“Roa. Are you jealous right now?”
“Jealous?”
“Yes. Jealousy is the most honest emotion that reveals every detail of the deepest feelings one experiences. As honest as it is, it’s an emotion difficult to control.”
Teishar gently embraced Lorencia to comfort her, then lightly kissed her forehead and said.
“When I saw the scene of Grand Saint Saraf placing her hand on Teishar’s, I got angry. I felt uncomfortable. Yes. If the emotional symptoms Ter mentioned are jealousy, then I was jealous.”
Of Grand Saint Saraf.
“Don’t worry. I will never escort the Grand Saint.”
“I hope so, but……”
Lorencia swallowed a sigh inwardly and stretched out her arm to summon the amethyst bead.
Looking into the summoned amethyst bead, Lorencia opened her eyes wide and said to Teishar.
“What’s wrong, Roa?”
“Why has the future changed?”
“How has the future changed?”
“It’s a future where Ter doesn’t escort Grand Saint Saraf. Until yesterday, it was a future where Ter escorted her, but why has it changed today?”
Lorencia tilted her head and checked the amethyst bead again.
Checking once more, it wasn’t Teishar escorting Saraf, but Magus.
“As it happens, something was decided this morning. I expect that’s why the future has changed.”
“Something was decided? What is it?”
“I’ve temporarily stepped down from the position of head of the Spencer family.”
At his sudden and surprising statement, Lorencia blinked her eyes.
“Roa. Are you surprised?”
“Not a little, but very surprised, Ter.”
“Actually, it was agreed to entrust the position of head of the Spencer family to my father.”
“You’re suddenly stepping down from the position of family head?”
“That’s right. It was suddenly decided.”
Usually, the father passes the position of family head to the successor, but the situation where Teishar, the son, reversely passes the position to his father was unfamiliar.
“Did Magus agree to this? Ter.”
“Yes. He gladly accepted. Of course, if busy matters arise, I will assist my father as the young lord.”
Teishar recalled this morning. When he wakes up in the morning, he always kisses the small portrait frame of Lorencia at his bedside as he wakes up.
Sometimes, in a half-asleep state, he would say he needs to prepare Lorencia’s morning.
A sigh escaped involuntarily.
Teishar had to focus on listening to the schedule Holio was informing him of, but he kept thinking about the snack menu to give Lorencia. At those times, he extremely disliked working.
So in the morning, he impulsively went to see Magus.
Even to himself, it was truly a groundbreaking and good idea.
Teishar has to prepare for Lorencia’s coming-of-age ceremony, her debut in Polroid society, and then prepare for the wedding ceremony a year after their engagement. And he needs to go on a honeymoon with her and Leo.
The honeymoon was the most important.
He planned to show Lorencia the wider world, so he intended for the honeymoon to be a long trip.
Starting from the mountain range of the Zenith Empire, famous for its widest flower fields, to eating delicious fish dishes on a beautiful sunset beach, and riding the world’s largest cruise ship.
His heart pounded pleasantly at the thought of Lorencia smiling happily while viewing the beautiful world.
“Father entrusted me with the position of head of the Spencer family early to search for the child of Goddess Ella. But now there’s no need to search anymore. So I returned it to him.”
Teishar gazed into Lorencia’s purple eyes right in front of him. He wished he could be tattooed like this into her eyes.
Teishar agreed with Magus to be granted the right to mobilize the knights in case of any possible events.
Magus initially refused, but after persistent persuasion, he agreed to accept the position of family head.
“Now that I have more time, I plan to spend much more time by Roa’s side.”
“Wait a moment, Ter.”
Teishar’s hand, which was about to pull closer to kiss Lorencia, paused for a moment.
“Ter.”
Teishar’s paused hand pulled Lorencia’s waist closer.
“I have a favor to ask.”
“Anything.”
“Could you keep it a secret that the head of the Spencer family has changed from you to Magus?”
“It’s not a difficult thing.”
“This solves one of my worries.”
Lorencia smiled happily.
“Has my stepping down from the family head position solved it?”
“Yes. It was solved very easily. Then there’s only one thing left now.”
Saraf declared war in a place where people were gathered. Then how should we prevent her from declaring war?
A mischievous smile appeared on Lorencia’s face as she summoned the amethyst bead again.
And.
She came to have an audience with Magus, Baello, and Queen Benedict.
“Your Majesty the Queen. This is the imperial edict with the Emperor of Isuter’s signature and seal proving the cancellation of Lorencia’s title from the Pol Heredian Count family.”
As Baello handed over the edict to the chief attendant, the attendant immediately brought it to the Queen.
After confirming the edict, Benedict smiled with satisfaction. But some uneasiness remained.
“I heard Emperor Ruans was obsessed with Lorencia, but since he easily stamped the seal, I don’t feel completely at ease.”
“We feel the same.”
“We must be fully prepared in case something happens later.”
“Understood, Your Majesty the Queen.”
Baello then presented to Benedict the edict to adopt Lorencia into the Di Glosten family.
Naturally, Benedict gladly stamped the Queen’s seal on the edict to adopt Lorencia as a lady of the Di Glosten Duke family.
“I hereby declare that Lady Lorencia has become the only lady of the Di Glosten Duke family.”
“Thank you, Your Majesty the Queen.”
And then, Benedict, who received the engagement document of Teishar and Lorencia, nodded with satisfaction.
“I approve the engagement of Teishar Spencer and Lorencia Di Glosten here and now.”
Baello and Magus bowed deeply. And Benedict, who received and read Magus’s edict, tilted her head.
“Is this edict I just read really from the Spencer family?”
Currently, Teishar is the head of the Spencer family, but the edict submitted by the Spencer family stated that the future head of the Spencer family would be changed to Magus.
“That’s correct.”
“Should I understand that this was decided with some meaning? Duke Magus.”
“That’s right, Your Majesty the Queen.”
One corner of Magus’s mouth lifted.
A week later.
A letter from the Temple of Goddess Ella arrived before Benedict.
“Grand Saint Saraf requests an escort from Duke Spencer…”
The content of the letter was that Grand Saint Saraf of the Temple of Goddess Ella would attend the Empire Foundation Day of the Polroid Empire a month later, and she wanted to entrust the escort to Duke Spencer.
“So this is why they asked to keep it a secret. Very interesting.”
Benedict smiled with satisfaction, recalling Magus’s words from a week ago.
Benedict didn’t like Grand Saint Saraf and the Temple of Goddess Ella.
Especially Saraf, who had never shown her face, and to even greet her once, one had to pay quite a large donation.
They were doing business using religion.
“A Grand Saint out of her cage.”
Grand Saint Saraf was a veiled figure who never came out of the temple.
Of course, those who had seen her said she was very mysterious and beautiful.
“I wonder if she’s more beautiful than the child of Goddess Ella?”
Benedict smiled. Just imagining it, an interesting situation was anticipated.
“Since the Grand Saint is coming in person, I should write a reply saying that Duke Spencer will escort her as she wishes.”
[This is the timeline separator]The Empire Foundation Day of the Polroid Empire approached. Though it’s an annual Empire Foundation Day, this year’s was special.
It was because Grand Saint Saraf from the Temple of Goddess Ella was visiting the Polroid Empire.
As it’s rare for the Grand Saint, who only prays to the goddess in the Temple of Goddess Ella, to come out, people’s attention was focused on this.
Many empires hoped to participate in the evening banquet of the Polroid Empire Foundation Day to see Saraf even once.
Benedict invited all the nobles from the empires hoping to participate, without discrimination.
Recently. Before Princess Charlotte got engaged to Adrian of the Isuter Empire. The atmosphere in the Polroid Empire was not good due to Adrian’s death.
However, with Grand Saint Saraf’s visit on the Empire Foundation Day, the Polroid Empire became lively.
People from other empires who were invited expected to see Grand Saint Saraf’s sacred appearance and beautiful looks.
Saraf also put effort into her appearance to show her beautiful looks to people.
“You think this dress is pretty?”
“I’m sorry, Grand Saint.”
Saraf spoke in a voice full of discontent as she cut the dresses brought by the saints attending to her with scissors.
“Bring me a white empire dress. If there’s no white, pearl color is fine too.”
“But that white dress is… a bit… revealing…”
“What did you just say?”
“Because it’s a bit revealing, I thought…”
“You thought?”
Saraf approached the saint who talked back to her. Then she raised her right hand high and struck the saint’s cheek with all her might.
With a loud ‘slap’ sound, the head of the saint slapped by Saraf turned.
“Are you contradicting my words now? You dare, to me, the messenger of Goddess Ella?”
“I’m sorry, Grand Saint.”
The slapped saint knelt before Saraf and started apologizing.
However, Saraf raised her hand high once again and struck the cheek of the apologizing saint.
Male lead fell into her trap — and shattered when she walked away
This is also on my reread list!
This one is a slow burn, but when it burns, it burns hard.
Definitely worth a read, y’all!
The story follows a thousand-year-old seductive spirit who, on a bet, sets out to charm the male lead—a once-promising but unfortunate cultivator.
But just when she succeeds in making him fall for her, she heartlessly leaves, driving him to madness.
Determined to find her at all costs, he captures her, keeping her by his side no matter what, even if she hates him.
I love this kind of trope—I enjoy watching the male lead suffer in agony.
The ending drags a bit with unnecessary filler, but that’s fine.
As long as I enjoy the beginning, I’m good.
Intro
As an enchantress, Su Heng possesses captivating eyes and charming beauty, easily manipulating the joys and sorrows of living beings at her fingertips.
But to enchant a god, making him taste the bitterness of love’s separation, long-lasting resentment, unattainable desires, and inability to let go…
Do you dare?
Su Heng assists a divine lord in his cultivation, aiming to make him experience all the sufferings of love, so that he can attain the Great Dao.
Only after being chased down from the heavens by the divine lord, confined and completely possessed by him, does she realize how successful she has been.
The once gentle and polite youth has transformed into someone she no longer recognizes.
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