But now, within those pink eyes, a woman twisted with hatred and malice sat, with a veil covering her.
“Do you think I look sane? What terrible thing could I not do that I think I’m sane?”
Barbara unconsciously stepped back from Lenisha.
Her body shook involuntarily.
“So it’s better to confess the truth, Barbara. Even if you meet a miserable death here, I won’t bat an eye. Do you think the world will come looking for you? Not even Canary is looking for you?”
“C-Canary…?”
“He came yesterday.”
He came to Casius’s mansion.
In just one night, he had become disheveled, and shadows had formed under his eyes.
“Your master accurately assessed the situation. He knew no one would help him. He knew the only solution was me.”
“S-So…?”
“That’s it, Barbara. Canary only did that. He came to ask about your well-being. He rolled his eyes and searched for you. He asked about your health with pride in having the emperor’s child. Then who will save you?”
Barbara’s pupils dilated.
She thought she shouldn’t expect, but a sense of betrayal flipped her insides.
Barbara knew Canary was a selfish person.
While Barbara chewed her lips with a meager sense of loyalty, Canary didn’t even try to kneel.
“Emperor’s child?! On a topic about a seed of an unknown man!”
Barbara shouted hysterically.
“That child… is the child of my lover. I allowed a man whose identity I didn’t even know to have a body that should be allowed only by the emperor! I said I would become empress for having a child!”
Barbara pounded the floor with her fist.
“I know everything! I know everything!!”
“So, where is the father of that child?”
“He’s dead. Some inexperienced woman learned somewhere that she should kill a man after having a child. That’s what she said.”
Hot tears streamed down.
What did Barbara strive for so hard in the end?
She even handed over poison to her lover.
But now, all she could think of was a cool glass of water and warm soup.
Anything that could fill her stomach was welcomed.
“You have to take responsibility for those words, Barbara. Do you have evidence?”
“W-Witness! There’s a witness!”
Barbara shouted desperately.
Yes.
She thought Canary, anticipating being abandoned, would leave something behind.
“Canary spent time with the man, the villa caretaker. She knows everything. She promised to keep her mouth shut for money!”
Lenisha’s smile deepened.
Turiel looked at Lenisha with an ecstatic expression.
“Turiel.”
“Yes.”
“We need to get that woman.”
“I will take care of it.”
Food was thrown in front of Barbara.
Barbara begrudgingly ate it with a look of disgust.
The door that had confined her opened, but Barbara only realized after coming out that she had nowhere else to go.
Meanwhile, Casius heard the story of an unidentified corpse being found outside the institute and headed there.
The knights of Viscount Calliot had returned, but he was not among them, so they were investigating.
The knights who used to get along well with Casius in Hiloshine were now avoiding him.
When asked about the whereabouts of Viscount Calliot, they sealed their lips and only shook their heads.
They said there was nothing they could say.
He was sure something had happened.
“…Are you here?”
Casius knelt on the floor.
The image of Viscount Calliot, who smiled at him before leaving, came to mind.
If he had known it would be the last time, he would have held onto him longer.
Casius bit his lips with a heart-wrenching feeling.
When Viscount Calliot agreed to meet him when he requested learning at the institute, the experienced knight, like Viscount Calliot, would not have expected this outcome.
If a seasoned knight like Viscount Calliot was left alone like this, there must have been a traitor inside.
His heart was overwhelmed by the machinations of cruel people.
“I will escort you, my lord.”
Casius covered the body of Viscount Calliot with the blanket he had in his hands.
Various regrets overwhelmed him.
He should have assigned him Hiloshine’s knights.
No, Casius should have personally…
“Your Grace.”
As if understanding what he was thinking, a subordinate knight raised his head.
Casius slowly got up.
“It’s not your fault.”
“Let’s find out in detail what happened. It seems to be a death by someone else’s hand.”
“Yes, Your Grace.”
The knights lifted Viscount Calliot’s body.
The corpse torn apart by wild beasts seemed incredibly light.
It was an unjust death for a knight who had dominated an era.
Casius clenched his fist.
He would definitely uncover the whole story of this death.
And soon, Casius knew who the culprit was.
Gael Calliot.
He had risen to the position of the new Viscount Calliot, appointed by Lexes!
The culprit was right there.
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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