Splash, splash, dash.
Raindrops falling from the sky lightly tapped on the glass windows one by one. The clear autumn sky had disappeared, replaced by a gloomy atmosphere with dark clouds lingering in the distant sky.
“Lord.”
Belige, who was silently gazing out the window with a gaze that revealed nothing about his thoughts, turned around. Lawrence, who had been waiting for the lord in the office, seemed strangely frozen for some reason.
Like someone who had heard something they shouldn’t have.
“What did you find out?”
“…The Duchess is currently staying at the Star Palace in the Western Palace.”
“The Star Palace in the Western Palace?”
Belige raised his eyebrows, seemingly trying to guess where that was based on Lawrence’s words. But eventually, his face, which had been neatly contoured as if he remembered where it was, crumpled.
“Surely you’re not talking about the residence where the Second Prince stays?”
“…”
He hoped it wasn’t.
Seeing Lawrence bowing his head without saying anything, Belige couldn’t help but smirk. It seemed that the Second Prince had been preparing for a long time.
Preparation to take Lena away from him.
[Performance Duke, you truly have no dignity.]A few days ago, the conversation at the temple, where he had gone after escaping from the palace, came to mind. The awkward faces of the priests who kept repeating that they couldn’t avoid the predetermined fate.
‘What did I do, after all?’
In the end, there was nothing he could do at the temple. Blood seeped through Belige’s fingers as he clenched his fist.
‘Is it because of the curse?’
Memories of hearing reports about the Empress having a close meeting with the demon not too long ago resurfaced.
Demons and temples were beings of extreme polarities.
There could have been some secret dealings between them. He shouldn’t have taken the news so lightly at that time.
Cursing his painful mistake, Belige spat out curses.
They say a lot can change in ten years. When he saw Bleteus, who had been nothing but a frail child in his youth, it was hard to believe.
But it seemed like he had been waiting for this moment, changing his attitude like this.
[Sorry, my lord.]The last voice he heard from Lena still lingered vividly. It had already been a week since Lena stayed in the palace.
The nightmares that had been okay for a while had resurrected.
No, it might have gotten worse.
Constant rain, thunder roaring through the sky.
The gloomy weather, combined with the nightmares, pushed him into a state of despair.
“What happened, Lena…”
Lena would never say such a thing to him for no reason. Perhaps the Second Prince had been secretly threatening her from behind. Imagining Lena suffering alone in the palace, his heart tightened.
‘Just wait a little.’
Whatever happened, I’ll get you out of that bastard’s clutches.
Belige was quietly biting his lips when it happened.
With the creaking sound of the door, Philip entered. His appearance, exhaling rough breaths, seemed unusual.
“Lord, Lord…”
“What’s going on?”
“Just now, an edict came down from the palace… It’s about…”
Seeing Philip hesitating as if finding it difficult to speak, Belige furrowed his brow.
His premonition was not good.
It felt like there was some ominous news, something entirely different from what had happened so far.
Belige swallowed dryly, waiting for Philip to speak.
“Empress has passed away…”
“…What?”
Belige and Lawrence’s eyes widened in surprise at the sudden death of the Empress.
“And at the same time, the Second Prince has announced his engagement to Lady Lina of the Durnamis Duchy…”
Following Philip’s thunder-like news, Belige dropped his arm with a ‘thud.’ Lawrence, too, urged Philip with a shocked expression.
“What, what did you say? The Second Prince is engaged to whom…?”
He even wondered if Lady Lina, hidden in the Durnamis Duchy, might have a daughter.
That seemed more realistic than the current news.
“Lina Durnamis… She is engaged to the former Duchess.”
Thump.
Belige’s heart continued to plummet endlessly at Philip’s voice, like a confirmation execution.
He could endure it.
He could wait.
He could endure until he figured out why Lena had to stay in the palace.
At least until he heard that she became another man’s woman.
But now, he could wait no longer.
In the early morning, with drizzling rain.
In the palace’s chapel where the Emperor’s funeral was held, members of the imperial family gathered, dressed in mourning attire.
Perhaps because he had been lying in bed for a long time.
Without anyone grieving his death, everyone accepted the Emperor’s passing with a humble attitude, as if it had been expected.
Lina also attended the funeral as the Second Prince’s fiancee. Behind the black veil she was wearing, Bleteus whispered.
“Pathetic, isn’t it? To call it the funeral of a man who once ruled the empire.”
“…”
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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