Peter’s voice felt sharp, and it wasn’t just a simple mood. In him, a real current of power was flowing, and it was rapidly corroding the surroundings. Only the things directly in contact with Peter remained unscathed.
The Emperor’s wrathful magic began to overshadow like the shadow of death.
He had only displayed his magic in front of others once.
The day he killed my father and ascended the throne.
He earned the title of a tyrant as he slaughtered those who were once his father’s closest aides and those who participated in the Hessenka massacre.
Everyone who was there, and thankfully still alive, remembered that scene.
A person who had been perfectly fine just moments ago was reduced to writhing on the ground, their throat torn out by the Emperor’s words.
The nobles scattered like rats from the Emperor, and one brave soul spoke up.
“Your, Your Majesty! Please, you must regain your composure… Aaargh!”
“I told you to be quiet.”
The one who spoke found himself staring at my wrist, with my hand raised to my eyes. If he were to speak again, he might find himself staring not at my wrist but at my throat.
The peaceful gathering had quickly turned into a scene of bloodshed, and the Emperor stepped through it.
“Did I seem so patient? To think someone would dare to cause such trouble in front of me. It seems I’ve been overly lenient.”
“Your, Your Majesty. It’s not like that… H-huhuh…”
Right now, the person closest to Peter was Monique. Even as others fled, she stood frozen in fear, as if turned to stone. If it were possible, she might have retreated as well, but no matter how hard she tried, Monique’s legs wouldn’t move. Clearly, the numbness referred to her legs.
How many times had she tried to move her legs? Finally, her body moved, but it wasn’t to flee. It simply collapsed, her legs giving out beneath her. Tears streamed endlessly from Monique’s eyes as she lay sprawled on the ground.
The Emperor’s shoe touched the tip of her chin.
“Empress Sunghwangbi. Didn’t I warn you on that day?”
As the Emperor leaned in, Monique’s face rose to meet his. Her eyes, red from crying, met the Emperor’s icy, ever-calculating pupils.
“If you want to live as if you were my mother, don’t act so presumptuously.”
“Ugh… Uhh, h-huhuh…”
“Was the warning not enough that day? Or was the death you witnessed that day insufficient?”
Her whole body trembled, and memories she had forgotten resurfaced in Monique’s mind.
The day he ascended to the throne. Monique had never doubted that she would meet the same fate as those who had been loyal to her husband. But she didn’t want to die. Her husband, consumed by his obsession, paid no attention to her, whether she lived or died, and she had been confined to the palace for over ten years.
But did she have to die like this?
She felt no shame and had no honor.
As those loyal to the Emperor died one by one, it was finally Monique’s turn to cling to the man and beg for her life. She screamed with all her might, her head pressed against the ground like a dog.
That’s how she survived. The face of Peter, whom she had seen that day, returned to Monique’s mind.
An inhuman gaze that didn’t see her as a person. Cold, frozen blue eyes that would remain indifferent even as they tore apart her head.
How can that thing be called a person? Despite wearing the same indigo robe, that cannot be a person. At that moment, Monique sincerely thanked the Sun Emperor, who had never laid a hand on her. If she had given birth to Ponderaien, wouldn’t it have the same face? She had no love for such a child.
Ponderaien was of such lineage. Interaction with humans was only through reverence; they could never be loved. They may pretend to be human, but their essence could never be the same as humans.
In the end, when Monique heard the Emperor’s promise to spare her life that day, she fainted.
But three years were enough to dull the fear of that day, and Monique forgot the memories of that day.
It shouldn’t have been like this.
“I thought I was being generous by sparing your life, but seeing that you have the luxury to do such things, perhaps I was too lenient. I will cut the funding for Empress Sunghwangbi’s palace in half.”
“Your, Your Majesty! Not that!”
Even though it was barely enough to make ends meet, she could only afford to mend her old dresses every year, as she had nowhere near enough money to buy new ones. And now they were going to cut even more!
Monique screamed, but the Emperor’s response remained unchanged.
“Take her away. If she has any objections, she can pay the price with her own tongue.”
“……!”
In response to the stern warning, Monique’s mouth shut, and the soldiers in armor, who had sworn allegiance to the Emperor’s orders, rushed in and took her away.
In that brief moment, Monique’s dress was creased, and the armor of the soldiers who took her was corroded.
The Emperor’s magic still pervaded the surroundings, and it was even expanding its range.
Most people’s thoughts upon seeing this sight were generally similar.
An Indifferent Woman is the One Men Desire the Most
One-line summary: The female lead is actually cold-hearted and extremely rational. She has stage-by-stage relationships and won’t two-time, but there will always be someone who secretly likes her.
This novel has the following triggers, so if you’re sensitive to these, please don’t read:
1. The female lead has had many relationships, but she treated each one seriously and broke up properly.
It’s just that the men unilaterally pestered her incessantly. For the female lead, when she doesn’t like someone anymore, she simply doesn’t like them.
(This applies to her relationships with Male Lead 1, 2, 3, and 4 as well, but she’s loyal in each 1-on-1 relationship!)
2. In this novel, Male Lead 2 and the female lead kiss in a car, and Male Lead 1 sees it and beats up Male Lead 2.
The female lead calls the police and sends both Male Lead 1 and 2 to the police station! Male Lead 1 begs the female lead not to break up with him.
3. Male Lead 1 has a gentle appearance but an obsessive personality.
Male Lead 2 has a delicate and soft appearance, slightly green tea-like (two-faced).
Male Lead 3 is a youthful college student and a smart person who has secretly liked the female lead for a long time.
Male Lead 4 is the female lead’s father’s special assistant, a business elite with deep, hidden thoughts.
4. At the beginning of this novel, the female lead has already broken up with Male Lead 1 (Chapter 4) and gotten back together with Male Lead 2 (ex-boyfriend).
5. Enter with caution if you have triggers!!!
