Initially, she thought Dension just bought pudding for the knights, but after meeting him, she couldn’t help but notice.
Despite his efforts to hide it, his dimples and upturned lips when eating pudding were unmistakable.
Viare used to burst into laughter seeing this side of him.
Realizing the Dension before her still enjoyed pudding brought a mix of happiness and melancholy to her smile.
Watching her, unaware of the reason, Dension asked with a curious look, “…Why is that?”
“You remind me of someone I know.”
“Hmm, that person must be handsome then.”
His playful reply prompted Viare to nod and respond, “Yes, as handsome as you, Count.”
‘Actually, it’s you.’
Sipping her tea, Viare glanced subtly at Dension.
His slightly reddened ears and neck hinted at his embarrassment.
The Dension of both then and now blushed easily at compliments, a fact that brought a bitter smile to Viare’s face.
She had never imagined she would sit across from him again, drinking tea.
Over the past few years, she had tried hard to see him from a distance but never managed to, leading her to abandon hope.
‘What expression should I wear right now…?’
Sitting across from Dension, the man she longed for, Viare felt an overwhelming mix of happiness and complexity. The memories of a time she could never return to were so vivid that it caused a deep ache in her heart.
Even with Dension right before her eyes, she still yearned for him. Viare felt her heart constricting, involuntarily leaving nail marks on her palm.
She didn’t want to show him more tears, but they seemed to flow endlessly whenever she saw him.
Finally, the tears falling made her bow her head in sadness, but soon she felt a firm hand approaching. Dension, like in their past life, was offering her the same handkerchief.
It was the handkerchief that the former Lady Verdeum had embroidered for her son. His kindness in offering such a precious item only deepened her pain.
“…….”
“You must have been very important to the lady.”
Though her blurred vision prevented her from seeing his expression, Dension’s voice was even calmer than usual.
Until the time she traveled back, solitude meant nothing to her. However, each time she faced the reality that he no longer remembered her or their shared memories, she felt an endless collapse within.
‘Even now, and in the future, there will be no one as precious as you.’
Unable to convey these feelings to him, she just cried silently, unable to respond.
Overwhelmed and feeling unable to face him any longer, Viare wiped her tears with her sleeve and said, “I’ll just take your kind offer in my heart.”
Knowing how precious the handkerchief was to him, she couldn’t accept it carelessly.
Dension, sending an indescribable look, sighed lightly and responded, “…Understood.”
This meeting with Dension might be their last, as nothing ever seemed to go as she hoped when it came to him.
Pushing her troubled emotions aside, Viare stood up and performed a light bow.
“I shall take my leave first.”
Leaving Dension, who seemed about to say something, behind, she quickly left the dessert café.
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
