Frieda, who moved a step further from the bed, stared at herself reflected in the window.
As the Duke said, a white face without any color, white eyebrows.
She turned her eyes sideways, not wanting to see her hands, which seemed unusually whiter today.
This time, her unusual silver hair, which fell weakly below her shoulders, caught her eye.
There were many women in the Harkbon family with uniquely white skin and hair.
In the early days of the empire, this unique appearance was highly valued as they produced a saintess.
People speculated that they had divine power due to their unique appearance, and they praised them as a family blessed by God.
However, 300 years later, the ‘blessing’ bestowed on the Harkbon family changed to ‘curse’ and was on everyone’s lips.
This was because women born with unique appearances often died without reaching adulthood.
Like Frieda’s two older sisters.
Frieda Cloud Harkbon, the third daughter of the Harkbon family.
She too was born with white skin from head to toe, just like her two sisters.
Except for having purple eyes instead of the vivid crimson eyes her sisters had.
No one wants to take the daughters of the Harkbon family anymore.
Many people avoided them because they were unlucky.
Among the maids in the Harkbon mansion, there were countless who tried not to come near Frieda.
So it was only natural for the Duke to feel repulsive now.
She should have been careful in advance, but she let her guard down.
Living with the people of the Duke’s realm, who took care of her like family without hesitation when they saw her, she unwittingly…
To hide her flustered feelings, Frieda awkwardly lifted the corners of her mouth.
“No, I’m fine. Thank you for your concern, Duke.”
Her purple eyes under white eyebrows trembled.
Daniel’s eyes, which had been deeply focused on Frieda, turned away after a long while.
His voice, which was quickly tired, fell low.
“From now on, ask the servants to take care of me. You don’t need to do it yourself, madam.”
Frieda bit her lip tightly.
It’s only natural.
Anyone, not just him, would be wary when they see her, who is different from ordinary people.
“Yes, I understand. I apologize if I have been rude to you, Duke. I should have been more careful.”
At those words, Daniel, who was combing his cumbersome hair with his barely strong hand, stopped his actions.
“What are you talking about?”
“Huh?”
“I don’t recall saying I was uncomfortable. Did I say that?”
“No, but….”
Daniel was frustrated with this situation, which was slightly off.
He didn’t understand why the woman whose eyes sparkled with curiosity like gems suddenly bowed her head in a dying voice.
He was also uncomfortable because he had never had a conversation sitting on a bed in his life.
Daniel, who folded the quilt, put his feet down to the floor.
Thankfully, his lower body wasn’t completely stiff, and he could muster some strength.
After stepping on the floor for a while to get used to the sensation, he stood up straight with effort.
He had to brace himself with his hand on a pillar, but he was able to get up without much difficulty.
“You shouldn’t push yourself like that…”
Surprised by Daniel’s sudden movement, Frieda rushed over and looked up into the eyes of the man who had suddenly grown taller.
Her clear and mysterious light purple eyes grew bigger and bigger.
Daniel, who had been quietly watching the scene, slowly opened his mouth.
“I disappeared without even completing the wedding ceremony and showed up unconscious. You took care of me for three years. If anything is rude and uncomfortable, I think I made more of it.”
“No, no. You just slept peacefully, Duke.”
As Frieda shook her hands out, the snowy white hair that was loosely tied danced on her shoulders.
“I didn’t create any unpleasant situations. On the contrary, I was clumsy and made mistakes all the time. I sometimes hurt my chin while shaving… I apologize.”
Frieda’s head, which had momentarily lifted, bowed back to the ground again.
In fact, it was not just occasionally, but frequently.
So much so that Dominic, who taught him how to shave, clicked his tongue saying that the Duke might die of excessive bleeding.
Frieda’s voice, who wanted to crawl into any mouse hole, quickly became smaller.
“I meant I apologize if you were uncomfortable because I touched you without permission.”
“I’m taken aback, but not uncomfortable. So, you have no reason to be sorry.”
The woman who came close had the smell of earth and grass on her body.
Something that could not be smelt from ordinary noblewomen.
It’s a moment of curiosity about what this delicate woman has been doing while he was sleeping.
“I only worried that life here seemed hard for you. You look too pale.”
Pale… blood color? But this is my natural color.
Realizing something strange from the Duke’s reaction, deep wrinkles formed on Frieda’s forehead.
“Um… Duke. Could it be…”
No way.
There shouldn’t be anyone in this empire who doesn’t know there’s a problem with the women of the Hawkbone family.
“Do you know I have a serious problem?”
“……”
Frieda, who confirmed ignorance from the Duke’s expressionless face, took another step back.
What? He really didn’t know?
Nothing about the women of the Hawkbone family?
Unlike the composed Daniel, Frieda wandered in front of him, not knowing what to do.
The hand covering her forehead trembled with her voice.
“If you didn’t know, then this is a fraudulent marriage.”
Something she could never imagine, even in her dreams.
Frieda cried out urgently, trying to calm her surprised heart.
“If you married me without knowing my situation, this is a very big problem!”
Unlike her, who was flustered and didn’t know what to do, Duke Lihart didn’t even flinch as if he was a person without feelings.
He seemed like a completely different person from the man who cursed fiercely in front of the Molly boy.
Frieda’s words became much faster out of frustration.
“Women like me born in the Hawkbone family did not live past twenty. So I don’t know what might happen to me either, and…”
“Are you saying, like your sister Hestia?”
Frieda opened her mouth in surprise, forgetting that she was the daughter of a noble family with a long history and traditional education.
“Do, do you know my sister?”
“I don’t know.”
Daniel, who was tired of standing, answered sulkily and sat down on the bed again.
“I know your name is not Hestia but ‘Frieda’.”
Then he casually added, looking at Frieda who couldn’t take her eyes off him.
“And I also know it’s a fraudulent marriage.”
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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