“Ensure no one enters the prison until my name is cleared. Stop the distribution of meals, even from the guards who regularly deliver them.”
The command was issued by Dietrich to the palace knights as soon as he returned from the prison. They followed the orders of Dietrich, the captain of the royal guard, without question.
“Understood, Your Excellency.”
“After you send out the guards, do not step foot near the prison. Immediate execution if discovered. This includes all of you.”
The knights swallowed hard. Dietrich had never been one to joke with human lives.
The knights had many questions, but their curiosity vanished down their throats as soon as they met Dietrich’s stern face.
“…We will execute the orders immediately.”
The knights nodded and retreated. A dark shadow abruptly approached behind the lone Dietrich.
“Your Excellency.”
It was Lieutenant Anderson. Without turning his head, Dietrich spoke.
“Speak. What have you heard in the conference room?”
“The nobles are attempting to corner you by blaming you for not properly attending to the Emperor. Led by Duke Tailor.”
“…”
The corner of Dietrich’s mouth twitched. Although his lips wore a sneer, his eyes were devoid of humor.
“As expected. Just as I anticipated.”
“Your Excellency, what will you do moving forward? I heard you imprisoned the woman who attempted to assassinate the Emperor. Will you kill her?”
For the first time, Dietrich’s gaze met Anderson’s. Despite having observed Dietrich for a considerable amount of time, Anderson found it difficult to read him.
Dietrich rarely wavered. His face was almost always emotionless, as if he neither knew how to laugh nor cry.
It was the same now, as their faces met.
Dietrich’s lips slowly parted.
“…I will not kill her.”
With that, Dietrich turned away.
So he won’t kill her. Does that mean he will torture her to the extent of not killing her? Amidst the numerous questions in Anderson’s mind, he belatedly realized something peculiar about Dietrich’s words.
For the first time in a long while, Dietrich had used honorifics toward him. Once upon a time, Anderson, who had taught Dietrich swordsmanship, recognized Dietrich’s potential early on and volunteered to be his lieutenant. Since then, it had always been he who used the honorifics.
By the time a bewildered Anderson regained his composure, Dietrich had already disappeared from his sight.
“The reality falls short of the rumors.”
The jailer leered at Seliya, who was confined behind the iron bars.
He was an aging jailer who patrolled the underground dungeon, distributing meals. He had seen countless prisoners in the dungeon, but never one as striking as her.
As soon as he confirmed that Dietrich had escaped from the dungeon, he rushed to see Seliya.
Ignoring the meals of other prisoners, he only brought food for Seliya, his intentions disgustingly lecherous.
The jailer paused, about to slide the bowl filled with hard bread and watery soup through the bars, and snickered. His eyes were full of lust as they fell upon Seliya.
“Hungry?”
A thud, the sound of the jailer placing the food on the ground. Seliya stared at the bowl dispassionately.
The jailer, who had placed the bowl just out of her reach, licked his lips while staring at Seliya.
His greedy gaze swept over Seliya’s face and her blood-stained blouse, contrasting her delicate ankles.
“Such a shame. Your clothes look dirty. Shall I change them for you?”
Seliya said nothing. She had seen countless men like him in her life and didn’t want to waste her energy dealing with scum.
“There’s probably no other jailer as lucky as me, to look down on the angel of Brillion that I’ve only heard rumors about.”
The jailer revealed his yellow teeth and cackled.
“Listen to me, and I’ll make sure you eat well.”
The jailer, who didn’t even bring a change of clothes, unbuckled his pants with one hand and tried to unlock the cell to enter with the other.
Seliya, looking at the jailer’s exposed yellow teeth, recalled what she had told Dietrich.
If you kill me now, you’ll regret it.
In truth, what she told Dietrich was a lie. If she really wanted to live, she would have killed the Emperor and fled without looking back.
She might get caught within a few steps, but if she wanted to live, she would have at least tried to escape.
She didn’t, because she had fulfilled a lifelong vendetta.
Having killed the Emperor who led the destruction of her kingdom, she felt she could finally face her deceased family and subjects with pride, as the expectation of being able to die in peace dawned on her.
Dietrich had paused, having had his hand around her neck. A man who knew about her abilities and the only man unaffected by them.
“Are you seriously thinking of something else in this situation? How dare you ignore me, you mere sinner?”
The jailer’s words snapped Seliya out of her thoughts. Before she knew it, he had fully unbuckled his pants and stepped into the cell, grabbing Seliya’s ankle.
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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