Casius didn’t know why, whenever his eyes met Lenisha’s, he found himself obediently doing whatever she asked.
Because Lenisha resembled the Duke of Rotera? Was that really the only reason?
Thanks to this, he had ended up playing along with Lexsus’s nonsense.
“Cleanse Rotera’s sins?”
Everyone in the Hientri Empire knew that Rotera had committed no crime.
It was Lexsus who had criminalized Rotera and obliterated it.
“Right! You agree too. Indeed, you know what is natural! Look, everyone! The birth of the new Duke of Rotera! What are you all doing? Everyone should be applauding and congratulating!”
The crowd’s eyes were fixed on Lenisha.
Drinking tea with a serene face.
In those eyes were compassion, sympathy, ridicule, and tension.
Though each looked at Lenisha differently, they were all definitely watching her.
Lexus looked at Lenisha too.
Lexus’s mouth twisted.
“Ah, right. The Empress is here.”
As Lexsus pushed Casius aside, he grabbed Lenisha’s shoulder.
The grip turned her shoulder white. Lenisha clenched her teeth and held back a scream.
“Foolish child.”
Lenisha wasn’t the one who didn’t understand why Lexsus was doing this.
Wasn’t it he who was wrapped tight with malice towards the Rotera family and a damned sense of inferiority?
People looked to Lenisha, only out of the decency that all humans should have.
Lexus could not even bear that with his narrow mind.
Lexus bowed to Lenisha.
Lexus’s lips touched Lenisha’s cheek and then moved to her ear.
It felt like centipedes were crawling all over her body.
Lenisha bore all the humiliation with a pale smile.
“Now, Lenisha. My Empress. Tell me. What does the Empress think? Is the Empress not relieved that Casius can cleanse Rotera’s sins? Hmm?”
Casius barely resisted the urge to throw Lexsus to the ground.
Because Lenisha was bearing it.
And everyone gathered in the banquet hall was enduring it.
In the midst of this, Canaria spoke up.
“Your Majesty, what are you doing? The Emperor is waiting. Please answer quickly.”
Her tone was full of laughter.
Canaria seemed very satisfied with the current situation.
This place was full of incomprehensible things.
Then it happened.
Lenisha raised her thin hand.
Clap.
Clap.
Clap.
The sound of palms colliding resonated through the quiet banquet hall.
Lenisha spoke with a painted smile.
“Your Majesty is right. Thanks to this, Rotera has been rid of disgrace. Thank you, Sir Casius. What are you all doing? We should celebrate this.”
“Ha, hahaha… Yes, we must celebrate!”
“Thank you, Sir Casius! For returning Rotera to us, cleansed!”
The nobles began to clap spasmodically.
Lexus looked on, satisfied.
Lexus pulled away from Lenisha and patted Casius’s shoulder.
“You will inherit Rotera’s rights. And you will receive Hiloshain and some property that Rotera once owned. That should be enough, right?”
He was saying that he would only give the things he had consumed as if they were trash, and then vomited out like waste.
Casius unconsciously glanced at Lenisha.
Lenisha was not looking at him.
Lenisha was an Empress, a person who received people’s respect. Moreover, she had lived as a noble all her life.
But why did she look so weak?
Casius bowed his head and replied.
“Thank you, Your Majesty.”
He wanted to rescue Lenisha from this place, and that was that.
Casius clenched his fist.
His heart pounded as if it would explode.
The anger that he had to endure was ripping his chest, flowing through his veins.
He knew he had to endure. Casius had too many people to protect.
But, Lenisha was…
Lenisha, daughter of Lotera, was not someone to be treated like that.
The daughter they protected, Lotera…
Shuuuu.
A red scale surged over the fist and quickly subsided.
Fortunately, Lexus, who did not notice, returned to his place.
A breathtaking feast began.
“Since we have done our job, let’s start eating. Ah, but. Seeing these two people sitting side by side, don’t they look good together?”
Casius was sure.
The food they ate here would be worse than the sandmixed bread chewed on the battlefield.
Casius pulled down the bowtie he had been choking on.
As expected, everything he ate came up.
He barely endured the nausea that felt like he was going to vomit.
“That thing is an emperor!”
Casius moved his steps roughly.
Other nobles went a different way.
It was suffocating to be mixed with them, so Casius took a detour.
Those who met eyes with the striding Casius wisely avoided him.
Casius, not knowing where he was going, stopped with both hands on his waist.
The clothes he was already wearing had been disheveled long ago.
“Hoo!”
It finally feels like breathing.
Curses randomly floated in his head.
The battlefield felt much better.
It felt like he had fallen into a puppet, watching the emperor’s face and pleasing his taste.
Why She Is Still Unmoved (Female-dominant)
One-line summary: He uses various methods to seek her affection, but she remains unmoved.
Synopsis:
Si Qingyu is a doctor who has saved countless lives and enjoys tranquility.
Luo Shaoxuan is ruthless, deeply scheming, and the top young master in the capital. He admires Si Qingyu.
Luo Shaoxuan: I want to be the only one in your eyes and heart.
Features a cold and calm female lead vs A noble and scheming male lead.
There will be both sweetness and torture towards the male after their marriage.
