Reneb quickly averted her gaze from the rapidly receding Empress in the hallway and moved towards the Great Hall, where the ball was in full swing.
‘I wonder what decision the Empress will make.’
When she first possessed this novel, Reneb’s goal was to survive without dying.
Therefore, she gave her all to Lucius, who had been the original male lead, to try to change the future.
Attending social gatherings to build rapport with the nobles in order to raise the 3rd Prince Lucius, who was furthest from the throne, to the imperial seat, was a given.
Without any skills, she stayed up all night to embroider a handkerchief for Lucius, brushed off the maids and secretly devoted herself to cooking.
All that effort only barely extended her lifeline.
So this time, she decided to leave Lucius. She decided to live a life different from the original, away from him.
Reneb’s first step was to distance herself from the original characters.
While contemplating the method, Reneb happened to remember that at this time, Emperor Icar of the enemy country had proposed a threeyear study abroad to the Princess under the pretext of a ceasefire between the two countries.
‘If I’m away for three years, Lucius will marry someone else.’
Of course, she had not expected to be given another chance, and she was a little scared of what butterfly effect her actions, greatly deviating from the original flow, might cause.
At the same time, she also harbored anticipation that this time, a miracle might occur, changing the future.
It was when she found herself in such a contradiction and was about to laugh at herself.
“Reneb? Where on earth have you been?”
Far down the hall, a man with a face just like hers ran towards her, his silver hair fluttering.
“……Patrick.”
Tears welled up in her eyes at the sight of her living, moving family. Reneb hugged Patrick tightly.
“……Reneb? Why, why are you like this, what happened?”
Despite his astonished look, Patrick gently patted Reneb’s back. Reneb quickly regained her composure in Patrick’s embrace.
To Patrick, it was just seeing his sister again after a few months.
But such an intense reaction?
It was understandably strange.
“I got lost while admiring the art pieces hanging on the palace walls. But it’s really nice to see family like this.”
Patrick said, relieved.
“That’s right. I almost got lost when I first came to the palace too. This place is like a maze.”
Patrick, who had a bright sense of direction at a human navigation level, seemed to be trying to match Reneb’s mood.
“Then let’s go back to the Great Hall.”
Reneb walked ahead so that her reddened eyes would not be detected. Patrick followed her, saying,
“But Reneb. It’s a little strange that His Majesty suddenly invited not only Father but also me to the palace, don’t you think?”
In the past, around this time, the Countess of Siren and Patrick had been invited to the palace ball.
At first glance, it seemed to be a celebration for the extermination of a beast that had invaded the Countess’s territory, but now that she thought about it, it seemed like another scheme of the Empress.
Today, the Empress plans to announce that Reneb and Lucius are lovers.
“Since it’s the founding festival soon. Having handled the Western affair well, isn’t he planning to call us a bit early to celebrate the victory?”
Reneb answered, casting her eyes far away. Then Patrick retorted with a meaningful expression.
“……Do you really think so?”
In their previous lives, Reneb and Patrick were not particularly close siblings. At the time Reneb had possessed the book, Patrick was in the Western Duke’s region, while she was near the Imperial Palace in the Duke’s residence.
Back then, Reneb went allin with Lucius to change the original work. After their father had passed away and Patrick inherited the Duke’s position, they only saw each other a few times a year.
“So. Some high person has called our family to the palace without any special scheme. Don’t you think so?”
“It’s just a little strange. Reasonable suspicion, you know?”
“……”
At the moment Reneb was about to reply, a lady walking down the opposite hallway started talking.
“You two seem to get along very well as siblings.”
While politely greeting her, Patrick lightly bowed his head.
“I was just looking for Your Grace, and happened to run into you.”
Reneb clenched her fists tightly, watching Lady Andni, the Countess, who was feigning coincidence calmly.
Patrick quickly noticed his sister’s sudden change in attitude. He didn’t know what had happened with the Countess previously, but his sister’s hostility was clear.
“Do you have business with my sister?”
Patrick, stepping forward, shielded Reneb. Then Lady Andni, the Countess, smiled slightly, covering her mouth with one hand.
“It seems the young Duke cares a lot for his sister. Judging by the fact that you won’t even allow her to speak.”
It was a taunt, saying that a noblewoman approaching adulthood still hid behind her brother, unable to speak her mind.
Reneb, who had grown strong in the social world as the Empress, immediately understood this.
However, Patrick, who had grown up rolling with soldiers on the battlefield, did not understand.
But as sharp instinct and sense are vital to surviving on the battlefield, he intuitively sensed the other party’s hostility.
It was a sort of wild sense.
“I appreciate your concern for my sister. But to my ears, Countess, your words seem out of line.”
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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