I'll Be the Queen of the Enemy Country (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 11
“You’re quite curious, Jasmine?”
When their eyes met, Jasmine scratched her cheek awkwardly.
“I’ve… never done it before… I mean, I don’t even have a fiancé. But Elise has someone she’s considering for marriage, and Patricia has a fiancé, so they must have tried it, right?”
The kingdom was an extremely conservative society for women. A woman could only kiss after becoming engaged and only consummate her marriage after actually marrying.
This was vastly different from men, who could indulge freely with lovers as much as they pleased.
Of course, secret kisses did occasionally happen behind closed doors.
“I asked something too personal—sorry about that.”
Jasmine ducked her head deeply.
“No, it’s perfectly fine. Friends can certainly talk about things like this.”
“F-Friends?”
Jasmine blinked her large eyes.
“Of course. Sharing a good meal in the afternoon is something friends do, isn’t it? And friends can freely talk about their first kiss too.”
Elise glanced toward Patricia and Debois, seeking their agreement.
Though no one said it outright, both Patricia and Debois—who hadn’t yet experienced their first kiss—nodded curiously.
“You see, a kiss…”
At that moment, what surfaced in Elise’s mind wasn’t Chase, whom she’d kissed countless times in her past life, but Karan, whom she’d kissed for the first time just last night.
“I’m so curious.”
Seeing Elise hesitate, Jasmine grew impatient.
Elise smiled faintly as she recalled her kiss with Karan.
Before their lips even touched, their breaths mingled. Karan gently took Elise’s lower lip between his and then pulled away.
When Elise opened her eyes, Karan whispered,
“Don’t look. Keep your eyes shut.”
Then their lips drew close again. At that moment, had Karan’s eyelashes trembled slightly?
Just as she felt relieved that she herself hadn’t trembled, Karan urgently pressed his lips against hers.
His tongue slipped through the tightly sealed gap between their lips. Karan explored every corner of Elise’s mouth thoroughly.
Karan never took his eyes off Elise. His burning gaze overwhelmed her, and she finally closed her eyes.
At that, Karan’s kiss grew even rougher. He behaved like a massive predator—devouring and swallowing Elise whole.
Karan poured heat into Elise with his tongue. His wild movements steadily made Elise’s body grow hotter.
She nearly collapsed right then and there—if Karan hadn’t held her waist, she would have sunk to the floor from the sheer intensity of the kiss alone.
Breathless, Elise pushed against his shoulder. Panting breaths escaped repeatedly through the narrow space between their reluctantly parted lips.
And then their next kiss was gentle, unlike the previous one.
The tender kiss, like a mother licking her child’s wound, left Elise’s mind hazy.
Thus, for Elise, a kiss was the process of being tamed by a fiercely hot and savage beast.
[This is the timeline separator]“Your Highness, I’ve obtained the information you requested.”
Though it was late for receiving reports, Karan greeted Hartvin with a perfectly composed expression.
Truthfully, his master knew no distinction between night and day. Whatever he wanted to do, he did immediately; whatever he wanted to know, he needed to know right away.
Because Karan didn’t separate work by day or night, Hartvin had also grown accustomed to treating nights like days and days like days.
Ordinary people would have fled without looking back from such harsh working conditions, but Hartvin, who regarded Karan as far more than just a superior, gave his utmost effort.
‘The pay is generous, after all.’
That didn’t mean he had no complaints.
“Couldn’t you give me a more generous deadline next time?”
“I gave you two whole days.”
His sharp, abrupt tone cut through the air.
Just two days ago, he’d been grinning like a madman, but precisely from that afternoon onward, his mood had turned gloomy.
“Do you really think it’s possible to uncover a foreign prince’s personal and secret information within two days?”
Thud. Karan set down the pen he’d been rolling between his fingers.
Hartvin instinctively flinched. Karan’s piercing gaze was sharper than a fountain pen nib.
“So you failed?”
“Impossible. Who do you think I am? I’m Hartvin—Your Highness’s trusted confidant and right hand. Of course I found out.”
At Hartvin’s boastful tone, Karan relaxed his eyes slightly and gave a small flick of his hand.
Interpreting it as an impatient signal to hurry up with the report, Hartvin straightened his posture.
“As you suspected, Lady Elise Warton has formally ended things with His Highness Chase. What should we do about the business we’ve been running under a nominee account with His Highness Chase?”
Now that Elise had severed ties with him, Karan no longer had any reason to support Chase behind the scenes.
“We’ll scrap it immediately.”
Clack. The ice in his glass melted and slid down.
Karan stopped swirling his wrist and stared fixedly at his drink.
The deep amber liquid had become much diluted.
It reminded him exactly of Elise’s hair color.
Blonde with a hint of orange.
Karan took a deep breath. The scent of her from two days ago still seemed to linger at the tip of his nose.
Just thinking of her made his body heat up instantly.
Karan downed the cold drink in one gulp and moved to stand by the window.
When he opened it, he heard drunken voices shouting below.
“Damn Titris bastards are staying here? Ptooey! No wonder the ale tastes like piss.”
“Shh, keep it down! Don’t you remember what happened last time? Half the guys who started trouble here were found half-dead in the woods!”
“What? What are you talking about?”
The men lowered their voices and whispered among themselves.
Scattered words like “Titris” and “retribution” could be heard.
Karan clicked his tongue and shut the window.
“Hartvin, I told you—leave no trace.”
Though the loudmouths feared retribution from somewhere, they needn’t have worried.
Firstly, what they’d said was true, and secondly, Karan hadn’t punished them for insulting Titris people.
It was because they’d disobeyed Elise’s order to apologize.
In this world, no one was allowed to ignore Elise’s words.
If anyone dared disregard her, Karan intended to punish them—as far as his power reached.
That was precisely why he’d even set up nominee businesses with Bedroka.
The companies he’d invested in under nominee accounts had done quite well. Among them was one that Chase had been particularly eager to sign a contract with.
But that investment agreement would now be nullified.
‘He’ll probably lose his mind when he finds out I’ve withdrawn.’
Once Karan pulled out, others would inevitably follow suit once they caught wind of it.
After all, Karan was renowned as an investment prodigy.
‘Naturally. I only invested in businesses Elise was involved in.’
It wasn’t that Karan understood business well.
He’d blindly invested in everything Elise did—and it had turned into massive success.
Elise was truly extraordinary.
She was the only person who made Karan’s heart race.
And simultaneously, the one who caused him pain.
‘I never imagined she’d become Chase’s lover before I even had a chance to act—let alone at just fifteen years old.’
The year Karan took the warrior trials in Titris, Elise officially declared her romantic relationship with Chase.
At that moment, Karan’s pure feelings were shattered. Yet he painstakingly gathered each broken piece and mended them.
He kept that affection hidden from Elise, letting it grow darkly within him—something he could never reveal before her.
Thus, his love for Elise had become unsettlingly shadowed.
Though she had no idea.
“Why don’t you come?”
Karan murmured, gazing out the window.
Now that he felt connected to her even once, waiting two days already felt unbearably long.
“If I end up causing some trouble like this, how do you plan to handle it?”
For a moment, Karan’s eyes gleamed ominously.
If Elise didn’t come to him, he might just climb through her bedroom window.
Should he actually do such a thing, the proper Elise would surely be disappointed in him.
“Perhaps the blood of a barbarian truly can’t be hidden.”
He couldn’t let it show in front of Elise.
Though Elise refused to believe it, Titris people truly were barbarians.
Just a few years ago, they’d considered it perfectly normal to kill their own brothers to choose a king.
Strength defined everything, and they wielded violence freely to demonstrate their power.
To the pen-worshipping nobles of Bedroka, Titris people were beasts.
Indeed, their physical development was exceptional—Titris people had hawk-like clarity of vision, owl-like night vision, and hearing and strength far surpassing ordinary humans.
Though they didn’t eat people, they could tear them apart with sheer strength.
Until the night he spent with Elise, Karan had despised his Titris blood.
But now that he understood her true intentions, he was grateful to be Titris.
‘She must have needed a place to flee to avoid Chase. Countries allied with Bedroka would’ve been too burdensome—Titris was perfect for her.’
Still, he had questions about her actions.
How she’d managed to find him, the details of her journey, and so on.
But Karan decided not to reason it out logically.
Even if he uncovered inconsistencies, he had no intention of letting her go—especially not after she’d already fallen into his arms.
“So please, just come to me.”
Just then, as if on cue, the door opened.
And Elise—the very person Karan had been waiting for—appeared before him.
[This is the timeline separator]“Have you been well, Your Highness? Were you perhaps waiting for me?”
“No. More importantly, are you feeling alright? I was quite worried—you left so abruptly that day.”
Karan took Elise’s robe and hung it over a chair.
“My body… is fine.”
Elise pressed the back of her hand against her flushed cheeks.
Pretending not to notice, Karan gestured for her to take a seat.
As Elise sat down, Karan was about to follow suit when he suddenly remembered something and straightened up, then brought out a teacup.
“I’ve prepared some tea.”
Karan poured the tea with considerable skill.
“Do people in Titris also enjoy tea?”
“No. Tea is something only those with leisure can enjoy. As you know, Titris isn’t exactly a place of abundance.”
Everyone was too busy just trying to survive.
Moreover, daylight hours were short.
Especially in winter—so much so that a common joke went, “You eat breakfast, and suddenly it’s dinner.”
Thus, there was neither time nor mental space to savor tea.
“But you seem quite skilled at it.”
“They said I had to learn.”
“Who said that?”
Karan’s hand faltered slightly. The stream of water from the teapot wavered for a moment.
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.
*
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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Chapter Comments (104)
They are already on their honeymoon, good job locking in the contract Karan
they are married and making babies,karan will not let go easily
Down boy
Inline Comments (106)
‘Truthfully, I could have bought my own clothes. Chase’s business ventures under
You should tank all those business before leaving the kingdom
“Lord Dex, are you ashamed of this place? The very land where you were born and
Homeland is not necessarily the place you were born in, but the place you felt you were a part of and that cared about you. And Tetters will be the same for Elise.
He looked both like an owl awaiting praise and a male peacock trying to impress
I liked the analogy. Whether an owl or a peacock, Cram appears to be a bird.
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VKotaku28
Most definetly you did Elise, your words are basically gospel for him
debban23
having tea time all of a sudden,karan has fallen hard
VKotaku28
It’s not too late
VKotaku28
It’s not too late