“Blondie. How long was I unconscious for?”
“You were actually unconscious for a week, young lady.”
“I was unconscious for a week? That can’t be. Then my hair grew this much in a week?”
Lorencia shook her head in disbelief. And every time she moved even a little, her body started to creak.
“Ouch.”
Every time she moved her body, her joints began to ache.
“It’s very uncomfortable every time you move, isn’t it? Young lady.”
“It must be because I’ve been lying down for a long time. I feel aches and pains all over my body.”
“That’s possible. Lady Lorencia. Try moving slowly.”
Lorencia looked down at her hands with an awkward smile. The feeling that her arm length had gotten longer and her finger joints had become elongated was probably because she had been asleep for a long time? And she checked the bedsheet that she had removed from the blanket she was covering herself with.
“Blondie. I think I started my first period right before I fainted.”
“That’s right. Congratulations. Lady Lorencia.”
Blondie smiled as she stroked the back of Lorencia’s hand. When she examined Lorencia’s body through magic tools, there was nothing wrong with her as a woman. Rather, there were signs that her period was about to start.
She judged that her period had not started due to the severe abuse, mental stress, and near-starvation lifestyle at the Pol Heredian estate.
“From now on, you’ll have your period once every 25 to 31 days, but since it’s just starting, it may come irregularly.”
“But could I have fainted just because of my first period? And Teir? He must have been very worried about me.”
“Of course that can happen. And Duke Spencer…”
Blondie recalled a week ago.
Teishar embraced Lorencia, who was limp like a marionette doll with its strings cut. Every time Lorencia’s face was covered by her falling hair as she grew pale, his trembling large hands caressed her cheeks. And he carefully brushed back her thin red hair.
He kept muttering Lorencia’s name and nickname. No matter how much he called, there was no response from her. He gathered Lorencia’s unconscious body and embraced her again. As if he couldn’t believe the present moment, only sorrow flickered strangely over his expressionless face and red eyes.
There was no movement. She doesn’t move. The moment he accepted that, Teishar momentarily stopped breathing. He lifted Lorencia’s limp hand to his cheek and pulled up the corners of his mouth.
It felt like someone was clawing at his heart after tearing it apart.
Blondie explained that Lorencia had started her period late and that quick action needed to be taken, so she asked Teishar to lay Lorencia on the bed. After sending Teishar out, she changed the bedsheets and the clothes Lorencia was wearing.
The cat Leo refused to leave Lorencia’s side as she lay asleep on the bed. The same went for Teishar. Half a day passed, a day passed, but Lorencia did not open her eyes. Blondie kept changing the bedsheets and clothes while constantly checking her condition.
It was clear that Lorencia had definitely started her period. It was something to celebrate, but they couldn’t figure out why she wasn’t waking up from her sleep. There was nothing seriously wrong with her body.
Three days passed like that. Teishar, Abrelina, Welson, and the servants including Magus kept silent, but everyone was worried about her.
They brought in tight-lipped doctors from the Imperial Palace and ducal house, but they only answered that she was just asleep.
Teishar kept his eyes on Lorencia with an expressionless face that was either anxious or tired, it was hard to tell. He didn’t move for a long time. He seemed like a person whose time had stopped.
Teishar leaned over the bed where Lorencia lay and whispered. In his kind and warm voice, anxious tremors could be felt. He gently caressed her face. Lorencia’s face had become too gaunt after not eating for several days and only sleeping. Seeing her losing weight again after having struggled to gain it, Teishar’s eyes grew moist.
A teardrop fell with a plop on Lorencia’s cheek, and Teishar reached out and wiped the teardrop away with his thumb. He kissed Lorencia’s forehead, temples, and mouth, then buried his face between her neck and head. It was at that moment when Teishar’s shoulders were shaking in agony.
The amethyst necklace hanging around Lorencia’s neck began to emit a bright light.
From the necklace, one strand, two strands, dozens of strands, hundreds of strands of light-made threads emerged and began to gradually envelop Lorencia’s body.
It looked just like the process of a caterpillar turning into a pupa.
The lid of the black jewelry box on the dressing table in Lorencia’s room opened by itself. The shattered amethyst fragments inside floated in the air and were absorbed into the light-made threads as they were.
Teishar said, recalling the words of the fairy queen Titania whom he had met not long ago.
Blondie also looked at Lorencia, who was beginning to be completely enveloped in light. It began to transform into a huge egg. The next day, instead of the strands of light coming out, it had become a huge egg of light that perfectly enveloped Lorencia.
And on the seventh day. The huge light that had enveloped Lorencia subsided. Blondie checked the changed Lorencia on the bed. And at the same time as being startled, Lorencia groaned and opened her eyes.
“Duke Spencer was very worried. He even cried a little and stayed by your side nursing you, young lady.”
“He cried? Oh no. He must have been so worried.”
“Of course. But everyone just prayed and waited for you to wake up, because it was the process of becoming a butterfly.”
“The process of becoming a butterfly?”
“For you, Lady Lorencia, the week was the process of transforming from a caterpillar into a pupa and becoming a butterfly.”
Blondie smiled.
“Congratulations on becoming a beautiful butterfly.”
“What do you mean by that? Blondie.”
“Lady Lorencia. Would you like to try standing up?”
“Alright.”
Although her body creaked a bit and complained of discomfort, it wasn’t to the point where she couldn’t move. As Lorencia put her feet into her slippers, she slightly furrowed her brow.
“Were the slippers always this small?”
“I will prepare new slippers and shoes that fit your feet.”
Lorencia nodded and stood up to look at Blondie. Then she tilted her head. Blondie with her stooped back and Lorencia’s eye level used to be similar. So when they stood and looked at each other, their gazes met. But now, instead of their gazes meeting, Lorencia was looking down at Blondie.
Feeling strange, Lorencia looked down at herself. The shortened length of her pajamas. Her own red hair that reached the floor. Feeling odd, she quickly approached the mirror to examine herself. As soon as she checked, she was startled and took a step back.
“Who is that person reflected in the mirror?”
Lorencia rubbed her eyes with both hands and looked at the mirror again.
Glossy red hair. Under neat eyebrows and black eyelashes, large and deep violet eyes could be seen. Distinctly shaped lips were visible. It was her own face, but it had somehow changed. She had also grown taller, and flesh had been added to her bony arms and legs.
“Did I really grow taller while I was asleep?”
“I told you, young lady. You’ve become a butterfly.”
Lorencia touched her face again. It was very soft and tender.
“This is so amazing. Blondie. Is this really me?”
Lorencia, who touched various parts of her body, was so surprised that her body had changed femininely that she was at a loss for words. Her bony body that had been like a child’s had suddenly changed as soon as she started her first period.
“I can’t believe it.”
It was clearly her own face, but the overall atmosphere had changed.
“It’s going to get busy from now on. You’ll have to change all the dresses you wore, and you’ll have to buy new shoes and jewelry too.”
“Huh? I understand about the dresses, but I have to change the jewelry too?”
“We’ll have to purchase jewelry that suits your current appearance. Hoho. You should take a shower, right? I’ll trim your hair too.”
Lorencia nodded and looked in the mirror again. She couldn’t believe it even after seeing it.
[This is the timeline separator]Teishar ran down the corridor with all his might at the news that Lorencia had woken up. As he arrived in front of Lorencia’s room, Owenna and Kate were guarding the door.
“Where’s Roa?”
“She’s washing up right now. So it would be good if you could wait a moment. Duke Spencer.”
Owenna answered Teishar’s question.
“I’m telling you in advance so you won’t worry, but Lady Lorencia has no health problems whatsoever.”
At Owenna’s words, Teishar was relieved, rubbing his chest.
“My lord. It’s truly fortunate that the young lady has woken up.”
Holio, who had followed Teishar, applauded with joy.
“Then this is no time to be standing around like this.”
Teishar turned his steps with a determined expression. He headed to the place he always went for Lorencia, who had just woken up after 7 days.
“Where are you going, my lord? You should see Lady Lorencia.”
Holio followed behind Teishar.
“Holio.”
“Yes. My lord.”
“Where do you think I’m going?”
“Well?”
“Quickly grasping the heart of the master you serve is also the duty of a butler. Where do I go every day for Lorencia?”
Holio then realized where Teishar was heading. It was the kitchen.
Entering the kitchen for the first time in 7 days, Teishar began making food only for Lorencia with the chefs and pâtissiers.
“Make dishes that stimulate the appetite and are easy to digest.”
“Understood.”
“Add salmon to the salad. And prepare potato soup, egg dishes, bacon, and oatmeal, and make the juice tomato.”
At Teishar’s instructions, the chefs and pâtissiers got busy. Before long, the meal and dessert for Lorencia were quickly prepared on the trolley. Teishar slowly pushed the trolley with a satisfied face and arrived in front of Lorencia’s room.
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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