The son pretended not to know out of embarrassment.
“……Father, would you like me to massage your shoulders?”
Are his clothes bursting even more?
“That’s enough, you rascal.”
Alvin Lorensen grumbled as he followed in.
“I have a business trip lecture next week. So you come to the mansion that day and look after things instead of me. I’ve already told the madam and the young lady.”
“Ah…… Yes!”
Next week.
He will finally see Reina.
Alvin confirmed with a sigh.
“Have you finished summarizing what you need to report?”
Taylor nodded confidently.
“Yes.”
Mr. Lorensen hesitated for a moment.
The Duchess would trust Alvin Lorensen about the censorship issues, so he would handle it.
It was a permission to disclose what Alvin Lorensen knew to Taylor, and he was to decide how.
“……”
It was not pleasant to talk about the disgrace of the noble family that he had been a part of for a long time, and that his son would have to be a part of for a long time, to his kind and innocent son.
But it was something that had to be done.
Alvin Lorensen fell silent for a moment, then took off his hat and spoke.
“While working at the Julius household, you will not only see the clean parts.”
Taylor stood facing his father with his mouth shut.
“Yes, I know.”
Taylor knew that the Julius family was not a gentle and righteous noble family.
And that there were many undisclosed disgraces in the family that he did not know about.
His father was officially starting to talk about it for the first time since he took over the work of Julius.
“There might be unjust things. Absurd things…. There might be things that you cannot tolerate according to your values. But you are a doctor, and you are not the only doctor in the world. If you refuse, in the end, someone else will do it.”
Alvin Lorensen’s words continued.
“If you don’t help, it could be a bigger misfortune for the patients right now.”
Alvin Lorensen looked into Taylor’s eyes and spoke.
“I hope you’re adult enough to understand that.”
“……”
Alvin Lorensen quickly changed his words without dwelling on it too long.
“There is a medicinal tea that you give to the young lady every day, prescribe that. Thank her for trusting and delegating to you, and tell her you’re doing a good job. Talk about grandmother’s health, and listen to her.”
Taylor blinked his eyes.
“……To Miss Christina?”
…Not Reina or the Duchess?
After a brief pause, Alvin Lorensen nodded.
“Yes. You’ll know when you see her.”
His father’s answer was odd.
Anyway, Taylor nodded and asked.
“Yes. I’ll do that. What kind of medicinal tea is it?”
Mr. Lorensen answered.
“It’s water brewed from black deer antler fungus, fire dragon tree bark, Atasil fruit. And the root of Alucino burned.”
“……”
Taylor paused as he heard the brutal names of the medicinal herbs his father mentioned.
“……Yes?”
Alvin Lorensen was taking off his gloves, not looking at Taylor.
Taylor looked at his father in disbelief, doubting his own ears.
“That…… it’s an abortifacient. She drinks that every day?”
[This is the time separator]In front of Sir Arthur, she should be thoroughly as Miss Christina.
Do not say anything that reveals that she is a maid, even by mistake.
Even if he says he knows everything and induces an honest conversation, be careful not to fall for it.
Be careful not to get caught by the words uttered casually, do not fall for the induced questioning.
Don’t fall for the induced questioning.
But no matter how much she repeated the Duchess’s orders, his words kept flooding her heart.
“I thought my woman would be safe and comfortable, so I went to the battlefield.”
“But how on earth have you been doing while I was gone?”
Iris clenched her fist to steady her crumbling heart without even realizing it.
Her clenched hand trembled faintly.
“….”
Arthur, who had been watching her for a moment, sighed and ran his fingers through his hair.
Then, he dragged a chair and placed it right in front of him.
“….”
Arthur looked up at her.
“Sit down. Let’s have an open conversation. Isn’t it time for that?”
Could this be a leading question?
Could someone with eyes like this ask leading questions?
Am I foolish to think that?
While my heart was heavy and crumbling, a sad fear raised its head in the corner of my heart.
“You know that if things go wrong, neither you nor your grandmother will be safe, right?”
Grandmother.
Grandmother….
“Sit down.”
Iris was so sad and desolate that she trembled.
She could not move.
She felt like she might burst into tears the moment she sat down.
“….”
Arthur, who had been watching Iris’s immobility, slightly furrowed his brows and held her hand.
Iris just stared blankly at him.
As his hand touched her, her trembling seemed to become even more apparent.
Arthur murmured, clutching her cold hand.
“Why are you shaking like this?”
“….”
He took the dishes that were in her cold hand one by one and placed them on the table.
Clank.
…Clank.
And then he reached out both hands and held Iris’s hands.
Then he looked up at her.
“Don’t you have faith in me yet?”
“….”
Iris kept standing.
Just standing there, looking pale and trembling faintly.
Arthur looked down and looked at her hands again.
Iris’s trembling, as if she was scared, did not subside at all.
He looked up at her again and asked.
“Do you need more time?”
Iris couldn’t say a word.
She couldn’t pull away.
Without being able to answer anything he said.
Arthur said.
“My wife.”
Arthur had somehow turned his whole body to face her.
Arthur sat down and held Iris’s hands with both of his.
“Why are you shaking like this? Am I scary?”
“….”
Iris, trembling, just blinked blankly.
Arthur, who had been watching her, seemed to smile a little bitterly.
“….”
My heart constricted.
If I stay like this without saying a word.
Just like Marina, Arthur will probably scoff at me with a cold expression and close his mouth with a face that says, ‘Well, that’s you.’
That was sad.
But I couldn’t imagine a better ending than that.
I didn’t know what else to do.
That’s how I’ve lived my life….
Iris couldn’t move, she just stood there.
Held by his hand, in a daze.
I wish you would
Just stop waiting for me impatiently
And give up on me quickly.
“….”
Arthur waited for her for a moment and finally got up from his seat.
“My wife.”
“….”
Arthur called her.
He gently took her shoulder instead of her hand.
“I’m going to hug you now. If you don’t like it, push me away.”
“….”
Iris did not understand what he was saying.
Until he slid his hand from her shoulder to grab her arm.
“Just lean on me if you can’t say anything.”
Even until he whispered.
And then, Arthur hugged Iris.
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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