“Uh, are you already asleep? You haven’t even had dinner yet…”
Dahan looked awkward, but Icarus, carefully holding Cael and laying him on the bed, said, “Let him rest a bit until dinner is ready.”
“Yes. I will do that.”
As Icarus was about to leave the room, he abruptly stopped in his tracks, caught by something. It was the decoration placed on the bedside table next to Cael’s bed.
At that moment, Dahan picked up the decoration and spoke.
“Your Majesty, do you remember this rabbit-shaped andalusite? When Empress Paradium had Cael, Your Majesty gave it as a gift.”
Only then did Icarus realize the reason the decoration on the bedside table was not unfamiliar.
“It was one of the few items Cael took when leaving Paradium Palace. It seems to be quite to Your Majesty’s liking.”
At that moment, andalusite sparkled in the faint bedroom light.
“Ah…”
A faint sigh escaped Icarus’s lips.
The past incident where he encountered Reneve at the Paradium Founding Ceremony came to mind.
At that time, Icarus did not refuse the invitation to Paradium’s founding ceremony out of tradition.
Though infiltrating secretly within Paradium was possible, it was somewhat easier on this side.
Suppressing the desire to untangle the unruly cravat, Icarus surveyed the Great Hall.
“Thank you for accepting the invitation.”
Not far away, Empress Reneve of Paradium was exchanging greetings with foreign guests.
Twirling the glass of wine in his hand, Icarus gazed at her.
What caught his attention first was the bluish dress that emphasized her waist and a tiara as large as a face with only a few pieces missing.
Other than that, he noticed a diamond necklace and matching earrings and bracelet with large diamonds that seemed somewhat burdensome for the slender neck.
To Icarus, they felt more like armor suppressing the empress than precious jewels.
Given their weight, they wouldn’t be easy to bear.
Nevertheless, she maintained a straight posture, gazing at her counterpart with a dignified and unchanging smile.
Awe involuntarily arose at her figure, facing guests invited to the Founding Ceremony without any disorder.
‘What a tremendous passion.’
No wonder. Reneve was currently pregnant.
It was not yet publicly known, only heard from the spies planted within Paradium.
Presumably, she sought stability after experiencing bitter pain from a previous miscarriage before announcing it.
Icarus shifted his gaze from her to the man by her side.
Though an empress, Reneve was impressive, but Emperor Lucius was equally remarkable.
Of course, not in a positive sense.
Especially at such a crucial time when one should be cautious, dressing up like that and facing many people… Icarus couldn’t understand.
It wasn’t like sparing and treating them preciously.
“…”
While Icarus didn’t like the emperor’s style, he couldn’t take any action in such a situation.
If he stepped forward, he would only provoke unnecessary misunderstandings. Reneve’s reputation would suffer for no reason.
‘Who cares.’
Icarus let out a light sigh and soon turned his gaze away from Reneve.
It was in that fleeting moment when he was about to turn away.
Someone approached quickly in this direction.
Fortunately, due to Icarus’s incredible reflexes, there was a narrow miss, and he avoided a collision with the approaching person.
“Oh, excuse me. I was in too much of a hurry…”
The woman looking up at Icarus seemed quite pitiful.
‘From the government of the Paradium Emperor.’
Icarus glanced at Esica for a moment and then casually replied, “It’s okay.”
After glancing at Icarus for a moment, Esica, who had been nervously biting her lips, eventually gave him a nod of acknowledgement and stepped back.
Afterward, Esica headed towards Emperor Lucius.
Though it was too far to hear clearly, Esica said something to Lucius.
Lucius, seeking understanding from the conversation partner, soon left with Esica.
When Icarus was left alone, Dhan and Vane approached.
“Your Majesty, are you here? The spy I mentioned earlier wishes to have a conversation with Your Majesty…”
“Lead.”
After conversing with essential figures for strategy for a while, Icarus finished his business at the Paradium Palace and, before leaving, took a final look around the Great Hall.
At the end of his gaze was Reneve.
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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