Despite a sleepless night, Stella woke up early in the morning, excited about her planned stroll in the Ruby Garden with Beatrice.
The Ruby Garden was a birthday gift from King Philip to Beatrice on her tenth birthday, designed to match Beatrice’s love for roses. It was said to contain thousands of rose bushes, making it seem like all the roses in the world were gathered there.
“You look so happy,” observed Rudina, watching Stella admiring herself in various angles in front of the mirror. The red dress, reminiscent of a rose, suited Stella perfectly.
“Yes, very much so,” Stella replied, her reflection in the mirror brighter than ever. The red hue of the dress seemed to add a healthy flush to her complexion. Just as she was about to leave the room for her stroll,
Knock, knock.
A knock sounded, but unlike yesterday, neither Stella nor Rudina were startled.
“It must be Beatrice’s maid,” Stella said, beaming with excitement. She expected it to be Beatrice’s maid as they had promised to send one when ready for the walk.
However, when the door swung open before Stella could respond, it was not Beatrice’s maid standing there.
“Sir Leppard?”
For a moment, Stella thought Sir Leppard might have come on Beatrice’s errand, but that seemed unlikely. Her anxious gaze shifted from the armed Sir Leppard to the line of knights standing behind him.
“The King summons you,” Sir Leppard stated, his voice as cold and arrogant as ever. Despite receiving a bloodline certificate, Stella felt a slight irritation. How fickle human emotions could be, she thought, as she rose from her seat, her soft dress rustling.
On any other day, hearing that the King had summoned her would have filled her with fear, but not today.
However, the scene that awaited Stella was not the kind King of yesterday, nor the Queen who had promised to be a mother, nor Princess Beatrice who had affectionately called her sister.
The King’s gaze from his high throne was as indifferent as ever, the Queen’s eyes were filled with contempt, and Beatrice struggled to suppress her laughter.
“What did you just say?” Stella asked, trying to comprehend what she had just heard.
Instead of answering, a long scroll was thrown at Stella’s feet by Sir Leppard who had been standing behind her.
“The ship departs this evening. Your belongings are already packed, just go,” Leppard stated.
Stella picked up the scroll from the floor, unrolling it to reveal a document that declared Stella Rune Obelit, Princess of Amalun, as a hostage to the Credion Empire.
“The Credion Empire?”
Beatrice burst into laughter. “Pfft, ha! She actually believed we’d become a family.”
At that moment, something inside Stella snapped. The Credion Empire was a military powerhouse, known for its merciless slaughter in war and the brutal execution of royal hostages by the Emperor.
Suddenly, the reason behind the gift of the bloodline certificate became clear.
The recognition Stella had longed for her entire life turned out to be a trap.
“How foolish of me,” Stella scolded herself for craving their affection, but it was already too late.
“Understand, Stella. We couldn’t possibly send young Beatrice so far away. It’s fortunate that you can go in her place,” Queen Eliza consoled her, but Stella could only let out a bitter, resigned laugh.
So that was their excessive kindness.
Stella was only four months older than Beatrice, yet she was chosen to be sent to the Credion Empire as a hostage, all because of the absurd excuse of Beatrice being too young.
Stella despised herself for being blissfully happy about receiving the meaningless bloodline certificate.
“Princess! Huhuhu!”
Overcome with emotion about the sudden departure, Rudina couldn’t stop crying. Her eyes were swollen from the tears she shed in vain, begging to be allowed to accompany Stella. It was a long journey of a whole month by sea.
“How will you manage alone in a place with no one you know, Princess? The Emperor of Credion is said to devour people he dislikes! Don’t go, Princess! Tear up that bloodline certificate now and say you won’t be a princess anymore, okay?”
Rudina felt it was so unfair and infuriating that kind-hearted Princess Stella was being sent away without any resistance. She had never been upset about her lack of power, but today was different.
“It won’t tear.”
“What?”
“This thing, it won’t tear.”
Stella said in resignation, showing the problematic bloodline certificate.
Upon seeing it, Rudina immediately wanted to rip it apart, but it was an official document stamped with the King’s seal. To a girl from a fallen noble family like herself, she was worth less than the paper it was written on.
But what did she mean it wouldn’t tear?
Rudina examined the scroll Stella had casually thrown on the table.
“I was so angry, I tried to tear it up as soon as I got to my room. But instead of the certificate, my own hand got torn.”
“What?”
Rudina noticed the unhealed wound on Stella’s hand. She quickly brought a bandage and wrapped Stella’s hand tightly.
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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