Olivia added one more thing to this habit. A promise to herself to become the beloved Crown Princess.
Now there was no other way.
If I become the Crown Princess, family, Leopold, all.
They will all smile brightly at me.
Olivia continued to try to smile, grasping her last hope. Even ignoring the fact that the end of her smile was crumbling.
.
.
.
The red wine swirled in the wine glass. Conrad, left alone in the restaurant, let out a frustrated breath as if amazed.
“Then, I’ll be going. Have a good day. …Brother.”
Olivia was a disaster since she entered the family.
Because of her, once affectionate parents became inferior, and ultimately because of her, her mother passed away.
An incomplete Madeleine that could never be fully satisfied. But the bloodline of Madeleine, who must stick to the palace, cold as thin ice, beside the spoiled crown prince instead of Esella.
That was all Olivia was.
It would have been enough if she just kept her place up to there. As if wishing for something, she looked at me, my father, Jade, Esella, with green eyes.
Although knowing what it meant, Conrad cut off the hope every time it rose.
That child,
Has no right to.
The end taste of the wine was bitter. As if to refresh the annoying feeling, Conrad took out Jade’s letter from his pocket.
The letter, read as soon as it was received, contained the piledup news. Although it was something he had already received while working in the foreign ministry, Conrad read the last part again.
… I’ve confirmed the victory. I’ll return soon after a few things are resolved. Always thank you, brother. Please take care of father and Esella.
Naturally, there was no mention of Olivia. There’s no reason to ask for a child who’s not within the frame of family.
Conrad chuckled and folded the letter. The last sentence in the middle, a part scratched out as if something was written wrong, and a word “Olli” faintly written underneath.
It was none of Conrad’s concern.
[This is the time separator]Inside a magnificent reception room, the Emperor was seated on the throne.
The most noble place, adorned with gold and marble, was just for him.
The Emperor, with splendid blond hair and blue eyes like the royal bloodline, smiled in satisfaction.
Mighty wealth and power. Everything was at his feet.
Especially for him, there was ‘him.’
The Emperor leisurely tilted his head. As the chamberlain opened the door, a tall man in a black robe walked into the reception room.
“You’ve finally come. The protagonist of this war.”
The Emperor laughed heartily with unsmiling eyes as he looked at the man.
The man slowly took off his robe. When the black hair, beautiful face, and rubyred eyes were revealed, the Emperor unknowingly sighed softly.
“……You look just like my mother.”
The difference from the former Duchess was that she didn’t smile. The Emperor raised one corner of his mouth, recalling the always kindly smiling face of the Duchess.
After all, the Duchess was forcibly retired to this palace when the former Duke was treated as dead after going missing. At that time, she looked at the Emperor in exactly the same way, like her son now looking up at the Emperor, kneeling emotionlessly.
“Edwin Lowell Vicander. I greet the sun of the Empire.”
The voice that filled the reception room was chillingly cold. The Emperor looked at the man, Edwin Lowell Vicander, with quick eyes.
The Emperor’s raised dog.
A nickname that secretly circulates about the man. The Emperor’s eyes sparkled greedily at the satisfactory nickname.
Eyes that seemed to feel no emotion at all, and craftsmanship that perfectly accomplishes whatever I order.
He may be a Duke by title, but his deeds were no different from those of an assassin.
Thinking of the things I had ordered, the Emperor felt a shiver of ecstasy to the extent of feeling creepy.
That lofty and noble ‘Vicander’ was doing something no different from an assassin.
It took a full 10 years to tame ‘Vicander’ like that.
The Duke of Vicander, who was granted the bleak and cold winter mountainlike northern Vicander territory after swearing allegiance to the first Emperor and the monarch.
Those arrogant wretches who trusted their excellent swordsmanship. Those who discovered mines and gold veins in the useless land of the North quickly surpassed the authority of the royal family.
Naturally, the previous Duke Vicander came to mind. That unlucky guy who welcomed the princess of the fallen nation as the Duchess.
It was I who finally broke both of their necks.
With twinkling eyes, the Emperor graciously spoke.
“I heard that the Duke always led the vanguard in this war. Truly, Vicander.”
“You flatter me.”
“Soon the Duke will be officially promoted, so we must have a splendid victory feast. I look forward to the precious spoils that the Duke will dedicate to the royal family at that time.”
“I will move them to the royal palace immediately upon returning.”
An Indifferent Woman is the One Men Desire the Most
One-line summary: The female lead is actually cold-hearted and extremely rational. She has stage-by-stage relationships and won’t two-time, but there will always be someone who secretly likes her.
This novel has the following triggers, so if you’re sensitive to these, please don’t read:
1. The female lead has had many relationships, but she treated each one seriously and broke up properly.
It’s just that the men unilaterally pestered her incessantly. For the female lead, when she doesn’t like someone anymore, she simply doesn’t like them.
(This applies to her relationships with Male Lead 1, 2, 3, and 4 as well, but she’s loyal in each 1-on-1 relationship!)
2. In this novel, Male Lead 2 and the female lead kiss in a car, and Male Lead 1 sees it and beats up Male Lead 2.
The female lead calls the police and sends both Male Lead 1 and 2 to the police station! Male Lead 1 begs the female lead not to break up with him.
3. Male Lead 1 has a gentle appearance but an obsessive personality.
Male Lead 2 has a delicate and soft appearance, slightly green tea-like (two-faced).
Male Lead 3 is a youthful college student and a smart person who has secretly liked the female lead for a long time.
Male Lead 4 is the female lead’s father’s special assistant, a business elite with deep, hidden thoughts.
4. At the beginning of this novel, the female lead has already broken up with Male Lead 1 (Chapter 4) and gotten back together with Male Lead 2 (ex-boyfriend).
5. Enter with caution if you have triggers!!!
