“Elizabeth, are you leaving the palace?”
It was Susan.
Her small body trembled like a fallen butterfly.
“How did you get here, Susan?”
“I was allowed in because I brought medicine for the Crown Prince.”
“It seems the restorative potion that Boritz and I made is finally complete!”
Susan nodded.
In her hands, she held a box made of highquality wood.
The day they became sisters by oath.
Susan had accompanied her to Boritz’s farm.
Boritz couldn’t hide his surprise at seeing the young girl skilled in various herbs.
It seemed he was also impressed by her passion and her recognition as a palace pharmacist.
From their first meeting, the two hit it off.
‘Boritz is quite introverted and shy. But he seemed to get along well with Susan.’
Was it because they both liked plants and research?
Or was it Susan’s eagerness to help me that moved him?
Boritz accepted Susan’s proposal to make the restorative potion together.
“Whenever I had time, I worked with Boritz. If it weren’t for him, it wouldn’t have been completed.”
“First, we should greet the Crown Prince. It’s your first time meeting him, right?”
She looked at Susan, then at Franz.
As if she had forgotten that this was the Crown Prince’s palace, Susan bowed deeply, her face turning red.
“Your Highness, the small sky of the empire, I pay my respects to the Crown Prince!”
“Raise your head.”
Franz spoke in a curt tone.
Even after the command, Susan didn’t move.
Whether it was out of embarrassment or intimidation by the Crown Prince’s high status, it was unclear.
Franz added something to ease Susan’s tension.
“I’ve heard much about you from Miss Elizabeth and Duke Nettleton. There’s no need to be nervous.”
“I apologize, Your Highness.”
“Every time Duke Nettleton opens his mouth, it’s all about his sister. I’ve been curious to meet you.”
“My brother?”
Upon hearing about Douglas, Susan hesitated and lowered her skirt.
Susan squinted slightly at Franz.
With her gentle eyes and bright brown irises.
Her neat pink hair added to her innocent beauty, making her resemble a single peony.
‘It’s not because she’s my sister; she really is adorable. Cold beauties like Claudia are nice, but pure beauties like Susan are also really attractive. Susan is also smart and kind.’
“I’ve also heard a lot about you, Your Highness. They say you’re brilliant and wise, destined to be a great emperor…”
Susan blushed as she finally responded.
I felt a twinge of regret that only I should witness such cuteness.
“Hmm hmm! Come, sit. How long will you stand there?”
Franz awkwardly cleared his throat and offered a chair.
He seemed different.
“Thank you, Your Highness. You’re very kind.”
Susan blinked and smiled warmly.
Franz’s face flushed like a ripe apple.
“You’re also very el, elegant. No wonder Duke Nettleton is proud.”
Why was he stuttering?
Why was he so kind to Susan he had just met?
He was never like that with me.
“Franz, are you feeling alright?”
I reached out and touched Franz’s forehead.
No fever.
Franz pushed my hand away and behaved formally.
“Miss Elizabeth, we have a guest. Please refrain from treating me like a child.”
“Huh?”
“Let’s have tea with Lady Nettleton. I am very curious about the restorative potion she brought.”
Franz sat up straight, looking like a little gentleman.
His face was also unexpectedly composed.
His orders to the servants for tea were full of grace.
‘Is this really Franz? He’s changed?’
While Susan curiously looked around, Franz nudged my side with his elbow.
“Act natural. Lady Nettleton might find it odd.”
Franz whispered quickly, glancing at Susan.
Without realizing it, my eyebrows shot up.
“Are you perhaps interested in Susan?”
“No one knows what might happen between men and women.”
“Between a man and a woman? What would a mere 10yearold know?”
Wasn’t today the painful farewell scene between Franz and me?
Always talking about his only disciple when setting the mood.
I even felt a slight sense of betrayal.
“Nikolai also likes pretty women. Who would deny he’s his son?”
Franz whispered shyly to my bewildered self.
“Your Majesty is 28 years old. Elizabeth is 22.”
“So?”
“Nettleton is 16 years old. I am 10. Isn’t a 6year difference just right?”
What did you calculate? What are you thinking, Franz?
Franz was no longer a lonely rascal.
He was a mischievous wolf with honeycolored hair and an angelic face.
Aiming for my sister Susan!
(This is a time delimiter.)
Claudia turned her gaze out the window.
The moon of the palace was a pale silver.
She clenched her thick calloused hand and unclenched it.
She hadn’t held a sword for already a week.
She hadn’t stepped a foot out of the room either.
Whether they received special orders or not, the soldiers who brought her food and water maintained a heavy silence.
‘If the emperor hadn’t killed Simon, I would have had to unleash my true strength.’
Even now, if she closed her eyes, the bastard sword raised high in the sky flashed.
She had never been afraid of death.
But it was the first time she smelled such an intense odor.
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!!!
