Clutching her fists tightly, Annette struggled to accept this unbelievable fact. Cardin leaned in to whisper a tremendous secret to her.
‘My mother, when she looks at cute and lovely things with a warm gaze… it almost looks like she’s glaring.’
‘…!’
And indeed, that was a tremendous secret. Cardin’s revelation that the more affection the Empress felt, the more intense and persistent her gaze became, was a great source of strength for Annette.
Had she not heard from him what kind of person the Dowager Empress was, she might have been trembling internally at the Empress’s formidable expression, unable to utter a word.
But now, things were different. She couldn’t just stay silent, knowing this.
Annette, ignoring her pounding heart, opened her mouth to speak.
“Thank you so much for the gift…”
“How did you injure your hand…”
Realizing she had spoken at the same time as the Dowager Empress, Annette quickly shut her mouth.
‘…’
‘Ahem.’
Charlotte watched the two, obviously embarrassed, and then asked with concern, “Annette, did you hurt your hand?”
Upon the Dowager Empress’s mention, Charlotte noticed the white bandage meticulously wrapped around one of Annette’s hands. She felt sorry for not noticing earlier, despite having been with her since she went to the palace to fetch her. But the hand was too small and delicate to notice right away.
Meanwhile, Annette, who hadn’t been particularly concerned about a wound that necessitated a bandage, was slightly surprised to realize that the Dowager Empress had observed her so attentively.
Feeling embarrassed and somewhat inexplicably fluttered, Annette quickly explained, “It’s nothing serious. His Grace the Duke…”
“Harzant Duke?”
“Did Cardin, I mean the Prince, hurt you?”
Hastily responding to the sharp questions that came simultaneously, she continued, “No, it wasn’t like that. His Grace said he needed some of my blood.”
Realizing how strange this might sound, Annette quickly added an explanation. It was about how Cardin, before leaving for the temple, had invited Chancellor Samuel and the royal mage, Martin, into her room, introducing them as trustworthy individuals.
After brief introductions, Martin requested permission to study her blood to find the cause and solution for the change in Annette’s body. Annette, hearing that blood was needed, immediately drew a dagger and made a deep cut across her palm.
It was only when she saw Martin taking out a thin needle that she realized, ‘Perhaps not so much blood was needed.’
Regretting her hasty action, Annette awkwardly smiled. Samuel promptly called the palace healer, while Martin quickly collected her blood into a small bottle.
Once the task was completed, Cardin quietly took out a handkerchief and, without a word, tightly wrapped it around Annette’s hand.
At that moment, Annette wondered if it was alright to feel the emotions of a masked person so clearly. Even though his face was hidden, it seemed as if the Duke was full of discontent.
Pondering why this might be, Annette, concerned about carrying a blade in the palace, excused herself, saying, “You might have heard, but there was a surprise attack from the Bayendor Empire. Of course, the traitor is in Hayworth, but just in case…”
Upon hearing that she had previously obtained the Emperor’s permission, the Duke nodded and briefly praised, “Well done.”
However, despite his words, he still seemed displeased, and she couldn’t fathom the reason…
“A mage, huh.”
Suddenly, the Dowager Empress’s voice broke Annette’s train of thought.
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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