That’s when it happened.
The sound suddenly became rich.
Liz opened her eyes and looked to the side.
She didn’t even realize that someone was next to her because she was intoxicated with the music. Now she saw him.
‘Kain?’
Kain began to play the second part.
Liz was startled and tried to lift her hand. Then Kain winked, smiling brightly.
“Keep going. Don’t stop.”
Has this ever happened?
No… rather, did she know that Kain could play the piano?
There were times when he was standing behind her when she played. No, many times.
She often showed off her piano skills to seduce Kain.
But she never sat down and played together. The original didn’t even say that Kain could play the piano, did it?
And he plays so well?
Liz was amazed to see Kain expressing the music more delicately, more freely, and more richly than herself.
She suddenly wanted to hide in a mouse hole.
How much must he have laughed at her worthless playing?
It would have been nice if she had known that he was the crown prince earlier.
That the royal family received all kinds of artistic education, including literary and military, before turning three, would have been nice to know then, right?
But she didn’t dislike the situation itself.
Rather, as the song progressed, his playing instilled confidence in Liz.
His low and solid sounds well supported Liz’s high and anxious ones.
Finally, the song reached its climax, and their hands crossed.
Kain’s arm came between Liz’s arms, and his little finger brushed against Liz’s thumb.
But… why?
Liz was startled for a moment by the peculiar sensation that tickled her heart.
What is it?
Was she too engrossed in the music?
Could her excited nerves interpret even this subtle touch as stimulating?
While she was wondering, Kain’s hand moved away again.
Phew.
Feeling her shoulders sink with a small sigh, Liz realized that she hadn’t been breathing all along.
It seemed funny the more she thought about it.
What’s the big deal about just one finger touching?
They held hands, hugged, and even touched bare skin during the last underwater rehabilitation.
It was all because of the music.
Music has a disarming effect, so perhaps the aversion she had felt toward Kain had temporarily disappeared.
Anyway, if she put aside the aversion, Kain was a pretty decent guy. Handsome, affectionate, and a reliable man.
That kind of man’s voluntary touch could be quite enchanting.
Thinking that way, she felt at ease and was able to enjoy playing again. But…
That thought was fleeting.
As she watched Kain’s finger slowly creeping back toward her like a spider leg, Liz’s heart began to beat faster.
A little while ago, the thrilling sensation she had felt gave Liz a sense of terror.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
At her sudden tantrum, Kain’s hand stopped in the middle of the keyboard.
He looked at Liz, his eyes wide open.
“Why are you doing this? Did I make a mistake?”
“No, I just want to stop.”
Liz answered curtly without making eye contact.
“Why? It was fun.”
“I’m not having fun.”
“Oh… I see. Nothing can be done then.”
Kain wore a slightly sullen expression.
“You never said you could play the piano.”
Liz asked, standing up.
“…Didn’t I? I learned a bit in the countryside when I was young. The music teacher lived next door.”
“Oh… Is that so?”
How long was he going to talk about that darn countryside?
“Anyway, don’t interfere with my playing. I don’t like playing with anyone.”
“Really? I thought you wanted to play together, so I joined in.”
“Me? When did I?”
“Your piano playing sounded like that. Like you want to play with someone…that’s what.”
Liz thought.
This man, all his senses are keenly honed.
“You played well today.”
Kain said to Liz, who was just about to turn and leave.
“Each note is alive, shall we say? A living performance, like a dance.”
“……”
That was something she had always wanted to hear from Kain.
And something she had never heard during the time when she was obsessed with seducing him.
‘Really, what you desire is not given when you want it most.’
The tickling feeling in her heart from before began to reappear. Even without physical touch this time.
“……I’ll go now.”
Liz turned hastily, scraping her chest so it wouldn’t show.
After she left and Kain was alone, he finally burst into quiet laughter.
“Cute.”
His round and innocent eyes changed back to their original deep gaze.
Slowly blinking his eyes, they deepened further, and the aquamarine color of the seawater in them gradually turned dark turquoise.
He looked back at the piano, with which he had shared a secret exchange just moments ago,
And because it was wellpolished, he could see his face at a glance.
A face he had lived with for ten years, alternating with his real face.
A face that even he sometimes confused as to which was the real one.
A face that needed to be dealt with soon… it had to be.
Suddenly, the smile disappeared from his face.
‘There is someone I like.’
Was it a feeling of jealousy toward himself?
Kain’s eyes, looking at his face, wavered in confusion.
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
