Upon Latil’s signal, the maid who caught her gaze nodded and promptly approached Sonnaught.
“Please hand me your clothes.”
As the maid neared, Sonnaught reentered the bathroom and emerged with his discarded uniform. Apparently, he had tried to wash it in the bathroom as it was soaked in water.
“I apologize for the state it’s in.”
“That’s alright.”
Blood stains on the clothes wouldn’t easily wash off, so despite washing, the uniform was still full of blood stains. But, the maid was more distracted by Sonnaught’s naked body, and she hastily accepted the bloodstained uniform.
True to his position as the Commander of the Imperial Knights, Sonnaught’s body was like a wellcarved sculpture. Not only were his muscles symmetric, but he also didn’t have any excess fat, and even his face was more handsome. It was enough for the maid to lose her mind.
Seeing the maid’s eyes moving around restlessly, unable to find a place to rest as they jumped between the walls, the ceiling, and the furniture in the room, Latil silently shook her shoulders.
As the flushed maid grabbed the clothes and rushed out of the bedroom, Latil finally let out the laughter she had been suppressing.
Sonnaught looked at Latil with a peeved expression.
“Do you find this situation that amusing?”
“I’m sorry. But seeing you standing naked in my room. It’s a bit amusing.”
“You’re the first to find my nudity amusing.”
“Oh? Have you been parading your naked body around?”
“…When knights are together, we bathe together, and even when training, we take off our tops.”
At Sonnaught’s defensive explanation, Latil chuckled and joked.
“You’re the first naked man to come into my room.”
“!”
Sonnaught awkwardly grabbed the doorknob with one hand. He seemed unsure whether to hide inside the bathroom or to stay outside.
Even Latil was curious. Would he come out or go in?
However, Sonnaught stood still in his ambiguous position. Neither going further in nor coming out, he only mustered a muffled voice.
“My clothes…”
“Yes?”
“Please get me some clothes.”
“Huh? What?”
“Your Majesty. Please order to bring any clothes.”
“Huh? I can’t hear you?”
“…….”
As Sonnaught looked at her with a frustrated gaze, Latil, holding her stomach while laughing, waved her hands.
“I’m sorry. I’m sorry.”
Since Sonnaught was usually the one teasing, getting a chance to tease him back made her feel exhilarated.
However, not wanting to upset Sonnaught by teasing him further, Latil bit her lip and rang the bell on the table.
When the clear sound of the bell rang, a different maid entered the room. The maid who took Sonnaught’s uniform and left earlier must have shared the story because the new maid’s face was flushed, and she was only looking at the carpet.
“Did you call, Your Majesty?”
“Can you fetch some clothes for Sir Sonnaught? He is too embarrassed to come out.”
[This is the time separator]The cheerful and pleasant mood didn’t last long. The next day, the summoned priest confirmed the corpse and spoke with a dark face.
“The corpse has been cursed.”
At her confirmation, those nearby began to murmur in shock.
“A curse, really? In this world?”
“Have the black magicians returned?”
Latil, too, narrowed her eyes and repeated a nervous habit of clenching and unclenching her grip on her sword.
Curses were taboo. Black magicians who used curses were deemed heretics during the war 500 years ago, and most of them were executed.
The few who survived were an extreme minority, and they were ‘ordinary people’ whose utility and contributions were recognized. Even these few, their lineages have completely died out now.
Officially.
But to see the curse, believed to have disappeared completely, gruesomely revealing itself again. Things will get complicated. Latil clicked her tongue internally and asked the priest.
“So, how should we handle the corpse? Is there a specific procedure?”
The priest answered while removing the glove she had been wearing.
“Yes. The most effective way to deal with a cursed corpse is to burn it.”
“And if we don’t burn it?”
“In fact, in most cases, it doesn’t matter. But the problem is with extremely malicious curses. As the body decomposes, it can taint the ground or its surroundings with a foul aura.”
“So what happens then?”
“People become weakened and unidentified epidemics start to occur. In the worst cases, the dead wake up. They become zombies.”
At the word ‘zombie’, everyone flinched. A few generations ago, humanshaped monsters were said to be as common as the monsters coming out of the forest.
But in the modern era, vampires, zombies, and creatures like shikigami were only slightly mentioned in history books. But now, zombies?
Even when humanshaped monsters were commonly seen, people feared zombies. Can modern people properly fend off such a terrifying entity?
Faced with a more serious situation than anticipated, Latrasil Valertain Tarium frowned. The chief steward, sharing the same thoughts, suggested anxiously.
“Your Majesty. Isn’t it better to burn it quickly?”
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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