precious heir, and now it seemed there was no end to his demands.
“Enough! It is not for me to decide who is suitable to be the duchess, but him.”
“Father, I beg of you.”
The matter was something Hertian had already asked about. He wanted to settle down and marry. The emperor couldn’t just ignore his second son’s first and last request. He hadn’t been able to fulfill his duties as a parent throughout his life, if he couldn’t even fulfill this request, he would have no face left to see Hertian.
“Look for a princess before you get old. Or else I’ll tell the empress to find one.”
“I dislike that. I have someone I’ve decided on too.”
“Who might that be?”
The emperor eyed his stubbornly silent son suspiciously.
“The same young lady?”
Anette Leangberia.
Both Hertian and now Serdis too, for the same young lady?
Serdis’s silence assured the emperor. The emperor clicked his tongue, looking down on his son with scornful eyes. He was repulsed by his son’s attempts to borrow power over a woman.
“Tsk tsk. So you lost to him.”
“If you won’t use your power, Father, I will do it on my own. Don’t stop me.”
He was determined to go all out. He was the crown prince and Hertian was only a duke. In terms of the succession order or anything else, there was nothing he couldn’t do.
“Can’t you give in just once?”
Just as Serdis was about to leave, the emperor asked in a serious, low voice. It was out of pity for his other son.
“I can’t give in when it comes to Anette.”
Serdis was not willing to hand over anything, not just Anette, to Hertian.
“He’s a child who wandered battlefields to avoid your mother. Can’t you give in just once for your brother, who never desired the palace, the family, or the position of the prince?”
“That’s the fate of a bastard, isn’t it?”
He had always been like that since childhood. He felt satisfaction only when he snatched or destroyed Hertian’s toys, and only felt comfortable when he kicked out any servant who was close to Hertian from the palace. It was the same thing his mother, who didn’t receive his father’s love, did to her husband.
“Even though he’s illegitimate… he’s my son.”
Knowing this well, the emperor had never openly taken Hertian’s side. The more affection he showed to Hertian, the deeper the jealousy of Serdis and the Empress became. Therefore, he pretended to send him to war.
However, this time it was difficult to pretend he didn’t hear it. It was the first time he showed a strange appearance of wanting something.
“If you make a fuss over this, I won’t let it slide.”
[Star Icon][Star Icon][Star Icon]The Prince’s palace had not been quiet lately.
“I didn’t expect even Father to take that bastard’s side.”
Serdis was not in good spirits. And his anger was fully directed towards the servant of the Prince’s palace.
“Since you gave false information and messed things up, are you ready for punishment?”
“I apologize, Your Highness, the Prince!”
Books of romance novels that Anette had claimed to read were scattered around the floor of the Prince’s palace. Turns out they were not Anette’s favorite, but the maid’s favorite books.
“What are you doing while taking my money? You can’t even find out such a thing correctly? You’re working in the palace?”
“I have committed a sin worthy of death, Your Highness.”
The servant was lying flat on the ground, burying his nose.
“Really? Then die.”
A slender, sharp blade was placed next to his trembling throat. The pain that soon burrowed into his neck told him that death was imminent. The servant rolled his head around, wanting to live.
“There is another way!”
With a thought that suddenly occurred to him, he quickly opened his mouth.
“Considering your kindness so far, I’ll give you a chance to speak.”
“Your Highness, the Prince, is the most handsome and outstanding in martial arts in the empire, but don’t you have a special ability that Duke doesn’t have?”
It was about Serdis’s paralysis ability. A long time ago, he gained this ability by catching a magical beast when he went on a hunt with Violet.
“You’re not suggesting that I use this to cure Anette’s illness, are you?”
He had already tried that method. When he was near Anette, he drew up as much paralytic force as possible, but Anette consistently rejected him.
“You didn’t show it properly!”
“Properly?”
“Her Highness has always lived with illness, so she would be used to most pain. So, she probably didn’t feel the need for Your Highness, the Prince.”
Serdis gave a small echo. It was a sign that his story had caught his attention.
“People always remember those who saved their lives.”
The servant did not miss that gap and kept talking without rest.
“Make Anette sick?”
He had never thought of hurting Anette. However, he knew very well that if Anette was not in pain, he would be in more pain, so he couldn’t help but worry.
“Wouldn’t it be okay if it’s just enough not to strain the body?”
Immediately afterwards, Serdis’s eyes sparkled.
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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