My stomach growled.
‘What’s on the menu today?’
Excitedly heading to the dining room, Dad was putting something in the pot, simmering it.
“Dad, what are you doing?”
“Diene, come and sit down.”
“Diene, today’s a special meal.”
“We all prepared it together.”
“It’s specially prepared by your father.”
“Really?”
A special meal! Normally, I only ate what Cusces prepared, so having Dad cook was a thrilling expectation.
I sat down, placed the napkin on my lap, and waited quietly. In front of me, a soup with a bluish color emerged.
“Now, let’s eat.”
Amidst the bluish soup, white scales rose to the surface.
‘No way…’
“Dad, what are the ingredients in this…?”
“It’s something very good for your health. We’ll live a long, long time.”
“Diene, go ahead and eat.”
With trembling hands, I picked up the spoon and slowly scooped the soup. The identity of the white scales hidden below the surface gradually revealed itself.
“Th-this, could it be the silver snake…?”
“Yes, let’s all eat this and live together for a long, long time.”
“Our family should always live together.”
“You can’t separate life and death.”
Dad and my brothers’ mouths stretched all the way to their ears. Their eerie appearance sent shivers down my spine.
“Gasp!”
I woke up with a start, my eyes flashing open. The bright sunlight streamed through the curtains, illuminating the room.
The room was silent. Carefully, I called the silver snake, sensing a sudden unease.
“Silver Snake…?”
[Why, why?]Curling its tail under its body, the silver snake, which had been hiding its eyes, crawled toward me.
“Why? Are you okay? Did something hurt you, or did someone harm you?”
[Hmm? Of course not! I’m completely fine!]The silver snake answered confidently. Its tail stood upright as if to show off.
‘Surprising.’
Upon reflection, it was an unreasonable dream. Even though I said that yesterday, there was no way Dad and my brothers secretly caught the silver snake to make snake soup.
No, aside from that, the silver snake wouldn’t easily be caught by my family.
‘…No, could it be caught by the twins? Dad and Clemens are not ordinary, either.’
Until now, no one could handle a sword using the aura except Dad. Clemens also manifested his aura at the age of 10.
Thinking like that, worries multiplied.
Moreover, perhaps because I had seen the silver snake caught by several powerless ordinary people multiple times, my concerns deepened.
“Silver Snake, never go around the mansion alone. Got it?”
[Hmm, I’ll think about it.]Seeing the response, it seemed like my words weren’t even heard.
‘Today, I have to say it again.’
I firmly made up my mind. I would tell Dad and my brothers never to touch the silver snake under any circumstances.
[Little one, how about making a contract with me?]“Yeah? No, thanks.”
It seemed quiet for a while, but it looked like it was starting again. I responded nonchalantly.
When I firmly replied like this, the usual response from the silver snake was generally one of these: it would dart under the bed saying ‘This impudent creature!’ or poke me with its tail, calling me ‘Stubborn!’ But this time, it showed a somewhat unexpected reaction. Even after deliberately saying I disliked it, the silver snake’s eyes twisted ominously.
[Sure, sure! Do as you wish!]“What’s up? Why are you suddenly like this?”
[Hmm, if you don’t want to make a contract, then do as you wish!]With that, its tail swayed. The silver snake only swayed its tail when it was in a good mood.
‘Why is it suddenly acting like this?’
Did it eat something wrong? Could a divine being eat something wrong? When I was seriously pondering, I could understand through what the silver snake said.
[Since I know everything about your mind anyway. Even if we don’t make a contract right away, well, I’m fine! I can wait!]‘What on earth is it saying?’
I tried to ask more, but the maids came into my room, and I couldn’t talk to the silver snake anymore.
The maids started to fuss with my hair. Today’s schedule was to go out with the twins to buy something.
Actually, I had been looking forward to today very much.
‘It’s been so long since we went out!’
The nightmare I had in the morning was forgotten in an instant. After getting ready, the maids handed me the bag as a matter of course and stepped back.
“Are you going to take the silver snake with you again today?”
‘Hmm.’
The maids near the wall asked cautiously. Seeing me holding the bag, the silver snake, who was watching from the bed, hopped down.
[Let’s go, let’s go!]The silver snake also entered the bag as if it were a matter of course. Some of the maids gasped at that sight.
“But, a bit…”
“That’s right? The more I see it, the cuter it looks…”
Some whispering sounds were heard among the maids. I narrowed my eyes and looked down at the silver snake.
Curling up comfortably in the bag as if it were its own space, the silver snake pointed forward with its tail.
[Now, go! Little one!]‘…What’s cute about this?’
When scheming men desperately battle for her favor in the male harem
This one’s also on my reread list! The rivalry, scheming between the men in the imperial harem are just as intense and thrilling as in classic palace drama novels, where concubines fight to the death. Give it a read, girls! I promise you won’t be disappointed.
Synopsis:
“I am not worthy of her… but I still want to be by her side, even if only as a loyal dog…”
Those were the painful whispers of Yue Guanyi – the proud Crown Prince of the Great Qi, who was torn between deep love and a guilty conscience. Despite holding the supreme power of the Imperial Guard, he still could not forget the dark past when he was sold into a brothel.
Fate played a cruel twist when Qiu Shuzhi – a young female official who had just passed the imperial examinations with top honors – stepped into his life. She did not know that she was the one who had saved him from a tragic fate many years ago. And now, her heart was the target of pursuit for both Yue Guanyi and the powerful Empress Dowager Qin Qing.
While Yue Guanyi only dared to silently care for and protect the one he loved from afar, the Empress Dowager Qin Qing openly expressed his feelings and did not hesitate to take advantage of his power to approach Qiu Shuzhi. The covert struggle between the two most powerful forces in the imperial court began…
Trigger warning: All men in this novel are yandere style.
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