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“Who is it?”
Only the sound of trees hitting the wind repeated in this place, the man’s chilly voice made the surrounding temperature even colder.
Perhaps the throat was hurt in the frozen air.
Nothing came out of her trembling lips, as if something was tightly blocked.
“Can’t you speak?”
As Lina fluttered her mouth like a goldfish, the man furrowed his neatly organized forehead and tightened his grip.
“Or won’t you speak?”
The warninglike low voice dug into her ears again.
“Ah…!”
Lina, unable to bear the increasingly tightening pressure, let out a shallow moan, and only then did he loosen his grip on her wrist.
However, unlike her freed arm, she couldn’t be free from his persistent gaze.
He looked at Lina closely, as if trying to verify her identity.
“You could speak after all.”
Again, hearing the chilly voice, Lina, who felt like being splashed with cold water, quickly put her hands together on her belly and bowed.
“I apologize. I am a maid working at the Duke of Permanence’s house, and I came out to pick herbs because a colleague was injured, but I heard someone’s presence… I was so surprised to see someone… I’m really sorry.”
‘Did he see it?’
Calming her pounding heart, she cast her eyes down.
Then she gently kicked away the tree branch rolling on the ground with the light off.
Even though it was a place where there were few people, she felt pathetic for using magic in the Duke’s territory.
“Moreover, that man was a knight of the Permanence family…!”
That night, if she had known the man was a knight of the Permanence family, she wouldn’t have given him a second glance.
If she hadn’t erased his memory, the mere thought of the outcome made her dizzy.
“I didn’t know Permanence was so poor that it couldn’t even heal one injured maid.”
The desperately bowing figure of Lina looked quite desperate.
Looking at her indifferently, the man soon spat out words as if sighing.
“I don’t know why you came here, but it’s best not to come here again. Go.”
“…Yes. I’ll be careful from now on! Then.”
As soon as the man’s words ended, Lina, who was in perfect form, fled to the mansion.
For a moment, the man who had been staring at the place where the maid had disappeared looked down at his hand.
“What was that just now?”
Tilting his head as if something was strange.
[This is the time separator]The next day, in the morning.
Lina was heading to the laundry area with a bundle of laundry in a basket.
“I was so surprised yesterday that I left the linen in the forest… Haah.”
That day, a knight who had spent the night at a party for the knights was the Duke of Permanence’s knight of all people.
Lina’s eyes seemed to be dim.
“Should I quit after all…?”
But soon Lina shook her head and changed her mind.
‘No. No. Just because of this, I’ll quit. Even though I became the Duke’s personal maid, how often will I run into the knights of the mansion?’
Since the knights’ workplace is quite far from the main building, there won’t be many encounters.
And above all, that man doesn’t remember anything about that night, how fortunate.
She’s only been here for 3 years, and it would be too much to leave suddenly without deciding where to go next.
‘What could happen? That man won’t even remember anyway.’
“Let’s think about it after doing the laundry!”
Lina quickly arrived at the small well behind the mansion with her spirited steps.
There, other maids were already gathered in threes and fives, doing laundry.
“Have you seen the crystal on the second floor’s office? How does it shine so transparently? It’s so pretty!”
“When I used to work at Count Kuron’s, I saw something similar in the Countess’s room. Perhaps the noble ladies who have a reputation all have one of those?”
“Ah…!! I want to have one of those too.”
They were in the midst of a lively conversation.
As Lina set down the basket of clothes, the once noisy atmosphere froze instantly.
“Oh my, who is this? Is it not the Duke’s personal maid, Lina?”
“How on earth did you curry favor with the steward and the housekeeper to land that position?”
Loen’s mocking voice broke the heavy silence and flowed out.
Then, as if waiting, the other maids began to join in on Loen’s words.
‘It’s starting again.’
But Lina paid no attention to their words, silently continuing her laundry.
The sight of Lina, seemingly ignoring them, prompted Loen to approach her with angry strides.
“This, again ignoring me!”
“Everyone, stop.”
“……Susan?”
Watching their actions quietly from one side, Susan, with her light brown hair, spoke in a catlike, gentle voice, as if scolding Loen and the other maids.
“Don’t be too harsh. Lina does her job well, didn’t Lady Emma personally recommend her?”
Lina looked at Susan with an expression as if she had heard something she shouldn’t have.
She felt a strange unease at the suddenly friendly attitude of Susan.
‘I should just do the laundry in the evening and start with other things.’
When scheming men desperately battle for her favor in the male harem
This one’s also on my reread list! The rivalry, scheming between the men in the imperial harem are just as intense and thrilling as in classic palace drama novels, where concubines fight to the death. Give it a read, girls! I promise you won’t be disappointed.
Synopsis:
“I am not worthy of her… but I still want to be by her side, even if only as a loyal dog…”
Those were the painful whispers of Yue Guanyi – the proud Crown Prince of the Great Qi, who was torn between deep love and a guilty conscience. Despite holding the supreme power of the Imperial Guard, he still could not forget the dark past when he was sold into a brothel.
Fate played a cruel twist when Qiu Shuzhi – a young female official who had just passed the imperial examinations with top honors – stepped into his life. She did not know that she was the one who had saved him from a tragic fate many years ago. And now, her heart was the target of pursuit for both Yue Guanyi and the powerful Empress Dowager Qin Qing.
While Yue Guanyi only dared to silently care for and protect the one he loved from afar, the Empress Dowager Qin Qing openly expressed his feelings and did not hesitate to take advantage of his power to approach Qiu Shuzhi. The covert struggle between the two most powerful forces in the imperial court began…
Trigger warning: All men in this novel are yandere style.
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