“You’re quite a cheeky brat. I might kill you right now with this, and you’re curious about that?”
The man drew a dagger, presumably for assassination, and slowly pushed it to my throat.
He seemed to enjoy scaring me more than killing me in one stroke.
Noticing that he had no intention of killing me, I pushed the dagger away with my finger, snorting.
“I can’t help being curious. And I’m not scared at all.”
“Heh. What a thing to exist. Unbelievable.”
As I guessed, he sheathed his sword and looked down at me with arrogant eyes, tapping his dagger against his palm.
His eyes seemed bored, like he was contemplating how to cook the prey he had already caught.
“You must be living a very boring life, sir.”
I spoke my mind, moving my short tongue comfortably.
‘He’s just an assassin, and we’re alone.’
Since Sione would feel sad whenever I acted too grownup, I had been holding back my words for a while.
But now that I could speak freely, it felt so good.
“What did you say?”
“Don’t you find killing people boring? You should find something more fun.”
I shrugged my shoulders, and the man, who had been standing blankly as if he’d been hit in the back of the head with a hammer, burst into loud laughter.
“Ha ha! That’s right. There’s absolutely nothing fun. That’s why I came all the way here. I thought that tearing apart the daughter of the great Lord might stir my feelings.”
“Ugh, what a real pervert.”
I shook my head, disgusted as if I’d seen the dirtiest thing in the world.
But far from being offended, he looked much more delighted than when he thrust his dagger.
“It’s been a while since you made me laugh, so tell me. I had some help from a big shot. You may not understand it well since you’re young, but there’s a wicked witch’s barrier in this palace.”
A wicked witch?
A beat late, I realized he was referring to Sione and burst into laughter.
She may be a dark sorceress, but to me, Sione seemed closer to a saint than a witch.
“‘We’ have been waiting for that witch to leave for a very long time. Without that witch, cutting our poor child’s throat is a very simple task.”
“Ugh, sure. Thank you very much.”
“Right. Child, can you make me a little happier? Then I might delay your death a little.”
“Who’s going to die?”
Bam!
As soon as my words ended, a sharp ice shard appeared in the air and flew towards the man like an arrow.
“Ugh!”
The man’s mask was torn by the sharp ice fragments before he could dodge, and his bare face was exposed in the moonlight.
I thought an assassin would have a terrifying look, but surprisingly, he looked quite aristocratic.
‘Hmm, I thought some pieces would get stuck in his body.’
Apparently, the control wasn’t perfect since it was an imitation of the magic I saw when I met my father earlier.
I hadn’t been learning ice magic from Sione for long.
“You’re lucky, bastard.”
With slightly disappointed eyes, he licked his lips, and he shouted as if he felt ignored.
“This little brat……!!”
“Don’t look down on me because I’m small. It could be a big problem.”
Crack.
With a strange sound like bones breaking, the man’s arms and legs were covered with opaque ice chunks.
“Aaah!”
When he spat out filthy curses in pain, I plugged my dear rabbit doll’s ears with a displeased expression.
“Shh. My dear doll hears such words.”
“Cough… This insolent child…!! I’ll kill you!”
Ugh, so noisy.
It might be faster just to shut up that man’s mouth.
For the protection of our precious hearing, I cast the magic I learned from Sione.
A terrifying magic that can blind the enemy’s sight or paralyze some senses, and depending on the method, it can even take a person’s life.
“Uh, ugh…!!”
“Whew, my dear rabbit, now your ears won’t hurt. Are you okay?”
“Cough…!!”
I turned my gaze away from the man struggling in the ice and slowly scanned the room.
Considering that no one came despite all the noise, it seemed he had tampered with my room before the attack.
For example, by setting up something nasty.
“Aha, I wondered why he got in so easily, it was because of this?”
Finding the artifact cleverly disguised as a curtain accessory, I grinned.
“This kind of thing needs to be broken right away.”
Crack.
When I clenched and unclenched my fist lightly, the magic stone that acted as the power of the artifact turned to powder and fell to the floor.
I reached into thin air and retrieved the completely deactivated artifact.
Then, I felt a sensation as if the previously sharp air around became more comfortable.
The barrier that had separated the space from the outside was undone.
“One problem solved.”
While I was delighted, the man’s face turned even paler, but that wasn’t my concern.
‘Sione’s barrier was neutralized. Surely, it’s no ordinary thing.’
Finding someone who could create an artifact capable of defeating her magic, not only in the Chepes Kingdom but also throughout the continent, would be rare.
Perhaps he intended to assassinate me and retrieve it immediately, but now its purpose has changed.
It will be fully utilized in tracking the mastermind behind this person, who is presumed to be a significant figure.
“So, what else can I do for myself now?”
An Indifferent Woman is the One Men Desire the Most
One-line summary: The female lead is actually cold-hearted and extremely rational. She has stage-by-stage relationships and won’t two-time, but there will always be someone who secretly likes her.
This novel has the following triggers, so if you’re sensitive to these, please don’t read:
1. The female lead has had many relationships, but she treated each one seriously and broke up properly.
It’s just that the men unilaterally pestered her incessantly. For the female lead, when she doesn’t like someone anymore, she simply doesn’t like them.
(This applies to her relationships with Male Lead 1, 2, 3, and 4 as well, but she’s loyal in each 1-on-1 relationship!)
2. In this novel, Male Lead 2 and the female lead kiss in a car, and Male Lead 1 sees it and beats up Male Lead 2.
The female lead calls the police and sends both Male Lead 1 and 2 to the police station! Male Lead 1 begs the female lead not to break up with him.
3. Male Lead 1 has a gentle appearance but an obsessive personality.
Male Lead 2 has a delicate and soft appearance, slightly green tea-like (two-faced).
Male Lead 3 is a youthful college student and a smart person who has secretly liked the female lead for a long time.
Male Lead 4 is the female lead’s father’s special assistant, a business elite with deep, hidden thoughts.
4. At the beginning of this novel, the female lead has already broken up with Male Lead 1 (Chapter 4) and gotten back together with Male Lead 2 (ex-boyfriend).
5. Enter with caution if you have triggers!!!
