Looking at the children’s clothing, they were not nobles, but seemed to be commoner’s children. Yet, the fact that there were more than a few suggested that perhaps they were orphans, or from a poorhouse, or perhaps from a monastery.
Their clean faces and clothes indicated they had someone looking after them.
“Kian. I’ll go meet the children. Please wait for a moment.”
As I stepped outside, the children began to retreat in fear and then started to run away.
‘Oh, I’m going to lose them. I need to say something harsh to catch them.’
I chased after the children, calling out hastily.
“Hey kids! I’ll buy you candy!”
As if on cue, the children halted and turned around.
“Candy?”
“Do you not want to eat sweet, delicious candies?”
“But the director will ask who gave them to us……”
From the mention of a director, it seemed they really were from a poorhouse.
“Just tell him the Duchess Sicar Blake gave them. And if you tell me where you live, I’m thinking of sending these toys here. Can you tell me where you live?”
The oldestlooking child hesitated, looking at the other children’s faces, before answering.
“We’re from Lepher Orphanage.”
Hearing ‘Lepher Orphanage,’ it sounded like a fairly large place.
“I’ll be bringing toys and candies soon. So let’s see each other there.”
I smiled kindly, but the children did not seem very pleased. They whispered amongst themselves before running away again.
I felt slightly ignored despite my kindness.
I shook off my dumbfounded expression and reentered the toy shop. Kian was drinking the warm tea the shop owner had offered when he spotted me and stood up abruptly.
“Mother. How did it go?”
“Oh. That is……”
There was no need to tell Kian specifically that the children were not joyful.
It’s pretty heartbreaking to be rejected after offering kindness. So, I responded with a bright smile.
“They really liked it.”
Kian smiled brightly and leaned into me.
“Thank you, mother.”
“Why are you thanking me? It’s you who gave the gifts to the children. But, Kian. How did you come up with such an idea?”
“Ah…… when I was wandering the streets without a place to go before I met you, I happened to see a noble child holding a toy. Even though I was so hungry, I wanted that toy so much……”
For children, toys can be as important as filling their stomachs.
It looks like my villainess concept failed today because I’m accompanying such a righteous and kind protagonist?
“Not everyone who experiences that would think like you. I’m so proud and impressed with you, Kian.”
Kian smiled awkwardly, appearing both pleased and embarrassed by the praise.
“Do you know the Lepher Orphanage?”
The toy shop owner, who was cleaning his glasses, let out a deep sigh of pity.
“Of course. The children come to see the toys every day. One day, I tried to give them toys, but they ran away. Even when I said I would give them toys, they just ran away…… Seeing them like that is pitiful……”
‘Hmm. This owner seems to have a good heart?’
“Today, you will be able to give all those toys you wanted to give.”
“Excuse me…? What do you mean by that?”
“Our young master wants all the toys in this shop to be purchased and sent to the orphanage. So, I mean to say that I will buy all of these.”
Upon hearing my words, the shop owner dropped his glasses in surprise.
“Are you saying to send everything here?”
“Yes, send everything.”
“Will that be alright? Amazing! I’ll start packing right away!”
I wondered if Kian had sensed the warmth of the toy shop owner and wanted to pass it on to the children.
The shop owner, who was not sure what to do because it was his first time doing this, couldn’t stop smiling.
“Haha. I’ve lived a long time, but I’ve never experienced anything like this. I need to rent a cart to transport the goods, and I’m short of hands, so I need to ask the cobbler next door for help. Haha. I never thought I’d have such a windfall this morning!”
Is this kind of contentment?
[Star Icon][Star Icon][Star Icon]The Lepher Orphanage was not far from downtown.
Looking back, the children probably could come and go around the downtown area because it wasn’t far away. I thought it would be a fairly large place as it had the name ‘Lepher,’ but it was a place where one building was everything.
A wagon full of toys and various foods arrived at the orphanage with us.
Even before we arrived, the director and the children had already come out to greet us as we unloaded the cargo.
The director was a woman in her mid50s with a gentle face. According to the toy store owner, she was a widow running the orphanage after her husband’s death.
“Oh my! Welcome. It’s an honor that Your Highness has visited such a humble place. Leper god must have been looking after our orphanage and sent you. It’s a blessing for us to receive toys and food for our children, Your Highness.”
The director bowed so low while speaking that I had to ask her to raise her head.
“But how could I dare look at Your Highness’s face? I can’t raise my head because of Your Highness’s kindness.”
When yandere male lead believes she loves him — but she never did
“How dare you!”
“How dare you make me love you, only to cast me aside as nothing more than a friend?!?
“I will never accept that.”
“I will never let you return to him.”
“Even if I have to burn myself to ashes.”
“Even if I must shatter my purity, my dignity, my very soul.”
“I will never let you escape me!”
This was the first novel that introduced me to the matriarchal genre. I’ve read it three times already!
At first, the male lead despised the female lead. Later, he misunderstood that she liked him, so he condescendingly and reluctantly reciprocated her feelings.
Then, he suddenly discovered that she was kind to everyone in the same way, and there was already someone she cherished in her heart, and that person was not him.
The male lead couldn’t believe it, he became angry and crazy. He was determined to capture her body and heart by any means necessary.
Synopsis:
Want to see how a green tea bitch male lead falls in love with the female lead?
Want to see how he flirtatiously pursues the female lead?
Want to see how he gets slapped in the face repeatedly?
The male lead is a green tea bitch, a poisonous lotus, jealous, ruthless, unscrupulous, with a venomous heart, and he’s also a delusional maniac.
The female lead is righteous, positive energy-filled, kind, a holy mother.
Let’s see how two people with extreme personalities come together~
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