When The Silver Bell Of Charlotte's Pharmacy Rings (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 173
Charlotte gritted her teeth as she stared into Edesa’s gaping mouth. The two abnormally large fangs were repulsive enough, but the sight of the needle-sharp teeth sprouting from the roof of her mouth sent a wave of terror coursing through Charlotte’s entire body. If bitten even once by those teeth, her flesh would be torn to shreds.
“Charlotte!”
The moment she lost her rhythm for an instant, Matiel’s sword intercepted Edesa. Edesa shrieked with a cackling cry, recoiling as she wildly tangled her own hair as though it were on fire, her eyes growing even more grotesque as they rolled wildly.
Charlotte had expected another swift attack, but for some reason Edesa remained motionless. Not only that—she clutched her stomach and groaned in apparent agony.
“Be careful,”
Charlotte said, and Matiel nodded. Vampires did not feel pain easily—hadn’t they learned that firsthand just last night?
“Why…?”
Edesa’s choked voice instantly put both of them on edge.
Bent over as if suffering severe stomach cramps, Edesa lifted her head. Her bloodshot eyes bulged as if about to burst from their sockets, and her trembling lips were cracked like dry earth.
“Why won’t you choose me? I even got rid of Lotus for you!”
The instant Edesa let out a mad scream, shaking her entire body, Charlotte gasped and stepped back half a pace. Without even thinking, she turned to look at Matiel—but his face was hidden from view.
She recalled having once heard him mention that his older brother’s name was Lotus.
“It should have been me! If I made you a duke, you ought to have made me your wife! Do you have any idea how much I suffered? Don’t you feel even a little sorry for me? Why won’t you acknowledge my sacrifice? Why! Why! Why!”
Edesa moved. Charlotte reached for her hand-bell faster, shaking it—but it wasn’t necessary. Edesa froze mid-lunge, exactly in the posture she’d taken to charge. Matiel’s sword had pierced precisely where her heart should be.
“Grrk….”
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
Yes, kill the vampire before it reveals it’s secrets. This guy is still suspicious. The easiest way to avoid being seen as a suspect is to become a victim.
The guards are to protect the kingdom, it makes no sense to prioritize the guards well being over the kingdoms well being. That is precisely what the 2nd prince has done by letting Maleblanc go and calling a retreat.