“Earlier, Lady Vanessa gave me a flower tea that she blended and asked me to deliver it to you.”
“…Vanessa?”
Karaf asked, slightly surprised.
“Yes. Her Majesty knows that you don’t trust people easily, so she asked me to deliver it personally.”
Durand hid the fact that he had told her that, slightly guilty about it.
As he was about to hand over the tea he had brewed, he paused and said,
“Just in case, I will taste it first.”
As Durand poured the flower tea into a new cup, Karaf asked with a smirk,
“Why? Are you afraid there might be poison in it?”
“I trust Lady Vanessa, but in this palace, I think it’s never wrong to be cautious.”
Durand first tasted the tea to confirm that it was safe, and then handed the cup to him.
Karaf watched it hesitantly for a moment, then took the cup and sipped the flower tea.
He closed his eyes and exhaled slowly.
“…It soothes my mind a little.”
“Is that so? I’m glad.”
Durand looked at him sincerely. Karaf glanced at him with one eye open.
In fact, he was slightly touched by what Durand had said to Asha earlier.
Durand had stood guard outside his bedroom door every single day since that terrible incident happened.
The fact that he stood guard himself when he could have ordered another knight was because he never knew when or how he would face an assassination threat.
Durand was such a loyal servant that he would thrust a sword into his own throat without hesitation if he ordered him to die.
He felt like he had been too harsh to him, saying things like not coming home if he failed to carry out his commands.
Karaf called him in a soft voice.
“…Durand.”
“Yes, Your Majesty?”
Durand bowed respectfully, and Karaf muttered slightly bitterly.
“Even though I’m like this, you haven’t changed a bit since then……”
Durand’s eyes widened slightly.
“Your Majesty… Are you really alright? Today, more than usual, you seem full of worries.”
“Is that so?”
Karaf looked at his tea cup with drooping eyelids.
There were a few flower petals floating beautifully in it that Asha had prepared for him.
He felt his heart’s door opening gradually to her, but he was still afraid on one side.
Afraid that if he gave his heart entirely and was betrayed again…
Especially if he was betrayed by a butterfly, he might not be able to bear it.
“…Durand, what do you think?”
Durand looked at him, puzzled by the sudden question.
“What do you mean?”
“What do you think about Vanessa?”
Looking at his serious expression, Durand hesitated for a moment before speaking.
“Madam Vanessa is… a kind person.”
He slightly furrowed one brow as he looked, and Duran politely added,
“I felt it from the moment she was brought into the palace. She values the life of others more than anyone else. Even if it means sacrificing herself.”
Karaf suddenly remembered that she had tried to save a man who was the leader of Ricaon, and was slightly annoyed.
“Moreover, even when the servants pick fights, she never gets angry or retaliates. She appears to be a merciful and patient person.”
Karaf was slightly surprised and asked,
“Are the servants tormenting Vanessa?”
Duran sighed softly and told the truth about what had happened so far.
But Karaf had nothing to say after hearing the story. The servants’ tormenting her was practically the same as him being the instigator.
He felt unnecessarily uncomfortable.
Duran, who had been observing his dark face, cautiously spoke,
“I am actually a little worried…”
“What?”
He cautiously added,
“Your Majesty, you are naturally a kind person, and I fear that you might hurt your heart by giving such an order… I am a little worried.”
At those words, Karaf burst into scornful laughter.
“Don’t tell me, you think I’ll feel guilty for tormenting Vanessa? What did the minorities do to me! What I’m doing now is nothing compared to that!”
Duran silently lowered his eyes.
He still vividly remembered Karaf, who had been kind and considerate long ago.
He was never a cruel man who wouldn’t forgive a single mistake, nor did he have a destructive nature that couldn’t control his anger.
Having faced discrimination since childhood, he had a broad heart to embrace minorities and the lower classes, but now, having become a tyrant from the wounds of betrayal, he had lost the trust of the Imperial citizens and had become a lonely emperor who trusted no one.
Despite the empire becoming powerful, the Imperial citizens called him ‘The Bloody Tyrant’ and feared him.
Knowing this, Duran could only leave him alone.
Because he knew better than anyone how deep the wound he had received was, how deeply the dagger was embedded in his heart.
“I apologize, Your Majesty… I misspoke…”
“It’s okay. Leave now. I’m tired.”
Duran quickly rose, bowed to him, and left the room.
Feeling him silently guarding outside the bedroom, Karaf lay back down in bed.
But he kicked the blankets away and abruptly got up.
Seeing him walk out of the room with a shuffle, Duran asked in surprise,
“Your Majesty…?”
“I have something to say to Vanessa right now. Follow me.”
Flapping his silver robe as he strode, Duran hurriedly followed him.
When yandere male lead believes she loves him — but she never did
“How dare you!”
“How dare you make me love you, only to cast me aside as nothing more than a friend?!?
“I will never accept that.”
“I will never let you return to him.”
“Even if I have to burn myself to ashes.”
“Even if I must shatter my purity, my dignity, my very soul.”
“I will never let you escape me!”
This was the first novel that introduced me to the matriarchal genre. I’ve read it three times already!
At first, the male lead despised the female lead. Later, he misunderstood that she liked him, so he condescendingly and reluctantly reciprocated her feelings.
Then, he suddenly discovered that she was kind to everyone in the same way, and there was already someone she cherished in her heart, and that person was not him.
The male lead couldn’t believe it, he became angry and crazy. He was determined to capture her body and heart by any means necessary.
Synopsis:
Want to see how a green tea bitch male lead falls in love with the female lead?
Want to see how he flirtatiously pursues the female lead?
Want to see how he gets slapped in the face repeatedly?
The male lead is a green tea bitch, a poisonous lotus, jealous, ruthless, unscrupulous, with a venomous heart, and he’s also a delusional maniac.
The female lead is righteous, positive energy-filled, kind, a holy mother.
Let’s see how two people with extreme personalities come together~
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