Hyacinth had checked the letter over and over again. But no matter how many times he read it, the contents of the letter did not change.
“Ha.”
Hyacinth rested his forehead in disbelief. Heat rushed up to his temples, and his head felt dizzy as if it had been struck. Latil sent such a letter? Latil?
Hyacinth crumpled up the letter all at once, glaring at the representative of the embassy who had brought this letter, as if he were the cause of all this.
The representative of the embassy was dumbfounded, then shrank back in fear when he detected the unfavorable atmosphere.
‘Latil, Latil, Latil…!’
Hyacinth crumpled the letter carefully, squeezing it into a ball in one hand, and took a moment to catch his breath. The urge to immediately drag the author of this letter and kill him surged to his throat.
Behind the shrinking representative of the embassy, the image of Latil smirking flashed before his eyes. He even seemed to be raising his third finger.
Hyacinth slowly grabbed the handle of the jade throne and tapped it with the tips of his fingers. He had to say something, anything, but no words came to his mind. His head was still a complete blank.
After glaring at the representative of the embassy in silence for a long time, Hyacinth finally managed to utter a word.
“It’s not acceptable.”
The representative of the embassy widened his eyes.
“Your, Your Majesty…”
Count Breta could not have imagined that Hyacinth would refuse this proposal.
“Tell the Emperor of Tarium. I absolutely cannot send a consort.”
“But…”
Is this some kind of a joke? You took a consort from our country, didn’t you? The representative of the embassy swallowed the words that had risen to his throat.
If he said this, the Emperor of Karisen might draw his sword. His life was too precious to risk for just this one sentence.
So even if Emperor Latrasil later scolds him saying, ‘You incompetent! Can’t you do anything right!’, he had no choice but to choose silence for now.
[This is the time separator]
Three years ago, after Princess Latrasil confessed and then ran away without even saying goodbye, Prince Klein, whose pride was hurt, decided to forget about her. He thought it was the only way to protect his wounded pride.
But the Tarium Empire was too powerful. The damn news from that country kept popping up here and there, irritating him.
Recently, particularly surprising news had arrived. That Princess Latrasil, the one who had cried drunk, had been crowned as the Emperor of Tarium.
‘Tarium is in big trouble.’
If the Emperor is such a heavy drinker… Klein grumbled to himself, feeling irritated for no reason.
But the surprising news did not end there. The newly crowned Emperor had immediately sent an embassy to Karisen. It was an embassy requesting a Karisenborn consort for diplomatic relations.
Upon hearing this, Klein’s pride was hurt.
‘She must be asking for me.’
She ran away because she was shy before, but now that she had attained supreme power, she probably wanted to take him. It was an obvious story.
“Ha. This is crazy.”
Klein exhaled in disbelief, brushing up the silver hair that was falling over his eyes.
“It really is unbelievable.”
The servant who informed Klein about the embassy asked, “Yes?”
“Did I say something strange?”
“Not you. The Emperor of Tarium, Latrasil.”
The servant looked at Klein with a puzzled expression. What is he talking about out of the blue?
Ever since three years ago, Prince Klein had been receiving reports on Princess Latrasil. He didn’t order the reports himself.
Just that every time he would say, “From what I’ve heard…” and then sigh, urging detailed reports, eventually the servants took the hint and whenever there was a story related to Princess Latrasil, they would voluntarily come and report to Prince Klein.
His reaction was mostly the same every time he received a report. He would make a fat face and be anxious. And sometimes, he would mumble some irrelevant words.
“Does she have a lot of patience?”
“She must have forgotten because she’s busy.”
Like that.
But today, instead of just being anxious, he was saying ‘Ha! Seriously, Huh! Seriously,’ which was strange.
“Your Highness? What’s wrong?”
“She is not a state gift, but a concubine. Despicable.”
“Eh?”
The attendant blinked in confusion. He still could not understand Prince Klein’s words.
But Prince Klein was not originally the kind to explain things well. Today was no different. Klein only grumbled his words, and without any explanation, waved his hand to dismiss the attendant.
But even after the attendant left, Klein could not shake off his discomfort for a long time. Karisen was not a weak country.
It was a powerful nation on par with Tarium. Yet, they wanted the prince of such a great nation, and how could they think of sending him as a concubine? The more he thought about it, the more he found it despicable.
He absolutely had to refuse. Klein coldly resolved. Having run away twice, shouldn’t the other party pay a price that matches him?
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
