“If you’re going to fight and clash, disappear from my sight! Archdeacon, you first!”
Arkanso, who was hesitating, quickly bowed his head.
“Forgive me for showing an unsightly appearance, Lady.”
“If you want to continue our connection, respect His Majesty first.”
“As you wish…”
“I hope you understand that if you clash with His Majesty at every step, you won’t meet him.”
“Please refrain from those words!”
Arkanso pleaded.
“So, follow my orders.”
“Understood, I will remember and follow them.”
Arkanso gathered his hands and obediently replied.
Nikolai asked.
“Do you want to go to the Altar with the author?”
A deep and low tone.
Despite feigning calmness, Nikolai’s complexion was pale.
It was the face of a man who feared losing his only lover.
Is it an illusion or a wish?
“Before going to the Altar, there is something I need to resolve.”
“What is it?”
“It’s about revenge against those who falsely accused me.”
“Elizabeth…”
“I’ve endured it for too long. Now, I’m going to retaliate.”
Arkanso admired everything I said and enthusiastically nodded.
“Indeed, you are the Lady. Please, punish the villains in the name of the goddess!”
“I have no intention of invoking the name of God. I’m not interested in retribution or divine punishment.”
“Lady?”
“I will seek revenge in the name of Elizabeth Amster. Very personal, but in a way as resounding as divine punishment.”
Nikolai took me to the shared cemetery of the Altar.
“You’ve lived for over 90 years? Are these priests who led an ascetic life?”
Looking at the tombstones, I couldn’t help but admire.
One of Nikolai’s eyebrows sharply raised.
“After almost being swindled for a huge donation, you say that?”
“How old is the current Altar?”
“When I asked the priests under Arkanso, they said it’s well over 80.”
“It looks like they’ve aged so much? They didn’t even seem to be under 60!”
Thinking of the tight skin and abundant hair of the Altar, I widened my eyes.
Nikolai, looking slightly envious, glanced at the bag I was carrying.
“Could it be because of Moracynthia’s ice that the priests at the Altar lived long?”
I took out the diamond lock and examined it in the light.
A dazzling sparkle spread in all directions as if emitting light on its own.
“Because it’s a relic that prevents the progression of diseases?”
“There’s no other way to explain it.”
“Moracynthia’s eyes only activated when I used them.”
“Those are just eyes.”
Nikolai said meaningfully.
“You borrowed the eyes of the goddess. You can’t share the eyes with others, but ice is different. Just by existing, it emits a cold energy that lowers the surrounding temperature.”
“Ice that stops time…”
I caressed the diamond lock, transparent like ice.
There was something amazing and unknown contained within it.
Nikolai took my hand with his large hands.
A mysterious and adventurous energy flowed out, enveloping us.
“If it’s true, it’s an incredible relic compared to Moracynthia’s eyes.”
“The third relic might have even greater power.”
“Did the former Lord Netton also notice the uniqueness of the fourteenth temple?”
“Didn’t Douglas’s grandfather visit here often?”
“He was said to be researching an unknown disease.”
Watching Nikolai’s reaction from the corner of my eye.
Sure enough.
Nikolai, who had been lost in thought, broke the silence.
“She left the palace only once. I heard she went on a pilgrimage, she might have come here.”
…She? Without realizing it, I held my breath.
There was only one woman emerging in his thoughts.
I didn’t expect Laila’s story to come out of Nikolai’s mouth.
I bit my trembling lower lip and asked as casually as possible.
“Is she Laila?”
“How do you know Laila?”
As if surprised, Nikolai widened his eyes.
He dropped his gaze to his toes and mumbled.
“I happened to find out.”
“Because of the pinch?”
He didn’t ask further, seeming not to consider it important.
As Nikolai reminisced, his face revealed an unerased longing.
“She was trapped in the Canary Room for several years. It was like a corpse buried in a grave.”
Nikolai touched the tombstone with his fingertips.
It was a sad expression, as if he were feeling the cheek of a deceased lover.
My heart, looking at him, trembled.
“The Chief Healer and Douglas’s grandfather took care of Laila for a long time. They didn’t find out what illness she had or how to cure it.”
“Your Majesty, I have a question.”
“What do you want to know?”
“Will you answer?”
I suppressed the tension that crept up to my throat.
Dozens of questions swirled in my mind.
‘There are so many things I want to ask, but for now, I need to know about Laila. I’m so curious it’s driving me crazy.’
Who she was.
How much she was loved.
If she’s still unforgettable.
No matter what words I heard, it wouldn’t change.
I was firm in the thought that I could never win against eternity.
Yet, I wanted to ask.
When my cold fingertips touched the frozen surface, Nikolai tilted his head abruptly.
“You are truly audacious.”
He rolled his turquoise eyes.
Why would he suddenly say something like that?
Male lead first thought she played hard to get, only to realize she
really disliked him
Short intro:
What she can’t stand the most is the streets full of effeminate men, especially that so-called top beauty whom she avoids at all costs.
Shen Yaoxing looks at Jiang Mingyue, who keeps approaching her with coy shyness.
Shen Yaoxing: Bro, don’t be like this, I’m really about to throw up!
She fears nothing in heaven or earth, except for him getting close to her.
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At first he thought she was just using the trick of feigning indifference to attract his attention. Later, he learned that she truly despised him.
This dealt a heavy blow to Jiang Mingyue, and he vowed to make her, like everyone else, fall at his feet in worship!
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Synopsis:
Before transmigrating, Shen Yaoxing only wanted to find a reliable man to spend her life with. Who knew that after transmigrating, she would become a reliable woman herself…
A forced misandrist, highly skilled, and reliable female lead
vs.
An initially aloof and arrogant, later morbid, obsessed male lead
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