Ascan didn’t reply directly, but his non-denial was already considered an affirmation.
“I’ll go with you. So, please don’t fight my people anymore.”
In response to my following words, Ascan looked at me with a subtle expression.
In fact, even if it wasn’t the Kalua Empire but somewhere else, I would willingly follow Ascan if he asked.
On the contrary, I regretted ignoring the letters sent by the Kalua Empire. If I had replied, wouldn’t I have been able to see Ascan a day earlier?
Zen, who instantly cut the tree branches that bound him, objected, as if saying it was absurd.
“No, milady. It’s too dangerous for you to go to the Kalua Empire…”
“Zen, I’ll inform Father. And, in case you’ve forgotten, I’m not the weak girl from ten years ago. There’s no one on the continent who wants to turn the best weaponsmith into an enemy.”
A few days ago, I ignored the letter because it wasn’t so much due to danger but rather because there was no reason to leave on a long journey just because someone wanted to see me.
I thought that just like a thirsty person sells water, someone who wants to see me should come to me directly. Even if it was Emperor Helsion of the Kalua Empire, it would be the same.
However, things changed since Ascan came out to meet me.
To find out what had happened to Ascan during that time, it was urgently necessary to spend time with him.
Ascan, who had been quietly listening to the conversation, moved the flames and burned all the tree branches that had bound him.
Landing smoothly on the ground, he looked at me and spoke in a subdued voice.
“We don’t have much time to spare. When do you plan to depart?”
“Oh, just one day. How about leaving tomorrow?”
“Lady!”
As if Zen called me absurd, I paid no attention.
Ascan glanced at Zen and then said with a softened voice.
“One day it is, let’s wait.”
As if having finished everything, I urgently spoke to Ascan, who turned away.
“Wait a moment!”
Ascan silently turned his head to look at me.
“If you go to the Kalua Empire with me, I have a condition.”
Ascan raised his eyebrows slightly. His expression remained unchanged, and it was easy to feel that he was displeased even without him saying anything.
“What is it?”
“If you go to the Kalua Empire, let me stay at your house.”
“Lady Tanashia!”
Ignoring Zen’s objection that it was outrageous, I continued without caring.
“How about staying at the research lab for a day? Anyway, we’ll be departing together to the Kalua Empire tomorrow.”
I wanted to be with Ascan a little more since we had met again. In fact, I had a pile of questions I wanted to ask.
Ascan, with an indifferent expression, looked at me and asked quietly.
“Is that also included in the conditions?”
“Not exactly…”
“Then, see you tomorrow.”
With that, Ascan turned and left the Brellopf mansion.
Watching his retreating figure from afar, I couldn’t help but laugh without realizing it.
The surroundings of the research lab were devastated as if a war had taken place. If someone else saw me laughing like a mad person, it would undoubtedly seem like I had lost my mind.
Suddenly, Zen looked at me with concern and said.
“Lady?”
“Oh, sorry. I got lost in thought about old memories.”
Suddenly, I recalled the time when I first proposed to Ascan to be my ignition.
The expression on Ascan’s face, who used to be disgusted at the idea, came to mind, and I burst into laughter.
I was just glad.
Because he was alive.
The Male lead Always Seduces Her with His Beauty (Matriarchy)
Xin Jiao Zhou is the leader of the world’s premier sect. She has just experienced betrayal from all sides, was poisoned in an assassination attempt, and faced death squad attacks while the poison was taking effect. After finally clearing out the scum from her sect, she was drugged again while trying to detoxify.
After waking up from a night of unconsciousness, she gained a “beautiful and kind-hearted” husband.
Xin Jiao Zhou: “???”
He fell ill.
She came to see him, bringing breakfast.
As she put down the breakfast and was about to leave, his hand slipped while holding the spoon. “Clank!”
She turned around upon hearing the noise.
He looked up at her, his eyebrows drooping: “My hand… has no strength.”
“Shall I… feed you?” she asked tentatively.
He opened his mouth cheerfully: “Ah—”
Thinking she was drowning, he jumped in without hesitation to save her, but nearly drowned himself. In the end, it was she who swam over to rescue him, giving him air underwater.
After emerging from the water, his ear tips turned red. He lightly brushed his cheek, tucking his sideburns behind his ear, revealing delicate, pink-tinged ear tips. He lowered his gaze, too embarrassed to look at her.
Xin Jiao Zhou: He’s truly beautiful, kind-hearted, and adorable.
A certain someone when disciplining subordinates behind the scenes: “If they don’t obey, just kill them.”
What’s that? She might already have someone she cares about in her heart? A certain someone: Find out who it is, kill them, and then there won’t be anyone.
What? She met a man by the riverside? What? That man even hurt her? A certain someone: Whichever hand hurt her, chop off his entire arm.
Love at first sight without realizing it, gradually falling in love, slowly getting closer…
Family and national grudges, schemes and desires, good and evil, crime and punishment, she and he face the future together, seeking justice with passion!
A naturally dark female lead who could accidentally destroy the world but is actually an honest person VS a weak, pitiful, and helpless but skilled fighter, beautiful white-cut black male lead
My heart is not of stone, how steadfast is your love? — Tao Yuanming “Imitating the Ancients (No. 3)”
— Reading Guide —
Cold female lead & dramatic black lotus with hidden yandere traits male lead
