Of course, in the novel, he reforms after meeting the feisty heroine, who doesn’t have much but is equipped with principles.
I even vaguely remembered a story about Kirian’s commonborn sister.
A vain woman who acted as if she owned the Ducal House despite not being a lady of high birth, probably tormenting the female protagonist and finally being caught by Kirian.
A chill ran down my spine.
Having already incurred his hatred, I felt a cold chill around my neck and rubbed it nervously.
“Why do you hate me?”
What had been a simple question filled with a little discomfort became desperate.
A flashback of me pinching Kirian’s cheek and repeatedly calling him cute went through my mind.
It would not have been pleasant for the prideful Kirian to be treated like that by a complete stranger who was only two years older.
And Kirian was the type to hold grudges over even small mistakes.
“Eek, what do I do?”
I grabbed my throbbing head.
Once marked, turning Kirian’s heart destined to become the future’s strongest would never be easy.
[Star Icon][Star Icon][Star Icon]I crouched in the bushes, keeping an eye on my target. No matter how the grass irritated my legs, I did not move and observed my target.
On the fifth day of observation, hoping to win Kirian’s heart, sadly, there was still no progress.
Watching him for days, Kirian had a rather monotonous daily life.
He either attended classes, read books, or trained.
And now, he was practicing archery at the Duke’s training ground. Not ordinary archery, but hitting the target while turned around.
No matter how many times I watched, it was so fast yet accurate, I couldn’t understand how he was hitting the target behind him.
The thought that I might become the target if I didn’t quickly mend our relationship made me tremble.
“Nuna.”
“Heek!”
I was startled, noticing Kirian suddenly in front of me.
“Why are you here?”
“Er…”
I quickly looked around and began to tear at the grass.
“I’m, looking for a fourleaf clover. I’ll, I’ll give it to you!”
“I know you were following me.”
Resisting the urge to pinch his chubby cheeks, and his lisp as he spoke, I reminded myself that he wasn’t cute but a future human weapon.
“I wanted to be friends with you!”
Kirian coldly turned away.
“I don’t. I don’t want to be friends with Nuna.”
But I couldn’t give up like this.
I dashed from the bushes to the target.
It seemed Kirian always practiced alone.
I couldn’t be his training partner, but I thought I could at least help him with some chores.
“I’ll pull the arrows for you!”
I started eagerly pulling the arrows from the hedgehoglike target.
The arrows were so deeply embedded that even lying back and pulling with both hands, they wouldn’t budge.
Whoosh.
The air by my ear was split at that moment.
The arrow quivered, newly embedded right next to my face in the target.
“Gasp!”
Kirian was still practicing archery, his back turned.
Twang!
Another arrow stuck just above my head.
When it had perfectly registered in my mind that he was shooting without looking at my position, a pretty circle of arrows had formed around my head like a halo.
I collapsed right on the spot.
I seemed to have brought the day of my death closer by trying to get close to survive.
“There are no more arrows now.”
It seemed like Kirian was sending me some kind of pressure as he looked at me.
“Ah, yes! I’ll go get them right away.”
I ran, stumbling and fumbling, just grabbing the fallen arrows.
I was promoted to the role of handing an arrow one by one into Kirian’s hand instead of being a human target.
“Wow, that’s so cool.”
In fact, it was more like I wanted to pat his chubby belly once as he pulled the bowstring with his short arms, but I clapped as soulfully as possible.
My ability to speak empty words, honed over years of graduate school, shone brightly here.
“What did you say?”
“It’s really cool! No, it’s cool!”
“Hmph.”
But he seemed satisfied with my praise and looked at me once more as he reached out his hand again.
Once I tasted success, I became bolder.
“You’re very dignified! No, dignified.”
“I am a bit.”
Kirian nodded solemnly.
“Robin Hood would cry at your form!”
“Who is Robin Hood?”
“A world’s best archer and a robber who steals from the rich and gives to the poor.”
Kirian shook his head firmly.
“No, he’s not the best archer.”
“Of course! Our Kirian is the best archer!”
Kirian looked at me as if I were an extremely unintelligent being.
“The best archer is our father.”
“Ah! What I meant was, Kirian is already like, the title of the best archer in the future, something like that.”
I rubbed my hands eagerly and argued my case. I must have looked like a flatterer beside a tyrant.
But then again, being a flatterer wasn’t so bad. At least a flatterer keeps his life until the end, right?
“Indeed.”
Kirian nodded solemnly again.
“But why do you speak so formally?”
“Ha ha, I must have been overwhelmed by Kirian’s coolness and unknowingly spoke formally.”
“You’re weird.”
Feeling a sense of selfloathing as Kirian looked at me disdainfully, I said,
“Yes, that’s right. I won’t do it.”
Looking around to find something that Kirian would like, I spotted the last arrow in my hand and eagerly polished it with my breath.
“Instead, I’ll be a great assistant by your side! I’m really good at assisting.”
“You’re still weird.”
Shaking his head, Kirian eventually threw away his bow and turned back towards the mansion.
“Oh, no! Kirian! Let’s go together.”
“Be quiet.”
“I won’t speak formally!”
I followed Kirian eagerly, but when Kirian turned and glared at me, I immediately stood at attention.
I couldn’t follow him and squeezed out all my courage to wave my hand.
“Let me know if you have any more errands!”
I looked forlornly at the rapidly disappearing plump figure into the mansion, feeling desolate at the thought that the operation had failed.
But a few days later, it was confirmed that the operation was not a failure.
I had got a hold of Kirian’s weakness.
When scheming men desperately battle for her favor in the male harem
This one’s also on my reread list! The rivalry, scheming between the men in the imperial harem are just as intense and thrilling as in classic palace drama novels, where concubines fight to the death. Give it a read, girls! I promise you won’t be disappointed.
Synopsis:
“I am not worthy of her… but I still want to be by her side, even if only as a loyal dog…”
Those were the painful whispers of Yue Guanyi – the proud Crown Prince of the Great Qi, who was torn between deep love and a guilty conscience. Despite holding the supreme power of the Imperial Guard, he still could not forget the dark past when he was sold into a brothel.
Fate played a cruel twist when Qiu Shuzhi – a young female official who had just passed the imperial examinations with top honors – stepped into his life. She did not know that she was the one who had saved him from a tragic fate many years ago. And now, her heart was the target of pursuit for both Yue Guanyi and the powerful Empress Dowager Qin Qing.
While Yue Guanyi only dared to silently care for and protect the one he loved from afar, the Empress Dowager Qin Qing openly expressed his feelings and did not hesitate to take advantage of his power to approach Qiu Shuzhi. The covert struggle between the two most powerful forces in the imperial court began…
Trigger warning: All men in this novel are yandere style.
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