The Villainess Doesn't Want Love (20 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 6
His firm chest pressed against Karina’s face.
At the same time, a crisp, cool scent reached her nose—refreshing like a clear breeze.
Karina barely regained her senses and peeked up at the man holding her.
Beneath his deeply pulled hood, she saw a delicate, palm-sized face.
A straight forehead, a high nose bridge, a sharp jawline…
His features were strikingly defined, and his skin was smooth and translucent like porcelain.
Yet, more captivating than anything else were his mysterious silver hair, glowing softly like moonlight, and his crimson, mesmerizing eyes.
‘Wow…!’
Karina sincerely marveled at the man’s flawless appearance.
An inexplicable charm radiated from him, impossible to look away from.
However, despite his handsome looks, his face was unfamiliar.
‘But who is he?’
His embrace was surprisingly warm, leaving her both startled and flustered.
“An explosion at a crowded marketplace…”
Even his calm muttering carried an air of mystery.
Karina, who had been silently watching him, finally spoke.
“Um… excuse me…”
At her call, he lowered his head. His long eyelashes and mysterious eyes were as beautiful as a painting.
‘Good heavens… His eyes are like gemstones.’
She thought his red eyes were extraordinarily lovely.
Lost in staring at his eyes, Karina suddenly snapped back to her senses.
“Oh—could you please let me go now?”
Although she was grateful he shielded her from the dust, it felt awkward to stay in a stranger’s arms.
Yet despite her request, the silver-haired man put on a deliberately troubled expression.
“Hmm… I wish I could, but unfortunately, the situation isn’t favorable.”
“Unfavorable? What do you mean?”
It happened right at that moment.
BOOM!
“……!”
Another deafening blast erupted, accompanied by a second explosion.
This one was even larger than the previous.
Moreover, it occurred much closer.
Blood-red flames surged upward as if devouring the sky.
After the heatwave passed, fragments of stone that had been launched into the air began raining down like hail.
The destructive force of those falling stones, hurled from such a height, was beyond expectation.
Market stalls and goods hit by the earlier stone shower shattered into pieces.
“Hmph. Whoever it is clearly has terrible control over their magic.”
The silver-haired man murmured quietly and extended his hand.
“Disperse.”
At his soft utterance—
WHOOSH!
A sudden, powerful gust of wind pushed aside the falling debris overhead.
‘A mage?’
Only one kind of being could artificially produce natural phenomena like wind:
a mage who wielded magical power.
As if responding to his subtle gesture,
a breeze blew in, clearing away even the lingering dust clouds.
“It’s safe now.”
Karina, finally freed from his arms, brushed the dust off her clothes.
Thanks to his magic, there was hardly any dust left on her garments.
‘Truly amazing ability. I should at least thank him.’
Karina looked up at the man.
“Thank you.”
At her words of gratitude, he smiled silently.
‘But more importantly—what on earth is going on?’
An explosion of this scale outside a battlefield was anything but ordinary.
Predictably, voices of alarmed people soon rose up.
“What was that? Where did the explosion come from?”
“The prison! An explosion tore through the prison holding criminals—it’s a jailbreak!”
“A jailbreak? Who on earth would do something so outrageous!”
“Catch them! The prisoners are escaping!”
Shouts akin to screams rang out from all directions.
Prison. Explosion. Jailbreak.
Karina recalled the knights’ reports she’d overheard earlier while walking beside Jeremiah.
They mentioned troublemakers from foreign lands stirring up chaos.
‘Whoever they are, they’ve certainly started a big mess.’
To cause such a scene just to escape prison—did they even understand what kind of place the North was?
While she was lost in thoughts about the explosion and jailbreak—
“Jailbreakers, you say? Could they be referring to those people?”
The silver-haired man’s gaze fixed on a specific spot.
Following his line of sight, Karina saw a truly grim situation unfolding.
The building, half-destroyed and engulfed in flames,
seemed to be the prison. From it, men in prisoner uniforms poured out in a rush.
“Stop right there! If you don’t halt, we’ll use force!”
“It’s the knights! Run for it!”
A fierce battle erupted between the fleeing prisoners and the knights rushing to subdue them.
“It seems the jailbreakers are heading this way.”
The problem was that a dozen or so criminals were running straight toward Karina.
They likely intended to lose themselves in the chaotic marketplace.
“This doesn’t look good.”
After assessing the situation, the man turned toward Karina and continued,
“We should probably get out of here.”
“No, that won’t be necessary.”
At Karina’s calm reply, he gave her a puzzled look and pointed ahead.
“Don’t you see them? They’re even holding terrifying weapons.”
Just as he said, the escapees were armed with knives and axes—God knows where they got them.
Their menacing aura suggested they’d split anyone in two who dared block their path.
Yet Karina remained perfectly composed upon seeing them.
Because a tall man clad in black armor was walking toward the jailbreakers.
If the stranger beside her radiated the pure, dazzling whiteness of a snowfield,
then the man in black armor exuded the deep, inky darkness of a starless night sky.
His leisurely gait, as if out for a stroll, resembled that of an elegant black panther.
“Do you know him?”
“Unfortunately, yes.”
At Karina’s ambiguous reply, the silver-haired man tilted his head in confusion.
Karina frowned slightly and muttered under her breath,
“This is going to end badly…”
The silver-haired man nodded in agreement.
“Indeed. There are far too many for one person to handle alone—he should intervene quickly before…”
“They’re talking about the jailbreakers. How can they recklessly charge at him like that? Don’t they value their own lives?”
“…What?”
At the silver-haired man’s confused tone, Karina shifted her gaze to Jeremiah.
Too many for one person to handle?
That only applied to ordinary people.
Jeremiah Colesburg.
Duke of the revered Colesburg family, lord of the North.
He was also known by another title—
The Empire’s Strongest Blade.
The undefeated sovereign of victory, whose battle record knew no defeat.
In three years’ time, his legendary name would be known by every citizen of the Empire.
Of course, right now, few truly grasped the extent of his prowess—
not yet, at least.
Not until the incident where he’d single-handedly slaughter an army of monsters swarming like ants with just his sword.
“What the hell? You wanna die?”
“Get out of the way!”
The jailbreakers roared and lunged at Jeremiah.
Despite the overwhelming wave of attackers, Jeremiah remained utterly calm.
“Are you really sure this is fine?”
The man watching the scene asked again.
“Of course.”
Karina nodded once more.
Then, suddenly, a thought struck her.
‘Now that I think about it—why am I using honorifics with this man?’
Perhaps it was because he’d helped her in what she’d considered a dangerous moment.
At that instant—
“Die!”
“Crush him!”
The jailbreakers swung their weapons at Jeremiah.
Jeremiah, who had merely been walking, finally reacted.
SHING.
The blade slid out from its scabbard at his waist.
The dazzling flash reflected by sunlight created the illusion of cascading light.
The clamor of the crowd, the hazy dust clouds, the ear-splitting shrieks, the clashing sounds from all sides—
as if time itself had frozen, all motion and noise vanished.
In profound silence, as if submerged deep underwater, only Jeremiah’s blade shimmered with silver light.
CLACK.
A short, crisp sound broke the suffocating stillness.
CLICK.
The brilliant arc traced by the blade vanished instantly.
That was it.
THUD. THUMP.
The jailbreakers, who had seemed ready to tear Jeremiah apart, collapsed like lifeless puppets with their strings cut.
Not even a single scream escaped them.
When Karina came to her senses, only one person remained standing at the scene:
Jeremiah Colesburg.
He alone stood there.
No one could defeat him with a blade.
“Still the same as ever.”
Karina stared at him, her brow furrowed.
Blood droplets sporadically splattered around, and a deep pool of dark crimson had gathered beneath his feet.
Yet amidst it all, he appeared immaculate—as if he hadn’t just finished a battle.
Walking silently past the fallen foes, his figure was both chilling like a reaper and breathtakingly beautiful.
“Are you all right?”
Jeremiah approached Karina and asked about her well-being.
“I’m fine. Fortunately, this person saved me.”
“This person?”
Karina pointed to the silver-haired man beside her.
“When the explosion happened, he shielded me.”
“He shielded you?”
Jeremiah’s gaze shifted toward the silver-haired man.
With a gentle smile, the silver-haired man replied,
“My name is Mikhail.”
“Mikhail…”
Jeremiah scrutinized Mikhail’s appearance with hawk-like eyes.
Noting Mikhail’s worn robe, Jeremiah continued,
“You don’t seem like an ordinary traveler…”
“I’m merely a wandering mage on a journey. Saving her was pure coincidence, so please don’t concern yourself.”
“…A mage?”
At Mikhail’s words, Jeremiah’s eyes narrowed slightly.
“Your Grace!”
Just then, a knight hurried over to Jeremiah, glanced around cautiously, and whispered something into his ear.
Immediately, the atmosphere grew subtly tense.
Jeremiah turned back to Mikhail with cold, lowered eyes.
“You said you’re a mage. Then to which organization do you belong?”
“As I mentioned, I’m a wanderer—with no current affiliation.”
“What were you doing here at this moment?”
“I was simply passing through.”
“I see.”
SHING.
Had he drawn it without notice?
Jeremiah’s blade now pointed at Mikhail’s throat.
“…Why are you doing this?”
At Mikhail’s question, Jeremiah replied coldly,
“I’m placing you under arrest on suspicion of involvement in the jailbreak.”
[This is the timeline separator]“That’s impossible.”
Back at the mansion, Karina fiercely protested Jeremiah’s arrest of the silver-haired man who had saved her.
“Our investigation into the prison explosion revealed signs of a mage’s involvement. And coincidentally, a mage with no proper affiliation appeared right at the scene. Isn’t that sufficient grounds for suspicion?”
“He’s innocent.”
“How can you be so certain?”
Jeremiah’s piercing question left Karina momentarily speechless.
How could she know?
‘If he were the culprit or an accomplice, he wouldn’t have just stood there calmly watching!’
If he truly had participated in the jailbreak, he would have either used magic to flee or attacked them directly.
Plus, there was his inexplicably composed demeanor that further convinced her.
But none of this would sway Jeremiah.
“He saved me from danger today—the very first time we met. Someone like that wouldn’t possibly be involved in a jailbreak.”
“That will become clear through investigation. What concerns me more is why you’re defending that mage so adamantly.”
“You really are…”
Haa…
Karina let out a sigh that sounded more like a weary exhale.
Right, this was just who he was—
rigidly principled, utterly inflexible, with no room for compromise or empathy.
“Fine. Then let me see him. I want to know if he has any explanation.”
“He might be the one responsible for the explosion. I can’t allow that.”
“So you won’t even let me offer a word of comfort to the man who saved me?”
At the word “savior,” Jeremiah’s straight eyebrows twitched slightly.
“I’ll say it again: no. And…”
He fixed Karina with icy eyes, issuing a warning,
“Don’t casually use the word ‘savior’ in front of me.”
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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She slowly approached and opened the door.
Keep it close were coming up with ideas on how to get rich 😆
Jeremiah’s well-shaped eyebrows twitched into an uncomfortable angle.
😂 good keep twitching
“I can help you—with the Duchess’s divorce.”
And then get with him.Even though he’s hiding things, he still seems more honest and trustworthy than the duke at this point.
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I love when it’s just them
i’m really hoping for divorce next chapter
why did I unlock all the chapters? I wish I didn’t do that because he’s irritating me.