A few hours before the tea party started, she had expressed her gratitude for saving Lady Ancel. It was a grateful expression, but her gaze was clearly assessing me. It showed that, despite the friendly expression, she couldn’t take my side for the mere act of saving a maid I cherished.
“Oh, do you raise doves?”
A countess supporting Floria made a strange expression. Typically, noble ladies mocked my taste for raising canaries or parrots. The glances of other noblewomen followed suit, expressing agreement with her.
“Do you find the dove too big and not cute?”
“The gaze seems too explicit, almost as if it’s meant for humans, so I was a bit hesitant… It seems like your taste is unique.”
“I am treasuring Floria’s gift.”
As I casually put down the tea cup I was holding and responded indifferently, the expressions of the ladies-in-waiting changed surprisingly. I felt awkward, realizing they probably didn’t expect such remarks if they thought it was Floria’s gift.
“Well, looking again, the feathers are so white that it looks pretty.”
“Y-yes. It seems unusual for a dove to have a shining appearance.”
The ladies-in-waiting glanced at me, trying to gauge if I might convey a message to Floria.
Soon after, they stood up to look at the dove.
Judging by how they openly criticized me at the tea party, and now, standing up without seeking permission, I could tell how disdainful they were toward me.
In their eyes, Floria probably had a higher chance of becoming the queen than I did.
“Oh, what rude behavior is this!”
“Did you hear what I said earlier? I am angry!”
Noble ladies expressed their anger on my behalf, replacing me, who was calmly drinking tea.
“When did expressing taste for raising doves turn into such a drastic change in attitude?”
“Aren’t you feeling unpleasant, Lady Bee?”
I smiled slyly at the worried glances from the noble ladies.
“It’s fine. I don’t take every word to heart.”
“But even if you spoke a bit harshly, it would have been fine. People like them need a strong scolding now and then.”
“But why did you even invite them? You usually only invite those who are always with the Second Prince.”
Exactly. Even among those who admire Floria, I selectively invited those who were strong-willed and outspoken. I expected things to turn out this way.
Since I was openly ignored in front of everyone, I thought that the noble ladies who had a favorable opinion of me would gather against them out of resentment.
Sure enough, judging by everyone’s expressions, affection towards me increased, while animosity towards Floria seemed to surge.
“As this is the first gathering in the royal palace, I thought it would be nice to be with many people. If I have caused any discomfort, I apologize.”
“No, Lady Bee. Apologize for the mistakes you made.”
“That’s right. The rudeness is on their side. If it was uncomfortable, you didn’t have to come here and disrupt the atmosphere.”
Of course, it would be difficult to easily refuse the Crown Prince’s invitation, but excuses could always be made. As I smiled with a hint of bitterness, everyone’s faces became even more awkward.
“Come to think of it, Lady Bee, you seem to have a very delicate heart.”
“I don’t know how such a delicate lady ended up with such rumors.”
“That’s right. As Your Highness mentioned, it seems appropriate not to spread uncertain rumors. I wonder who spread such baseless gossip…”
The Viscountess cautiously spoke as she glanced at the ladies-in-waiting gathered in front of the aviary.
“In fact, it seems that even among commoners, there is talk circulating these days. Some say that Lady Bee’s story is not a rumor created by Queen Floria.”
“Oh, I heard about it too. In the past, I always supported Crown Prince Consort, but nowadays, with the increasing support for Lady Bee, there’s speculation that the rumor itself was not intentionally spread by Queen Floria.”
The noble ladies-in-waiting spoke, glancing briefly in my direction, as if pondering whether it was appropriate to bring up such a topic in front of me. However, seeing no particular reaction from me, they continued their conversation.
Outside the door, the footsteps of the royal guards echoed.
“The Crown Prince Consort has arrived.”
When yandere male lead believes she loves him — but she never did
“How dare you!”
“How dare you make me love you, only to cast me aside as nothing more than a friend?!?
“I will never accept that.”
“I will never let you return to him.”
“Even if I have to burn myself to ashes.”
“Even if I must shatter my purity, my dignity, my very soul.”
“I will never let you escape me!”
This was the first novel that introduced me to the matriarchal genre. I’ve read it three times already!
At first, the male lead despised the female lead. Later, he misunderstood that she liked him, so he condescendingly and reluctantly reciprocated her feelings.
Then, he suddenly discovered that she was kind to everyone in the same way, and there was already someone she cherished in her heart, and that person was not him.
The male lead couldn’t believe it, he became angry and crazy. He was determined to capture her body and heart by any means necessary.
Synopsis:
Want to see how a green tea bitch male lead falls in love with the female lead?
Want to see how he flirtatiously pursues the female lead?
Want to see how he gets slapped in the face repeatedly?
The male lead is a green tea bitch, a poisonous lotus, jealous, ruthless, unscrupulous, with a venomous heart, and he’s also a delusional maniac.
The female lead is righteous, positive energy-filled, kind, a holy mother.
Let’s see how two people with extreme personalities come together~
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