Felix was standing by the window, looking aimlessly at something with a vacant expression. This time, when the sun shone the brightest, was the most boring part of his day.
Kalif was his only companion, but he was busy every day for a new reason. Of course, Felix wanted him to be busy too.
But wouldn’t he be late on a day like today?
“Is it possible to be as casual as usual after being so injured yesterday?”
Felix muttered, tilting his head. He was a selfchosen man, but in any way, he was a terrible man.
[I did as you said.] [Really? Was that method effective?]Kalif’s desperate expression, which had never been seen before, told everything, but he still asked.
Kalif sighed deeply at the end of the words. It was a negative sign. Even if that was not the case, Felix already knew Evelia’s reaction.
The conversation that continued in the prince’s palace could be heard well enough in the crown prince’s palace if he wanted to.
Kalif’s mumbling expression was immersed in sorrow like a man facing the end.
If he takes the premise of the end to his world, it was not a wrong reaction. Watching the confused Evelia would be like the world collapsing to him.
After saying that, he went to bed but couldn’t fall asleep until dawn. It was doubtful if he even closed his eyes for a moment.
But he got up at the set time as if nothing had happened, and hurriedly moved to perform his role as usual.
“Well, being busy is rather effective in forgetting sorrow.”
Felix muttered nonchalantly as if talking about someone else’s business, but his wandering eyes were full of worry.
Of course, it was only for a moment.
He appeared lost in thought for a while, then scrunched up one eye and stretched his arms over his head.
“Ugh, it’s boring.”
He said, yet his eyes gazed somewhere beyond the window, flashing with momentary interest.
He soon approached a drawer on one side of the bedroom and looked into a square transparent bowl.
Inside, a tiny hamster was scurrying around the sawdust.
Felix put his hand into the bowl and carefully held the small creature.
“Shall we go explore quietly?”
He muttered in a more secretive voice than necessary, as if watching Kalif’s face as he left the bedroom early in the morning.
“What do you think?”
He put a sunflower seed on his palm and asked affectionately, like offering a bribe to be on his side.
The cute pet rat was so focused on the sunflower seed that it hurriedly stuffed it into its mouth. But did that become the answer Felix had been waiting for?
He smiled contentedly and stroked the hamster’s head.
“I knew you’d think the same. So I’m counting on you today.”
It was enough for Kalif to curse him as a madman if he had seen it.
(This is a time separator.)
“Your Highness. You skipped breakfast, but you have to have lunch. You even fainted yesterday, so you need to eat something to regain your strength. So please…….”
“Phaelin.”
Phaelin, who had been pleading earnestly, looked at Evelia on the bed with surprised eyes.
It was the first time he had heard Evelia’s voice since he went to find a handkerchief at the coughing time.
Phaelin quickly responded with a delighted face.
“Yes! Yes, Your Highness!”
“……I’m sorry, but I want to be alone today.”
However, the returned master’s answer was utterly disappointing.
Phaelin sighed deeply with a rapidly darkening expression.
“Your Highness, then please take a few spoonfuls. After that, I won’t step into the bedroom, and neither will the other attendants.”
“……Later. I’ll eat later. So please leave now. I’m asking you.”
With a mindset of catching straws, Evelia did not give in to the request. Paelin sighed deeply, her head hung down.
She had never been so obstinate before, but it was clear that she couldn’t be swayed if she was this resolute.
Paelin did not say anything more and placed the tray on the bedside table.
“Your Majesty. I will leave the prepared meal here, so please have at least a spoonful if you change your mind. Find me immediately if you want a warm meal.”
“Yes, I will. Thank you, Paelin.”
Evelia, who had been responding a beat late, replied promptly this time. It was a passage that strongly revealed her desire to be alone.
Paelin had no choice but to turn her back. Soon, the sound of the bedroom door opening and closing was heard, and Evelia finally let out the breath she had been holding.
“Huu……”
She, who had been showing her back to Paelin, struggled to get up from her seat.
The face that emerged from the blanket was a complete mess. Her eyes were bloodshot, and the eyelids were swollen.
Paelin would have been shocked if she had seen it.
Opening and closing her heavy eyelids, she saw the tray placed on the bedside table. A rather appetizing smell lingered around her nose, but her appetite did not return. She didn’t even have the strength to pick up a spoon.
Evelia sighed again, out of habit, and then narrowed her eyebrows and pressed her temples.
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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