Evan and Louis were still good, after all.
I was filled with vague hope as I subtly tried to push him towards the door.
“Let’s leave it at that for today and next time…….”
“You want to send me away like this?”
It seemed like he had noticed my intention, as he growled menacingly.
“No… I mean, let’s go in together! I’m preparing breakfast!”
I acted as if I hadn’t just pushed him towards the door, leading him into the dining area.
‘I need to live a little longer.’
I needed to separate Kashar from the children first.
I nudged him, gesturing to the children.
“You’ve woken up too early today, Princes. Go back in and sleep some more!”
“No, I’m going to inspect!”
Louis clung to me, shouting out like thunder.
The child was glaring fiercely at Kashar.
‘What’s going on here!’
Maybe Evan will stop him again.
But Evan was silently following me next to Louis.
‘Why aren’t you stopping him this time!’
I screamed inwardly, but there was no one to hear.
We all moved to the dining room together.
Sitting the twins and Kashar down, I realized this comedy was unprecedented.
“Ha, ha ha ha.”
Broken laughter echoed in the quiet dining room.
Sometimes people become calm when they’re too flabbergasted.
Right now, Kashar was one of those cases.
“Oh my, what’s going on… Is it a guest?”
Emma, who had come out after hearing the commotion, stared at Kashar, eyes wide like a rabbit’s.
“Emma, I have to prepare breakfast, so you serve them instead.”
“Er, yes……!”
Before leaving the dining room, I whispered to Emma in a small voice.
“Never leave the three of them alone. I’ll be back soon. If anything happens…….”
“I can hear everything, so stop whispering.”
The man with animallike ears caught my whisper.
“Ah, that’s not what I meant.”
As I turned around, smiling awkwardly, he smiled slyly.
“I won’t kill a child with a sane mind.”
“Oh, really? What a tenderhearted person!”
“Tender? That’s the first time I’ve heard such nonsense…”
“Hey, you’re really joking too much!”
When I made a gesture as if hitting the air, one of Kashar’s eyebrows shot up.
Slyly hiding both hands behind me, he grinned. It was the smile of a very handsome murderer.
“You’d better get ready quickly. Let’s see how wonderful this morning will be.”
It must be a special day today.
Emma stepped forward, taking my place as I stood rigid.
“My lord, I will serve you.”
Well done, Emma!
“Then I’ll get it ready quickly!”
I rushed into the kitchen.
‘Now what do I do?’
The kitchen was filled with ingredients.
Even though I was in a hurry, I could only chuckle.
‘Who would have thought the children would die before they became the villains!’
What Kashar was waiting for was not the breakfast I had prepared but an explanation for this situation.
‘That means…’
If I didn’t prepare an excuse, I was a dead woman.
‘But what should I say?’
The explanation ended with that earlier comment.
If there was something worthy of sympathy, maybe the pitiful prince and princesses, forgotten amongst the old palace and its people?
‘My life isn’t there.’
A bad ending before the original story even began.
It was a truly grand conclusion.
‘What will happen to our prince and princesses if I die!’
I clenched my fists tightly.
‘I must live for the prince and princesses to grow up properly.’
Regardless of what anyone says, I was the children’s guardian.
‘A mother is strong.’
With that single determination, I picked up a kitchen knife.
‘I have to prepare something so delicious it will make their eyes pop open.’
People become gentler when they eat something tasty.
‘Even if he is a monster of a man, on the outside he’s still human after all.’
I sighed, looking at the ingredients.
Of all things, what I brought from my dream yesterday was…
‘Dried pollack.’
The children liked Korean food, and I wanted to eat some refreshing soup, so I had brought the ingredients.
On the stove, a thick broth was boiling.
I looked at the pale yellow dried fish with confused eyes.
‘I have to try it.’
My hangover soup cooking skills were acknowledged by the owner of a Korean restaurant.
I held on to that single fact and picked up a mallet.
“That’s right! If you had lost your memory! It would have been good! Why! Are you! Lurking around! Someone else’s house! And making a fuss!”
Thwack! Thud! Thwack thwack thwack! Thwack! Thwack! Thwack!
I pounded the dried pollack with the mallet.
Of course, what I was doing was not violence, but a proper step in cooking.
‘I think I understand why people pound dried pollack after a marital fight.’
I warmed up with a brief bout of physical labor.
I began to cook with the softly crushed dried pollack.
‘I brought soy sauce and sesame oil in advance. I’ll have to chop up fresh garlic.’
I had built up quite a collection of seasonings by traveling often in my dreams.
‘It’s not a difficult dish, so it will be done quickly.’
As I stirfried the dried pollack, radish, and minced garlic in sesame oil, the delicious smell filled the kitchen.
I added the broth, prepared the bean sprouts grown with my kit, seasoned it, and it was done.
“It’s ready!”
A little while later, a tray was loaded with freshly cooked rice, pollack soup, and a few side dishes for everyone.
The aroma of the steaming soup made my mouth water.
‘To make it warmer…’
I moved Kashar’s portion to a pot and boiled it separately.
I couldn’t help but be nervous.
I swallowed dryly and headed to the dining room with the tray.
There, the princes and Kashar were deep in cheerful conversation.
‘Was everything okay?’
The atmosphere looked better than I expected, and I was relieved.
I asked Emma with my eyes if everything was okay.
‘Any problems?’
‘There were a lot.’
Palefaced Emma slowly shook her head as a naïve voice rang out.
“But, but, why is your hair like that?”
It was Louis.
The moment I covered my mouth to suppress a scream, I locked eyes with Kashar Vladis.
“Ah, this.”
He slowly touched his bird’s nestlike hair and answered.
“Someone tried to knock me out and leave me.”
A languid laughter choked my throat.
But Louis’s misdeeds were not over yet.
“Gasp, were you dumped by Aileen?”
Louis, with his eyes wide open, looked adorable enough to cry.
“…It was a dumping.”
Whether it was unbelievable that he got a lover and was dumped on top of that, he snorted.
“If this is also a dumping, then it’s a dumping.”
It was not a dumping but a beating, though.
Kashar Vladis’s eyes looking at me seemed to say so.
“When did I do that, honey?”
“You said you were going to dump me with your own mouth?”
“Ah, so it was just before being dumped!”
Louis clapped as if he understood.
I felt like I was losing my mind in this infuriating flow.
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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