No matter how much higher Kevrant’s title was, it was customary these days for nobles of the same rank to use formal language with each other if one was older.
“Listen, Earl Green. I…”
“I’ll offer a good price.”
“Let me speak…”
“I…”
Kevrant elegantly crossed his legs.
“I’m not interested in discussing anything but the gold mine.”
“Iris is my woman!”
What Kevrant had said and what Alford had shouted were simultaneous.
Although Alford had shouted loudly and was panting, Kevrant spoke calmly without a twitch of his eyebrows.
“I can also offer about 10% more than the gold mine market price, Duke.”
“Earl! I’m talking about Iris right now. The poor Iris that you snatched from me!”
“It seems so. But what to do. I’m more attracted to the gold mine talk.”
“I didn’t even think about bringing up the gold mine!”
“I only thought about the gold mine.”
He looked to see if he was joking, but there was no smile on Kevrant’s face.
All he did was repeatedly talk about the gold mine with a sluggish expression.
Feeling like there would be no end to this, Alford said,
“I’m not selling Lavent’s gold mine. I won’t sell it even if you give me ten million gold.”
“I heard you were going to give it to the Duke of Witle.”
“That’s because…”
He couldn’t add the words, “The price to buy Iris.”
“Because he’s going to be my fatherinlaw…”
“Hmm.”
“Anyway, let’s end the gold mine talk here and talk about Iris. You may not know, but Iris and I have promised to marry a long time ago. We met three years ago from now…”
Alford repeated the story he had told in front of the maids earlier.
This time, Kevrant did not interrupt Alford and listened to his story.
He had several plans to get Lavent’s gold mine from Alford. He had also investigated various corruption of the Hutchis Group run by Alford. If need be, he intended to persuade Alford with them.
But the moment he heard Alford babbling about Iris as he walked into the reception room, he changed his plan.
He thought it would be good to show Alford a harsher taste. So that he could never talk about Iris again with that mouth.
“Do you understand now, Earl Green? Iris can only laugh happily when she is with me.”
“She laughed well in front of me too.”
“She must have been scared because you, Earl, forcibly took Iris. Iris is very timid and delicate.”
Scared? Iris?
This man really didn’t know anything about Rishie.
“No matter how much you are an earl, you can’t forcibly take a woman. If people find out that the Guardian of the Holy Relics used his honor in this way, they will criticize you. You might even be deprived of the qualification of the Guardian of the Holy Relics in the Holy Kingdom!”
As Kevrant said nothing, Alford, who was on a roll, began to subtly threaten Kevrant.
Kevrant slowly got up.
“I have something to show you, Duke. Follow me.”
“Let’s solve the Iris problem first…”
“Follow me, Duke.”
Kevrant left the reception room, and Alford had no choice but to follow him.
As he walked down the corridor, Kevrant winked at Jamie. Jamie nodded and hid.
Busy catching up with Kevrant, Alford didn’t see Kevrant and Jamie exchange looks.
Kevrant seemed to be walking leisurely, but Alford couldn’t catch up even though he was almost running.
They walked for a long time.
‘Was the mansion this wide?’
They went up and down stairs. They went right and left in the hallway.
It didn’t look so wide when viewed from the outside, but it felt like walking in a huge maze.
Eventually, they arrived at a room with a thick iron door.
Kevrant easily opened the door, which looked hard to open alone, and went in.
Alford hesitated for a moment before carefully entering the room.
Thud!
With a heavy thud, the door closed, causing Alford to jump.
Kevrant was looking at Alford with an inscrutable gaze.
“Wh, where is this?”
It was too dark to see around.
When Kevrant pressed a button on the wall, the room became bright and the interior came into view.
“Ah!”
Alford gasped.
“They call it a torture chamber. I quite like it here.”
Kevrant said calmly, walking towards a chair of dreadful design. There were strange equipment installed on the chair.
“Put this over your head, and this one around your neck. If you press this button, your head gets compressed, and if you press this button, the collar around your neck slowly rises.”
Listening to Kevrant’s joyful explanation, Alford shuddered at the thought of the spectacle.
“Your neck is short, so it might be good to extend it with this collar.”
“Wh, why joke about… hahaha.”
“It’s not a joke.”
Kevrant muttered something, but Alford decided he must have misheard.
“This statue here is famous. It looks like an ordinary statue, but inside there are sharp needles……”
“In this round container, you can trap people. If you put them in and light a fire underneath……”
“This tool is for teeth……”
“This one is for nails……”
Kevrant explained each of the devices and tools around the room in detail.
Unable to bear it any longer, Alford cried out.
“Why on earth are you showing me these? Are you trying to threaten me?”
“Oh!”
Kevrant, who had been fiddling with a sharp tool, widened his eyes.
“Lucky. You’re not so dumb as to not understand that.”
Kevrant approached in large strides.
Kevrant didn’t do anything. He just stared at Alford blankly.
Strangely, Alford was so crushed by unspeakable fear that he wet himself.
While gazing gently at such Alford, Kevrant whispered.
“I didn’t want to spend a long time talking in a confined space with a man who leaks oil.”
The Male lead Always Seduces Her with His Beauty (Matriarchy)
Xin Jiao Zhou is the leader of the world’s premier sect. She has just experienced betrayal from all sides, was poisoned in an assassination attempt, and faced death squad attacks while the poison was taking effect. After finally clearing out the scum from her sect, she was drugged again while trying to detoxify.
After waking up from a night of unconsciousness, she gained a “beautiful and kind-hearted” husband.
Xin Jiao Zhou: “???”
He fell ill.
She came to see him, bringing breakfast.
As she put down the breakfast and was about to leave, his hand slipped while holding the spoon. “Clank!”
She turned around upon hearing the noise.
He looked up at her, his eyebrows drooping: “My hand… has no strength.”
“Shall I… feed you?” she asked tentatively.
He opened his mouth cheerfully: “Ah—”
Thinking she was drowning, he jumped in without hesitation to save her, but nearly drowned himself. In the end, it was she who swam over to rescue him, giving him air underwater.
After emerging from the water, his ear tips turned red. He lightly brushed his cheek, tucking his sideburns behind his ear, revealing delicate, pink-tinged ear tips. He lowered his gaze, too embarrassed to look at her.
Xin Jiao Zhou: He’s truly beautiful, kind-hearted, and adorable.
A certain someone when disciplining subordinates behind the scenes: “If they don’t obey, just kill them.”
What’s that? She might already have someone she cares about in her heart? A certain someone: Find out who it is, kill them, and then there won’t be anyone.
What? She met a man by the riverside? What? That man even hurt her? A certain someone: Whichever hand hurt her, chop off his entire arm.
Love at first sight without realizing it, gradually falling in love, slowly getting closer…
Family and national grudges, schemes and desires, good and evil, crime and punishment, she and he face the future together, seeking justice with passion!
A naturally dark female lead who could accidentally destroy the world but is actually an honest person VS a weak, pitiful, and helpless but skilled fighter, beautiful white-cut black male lead
My heart is not of stone, how steadfast is your love? — Tao Yuanming “Imitating the Ancients (No. 3)”
— Reading Guide —
Cold female lead & dramatic black lotus with hidden yandere traits male lead
