Bronzega officially announced the news of the deceased.
The Baron, Bronzecount, already knew.
The deceased had only gained a few more days, but death had already been foretold.
“It was after the monster’s poison had already damaged the body.”
“Dying means knowing it even without talking about it by your side.”
It’s hard to tell if the damage is spreading from the internal organs to the five viscera and six bowels.
“Bronzega has finished the funeral and takes a short break.”
Shalof covered the documents.
“Farewells are hard to get used to.”
It might be good to take a walk.
Shalof, walking down the hallway of the imperial palace, felt a familiar presence.
The emperor’s attendants noticed Shalof.
Shh.
When she gestured quietly, the attendants bit their lips and stayed silent.
Benhamin passed by the attendants and the corridor.
“Your Majesty?”
Shalof smiled slightly when she saw the emperor’s attendants.
Shalof, slowing down his steps, stepped on his shadow.
Gently.
His steps stopped, and he wrapped his arms around Shalof’s waist.
“You revealed your back.”
The attendants covered their mouths with their sleeves and bowed their heads.
“Don’t step on the shadows of people with knives. It’s startling.”
“You didn’t know it was me?”
“It’s hard not to know.”
When Benhamin nodded to the attendants, the chief attendant led them away.
“Did you step on the ground again with those feet?”
“Um. Can’t I take a walk?”
“Not that you can’t, but come this way.”
Benhamin hugged Shalof familiarly.
“I heard Empress sprained her ankle.”
“It just swelled a little.”
The empress is said to naturally have weak joints. He has to be more careful with a body with slow recovery.
“Why add gossip.”
“My Empress is said to be a person who might trip over a pebble even while walking on a good path, so it’s better to be cautious.”
Benhamin buried his nose in Shalof’s shoulder.
“The scent of medicine is strong.”
“Aaron gave me muscle pain medicine.”
“The medicine is strong.”
“I applied a lot to my ankle and wrapped it with a bandage.”
Benhamin kissed Shalof’s neck.
He embraced Shalof with one arm behind his back and pressed his other arm firmly against Shalof’s neck.
“Uh.”
He nonchalantly walked away down the street.
“It’s dangerous outside.”
“The people who would teach me imperial etiquette have long left the world.”
Shalof squinted one eye and touched his chin on his shoulder.
“Can I stay with you?”
“Are you going to my office together?”
As he took a deep breath, his scent filled the air.
The arms supporting his body were stable.
“To the office. Pedelin Duchy’s troubles seem to have reached the Imperial Palace.”
“Wasn’t the mercenary group staying in Pofuta?”
“They discovered a shipwrecked ship in the harbor with wreckage from the mainland, so they’re investigating and reporting on the situation in Pedelin.”
Benhamin was on his way to the office.
Soon, Pedelin, who was waiting outside the office, spotted the emperor and swallowed hard.
“Hehe!”
He covered his mouth with his sleeve and cleared his throat.
“I’ll report from inside.”
Shalof came to the office and gently lowered his leg. He winced, wondering if the sprain was real.
“Where are you hurt?”
“There was a little commotion.”
Benhamin answered instead. Pedelin continued the next report.
A ship from the southern continent was found stranded on the beach.
“It’s a ship that southern continent astrologers were on. Several constellation books and prophecies handled by astrology were found.”
“Why don’t the southern continent astrologers come out of the observatory as much as the priests in Taranguk do?”
“This time, one astrologer was found, and they traveled together.”
Pedelin added with a troubled expression.
“But it’s difficult to interrogate. He keeps his mouth shut…”
“If astrologers who originally didn’t go outside the observatory are found outside, there must be a reason.”
Passing through the active period’s Pofuta coast, they stepped on imperial land.
Did they forget their location? Or was it an urgent matter of that level?
“Where?”
“Locked up in prison.”
Benhamin narrowed his eyes.
The astrologer looked at the prison guards with a disgusted expression.
The southerner had short arms and legs, and the skin was a muddy color.
Muscles covered the skin, and the robust body covered with a robe was a characteristic of southerners.
“Weren’t you silent originally?”
“Yes. I’ve been silent since I was caught.”
Benhamin clenched his fist and looked around the interrogation room.
“There’s something to protect.”
“They asked if there were more companions.”
Shalof stared at the southerner intently.
“I know that southern continent astrologers are tight-lipped. Like the Empire’s temples taking an indifferent stance, they are probably the same.”
The astrologer raised his head sharply.
The guy wandering around the investigation room turned his head exactly towards the emperor’s party.
They built an extra wall in the prison interrogation room and put a glass window in it.
Benhamin clenched his fist and tapped his forearm with his fingertips.
When male lead is the homewrecker
“I know she doesn’t love him.”
I’ve read the novel below twice already. Girls, I’m highly recommending it to you!
The female lead? Not a good person.
The second male lead? Not a good person.
The male lead? Willingly plays the third party, breaking up the female and second male lead’s relationship despite all the warnings from his friends—so yeah, he’s definitely not a good person either.
Basically, nobody in this novel is simple-minded or without scheming.
The female lead starts off as the male lead’s secretary, but don’t worry—later on, she takes over the company while the male lead steps back to support her. He won’t steal her spotlight, overshadow her, or dull her shine.
I love novels where men are out here snatching wigs, tearing each other down, and going to war just to win the female lead’s affection. And this is exactly that kind of novel. Most of Hai Dai Ran’s works have this dynamic. You’ll see the male characters’ emotions being pushed to the absolute extreme.
There’s even a scene where the second male lead exposes the male lead online for being a homewrecker. The brotherhood immediately gangs up on him, dragging him through the mud. I find it compelling —it completely flips reality on its head, where usually, women are the ones fighting over a man and getting torn apart by the sisterhood.
For me, female leads in the novels I read should only struggle in their careers, not in love. But if the brainless romantics in the story are all men? I have zero complaints.
I’ve pretty much read all of Hai Dai Ran’s novels and even translated all of them—her works are just my thing. I’ll slowly upload everything here. One day, when my website is official, I hope I can invite her to join as one of the star authors.
Here’s the story synopsis:
One-line summary: She is his lifelong obsession, to the point where he was willing to be a third wheel, scorned by society, just to wedge his way into her relationship with her fiancé.
Cold-hearted and indifferent female lead + Scheming and subservient CEO male lead
Intro 1:
“I know she doesn’t love him.”
With blood trickling from his clenched fist, Rong Xiu gazed at the woman before him, his eyes clouded with anguish. Hidden in the wardrobe, he had witnessed Fan Xia – the woman he desperately loved – in an intimate embrace with her fiancé. Yet his heart still yearned for her, defying all reason.
Fan Xia, the elegant and composed assistant, carried something mysterious in her eyes whenever she looked at her fiancé, Wen Lan Sheng. Strange occurrences began to surface – secret meetings with the young Gu Jin Yi, an unexplained withdrawal of 5,000 yuan… Then suddenly, her fiancé’s sister, Wen Jing, violently attacked her.
In this matriarchal society, Rong Xiu had risen to become the chairman of a powerful healthcare conglomerate, breaking through gender prejudices. But for the first time, he willingly stepped into the shadows as the other man, disregarding his friends’ warnings to become her secret lover.
Because he had discovered the truth – Fan Xia wasn’t the pure angel everyone believed her to be. And perhaps, he was the only one capable of helping her execute her mysterious plan…
Intro 2:
Rong Xiu’s biggest regret in life was missing out on Fan Xia.
He secretly loved Fan Xia for 7 years.
Watched her go public with her boyfriend.
Watched her kiss her boyfriend at their wedding.
Until that man blissfully nestled in Fan Xia’s arms, obtaining everything he could only dream of.
The crazy jealousy stripped away his hidden secret love, layer by layer, burning like wildfire.
Fan Xia, how can I have you!
【Reading and Trigger Warning Guide】
1. Female dominant, male submissive, male pregnancy
2. Male lead schemes his way to the top, male competition
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