“I, I can.”
Helena’s voice trembled slightly.
Levanfell extended her hand to Helena with a smiling face.
“Thank you, Helena.”
At that, Helena’s face turned red.
She repeated to herself dozens of times that it was fortunate she could work for Levanfell.
(This is a time separator.)
Levanfell called for the attending physician who had been treating Henry.
Panicked by anxiety, Henry’s screams resounded in the room.
Levanfell slowly curved her lips.
“Silence the talk of poison.”
“My lady…!”
“Let it be known that Henry became like this due to an endemic disease from Hilosha. There must be a mention of such a disease in the medical books, right?”
At Levanfell’s words, the doctor slowly nodded his head.
“It is not difficult. But, the head servant did ask if it was not poison.”
“You’ll have to dodge that question skillfully, won’t you? Don’t you know that everything starts and ends with words?”
The doctor made a tense expression.
“I will try.”
Levanfell smiled gently.
“A maid who will take care of Henry will arrive soon. Accept her help.”
“Yes, my lady.”
Levanfell straightened her waist and watched the room where Henry was for a while.
Henry would not inform the Emperor about what happened to him, even to hide the fact that his value had fallen.
He would have nothing left after being abandoned.
He might, however, strive to spread Levanfell’s weakness.
‘There’s no other way, Henry. Isn’t it?’
She knew that yesterday’s ally could become today’s enemy.
And Henry was yesterday’s ally.
He had become an enemy today.
Levanfell’s lips slowly curled.
Knowing the enemy leads to victory.
Levanfell believed that Helena would do well.
(This is a time separator.)
Levanfell took a deep breath.
This morning was too long.
Isabella, who had been quietly staying in the room as instructed, ran towards Levanfell upon discovering her.
“Aunt.”
Her small voice, choked as though something was blocking her throat, called her.
“Isabella, were you scared?”
Isabella hesitated before nodding her head.
“Everyone said it’s nothing… but they wouldn’t lock me up for no reason. They wouldn’t let me see you even when I said I wanted to.”
“Isabella, I think you’re stronger than you believe.”
“Aunt…?”
Isabella raised her head.
Looking at those large gray eyes that took up half of her small face, Levanfell frowned.
She tenderly touched the child’s eyes.
Looking at these eyes, at the short hair, at the scars on her back, how torn must Brixton and Hailin’s hearts be?
Levanfell also felt a choking sensation.
“Isabella, we found your parents.”
“Wwhat?”
Isabella turned pale.
Lenisha gently stroked the panting child’s back.
“Breathe slowly. You’re just startled. You can do it, right?”
Holding Isabella’s small hand tightly, Lenisha helped her breathe together.
Isabella finally regained her composure after a while.
Isabella’s small face was soaked with scalding tears.
“Mom and Dad……?”
“Yes.”
“Ah, ah…….”
Isabella’s lips faltered.
“They, they didn’t go back?”
“Yes.”
“I, I am…… I am…….”
Isabella panted, her face showing that she didn’t know what to say.
“Th, they went back…….”
“Isabella…….”
Lenisha bent her knee to match Isabella’s eye level.
Looking into Isabella’s big eyes, Lenisha whispered.
“They didn’t go back. They have been looking for Isabella all this time. And now, they’re here to see Isabella.”
It was as slow as possible for Isabella to understand.
“If Isabella is ready, we’ll go see them now, but…….”
“Now, right now!”
Isabella shouted with a strained voice.
“I want to see them right now.”
Isabella’s voice trembled.
“……Yes.”
Lenisha gently wiped Isabella’s tears.
“Let’s do that.”
Isabella nodded her head vigorously.
(This is a time delimiter.)
Brixton and Hailin thought it would be okay in any form as long as the child was alive.
It would be alright without a leg or an arm, just please be alive and well.
However, they had clearly overlooked the impact that fearful imagination could have when it became a reality.
“I, Isabella……! Your appearance……!”
“It’s said to be because of poison.”
Lenisha answered in as calm a voice as possible.
Hailin’s eyes turned to Lenisha.
“Po, poison? To this little child……?”
“Mom, I’m fine now. I’m really okay…… I’m not hurt anywhere…….”
“Ah, ah…….”
Hailin retched, tears pouring out.
Unable to even touch her child, Hailin collapsed beside Brixton, who was also there.
Brixton, too, couldn’t say a word, holding Isabella’s hand.
Lenisha turned her head.
“Isabella, Isabella, our daughter! Huh……! How painful it must have been, how tormenting! Weren’t you scared?”
Brixton spat out.
The voice, barely taking the form of words, trembled hopelessly.
Isabella smiled awkwardly and nodded her head.
“It was okay…….”
“Isabella, be honest. We promised.”
At Lenisha’s words, Isabella pouted her lips and then said.
“……I was, really, really scared. Wh, whaaaaaaaa!”
Male lead fell into her trap — and shattered when she walked away
This is also on my reread list!
This one is a slow burn, but when it burns, it burns hard.
Definitely worth a read, y’all!
The story follows a thousand-year-old seductive spirit who, on a bet, sets out to charm the male lead—a once-promising but unfortunate cultivator.
But just when she succeeds in making him fall for her, she heartlessly leaves, driving him to madness.
Determined to find her at all costs, he captures her, keeping her by his side no matter what, even if she hates him.
I love this kind of trope—I enjoy watching the male lead suffer in agony.
The ending drags a bit with unnecessary filler, but that’s fine.
As long as I enjoy the beginning, I’m good.
Intro
As an enchantress, Su Heng possesses captivating eyes and charming beauty, easily manipulating the joys and sorrows of living beings at her fingertips.
But to enchant a god, making him taste the bitterness of love’s separation, long-lasting resentment, unattainable desires, and inability to let go…
Do you dare?
Su Heng assists a divine lord in his cultivation, aiming to make him experience all the sufferings of love, so that he can attain the Great Dao.
Only after being chased down from the heavens by the divine lord, confined and completely possessed by him, does she realize how successful she has been.
The once gentle and polite youth has transformed into someone she no longer recognizes.
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