I nearly threw up.
As soon as I said that, Misha’s face turned red in an instant. The way she looked down and avoided my gaze was unmistakably that of a scoundrel.
If such a selfish wench’s actions are considered love, then love is surely a name attached to the act of deluding oneself into selfsatisfaction in a plausible way.
I was boiling inside.
Does she even know how much the cost of five private tutors is? After sending her to the academy, all she does upon enrolling is romance.
And to toy with my life for that as if it’s nothing.
But Misha began to chatter innocently.
“He’s tall. When the sunlight hits his black hair, it sparkles! His face is… how do I describe it? Handsome. Not just handsome, but…”
I had no particular desire to dispute his appearance.
I merely thought that such a face should not belong to Duke Kaidel but should be carved into a statue and placed in front of the palace for the public good.
“Enough, let’s move on. I’m not going to draw him, am I?”
“Oh, if you had seen him just once, you could write a hundred letters about him!”
Yes, I could probably write a hundred pages of a complaint.
“I saw him during the male students’ martial arts practice, and I thought I was dreaming. I couldn’t believe my eyes!”
“Why?”
“Whack, whack! Even the teachers were surprised and clapped!”
“Whack… sigh… Well, let’s move on. He’s a knight who led the cavalry and fought. It’s only natural.”
“You don’t know how popular he is. He’s always kind to everyone. If there’s a fight among the students, they go to him. Because he’s fair and wise.”
This time, it went too far. Him, kind? Fair? Wise?
Beanshell is so scary; I learned something new.
Otherwise, Rocard Kaidel would surely be an incredibly hypocritical person.
Who’s playing who?
“He’s so good at studying too! He’s been the top student since returning to the academy. I can’t even get close to his feet! Everyone loves him.”
As Misha spoke, her eyes quickly moistened.
Surely not.
“You’re not studying for the Duke, are you?”
“My grades have gone up. I’m still last, but I scored much higher than last time… Sniff! I don’t know!”
Misha, who had spilled her own grades, flopped onto the sofa and began to sob.
“Last place…”
Only then did I understand the Count’s gloomy mood.
If he’s not an angel or a clergyman, he’s certainly one of them. If my daughter had been losing face like that, I couldn’t have pretended not to know.
Just like that…
I looked at Misha’s twitching bottom, contemplating whether I should just go to the bathroom.
But since I’d figured out Misha’s feelings, I was already in too deep.
Misha shouted.
“I’ve studied so hard! Even if I couldn’t understand a single word, I kept reading and memorizing, enduring my skin getting hurt!”
Her skin getting hurt; that must have been tough.
I sighed heavily, stood up, and asked.
“Lady Countess, will you really take responsibility?”
Misha got up and wiped away her tears, then nodded very firmly.
“I promise!”
I lost my words at the first fighting spirit I saw from Misha Roar.
“I really don’t need those clothes.”
“I know, I know.”
As I sat at the desk, Misha glanced at me, watching me. But her face was like a child seeing a candy in front of her eyes.
I was truly at a loss.
If I didn’t know who the other party was, I might have been able to write with imagination.
But in front of my eyes, Duke Kaidel was twirling around annoyingly, and no witty words came to mind.
Ah, damn it.
I tore at my hair, moving my pen. Finishing the letter took much longer than I expected.
I stared at it until the ink was all dry and then gestured to Misha.
She hurried to the desk, and when she tried to take the letter paper, I grabbed it again.
“You think it’s okay to be last and not study like this?”
“But love is my strength!”
This nonsensical thing…
Misha snatched the letter from my hand and quickly opened it to read.
“Kaidele, to the lion cub called a hero. I’ve spent deep, long nights pondering how to convey my feelings. Even the fragrance brought from Delpa isn’t as rich as the scent of your character…”
Misha licked her lips as she continued to read the letter, then hugged it and shrieked in delight.
“It’s so beautiful, Lorisha! Reading this letter, I feel like I could fall for myself!”
I replied indifferently.
“Think about it well. I would never send that. I’m speaking sincerely, Misha.”
“No. I will send it, to let him know my feelings through a letter, and to get recognized by raising my grades as well. Around him, there are only excellent students, so I have no other way.”
Misha was in a state where she couldn’t see or hear anything else at the moment.
I got up from my chair and gestured for Misha to sit in my place.
“Huh?”
“Should I send it in my handwriting?”
“Ah, yes!”
“You know? There’s something called rhythm in a letter. Write it down exactly like what I’ve written, without changing even one letter’s position.”
“Uhhuh. I got it. Don’t talk to me; I need to concentrate.”
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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