Ariante spoke, “When I turn sixteen. By then, I’ll be able to do anything on my own, so she said she’ll leave.”
“What did you say?”
“Maiana said that if she wanted to, she could, but… Actually, I hope Maiana doesn’t go anywhere. Father, no, should I call you Dad? Can’t you make sure Maiana doesn’t go anywhere?”
Cedric blinked his eyes a few times. Prevent Maiana from going anywhere? How?
Initially, Cedric couldn’t even guess why Ariante and Maiana would have such a conversation. Sixteen was indeed an age where she would need a formal maid’s education more than a casual servant.
Moreover, Ariante was the daughter of the Baelminster Count. She needed an education to adapt to noble society, preferably from a maid with a position of at least a viscountess.
However…
“If Maiana really wants to leave, it might be an inevitable thing, but don’t worry too much. You still have plenty of time until you turn sixteen.”
“What if Maiana changes her mind?”
“Well, let’s hope so.”
Ariante, excited, slapped Cedric’s face. The child’s cheek that touched his was slightly cool. Despite it being a summer night, after the sunset, a rather cool breeze blew.
“Let’s go in now, Ariante.”
“Can’t we stay a bit longer?”
Cedric comforted her as if soothing a child.
“We can go for a walk together again tomorrow. It’s not good if you catch a cold.”
Ariante was still a bit disappointed, but she didn’t throw a tantrum. If it were Maiana or Bainti, they might have begged a few more times…
Yet, Ariante still didn’t have the courage to go that far with Cedric. However, the words “Let’s go out together again tomorrow” made Ariante’s heart swell.
While Ariante bathed after returning from the walk, Cedric paced around her room, carefully examining everything. It looked both familiar and strangely unfamiliar. It seemed like a place he was entering for the first time.
Next to Ariante’s bed was a small stool with a low backrest. On the dressing table, there was a basket containing sewing materials and a few thin books. Cedric sat on the stool and looked at the bed.
While Ariante was asleep, he might sit here and sew, or Maiana could read books until she fell asleep. Suddenly, one question filled his mind, a fundamental question that he had never wondered about until now.
Why was Maiana so devoted to Ariante?
Is it because of the salary? Even the previous maids who received a salary similar to Maiana couldn’t endure for a month and all ran away. Is it because Ariante opened her heart to Maiana? However, it wasn’t Ariante who approached Maiana first, but rather the strength of Maiana.
Then, for what reason…
“Milady! Your ribbon! The ribbon is not properly tied!”
The voice of Maiana shouting from outside could be heard. Ariante, who had just finished bathing, seemed to rush straight to the bedroom. Cedric sprang up from the stool. The intention of not wanting to be caught sitting there—why not be caught?—made for a very awkward situation in the end.
When Ariante opened the door and rushed in, Cedric stood awkwardly in the middle of the room with a strange expression. Ariante tilted her head and said, “Father, why are you like this?”
Cedric shook his head. “It’s nothing. Did you bathe quietly?”
Ariante, wearing slippers, carried her belongings and cutely pretended to cough. “Yes, I bathed quietly.”
Then, following behind, Maiana chuckled. “You almost broke the bathtub.”
“No way! When did I!”
“I was really surprised, you know? The Duke should have seen it too. Saying you’ll leave soon, you grabbed the bathtub and shook it wildly. Wow. I thought Milady was trying to catch some fish.”
“No! I didn’t! Don’t lie! Silly pig!”
Cedric let out a short laugh. Watching Ariante feign annoyance, Maiana, who was teasing, playfully raised her eyebrows.
“It seems like being called a silly pig suits your taste, Milord.”
“Yeah, I kinda like it. Silly pig.”
Ariante clung to Cedric’s legs, laughing heartily. “Maiana is a silly pig, Father. And Bainti is a dung beetle.”
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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