Bang- Bang bang bang-
The sound of Yuri rolling down the stairs was heard loudly.
Emilia, who had just stepped onto the stairs, looked down in shock at Yuri, who had tumbled all the way to the bottom and was lying there.
“Lady Chamberlain!”
A few passing maids stopped and looked at Yuri with surprised expressions.
“…Ugh… Urgh…”
Yuri, who had thrown herself down the stairs without hesitation, was in tatters.
Blood was flowing from her head, perhaps from the impact…
“…Gasp, Lady Chamberlain.”
One maid covered her mouth and stifled her voice.
Judging by their expressions, Yuri could tell that this plan had succeeded.
“What happened! Did you miss a step?”
Soon after, Yuri raised her hand to wipe her nose while looking at the shocked Emilia.
When she wiped the damp area, her hand became covered in blood.
“The Lady Chamberlain is having a nosebleed from both nostrils…!”
One tactless servant shouted.
“What? A nosebleed from both nostrils?”
“The Lady Chamberlain’s nose is covered in blood?!”
Yuri wanted to crack their skulls right then and there, but she held back.
And she sobbed as if in pain.
“Sob… sob… Ouch… It hurts so much…! Help me!”
At the sound of Yuri’s crying, one by one, the employees began to gather.
Emilia, flustered, tried to support Yuri and help her up, but Yuri didn’t rise and continued to cry sorrowfully.
And at some point, she pointed her finger at Emilia and shouted.
“You… wicked woman!”
**
“That’s impossible, Madam. I… I couldn’t have done such a thing.”
“Emilia pushed me down the stairs. I had discovered that she had given you laxatives, Madam.”
Yuri’s words, with her head tightly wrapped in bandages, certainly had more appeal than Emilia’s unscathed appearance.
Surely, no matter how cruel one might be, would they lie while in such a state?
Riona looked back and forth between the two kneeling before her.
“The Lady Chamberlain’s words are lies. Yes, it must have been the Lady Chamberlain who gave you laxatives, Madam…”
“I told the other maids to search Emilia’s room.”
“What’s the point of searching my room! You witch-like woman!”
But soon after, pale-faced maids came in carrying an empty medicine bottle.
Yuri spoke to Riona with a triumphant face.
“See? If you examine the contents of that bottle, you’ll know who dared to harbor ill intentions towards you, Madam.”
Riona’s expression was sullen.
“Madam! It’s all lies! You know how wicked a woman Yuri is…”
“Silence.”
Riona’s calm rebuke was heard.
“Madam… I have served you for ten years.”
“Whether that is truth or lies, I am not carefree enough to nurture seeds of doubt by my side.”
“Madam!”
Emilia’s face was white, and her body was trembling.
“Take her away.”
At the Madam’s merciless command, several maids entered from outside.
“Madam! It wasn’t me! Yuri… that Yuri…”
“Don’t believe Emilia’s words. She has spoken ill of you to me more than once, saying that you grab her hair and hit her, Madam. You all heard that too, right?”
Yuri asked the two maids with a strong gaze.
Since they had also spoken behind the Madam’s back, they could only nod while trembling.
Emilia was dragged away screaming.
From now on, no one would ever see Emilia in the Klaus mansion again.
“That’s right. Emilia… spoke ill of the Madam behind her back.”
“The Lady Chamberlain’s words are correct.”
At the words of the other maids, Riona leaned back and closed her eyes.
The ends of her eyebrows were still raised high, seemingly unaware of the sky.
She had found the cause of the inexplicable stomachache. That lowly Emilia, how dare she!
But there was something unsatisfactory.
If possible, making Yuri Anesis confess to giving her the medicine and then framing it as Esika’s instigation…
That would have been the most advantageous move for Riona.
She could have dealt with Emilia, the real culprit, quietly later.
But Yuri had caused a commotion, stirring up the entire household.
So everyone in the mansion now knew that Emilia was the real culprit behind the stomachache incident.
Therefore, that plan had turned to bubbles.
“Could it be that…”
She couldn’t have read that far and rolled down the stairs like that, could she?
Riona opened her eyes lazily and looked at Yuri.
The bandage tightly wrapped around Yuri’s forehead was stained with dirty blood.
Riona frowned deeply.
“I have always been loyal to you, Madam, and in order to root out those who dare to harm you…”
“Shut up.”
Yuri flinched at Riona’s words.
The maids who had been standing frozen stiff also became even more rigid.
“Your unsightly appearance is unpleasant to see, so go in.”
At Riona’s words, Yuri bowed her head deeply.
It was done.
At least according to Riona’s plan, she had avoided being dragged down to hell along with Esika by catching her ankle as the real culprit of the stomachache incident.
If that had happened, even if Riona had pardoned her, she would have forever lost Callian’s favor.
Yuri was prepared to roll down an even steeper staircase for the sake of her goal.
“…I understand, Madam. Then I shall take my leave.”
Yuri bowed and then limped out.
Of course, there was no sense of guilt towards Emilia in her mind.
There was a sense of relief at having successfully navigated the crisis, and a desperate aspiration to achieve her goal by any means necessary.
‘It hurts like hell… Esika, this is all because of you!’
And every muscle in her body was screaming.
**
The elixir made by combining freshly picked golden fruit, frog extract, and seven lizard tails increased the speed of internal energy improvement.
‘Despite appearances, I am well-versed in elixir production.’
Having received direct teachings from the Noma in her childhood, she was able to learn the combination techniques of various elixirs.
The important thing was not the form but the active ingredients, and it was not difficult for her keen eye to identify which foods contained active ingredients similar to those in the martial arts world.
So if Hemos didn’t carelessly mix ingredients or use wrong ingredients to make a mess like before… it would become a rather good elixir.
‘This should be sufficient for martial arts training for the time being.’
Sitting cross-legged in her room, Esika practiced her breathing technique.
Compared to before drinking the elixir, the flow of internal energy was smoother.
“What kind of efficacy could this possibly have… to make such a thing with precious and strange ingredients.”
Though he still seemed uncertain, he now made the medicine sincerely as Esika had taught him.
Hemos was now loyal to her.
Knock, knock.
While she was deeply focused on her breathing technique, a knocking sound was heard from outside.
It was a slightly duller sound than Sela’s.
Frowning, she rose and turned around just as someone opened the door.
“…”
Callian Klaus in his white uniform. His tall stature cast a long shadow into the room, and the light and shadow made his features appear even more distinct.
His brown hair swayed slightly in the breeze coming through the open window.
Only his violet eyes, resembling the night sky, were shining brightly.
It was not at all a welcome face.
“What brings you here?”
The moment their eyes met, her heart turned cold.
As if she had seen the face of an unwanted, uninvited guest.
“…”
Step, step.
Callian approached Esika silently.
And standing face to face with Esika, he looked at her.
‘The smell of alcohol.’
Seeing Callian’s stiffly set eyebrows, slightly distorted lips, and rather fierce gaze, Esika slightly hardened her brow and said,
“If you have nothing to say, perhaps you should leave now. I’d like to rest.”
And then, Callian grabbed Esika’s wrist.
Meeting Esika’s cold gaze, Callian gritted his teeth.
And in a cold voice, or perhaps a seething voice, he asked,
“…Are you angry with me, is that it?”
Esika was dumbfounded by Callian’s words that seemed to pick a fight out of nowhere.
“I have no idea what you’re talking about.”
“…I’m asking if you’re doing this to me on purpose.”
“…”
Callian became angry at Esika’s attitude, frowning and looking at him as if he were a strange person.
Esika Klaus had not gone a single day without pursuing Callian.
She was a woman who, no matter what hurtful words he said, would only tear up for a moment, then appear the next day with a thoughtlessly bright face.
But now, Esika was continuously avoiding Callian.
As if she had never had any interest from the beginning, she suddenly changed to have this cold expression…
Moreover.
Thud-
Perhaps the grip on her wrist was too strong, for Esika, who had been frowning, moved Callian’s wrist to shake off his hand.
At this resolute gesture of rejection, without a trace of lingering attachment, breaking away from him, a storm brewed in Callian’s eyes.
“On the contrary, I don’t understand why Your Grace is acting this way towards me.”
“…What?”
“You never had the slightest interest in me to begin with, did you? Yet to come all the way to my private room and engage in wordplay like this…”
At her moving red lips, Callian’s throat suddenly felt parched.
“Could it be that you’ve developed an interest in me?”
Why She Is Still Unmoved (Female-dominant)
One-line summary: He uses various methods to seek her affection, but she remains unmoved.
Synopsis:
Si Qingyu is a doctor who has saved countless lives and enjoys tranquility.
Luo Shaoxuan is ruthless, deeply scheming, and the top young master in the capital. He admires Si Qingyu.
Luo Shaoxuan: I want to be the only one in your eyes and heart.
Features a cold and calm female lead vs A noble and scheming male lead.
There will be both sweetness and torture towards the male after their marriage.
