I lay back down on the spot, flipping the blanket over myself. Then, Hyuljunghyeok spoke as if amused.
“You’re not going to talk to me now?”
No. Go away.
‘I must never answer him. No matter how tempting the conversation may be.’
I was making a resolution, another resolution under the blanket, when Hyuljunghyeok spoke in an indifferent tone.
“Do as you please. But young lady, will you help me wrap this bandage? My arm can’t reach.”
Something about him being a patient struck me. I peeked my eyes out of the blanket and countered.
“…You’re asking me to do that now? Aren’t there other people around?”
“You’re right in front of me; why bother looking?”
“What if I sprinkle salt on your wound then?”
“It’ll disinfect it; that would be nice.”
The more we talked, the more he seemed like a madman. Shouldn’t the normal reaction be to say it stings?
I was glaring at Hyuljunghyeok, who was smiling even while bleeding profusely, when a setting from the original work suddenly struck me.
Right, Hyuljunghyeok couldn’t feel pain.
He only felt pain through others’ expressions, hence unintentionally torturing his opponents more.
Thinking about it, he too had become a lunatic because of the ‘setting.’ I got up, feeling uneasy.
‘Is this another of my responsibilities?’
Hyuljunghyeok handed me the bandage as if he knew I would do it. I hesitated as I took the bandage.
‘Don’t irritate him too much. What’s the big deal about wrapping a bandage?’
Hyuljunghyeok had very little empathy for others. He couldn’t feel pain, so it was only natural. He was just like a tantrumthrowing child.
‘It’s better to make him let his guard down by doing as he asks. An opportunity to escape might arise if he feels at ease.’
I had made up my mind, but as I tightly wrapped the bandage around his long, gashlike wound, I could only sigh. The blood flowed so freely that the white bandage turned red in no time.
‘I wouldn’t have been able to laugh like this with such a wound.’
After wrapping the bandage tightly, I unconsciously placed my palm on it and mumbled, like a sigh.
“……Get well soon.”
I didn’t know if it was right to wish a villain to recover quickly, but let’s say it was out of a doctor’s heart.
Hearing my mumble, Hyuljungh
HyungJoongHyeok laughed as if amused by my muttering.
“Miss, you a fool?”
“……I bandaged you up, and I’m treated like a fool?”
“You worry about the kidnapper, so you’re a fool. I know well because I live off people like you, Miss.”
“Yes, yes. You must be proud of being a cult leader.”
At my sarcasm, he laughed heartily. Then he smiled at me, saying,
“I look forward to working with you, Miss.”
He was somehow an insufferable person.
(This is a time delimiter.)
Namgung Ryeo waved her hand, laughing.
“We missed it!”
Danmokbi’s face crumpled at her report. He had a long cut near his eye, and the wound stung.
“That doesn’t sound like something to say with a bright face.”
“Shall I cry and tell you then? If Danmokbi orders it, I can shed tears in 3 seconds. Men’s tears come out when you slap their Adam’s apple.”
“You mean, my tears?”
Namgung Ryeo gestured to slap Jegal Min’s neck beside her. Jegal Min, who glanced at Namgung Ryeo with a bewildered expression, stiffened his face again, facing Danmokbi.
“What exactly happened, Danmok Sogaju?”
“I’m ashamed.”
“You know just saying ‘I’m ashamed’ doesn’t cut it? What the hell happened?”
“It’s something my father planned. Shamefully, my father and I are like enemies.”
Danmok Sogaju would have been aggrieved by the story. He was too smallminded, and Jegal Sega wasn’t the type to commit a crime like kidnapping a maiden.
But who cares about his grievance? Danmokbi bowed his head and apologized to Jegal Min again.
“I’m sorry for interfering with your affairs, and now even causing trouble for Jegal Sega.”
Jegal Min’s eyebrows shot up.
“You think this is something that can be solved by just apologizing?”
“I won’t just apologize with words.”
What Danmokbi continued was enough to make Jegal Min’s eyes wide open.
“I will cut off my father’s head and send it to Jegal Sega.”
“……!!”
Should I say I knew this, or not? Just when Jegal Min was frozen in shock, Namgung Ryeo intervened between the two.
“Now, now, Danmokbi, don’t bet someone’s neck as a compensation. And Jegal Sohyeop, please calm down for a moment.”
At this time? Jegal Min looked at Namgung Ryeo again, puzzled. Namgung Ryeo pounded her chest and answered briskly.
“I may have missed that guy, but I found out where he belongs. It was Hyulggyo.”
At the unexpected existence of an enemy, Jegal Min mumbled in horror.
“Why on earth would Hyulggyo want our Yeona……”
“We don’t know the reason. Won’t we naturally find out once we capture and crush them?”
At Namgung Ryeo’s words, Danmokbi nodded slightly.
“That guy said he was the leader with his own mouth.”
Even the leader of Hyulggyo took Yeona. Jegal Min could not even guess what was intertwined, only twitching his lips.
Only Namgung Ryeo, she chattered without tension.
“Ah, the person who made Danmokbi like this is the leader? That’s fortunate. I was worried about how strong the followers would be, thinking they were monstrous like this, let alone the leader.”
The Male lead Always Seduces Her with His Beauty (Matriarchy)
Xin Jiao Zhou is the leader of the world’s premier sect. She has just experienced betrayal from all sides, was poisoned in an assassination attempt, and faced death squad attacks while the poison was taking effect. After finally clearing out the scum from her sect, she was drugged again while trying to detoxify.
After waking up from a night of unconsciousness, she gained a “beautiful and kind-hearted” husband.
Xin Jiao Zhou: “???”
He fell ill.
She came to see him, bringing breakfast.
As she put down the breakfast and was about to leave, his hand slipped while holding the spoon. “Clank!”
She turned around upon hearing the noise.
He looked up at her, his eyebrows drooping: “My hand… has no strength.”
“Shall I… feed you?” she asked tentatively.
He opened his mouth cheerfully: “Ah—”
Thinking she was drowning, he jumped in without hesitation to save her, but nearly drowned himself. In the end, it was she who swam over to rescue him, giving him air underwater.
After emerging from the water, his ear tips turned red. He lightly brushed his cheek, tucking his sideburns behind his ear, revealing delicate, pink-tinged ear tips. He lowered his gaze, too embarrassed to look at her.
Xin Jiao Zhou: He’s truly beautiful, kind-hearted, and adorable.
A certain someone when disciplining subordinates behind the scenes: “If they don’t obey, just kill them.”
What’s that? She might already have someone she cares about in her heart? A certain someone: Find out who it is, kill them, and then there won’t be anyone.
What? She met a man by the riverside? What? That man even hurt her? A certain someone: Whichever hand hurt her, chop off his entire arm.
Love at first sight without realizing it, gradually falling in love, slowly getting closer…
Family and national grudges, schemes and desires, good and evil, crime and punishment, she and he face the future together, seeking justice with passion!
A naturally dark female lead who could accidentally destroy the world but is actually an honest person VS a weak, pitiful, and helpless but skilled fighter, beautiful white-cut black male lead
My heart is not of stone, how steadfast is your love? — Tao Yuanming “Imitating the Ancients (No. 3)”
— Reading Guide —
Cold female lead & dramatic black lotus with hidden yandere traits male lead
