No matter how impeccable a knight is, if the situation escalates to this level, it’s different. Diana, closing her fierce eyes, inadvertently muttered.
“Did I do something wrong?”
A voice that only people nearby could hear, a relaxed tone. Hearing that, I asked Miryu with an innocent voice, as if I knew nothing.
“But Miryu, what did you say to Princess Loium?”
Holding Diana’s arm, who was standing alone, I spoke carefully.
“Princess Loium wouldn’t have suddenly acted like this for no reason. If you tell her any misunderstandings you had, couldn’t we peacefully resolve this?”
Diana’s eyes, which had been about to push away my touch, shook significantly.
“That makes sense; it’s in line with propriety.”
Countess Morse sighed and concurred.
“Regardless, since this incident occurred in my salon, Miss Jutie should explain clearly as well. Only then can responsibility be determined.”
Miryu looked around hesitantly. Then, her eyes met with Leandro cautiously, and she called him with a pleading look.
“I, I…”
Leandro stepped forward in front of Miryu and spoke to me.
“As a third party, I tried to remain silent, but isn’t this going too far for everyone?”
Although his words included everyone, Leandro’s blue eyes were precisely directed at me. His pupils seemed more confused than accusing.
“Knowing the truth by unfairly pressing people won’t happen.”
“Si… Sir Knight.”
Miryu’s eye area turned red.
“No, it’s my fault. I got scared and made everyone suffer.”
Miryu, who couldn’t say anything, finally opened her mouth.
“Estelle, I…”
Miryu loosened her ribbon.
In an instant, the area around her neck revealed the collarbone covered before.
A conspicuous gruesome scar on smooth skin.
‘Why?’
For some reason, that scar felt eerie to me.
‘Something feels strange, like an unusual energy.’
Miryu, revealing the scar, silently shed teardrops like glass beads. When her numb shoulders trembled, she looked pitiful to the point of being heart-wrenching.
As the salon’s nobles saw the scar, they gasped in surprise.
“Really, it’s a big scar like that…”
“I feel so sorry for her.”
Revealing a scar in aristocratic society was never common. Most often, they would overlook and ignore unpleasant incidents.
“Miss Jutie.”
As Leandro was about to say something to Miryu, she covered her face with both hands and fled as if panicked.
The people around couldn’t stop Miryu, who was leaving with tears.
An awkward silence lingered.
Countess Morse, who was beside Miryu, Princess Diana, and everyone else stared blankly at Miryu’s empty seat.
I scoffed at Miryu’s actions.
‘I wonder if she chose to act like this because she doesn’t know how to handle it?’
Honestly, it wasn’t a bad choice.
‘At least it can prevent things from getting worse.’
Even if I expose her secret, there’s a chance for her to recover due to my infamous reputation. Moreover, because of the pity now directed at Miryu, this place was becoming a center of sympathy for her.
“Whatever you say won’t get through.”
“Is everyone satisfied now?”
Leandro, narrowing his eyes as if he had been waiting, spoke.
“Forcing a vulnerable person into a corner and making a spectacle of them.”
“…”
“As you all have seen, Miss Jutie seemed to have suffered some significant harm from someone. And judging by what she said at the end—”
After a brief pause, Leandro spoke again.
“Everything seems pretty obvious, doesn’t it?”
His sculpted face glared at me with a dismal expression.
“Creating such scars and pretending to care by calling out her name.”
The silent salon was filled only with Leandro’s voice.
“For a moment, I regretted thinking that I might feel unjust. Wearing a human disguise and such repulsive—”
Everyone stared at me. Somehow, it seemed like everyone in the salon was siding with Leandro, condemning me.
Unintentionally, a chuckle escaped me.
‘Have there ever been times when someone was on my side?’
Leandro, Miryu, Diana, and the silent onlookers, all were mocking, but I found myself the most amusing.
‘Can’t say that things have been going well lately.’
I grabbed my trembling hand unknowingly.
‘This rage, reprimand, demanding atonement…’
Gradually, the trembling subsided.
Looking up at Leandro, I raised the corners of my mouth.
“Felcis Kye, are you talking to me?”
“Then, who do you think I’m talking about?”
“I’d like to remind the sir; Miss Jutie left without saying anything.”
People originally despised me, and no one listened to me.
“The reason she mentioned my name last and left is also uncertain.”
So, there’s no need to be confused here.
“But Felcis Kye is accusing me of being a sinner without any evidence.”
When I lowered my eyes pitifully, I heard voices around me saying, ‘Isn’t that too hasty?’
Fortunately, Diana, who seemed ready to jump in with Leandro, remained silent.
So, Countess Morse stepped forward.
“What Lady Blanche said is correct. Felcis Kye, your actions have definitely gone too far. Calm your excitement and—”
“I cannot do that. Pursuing justice is my duty as a knight.”
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
