If they recognize that we can’t just insist on our opinion, they are more likely to listen to the other side’s argument.
“Muzel.”
“Yes, Your Highness.”
Klaus’s tone softened.
“Honestly, I don’t desire unchecked absolute power. It’s called tyranny, after all.”
Or dictatorship. I nodded in agreement.
A tyrant is never a romantic figure.
In romance novels, tyrants are often portrayed romantically, using their power to protect their lovers. But in reality, it’s quite the opposite.
More like a person who ruins a nation over a woman.
But honestly, from a novel reader’s perspective, tyrants can be fascinating. Everyone has to bow to our male lead without a word.
With that in mind, I casually threw a comment to Klaus.
“However, from my perspective serving Your Highness, I wish no one would dare contradict you.”
“Ha ha, I should thank you for being such a loyal ally.”
Klaus’s smiling face almost melted my heart. Too much good welfare for men can be problematic. I was utterly lost in thought.
“In my role as a politician, I must endure noisy situations like today’s council meeting. But I definitely need allies who will unconditionally support me.”
“Thank you…”
My voice trailed off. Did he just say, ‘I need you’?
Klaus smiled faintly.
“I should be the one thanking you. I’ve finally got a competent aide. I’m counting on you, Muzel.”
“Yes, Your Highness!”
Is this the way the male lead of a romance novel tames characters? Such skill in captivating hearts was extraordinary.
As the conversation seemed to conclude, I lightly bowed and returned to my seat.
“…….”
My mind felt blank. Did I look at Klaus for too long?
Shaking my head to clear my thoughts, I decided to focus.
The reply to the telegram I sent to Lumi arrived only after a few days. A messenger, roaming around the servants’ quarters, slid the telegram under my door.
I quickly opened the envelope.
“Let’s meet and talk. At the sanctuary on the holiday.”
“Sigh…”
A sigh escaped me at the brief message.
Really, she’s been possessed into a wealthy family and yet she’s so terse? Couldn’t she just write a more specific time and place? Writing a few more lines wouldn’t bankrupt her house.
Possessed as Lady Elfriede, she somehow seems to have become a real high-and-mighty noble lady.
It’s not surprising, though. Being constantly adored and revered as ‘My Lady’ by everyone around her, it would be strange if she weren’t influenced by it.
However, such treatment is limited to this world within the novel. Lumi and I are still just ordinary friends. I have never bowed down to Lumi, and I never will.
“Tsk.”
Honestly, I wasn’t entirely comfortable with the situation.
I recalled the moment in the greenhouse when she yelled at me not to call her Lumi. Something about being of the most noble lineage in the empire? I was utterly baffled by it.
“…….”
But on the other hand, I also thought maybe I should give Lumi some breathing space. She’s living happily, albeit in a character’s life in a novel. What’s the point of awakening her to the harsh reality of our situation?
I should accommodate her to some extent, at least until her mental and emotional state stabilizes. It might be better for her psychological treatment.
I need to calm down too. I can’t let myself be swayed by Lumi’s emotional instability. She’s not in a normal state right now, so I should be understanding.
As an aide to the Crown Prince, I technically had designated days off. But like a few other positions that must always be ready for emergency call-outs, I couldn’t completely relax on my supposed days off.
My quarters were inside the Prince’s palace, and as a close subordinate, I had to rush over whenever my superior called. Therefore, on days like today, when I had to be out for a long time, I felt a bit anxious.
But it couldn’t be helped. I just had to quickly inform the head butler and go.
Male lead is a Divorced Husband
She said to him: “Tell me, what makes you like me? I’ll change it!”
Liu Changning transmigrated into a female cannon fodder character in a female-dominant novel.
After reading the first half of the novel’s plot, the first thing she did upon transmigration was to divorce the Pan Jinlian-style male protagonist she had just married.
She indulged herself, pretending to be ugly and poor.
But as time passed, the way that man looked at her became more and more unusual…
Liu Changning was dumbfounded: Tell me, what makes you like me? I’ll change!
――
This lifetime, Pei Yuanshao was rejected by the same woman twice!
The first time, she drove him away. Forced by the situation, he endured the waves of anger in his heart, yielding and humbling himself.
That person lay slanted on a rocking chair, her sallow face emotionless: “If you don’t want a divorce, go cook!”
Pei Yuanshao’s face was dark and gloomy: “You!”
The second time, after the crisis in Jinling City was resolved, the new emperor sent someone to pick him up. He turned around, stammering: “I… I have to go. If you keep me…”
That person lay on the kang bed, her back to him, as if she had long anticipated this day, crisp and clear: “Goodbye!”
Pei Yuanshao was so angry his fingers trembled: “You… you!”
The mission of family and country made him restrain himself, averting his eyes and turning to leave this broken household.
Two years later, they met again. Seeing her ethereal face, his body shook like a sieve.
“She was originally a ‘she’!”
At the Qionglin Banquet, the top scholar of the imperial examination, a talented person with exceptional speech and conduct, all the unmarried young gentlemen from aristocratic families looked at her with shy and timid eyes.
The peerless imperial official Pei Yuanshao felt the anger in his heart erupt. He pointed at the woman surrounded by the crowd at the Qionglin Banquet, his thin lips slightly curled: “Little sister, I wants that person to be the wife-master of my Mingde Prince Manor.”
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