Elodie stared at Reina in silence.
‘Again, those eyes.’
A gaze as if seeing another person through her.
Within that gaze, complex emotions that could not be expressed in words were inherent.
‘But that’s… not me.’
A third party might see Reina’s gaze as a ‘rational emotion,’ but Elodie did not think so.
She did not want to be swayed by the other’s unilateral emotion.
“Why do you go to such lengths?”
“…….”
When asked why, Reina, as always, closed her mouth.
‘Silence. Yes, a great evasion method.’
She had expected that no answer would come back, but really.
Reina is devoted. That fact was clear.
Whether it was for Elodie or for someone seen through projection, it was also clear that it would help.
But.
“Reina. I have nothing to give you.”
Unilaterally receiving only, after all, is not appealing.
“So, I will refuse the favor of unknown reason.”
“…….”
“It’s uncomfortable.”
The gaze of Reina staring at Elodie greatly wavered.
But Elodie did not falter. Because she had spoken coldly to provoke Reina on purpose.
Reina, hesitating for a moment, parted her lips.
“……I did not think you would think that way.”
But that was the end of Reina’s words.
She seemed not to want to reveal her secret in the end. Although she said she would tell me when the time came, would that time ever come?
It was foolish to attempt a conversation with someone who closes their mouth to any question. Elodie, who had painfully realized this fact after getting to know Reina, did not press her.
Instead, she smiled as if she hadn’t heard and turned around.
“Let’s go back.”
“……Yes.”
Reina followed three steps behind the walking Elodie.
As they walked, the scenery slowly passed by.
As always, it was an everyday scene. Similar but differently shaped houses and shops. People living today.
The late afternoon sunlight that covered them like a net was dim.
Suddenly, Elodie stopped walking, and Reina also stopped one step behind her.
“But Reina.”
“Yes.”
“Don’t belittle yourself.”
“…….”
“No one can treat you lightly. Not even you.”
With a serious face devoid of laughter, Reina gazed at Elodie’s face for a long time.
So that even the moment she closed her eyes, the image would remain as an afterimage.
(This is a time separator.)
As I entered the bedroom, the maid who had been cleaning the room greeted me with a bright smile.
“Welcome back, popular lady!”
“What popular lady?”
“You’ve got three letters in front of you!”
The maid came to me with a tray she had placed on the table.
“The first letter’s sender is your friend M.”
The maid tilted her head.
M must be Mario, the deputy commander of the Sky Horse Mercenaries. It seemed like a contact regarding the investigation report I had requested.
I became curious about which matter he had sent the letter.
“The second letter is… um, sent by a wizard named Elvira.”
Wizard Elvira was another identity of mine in the Tower of Seama, where I had invested.
He said he would contact me first when the research on the magical tool under development was finished, so it was finally over.
“And the third letter is…….”
I squinted and smiled before the maid finished speaking. No explanation was needed.
“I know that without being told.”
The use of extremely highquality paper was evident, not to mention the prominently stamped royal seal of the Willeunt dynasty.
It was the Emperor’s personal letter.
“Sigh.”
It finally came. I picked up all the letters on the tray, sighing.
I put the most significant problem, the Emperor’s letter, on the table first, and opened the letter from Seama’s Tower Master Isis first.
[Please visit at your earliest convenience.]That was all.
‘I’ll visit soon.’
Next was the letter from friend M, i.e., Deputy Commander Mario.
“Lady Ferdia. Remember? I’m talking about the dress shop you wanted to visit last time. Lady Angelos also frequents there. I thought it had closed, but I heard it recently reopened. Would you like to go together if it’s okay? I’ll be waiting for you!”
It seemed that the investigation into the wizard employed by the Duke Angelos was over.
Mario’s consideration for thinking of me as much as possible so that Ferdia’s people might not find out was noticeable.
But there was a fact that Mario had overlooked.
‘I have no friends, Mario…….’
If someone from Ferdia had read this letter, they would have immediately detected suspicion and tracked it down.
Mario’s consideration almost dropped me into hell.
Fortunately, the seal on the letter from the Sorcerer Isis and Mario remained intact until I tore it open.
Only the Emperor’s personal letter was opened.
“Ah, the butler opened it first.”
It happened often. Everything that came into Ferdia’s mansion had to go through the butler’s hands.
The letters from the Sorcerer and Mario were deemed unimportant and not opened, but the Emperor’s personal letter could not be ignored.
The content of the letter the Emperor sent me was not much different from what I expected.
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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