“I don’t need that.”
The two were startled by the sudden appearance of the Count.
“Count, what brings you here?”
Seeing Rikel widen his eyes, Akia felt even more annoyed.
“This is my house. Were you having a conversation that I shouldn’t hear?”
“No! It’s not like that, but…”
Rikel swallowed the words, “You hardly come out for walks anyway.”
The Count looked visibly displeased.
“Rikel, what are you doing here at this hour?”
“Well… That’s…”
“No excuses. Sort the papers on my office desk within an hour.”
“An hour?”
Rikel was flabbergasted at Akia’s unreasonable demand.
“Hurry. You’ve already lost a minute.”
Only then did Rikel hastily leave. Lea glanced at the Count.
Watching him talk to Rikel, Akia had clearly been in a bad mood. Careful not to get caught in the crossfire, she was about to step away.
“Aren’t you ashamed? Discussing virility in front of another man?”
Upon hearing the lowered voice, Lea turned sharply towards the Count.
“Why should that be shameful? As a medical professional, I did what I had to do. Libido is a very physiological and instinctual desire.”
“What?”
Akia snickered at Lea’s cheeky response. So, does this mean you’re not embarrassed to talk about desire with Rickel?
Even his own face was flushed just listening to it. If the completely inexperienced Rickel heard it, he’d know exactly how it sounded.
“You have no idea how that kind of talk sounds to a man…!”
Just as Akia was about to raise his voice in irritation,
“Count, if you don’t mind, I have a question.”
Lea interrupted the Count, tilting her head slightly.
It felt as if he was jealously watching her interact with Rickel.
“Are you perhaps jealous?”
For a moment, Count Akia was at a loss for words at Lea’s direct question. He soon opened his lips as if astonished.
“Me? What do I have to be jealous about?”
Especially when it’s against a servant like Rickel!
“As I’ve said, I don’t need any medicine. You would know that best.”
“……”
“Don’t you agree?”
Akia stepped closer to Lea, his eyes full of malice. Lea’s face turned red as she quickly understood what he was saying.
And she looked as though she was about to escape at any moment.
“Where do you think you’re going?”
Their eyes met as Akia closed the distance between them.
‘Ugh.’
It had become difficult to meet his eyes ever since the Count had undergone a transformation due to the new drug. Especially this close.
“I don’t have time to fool around either… I was going to go develop some medication.”
Lea continued to speak, her eyes fixed on the wrist that the Count had grabbed. Be it the laboratory or the bedroom, anywhere would be fine as long as this man wasn’t there.
“Huh. More importantly, Lea. Someone from the palace has come to see you.”
“What? The response I sent yesterday has already arrived?”
Surprised, Lea asked the Count a counterquestion, then unfolded the letter he had handed her.
[Alchemist Lea, I had hoped you would become my personal physician, which is quite regrettable. Nonetheless, I would like you to at least examine me once.]The Emperor’s seal was perfectly imprinted on the neat letter. The message asked her to visit the palace if she had no intention of working there.
“I guess I have no choice but to go, right?”
Refusing the Emperor’s request any further would be a crime of disrespect. Akia, who had been looking at the letter with her, had a shadow cross his face.
Akia too knew that Lea couldn’t refuse this summons from the Emperor.
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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