The person who reached out to the staggering Reneb.
“Hey, are you really okay? Were you not having a cerebral hemorrhage or something when you fainted…….”
Icar asked, raising one eyebrow.
Thanks to that, Reneb, who had come out of her reverie, thought with a faint smile.
It was indeed a faint earlier.
But ‘faint faint’?
It was as if Icar had witnessed what happened at the imperial palace ball.
“But what I’m saying is, Sir Dohan, why did you say ‘faint faint’? I fainted for the first time today. ‘Faint faint’ means often, doesn’t it?”
Then the carriage stopped, and a voice came from the driver’s seat.
“The way to the nearest village is flooded.”
“It’s going to be a headache.”
A wrinkle appeared on Icar’s straight forehead.
Although she was curious about the answer to the question she asked earlier, Reneb focused on the present.
“Why a village all of a sudden?”
“Why, would you ask? Your Grace, Duchess.”
“Did you change the route because of me?”
Icar made a face as if he was asking knowingly.
“If that’s the case, I’m fine now. You can go straight to Bashuker.”
Reneb quickly added, and Icar said as if there was no other way.
“Well, it seems that there is no other way now.”
(This is a time separator.)
How much further had they traveled toward the border?
The sky outside the window was tinged with twilight.
Reneb’s hips and back were not at all comfortable, but she didn’t say anything about stopping for a rest.
She was already delayed due to fainting.
On top of that, she didn’t want to hear the same talk from Her Grace of the Duchy…
“Hold on.”
Icar, who had been silently staring out the window, knocked on the carriage wall.
The running carriage gradually slowed down and then stopped.
“It seems we’ve reached the border.”
Reneb nodded slightly, looking at the desolate western sunset.
“Is that so?”
“Isn’t this the region bordering Siren’s Duchy? You talk as if it’s your first time here.”
The landscape seemed oddly familiar, but it was Reneb’s first time coming to the border.
“I’ve lived in the capital’s Duchy since I was young.”
The setting sun, disappearing below the endless horizon, was beautiful.
For a moment, the soft face of Cael, who had nestled in the hem of her dress, came to mind.
She always wanted to show the best to Cael. Her child, whom she would never see again in her lifetime.
“…….”
Tears quickly welled in her eyes, but Reneb lifted her head slightly and held back the tears.
As Reneb was about to turn her body to get out of the carriage.
“……?”
A large hand suddenly came into her view.
Inside the swaying carriage, the journey was such an annoyance. Throughout the ride, there wasn’t a single complaint.
Could it be that this is what they call praise?
Reneb, who had been holding Icar’s hand, was slightly surprised and shook his hand away.
It was because Icar’s high body temperature was not just warm but even hot, and she was a little startled by it.
“Why, should I carry Your Highness down from the carriage?”
Saying so, Icar attempted to lift Reneb. Reneb blushed slightly and hastily waved her hands.
“No, no, it’s fine. I can get down on my own.”
“As you wish.”
This time, Icar courteously extended his hand. Reneb chuckled softly and took Icar’s hand.
As soon as Reneb descended from the carriage, Icar’s hand fell away.
Reneb stared at Icar’s large hand for a moment.
Before she became engrossed in the book, she died as a lifelong solo. There was a saying that if she didn’t do it by the time she was 30, she would become an archmage…
Anyway, for this reason, the opposite sex meant everything to Reneb was Lucius.
And his hand was always cold.
Unlike him, it seemed a bit regrettable that Icar’s warm hand had fallen away.
“But, Sir Duke, why did you suddenly stop the carriage?”
It couldn’t be that he was worried about Reneb’s buttocks’ safety?
“First, it would be good to wash up a bit.”
Icar pointed to a nearby stream.
His clothes were caked with dried blood.
Even in the original work, he was described as having a slight obsession with cleanliness. Indeed, it looked uncomfortable.
And it was the same for Reneb.
Reneb crouched a little distance away from Icar and sat down. As she put her hand into the clear water, Reneb let out a short scream.
“Eek!”
“What’s the matter?”
Icar’s voice followed immediately.
She couldn’t bear to say that it was because the water was too cold, and as Reneb hesitated,
Icar, with his sword drawn, rushed up to her nose. Reneb sighed heavily and spoke honestly.
“The water, it’s really cold. I was surprised when I put my hand in……”
She thought he would tease her again, being such a difficult Highness.
But somehow, Icar defended Reneb.
“That’s true. You might catch a cold, so it would be good to be careful.”
Icar quickly looked down at Reneb’s reddened hand and said.
‘What?’
She couldn’t understand at all how she had earned his sympathy.
While Reneb was confused by his mysterious reaction, Icar approached the coachman and issued instructions.
The coachman led the horses to the water. The wearylooking horses neighed as they moved away.
It seemed cruel to keep running them like this.
“Duke, how about we rest until the sun rises?”
Icar nodded, as if he had had the same thought.
‘We ended up spending the night outside without even stopping by the village.’
In the unexpected situation, Reneb’s brows furrowed.
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!!!
