‘I thought he wouldn’t stoop so low… but could Tlala have possibly assassinated my father? It seems like everything might be connected.’
Then,
“Your Majesty.”
While Latil was deep in thought, the silent High Priest suddenly called her in a quiet voice and kneeled again.
“Please accept me into your harem.”
Latil, who was about to help him stand up, was taken aback.
“Harem?”
It was an abrupt request. The High Priest suddenly wanted to join the harem.
‘Ah. Is he suggesting that he will work in the temple within the harem?’
Latil thought so due to the surprise.
“I want to enter as a consort.”
The High Priest personally denied Latil’s speculation. Looking up at a surprised Latil, he wore a sad expression.
“As I mentioned before, there are too many people targeting me. But when I see you, I feel that you could protect me.”
Why? He seems capable of defending himself. Latil barely managed to hold back her immediate retort. No. Even if he’s strong, he could be overpowered by sheer numbers.
“But you as a consort in the harem… isn’t that a bit…”
“Because of that.”
“Because of that?”
“People normally wouldn’t think of a High Priest being in the harem. If I entered as an ordinary consort, no one would think of me as the High Priest.”
It was a radical idea but made sense. No one would connect the holy High Priest with the secretive harem.
If it was publicized that a beloved man was admitted to the harem, people would say, ‘Ah, that’s the Empress’s taste,’ not, ‘Could it be the High Priest?’ Anyway, this High Priest didn’t look anything like a High Priest from the outside.
Furthermore, if the mere existence of the High Priest can block black magic, his presence would be helpful.
“That’s fine.”
‘Now that the number of consorts exceeds five, I can’t be known as the naive Empress anymore.’
[This is the time separator]Inside a stone castle, all windows were covered, not a single speck of light entered. In the chilly throne room located in the castle basement, a man sat.
“The attack failed?”
At the man’s question, a person wearing a fox mask answered.
“Yes. The connection was cut off. It seems like the High Priest noticed the bead in his head and destroyed it.”
The man clicked his tongue.
“He’s surprisingly troublesome. Then what about the High Priest? Did he meet the Empress?”
“Since the bead was destroyed, I don’t know about the events after.”
The foxmasked man’s answer wasn’t pleasant news for the man, but a delighted smile crossed the man’s lips.
Seeing that, the fox mask tilted his head.
“You seem pleased?”
“Do you have a reason not to be pleased?”
The man’s smile deepened.
“My dear younger brother is acting so cleverly. If I were taken down easily, my beheaded head would be pitiful for him.”
As the man rubbed his neck, blood faintly leaked out from the red line drawn like a thread along his neck. Seeing this, the shoulders of the fox mask twitched slightly.
Pulling out a handkerchief and wiping the blood, the man asked,
“Heum? Is he awake?”
The Male lead Always Seduces Her with His Beauty (Matriarchy)
Xin Jiao Zhou is the leader of the world’s premier sect. She has just experienced betrayal from all sides, was poisoned in an assassination attempt, and faced death squad attacks while the poison was taking effect. After finally clearing out the scum from her sect, she was drugged again while trying to detoxify.
After waking up from a night of unconsciousness, she gained a “beautiful and kind-hearted” husband.
Xin Jiao Zhou: “???”
He fell ill.
She came to see him, bringing breakfast.
As she put down the breakfast and was about to leave, his hand slipped while holding the spoon. “Clank!”
She turned around upon hearing the noise.
He looked up at her, his eyebrows drooping: “My hand… has no strength.”
“Shall I… feed you?” she asked tentatively.
He opened his mouth cheerfully: “Ah—”
Thinking she was drowning, he jumped in without hesitation to save her, but nearly drowned himself. In the end, it was she who swam over to rescue him, giving him air underwater.
After emerging from the water, his ear tips turned red. He lightly brushed his cheek, tucking his sideburns behind his ear, revealing delicate, pink-tinged ear tips. He lowered his gaze, too embarrassed to look at her.
Xin Jiao Zhou: He’s truly beautiful, kind-hearted, and adorable.
A certain someone when disciplining subordinates behind the scenes: “If they don’t obey, just kill them.”
What’s that? She might already have someone she cares about in her heart? A certain someone: Find out who it is, kill them, and then there won’t be anyone.
What? She met a man by the riverside? What? That man even hurt her? A certain someone: Whichever hand hurt her, chop off his entire arm.
Love at first sight without realizing it, gradually falling in love, slowly getting closer…
Family and national grudges, schemes and desires, good and evil, crime and punishment, she and he face the future together, seeking justice with passion!
A naturally dark female lead who could accidentally destroy the world but is actually an honest person VS a weak, pitiful, and helpless but skilled fighter, beautiful white-cut black male lead
My heart is not of stone, how steadfast is your love? — Tao Yuanming “Imitating the Ancients (No. 3)”
— Reading Guide —
Cold female lead & dramatic black lotus with hidden yandere traits male lead
