Daisy, who knew what Yuri Hsien was worried about, reassured her with a bright voice. Her brown eyes, shining with goodness from within the black hood, appeared both simple and firm.
“Now, go on quickly.”
“Thank you, Daisy. I’m always sorry to impose on you like this.”
Yuri Hsien lowered her eyebrows looking at Daisy like that. If Kendalle found out about Yuri Hsien sneaking out, not only Yuri Hsien but also Daisy, a lowly kitchen maid, would not be safe.
‘She might get into more trouble than me.’
Still, Daisy did not refuse Yuri Hsien’s request. Though she might have hesitated, she took Yuri Hsien’s hand in the end and helped her now.
“Don’t say that, Miss. I’m a coward. I can’t say a word in front for fear of losing my job. You should curse me for being a hypocrite. I even passed your information to the lady today…….”
“No, Daisy. I gave that information to anticipate any suspicion on you. You’re not a coward but a wise person who knows how to protect yourself. And that’s why I asked you.”
“But…….”
“It’s okay, stop it, Daisy. Thanks to you pleasing Mother and Lapine in the front, I have this opportunity, don’t I?”
This was why Yuri Hsien chose Daisy among many employees.
Daisy willingly helped Yuri Hsien but was not purely righteous. She made sure to protect herself. Being such a clearsighted child, Yuri Hsien felt at ease using Daisy.
Contrary to Lapine’s words, Yuri Hsien was not a stupidly virtuous heroine.
“I’ll be back.”
“Yes, I will have the door open again at the time you told me.”
“I always appreciate it. I will pay this debt.”
“Yes, I’m just believing in you, Miss. You must hire me as a formal maid, okay?”
Daisy joked with a smile. Yuri Hsien, who had nothing, told Daisy that she didn’t have to fully support her and proposed one conditional possibility.
That was to admit Daisy, a lowly maid, as a formal maid and cultivate her manners.
‘With a recommendation from Windsor that she cultivated manners as a maid, she can dream of being a ladyinwaiting at the Imperial Palace.’
Yuri Hsien nodded to Daisy and put her hood back on.
‘This sneaking out is the most critical. I’ve prepared some contingencies, but it must go as planned as much as possible.’
Going to the back door, where Daisy had prepared for the knight to briefly leave his post, Anderseen, the butler of Eulgen, was anxiously waiting.
“Miss, I’ve been waiting. Now, let’s go.”
“Yeah, I’m counting on you.”
Yuri Hsien took Anderseen’s hand and climbed into the small carriage. Looking at her reflection in the carriage window, she soon felt the carriage move quietly.
Today, Yuri Hsien will reclaim Eulgen.
(This is a time separator.)
At the same time, in the middle of the chapel, where the moonlight strikes diagonally.
“May peace be with all today. The young being prays.”
A man finished his prayers alone.
He who had bowed his head for a moment slowly rose from his place and looked at the symbol of the Church of Gruision, the yew tree. His green eyes that gazed at the divine water were incomparably dry and lifeless.
The man exited the chapel and removed the unused veil he had been wearing on his head. Under the soft moonlight, his golden hair, as if wrought of pure gold, shone nobly.
The man stretched out his arm to the giant hawk that flew to him as if it had been waiting for his exit.
“Have you returned?”
“Squeak[Dash]!”
The hawk that grabbed the man’s forearm and perched offered a leg with a small bag attached. The man retrieved a letter from that bag and read it; only then did his green eyes regain their brightness. The man, whose eyes twinkled with interest, stroked his own lips and muttered to himself.
“It’s finally moving.”
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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