Asha was putting her coat back on when the emotionally controlled Jackal quietly asked.
“……You said you escaped from the Emperor.”
“Yes.”
“But from what I know, the current Emperor still hasn’t found the butterfly.”
“That’s right. He doesn’t even know about my existence yet.”
He asked as if it was absurd.
“What? But you clearly just escaped from the Emperor……”
“That’s now a thing of the past.”
Jackal could not understand the situation at all.
He couldn’t understand what she was saying at all.
His enraged face cooled down as reason returned.
Asha lowered her gaze and continued speaking.
“All butterflies have a special ability besides pollinating flowers. My ability seems to be regression. I escaped from the Emperor, got caught, and at the moment of death, I returned to the past. As soon as I opened my eyes, I saw you.”
Asha calmly told him the story of how she had been sold to the Emperor in the past.
The terrifying story of the day when a minority village was massacred…
Jackal only listened to the story, not replying at all.
Asha sighed softly and ended the story.
“……So I want to become a Ricaon. My ability is still not complete, and I don’t know what other abilities might be hidden, but if I sharpen and hone it, it will surely be of help to Ricaon someday. Please don’t cast me away.”
There was a long silence in the room.
Jackal slowly turned around and stared at her intently.
His deep blue eyes were inscrutable.
Asha looked down, unsure if he would believe her story.
It was a very dangerous situation if he didn’t believe her.
Since she revealed the topsecret fact of being a butterfly, she couldn’t rule out the possibility of him pushing her away for the organization’s safety, or selling her directly to the Imperial Palace.
To Ricaon, she was nothing but a dangerous element, just as Gev had said.
So she vowed to accept whatever decision he made calmly.
She followed him by her choice, but accepting her was his choice.
Jackal finally spoke heavily.
“……What’s your purpose?”
Asha didn’t understand the question and stared at him.
His eyes were colder than ever.
“If it’s true that you’ve come back from the past, you could have just hidden away and lived without attracting the Emperor’s attention. Why are you trying to become a Ricaon and hone your abilities? Is it to save the minority?”
His words hit the mark.
Although she had said that she would be of help to Ricaon, the bigger reason lay in protecting the minority.
Deceiving him now could have a backlash, so Asha readily admitted it.
“……Yes.”
“You must have heard the rumors that I left the minority long ago and formed my own group. That old man must have blabbed about it to everyone.”
The old man referred to the chief of the minority village.
Asha had heard the story of Jackal when she was young as well.
“Do you know why I did that?”
Jackal posed the question but shook his head.
“……No. I don’t want to talk about it anymore. It’s not a very good memory to reminisce about. Anyway, to your village people, I’m nothing but a traitor. And you want to come to me to help the minority?”
Although she had expected it, it seemed that he and the chief were not on good terms.
So her desire to help them would not have looked kindly on him.
“Yes. But I won’t brazenly ask you to help with that. When the day comes, I plan to leave Ricaon and help the village people alone and disappear.”
Jackal closed his mouth for a moment and then asked,
“Disappear… What about after that?”
“Huh?”
Certainly, here is the translated passage:
“After rescuing them, where and what will you do to live?”
“Ah……”
Asha was taken aback by him asking such a question, and was once again shocked by the fact that she had never thought about her future.
Asha stammered a little as she answered.
“I still don’t know…… When I say I disappear, I really mean it literally……”
“Why do you talk about your life so lightly every time?”
Asha’s eyes widened.
His voice was now slightly filled with rage.
Her unexpected sharp response made his thoughts that she might coldly betray him seem pale in comparison.
Asha faltered in her speech.
“Ah…… If my words sounded unpleasant, I’m sorry. I haven’t been back in the past for long…… For now, I’ve set my purpose to just that one thing.”
“That’s quite a useless purpose.”
At the mocking words, Asha now slightly furrowed her brow as she spoke.
“Saving lives is not useless.”
“Ah. I heard that a butterfly is a sacred being sent from the heavens, so that was true. Truly a remarkable saint you’ve become.”
“Don’t mock me.”
“Mocking? I just told the truth. A woman who’s willing to thoughtlessly throw away her life to save others is either a saint or a foolish woman, one of the two. Of course, I think the two are similar.”
Asha tried to protest, but he took a big step forward, and she couldn’t continue.
Jackal looked down at her calmly with his blue eyes.
Why She Is Still Unmoved (Female-dominant)
One-line summary: He uses various methods to seek her affection, but she remains unmoved.
Synopsis:
Si Qingyu is a doctor who has saved countless lives and enjoys tranquility.
Luo Shaoxuan is ruthless, deeply scheming, and the top young master in the capital. He admires Si Qingyu.
Luo Shaoxuan: I want to be the only one in your eyes and heart.
Features a cold and calm female lead vs A noble and scheming male lead.
There will be both sweetness and torture towards the male after their marriage.
