“No, Sir Elleon! You shouldn’t drink it!”
Gulp, gulp, gulp.
Rona unwittingly opened her mouth. Elleon, who had drunk down to the last drop in one gulp, took the cup from her hand and placed it on the ground.
Elleon’s hand went up from Rona’s hand, arm, shoulder to her face. He wiped her tearsoaked cheeks with his hand.
“Don’t cry.”
“But, what if you drink that?”
“Didn’t you bring it for me?”
Tears welled up in Rona’s eyes.
“I think I made a mistake. I knew someone who could make it, but they said they couldn’t help. Sob. So, I tried to do it alone……”
Sadness welled up inside Rona. Elleon moved his finger to gather the tears flowing down her cheeks and gathered them over and over.
“It’s okay. I told you I would drink anything you brought me.”
“But still……”
“Just the thought of considering me is enough.”
Elleon seemed to be laughing happily, which made Rona’s heart ache more.
“I’ll find something better.”
Rona said bravely, wiping her tears.
“There must be.”
Elleon, who understood the missing subject, nodded.
“Look forward to it.”
The medicine incident seemed to be resolved for the time being.
Saviel, who had returned to the Crystal Palace, was tipping his glass.
“What did that bastard Elleon say.”
Grumbling, he slammed down his glass and the highproof liquor splashed around it.
Crown Prince Saviel Oder Constance. He was a man who didn’t live up to his name.
The Constance Empire had a long history. One of the important stories from its founding was that the first emperor, Emperor Oder, ascended to the divine throne after his death.
After Emperor Oder died, a grand funeral was held. It was a tribute to the first emperor.
However, a year later, when the state funeral was coming to an end, a message came down from the temple. As Emperor Oder had said in his lifetime, he had become a god after his death.
After that, when they went back to the tomb where they had buried the emperor, the corpse was gone. And amazingly, every year on the day the emperor became a god, it rained, which was considered a message from the emperor who loved his people.
After becoming a god, Emperor Oder left a few words through the temple. It was that a child resembling him would be born to the royal family from generation to generation.
Surprisingly, after that, one of the emperor’s children had a boy with black hair and red eyes. And that child often showed the qualities of a Swordmaster.
The Constance Empire was a country ruled by the descendants of the gods. Two thousand years had passed since its founding and the world had changed a lot, but the reason why there had been no rebellion or throne disputes in the meantime was because of the firm founding myth.
Being a descendant of the god meant that the child chosen by the god would become the emperor. A boy with black hair and red eyes was born only once, so regardless of whether he was the first or second born, that child inherited the throne. But Saviel was a child who didn’t get the god’s choice.
Reb Oder Constance was a princess, but she was born with the same characteristics of black hair and red eyes. When she gave birth to a cousin three years younger than her, young Saviel felt the world he was living in shake.
“What is happening?”
“It’s the first time ‘that Oder’ has been born in the royal palace.”
“Then what happens to our crown prince?”
He was too young to know exactly what was going on. But he definitely felt it wasn’t good for him.
The cold look in his father, the Emperor’s eyes.
The unending tears of his mother, the Empress.
He liked his own blue eyes, which were as high as the sky when he looked in the mirror. Because the sky is the highest place in this world. Isn’t it a color that suits me, who everyone says is precious?
But it was a color that ‘Oder’ shouldn’t have.
It wasn’t Saviel’s fault. He was just born that way. Being treated as defective, he became twisted. The first emperor Oder became a god? It was a funny story.
Saviel began to believe that his tomb had been robbed of even his corpse. He became close with a group of nouveau riche who revered science like a religion and closed their ears to theology. They had wealth and were in conflict with the traditional nobles. The traditional nobles petitioned the Emperor day after day to adopt the invincible champion and knight commander, Elleon Clement, as his son and give him the name ‘Oder’.
Saviel despised those who refused to acknowledge his nobility. He was the sole heir apparent to the current emperor. The first ones to cross the line and break the rules were the nobles who revered the ‘Oder,’ a relic of the old era.
Therefore, he hatched a plan to destroy Eileon, whom they clung to as their lifeline. The theft of his eyes was not poison but a curse akin to witchcraft. There was only one way to restore his sight. Even that antidote was in Saviel’s hands, so Eileon was doomed to live in darkness forever.
When male lead is the homewrecker
“I know she doesn’t love him.”
I’ve read the novel below twice already. Girls, I’m highly recommending it to you!
The female lead? Not a good person.
The second male lead? Not a good person.
The male lead? Willingly plays the third party, breaking up the female and second male lead’s relationship despite all the warnings from his friends—so yeah, he’s definitely not a good person either.
Basically, nobody in this novel is simple-minded or without scheming.
The female lead starts off as the male lead’s secretary, but don’t worry—later on, she takes over the company while the male lead steps back to support her. He won’t steal her spotlight, overshadow her, or dull her shine.
I love novels where men are out here snatching wigs, tearing each other down, and going to war just to win the female lead’s affection. And this is exactly that kind of novel. Most of Hai Dai Ran’s works have this dynamic. You’ll see the male characters’ emotions being pushed to the absolute extreme.
There’s even a scene where the second male lead exposes the male lead online for being a homewrecker. The brotherhood immediately gangs up on him, dragging him through the mud. I find it compelling —it completely flips reality on its head, where usually, women are the ones fighting over a man and getting torn apart by the sisterhood.
For me, female leads in the novels I read should only struggle in their careers, not in love. But if the brainless romantics in the story are all men? I have zero complaints.
I’ve pretty much read all of Hai Dai Ran’s novels and even translated all of them—her works are just my thing. I’ll slowly upload everything here. One day, when my website is official, I hope I can invite her to join as one of the star authors.
Here’s the story synopsis:
One-line summary: She is his lifelong obsession, to the point where he was willing to be a third wheel, scorned by society, just to wedge his way into her relationship with her fiancé.
Cold-hearted and indifferent female lead + Scheming and subservient CEO male lead
Intro 1:
“I know she doesn’t love him.”
With blood trickling from his clenched fist, Rong Xiu gazed at the woman before him, his eyes clouded with anguish. Hidden in the wardrobe, he had witnessed Fan Xia – the woman he desperately loved – in an intimate embrace with her fiancé. Yet his heart still yearned for her, defying all reason.
Fan Xia, the elegant and composed assistant, carried something mysterious in her eyes whenever she looked at her fiancé, Wen Lan Sheng. Strange occurrences began to surface – secret meetings with the young Gu Jin Yi, an unexplained withdrawal of 5,000 yuan… Then suddenly, her fiancé’s sister, Wen Jing, violently attacked her.
In this matriarchal society, Rong Xiu had risen to become the chairman of a powerful healthcare conglomerate, breaking through gender prejudices. But for the first time, he willingly stepped into the shadows as the other man, disregarding his friends’ warnings to become her secret lover.
Because he had discovered the truth – Fan Xia wasn’t the pure angel everyone believed her to be. And perhaps, he was the only one capable of helping her execute her mysterious plan…
Intro 2:
Rong Xiu’s biggest regret in life was missing out on Fan Xia.
He secretly loved Fan Xia for 7 years.
Watched her go public with her boyfriend.
Watched her kiss her boyfriend at their wedding.
Until that man blissfully nestled in Fan Xia’s arms, obtaining everything he could only dream of.
The crazy jealousy stripped away his hidden secret love, layer by layer, burning like wildfire.
Fan Xia, how can I have you!
【Reading and Trigger Warning Guide】
1. Female dominant, male submissive, male pregnancy
2. Male lead schemes his way to the top, male competition
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