It was called a friendly marriage, but it was a scheme for the Emperor to escape, using Bianca as a sacrifice.
There was no need to even consider such filthy and mean intentions.
Because he was a villain who was always frustrated by not being able to catch her, even though she was his daughter.
Surely, he knew he was sending her to die.
That alone was enough to tear her heart apart, but the actual reason why Deborah and Duke Eliaser had to desperately move was different.
Bianca had been threatened all her life.
Wearing the collar called ‘Duke Eliaser’.
“Did you have evidence of rebellion?”
The moment Bianca said those words to me, who was urging her to run away, Deborah felt a familiar sense of despair.
She was obviously threatened this time too.
Perhaps the boat her father had set up had been detected.
All the prepared means had failed, and there was no way to rescue Bianca.
Crying and turning away, Bianca was more beautiful than ever.
The time Deborah came to her senses was then.
Realizing why Bianca, who usually didn’t even wear makeup, had taken the trouble to dress herself up.
Realizing that she was trying to win Duke Barlock’s heart desperately for Duke Eliaser.
So she began to run belatedly.
To somehow save that pitiful blood relative.
“Someone…! Someone help the princess!”
Help!
With those unspoken words, Deborah’s memory ended.
The back of her head throbbed.
Click.
“Could I just leave this place that dared to slight the one to be the Lady of the North?”
The tone was gentle, and there was dignity in the actions.
But Deborah strongly felt that this was not an ordinary maid.
The courtly etiquette was perfect, but it was different from that of a maid.
This is…
“Are you a knight?”
At Deborah’s words, a faint laugh rang out.
“Barlock?”
“How is your body?”
The denial did not return.
Whether she thought her identity was exposed, the knight seemed to abandon her maid act, and her movements became more rugged.
Her strides suddenly doubled, and her body became lighter as strength poured into it.
“Her Highness was rescued. She was caught in an explosion and lost consciousness, but was found by chance. You suffered serious injuries that wouldn’t be suspected even if you recuperated for five or six years, but you were ‘lucky’ not to have any aftereffects.”
“This, is it your handiwork?”
There was no answer.
Deborah realized that the sound of heels hitting the floor had completely disappeared and laughed silently.
She had never met such a monster in her life.
Then again, wasn’t Duke Barlock said to be nonhuman too?
He had dealt with a monster beyond the ice wall all by himself.
With her throbbing head, Deborah realized that her condition was much worse than she thought as she walked.
She didn’t know how she managed, but she strongly felt that she would lose consciousness soon.
“My sister?”
“She left.”
“She’s safe, right? Alive?”
Whether she was walking or being dragged by the maid, she couldn’t tell.
“Arms and legs intact, well, alive… right?”
“Who would dare harm the Lady of the North?”
“That’s obvious…”
Deborah’s voice trailed off and stopped as the floor suddenly seemed to rise.
Amidst a spinechilling silence, the ‘maid’ who had lightly picked up the fallen Deborah moved quickly with a step so light it was unbelievable compared to just moments before.
It was almost as if she were running.
She stopped where she could feel the presence of people.
She set down Deborah, who she had been carrying, as if lifting her up, and began to moan.
“Who, pant, pant, is no one there?”
“……Who is it?”
“De, Deborah is going to die! Pant.”
“Deborah?”
The knights, who seemed to be on guard, rushed over one by one at the familiar name.
Deborah Elian had become more famous than anyone else in the palace today.
As the former maid of Princess Bianca, who had luckily survived the sudden collapse of the castle.
Since Bianca, her departing master, did not take her with her, she should have been sent as a maid to another royal family, but since her condition was critical, the royal family decided to let her go.
The knights, unable to bear the weight, helped the collapsing maid and loaded Deborah onto Duke Elian’s carriage.
Everything went smoothly.
Originally, the exit of Deborah, an excellent ‘hostage’, should not have been handled so simply.
However, the emperor’s diagnosis that she had a severe head injury and that her prognosis was not very good after recovery was decisive.
Deborah, in her incomplete condition, had no value.
Rather, she was likely to only incur the wrath of Duke Elian.
So the exit was decided.
The royal family suffered heavy losses today.
“Then, I will be going.”
At the young maid’s words, the knights cautiously opened a small entrance, adding words of careful farewell.
The temporary drawbridge had already been lowered, and Duke Elian’s carriage quickly left the palace.
Click. Click.
The sound of the horse’s hooves striking the wellpaved road was noisy.
Bianca had been sitting in the bath until the steam rising from the water had cooled, and then her mind had suddenly cleared.
She began to dress shivering with chill.
She was not one to enjoy torturing her body, but today she had no other choice.
She had thought she had given up on hope a long time ago.
Yet, she could not suppress her excitement at the sight of the affectionate Duke and the respectful treatment of the Ducal family.
Sitting in water that was freezing, her excitement cooled down, and her forgotten position in life came back to her.
The daughter of an enemy.
The shackles of the royal family.
“…….”
Bianca got out of the tub and shook her wet hair with her thin, fatigued hands.
She felt as if her whole body had frozen.
A hot cup of chocolate and a thick robe were urgently needed.
It was just when Bianca was trembling, about to pull the dressing cord.
The furious Emperor’s shout thundered in her head like lightning.
‘You, born of murder, dare!’
A lost white hand fell from thin air with a thump.
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!!!
