“…….”
As Ranamun did not sip the soup, but merely stared at it, Cardoon, his twin brother and servant, tilted his head.
“Why is that, Master? Don’t you like the food?”
“It’s a bit odd.”
“The smell?”
Cardoon approached, scooping a spoonful of soup with the tasting spoon to smell it.
“It seems fine?”
Then Cardoon took a sip of soup and mused, looking up at the ceiling.
Upon Ranamun’s fixed gaze, Cardoon swallowed the soup down with a gulp, then placed the spoon down with a chuckle.
“It’s delicious, Master. You usually like mushroom soup.”
“But it was also served yesterday.”
Do you dislike having the same menu consecutively? Cardoon, while looking at the appealing mushroom soup, asked.
“Shall we ask for a change?”
“It’s not that I don’t want to eat it.”
“Then?”
“Usually, they don’t serve the same food consecutively.”
“Oh…That’s right. Now that you mention it, that’s usually the case.”
“……”
“But it’s not the first time this has happened, Master. Remember when I met the chef before? When I told him that you enjoyed a certain dish, he served only that for three consecutive days.”
Despite his gentle words, Ranamun’s expression did not change, and Cardoon cautiously asked.
“Do you still want it replaced if you feel uncomfortable?”
Ranamun, keeping his mouth tightly shut, looked at the soup then raised his own spoon.
“It’s fine. It’s not food I dislike.”
Despite having claimed that he didn’t want to eat, Ranamun found the soup tasteful upon eating and ended up scraping clean the whole bowl of soup.
[This is the time separator]The problem exploded only after a day had passed.
‘Something feels strange.’
The next morning, Ranamun, who opened his eyes at his usual time, laid in bed and thought. He felt different than usual.
When Ranamun, who usually gets up and washes immediately after waking up, just sat blankly on the bed, Cardoon asked a question while bringing the clothes that he had neatly pressed for Ranamun to wear that day.
“Why is that, Master?”
“My……”
“Yes?”
Ranamun tried to tell Cardoon about the difference between yesterday morning and this morning, but he changed his mind and shook his head.
“No, never mind.”
It was a little embarrassing to say it out loud, and he felt a little weak for the day, but what good would it do?
In the end, Ranamun got up without a word and headed straight to the bathroom as usual. After bathing, he listened to various things that had happened in the harem while receiving his makeup from Cardoon.
“It seems that lately, Her Majesty has been favoring Master Tasir and the chancellor. She went out to play with Tasir twice and suddenly rushed to see the chancellor. That’s what they say.”
“……”
“Isn’t it strange? How could she do that when she has you, Master? Do you seem too handsome to be approachable?”
“I don’t know.”
“We must find out, even if we don’t know! You said you would study! You read a lot of books to study! What did you read!”
“Cardoon.”
“……I’m sorry. I was so upset that I got carried away.”
“What is in the book is about what happens after going to bed.”
“Then, how about getting to the bed……?”
“That’s not in there.”
“How can that be! Where is that!”
As Ranamun calmly combed his hair, Cardoon dropped his shoulders in disappointment, and after making an “ah!” sound, he made a suggestion again.
“How about getting closer to Chancellor or Master Tasir? You can see Her Majesty along with them. Besides, wouldn’t your face look better next to their’s?”
Cardoon’s proposal was serious, but Ranamun had no time to consider it. He didn’t feel good when he woke up the next morning either.
Ranamun, lying in bed, stared hard at the glamorous ceiling painted with famous paintings and tightly closed his eyes.
Something… seemed to have happened.
[This is the time separator]“Wow. How could this happen?”
Latil, who had interpreted the ancient map using the ancient language learned from Guesta, almost swore without realizing it when the results came out.
“Why?”
Tasir asked from the side, but she could not answer. Latil silently put her hand on her forehead.
It couldn’t be helped. The map pointed to the location of an item, and that item happened to be located within Karisen. Karisen. The place where her exboyfriend, Hyacinth, was the Emperor.
Moreover, it was near the capital. Crazy. It couldn’t be seen as anything other than madness.
“Are the map makers insane?”
“Pardon?”
“Why did they bury a map pointing to Karisen in Adomaru?”
“Well… When this map was made, things like borders or relations between nations, anyway, everything must have been different than it is now, don’t you think?”
“I know that.”
“I see. You were angry as if you didn’t.”
When Latil glared at him, Tasir dramatically raised his hands in a defensive gesture.
“In a relationship, there should be pet names, shouldn’t there? How about I call you Flatfish from now on? If you become my lovely flatfish, I would be your….”
“Mudfish.”
“…I do not resemble a mudfish in any way, Your Highness.”
“Quack doctor mudfish.”
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
