Her father busily picked up the scattered gems on the white marble table. His pitiful appearance naturally elicited a sigh.
“Now, don’t come back. Never! Don’t show yourself in front of others!”
Even though they were of similar age, unlike her parents who lived with wrinkles, nobles were always refined and dignified.
That’s why Helena was embarrassed by her parents. They exuded an aging and impoverished aura even when they stayed silent.
Having finished her duties with her father, Helena rushed out as if escaping from the scene.
The terrace I looked at suddenly was soaked in rain. The quiet northern region, until yesterday, unexpectedly fell victim to a storm.
“It’ll be fine.”
The secret that I was confident no one would discover has been exposed.
Moreover, to the person who should not have found out.
“It’s okay. As long as Jane X keeps her mouth shut….”
Still, it wasn’t entirely hopeless.
A few days ago, Jane, whom I met at the palace, obediently followed Helena’s warning to keep her mouth shut.
If the victim doesn’t want it, there won’t be a trial. Therefore, Helena, the perpetrator, won’t face any consequences.
“Right, Shasha?”
Helena muttered in a pitiful voice.
Shasha…
A long-standing nickname for Helena, Shagraeon’s second daughter, and the nickname for her unborn child.
Helena repeated that name for a long time. A heartbreaking plea for strength and courage echoed.
Surprised, Helena did not attend the evening banquet. After that, she canceled all the scheduled events and rested in her bedroom.
It was when she was lying in bed, crouched over.
Footsteps were heard from the other side. It was her husband, who had finished all the day’s schedule.
Helena was conscious of the approaching footsteps.
But it was a bit different.
It was too vicious to be guiding a weary body to a place of rest.
The suspicious change became certain when the footsteps reached right in front of me.
“Helena!”
A harsh shout pierced through the blanket. Gradually, rough hands attacked the blanket that surrounded her.
Calis was staring at Helena with a fierce expression.
“Why… why are you like this…?”
Did Calis perhaps find out about the old man’s visit today?
“Why are you doing this?”
Calis sneered as if mocking her.
He gripped Helena’s shoulders with hot hands. His nails mercilessly scraped through delicate skin.
“She says you killed her.”
“…”
“That woman, she says you killed her.”
The face of the man Helena loved endlessly approached. As the bluish shadowed face came closer, Helena’s fear multiplied.
“There’s no evidence.”
“Kal…”
“I can handle it all by myself!”
The current Calis was not in the form of the man she loved.
He was now nothing more than a ferocious beast.
“What… what on earth is happening? You have to at least tell me so I know what situation I’m in…”
Helena, who had just regained her senses, finally spoke.
Calis seemed to be aware, even if it was just for the purpose of dragging out time, showing a facial expression of annoyance.
He pulled out a piece of paper from his pocket and threw it. The sharp edge brushed past her nose, but it couldn’t hurt the vein’s wound.
“Look closely.”
Her husband’s voice was more painful and sharp than that.
Helena looked down dully.
“Court Appearance Summons”
‘A trial…?’
A trial meant determining Helena’s guilt.
“Defendant: Helena Arghein”
So, according to Calis, could Helena really end up in prison?
Should I endure on that cold floor with the child?
That won’t happen.
It could be confidently asserted that there won’t be a trial.
If it’s Jane, who cherishes the villagers living alone in the countryside, she would never pass on the fate of saving a cliff to her parents.
“Plaintiff: Jane Hazel”
She believed so.
Then why is Helena…
“This is a time separator.”
“Plaintiff!”
Until just now, everything was dark before her eyes.
Helena blinked at the scream spreading through the room.
The interior made of pure white representing cleanliness. Everyone wore white clothes, but Helena was the only one in black.
As if a foreign substance was mixed among innocent people.
Helena’s pupils trembled like leaves on a shaking tree. She chased the origin of the voice with an unbelieving face.
A chief justice, looking down at her with a dignified expression, appeared instead.
He responded to Helena, who was sitting in the defendant’s seat, with a gaze full of disdain. It was a gaze as if treating her as a criminal.
“You have attended this trial for the charge of attempted murder. Are you aware of this fact?”
“…”
“If you do not sincerely participate in this trial, not only will you be unable to escape the charges, but you may also face punishment. Please be aware.”
Imprisonment.
Just hearing the two letters made Helena turn her head in bewilderment.
On the opposite side, Jane, dressed in white, was quietly standing.
‘Why me?’
Why is Helena…
Facing judgment for her sins in front of people?
Male lead fell into her trap — and shattered when she walked away
This is also on my reread list!
This one is a slow burn, but when it burns, it burns hard.
Definitely worth a read, y’all!
The story follows a thousand-year-old seductive spirit who, on a bet, sets out to charm the male lead—a once-promising but unfortunate cultivator.
But just when she succeeds in making him fall for her, she heartlessly leaves, driving him to madness.
Determined to find her at all costs, he captures her, keeping her by his side no matter what, even if she hates him.
I love this kind of trope—I enjoy watching the male lead suffer in agony.
The ending drags a bit with unnecessary filler, but that’s fine.
As long as I enjoy the beginning, I’m good.
Intro
As an enchantress, Su Heng possesses captivating eyes and charming beauty, easily manipulating the joys and sorrows of living beings at her fingertips.
But to enchant a god, making him taste the bitterness of love’s separation, long-lasting resentment, unattainable desires, and inability to let go…
Do you dare?
Su Heng assists a divine lord in his cultivation, aiming to make him experience all the sufferings of love, so that he can attain the Great Dao.
Only after being chased down from the heavens by the divine lord, confined and completely possessed by him, does she realize how successful she has been.
The once gentle and polite youth has transformed into someone she no longer recognizes.
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