“Prisoner, I should be the one asking the questions. What’s your true identity? Where did you gather such followers?”
At Aaron’s question, Delia’s eyes began to tremble slightly.
It was quite amusing to see her react immediately whenever he probed.
Aaron softly smiled, feeling a refreshing relief as if his thirst was quenched.
“I need to know your identity to make use of you. So tell me, what is your true identity, prisoner?”
Finally unable to contain her anger at Aaron’s provocation, Delia roughly pushed away the rice bowl.
The sound of the rice bowl rolling on the ground echoed loudly within the barracks.
“Then I absolutely cannot eat. I have no intention of being used by you. I’d rather die.”
Delia closed her eyes and turned her head away, as if she no longer wished to engage.
Once again, the blue light vanished like a mirage.
The smile that Aaron had managed to maintain even when Delia pushed the rice bowl away disappeared in an instant.
“I told you not to avoid my gaze.”
Aaron placed his hand on the bed, as if enveloping the distancing Delia.
“This won’t do. I need to remind you again about the situation you are in right now.”
Delia opened her eyes to the peculiar aura flowing around her.
She saw her reflection in Aaron’s eyes, which had come close unknowingly.
Delia stared back into his eyes without avoiding his gaze.
Being dragged around by this man for the reason of being a prisoner was unacceptable.
“You’ll come to realize once again, just how despicable and worthless you are.”
Delia raised her head haughtily.
Try it if you dare. That’s just perfect. It’d be even better if you kill me.
At Delia’s challenging gaze, the mask that Aaron was wearing cracked.
The moment Aaron’s previously calm breath became rugged.
“Commander.”
Deputy Chief Dyke harshly pushed back the curtain and entered.
Due to the sudden intrusion, the air inside the barracks suddenly chilled.
The atmosphere between the two quickly dissipated.
“Uh, uh, that is…”
Dyke, who was frantically searching for the commander, couldn’t finish his sentence.
He forgot what he was going to say in the strange atmosphere of the barracks.
“I, I had no intention of interrupting.”
Aaron sat up with a stern expression.
He asked Dyke, who was babbling incoherently, in a low voice.
“Why did you call me?”
Dyke’s eyes trembled intensely.
There was a cold chill in the commander’s voice.
It was clear that he was angry for being interrupted at a crucial moment.
“I’m sorry. You don’t have to stop. I’ll go back out…”
Dyke’s trembling voice was immediately suppressed by Aaron.
“Just make the report.”
While asking me to report, why does he glare at me as if he wants to kill me?
Dyke, sweating cold sweat, stuttered as he executed the commander’s order.
“An express message from Assistant Colin has arrived.”
“So?”
“Can I speak here?”
Dyke glanced nervously at the prisoner of Iorenti.
The news coming through the express message is military confidential, is it okay for the enemy’s prisoner to hear?
But the commander didn’t seem to care.
“Just say it here since I can guess the contents. The prisoner should also know the situation to realize her reality, right?”
She won’t dare to avoid my gaze then.
“Assistant Colin leading the main force has reached the capital of Iorenti.”
At Dyke’s report, the corners of Aaron’s mouth slightly lifted.
If they could capture the fortress by surprise and receive the king’s surrender, this tedious war would come to an end.
The anticipation that his wish would soon come true made Aaron smile.
What should I do with the prisoner in front of me after the war is over?
Perhaps, instead of a prisoner exchange, I could keep her as a trophy.
In the midst of imagining his victory, Dyke’s hesitating voice reached Aaron.
“But.”
“But?”
“A desperate resistance is taking place centered around the palace of Iorenti, it seems the stalemate will continue.”
The corners of Delia’s mouth that had been rigid, slightly lifted.
“Oh my. How tragic.”
Aaron wiped his smile and glared at Delia.
A clear voice filled with joy, and even the smile at the corner of his mouth.
I wonder where you see a pitiful person.
“I’ve struggled over the Tarrence Mountain, and the surprise is gone. What should I do with this? Without the reward of hard work.”
Delia sneered at the man in front of her.
Tarrence Mountain was a rough mountain for a troop carrying heavy equipment and military supplies to advance.
A mountain that made you wonder, ‘Maybe the Imperial Army…’ and then ‘Surely the Imperial Army wouldn’t…’.
Delia insisted that soldiers should be sent to Tarrence just in case.
She had barely persuaded the king and queen that it was better to be sure than to be anxious, wondering ‘surely not’. Delia, leading 200 royal guards, ventured into Tarrence Mountain.
Hoping it would end with ‘surely not’.
But seeing the long line of the Imperial Army climbing the mountain, Delia could only sigh softly.
‘The Imperial Army eventually…’
What Delia had no choice but to carry out was a surprise attack.
It wasn’t that she was trying to defeat the Imperial Army, which numbered about ten thousand, with only 200 royal guards.
Delia’s goal was to obstruct and delay.
To block the march of the Imperial Army, and to delay their arrival at the fortress.
So that the fortress of Eorenti wouldn’t be caught off guard.
To buy time to prepare for the attack of the Imperial Army.
A satisfied smile rose on Delia’s face, having achieved her goal.
“Over there. Commander.”
“Commander?”
At Delia’s call, Aaron opened his eyes wide in a fierce way.
To be called ‘Commander’ in such a scornful tone.
He never knew the honorific he always heard would feel so unpleasant.
As Aaron’s expression distorted, Delia’s smile became even deeper.
“Yes, commander. I think I’m getting hungry all of a sudden.”
Delia, who confidently met Aaron’s fierce gaze, lightly lifted her chin.
The dizzy feeling from lying down for a long time disappeared at once.
Delia’s lips, which had been smiling, slowly opened.
“Let me eat something. I’ll gladly accept it.”
For the first time since she was captured as a prisoner, Delia faced Aaron with a bright smile.
An Indifferent Woman is the One Men Desire the Most
One-line summary: The female lead is actually cold-hearted and extremely rational. She has stage-by-stage relationships and won’t two-time, but there will always be someone who secretly likes her.
This novel has the following triggers, so if you’re sensitive to these, please don’t read:
1. The female lead has had many relationships, but she treated each one seriously and broke up properly.
It’s just that the men unilaterally pestered her incessantly. For the female lead, when she doesn’t like someone anymore, she simply doesn’t like them.
(This applies to her relationships with Male Lead 1, 2, 3, and 4 as well, but she’s loyal in each 1-on-1 relationship!)
2. In this novel, Male Lead 2 and the female lead kiss in a car, and Male Lead 1 sees it and beats up Male Lead 2.
The female lead calls the police and sends both Male Lead 1 and 2 to the police station! Male Lead 1 begs the female lead not to break up with him.
3. Male Lead 1 has a gentle appearance but an obsessive personality.
Male Lead 2 has a delicate and soft appearance, slightly green tea-like (two-faced).
Male Lead 3 is a youthful college student and a smart person who has secretly liked the female lead for a long time.
Male Lead 4 is the female lead’s father’s special assistant, a business elite with deep, hidden thoughts.
4. At the beginning of this novel, the female lead has already broken up with Male Lead 1 (Chapter 4) and gotten back together with Male Lead 2 (ex-boyfriend).
5. Enter with caution if you have triggers!!!
