“We’ll deal with that separately. For now, call Heishi.”
“Understood.”
After the salute, as Alex turned to leave, Leharht looked at him with eyes that had something to say.
“But…”
“Yes, Your Highness?”
“Is Fernando here?”
Fernando stood on the top of the mountain. The view from the highest point was magnificent, but what Fernando saw wasn’t something like nature.
A castle standing tall in the distance. It wasn’t as grand as the Hwangseong, but it was a fairly sturdy castle. As Fernando looked at the Suprahu Duchy Castle, his eyes scanned the mercenaries surrounding the castle.
Usually, barriers are created to prevent intrusions, but the barriers of the Suprahu Duchy were created for a different reason.
The water flowing through the barrier was creating its own flow. It wasn’t the wind but water pushing and flowing against water. Fernando’s gaze followed that stream of water.
The water path leading to the barrier disappeared behind the Duchy Castle, entering the mountains and concealing its form.
“[Follow the path created by water.]”
Looking at Mitri was merely an incidental matter.
[If you can use the power of water, you can obtain anything.]That’s what Father said. Now it was Fernando’s turn to take the secret passed down through generations in the family. Soon, Fernando’s figure vanished.
“Miss!”
Etien, who was walking towards where Prince Leharht disappeared, raised her head at the familiar voice.
“Butler?”
Wondering why the person who should be at home was here, she looked at him, and the butler approached and hugged her.
“I was worried.”
Momentarily taken aback by the force of the butler’s embrace, she smiled at his voice full of concern.
It seemed like their meeting a while ago when Alex came calling for Leharht made her a bit envious. So, seeing the butler now was genuinely heartwarming.
Etien closed her eyes and took a deep breath within the warm embrace of the butler. Meeting someone who cared for her as much as her parents did brought an indescribable sense of calm to her heart.
I’ve truly returned. In the midst of the events that unfolded in the past two days, she had momentarily forgotten the peaceful days she had enjoyed before.
“I’m fine. I didn’t get hurt anywhere.”
She could have been injured when falling, but she was unharmed because the two men cushioned her fall.
“That’s a relief.”
“Yeah…”
Etien stayed a bit longer in the butler’s embrace before pulling away and looking at his face.
“But how did you get here?”
Since news should have been relayed after I fell, there was no way information could have reached the mansion so quickly. Yet, the butler was here, and she wondered what had happened.
“You left, and I followed soon after.”
“Me?”
“Yes. Lord Viscount sent me.”
“Then you’ve been nearby all this time?”
“That’s correct.”
“Even when I was going through hardships, living on the streets?”
“Yes.”
As the conversation continued, various emotions surfaced on Etien’s face.
“You watched me suffer without a care in the world? Huh?”
“I felt sorry for you. But what could I do? I couldn’t go against the orders of His Highness the Prince.”
The butler raised both hands in a gesture that seemed to convey his helplessness. Initially taken aback by his nonchalant response, Etien sighed and soon accepted it. The butler’s words were not entirely wrong.
“Then did people from other noble families follow too?”
“Some noble families moved just like me.”
The butler, revealing the truth, draped a blanket over Etien’s shoulders. Although it felt rustic wrapped over her coat, Etien hugged the blanket, thinking it reflected the butler’s sentiment.
“How about we talk after you’ve washed up? I’ll prepare a meal so you can eat right after.”
Feeling a sense of relaxation as if she had returned home, Etien exhaled a relieved sigh and smiled.
“Please.”
Perhaps due to the accumulated fatigue, Etien, who had felt quite exhausted, suddenly looked around.
It seemed like a different mountain from the one where I descended, where the Mietri tree was. Moreover, seeing that the butler brought a carriage, it seemed like someone had informed in advance.
Was it the Prince who left first? Or…
“Did Fernando happen to come here?”
“If it’s Lord Viscount Supraher, I haven’t seen him.”
“Really? But how did you know I was coming this way?”
“Assistant Alex informed me.”
With the confirmation that it wasn’t Fernando, Etien nodded in understanding without saying anything else.
‘Where did he go?’
In her past life, Etien didn’t hear any mention of Fernando visiting anywhere after seeing the Mietri tree. So, either he didn’t go anywhere before or, if he did, he kept it a secret.
‘I can’t know everything.’
Etien quickly organized her thoughts. It wasn’t necessary for her to dig deep into where he went, no matter where he went.
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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