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“Even without that, I had invited Count Bardel, but he said he had some business in his territory. It’s a pity, but he said he would visit next time.”

“Is that so? If Count Bardel is not attending to that extent, it must be something big, right?”

“Well, Your Majesty. As you know, most of the eastern nobles do not talk much about their territory’s affairs. There are many nobles who don’t even come out from the east at all, so we can’t know everything.”

The Countess of Perze shrugged her shoulders as if to say, ‘Don’t you know?’

Indeed. The eastern nobles were known for being closed off.

I don’t know why, but they had a strong bond among themselves and often hid their territory’s affairs from nobles of other regions…

Wait, why didn’t I think of that?

When my thoughts reached that point, something came to mind.

The eastern nobles basically have a closed-off tendency.

It was partly because their territory was isolated unlike other territories, but their strange bond that only they had couldn’t be ignored either.

For some reason, they stick together like one family, protecting and defending each other in a strange bond.

So even if an epidemic broke out among them, they would have kept their mouths shut.

The fact that an epidemic broke out itself is not a good thing, and if rumors spread throughout the empire, the east would inevitably be blocked off.

It’s a barren area to begin with, and if a region that’s already half-blocked off gets completely cut off, it’s as good as telling the people trapped inside to just die.

So they would have focused even more on keeping it hush-hush and gathering necessary supplies.

It was the same back then.

They kept their mouths shut until the epidemic spread throughout the east, and only when commoners and even nobles started collapsing one by one did they finally send a communication to the capital.

Supplies and people rushed over belatedly, but most of the east had already died from the epidemic.

Most of the people had given up hope, and some of the nobles who had lost their families to the epidemic were facing the fear of death approaching every moment.

In such a situation, it was only natural for Lloyd to be treated like a god when he arrived riding a carriage loaded with supplies and medical personnel.

Yes, now I remember.

Why the epidemic in the east was further back than the other events I remember.

After exchanging a few more words with the Countess of Perze, I pretended to mingle with another group in the party hall and looked for the lounge.

I had to tell Hayley through Betty.

To leave for the east right now.

That it’s not a situation to wait for contact with Daymar.

The epidemic in the east took the lives of more than half of the eastern population, and it took a very long time for the east to recover.

In the meantime, even the nobles who supported Leoprick had their heads cut off or were exiled to other regions.

After that, no notable leader emerged in the east, and they failed to restore the previous command system.

It was a period when the struggle for the throne intensified, so neither Leoprick nor Lloyd could pay attention to the east.

The remaining nobles fighting to take the position of leader only made it harder for the people.

If it weren’t for the capital project carried out in Lloyd’s name, people might have starved to death or another epidemic might have emerged, and the east would have almost collapsed.

Perhaps it really did collapse after I died.

But it’s different this time.

I can protect the east, and in the process, I can raise Leoprick’s authority by putting his name forward.

So it would be best to hurry as much as possible.

I told a passing maid to call Betty as I searched for an empty lounge.

And as soon as that maid left, I entered the lounge next to it, and,

“…Amelia.”

I encountered a face that was not at all pleasant there.

***

Before the regression, this ball was a place where I brought Count Perze, a moderate, to Lloyd’s side for his sake.

Despite the threats approaching every moment from the countries surrounding the empire, the current emperor refused to engage in war, let alone launch a proper attack.

It was a place where I subtly criticized that complacent emperor and drew Count Perze, who was a moderate, to the noble faction.

Not only Count Perze but also the other moderate nobles present at that occasion were subtly brought in and won over.

The stories that others would have scoffed at and passed over if told by someone else, they all took at face value because I was the crown princess and the daughter of the chancellor.

And to those people, I subtly introduced Lloyd and set the stage for them to accept him.

So it wasn’t that strange for Lloyd to be here.

It’s just that I didn’t know he and I would meet alone like this.

“I didn’t know someone was here. I’m sorry for disturbing you.”

“No, Amelia. I just came in too… You didn’t disturb me at all.”

Rather, I’m glad to see you.

Lloyd smiled brightly.

As if he was really happy to see me.

If it were the old days, I would have responded to that smile with equal joy and tried to spend a pleasant time with him, but…

“I appreciate that. Then.”

I’m not like that now.

How could this situation be pleasing to me when I no longer have any affection or lingering attachment to him?

I gave a brief greeting and tried to close the door again.

“Wait, wait a moment, Amelia.”

He got up and approached as if he had been sitting on the sofa fiddling with something.

I froze in place as I was about to leave through the door, startled by how quickly he approached.

I tried to close the door as if he was going to grab me and do something, but Lloyd was faster.

“Can we talk for a moment? It’ll only take a short while.”

He grabbed my hand as he took a big step closer.

I looked down blankly at the hand he had grabbed by a narrow margin.

It’s the first time I find it so unpleasant to be caught by him in a way that I would have shyly smiled and nodded to before.

When I just stared at him without saying anything, he looked down at me for a moment, then stepped back and released my hand.

At the same time, he naturally reached behind his back and closed the door.

The sound of the door slamming resonated in the room.

I don’t know why that sound gave me goosebumps, but I averted my gaze from him, who had a somewhat desperate look on his face, and walked into the room.

“It would be best if you could tell me your business as quickly as possible. I need to go back.”

In times like this, it’s better to keep some distance rather than being close.

I calculated the shortest distance from him to the door while moving away from him as much as possible.

If worse came to worst, I was going to throw myself and run out into the hallway.

Even if everyone ends up seeing him and me together because of that, it’s still better than giving him another excuse to pick on me.

While contemplating various possibilities like that, I noticed the watch in Lloyd’s hand.

Did he have such an accessory?

It was too trivial, but the past Amelia, who didn’t want to miss even such trivialities, raised her head.

I should be thinking about other things, but my thoughts are drawn to something useless.

Lost in my subconscious thoughts, I didn’t get to check what expression Lloyd was making.

“…That’s a face I don’t know, Amelia.”

And when I raised my head at those words, the face I discovered was rather filled with an expression I was seeing for the first time.

If it were the old days, I would have checked and reacted sensitively to whatever expression appeared on his face.

But now, I didn’t really care what came up on his face.

His emotions are his responsibility to deal with.

It’s not something I have to take responsibility for.

I took my eyes off him and responded indifferently.

“Isn’t there always more that you don’t know than what you do know?”

It was absurd.

Lloyd always had more that he didn’t know about me than what he did know.

I shrugged my shoulders as if it wasn’t anything new.

“Is that your business?”

At the same time, I wanted to get away from him quickly.

This is a waste of time.

There’s no reason or need to find meaning in his expression one by one, which is no longer important.

Even if he has some business with me, does it matter?

The moment I was about to turn around.

“Amelia. I…”

Knock knock.

At the same time as his voice, there was a knocking sound.

“Your Highness, are you in there?”

The maid from earlier must have done her job well.

I looked at Lloyd, who was about to say something, at the sound of Betty’s voice outside the door.

There was hesitation in his gaze.

He seemed to be contemplating whether he could continue speaking or should back down here.

I stared at him silently and spoke first.

“Whatever business you have with me, I’m not really curious about it anymore.”

The person is Lloyd.

If I don’t cut off the bud, he will endlessly try to contact me and say something like now.

It didn’t matter whether it was an important story or a trivial one.

Because I no longer needed to listen to his words.

“So I’d appreciate it if you don’t try to hold me like this in the future. Anyway, we’re legally blood-related now, aren’t we?”

If people see a sister-in-law and a cousin-in-law together like this, they’ll misunderstand.

I looked at him while deliberately emphasizing each syllable.

I could see the color draining from his face at my words.

There are only two occasions when he makes a face like that.

Either he felt insulted, or he was so flustered that he couldn’t find the words to say.

But regardless of that, I stepped away.

“Ah, and. I’m the crown princess now. I’m no longer Lady Vermerian, whom Viscount can treat as he pleases.”

To him, who was looking at me with a very complicated gaze, thinking who knows what, I left my last words.

Then I opened the door and left the room.

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When male lead is the homewrecker

“I know she doesn’t love him.”

I’ve read the novel below twice already. Girls, I’m highly recommending it to you!

The female lead? Not a good person.
The second male lead? Not a good person.
The male lead? Willingly plays the third party, breaking up the female and second male lead’s relationship despite all the warnings from his friends—so yeah, he’s definitely not a good person either.

Basically, nobody in this novel is simple-minded or without scheming.

The female lead starts off as the male lead’s secretary, but don’t worry—later on, she takes over the company while the male lead steps back to support her. He won’t steal her spotlight, overshadow her, or dull her shine.

I love novels where men are out here snatching wigs, tearing each other down, and going to war just to win the female lead’s affection. And this is exactly that kind of novel. Most of Hai Dai Ran’s works have this dynamic. You’ll see the male characters’ emotions being pushed to the absolute extreme.

There’s even a scene where the second male lead exposes the male lead online for being a homewrecker. The brotherhood immediately gangs up on him, dragging him through the mud. I find it compelling —it completely flips reality on its head, where usually, women are the ones fighting over a man and getting torn apart by the sisterhood.

For me, female leads in the novels I read should only struggle in their careers, not in love. But if the brainless romantics in the story are all men? I have zero complaints.

I’ve pretty much read all of Hai Dai Ran’s novels and even translated all of them—her works are just my thing. I’ll slowly upload everything here. One day, when my website is official, I hope I can invite her to join as one of the star authors.

Here’s the story synopsis:

One-line summary: She is his lifelong obsession, to the point where he was willing to be a third wheel, scorned by society, just to wedge his way into her relationship with her fiancé.

Cold-hearted and indifferent female lead + Scheming and subservient CEO male lead

Intro 1:

“I know she doesn’t love him.”

With blood trickling from his clenched fist, Rong Xiu gazed at the woman before him, his eyes clouded with anguish. Hidden in the wardrobe, he had witnessed Fan Xia – the woman he desperately loved – in an intimate embrace with her fiancé. Yet his heart still yearned for her, defying all reason.

Fan Xia, the elegant and composed assistant, carried something mysterious in her eyes whenever she looked at her fiancé, Wen Lan Sheng. Strange occurrences began to surface – secret meetings with the young Gu Jin Yi, an unexplained withdrawal of 5,000 yuan… Then suddenly, her fiancé’s sister, Wen Jing, violently attacked her.

In this matriarchal society, Rong Xiu had risen to become the chairman of a powerful healthcare conglomerate, breaking through gender prejudices. But for the first time, he willingly stepped into the shadows as the other man, disregarding his friends’ warnings to become her secret lover.

Because he had discovered the truth – Fan Xia wasn’t the pure angel everyone believed her to be. And perhaps, he was the only one capable of helping her execute her mysterious plan…

Intro 2:

Rong Xiu’s biggest regret in life was missing out on Fan Xia.

He secretly loved Fan Xia for 7 years.

Watched her go public with her boyfriend.

Watched her kiss her boyfriend at their wedding.

Until that man blissfully nestled in Fan Xia’s arms, obtaining everything he could only dream of.

The crazy jealousy stripped away his hidden secret love, layer by layer, burning like wildfire.

Fan Xia, how can I have you!

【Reading and Trigger Warning Guide】

1. Female dominant, male submissive, male pregnancy

2. Male lead schemes his way to the top, male competition

NOTE: You’re bound to regret it if you skip this novel. Read the review & spoiler to find out what you might be missing!

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