Daniel, who firmly held the key that Dominic had given him, walked not towards the door but towards the office bookshelf.
His body’s memory returned faster than his mind, naturally leading Daniel to the secret passage connected to the office like flowing water.
If you push the right corner of the large bookshelf that occupies more than half of one wall, a bedroom appears, and if you push the left corner, a secret stairway leading outside the castle appears.
Despite the three years the owner had slept, the bookshelf was the same as before.
The books he often searched for were still in place, unaltered from where he last left them.
However, a subtle difference was found.
Daniel stretched his hand towards the far right of the bookshelf, then stopped.
Dominic approached his lord’s side and asked as Daniel did not continue his action.
“Why are you doing this, my lord? Are you feeling dizzy?”
Daniel’s quiet gaze was briefly fixed on the edge of the bookshelf.
The flamboyant red cover of the history book of the Svergen Empire, inserted at both ends of the large bookshelf, had one meaning.
‘This passage is safe.’
It’s a code known only to Daniel and Mollie.
The unnecessarily thick, and outrageously expensive, history book of the empire was in its place.
However, one thing differed from his memory.
“There’s no dust.”
Dominic, who heard Daniel’s muttering, let out a short exclamation of ‘Ah!’ and wiped the top part of the history book with his fingertips.
“Because the Duchess sweeps and wipes it every day.”
Daniel raised an eyebrow and asked at Dominic’s response.
“Personally?”
“Yes. The Duchess personally manages the office and the bedroom, with one maid.”
Leaning back, Dominic slightly turned his shoulder towards Daniel and whispered.
“She is extremely diligent. Contrary to appearance, she is very generous.”
Dominic even grinned, his lips curving up in amusement, as if he found something joyful.
“She hates it when someone touches her belongings, she even dismembered the hand of a servant who barged into the room, so just leave it. Even if I tell her, she isn’t scared, saying that it’s enough to just keep the things in their places.”
While shaking his head as if he couldn’t understand her stubbornness, a smile didn’t leave Dominic’s lips.
Then, feeling a sudden chill, he quickly turned his neck to look at Daniel.
As expected.
The deep redbrown eyes glared at him and said.
“When did I?”
“Huh?”
“When did I dismember a servant’s hand? It was the spy of the Empress who was disguised as a servant.”
That or this, what’s the difference?
Confused, Dominic quietly stepped back and slowly nodded his head.
“Th, that’s right. To be precise.”
Dominic, who grew up without formalities, sticking close to Daniel like brothers.
Thanks to that, he knew one more way to avoid the sharp claws of this beast than others did.
If he wanted to stay alive, he had to avoid Daniel Lihart, whose eyes turn red.
“Dominic.”
A desolate voice like the winter Altas forest called his name.
Dominic realized that at some point he had stepped back more than three steps.
“Yes, my lord.”
“Be careful with your mouth before I pull out your tongue.”
Coldly rebuked, Daniel pushed the right corner of the bookshelf.
Creak.
The bookshelf, which had been firmly closed for three years, opened with a fairly loud noise.
Looking at Daniel stepping up to the stairs that appeared behind the bookshelf, Dominic blinked his eyes without uttering a word.
Even though all the wall lights illuminating the passage were off, Daniel stepped into the pitchblack darkness without a moment’s hesitation.
Only after he completely disappeared did Dominic’s tightly closed mouth fall open.
“What did I do wrong? Anyway, that damn dirtytempered guy.”
The reason people are afraid of Duke Lihart is not because of the viciousness of his words.
‘Daniel Johannes Lihart does not know how to make idle threats.’
Perhaps this one sentence, passed down through the mouths of those who know the true face of Daniel, explains everything.
Feeling ridiculous at the thought of his brief tension, Dominic burst into a snicker.
“That brat Daniel. His mind did return, right, it did.”
[Star Icon][Star Icon][Star Icon]It seems that three years was not enough to erase the sensation deeply engraved in his bones.
He didn’t need light to climb the stairs left in darkness and walk through the passage.
Fumbling with the key in his hand, Daniel walked slowly but without losing direction towards his bedroom.
His calm steps were not disturbed in the least.
What returned was not just his senses.
Memories and thoughts mixed together flooded out like a blizzard in the dead of winter without any chance to resist.
“Honey, Frieda is the only surviving child of our three daughters. Let’s just take her in and raise her, okay?”
‘The only surviving child.’
On the day of the wedding, the Countess of Hawkbone called her youngest daughter, who was about to become the Duchess of Lihart, that way.
“I’m sure I’ll be criticized for not being a proper wife.”
Male lead first thought she played hard to get, only to realize she
really disliked him
Short intro:
What she can’t stand the most is the streets full of effeminate men, especially that so-called top beauty whom she avoids at all costs.
Shen Yaoxing looks at Jiang Mingyue, who keeps approaching her with coy shyness.
Shen Yaoxing: Bro, don’t be like this, I’m really about to throw up!
She fears nothing in heaven or earth, except for him getting close to her.
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At first he thought she was just using the trick of feigning indifference to attract his attention. Later, he learned that she truly despised him.
This dealt a heavy blow to Jiang Mingyue, and he vowed to make her, like everyone else, fall at his feet in worship!
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Synopsis:
Before transmigrating, Shen Yaoxing only wanted to find a reliable man to spend her life with. Who knew that after transmigrating, she would become a reliable woman herself…
A forced misandrist, highly skilled, and reliable female lead
vs.
An initially aloof and arrogant, later morbid, obsessed male lead
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