“A Celebration in Honor of the Duke of Torpheo’s Return.”
True to a banquet hosted by the Crown Prince himself, the ballroom was lavishly decorated and boasted a grand scale.
As the banquet began, the Crown Prince made his appearance. Everyone bowed in respect to the Crown Prince’s arrival.
“That’s enough. Raise your heads. I am not the main character here.”
The Crown Prince entered the ballroom fashionably late, as if he were the main character of the event. After his grand entrance, the doors of the ballroom were firmly closed.
“When will the Duke arrive?”
“The doors are closed. Has he already arrived?”
People murmured among themselves, noting the absence of the Duke of Torpheo, the guest of honor.
Yet, no one dared to ask the Crown Prince directly, knowing his fiery temperament.
Everyone was merely watching, wary that sparks might fly on such a joyous occasion.
As if aware of everyone’s curiosity, the Crown Prince began to speak.
“The Duke encountered trouble during his expedition. He is unwell, so I advised him to rest comfortably at his castle.”
The guest of honor, the Duke, not attending his own celebration. The ballroom buzzed with this news.
“The Duke went on an expedition?”
“That’s what he said. It’s a pity.”
The nobles, who had been chattering, suddenly fell silent under the Crown Prince’s piercing gaze.
Their fear was palpable; it wouldn’t be surprising if the unpredictable Crown Prince suddenly drew his sword and started a massacre.
However, contrary to everyone’s fear, the Crown Prince laughed heartily and spoke loudly.
“But, I couldn’t wait to share this joyful news. Let’s all congratulate the only Duke in our empire for acquiring a Duchess to manage his household.”
“A Duchess for the Duke’s family? Wasn’t the Duke engaged to someone from a Count’s family?”
“Watch your words! When did the Duke’s engagement break? Did he get engaged anew?”
The ballroom began to buzz again with the Crown Prince’s announcement.
He smirked meaningfully, closing his eyes as if to savor the orchestra of murmurs.
After enjoying the moment, the Crown Prince intentionally knocked his glass against the tray a servant was holding, drawing everyone’s attention.
“The empire almost lost its only Duke. If it weren’t for that commoner woman.”
“The Duke nearly died?”
“A commoner woman?”
The nobles couldn’t contain their curiosity at the Crown Prince’s words.
“The empire owes such a great debt to the commoner who saved our only Duke. It would be too cruel to leave her as just a mistress because she is a commoner.”
“Really? The Duke took a commoner as his mistress? So, she’s the one?”
“No, could it be…?”
Anticipating the nobles’ whispers, the Crown Prince raised the corner of his mouth.
“Therefore, the royal family will accept Lady Del as a noble. From today, she will be recognized as the Duchess.”
The Crown Prince’s announcement was more of a decree.
Rewarding her with the title of Duchess for saving the Duke’s life.
The Crown Prince read the astonishment spreading across the faces of the nobles, lifting his lips even higher in satisfaction.
“Let’s all enjoy this celebration, marking the safe return of the Duke and welcoming the new Duchess.”
After making his shocking declaration, the Crown Prince left the ballroom abruptly.
With his departure, the social circle was enveloped in two different atmospheres.
“A commoner becoming a Duchess? Is this even reasonable?”
“Even if she saved the Duke, it’s the downfall of the Duke’s noble lineage.”
The nobility was abuzz with mixed reactions to the Crown Prince’s startling revelation.
Those who dared not accept a commoner into the noble society and the ladies, particularly Lady Ingrid, Duchess, who were eagerly gossiping.
The Duke of Credion watched everything happening at the banquet from a distance.
‘That Iron Duke has fallen for a commoner’s mistress.’
Severus’s lips twisted as he crossed his arms, recalling the Duke of Torpheo he only encountered at hunting events or significant royal occasions.
With jet-black hair and crimson eyes that tolerated not a speck of impurity.
Although the Duke’s family had once produced an empress, it was a tale of the past. The family declined after the empress became a former empress. Yet,
‘It hasn’t declined to the extent of accepting a commoner’s mistress as a Duchess.’
Even so, Torpheo remained the only ducal family in the empire. If one traced back, the family was connected to the royal bloodline.
The Crown Prince Trajan’s intent to unite the Duke with a mistress must have also involved the empress’s influence.
The union of noble blood and a commoner.
“It fits rather well.”
The Duke of Credion left the banquet with a meaningful expression, unaware that the mistress was his daughter, Adeline.
Adeline sat on the terrace, taking deep breaths of fresh air.
The crisp air seemed to awaken her mind, and watching the sunset turn red brought peace to her heart.
The family doctor’s words weren’t wrong.
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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