Aelfrie’s country, Denertum, is situated in the northeast corner of the continent.
It is one of the five ancient kingdoms with the longest history, taking great pride in that fact.
Just as people whose only merit is their age are not particularly impressive, so it is with the kingdom.
While other kingdoms boast fertile plains, mines spewing gold, rapidly developing technology, or increasingly massive trade volumes, Denertum has failed to create any pride beyond its long history.
Fifty years ago, during the era when Karanden, calling itself an Empire, was swelling through war.
The only reason Denertum was not absorbed by the Empire was a joke that it was stuck unnoticed in the corner of the continent.
Into such Denertum, the Empire’s envoys arrived two years ago.
They expressed their desire for a good relationship with the Denertum royal family and asked, to start, for the Empire’s merchants to be accepted.
The royal family, though proud, was not foolish.
Every other country was striving to deepen ties with the Empire and embrace their advanced technology. And the Empire was reaching out first.
There was no reason for the royal family to refuse, although they didn’t accept easily. Led by the notoriously stubborn first prince, voices clamored that this was an evil plot by the Empire and should be rejected.
But anxiety about the future prevailed.
The openminded second prince and nobles knew that this was their last chance.
After all, nearby kingdoms, in similar circumstances, were frighteningly growing by accepting the Empire’s technology.
The royal family granted trading rights, and as if they had been waiting, the Empire’s trading ships flocked to Denertum’s capital harbor. Among them, Ash Trading Company sent the most ships.
It was not special. Ash Trading Company was the most influential trading company in the entire continent, not just the Empire.
Granted freedom of operation by the royal family, Ash Trading Company further secured permission to use part of the harbor and quickly completed harbor reinforcement work with overwhelming technology, manpower, and capital.
From then on, huge ships never before seen by the people constantly visited Denertum’s capital harbor.
Two years have passed since then, and much has changed in Denertum’s capital.
Firstly, advanced technology from the Empire entered through Ash Trading Company. And not only neverbeforeseen fruits but also much higher quality goods appeared before the people’s eyes.
Ash Trading Company did not haphazardly release everything.
They seemed experienced in entering such a closed kingdom, expanding their business gradually, minimizing social confusion, and appropriately.
Thanks to this, Denertum was able to accept the Empire’s culture without significant shock or chaos.
Simple farming tools were replaced, as well as the machines in the factory, and thanks to this, people had a bit more leisure time.
The ones who hated this change the most were the nobles. As leisure emerged among the commoners and some accumulated wealth, they rose as a new class, eyeing the nobles’ positions.
Aelfrie’s father also despised the commoners who made money through trade with the empire. He cursed the empire’s merchants even more.
〈Vulgar ones who sold their souls for money. Ignorant beings who do not know the value of the blood they have had since birth!〉
He then boasted loudly that if the empire’s merchants appeared before him, he would disgrace them severely and drive them away.
But Aelfrie knew. The reason her father cursed and hated the empire’s merchants so much was because his shoddy business proposal had been rejected by them.
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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