“But if it’s a beast, isn’t it dangerous? Lottie has never bared her teeth or threatened me. Instead, she got beaten up by people for stealing food.”
“Nasteng usually tame the beast’s offspring. If this beast was tamed by humans from a young age, it’s not strange for it to be gentle.”
“Ah, maybe she follows me because she thinks I’m her owner? Ouch!”
Leonard suddenly slapped Cordelia’s shoulder. It wasn’t very painful, but the sudden contact startled her.
“What was that for? It was just a thought. Did you have to hit me?”
“She’s calm.”
“What?”
“If she really thought of you as her owner, she would have threatened me the moment I touched you. The fact she’s just sitting there calmly probably means she just sees you as someone who feeds her.”
“Lottie… is that really true?”
Cordelia looked at Lottie with moist eyes.
After all the affection they had built up, to be just someone who feeds her…
Leonard, having lost interest in Lottie, returned to the carriage first.
“Send it back. We can’t take it with us.”
“Okay.”
Regrettably, Cordelia couldn’t take Lottie to Dilona’s territory. It was time to say goodbye.
“Lottie. I’m leaving. See you later.”
Cordelia steeled her heart and turned back to the carriage. As soon as she got in, she told Baron,
“Speed up, Baron. Then Lottie will give up and go back.”
“Yes, understood.”
Baron pulled the reins, urging the horses forward. They quickly advanced across the plains. Cordelia peeked out the window and saw Lottie shrink to a dot in the distance.
Cordelia soon forgot about Lottie as Leonard handed her another bundle of papers.
She was surrounded by magic circles until they reached a village that evening.
“Yaaawn.”
Cordelia yawned expansively in the carriage. It was already dark outside. Baron returned just then from checking out an inn.
“There’s only one room available. What should we do?”
“Just one room?”
“Yes. It’s the season for fur traders, so the inns are all full.”
“It looks like only the master should go up and rest for tonight.”
“We’ll camp nearby. It’s late, so please go up quickly, Master.”
The single room was naturally given to Leonard. Cordelia, watching this scene, was dumbfounded.
“Hey, what about me? Don’t you see me? I’m the only woman here.”
“You can just sleep on the ground. Our master is noble, it would be a disaster if he slept outside.”
“I’ll be a disaster too, a big disaster!”
“Cordelia Madam, you can sleep in the carriage. Belucci and I will manage outside.”
Even Baron, whom she trusted, took it for granted that Leonard should sleep in the room. He presented the idea of her sleeping in the carriage as if it was a great privilege. Cordelia pouted and grumbled.
“I’m a Countess too… Sleeping outside… without even a bath…”
“Fine. Cordelia and I will share the room then. Come to the first floor of the inn tomorrow morning and wait.”
“What? But…”
“Wouldn’t it be uncomfortable?”
Surprisingly, that question was directed at Leonard. Cordelia was flabbergasted.
“Wait a minute. Shouldn’t you be asking me if it’s uncomfortable? Hey? Why are you walking away when I’m talking? Wait, Master! Let’s go together!”
Worried she might lose sight of Leonard, Cordelia quickly grabbed a small bag and hurried after him. She ran after him breathlessly, and by the time she caught up, he was already speaking to a staff member.
“How many nights will you be staying?”
“Two people.”
“We’re, we’re going together.”
Cordelia caught her breath and stood next to Leonard. The staff member glanced at Cordelia and then smiled kindly.
“Are you two a couple?”
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
