As the sharp sword danced past, what remained on the exterior wall of the building was a word for the mansion suggested by the little friend.
“Mm, good! If we do this, anyone will know it’s our mansion!”
Agrares thought as he looked at his little friend, who was smiling with a satisfied expression.
‘Yes, anyone will know.’
Even if humans cannot estimate, even after an unimaginable amount of time has passed.
And I am. Since you marked it again like this, I am…
Even if you say you won’t come again, I will stay and wait in this mansion.
Longer than the time it takes for the name engraved on that stone to wear away, I will chase after your afterimage.
[Star Icon][Star Icon][Star Icon]“I’m hungry!”
At a time that probably no young human could see, looking beyond, Evelia chirped about her current hunger next to Agrares.
Gurgling.
Just in time, a thunderous sound from her stomach echoed, and Agrares, returning to reality, reached out to his little friend.
“Let’s go eat.”
Saying the words his friend liked the most.
“Okay!”
As she grabbed her devil friend’s hand and was about to jump up from the stone steps, a mocking tone came flying.
“What’s with these shells. Are you still hungry after eating all this alone? You eat a lot for a peanut.”
Having finished fencing, he threw his sword on the ground and walked lazily. Neither his look nor his words pleased her, and the frowning Evelia stepped up three more stone steps.
‘Mm, now I can reach.’
The tiny hand quickly grabbed Marbas’s short hair.
“It seems like you could even graze on grass. Yum!”
“Ahhh! Ah! Master! Look at this illmannered peanut!”
“Ebebebe, to speak so rudely! Knights! Discipline this grass!”
“Ebebebe, my demons! Come immediately and give this peanut a good beating!”
Watching the quarrelsome highranking devil and the little lady, the Knights wore a vacant expression.
That kid might be a highranking devil. There’s no way such a childish character could be a highranking devil.
“Little one. Let go of that.”
When Agrares said with a stern face and low voice, Marbas brightened up at once. Of course, even the master didn’t like his loyal subordinate being humiliated by this human peanut!
“Only the Master is reliable!”
But what came back to the grinning Marbas, who loudly claimed, was the Master’s questioning gaze and an indifferent word.
“Let go.”
“Ebi right. Let go. Let go of the grass.”
“Hahaha Our little lady says let go! Let go!”
Unable to give a disrespectful look to the master, nor glare at the peanut sticking closely to the master, Marbas sent a fierce gaze at the harmless Artina Knights and thought.
‘I really hate the Artina family. Really hate them.’
[Star Icon][Star Icon][Star Icon]What Agrares paid most attention to was undoubtedly food. He was well aware that his little friend loved ‘delicious things’ most in the world.
The current royal chef, the retired former royal chef, a researcher who was said to be studying unique dishes in seclusion, and even an elf, a nonhuman species.
He had sought out all beings who were known to cook, had them present their dishes partly by threat and partly by a massive amount of gold, tasted them, but none of the dishes were enchanting enough to feed his precious friend.
As such, Agrares, who had been traveling all over the continent, finally returned to the principle. When treating a guest, serve the best from the host’s culture.
Agrares summoned the chef who had been in charge of his cuisine for hundreds of years in the demon world.
The chef who had been catering for a long time to him, who didn’t particularly enjoy eating and had picky tastes. Though not one of the 72 demons, when it came to culinary skills, this demon was exceptional.
And so, the appetizer tapas were laden with an array of fruits and meats that were not to be found in the human world.
Despite being unfamiliar ingredients, the beautifully colored and arranged tapas stimulated Evelia’s appetite to the fullest.
“Wow!”
Looking at her with her eyes wide open, covering her mouth with her tiny hands after taking a mouthful of the large tapas, and her plump cheeks moving, it seemed that it suited her taste. Agares smiled a little in satisfaction.
“Hmm, not bad.”
The knights who were ready to loudly complain about a shoddy meal and vow never to return to such a mansion had no choice but to keep their mouths shut.
“A demon…! What is this?”
“Just eat.”
“Yes!”
The wings of a young dragon, at an age full of curiosity, fluttered hastily.
The demonic realm’s cuisine, which humans could not easily taste, boasted flavors as deep as their history and traditions.
Evelia, who had eaten all her tapas and even stolen one from Enlil’s, was glaring at Marbas’ plate sitting right across from her.
There were two pieces of tapas left out of a total of five.
“What is it, peanut. Why?”
“Aren’t you going to eat that?”
“I will. Later.”
“Let’s exchange this with that. I’ll give you two of these.”
When male lead is the homewrecker
“I know she doesn’t love him.”
I’ve read the novel below twice already. Girls, I’m highly recommending it to you!
The female lead? Not a good person.
The second male lead? Not a good person.
The male lead? Willingly plays the third party, breaking up the female and second male lead’s relationship despite all the warnings from his friends—so yeah, he’s definitely not a good person either.
Basically, nobody in this novel is simple-minded or without scheming.
The female lead starts off as the male lead’s secretary, but don’t worry—later on, she takes over the company while the male lead steps back to support her. He won’t steal her spotlight, overshadow her, or dull her shine.
I love novels where men are out here snatching wigs, tearing each other down, and going to war just to win the female lead’s affection. And this is exactly that kind of novel. Most of Hai Dai Ran’s works have this dynamic. You’ll see the male characters’ emotions being pushed to the absolute extreme.
There’s even a scene where the second male lead exposes the male lead online for being a homewrecker. The brotherhood immediately gangs up on him, dragging him through the mud. I find it compelling —it completely flips reality on its head, where usually, women are the ones fighting over a man and getting torn apart by the sisterhood.
For me, female leads in the novels I read should only struggle in their careers, not in love. But if the brainless romantics in the story are all men? I have zero complaints.
I’ve pretty much read all of Hai Dai Ran’s novels and even translated all of them—her works are just my thing. I’ll slowly upload everything here. One day, when my website is official, I hope I can invite her to join as one of the star authors.
Here’s the story synopsis:
One-line summary: She is his lifelong obsession, to the point where he was willing to be a third wheel, scorned by society, just to wedge his way into her relationship with her fiancé.
Cold-hearted and indifferent female lead + Scheming and subservient CEO male lead
Intro 1:
“I know she doesn’t love him.”
With blood trickling from his clenched fist, Rong Xiu gazed at the woman before him, his eyes clouded with anguish. Hidden in the wardrobe, he had witnessed Fan Xia – the woman he desperately loved – in an intimate embrace with her fiancé. Yet his heart still yearned for her, defying all reason.
Fan Xia, the elegant and composed assistant, carried something mysterious in her eyes whenever she looked at her fiancé, Wen Lan Sheng. Strange occurrences began to surface – secret meetings with the young Gu Jin Yi, an unexplained withdrawal of 5,000 yuan… Then suddenly, her fiancé’s sister, Wen Jing, violently attacked her.
In this matriarchal society, Rong Xiu had risen to become the chairman of a powerful healthcare conglomerate, breaking through gender prejudices. But for the first time, he willingly stepped into the shadows as the other man, disregarding his friends’ warnings to become her secret lover.
Because he had discovered the truth – Fan Xia wasn’t the pure angel everyone believed her to be. And perhaps, he was the only one capable of helping her execute her mysterious plan…
Intro 2:
Rong Xiu’s biggest regret in life was missing out on Fan Xia.
He secretly loved Fan Xia for 7 years.
Watched her go public with her boyfriend.
Watched her kiss her boyfriend at their wedding.
Until that man blissfully nestled in Fan Xia’s arms, obtaining everything he could only dream of.
The crazy jealousy stripped away his hidden secret love, layer by layer, burning like wildfire.
Fan Xia, how can I have you!
【Reading and Trigger Warning Guide】
1. Female dominant, male submissive, male pregnancy
2. Male lead schemes his way to the top, male competition
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