“Yes. I will. I will.”
Eventually, when you find out everything, you’ll resent me then. You’ll resent and resent me for leaving you, a noble royal bloodline, like this. Even so, knowing that, I want to say it. Teddy. I won’t abandon you.
Until the day you abandon me.
Sesenia rose from her seat and approached Teddy. Then she stroked Teddy’s head, who was acting like an endless puppy.
“I’m actually amazed by you, Teddy. You who endlessly follow me. You who follow me like this just because I saved you.”
‘Did you believe and follow the patron who saved you… just because they saved you, like me?’
Sesenia looked at him with numerous questions.
And Teddy, who had been hesitating, opened his mouth in time with her stroking.
“That thought suddenly occurs to me. That perhaps someday, my lady might have reached out to me like this.”
“There’s no way that could have happened.”
“I know. Someone as noble as you wouldn’t have even seen me… but I just have that thought. It’s funny, isn’t it?”
“…It’s not funny. It’s just…”
“Who knows? Maybe in the distant past or far future. Or somewhere we don’t know. Having been locked up all my life… maybe it was just a dream I had.”
Though he said it himself, Teddy bowed his head deeply as if embarrassed, but Sesenia’s expression hardened.
‘It can’t be.’
She had reached out to him. In the past, when Sesenia was the empress. She had asked to save him.
‘Surely not. That… that was just… it can’t be.’
It wasn’t anything great.
[If there’s anything you want, I’ll grant it. In return, leave the imperial family. That will be good for you.]That was all the past Sesenia had said to Teddy. It was just words spoken because she was the empress. But could that be considered reaching out? However, apart from that, there was nothing else that could be inferred.
“Where did you feel such an emotion?”
“Just… I don’t know. I’m sorry. Please don’t worry about it too much. It’s just… just a dream I created wishing you would do that for me. Things like the future or past… don’t make sense, right?”
Realizing that Sesenia was worrying about it excessively, Teddy hurriedly waved his hands.
“…A dream… huh.”
“Yes! There, I… become a beast. And I can’t handle myself. It feels like my blood is boiling. It’s really nonsensical talk.”
“No. It’s possible, Teddy. So believe in yourself. And if anything else happens, whether it’s a dream or whatever, will you tell me for sure?”
“As expected… you believe in me. Really…”
The sparkling golden eyes gazed at Sesenia, filled with emotion. But Sesenia wasn’t asking him to tell her because she believed him.
A very strong madness that appears in royal family members. God’s blessing and curse. It seemed like that was manifesting.
‘He’s really strong.’
This bloodline was the best way to become emperor. No matter how great a mother one had backing them, nothing could beat bloodline.
‘When you’re most confident about becoming emperor, when you realize there’s a stronger royal than yourself… Helbert. What expression will you make?’
If he can’t become emperor, Crown Prince Helbert will receive the karma for everything he’s done so far.
‘The things he’s done are like wounds already rotten and festering.’
Eventually, the very ‘personal’ problems caused by the noble crown prince who will become emperor will burst all at once, leading him to ruin. At that moment when he himself is confident he can become emperor.
Sesenia smiled as she looked at Teddy sitting beside her.
‘You will become my most precious card.’
Although the reaction appeared in Teddy much faster than in the past, there was no time to worry about such things. After all, Sesenia didn’t know when the reaction as a royal family member had appeared in the past Teddy. She could only hope that this moment, where everything was happening quickly, would be nothing serious.
**
It was over thirty minutes later when they arrived at the magic tower.
The magic tower stood firmly between the imperial capital and nearby villages. There was an open space around the magic tower that felt empty. Dozens of huts for servants who ran errands for the magic tower were placed in the open space, and in front of the magic tower, it was packed with people trying to enter.
The carriage carrying Sesenia gave up on entering and stopped in the open space.
“Young lady. It seems difficult to go further because there are so many people trying to enter the magic tower.”
Sesenia, who had been examining the surroundings through the window for a while, nodded at Lizbeth’s words.
“That’s good. I was planning to get off nearby anyway.”
“Nearby?”
The carriage door opened, and Sesenia got off the carriage holding the coachman’s hand. The large open space. The open space past the forest filled with trees gave a particularly wide and refreshing feeling. Sesenia stood there, taking a deep breath and exhaling.
“The air is good.”
“Instead of being leisurely like this, we should hurry and line up over there. Even now, the number of people is constantly increasing.”
“Line up where?”
“The path to enter the magic tower! Look over there. There are so many people, right? Even if we line up now, there’s no guarantee we’ll be able to enter today.”
Lizbeth moved as if she was about to run over right away. But Sesenia grabbed her arm.
“There’s no need for that.”
“What do you mean there’s no need? Didn’t you come here because you have business at the magic tower?”
“That’s right!”
“Um… do you perhaps know someone? Someone you can see without having to line up?”
“No, I don’t.”
Lizbeth blinked, looking quite puzzled.
“If you don’t have such connections… what are you thinking? Ah. Are you planning to give a lot of money… to enter through the back door? If it’s something like that…”
“No, it’s not like that. And even if you give bribes or have connections, there are too many people trying to see that person, so it’s absolutely impossible to see them.”
“Who are you trying to see?”
“The tower master.”
“Ah, the tower mas… What?? The tower master?”
Seeing Lizbeth’s greatly surprised expression, Sesenia put her finger to her lips. It was a silent gesture to be quiet. Only then did Lizbeth try to suppress her surprised emotions and look at Sesenia.
“No… that… you mean the one called the master of that magic tower?”
“That’s right!”
“You’re going to… see him? How on earth?”
“By finding him?”
“Find him? Now… when it seems difficult even to enter the magic tower, you say you’ll find him…”
But Sesenia’s destination was not the magic tower. The majestic and splendid magic tower that was impressive just to look at. However, Sesenia turned her body towards the huts instead.
“Lizbeth, look carefully. Among those huts over there, which one looks particularly good to you?”
“Aren’t all huts just huts? Is there a hut that looks particularly good among them?”
“Yes. There should be a hut that looks good. It will have a proper fence around it for a hut, and even a door attached. If you see a place that looks unusually proper, can you tell me?”
Lizbeth squinted her eyes and examined the huts. Due to the considerable distance, it wasn’t clearly visible, but a hut that fit Sesenia’s description perfectly was clearly identifiable.
“There is one hut that matches what you described, over there.”
“Really? Let’s go there.”
“No. You said you were going to meet the tower master, so why are you going to a hut? Huts are where the servants working at the magic tower stay. No matter how special it is, it can’t be of any help! Hurry and line up now. If we use money, we might be able to move forward in the line or something. So…”
But Sesenia had already started walking towards the hut. Teddy looked at Lizbeth and Sesenia before following Sesenia.
“Haa… really… young lady…”
In the end, Lizbeth followed Sesenia as well.
In a place full of similar huts, Sesenia arrived in front of a hut that looked a bit unusual. She looked around like a thief and then grinned.
“It looks like there’s no one around, right?”
“Yes. There’s no one, but…”
“Then that’s good. Now let’s go see the tower master.”
“What?”
While Lizbeth was tilting her head in confusion, Sesenia opened the somewhat clumsy door attached to the hut and entered. Then she knocked on the hut’s door.
“Tower Master.”
“…”
“Tower Master. Open the door. If you don’t, I’ll shout so the whole neighborhood can hear.”
“Young lady. Why would the tower master be here?”
Despite her maid’s doubt, Sesenia was busy knocking on the door.
“Tower Master. Open the door before I call everyone else.”
“Young… lady…?”
It was then. As the door opened, an old man inside glared at Sesenia with a very uncomfortable expression.
“How did you know I was here?”
“Tower Master. It’s a pleasure to meet you.”
“Stop saying tower master, tower master! What if other humans find out! Hurry and come inside!!”
“Yes~”
As if she had anticipated all of this, Sesenia hopped inside.
“Ah, young lady… how did you know?”
To Lizbeth’s question, Sesenia winked.
“It’s easier than you think. To figure out that the grand magician is here.”
“What…?”
“But that’s not important right now. I’ve come to confront the grand magician now. Lizbeth.”
“Confront?”
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Male Lead, The Black-Hearted Lotus (Female-dominant)
Short intro by Yuushi L:
At first, the male lead despised the female lead. Later, he misunderstood that she liked him, so he condescendingly and reluctantly reciprocated her feelings.
Then, he suddenly discovered that she was kind to everyone in the same way, and there was already someone she cherished in her heart, and that person was not him.
The male lead couldn’t believe it, he became angry and crazy. He was determined to capture her body and heart by any means necessary.
Synopsis:
Want to see how a green tea bitch male lead falls in love with the female lead?
Want to see how he flirtatiously pursues the female lead?
Want to see how he gets slapped in the face repeatedly?
The male lead is a green tea bitch, a poisonous lotus, jealous, ruthless, unscrupulous, with a venomous heart, and he’s also a delusional maniac.
The female lead is righteous, positive energy-filled, kind, a holy mother.
Let’s see how two people with extreme personalities come together~