It was a place where reality and virtuality were indistinguishable. It can be seen as a space scarier than a very realistic 3D horror game.
The training room was a short walk from the mansion. Where a normal noble family would have a greenhouse garden, Sicar had a training ground.
The size of the training room was hopelessly small compared to the mansion. From the outside, it was a space of about 30 pyeong (approximately 99 square meters). So it was a place where another world existed inside that small space.
The training ground was just a waiting room corridor and a small door leading to the training room. Durion and Bica, who were lying on the waiting room chair, stood up suddenly when they saw me.
“Oh, what brings you here at this hour, ma’am?”
“I came to show you the training room.”
At Sicar’s words following me, I smiled brightly.
“Yes. That’s why I came.”
As Sicar tried to open the door to the training room, Bica bounced off the wall once and ran over and stood in front, saying,
“If the lady goes in here now, won’t you be quite surprised?”
“I’m adjusting the environment, so move aside.”
I knew about the settings these people set when they were training, so I understood why Bica suddenly blocked me from going in.
The settings these people made were places like a labyrinth where balrogs appear. A dragon’s nest with a dragon doing a trick. A mountain of typhoons where blizzards swirl.
It was such a dangerous place. Although you don’t die even if your neck is cut by the enemy because it’s a place made by magic, you have to stay still until the normal room changes back in time.
So if you fall into the hellfire, even if it’s not hot, you have an unusual experience of swimming in the hellfire until the setting time is over, or until you open the door and walk out.
Ordinary people could only shiver at that visual horror or faint. It was such a place.
As Sicar started to adjust to a completely new environment, Bica gave way as if to go in and see.
“Then shall we go in?”
As I watched Sicar open the door and go inside, I couldn’t follow right away. I intended to peek inside after holding the door and poking my head in.
After all, I’ve only seen what’s written in the novel like this and that, but I’ve never actually seen it.
So as I tried to just poke my head in, Sicar grabbed my hand and pulled me in.
“Ahh…!”
Screaming and being dragged in, I was amazed by the scenery around me.
Inside the training room was a playground filled with childlike innocence. There was an amusement park behind the blue sky and green lawn, and a rainbow stretched to the horizon beyond that.
Although it was daytime, the sun, crescent moon, and stars were all in the sky, and large windmills that looked like they were folded out of colored paper were spinning on the lawn.
The space with a moderate temperature and a calm wind seemed to open up just by standing still.
Furthermore, it was more exotic to see such a fresh spring lawn full of spring sunshine in places where it was winter everywhere these days.
“How is it? Is it okay?”
“Yes. I think the children will really like it.”
“Just laying out a mat here would create the optimal environment. I’ve prepared all sorts of block toys, marbles, and the like that the children are into these days. I got a lot of inspiration from your memory.”
Sicar seemed a bit different, as he had prepared so meticulously more than I had expected.
In a way, I saw a glimpse of a parental figure in him.
“You have prepared a lot. Thank you very much, Sicar.”
Without any hesitation, the corners of Sicar’s mouth, who had been staring at me, slowly rose.
“I’m satisfied thinking about what the kids will like tomorrow. I will take my leave now.”
At that moment, Sicar’s retreating back seemed somewhat cheap. However, as he always had a cheap atmosphere, I wasn’t greatly shaken.
And it wasn’t until the next day that I understood the ‘satisfaction’ he spoke of.
[Star Icon][Star Icon][Star Icon]The twins from Yukanadar visited the Duke’s house the next day.
The twins, upon seeing Bika, opened their mouths in astonishment.
“A Dark Elf!”
Bika showed her ears to the twins with a face that clearly didn’t approve.
“Have you guys ever seen a Dark Elf with these ears?”
“Uh… it’s strange… The skin and hair color is definitely that of a Dark Elf…”
It was likely to be confusing. After Leydocks had patted the twins’ heads, he came to me and slightly bowed his head in gratitude.
“Thank you for inviting us like this. However, it must be very hard to take care of the twins by yourself. We came to have tea as we couldn’t refuse the invitation. But, where is the Duke?”
“Ah. Sicar is currently out on a mission.”
“Did he go out to investigate the spirits spreading across Blake region?”
“Ah, yes. That’s right.”
“The Duke also has a lot of trouble.”
Gillian was in the process of spreading spirits not only in Blake but all over the Rekador Kingdom to find Kian.
Sicar’s mental strength controlled the spirits, and Durion’s sword could cut the spirits. However, they couldn’t go around catching each frequently appearing spirit individually. Therefore, Sicar went around setting traps to catch spirits whenever a report came in.
“Is there a lot of spirit reports in Yukanadar?”
“Thanks to the spirit traps that the Duke set up a while ago, it’s okay, but once the traps have reached their lifespan, we’ll be busy again.”
“Then, will you follow me now?”
I took Leydocks to the training room, but since it looked like a greenhouse garden on the outside, he followed me with the light movement of having tea time.
“I didn’t know the Duchess also keeps a greenhouse garden.”
Since work is work, even though Zermy is close friends, it seems that he didn’t tell Leydocks anything about the training room.
“It’s going to be very big for a garden.”
I opened the door to the training room, and Leydocks looked inside with a blank look, then looked around the corridor unbelievingly before looking back into the room.
It must be strange. When viewed from outside, it’s just a space the size of a greenhouse garden, but inside it’s an incredibly vast and colorful playgroundlike space. It’s hard to believe.
“This… this is…”
With a smile, I said to Leydocks who was too surprised to only open his mouth wide.
“There wouldn’t be a better place for kids to play, would there?”
When male lead is the homewrecker
“I know she doesn’t love him.”
I’ve read the novel below twice already. Girls, I’m highly recommending it to you!
The female lead? Not a good person.
The second male lead? Not a good person.
The male lead? Willingly plays the third party, breaking up the female and second male lead’s relationship despite all the warnings from his friends—so yeah, he’s definitely not a good person either.
Basically, nobody in this novel is simple-minded or without scheming.
The female lead starts off as the male lead’s secretary, but don’t worry—later on, she takes over the company while the male lead steps back to support her. He won’t steal her spotlight, overshadow her, or dull her shine.
I love novels where men are out here snatching wigs, tearing each other down, and going to war just to win the female lead’s affection. And this is exactly that kind of novel. Most of Hai Dai Ran’s works have this dynamic. You’ll see the male characters’ emotions being pushed to the absolute extreme.
There’s even a scene where the second male lead exposes the male lead online for being a homewrecker. The brotherhood immediately gangs up on him, dragging him through the mud. I find it compelling —it completely flips reality on its head, where usually, women are the ones fighting over a man and getting torn apart by the sisterhood.
For me, female leads in the novels I read should only struggle in their careers, not in love. But if the brainless romantics in the story are all men? I have zero complaints.
I’ve pretty much read all of Hai Dai Ran’s novels and even translated all of them—her works are just my thing. I’ll slowly upload everything here. One day, when my website is official, I hope I can invite her to join as one of the star authors.
Here’s the story synopsis:
One-line summary: She is his lifelong obsession, to the point where he was willing to be a third wheel, scorned by society, just to wedge his way into her relationship with her fiancé.
Cold-hearted and indifferent female lead + Scheming and subservient CEO male lead
Intro 1:
“I know she doesn’t love him.”
With blood trickling from his clenched fist, Rong Xiu gazed at the woman before him, his eyes clouded with anguish. Hidden in the wardrobe, he had witnessed Fan Xia – the woman he desperately loved – in an intimate embrace with her fiancé. Yet his heart still yearned for her, defying all reason.
Fan Xia, the elegant and composed assistant, carried something mysterious in her eyes whenever she looked at her fiancé, Wen Lan Sheng. Strange occurrences began to surface – secret meetings with the young Gu Jin Yi, an unexplained withdrawal of 5,000 yuan… Then suddenly, her fiancé’s sister, Wen Jing, violently attacked her.
In this matriarchal society, Rong Xiu had risen to become the chairman of a powerful healthcare conglomerate, breaking through gender prejudices. But for the first time, he willingly stepped into the shadows as the other man, disregarding his friends’ warnings to become her secret lover.
Because he had discovered the truth – Fan Xia wasn’t the pure angel everyone believed her to be. And perhaps, he was the only one capable of helping her execute her mysterious plan…
Intro 2:
Rong Xiu’s biggest regret in life was missing out on Fan Xia.
He secretly loved Fan Xia for 7 years.
Watched her go public with her boyfriend.
Watched her kiss her boyfriend at their wedding.
Until that man blissfully nestled in Fan Xia’s arms, obtaining everything he could only dream of.
The crazy jealousy stripped away his hidden secret love, layer by layer, burning like wildfire.
Fan Xia, how can I have you!
【Reading and Trigger Warning Guide】
1. Female dominant, male submissive, male pregnancy
2. Male lead schemes his way to the top, male competition
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