Adele hurriedly lowered her gaze, trying to conceal her desires.
“Just, with the current situation being complicated, I got worried, that’s all.”
“…….”
“Valentin is not yet familiar with the social circles. Before, he was only involved in wars in the Ansgar territory, so he might not remember much. That’s why…”
“So.”
Adele quickly became teary-eyed. It was different from the days when he would retreat if she pretended to cry a little.
He had already come to her seat, crossed over, and, placing his hands on either side of her head as if to confine her movements, knelt down.
“Tell me more.”
“You’re not angry, are you?”
“Well, how does it look?”
He seemed somehow restless and anxious. Adele thought so as she gazed blankly at him.
The head that had been silently staring down at Adele suddenly tilted to the side.
Lips that were neater than a lady’s settled not so neatly on her neck.
As her breath tickled, her body twisted, and his hands held hers.
In a somewhat painful voice, he whispered, “Why do you always worry about humans and feel sad? What is it that you like so much about them? Are they that pitiful?”
“When have I…”
“…Could it be that you find them pitiful?”
“Why would I find anyone pitiful…”
The conversation became increasingly uncontrollable. Valentin’s lips, which had been silently looking at Adele, suddenly twisted.
“How much harder do things need to be for you to give up?”
“Ah, it hurts.”
“Of course. This isn’t a normal situation.”
After answering harshly, his strength immediately left his hands. His touch on her cheek was extremely delicate.
As Adele looked up at him as if enchanted, Valentin suddenly smiled fiercely.
“Even like this, you don’t come to your senses.”
He tilted his head slightly and kissed her eye area.
Below that, numerous small kisses followed. Cheeks, earlobes, corners of the mouth, chin…
Excluding the kiss she had momentarily desired, he covered everything.
“If you keep showing such weaknesses, I want to delve deeper. Even if you hate me and cry, it will be beautiful.”
Do you really want that? Adele’s mind suddenly returned to Valentin’s murmured words, which seemed indifferent. She quickly spoke up.
“I, I don’t know what I did wrong…”
His lips barely grazed Adele’s neck and slid over her collarbone.
“This, everything I said was for Valentin’s sake.”
The movement that had gone a bit lower momentarily stopped.
Then, Valentin raised the head he had been lowering. His narrowed eyes stared at her.
Instinctively, Adele realized that the words she uttered were close to the correct answer. It was also a fact that she couldn’t miss.
As if appealing for sincerity, she looked directly into his eyes without avoiding them.
“I didn’t say these things worrying about someone else. Moreover, I… I won’t worry about anyone else.”
Valentin raised one eyebrow as if suggesting Adele to say it again. Adele swallowed the saliva pooling in her mouth.
“Especially, that she- shell……. Even talking about it makes me feel nauseous.”
His eyes narrowed suspiciously even as he spoke.
His meaningful gaze made her turn her head, and he firmly held her, forcing her to look at him.
“Really?”
“…….”
“Did you worry about me or someone else, not this shell?”
His head tilted slightly.
“Why?”
“……Well, I just…”
“Could it be that you found me pitiful?”
She nodded urgently. It was instinctive to realize that it was the correct answer.
Valentin finally burst into a broad smile as he looked at her as if she were unbelievable. Unrealistically beautiful hues appeared on his face, as if truly happy.
It was a somewhat humorous but sad sight. Someone akin to a deity, laughing so heartily at the words of a mere human saying they found him pitiful…
“Adele, say it again.”
After Adele had worried about him and said she was concerned several times, Valentin finally let her go.
Adele adjusted her disheveled breath and fixed her appearance. Her face turned entirely red.
“I, I wanted to say that the current situation might be worse than what Valentin thinks. He probably doesn’t know the evil of humans…”
Whether it was the sincerity that was cute or the amusing aspect of her words.
Valentin laughed heartily without a shadow. However, without any particular comments on her opinion, he simply replied.
“If you want, Adele can teach me those things.”
“I may be able to do something about other things, but I don’t know anything about politics. I won’t be able to match the experience of old nobles… ”
He chuckled softly.
“Even if young ones live for a hundred years, they can’t surpass the experience of the elderly.”
“……Of course, from that perspective, anyone would feel that way, but still, you need to be a bit vigilant. The capital is filled with Morrig’s high priests, and Valentin…”
“He was born a monster and must avoid the ‘sacred.’ Is that what you were going to say?”
“Aren’t you afraid?”
“The only thing I fear is you, Adele.”
She blinked her round eyes.
As if telling her to stop asking for explanations, Valentin gently pulled her hands towards himself.
When scheming men desperately battle for her favor in the male harem
This one’s also on my reread list! The rivalry, scheming between the men in the imperial harem are just as intense and thrilling as in classic palace drama novels, where concubines fight to the death. Give it a read, girls! I promise you won’t be disappointed.
Synopsis:
“I am not worthy of her… but I still want to be by her side, even if only as a loyal dog…”
Those were the painful whispers of Yue Guanyi – the proud Crown Prince of the Great Qi, who was torn between deep love and a guilty conscience. Despite holding the supreme power of the Imperial Guard, he still could not forget the dark past when he was sold into a brothel.
Fate played a cruel twist when Qiu Shuzhi – a young female official who had just passed the imperial examinations with top honors – stepped into his life. She did not know that she was the one who had saved him from a tragic fate many years ago. And now, her heart was the target of pursuit for both Yue Guanyi and the powerful Empress Dowager Qin Qing.
While Yue Guanyi only dared to silently care for and protect the one he loved from afar, the Empress Dowager Qin Qing openly expressed his feelings and did not hesitate to take advantage of his power to approach Qiu Shuzhi. The covert struggle between the two most powerful forces in the imperial court began…
Trigger warning: All men in this novel are yandere style.
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