‘If you want to kill me, be honest. I will die.’... more>>

As rumoured, the Fourth Prince, who had seemed frail and meek when he was berated during their first meeting, had a rather picky and eccentric personality.

“There is only one thing I want. Make a place for me to be by your side.”

It was a reunion after 6 years, and a marriage proposal.

“If I fulfil your wishes, what will you give me?”

“I’ll give you my everything.”

A knight who lost her family to an enemy spy, was praised as a war hero.

A half prince who inherited the blood of an enemy country, was ignored as a shame of the royal family.

The couple’s marriage caused a stir throughout the Kingdom.

* * *

‘There is no need for love between you and me.’

Reasonable distance.

Moderate affection.

A relationship where you know each other but nothing in detail.

“Adora, what’s really important is that I’m the only one who should know.”

It was like showing a beautifully wrapped surface.

The important part was cleverly hidden.

It was so pretty and so alluring that anyone could be tempted.

The man who reunited after six years was definitely different. <<less

"Wouldn’t we know if we could be a real married couple... if we did it?"... more>>

At that single remark from her friend, Shirley faltered.

After all, she was already struggling with the question of whether she and Damian, her fated fiancé since birth, could ever truly become a ‘real married couple’ rather than just friends.

"Of course, we’ll become husband and wife."

Her kind and gentle fiancé would always say frustratingly naive things, completely unaware of her inner turmoil.

"Then break off the engagement."

Her family gave her the chance to decide.

"So, you’re saying your fiancé doesn’t feel like a man to you?"

This man, who she didn’t even know, pierced through Shirley’s hesitations with startling clarity.

***

One sweltering summer night, while she lay asleep in her room, someone came to her.

"Let’s do something fun, Shirley."

Creak.

The bed dipped as someone sat down on one side.

"Something fun…?"

"Yeah, something fun."

Was it just her imagination, or was his voice filled with an intense heat?

"And what would that be?"

"You’ll like it, Shirley. I’m sure of it."

The hand that slid along her pale leg, illuminated by the moonlight, carried an unmistakable danger.

"What?"
"Whether we can or can’t, we’ll find out once we spend the night together."
The voice whispering in her ear sent a shiver through Shirley’s body.
"Show me that pretty thing." <<less

[We propose the betrothal between Aranes, the third of the Rudwig family, and Sarovan of the Leigro family.]... more>>

A marriage contract bound by the King’s decree.

It was nothing more than a high wall, taking away the things I loved and attempting to steal a handful of freedom.

The man outside the fence just laughed. The phrase I most frequently heard from him was: ‘Don’t do it.’

"You are so annoying.”

“Show some respect, Nes. I am your fiánce.”

My freedom may eventually become yours, but my true love has been pledged to my sword.

I’ve dreamed of things women aren’t allowed to desire. To tear down the walls that confine me and to see his smug face filled with dismay.

But as I became a woman, and he became a man, Sarovan Leigro started to act a bit strange.

“Stop there, Nes. Let’s talk before you go.”

“No, why should I? I don’t like you.”

“To think you’ll have to veil your face and face a man you don't like. How pitiful.”

His presence still inflamed my anger to the point that it was going to burst.

“If you love the sword so much, then duel with me.”

“…What?”

“A sword duel, that thrilling feeling.”

Is he acknowledging my freedom, or is this another trap?

I’m not too kind to trust you, and you were too vile to let me go.

As time passed, I grew more afraid of you.

The strange heat in your gaze. The scolding in your tender voice. The cool honesty you shared only with me, everything.

For fear that I might no longer be able to hate you.

Lest I lose the strength to break through his cunning walls. <<less

Apparently she’s been reincarnated in an obscure Rofan novel that she saw from her previous life.... more>>

The problem is, it’s a novel about a woman who is plagued by insane male lords and the country is blown to smithereens.

In this life, too much has come to mean too much to run away and survive alone.

Now, the heroine’s devastating ending has become her devastating ending.

It can’t be helped. Since this is the case, she’s going to block the ruined route of this story in advance!

She thought so… <<less

On the day when thousands of Guin-gwe surged toward Manhattan Beach like a tsunami, the United States fell. Faced with an alien species that devours all moving life—including humans—Haerim climbed into the car of a man who appeared out of nowhere, simply to survive.... more>>

The Guin-gwe ultimately consumed most of the American population, and now, in the vast emptiness of what remains, Haerim feels completely isolated—alone with Taekyung.

A pre-prepared safe house, the combat power to hunt Guin-gwe.

Taekyung possesses all the abilities needed to survive in this shattered world, so why is he dragging around someone as useless as her?

“Even if we face the Guin-gwe, I will protect you, Haerim.”

Haerim didn’t want to be abandoned by Taekyung, who had promised her survival.

If she could at least pretend to be a doctor—clumsily or not—maybe that would be her one redeeming value.

All the while, she’s unaware that the man is watching her organize the medical supplies—his gaze full of clear displeasure. <<less

She found herself in the body of an extra in the original story, but her father hit her on the head with a bottle and she was unconscious for three days. When she woke up again as ‘Seraphie,’ she decided the first thing to do was to kick out that b*stard father of hers.... more>>

"I found The Land Abandoned by God!"

And so, she naturally started meddling with the original plot.

"Should I try starting a business...?"

"Do you want to join the Magic Tower?"

"This bill has too many issues!"

"Would you like to receive some sponsorship?"

"Should I try founding a school?"

As she kept meddling without any guilt...

"Milady! No, Master!"

"Sera, I will become your subordinate."

"If Sera says it, of course, I believe it."

"Countess is the hope of this country."

"Will you accept me?"

She was just trying to make money and build some honor for her own comfort, but why were they all flocking to her, pledging loyalty and causing a commotion? Seraphie couldn't understand it at all.

* * *

“Sera.”

“...”

Seraphie hurriedly covered her ears with both hands. As she stepped back with a flushed face, Orkis also widened his eyes in surprise. But soon, he drew a playful smile.

"Oh my, you're weak to nicknames."

Seraphie couldn't find the words to respond. It wasn't that she was weak to nicknames, but rather, it was only natural to be startled when someone suddenly whispered in your ear. Seraphie was convinced that was the only reason. Otherwise, there was no way her heart would be pounding just from being called a nickname that didn't even have much impact.

As Orkis enjoyed watching her reaction, he looked like an innocent boy. The eyes that were always bored with the world felt pure for the first time.

Seraphie felt a tickle at the tip of the nose for no reason. It felt like the unique scent of a fresh summer had become even stronger.

"If it's a nickname, I think I could call you that every day."

Orkis gestured for Seraphie to come over. Despite feeling hesitant, she eventually approached him.

"Your intention to tease is too obvious, so I can't allow it."

"Countess said that practicing things like this makes it a habit."

“I want to punch my past self for saying that.”

Still, Seraphie didn't oppose being called by the nickname. <<less

She thought that, at the very least, he would bring a token of care during her illness. However, during the year she spent lying in a coma, her husband didn’t visit her even once. Only then did Regina realize—it was time to free herself from this futile and long-standing unrequited love. ... more>>

"You want a divorce? Why? What’s the reason?"

"I love you so much. I wish, even just a little, that you could love me back."

"Love? For a married woman, you’re saying something surprisingly naive. If you’re feeling lonely, shall I offer you a pet dog instead?"

Her desperate confession, born of mustered courage, was mercilessly shattered and torn apart by his cruel words. She could no longer find the will to continue a marriage that existed in formality alone.

"Do you have any idea how much investment I’ve made to plant seeds in your noble womb? Do you think I’ll let you go without seeing the fruits of that labor?"

Despite his cold expression, his hands gripping her shoulders and wrists were shockingly hot.

"You love me, don’t you? You’ll never be able to leave me." <<less

"I want to fall in love at first sight and give my heart to that person until my dying breath."... more>>

When someone once said this, Ariel smiled faintly at the innocence of the words.

But despite that smile, as if guided by fate, she met Kylance - and fell madly in love.

People called their love a fairy tale, a romance too perfect to be real.

And Ariel never doubted it, not for a moment.

Not until now, when everything she believed in is crumbling around her.

"The words Kylance spoke, 'I love you', were all lies. You, the daughter of the man who mu*dered his parents - Kylance only sought to destroy you, the woman he claimed to love more than life itself."

As the truth shattered her world, Ariel collapsed in despair.

"I wish I had never met you. If I could, I would erase every memory of you from my mind."

Determined to break the cruel bonds of fate, she left a single farewell note before throwing herself into the dark embrace of the sea.

***

"I can't believe you're alive. This isn't a dream, is it? If it is, I don't want to wake up."

Ariel. Ariel.

The man holding her trembled as he wept, her name falling from his lips like an unfamiliar prayer, tears streaming down his face.

When his trembling hand reached out to touch her cheek, she flinched instinctively, pulling away.

"Who are you?"

Her cold, distant voice cut through the air, unrecognisable as she pushed him away.

"What?"

Kylance's handsome face twisted in raw devastation, his expression shattered as if his entire world had crumbled. <<less

The day my family was ruined, I realized the truth: ... more>>

I had reincarnated into the reverse-harem novel, ‘A Night of Entwined Serpents’, a story I’d read over and over in my previous life.

Determined to escape my fate as the Crown Prince’s mistress, destined to meet a miserable end, I fled straight to a foreign monastery.

One day, I was fortunate enough to secure a decent life as a high level priestess, skilled at healing. But then, one day, Lionel—the female protagonist’s older brother—stormed into the monastery.

His entire body was drenched in blood.

My three years of peace in the monastery meant nothing; I was dragged back to the capital, now assigned as the personal healer for the protagonist, Vivian.

Thus began my perilous daily life, as the three male protagonists of the original story began to appear one by one at the mansion.

The only thing keeping me going day by day was Lionel, who always seemed to show up at the right moment to rescue me from trouble.

“If you marry me, I’m sure you’ll abandon any thought of returning to the monastery.”

The man, once the embodiment of c*astity in the novel, suddenly proposes…?

To make matters worse, the contract is filled with suspicious clauses:

Celebrating every little anniversary, actively meddling in each other’s personal lives…

This love, this marriage, this novel.

It feels cozy, but is it really okay? <<less

Two years of marriage that was as sweet and happy as a dream. But one day, her husband disappeared without a trace.... more>>

Han Seo-ryeong, a blind and ordinary housewife, wandered around looking for him, only to be told;

“You’ll never find him.”

Her husband turned out to be the best secret agent with many faces.

“Our marriage was everything to me, but it was just ‘work’ to him?”

Feeling like her world was collapsing, Seo-ryeong unleashed her suppressed madness.

“If I do bad things, can I cross paths with him?”

Unable to catch him, she decides to get caught first!

What she didn’t realize was that the husband she was searching for so long was just around the corner. <<less

Nivelia Deamor. 4 years old.... more>>

In her past life, she was the saint's cat.

In this life, she is the saint's granddaughter.

"Nini is going to be a woman who makes a lot of money!"

Her future goal is to earn a lot of money and feed and raise the 'wolf' she will meet again!

Because the wolf is Nini's companion and subordinate!

So, Nini worked hard to make money with sweat since she was two years old.

Although her 2-year life was nothing but failures, this time it will be different!

She succeeded in investment for the first time.

She partnered with her grandmother's friends.

She created a union with lawyers.

She even started a business with her own name!

She thought she would rise to success easily, but...

***

"You tricked me completely. You're a 'transmigrator', aren't you?"

"...?"

"Don't pretend you don't know. You took someone else's story and made yourself the protagonist. Do you like stealing everything from men and taking their wealth?"

"...?"

Transmigrator?

What was that? <<less

The Pink Rabbits are a mysterious clan with the gift of foresight. One day, while living peacefully in the wilderness, they are kidnapped by the Golden Lion Clan. Ruby, who discovers the gruesome scene too late, sets out to find the Black Wolf Tribe to rescue her people.... more>>

* * *

Ivan, the leader of the Black Wolf Tribe, harbors one secret that he keeps from the entire tribe.

“Damn!”

Once again, he was fleeing into the mountains to escape the torment that haunted him every night. In his panic and unable to see anything, he stepped on something soft and squishy.

“Ouch!”

For a moment, he lost his balance, but thanks to his agility and quickness, he managed to land unharmed, only to be caught by his tormentors.

“Get lost, don’t come near me!”

Just as he was about to be forced to climax in this embarrassing situation that he didn’t want to show anyone, he saw something with red eyes crawling quickly towards him.

“What the hell!”

Horrified at the sight of the scattered hair and the ruby red eyes, Ivan tried to back away, but was blocked by a tree.

Thump.

“Are you insane? Let go!”

While Ivan froze in shock, Ruby, with sparkling eyes, shouted energetically while looking at the carrot.

“Delicious carrots, I’ll eat them!”

Nom–

“Aaah!”

“Hehe, carrot…”

A brutal scream and a satisfied mumble merged together. <<less

I was reincarnated into a regret-filled story where the male lead desperately clings to the female lead.... more>>

But I'm not the female lead...

“I was thinking... maybe we should postpone our marriage for one more year.”

“Oh, and about the meeting we planned for tomorrow—I suddenly have an urgent appointment, so I don’t think I can make it.”

I became a side character, Loelle Ivelle, abandoned by the male lead!

It’s already painful enough to be thrown away so coldly, but in two years, I'm fated to get engaged to the villain of the original story.

And that's not all.

Right after the engagement, the villain tries to start a rebellion, and I end up getting executed with him.

Knowing all of this, I decided to follow the original story as much as I could and quietly step out when the time was right.

But then... I accidentally saved the villain?

I was about to run away without a single coin to my name, but the villain convinced me into a contract marriage. Still, that contract ends today.

‘I’m finally stepping out of the story.’

As I was about to leave the ducal estate, the villain of the novel—and my fake husband—Reus, blocked my path.

“You should put that luggage down and go get some sleep, Loelle.”

“Reus. You must’ve forgotten, but today is that day. The day I always talked about—when I leave for Veliata.”

“I know.”

“Yes, today is... wait, what?”

“Loelle. The ship to Veliata will no longer sail. Ever again.”

Reus touched my cheek gently and continued,

“Just in case you were still holding onto false hope.”

I was betrayed by my fake husband—someone I never thought would turn against me.

Why are you doing this to me, villain? <<less

My wedding is next week, but my fiancé brought his ex-girlfriend, who also happens to be his first love.... more>>

I thought it had to be a dream.

I never imagined I’d see the two of them standing side by side again.

“I’m three months pregnant. I’d like to cancel the wedding and call off the engagement.”

With a face I’d never seen before—utterly unfamiliar—he coldly demanded to end things.

“We had to finish the engagement ceremony before her belly started to show.”

“There’s really no need to go through a ceremony at all, Carlisle,” the woman carrying his child said softly, smiling shyly beside him.

“I’ll send the annulment papers as soon as we return to the estate. You just need to sign them, Aileen.”

The arms that once held only me… now belonged to someone else.

And just like that, with a single sheet of paper, five years of time, everything between us—came to an end.

“Urgh…”

“What’s wrong? Are you hurt?”

If not for the look on his face—so unlike him, even after clashing swords—I might have believed I was truly ill.

“…Aileen, I’m so deeply sorry.. You were always the only one for me.”

Yes, if it weren’t for Carlisle, kneeling before me and pleading for forgiveness, that would have been the end of it all. <<less

**This content includes graphic descriptions of coercion, controversial themes, and divisive keywords. Please consider these aspects before purchasing.... more>>

Twenty years have passed since the zombie virus outbreak. Yuyeon and Ryung, members of Team A within the armed group ‘A/Z’ responsible for maintaining order, get ambushed while investigating suspicious noises at a landfill site.

“You… you…”

“Haha… What should we do, sunbae? It bit me. Damn it…” As he shielded Yuyeon, Ryung was bitten by an unusual-looking zombie.

Realizing his body’s transformation, Ryung decides to end his own life but inexplicably fails to die…

“You… do you want to bite me?”

“Not just bite, I want to suck.”

“Same old, huh.”

Despite becoming a zombie, Ryung retains his sanity. Determined, Yuyeon vows to turn him back into a human. <<less

I was stolen from by the adopted female lead.... more>>

"Sister, I'm sorry. Your fiancé confessed to me."

This is the fifth time.

Once again, my adopted younger sister has taken what was mine.

I thought that if I gave up everything and treated her kindly, I could at least avoid a tragic end.

"Why are you doing this to your sister when you're the older one?"

"Try to be half as good as your sister."

Even my parents didn’t love me.

Just when I thought I couldn’t endure any more, I discovered a shocking truth.

The real daughter was my sister, and I was the 'fake' who was meant to suffer in her place.

"I won’t let myself be taken from her so easily anymore."

To take my revenge, I decided to claim the one thing my sister had never had.

I chose the male lead of this novel, Calix.

"Three years? If you want, I can marry you tomorrow and make you a duchess."

But for some reason, this man wants me? <<less

I died at twenty-two.... more>>

Yet I woke up at sixteen.

First by accident, then once more as an experiment.

By the third time I died and awakened,

I accepted the truth—my miserable life as Princess Aira of the Empire kept repeating.

"Please marry me."

In my first life, desperate to escape the Empire, I proposed a contract marriage to the King of the Archipelago.

The King welcomed me warmly and loved me, but it ended in tragic failure, and I became consumed by vengeance.

Even after completing my revenge, I found myself starting a new life again.

"Marry me."

This time, I proposed a contract marriage to a Republic Admiral who had helped with my revenge before my regression.

I needed to find a way to end this endless cycle.

"I have no interest in children."

Jens Will, merely a naval lieutenant at this point, rejected me outright.

Clearly, this strategy was flawed. Seeing me contemplate my next move, Jens offered an alternative:

"There are better options than outdated solutions like marriage. You can seek asylum and protect yourself from the Empire through a different path."

"?"

"Enter the Republic's military academy. You're still sixteen, aren't you?"

Me—once the Empire's princess and Queen of the Archipelago—becoming a Republic cadet...? <<less

One day, the real lady—who was thought to be dead—returned.... more>>

At the same time, everyone turned their backs on me and, as if that weren’t enough, abandoned me.

“You lived happily during the eight years I lost, didn’t you? You thief.”

Just as my consciousness plummeted into the abyss at their hands—

“Do you want to live?”

In that desperate, urgent moment, a man reached out his hand.

“There’s no such thing as kindness without a price. Even if I ask something of you later?”

"..."

Without knowing that the embrace I thought was heaven was actually the door to hell,

I took his hand. <<less

"Bring me the woman who slept with me and ran away."... more>>

"Pardon?"

"Long blonde hair, blue eyes, about shoulder height to me. Hmm... what's your height?"

"...Pardon?"

"She's exactly your height, so what's your height?"

A cold sweat ran down Chloe's back in an instant.

Yes, of course.

Because I'm the woman who slept with the Duke and ran away.

Of course, the Duke thinks I'm a man.

Chloe Liden disguised as her deceased brother to save her mother abd took a job at the Duke of Wolfaz. On the last day of her leave, she spent a night with the Duke in her true form. She thought it was a meaningless one-night stand since the Duke didn't know she was a woman.

That’s what she thought...

***

"What is this smell?"

"Pardon?"

"It seems like this smell is coming from you. Come closer."

The Duke kept insisting that he could smell the scent of the woman he spent the night with on her.

His sense of smell was insanely accurate.

As if he were some kind of beast!

If her identity as a woman was discovered, she would have to repay a year's salary, which she already spent on her mother's medicine, along with a penalty fee. Chloe decided to run away before she got caught. And her plan was almost successful.

Until the Duke came to catch her! <<less

The winding mountains resemble a backbone, and the rich river splits like ribs. ... more>>

The sea is vast, and the plains are even broader.

Three kings have come seeking to become one body, and five kingdoms have offered crowns to become vassals.

But I will not be a wise ruler, a tyrant, a benevolent king, or a wicked king.

I will be the last of this empire.

I am the ending night, and you are the new morning.

My beloved Kasha.

So, this is your story. <<less

I possessed the villainess in a typical dark romance novel.... more>>

The fiancée of a duke who torments the heroine and gets executed for it, Ravenne Rischefeld.

Moreover, her fiancé falls for the heroine and commits treason, only to be beheaded by the emperor!

I have no intention of holding hands with you and getting beheaded together!

To get out of this engagement as soon as possible, I decided to act as the ‘romance novel addict young lady who knows nothing about the world and only has flowers in her head’—the type the duke despises most.

Additionally, I plan to squander the family fortune with that pure brain.

But why is everything I do turning out like this? Why is everything going wrong?

“As expected, lady, you had a plan all along. I was worried you might be really sick somewhere. But it turns out you had a purpose.”

No, I didn’t have any such purpose!

“Lady, your eye for things is truly remarkable.”

What nonsense is this? My eyes are just decorations!

In the meantime, it seems the duke has caught on to my plan.

“You’d better not think of running away from me.”

“It sounds like you’re threatening me.”

“Well. Let’s call it a plea instead. Isn’t that more to your taste?”

Why are you doing this?

Weren’t we on good terms enough to break off the engagement just a while ago? <<less

The first thing I saw when I opened my eyes was the man I had killed.... more>>

A hero who cannot be trusted has no real value.

What trust or glory could a ‘hero’ who was dragged onto the battlefield without even a single day of training possibly have?

A noblewoman who, by a stroke of luck, secured a high position through a divine oracle. No matter how much she struggled, her reputation never changed.

So it was only fitting that Mia Blanchard should not have come back to life.

“Are you regaining consciousness?”

In a time that had been rewound, the failed hero opens her eyes.

The voice belongs to an unexpected person—Etienne Rochefort, the man she had sent to his death with her own hands in her previous life.

If, perhaps, the goddess hadn’t desired this war.

Or, if she was dissatisfied with the path the hero had taken, the one Mia had chosen for him.

If that was the reason Mia was able to return to the past…

Was it a blessing or a curse?

The goddess did not give her an answer.

But this time, things could be different.

If this truly was an opportunity granted by the goddess, she wouldn’t let the same events repeat again.

Mia resolved to return the glory that had been rightfully his to the man who had lost everything because of her. <<less

People didn't know that being a saint was actually to be a sacrifice itself. They only knew that the virtue of a saint involves a sacrifice.... more>>

Why am I alive?’

A product of benevolence and a symbol of sacrifice.

Niniya's duty should have ended when she was sacrificed.

***

A large hand clasped Niniya's neck and she felt a chill.

Niniya had said the same thing over and over again.

"...I'm sorry."

His anger was blatantly obvious for Niniya to see.

The red fierce gaze bored into Niniya's very soul.

"What the hell should I use you for?" <<less

I possessed a lowly villainess in a constellation novel who caused all sorts of trouble and ended up being abandoned by her companions.... more>>

...But what is this?

There's a community window right in front of my eyes!

Nyangcheol(catxxx): Wow, it's finally here. Episode 1 is out.

Owen(dowxxx): I've read the original before the remake. Don't bother reading it, it's a waste of time. Plus, the villainess's personality sucks.

RedHairAllergy(jotxxx): 3333 Agreed, Wendy is such a nuisance. I don’t know what the author was thinking when they created her.

.

.

.

Hundreds... No, thousands of comment windows appeared before me.

Most of the comments were criticizing me, the villainess.

But of all things, why do the readers who despise me have to be my constellations?

At this rate, I’m going to end up with nothing left, not even a bone to pick up.

So, I decided to start by changing the hearts of the readers.

“If one person goes up there, everyone else can safely get out of the dungeon while that person becomes the target.”

In times like this, sacrifice is the way to go. I pointed at the crimson magic circle beneath the cage where the phoenix was trapped.

“I’ll do it.”

Alright, this should make everyone feel sympathetic towards Wendy, right?

But what’s this? I was just trying to gain some favor...

“You’re going to stay behind again, huh? As if our feelings don’t matter at all.”

“I can’t leave you behind and walk away any longer.”

“You told us to live for ourselves, so why are you choosing the path of death?”

Somehow, my companions started becoming more obsessed with me than the readers.

“This time, let's put on some handcuffs. So you can’t just run away on your own again, Sis.”

Even the original female lead?

What’s wrong with everyone! I just wanted to survive! <<less

“You have six months. Within that time, you must kill your husband.”... more>>

She found herself inhabiting the body of a side character wife in a tr*shy novel, tasked with killing her husband on her mother-in-law’s orders.

“Wow… he’s so handsome…”

Her husband was too handsome to poison.

Alice couldn’t bring herself to poison him with her own hands.

So instead of poison, she secretly used holy power to barely find a way to survive while avoiding her villainous mother-in-law.

“Mother, as an unworthy wife, I’ll become a priestess! I’ll pray for the Duke’s well-being for the rest of my life!”

But what’s this?

On the very day she was about to leave the Duke’s household, the unconscious Duke, her husband, woke up.

“You were the one who pulled me out of that darkness, so take responsibility.”

Showing the audacity of demanding more after being saved from drowning.

* * *

“If you don’t like money and power… how about me? If you want, I’ll even offer you my body.”

Offer what…?

Alice tugged at her earlobe slightly, wondering if she had just misheard.

Then she asked him as calmly as possible.

“Duke, I’m sorry, but… are you perhaps… crazy?”

“Unfortunately, I’m not crazy yet. In fact, my mind is clearer than before I collapsed.”

Kylus curled up the corners of his mouth with a nonchalant face.

So, he was serious about offering himself. That man was really serious.

Alice had a premonition as she looked at his intense gaze.

That her life had become thoroughly twisted. <<less