Trampled and Broken (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 11
“I don’t think I said anything particularly wrong, yet you’re nitpicking.”
“I’m simply advising you to show some courtesy!”
Angela raised her voice again, grating on Aslan’s nerves.
Fearing that her maid might come to harm, Hestia quickly exhaled and stopped Angela.
“That’s enough, Angela. Stop it.”
“But, Princess…!”
Hestia was firm.
“Stop, Angela.”
She was well aware of her maid’s loyalty. She was always grateful for it, but in this situation, it was honestly just a hindrance.
“I have something to discuss with Duke Kalati. So please leave us for a moment.”
Angela turned to look at her with eyes that said she hadn’t expected Hestia to give her such an order. Hesitating as if it were difficult to comply, fidgeting, Hestia eventually spoke sternly once more with emphasis.
“Hurry.”
“…Understood, Princess. I’ll be outside, so if anything happens…”
As Angela glanced at Aslan and continued, Hestia sighed and shook her head.
“That won’t happen. Duke Kalati isn’t the type to do such a thing.”
Worried that Angela might make another blunder, Hestia cut her off mid-sentence.
After hesitating a bit longer, Angela carefully stepped out of the audience chamber.
Aslan gave a chin gesture to his subordinates who had been waiting behind him.
“You all leave as well.”
“…Yes, Your Excellency.”
Unlike Angela, Aslan’s subordinates added no words, silently nodding and turning toward the entrance.
But even so, each of them glanced at Hestia at least once.
Their gazes, like their master’s, were far from kind, and every time one brushed against her, Hestia had to bite the tender flesh inside her mouth.
Finally, only Hestia and Aslan remained in the audience chamber.
It was Hestia who spoke first.
“I’d prefer if you didn’t act so sharply. I only spoke to you because I wanted to ask after your well-being.”
But Aslan’s demeanor did not soften in the slightest.
He even looked angrier at her response.
“Suddenly curious about my well-being…?”
He sneered as if he’d heard a funny joke.
“Am I supposed to foolishly believe that obvious lie? Or are you trying to toy with me again?”
At his added words, Hestia closed her eyes tightly, holding her breath.
〈Was it fun? Toying with me, I mean.〉
It felt as if the words he’d said to her in the past were overlapping.
Barely opening her eyes again, Hestia soon flinched and shuddered.
For a moment, his attitude felt threatening, and without realizing it, she took a couple of steps back.
Seeing that, Aslan’s sharp gaze grew even keener.
“Just be honest. There’s no one else here to hear us.”
“…”
He curled the corner of his mouth.
The smile of a man not prone to levity was exceedingly sharp. Enough to shred her heart to pieces.
“After avoiding me for six years, I’m curious what you suddenly have to say now.”
The single sentence he spat out, as if chewing it, was like magic.
From the moment she saw Aslan’s face, she had been anxiously thinking, ‘I need to speak up soon,’ ‘I need to bring it up soon,’ but it sealed her lips.
Her violet eyes, looking up at him, wavered.
He was gazing down at her with the same cold, sarcastic expression as at the beginning.
Her heart ached at his attitude, as if even this brief moment face-to-face was unbearable.
Hestia knew in her head. She was the one who needed to bow now.
But she hadn’t even properly started the real conversation yet—did he have to be this cold just for dealing with her?
Strangely, emotions kept welling up inside her.
‘Will this man listen to me seriously?’
She had resolved to endure his coldness to some extent.
That’s why she decided to hide her true secret.
Yet.
Even so.
Hestia felt resentful toward Aslan.
‘I know better than anyone that we’re not in a relationship where I should feel this way…’
Why couldn’t she pull herself together?
Hestia raised a trembling hand, covering her face as if to hide her crumbling expression.
“Surely…”
“Hm?”
With her eyes tightly shut, Hestia opened her mouth.
Her voice in that short moment was utterly weary.
“Surely, do you only feel satisfied by mocking everything about me?”
Reason told her several times not to say it, but strangely, her lips parted on their own.
Meanwhile, Aslan paused after hearing her words, choosing his next ones.
“Hmm.”
It seemed he was trying to discern her intentions behind saying this to him.
She felt his persistent gaze, as if scrutinizing her expression, but since Hestia kept her face covered, it was soon withdrawn.
“Not really.”
“…”
The words that seemed about to end briefly soon turned into cold sarcasm and continued.
“But no matter what I say, the princess doesn’t shed a single tear, so somehow it makes me spiteful.”
Hestia bit hard on the tender flesh inside her mouth.
Composing her expression, she lowered the hand covering her face.
Then, with unwavering eyes, she properly met Aslan’s gaze.
“Then I suppose I should return the word ‘not really’ to you as well.”
“What do you mean?”
As Hestia inhaled, her modest chest heaved.
“You can treat me harshly if you want. But at the very least, I’m asking you to be mindful of your attitude in front of others.”
Aslan snorted.
“And here I thought it was something else—you’re saying you expect proper treatment.”
“That’s not it…”
Hestia slightly frowned, trying to explain further, but Aslan showed no sign of listening.
“To dismiss everyone just to nag about something so trivial. How impressive.”
“Duke.”
“By the way, Princess.”
Aslan’s voice turned icy in an instant.
“Before expecting such words or attitude from me, don’t you have something you need to say first?”
With a face that said she didn’t understand, Hestia tilted her head, narrowing her brows.
“…Me, to you?”
At her actions, Aslan’s face hardened stiffly.
“Hearing that, I understand well now. That you’ve lived all this time without a shred of remorse or hesitation.”
He took a deep breath, as if swallowing his anger.
“It wasn’t even worth hearing. Feels like I wasted my time for nothing.”
Tch, clicking his tongue roughly, he ran his large hand carelessly through his hair.
“As I said earlier, who would dare say anything if I act insolently? Even His Majesty can’t say a word right now. Ah.”
He paused briefly, then let out a wry smile.
“Or rather, he doesn’t?”
That slow remark was laced heavily with self-mockery.
Hestia couldn’t deny it.
Because what Aslan suspected was correct.
Aslan showed Yorgos the bare minimum of courtesy and nothing more.
He neither respected nor revered him, yet despite that, Yorgos gave no particular warning about Aslan’s insolent attitude.
Because if he spoke harshly and Aslan’s mood soured, losing the shield that protected the north, he would have to bear the full consequences himself.
Moreover, since Aslan was the only scapegoat to cover his own incompetence, he tended to let it slide on purpose.
“Or perhaps, as everyone says, they think I truly am a barbarian who knows no manners.”
Aslan added bitterly, as if muttering, twisting his lips.
“Anyway, I have not the slightest intention of showing you courtesy.”
Aslan seemed intent on ending this meeting quickly.
“If that displeases you, let’s just go on as before. You avoid me when you see me, and I avoid you when I see you.”
Clicking his tongue briefly, he put force into each and every syllable until the end, as if chewing tough meat.
“Wouldn’t that be better for both of us?”
Aslan’s golden eyes flashed with anger as he glanced at Hestia.
Then, without hesitation, he averted his gaze.
“It’d be best if I leave now. Constructive conversation between us was doomed from the start.”
After unilaterally pouring out sarcasm and anger, Aslan turned around.
Hestia had no choice but to panic.
“Wait a moment. Duke, my words aren’t finished yet.”
No, she hadn’t even started the main point. She couldn’t let him go like this and hurriedly stepped forward, but the difference in their strides was so great that there was no way to catch Aslan as he grew farther away.
“Duke!”
Her heart urgent, Hestia raised her voice.
At the sound of her voice from behind, Aslan’s steps halted abruptly.
But he still didn’t turn around.
Hestia raised her voice again and again to regain Aslan’s gaze, which had already left her.
“Marriage, I want to get married!”
Male lead first thought she played hard to get, only to realize she
really disliked him
Short intro:
What she can’t stand the most is the streets full of effeminate men, especially that so-called top beauty whom she avoids at all costs.
Shen Yaoxing looks at Jiang Mingyue, who keeps approaching her with coy shyness.
Shen Yaoxing: Bro, don’t be like this, I’m really about to throw up!
She fears nothing in heaven or earth, except for him getting close to her.
*
At first he thought she was just using the trick of feigning indifference to attract his attention. Later, he learned that she truly despised him.
This dealt a heavy blow to Jiang Mingyue, and he vowed to make her, like everyone else, fall at his feet in worship!
***
Synopsis:
Before transmigrating, Shen Yaoxing only wanted to find a reliable man to spend her life with. Who knew that after transmigrating, she would become a reliable woman herself…
A forced misandrist, highly skilled, and reliable female lead
vs.
An initially aloof and arrogant, later morbid, obsessed male lead
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