“Hahaha. My husband is even cute when he’s jealous.”
Lenisha pressed her lips firmly against Casius’s shoulder.
Casius clenched his teeth and closed his eyes.
Lenisha was doing this knowingly.
Knowing that Casius had a hard time enduring the stimulus she gave…
Casius writhed.
He, who had Lenisha beneath him, gripped her cheek.
A shadow fell over Lenisha.
“Answer me, Lenisha. Have you done this before?”
“Casius. I swear on you. I’ve never done this with the Emperor. You’re the only one for me.”
The strength drained from Casius’s shoulders.
His coiled heart uncoiled again after hearing the desired answer.
Lenisha pressed her lips to Casius’s cheek, displaying her emotions.
“My cute puppy, my husband.”
Lenisha embraced Casius like a vine.
Casius thought he had broken Lenisha’s composure.
And he was right.
Casius kept breathing hope into Lenisha, who had given up everything.
That she could live like a human, that she could be happy.
That she could be loved.
Casius kept filling her with what she had given up.
So, he tried to let go.
‘It was a futile effort.’
Pride in letting go of what one already had was not right.
Lenisha intertwined her body with Casius’s hot flesh.
The chilled air between the two heated up again.
“You’re the only one for me.”
At Lenisha’s sweet whisper, Casius was helplessly conquered.
(This is a time separator.)
Lexus laughed sneeringly as he stared at the foreign minister standing before him.
“I know the prince of Shamdir is preparing to leave, too. But so what?”
“Shamdir is a strong ally of Hientri. It’s right to protect the prince before something happens to him.”
“Aha. So the foreign minister has moved his heavy bottom to come here.”
Lexus clapped.
“You’re right. If something happens to Prince Meteo, we will be in trouble. So, what do you propose?”
“I believe it would be right to have Count Caliet escort Prince Meteo.”
“Count Caliet? I thought you two weren’t on good terms.”
“That’s separate from working for Hientri.”
Lexus, with narrowed eyes, sized up the foreign minister.
Count Caliett may have harbored resentment against Lexus, but the person standing before him rather harbored resentment against Lenisha.
When Lenisha became the Empress and Lexus became the Emperor, the prince he had pushed for was overthrown.
Thanks to that, he had to lose his only daughter, who had been the crown princess.
That does not mean Count Caliett had any relationship with Lenisha.
Count Caliett was originally a person like a proud wolf living alone in the world.
It was difficult to think that Count Caliett or the foreign minister had other intentions.
‘Perhaps a public one might be better.’
Lexus, who had already secured the followers to attach to Meteo’s back, licked his lips with his tongue.
There were no flaws in their words.
Whatever Meteo was doing and moving around here, he was the guest of the empire.
It was also the Emperor’s duty to safely protect him and send him back.
“Send a formal letter to Count Caliett. Prince Meteo wants to stop by Hiloshain before returning, so have him escorted on that path. And give the order to confirm Prince Meteo’s safe departure and return.”
“Yes, Your Majesty.”
Lexus smiled faintly.
“I feel reassured with you here. Don’t I have a wedding this weekend? Only two days left.”
“Congratulations, Your Majesty.”
“I’m sorry I couldn’t invite you.”
He spoke like a sane person, but no one was unaware of the madness turning in Lexus’s eyes.
The foreign minister bowed his head further to avoid Lexus’s eyes.
It was a gaze that seemed to dig into one’s inner thoughts.
“Take good care of Canary. Isn’t she a lovely person?”
Lexus spoke in an affectionate voice.
However, the foreign minister could not miss the thorn in those words.
To think of the future Empress only fondly.
He really intends to create a song to celebrate the Empress.
A bird trapped in a cage is naturally pitiful.
Lexus tapped the foreign minister’s shoulder.
“Ah. While you’re at it, would you ask Count Caliett about Lenisha’s wellbeing? I must take care of Lenisha. Now, isn’t Lenisha left with only me?”
Lexus smiled coldly.
His face, like a blade, made the foreign minister swallow.
“What can a mere slave knight do for Lenisha? Tell Count Caliett. If Lenisha is struggling and suffering, I will let her live in the institution.”
It was a tone full of mockery.
Yet why Lexus looked so anxious was inexplicable.
“……Yes, Your Majesty.”
“I want to see Lenisha.”
It was a word whose intention could not be known at all.
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
