The image of his large, scarred hands flashed before her eyes.
His thinly clad physique and carnivorous nature.
A puma? Or perhaps even…
She abruptly shook her head.
‘What am I thinking?’
She was too absorbed.
She could return the coat someday. If that proved too difficult, it couldn’t be helped.
As Sephia was about to file the list away, the name at the top of the list caught her eye.
‘Duke Claude Leopold.’
She knew only his name and age, with all other details shrouded in mystery.
‘Who could he be?’
Among the high nobility, the Duke was the only one she hadn’t met.
A blood relative of Demios, openly hostile to him.
Sephia had tried to learn more about Duke Claude but was always blocked.
‘It’s impossible even for me, the Empress, to access his information.’
What was so entangled that it warranted such tight security?
Lost in thought, she was interrupted.
Knock, knock. “Come in,” she called, and a maid entered.
It was Mrs. Lemody, the nightingale beastkin.
“Empress,” her clear voice tinged with difficulty.
Sephia looked up, puzzled.
“What’s the matter?”
“A servant from the Imperial Palace has arrived.”
The maids were well aware of the situation and were extremely cautious about matters related to the Emperor.
‘What could it be?’
Sending a servant after such a long period of silence.
It was an awkward situation, but avoiding him forever wasn’t possible.
After all, he was the Emperor, and they were a married couple.
“Let them in,” Sephia instructed.
“Yes, just a moment, please.”
Soon, Mrs. Lemody returned, bringing the servant from the Imperial Palace.
He was a raccoon beastkin, a somewhat familiar face.
What had he brought to make him look so uneasy?
The servant swallowed nervously before handing Sephia a document.
“His Majesty has personally sent this request.”
Sephia took the document with curiosity.
The contents of the request were brief.
‘…Lend the Leuben Palace to Titié?’
Leuben Palace, the third largest in the Imperial City and famous for its beautiful camellias, was next in value only to the Empress’s Palace.
Currently, it was indefinitely lent to a swan beastkin, a close friend of the former Empress.
The management and responsibility of all palaces in the Imperial City, except for the Imperial Palace, fell under the Empress’s jurisdiction.
It was also Sephia’s role to lease them out or grant certain rights, so it was appropriate for the request to come to her.
But that place…
“Currently, Lady Swani, the Countess, resides in the Leuben Palace.”
“I am aware, but…”
Demios’s servant wiped his sweat.
Observing his increasingly pale complexion, Sephia understood the implication.
‘So, he wants me to use my authority to evict Lady Swani and install Titié in her place?’
Lady Swani was a maid who had served the previous Empress Yerdiel all her life.
Recognized for her service, Swani continued to enjoy the benefits of the Imperial City even after Yerdiel’s demise.
Of course, as the current Empress, Sephia had the authority to evict her, but…
‘Even so, that’s a bit much.’
There should be at least some decency, especially considering Lady Swani was someone who had helped Sephia when she became Empress.
At that time, the then Dowager Empress Yerdiel was deteriorating in health and unable to speak, and two years later, her death had to be mourned.
Male lead fell into her trap — and shattered when she walked away
This is also on my reread list!
This one is a slow burn, but when it burns, it burns hard.
Definitely worth a read, y’all!
The story follows a thousand-year-old seductive spirit who, on a bet, sets out to charm the male lead—a once-promising but unfortunate cultivator.
But just when she succeeds in making him fall for her, she heartlessly leaves, driving him to madness.
Determined to find her at all costs, he captures her, keeping her by his side no matter what, even if she hates him.
I love this kind of trope—I enjoy watching the male lead suffer in agony.
The ending drags a bit with unnecessary filler, but that’s fine.
As long as I enjoy the beginning, I’m good.
Intro
As an enchantress, Su Heng possesses captivating eyes and charming beauty, easily manipulating the joys and sorrows of living beings at her fingertips.
But to enchant a god, making him taste the bitterness of love’s separation, long-lasting resentment, unattainable desires, and inability to let go…
Do you dare?
Su Heng assists a divine lord in his cultivation, aiming to make him experience all the sufferings of love, so that he can attain the Great Dao.
Only after being chased down from the heavens by the divine lord, confined and completely possessed by him, does she realize how successful she has been.
The once gentle and polite youth has transformed into someone she no longer recognizes.
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