“She’s finally here.”
Alone in the darkness, Illeong greeted Rona.
“Lord Illeong.”
Rona, who seemed surprised and lowered her voice to call me, hastily approached. It was the time when the lights of the ducal palace should be turned off.
She shouldn’t fall over in the pitch blackness while walking hastily. Even the sound of hurried footsteps coming to me, for whom she had been waiting all along, was welcome.
“You haven’t slept yet?”
“You said you’d come early, but you’re late.”
“I lost my way walking here.”
Rona helped him up. Her hand, which she claimed to have walked the night road, was a bit cold, not lying.
“You should have taken a carriage.”
“Oh, we have to save money.”
“Isn’t that much possible with the salary of the Duke’s family? I guess I should ask Bernar to raise your salary.”
At that, Rona seemed to chuckle.
“Oh, thank you, my master.”
She sometimes used strange words, and when she did, either Rona was embarrassed or really happy. Illeong, who considered it the latter, smiled.
“Shall I take you to the bed?”
Rona asked at the door of the room.
“Yes.”
Rona helped Illeong to lie down neatly and then tidied the bed.
“Then I’ll leave. Good night, Lord Illeong.”
“Wait.”
Illeong had nothing to say.
“My throat is dry.”
“I’ll bring you some water.”
Rona quickly returned with a cup of water.
“Is there anything else you need?”
Suddenly, an impulsive word rose to the throat of Illeong.
‘Stay here and sleep.’
He’s crazy.
Illeong, getting frustrated with himself, calmed his mind.
“I can’t sleep. Read me a book.”
“Yes, which book would you like?”
“History of the Palegara War.”
“I’m still in my goingout clothes. Can I change into something else and come back?”
“Do as you please.”
Illeong made himself comfortable with his pillow. Soon, Rona, with her freshly laundered clothes and dry, fragrant flower scent, returned.
“It was the first time that so many people gathered in a barren wilderness where people do not live.”
Rona read the book steadily.
“Both armies faced each other with similar forces. The infantry of Palermo was about 11,000, and the cavalry reached 5,000. There were 600 cannons lined up in the gun array, and 1,300 artillerymen were ready to fire alternately.”
Her voice got quieter and quieter.
“Behind them, 3,500 shieldwielding assault troops… followed, ahem, by an arrow unit of 2,000. However, Palermo’s bow… it can shoot two arrows at once… so there are 4,000 arrows following a single signal… 4,000… pieces…”
Something lightly fell on the bed, and soon the sound of Rona’s soft breathing was heard.
The History of the Palegara War was known throughout the empire as a book that induces sleep as you read. Of course, in his days as a knight commander, he could not empathize with how such an exciting war history could make him sleepy.
However, having seen it take Rona to dreamland today, he felt like he wanted to pay a gold coin to the author of the History of the Palegara War.
“Rona.”
When he called her name, only regular breathing was heard. Illeong quietly got up from the bed. Feeling around the edge of the bed, he soon found the chair where Rona was sitting. Illeong picked Rona up and laid her on the bed.
She had walked home from the park until late, so she must have been tired; Rona was asleep, oblivious to the world. Illeong closed his eyes and focused on Rona’s breathing beside him.
“Please go ahead with the butler.”
From the moment Rona told him to go home first, he had not felt well. Illeong could not understand why.
“If you bring a man to a place where women adjust their dresses, everyone will misunderstand that they’re dating!”
His concealed feelings were sharply pierced by her words.
“Do you feel embarrassed to go to such a place with me?”
He couldn’t dare to ask. Are you ashamed of me? Since Rona had said so much, he couldn’t persist in wanting to go together.
If his eyes had seen, he could have naturally chosen or made an excuse to give her a gift. But it was clear that Illeong wouldn’t be helpful even if he went.
The world is vast, and there are many good men. Although Rona had vaguely said that she was not a beauty because she looked “unusual”, Illeong thought otherwise.
Because those who faced Lona were always kind to her. Even if she wasn’t beautiful, it wasn’t everything. If Lona was really ugly, it was certain that other charms would attract favor. Just like Ileon, who held her so deeply in his heart, unseen.
“I don’t care what you look like, Lona.”
Because he was blind. To him, Lona was always Lona as she is now and will be in the future.
“Am I just a blind man who should be attended to you? What should I do to win you over?”
Ileon didn’t know what to do with his heartache. He could only unleash it as if whispering to a sleeping woman who could not speak directly to Lona.
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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