I lowered my voice as well.
“How are the three of us supposed to handle over forty?”
“There are many, but they don’t seem particularly skilled.”
“Is skill the issue? If forty people threw rocks, it seems like we would lose, right?”
At this realistic point, Mild Duke’s Adam’s apple quivered.
“That’s not important. As long as madam is safe. If madam is taken hostage, the problem becomes serious.”
At that moment, a man who seemed to be the leader of the bandits boldly stepped forward.
“Food, money, hand over everything you have. Huh? If you’re lucky, I might spare you.”
Instead of replying, I examined him closely. He looked nasty, and his eyes were somewhat cloudy.
I felt a strange sensation.
I’ve faced bad guys a few times before being possessed. The ones who really harbored evil, who stole from others or assaulted them.
‘Normally, those who harm others have a bit of a shady vibe, right?’
They had a unique scumminess and coldbloodedness. But these bandits didn’t give off that vibe no matter how I looked at them.
I looked at the other bandits. Most of them looked very worn and pale.
A woman aiming an arrow at us from a distance away had trembling, pitiful hands.
‘One, two, three….’
I counted the number of people with swords, bows, and axes inside my head.
About ten people.
The rest were holding agricultural tools like sickles, hoes, and shovels, and in the back, there were kids in their early to midteens holding sticks and crude slingshots as if they were weapons.
Having finished observing, I whispered to Mild Duke.
“Are these people really bandits?”
“Yes? What do you mean?”
“They don’t feel like bandits, more like… um.”
After thinking for a moment, I recalled the atmosphere of refugees I’d seen on TV.
“They feel more like refugees. Just wait a moment.”
I first asked the knight and Mild Duke to wait, then took out the picnic basket the maid had put in the carriage.
“I don’t have much money, but I can give you this.”
I opened the lid of the picnic basket, slightly tilting it so the bandits could see well.
Inside, there were bread, sandwiches, various cookies, milk, fruit, etc.
The visual of the bread was particularly striking.
The surface of the freshly baked bread was glossed with a light brown shine, and the rich buttery aroma wafted gently.
At the same time, the bandits gulped! They swallowed their saliva.
For some reason, I strongly felt that they were so hungry they had resorted to robbery.
“Here, take this.”
I held the basket out to the bandit leader but pretended to drop it by mistake.
“Whoa? Hurry up!”
“Ah!”
The bandit leader was startled and caught the basket, losing his balance.
“Phew, lucky. That’s really tasty. Oh, there’s more….”
I took out the rest of my snacks from the carriage and handed them to a bandit standing next to the leader.
The bandit who received the basket quickly wiped his drooling mouth with the back of his hand.
“This is all I have to eat. It may not be enough for about forty people, but if you send us off without trouble, I’ll provide additional food.”
The bandit leader’s eyes wavered. Then, a man standing in the back spoke.
“Leader! That woman must be rich!”
At those words, the bandit leader scowled even more.
“How dare you! I said to hand over everything you have!”
‘Was I mistaken thinking they were refugees?’
But that thought was momentary.
Grrrrrr!
As soon as the leader finished speaking, a stomach growling sound rang out.
‘Good timing.’
The bandits were agitated, and the flustered leader stumbled back a few steps.
“Stop talking nonsense and hand over the gold coins!”
A thin man who had been standing a little farther away approached me as if he would hit me any moment.
At the same time, I felt a killing intent from Mild Duke. He seemed ready to kill the approaching man.
“Mild Duke, not yet. Put away your sword and step back.”
I quickly stepped in front of Mild Duke.
“Yes? But madam.”
“I’ll take care of it.”
I showed the thin man a front kick.
“Kkhek!”
The man who struck me in the jaw ludicrously sprawled on the floor.
“I’ll take care of the dirty work, my lady.”
Not missing a beat, Mild Knight aimed his sword at the throat of the fallen man.
The man who was trying to shake his head and get up soon realized that the sword from Mild Knight was emitting a creepy glow at the tip of his chin and turned pale.
“Ugh! Boss! Boss!”
The bandit boss was startled by the man’s instinctive call for help.
He tossed the picnic basket behind him and gripped the weapon in his hand tightly.
Then the other bandits also aimed the ends of their weapons at us.
“Don’t move! If anyone moves, this fellow dies!”
I sharply threatened the bandit, feeling one corner of my mouth involuntarily lift.
It wasn’t an intended threat, so I found myself baffled and let out a hollow laugh.
‘No, what am I saying to the bandits? It’s typical for bandits to attack with their eyes rolled back, no matter who dies or doesn’t.’
After all, aren’t bandits a bunch that doesn’t care if a few die during plunder?
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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