I met my grandmother with a fluttering heart.

“You. You said you’re Cien?”

“Yes!”

“I was the Duchess Lukela, the ruler of the top tower. I’m not someone to be casually called grandmother.”

There is no one who does not know the modifier ‘ruler of the top tower’.

In her youth, when she was training in the top tower, she killed another magician and took over the tower.

She even became a magician of the rank ‘Anya’, the fourth rank out of twelve magical ranks.

Considering there’s currently not a single archmage of the first rank, it was a very high position.

…For some reason, it seems like she doesn’t use magic now.

Duchess Lukela drew a clear line.

‘It’s a shame. I thought you liked cute kids.’

My charm didn’t seem to work on her.

Then it was time to step back. It was a success just to lighten the atmosphere for now.

I nodded my head.

“Yes…….”

I retreated for the day, but it’s not over yet, grandmother!

The grandmother, looking at me, slowly raised the corners of her mouth and spoke.

“You’re quite clumsy at wheedling.”

As if being drawn a line wasn’t enough……

……I was even scolded.

I turned around, patting my lips that were trying to protrude forward with my hand.

“I’m sorry…….”

My charm was always unbeatable.

Is it because she’s a villainous Duchess, different from others? Like an iron wall.

But I had no intention of giving up just because I failed once.

I lifted my bowed head high and looked at grandmother again.

The grandmother’s eyes tilted like a halfmoon for a moment and quickly regained her cold gaze.

“It’s been a while since I’ve seen a child who looks me in the eye.”

“Watch your mouth, Mother. And, Cien.”

The one who broke the situation was my father.

“Hmm?”

Suddenly, my father who had gotten up picked me up and spoke firmly towards Duchess Lukela. As if marking his territory, on guard.

“I will take Cien to the maids.”

“Do that.”

I gathered the last of my strength and mumbled a small word towards grandmother.

“Dad. Gran, goodbye.”

Duchess Lukela nodded her head.

It was strange.

I don’t know Duchess Lukela very well.

But at least I guessed she would be coldly scolding if something unexpected happened during the conversation…….

Surprisingly, she said nothing.

In the quiet silence, I stood outside the door led by my father’s hand.

‘Operation Coax Grandmother was a failure, but it’s not like everything goes well on the first try. Then, then!’

I’ll protect our dad! I clenched my soft, flufflike fist and glared at the maids who were walking from a distance with something in their hands.

Great. Anyone can challenge me. No matter how strong, no one can bother our dad!

Because I’m here!

When Cien left in the hands of the maids, Duchess Lukela and her eldest son, Prince Matthias, sat opposite each other again with a large table between them.

A cold silence was winding around the two.

She opened her mouth with a cool air.

“Cien, she’s grown quite a bit. I remember when she was just a newborn.”

The round eyes full of light, the chubby cheeks like hiding honey, and the tiny lips like pink petals.

She definitely grew up cute and even resembled ‘that woman’.

Maybe that’s why Matthias, who is not interested in others, is caring so much about her.

“Don’t concern yourself with Cien.”

Duchess Lukela chuckled at her son’s hostility.

All children are afraid of her. So it was fresh to meet a child who calls her grandmother.

But that was it.

‘Even if she’s a kid, once she comes into this dukedom, she’ll lose her innocence.’

In a dukedom where the law of the jungle applies, such a young and weak thing will easily fall.

Besides, she had something else to say.

“You’ve been quite cheeky since earlier.”

“Don’t you already know that I have this temperament?”

Duchess Lukela looked at her son, Matthias, and smirked bitterly.

Indeed, she knew.
He had been a man who had quietly hidden for five years to protect his child, accumulating strength.

Matthias, who had perfectly dropped out of the succession structure and barely returned. Everyone had predicted his defeat.

A person without proper forces, without wings to stand up.

But only the Duchess of Lucella had a different judgment about him.

Matthias was more dangerous because he had already lost everything, and he was a man who could be more cruel than anyone because he had something precious.

“That’s right.”

It was time to talk about the main issue.

“Since the trial of the devil case of the structure ended in vain, resume the succession training that was stopped.”

“Yes.”

“Five years ago was different. At that time you were the only successor, but now all of the matured bloodlines are coveting the successor’s position.”

“I know.”

“Do not forget that there are many forces opposing you both inside and outside the family. Think about the devilish behavior you’ve committed.”

Duchess Lucella, who had finished her words, quietly looked at her son.

When scheming men desperately battle for her favor in the male harem

This one’s also on my reread list! The rivalry, scheming between the men in the imperial harem are just as intense and thrilling as in classic palace drama novels, where concubines fight to the death. Give it a read, girls! I promise you won’t be disappointed.

Synopsis:

“I am not worthy of her… but I still want to be by her side, even if only as a loyal dog…”

Those were the painful whispers of Yue Guanyi – the proud Crown Prince of the Great Qi, who was torn between deep love and a guilty conscience. Despite holding the supreme power of the Imperial Guard, he still could not forget the dark past when he was sold into a brothel.

Fate played a cruel twist when Qiu Shuzhi – a young female official who had just passed the imperial examinations with top honors – stepped into his life. She did not know that she was the one who had saved him from a tragic fate many years ago. And now, her heart was the target of pursuit for both Yue Guanyi and the powerful Empress Dowager Qin Qing.

While Yue Guanyi only dared to silently care for and protect the one he loved from afar, the  Empress Dowager Qin Qing openly expressed his feelings and did not hesitate to take advantage of his power to approach Qiu Shuzhi. The covert struggle between the two most powerful forces in the imperial court began…

Trigger warning: All men in this novel are yandere style.

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