In the library of the ducal house, which operated a major trade guild and housed various books, Vialle took out a book related to the underworld and leaned against a bookshelf to read it.
Though the book contained information she already knew, she couldn’t afford to overlook it.
‘Did mother know something?’
The Duchess of Ruschef was originally a commoner from the underworld, a den of criminals. The current duke, then a young lord, fell in love with her during a visit there for some reason.
Though the details were unclear, the duke’s determination led to their marriage despite his family’s opposition.
The duke had silenced protesting relatives and sanitized his wife’s background as a local noblewoman.
Vialle only learned of this when someone drunkenly mentioned it at a family gathering. Shocked, she had tearfully asked her father about its truth.
She still remembered the fleeting expression her father, who never hesitated to show love for his child, had made.
The indiscreet talker and his household were banned from the ducal residence ever since.
Though it seemed a mild punishment, any escalation could have quickly spread the secret of the duchess’s origin.
Since then, Vialle never asked about her mother’s background again.
Her mother, as she remembered, genuinely loved her family and took great care of even the servants.
If her mother had been alive, at least Gaisen wouldn’t have ended up so tragically broken, she mused pointlessly.
Regardless, the most plausible speculation about the first encounter of the Duke and Duchess of Ruschef was that the Duke, like Gaisen, might have been involved in some affairs in the underworld.
‘Then, the Ruschef family is connected to the underworld.’
The family Vialle had loved all this time seemed nothing more than a fantasy, an insubstantial bubble without any real form.
Flooded with despairing thoughts, Vialle bit her lip fiercely.
Now, more than ever, she couldn’t afford to collapse. There were too many people she needed to protect and too much at stake.
‘I have to find out on my own.’
What Gaisen was afraid of, and what he desperately wanted to keep hidden.
As the sun set and the red glow of dusk stretched across the western sky, Vialle consoled herself. Although she hadn’t uncovered anything concrete, she was in a better position than before when she was completely in the dark.
Having never stayed in the library this long before, she got up to avoid any possible misunderstandings.
After putting away the old books, she carefully opened the door, holding a novel in her arms, her heart racing with anxiety. The long corridor felt even longer, and she hastened her steps, wary of being caught.
The ducal residence no longer felt like a safe haven but more like a nest of snakes ready to bare their fangs at any moment.
Fortunately, it was late evening, and she didn’t encounter any servants.
Her earlier indication that she would skip dinner had paid off, allowing her to avoid running into anyone.
Just as Vialle began to breathe a sigh of relief, having confirmed the absence of people around, a cheerful voice from behind made her experience the chilling sensation of her heart dropping.
Turning around stiffly, she faced the last person she wanted to encounter at the moment.
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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