For a moment, I thought the emperor was trying to pull out my eyeball and I squeezed my eyes shut as his lips approached.

Maybe that was really his intention.

Failing to pull out my eyeball, he kissed my cheek repeatedly like a puppy.

At least puppies are cute.

This man’s breathing is too… sexy.

I suddenly became curious about the expression of the emperor, who was kissing my cheek, and slowly opened my eyes.

Emperor Rinel had his eyes closed.

His long eyelashes were trembling.

His intense appearance is a fascinating face, even without seeing his eyes.

Unconsciously, my hand rose to his dignified, glowing face.

The emperor’s skin, smooth and fine like silk, slipped in my hand.

He opened his eyes, smiled briefly at me, and then returned to expressionless.

Was that a sneer?

‘How dare you touch my noble and fine face!’ Something like that?

Sweat was shyly trickling down Emperor Rinel’s face.

“Who are you, really?”

He said, holding my chin with his hand.

At his comment, my heart sank for a moment.

Had he begun to doubt my existence?

“I, I am…”

“It wasn’t a question.”

At his words, I carefully let out a sigh of relief.

“Then…”

“I couldn’t control myself. I’ve always lived controlling everything that happened to me. Why, why at that moment?”

Why couldn’t he stop?

He looked at me squarely and asked as if to challenge.

“…”

Whether or not he originally intended to ask for my opinion, he moved to lie down next to me.

And after catching his breath for a moment, he glanced at me.

As I shyly smiled at Emperor Rinel’s gaze, he suddenly pulled the blanket up over my forehead.

“Uh, Your Majesty?!”

For a moment, I thought he was trying to suffocate me.

At my flustered voice, he let out a small chuckle, lowered the blanket to my neck again.

When I glanced at him, he pretended not to notice my gaze and shouted towards the bedroom door.

“Stian!”

When Emperor Rinel called the name of his attendant, the bedroom door immediately opened, and the priests waiting outside came into the bedroom.

The priests who surrounded the bedroom extended their congratulations without any doubt.

“Your Majesty, we will proceed with the final step.”

“Do so.”

The priests began to sing the final blessing song to announce that we had become a true couple.

It wasn’t bad to listen to, as they sang in harmony.

As the blessing song ended, the priests politely bowed and orderly left the bedroom.

“May you both have a comfortable first night.”

Ha, they are amusing.

They are the last ones to talk about an uncomfortable first night, aren’t they?

Again, only Emperor Rinel, I, and the awkward atmosphere were left in the bedroom.

We lay side by side, looking up at the ceiling mural of baby angels gesturing.

Then, at the movement of Emperor Rinel trying to lift his torso, I turned my body sneakily to the other side, worrying about his gaze looking down on me.

But as I turned around, I realized there was no need for it.

Since I took the magic potion, my burn scars weren’t visible.

It was a behavior that had come out habitually, forgetting that fact.

“Empress…”

His cold voice tapped my back.

It felt uncomfortable every time the emperor referred to me as the empress, as if I were wearing clothes that were not mine.

“Empress.”

He called me again.

“Yes, Your Majesty.”

I responded quietly.

“Don’t turn your back.”

“…Yes?”

At his unexpected words, my body involuntarily turned towards him.

“First, do not turn around. Your back.”

“Ah, Your Majesty. I’m just……”

“I know. What you’re worried about.”

His softened voice made me more nervous.

When I heard that, I felt sick for some reason.

Emperor Rinel’s words would have been meaningless, but I was embarrassed as if he knew my reproach.

However, the thought of turning my back on him again disappeared.

I always lived pretending not to care about the attention of others, but in reality, I couldn’t.

I wanted to hide the burn scars that were clearly visible to others even a little more.

Even if no one openly mocked me, they were all chuckling behind me.

I knew very well.

The duplicity of the nobles.

They acted kindly on the surface, but they did not try to get closer to me when I approached them.

There were also those who purposely circled around me to prove that they were dignified nobles with sympathy and compassion.

But among them, not a single person said that the way I am now is fine.

My burn scar was not okay, it was pitiful, and it was like a sign that drew a line that I couldn’t get close to them.

The gaze and silent expressions of the nobles who wanted me to avoid their gaze first.

But. Emperor Rinel was telling me not to turn my back on him first.

This is the first time this has happened.

Of course, he said it without seeing my burn scar, but still, my heart was touched.

“Did you… understand my words?”

He asked again, seeming displeased.

“Yes, Your Majesty.”

“Why are you suddenly silent when you’re quick to answer other things?”

Male lead first thought she played hard to get, only to realize she

really disliked him

Short intro:

What she can’t stand the most is the streets full of effeminate men, especially that so-called top beauty whom she avoids at all costs.

Shen Yaoxing looks at Jiang Mingyue, who keeps approaching her with coy shyness.

Shen Yaoxing: Bro, don’t be like this, I’m really about to throw up!

She fears nothing in heaven or earth, except for him getting close to her.

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At first he thought she was just using the trick of feigning indifference to attract his attention. Later, he learned that she truly despised him.

This dealt a heavy blow to Jiang Mingyue, and he vowed to make her, like everyone else, fall at his feet in worship!

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Synopsis:

Before transmigrating, Shen Yaoxing only wanted to find a reliable man to spend her life with. Who knew that after transmigrating, she would become a reliable woman herself…

A forced misandrist, highly skilled, and reliable female lead

vs.

An initially aloof and arrogant, later morbid, obsessed male lead

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