10 minutes before Karina called for Mikhail.
At that moment when Gennon was alone with Karina in the study.
Mikhail was quietly hiding with concealment magic as Karina had ordered, suppressing his presence.
After the door closed, Gennon’s voice suddenly changed.
“… If people came and saw this situation now, who do you think would be more embarrassed?”
‘Huh…’
Mikhail coldly suppressed the rising disgust.
He wanted to go out right now and shut Gennon’s mouth.
‘If it weren’t for her orders, I could have quietly taken care of this without anyone knowing.’
Mikhail swallowed his regret with effort.
He held back his legs that kept trying to rush out, thinking of Karina’s orders and enduring.
But as time passed, the situation became more complicated.
Suddenly the Duke and Duchess entered, and the atmosphere became even more serious.
Seeing the situation where everyone was ganging up on Karina, it became harder and harder to endure.
‘No. She told me to pretend I’m not here. I can’t ruin the plan.’
Even though he knew this in his head, his teeth clenched.
“… It’s dirty and filthy!”
An unpleasant high voice stabbed his ears.
It was extremely unpleasant, but he maintained his composure by taking a long breath.
Because Karina acted calmly as if she wasn’t affected at all.
Mikhail quietly observed her actions.
And finally.
“Mikhail.”
The moment his name was called, Mikhail moved as Karina had instructed beforehand.
[This is the timeline separator]‘He was there? Since when?’
Gennon’s eyes widened in surprise.
According to the original plan, Caroline’s maid was supposed to confirm that no one was in the study before the two arrived, and prevent anyone from entering.
“Pull back the curtain.”
“Yes, Duchess.”
Mikhail walked to the wall and pulled back the curtain covering half of it.
“…!”
Gennon’s face turned pale at the sight revealed as the curtain was pulled back.
What he thought was a wall was wide open, and the gazes of the people gathered beyond were all directed this way.
“This… What is this…”
Caroline also had a considerably bewildered expression.
“Actually, I still don’t know much about the North. I wanted to get advice, so I asked noble people who know the North well to gather and talk. Right here in the room next to the study.”
Karina smiled brightly.
“The ducal study has extensive materials. We removed the wall between the study and the next room so we could easily refer to relevant books while talking. Who knew it would turn out to be so fortunate.”
Karina had gathered people in advance to prepare for this moment.
She used the ducal couple’s seal on the invitations to make it seem like the Duke and Duchess had arranged a separate gathering for them, not just Karina alone.
That way, they could avoid getting caught up in complicated factionalism and freely speak in support of Karina without being suspected of siding with the Duchess’s faction.
And since it was an invitation from the ducal couple, she was able to select and gather influential nobles from various fields regardless of their inclinations.
Karina, who had been speaking with a smile, looked down at Gennon with cold eyes.
“Gennon Young-sik. Shall we hear how different your claims are from what these people just heard your voice say here?”
“…”
Gennon was at a loss, stuttering in a situation he had not expected at all.
Karina turned sharply and approached the people on the other side.
She greeted an elderly noblewoman who was standing most upright with her back perfectly straight.
“Ah… that person is…”
Gennon’s voice was heard muttering as he swallowed hard.
The noblewoman Karina had greeted was Countess Grace Strict, whom Karina had not been able to take her eyes off earlier in the hall.
The Strict family was a branch family on the maternal side of the Colsberg ducal family, and the family that had served the ducal family the longest with high loyalty.
But their loyalty was not blind – they were more like faithful retainers who spoke the truth, often opposing or presenting different opinions to the ducal family.
They had a family tradition of clearly drawing the line and pointing out when something was wrong.
Their consistent and upright nature earned them high trust among people.
The influence the Strict family held in the North was not something that could be easily ignored.
And the Countess Strict, the mistress of such a family, was known to only speak the truth, to the point of being considered frustrating and rigid in her everyday life.
That’s why she was the most necessary person among the nobles Karina had proposed to gather separately.
Countess Strict, who had properly received Karina’s greeting, turned her gaze.
Then she opened her mouth with a deliberately stern expression as she looked at Gennon.
“This Young-sik’s claims are very different from what I heard. I heard him suddenly change his words and attitude shamelessly as soon as the study door closed and he thought he was alone with the Duchess.”
Countess Strict’s voice was solemn as she spoke thus.
The weight in her words was heavy.
Then the other people beside her added what they had heard, reinforcing her words.
“That’s right. I also heard the Duchess’s voice telling him not to come closer.”
“Rather, it was Gennon Young-sik who tried to force himself. I clearly heard the Duchess cry out that he was being impudent, touching her body without permission.”
“It’s true. He even threatened her, saying who would be more embarrassed if people came in this situation.”
As people’s testimonies continued one by one, Gennon froze in place, unable to even run away.
People frowned as they looked at Gennon with eyes full of disgust and condemnation.
When all their testimonies were finished, a heavy silence lingered.
Jeremiah’s icy cold gaze pierced into Gennon like an arrow.
Receiving that gaze, Gennon began to tremble.
“This… this… that, that is…”
“Take that bastard away and lock him in prison immediately.”
Jeremiah ordered the knights.
“I will personally pass down the punishment.”
“Yes, Your Highness.”
The knights followed Jeremiah’s order in unison.
“P-Please spare me, Your Highness! Duke!”
Gennon, grabbed by the knights, desperately looked at Caroline and shouted.
“Duchess! Duchess! Please save me!”
Caroline turned her head away, ignoring Gennon calling for her.
“I was wrong. Please just spare my life! Your Highness! Duke!”
Gennon, crying out desperately, was dragged away by the knights’ hands.
Countess Strict, who had maintained a stern expression, only approached Karina to offer words of comfort after Gennon had been dragged away.
“Duchess. You have been insulted. You could have been greatly misunderstood.”
Karina calmly conveyed her gratitude for the comfort.
“I express my deep gratitude to you, Countess. Thanks to you, I was able to escape well from an unjust situation.”
“It’s nothing.”
Other people also added a word each as they surrounded Karina.
“You almost suffered unnecessary humiliation.”
“I’m really glad, Duchess.”
“If you need specific testimony again, please call us anytime.”
Among those offering words of comfort to Karina were also loose-lipped noble ladies who liked to gossip.
Until just now, they had been watching Jeremiah’s reactions with interested expressions despite the serious atmosphere.
Now that the situation had turned in Karina’s favor, they finally came out to defend her.
But Karina pretended not to know while accepting their comfort.
She had deliberately brought them here because they had their own uses.
“I thank you all.”
Caroline, who had been watching this scene, also changed her stance and approached with a friendly attitude.
“Oh my, Karina. If you had said it wasn’t true from the beginning, I wouldn’t have misunderstood. I almost became the strange one.”
Her words were still blaming Karina.
Inwardly snorting, Karina quickly put on an expression of being hurt.
Then, lowering her eyes, she imitated exactly what Caroline had done in the garden.
“The Duchess is right. At first, I was so flustered by the situation… I was so surprised that I couldn’t say anything.”
She spoke with a pitiful appearance, covering her mouth with her hand.
“But I believed that the people here would know the truth and reveal my innocence. So I was able to calm down and resolve the situation one by one.”
At those words, some of the noble ladies around looked at Karina with even more pitiful and admirable gazes.
On the other hand, reproachful glances were directed at Caroline, as if asking if she couldn’t read the atmosphere.
“No, I didn’t mean to blame the Duchess…”
“Honestly, I was quite hurt. Because the Duchess was the first to corner me after only listening to Gennon Young-sik’s words.”
“…”
“Caroline. You always said you cared for me a lot. Couldn’t you have believed in me first?”
Caroline’s lips trembled as she forced a smile to manage her expression.
Karina inwardly sneered at the sight she didn’t miss.
‘That’s probably the best Caroline can do right now.’
Her mind must be complicated now, wondering why the situation turned out like this, and if Gennon, who was dragged away, might say something about her.
‘And those around her who don’t unconditionally take her side.’
Karina inwardly smiled with satisfaction.
The people Karina had gathered here now were carefully selected only from families that were not on Caroline’s side.
They were people loyal to the ducal family itself, or from families in neutral positions within the North.
They were people who were the opposite of Caroline, who tried to manipulate and control those around her to her liking.
Caroline had no choice but to keep her mouth shut quietly, unable to even recoup her losses.
Karina felt satisfied.
With this, Karina’s first plan ended perfectly successful according to her wishes.
‘This time, I won’t just let them cut off the tail and run away like last time.’
A strange light gleamed in Karina’s eyes.
Jeremiah silently observed Karina’s appearance from the side.
Karina revealed her innocence through the testimony of the nobles gathered separately in the next room and boldly escaped the crisis.
Suddenly a question arose.
‘Surely she didn’t know in advance that something like this would happen?’
Seeing the situation that was so well prepared, such an absurd thought occurred to him.
Jeremiah shook his head, shaking off the unreasonable suspicion.
‘That’s too much. It can’t be.’
Karina was smiling softly as she received comfort from the noble ladies.
Jeremiah’s gaze wouldn’t leave Karina.
Seeing her improved expression, Jeremiah unknowingly let out a sigh of relief.
At that moment, Mikhail approached Karina closely.
Karina smiled brightly as she saw Mikhail approaching her.
Seeing that sight, Jeremiah’s lips pressed tightly together.
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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