“You should visit Rowen, Irena. If you like it there, feel free to stay.”
“Really? You’re really allowing me to go?”
Irena was overjoyed at the Duke of Valmont’s words.
“Yes. When have I ever gone back on my word?”
“Wow, Father, thank you so much!”
Irena, moved, circled the desk to kneel and hug her father’s waist, acting affectionately.
“I never thought you would allow it.”
The Duke of Valmont chuckled and stroked his daughter’s head, who was acting like a playful puppy.
“Not allow it? Haven’t I told you I would consider it?”
The story goes back to when the Duke of Valmont returned to Balmont Castle with thirty carriages of food from Rowen.
Greeted by an excited Irena, her eyes sparkled with curiosity.
‘Will you tell me about your trip to Rowen tomorrow?’
‘Yes, let’s have lunch together.’
The next day, during lunch with his wife and three daughters, the Duke had to face an onslaught of Irena’s questions, barely getting a chance to eat.
‘Do people in Rowen really walk around scantily clad?’
‘Yes, they dress indecently due to the heat.’
‘Are there really many flowers in Rowen?’
‘There are flowers here and there, but they’re not that pretty, mostly wildflowers.’
‘Ah, I wish I could see it myself, just once.’
To please his flower-loving daughter, the Duke even built a small greenhouse within the castle.
The clear, thick glass used was as expensive as diamonds, a luxury.
To withstand the weight of snow in winter, the glass was fitted into a sturdy, unbending iron frame. The construction of this room-sized greenhouse was enormously expensive.
Irena nurtured flowers in it with the Duchess, but they couldn’t compare to those growing naturally under open skies.
Growing up with paintings of imported flower gardens, Irena longed to see such landscapes herself, but Balmont’s customs made it impossible.
The Duke of Valmont was akin to a northern king.
In terms of amassed wealth, he even surpassed the Oberon royal family.
Therefore, the daughters of Valmont didn’t participate in debutante balls in the capital; there was no need to showcase them like merchants with their wares.
Instead, when a daughter came of age, a grand ball was held at Balmont Castle, referred to by the nobility as the ‘Northern Debutante Ball,’ a special event for the debut of Valmont’s daughters.
Valmont’s daughters stayed within the imposing Balmont Castle until marriage.
This tradition, established by the castle’s founding ancestors, had no particular reason to change.
The Duke was content knowing he didn’t have to send his beloved petrels far away for marriage.
He had intended to continue his prosperity with his loving daughter and a well-raised son-in-law, had the latter not met such a premature demise.
“Of course, the ten-year drought had dampened the spirit of the domain, but with signs of its end and Claudel’s marriage extinguishing urgent fires, it was only a matter of time before Balmont regained its former glory.”
“Yet, since Irena became a solitary wild goose, so to speak, my worries as her father only deepened. I had carefully selected the best among her suitors, but with his death, I was left wondering if choosing another would have spared him. Irena, still naive, incessantly pestered me to let her visit Rowen.”
“‘Claudel went, didn’t she? And you’ve been there too, Father. I want to go too, please?’
“‘It’s too dangerous there.’
“‘What’s so dangerous about a flower garden? I just want to see the flowers.’
“‘Aren’t there plenty in the greenhouse? What more do you want? Roses? Should I dig up a few bushes from the south?’
“‘I don’t like the greenhouse. I want to see flowers blooming outside!’
“Tired of her constant nagging about Rowen and flowers, I began to avoid my dear Irena, only to miss her terribly.”
“I’m giving my permission, so be careful.”
“Yes, Father. I won’t do anything dangerous.”
“Don’t sneak out of the inns at night. If you disobey, you won’t even make it to Rowen but return straight to Balmont.”
“Why would I do such a thing? I never break promises to you, Father.”
“So you promise me?”
Irena laughingly hooked her little finger around mine and pressed down our thumbs.
“Is this enough?”
“Are you really that excited?”
“Of course. I’ve always wanted to experience traveling.”
Watching my delighted daughter, I thought, ‘If Claudel is getting along with that naïve fool from Temnes, who harbors endless hatred for Balmont, then perhaps marrying a Temnes isn’t such a bad idea.’
My daughter’s eager anticipation for the trip brought a pleased smile to my face.
The atmosphere at Rowen Castle experienced a turnaround, primarily because Kaiyan, the Lord and head of Temnes, began visiting Claudel’s bedroom every night.
“Some expected the Balmont girl to be quickly dismissed.”
“But it’s a marriage decreed by royal command. I never thought it would easily fall apart. Maybe this could even dissolve the enmity between Balmont and Temnes if they have an heir?”
“And our Lady, isn’t she pretty?”
“Yes, her red hair grows on you, doesn’t it?”
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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