But more shocking was the boy Leonie brought, named Louis. Introducing himself as her son, Louis Lilith, a nine-year-old with golden hair and golden eyes.
“……!”
Golden eyes were the symbol of the Ernhardt Imperial family. It meant Louis was not just a bastard but the Emperor’s child.
After formal paternity confirmation, it was confirmed that the child was born between the Emperor and Leonie. The Emperor then promptly granted Louis the Ernhardt surname.
Thus, a second Imperial Prince appeared alongside the sole heir, Joshua.
Until then, everyone naturally thought Joshua would succeed the throne. But after Louis’s appearance, the succession dynamics subtly shifted.
Unfortunately, Joshua lacked a supporting faction. His maternal kingdom, Iberia, was too weak to involve in the Empire’s succession dynamics.
It was Adrian who supported him.
Essentially, the noble factions were divided between the Adrian Ducal family and the Lilith Ducal family.
‘And Dallas is a prominent force of the Lilith Ducal family.’
To anyone, it seemed like an act by the Dallas family to eliminate opposing forces.
However, Joshua faced an unexpected obstacle. The Emperor wanted to quickly wrap up the incident as Rosette Dallas’s solo act.
“The deaths of Duke Adrian and his heir are regrettable for me as well. But, Prince, there’s no evidence that Duke Dallas orchestrated this.”
“If we investigate further…!”
“We have already investigated enough.”
Just like 13 years ago, when his wife Ophelia Ernhardt was poisoned, the Emperor swiftly closed the case.
Despite Joshua’s tearful pleas that a mere maid couldn’t have masterminded it alone, the Emperor didn’t even pretend to listen.
Joshua realized, just as in the past, that this was another cunningly orchestrated plot. The death of Duke Adrian was carried out with the Emperor’s tacit approval.
Regrettably, there was nothing more Joshua could do. He wanted to meet Rosette Dallas and ask if this was Duke Dallas’s doing, but he refrained. It wouldn’t make any difference anyway.
“I will definitely uncover the truth behind my father’s death. As the Duke of Adrian, I won’t let this pass unnoticed.”
He merely resolved himself, looking at Isabelle, who had unexpectedly succeeded her father overnight.
“When I ascend the throne, I’ll reinvestigate this incident.”
Yet, he was too restless to stay idle. Joshua finally visited Rosette Dallas the night before her execution, drunk with an excess of wine.
“Why did you do it?”
“…….”
“Why did you have to kill my master and Daniel! Why!”
He cried out like a child, demanding answers. He didn’t even know what reaction he was expecting from Rosette Dallas.
But again, Rosette Dallas reacted unexpectedly.
With her small, frail body, she shed tears, seemingly regretting the killing of the two men.
Regret? That was laughable. If she truly felt regret, she should never have committed the act in the first place.
“I… I…”
Rosette Dallas faltered, her lips quivering, but she could only cry without speaking further.
There was much he wanted to say, but what was the use now?
“Your execution date has been set.”
“…….”
“Your death won’t bring them back, but it will honor their souls. If you have even a shred of guilt, repent until your last breath.”
Joshua left the room, barely managing those words. But he couldn’t sleep all night.
Will executing Rosette Dallas, a mere pawn of the Lilith Duke and Duke Dallas, really resolve everything? Her death wouldn’t honor the souls of Duke Adrian and Daniel.
‘But what can I do?’
With no master or Daniel, what could he do in this place…!
Overwhelmed by anger, Joshua eventually fell asleep as if fainting.
When he awoke…
“……!”
He had returned to being twelve years old.
“What is this…?”
Initially, he thought it was a dream, but everything felt too vivid. He had never experienced such a realistic dream.
In his confusion, his gaze drifted to the necklace he always wore, with a gemstone shimmering in multiple colors like an opal.
His mother, the Empress of the Empire and the Princess of Ibelin, had given it to him, saying it was a treasure passed down in the Ibelin royal family.
At that time, Ophelia had whispered something meaningful as she placed it in his hand.
This will save you one day.
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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