“But I can’t kill her. There’s no justification or reason.”
In the past, I firmly believed that Elizabeth should be executed.
I thought that would make Douglas come to his senses, and the villainess would give up.
“The current Elizabeth is saving Crown Prince, exposing corrupt power. Douglas and Her Majesty are also positively influenced. Even Susan and Crown Prince… Keeping her alive is clearly beneficial.”
Even if she harbored unrequited love, Claudia was a knight.
She wouldn’t lose her self-esteem.
She wouldn’t draw her sword recklessly.
She would constantly train herself and establish justice.
It was not an exaggeration to say that she had lived to uphold that belief.
There was no regret.
Sometimes it was irritating.
The time that passed without confessing, without revealing a piece of sincerity.
“I want to change too. I want to have Douglas.”
Claudia’s blue eyes sparkled transparently.
With a thirst that couldn’t be resolved by unrequited love.
“What if Her Majesty and Elizabeth love each other?”
“Radia…”
“Shouldn’t you give up on Elizabeth? If you wish for her happiness.”
“Elizabeth and Her Majesty can’t be together.”
Douglas laughed lightly.
“Is it because Her Majesty is close to many women?”
“I don’t know why, but it doesn’t seem like Her Majesty is a licentious person.”
“In that case, you must be sincere to Elizabeth. She desires Her Majesty, and Her Majesty desires her.”
“There are lovers who become more unhappy as they sincerely mourn. Douglas, your logic is absurd.”
Douglas deliberately raised the corners of his mouth.
It didn’t look like a smile, but rather turned into a sadder expression.
“Bizarre logic, isn’t it?”
“It’s not like Her Majesty publicly acknowledges her consorts, but it’s true that she has many empresses. Think of it differently, Radia. If a man you love has several wives. In a situation where it’s inevitable. Can you understand that?”
“!”
“If he confesses that he loves only you, that there’s no one else, but keeps bringing in new wives… Can you endure that?”
Claudia’s pupils shook as if convulsing.
It felt like a part of her heart had been revealed.
“Elizabeth isn’t a woman who would be satisfied as one of the empresses. As much as the two love and want each other, parting will come quickly.”
“Are you waiting for that?”
Claudia pinched.
“I apologize for showing such a pitiful appearance.”
Douglas diverted his gaze to the tip of his shoe.
Normally, he would shrug his shoulders with an expressionless face.
As if he didn’t care about love stories.
As if we were just friends.
But Claudia wanted to change.
“If you are a woman who loves you, she will comfort even your pitiful appearance.”
Douglas opened his eyes wide.
Claudia gathered the last bit of courage.
“If you truly love her, you will change the damn situation. So you can monopolize your partner.”
Douglas’s brown pupils widened roundly.
Before he could add anything, he revealed the secret he heard from Viscount Brenden.
“Her Majesty has not embraced any woman. She has never shared a bed with any of the empresses.”
Douglas, enveloped in shock, couldn’t close his mouth.
Claudia’s initial reaction was the same as his.
“She may act innocent, but the empresses think Her Majesty has physical issues. A body incapable of embracing a woman from birth.”
“Who said such a thing?”
“Empress Rose. After secretly investigating, it turned out to be true.”
What would happen if this information leaked?
Claudia stopped thinking about it right there.
Because she didn’t know what might happen regarding the storm surrounding the Crown Prince’s birth.
“The reappearance of the vanished Reaper Blossom. How is that possible?”
A metallic sound echoed from his throat.
Nikolai also seemed unaware of the reason.
Otherwise, he wouldn’t have such a sorrowful expression.
“How did you know that Simon fell ill?”
“I have a keen sense of smell.”
“…Smell?”
“I particularly smell the stench of Reaper Blossoms very well. No, I’ve lived smelling only that scent. Since the moment I took over the throne.”
Nikolai’s deep voice scattered in the air.
The fate that continued from the Emperor.
Nikolai explained the price that the Evreux Imperial Family had to bear.
“Those who are caught by the Reaper Blossom or carry its seed emit a distinct stench. He lives by eating that smell. I chase and isolate it. Monitoring and preventing the Reaper Blossom is the duty of the Emperor.”
“That thing?”
“That thing… within me…”
Nikolai bit his lips tightly.
A beautiful face contorted like a boy confessing an embarrassing mistake.
The secret, which was too heavy, the beginning of the untold story, was unfolding.
“All scents to me just felt like foul odor. I couldn’t distinguish them. My sense of smell has only responded to the stench of the Reaper Blossom. But you were different.”
Suddenly, he opened his eyes wide.
A desperate light permeated the eyes filled with the blue and green of the forest and the sea.
“What does that mean?”
Cold Male Lead Became My Clingy Husband (Female-Dominant)
Feng Bai Su transmigrated into a matriarchal novel, becoming the sister of the female protagonist and the Seventh Princess of the Feng Ling Kingdom.
After working herself to death in her previous life, finally reincarnating as a princess, she only wanted to be a lazy fish who could eat, sleep, and play.
Until she met the male protagonist from the book, Wei Jing Mo, and he took a liking to her!
Wei Jing Mo is the top young man in Feng Ling City, talented in both appearance and ability, from a prestigious family, with a cold and otherworldly appearance, a figure like the bright moon in the hearts of noble ladies. It was thought that only the most powerful and talented noble lady in Feng Ling City would be worthy of such a brilliant young man. Who knew that this young gentleman would secretly admire the infamous Seventh Princess?
Short scene 1:
Feng Bai Su looked at the young man crying like a pear blossom in the rain before her, and couldn’t help but doubt her life.
Wasn’t the male lead described as a cold and otherworldly figure in the book?
Then who was this poor little thing crying with swollen red eyes and tear-stained face?
Short scene 2:
Wei Jing Mo stared intently at Feng Bai Su who was about to go out, wanting to say, “Be careful on the road.”
Before he could speak, Feng Bai Su suddenly bent down and bit his cheek.
Her peach blossom eyes were full of disdain: “Tsk! You’re so clingy!”
Wei Jing Mo: “…”
A talented fox spirit female lead with a flirtatious appearance but actually abstinent VS A cold-looking but actually naive and clingy little jealous male lead
