He looked at Demestia with piercing eyes. Demestia’s lips curled up slightly.
‘Why did you have to provoke me?’
“At the Lorenst Estate?”
“Yes, Your Majesty. The one known for her beauty.”
Cutting his words off at the right moment, people looked at Demestia with interest.
Demestia smiled broadly and said,
“I am referring to Lady Aris Dolencia.”
What day is it today?
As I gazed at the clear sky with hardly any clouds, I rolled a walnut in my hand.
The harder the shell pressed against the soft flesh of my palm, the clearer my mind became.
“Hermannon 8th year, 28th day. Oh? Is it today?”
“What did you just say?”
Turning my head, I saw Jenny approaching. A half-woven basket was visible behind her.
“Do you need me for something?”
Her congenital facial flushing made her look younger than she was. I stared at her intently.
Lately, I’ve been meticulously checking the date. Without forethought, the blade of the guillotine could strike me from behind.
‘I must protect my own life.’
While living among the nobility, I had forgotten the simple truths of the streets.
Today is the day the Water Goddess moves. Jenny is destined to die in a few months.
The perpetrator is Aris’s friend, who’s also called a lover, a spy from Dobrakan.
‘Back then, I just mourned without knowing anything. But now, thinking about it, yes, it must have been him.’
How can I save Jenny?
I pondered for a moment but saw no clear solution.
‘I can’t do anything in my current state, almost no different from a maid.’
Being an actual maid would have been better. I could take Jenny and leave for another place. But, having the status of a count’s adopted daughter while being treated like a maid, I couldn’t do that.
‘If Jenny dies again because of my powerlessness…’
I unknowingly clenched my hand.
Crack!
Startled by the sudden sound, I opened my hand to see a completely shattered walnut shell.
I quickly brushed off my palm, but Jenny had already seen it.
Brushing off the remaining crumbs from my palm, I avoided her gaze.
“Oh, stop playing around. It’s really amazing. You’re so slim, yet so strong.”
Shaking her head, Jenny cleaned up the walnut crumbs from the floor. I sheepishly clasped my hands.
‘It’s like looking at the old flatterer.’
In my childhood, living off thievery, I stuck by the gang leader’s side, handling finances. I called her a flatterer for her exceptional skill in buttering up our leader.
‘She was plump and cute like that.’
Reminiscing about my somewhat grim childhood, the door burst open. It was Hubert’s young servant.
“What’s the matter?”
“Count Lorenst asks for your presence.”
“Me alone?”
“No, everyone in the house.”
Jenny and I exchanged glances.
“What could it be?”
Descending to Hubert’s study on the first floor, everyone had already gathered. As soon as they saw me, Lady Emerun frowned.
“Why are you so late? We’re all busy waiting for you.”
Apparently, my late arrival displeased her. I drooped my eyelids and sighed softly.
“I’m sorry. I was busy with work.”
“Hmph, you think you do everything in this house?”
Don’t I? I genuinely wanted to ask what she thought I did around the house.
‘I bet she’ll mention the steward or Hubert.’
Predictable.
In this house, Lady Emerun’s tasks were limited to hosting tea parties, shopping for dresses and jewels, or indulging in her hobbies, each costing a fortune.
She hardly contributed to the actual running of the household.
But unlike me, who’s thoroughly common at heart, she wouldn’t find any of this odd.
As a noblewoman, she probably sees all these as mere duties befitting her status.
‘It’s draining.’
There’s no use arguing with someone whose way of thinking is entirely different; it would only tire me out. I quietly took my seat.
“Next time, come earlier to tidy up the place.”
Lady Emerun fluttered her fan with a smug expression. Hubert’s expression was sour as he watched her.
He preferred quiet and despised the noisy and troublesome Lady Emerun.
Aris, noticing Hubert’s mood, pushed a plate of sweet pastries towards Lady Emerun with a charming smile.
“Lady, please have some of this.”
“Thank you. Aris, you’re truly pretty.”
Lady Emerun praised Aris, then glanced at me as if to suggest I should learn from her.
I’ve been through this routine enough times, so I just received her gaze expressionlessly. Lady Emerun then openly criticized me.
“Unlike you, she’s charming and remembers her place. I heard you behaved improperly at the dinner table. Thought I wouldn’t know? Georgia told me everything.”
I resisted the urge to smile at her barbed words.
“Aris was just really hungry then. I understand. And I’m sure she regrets it.”
Aris gave me a pleading look, a wordless pressure to be cautious, but it seemed laughable.
Nevertheless, agreeing with her now would save me from more tiresome confrontations.
“I truly regret it.”
I nodded earnestly, and Aris looked back and forth between Lady Emerun and Hubert, beaming.
“See, Lady? My sister has already reflected on her actions.”
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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