dorothea
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31.0 M
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107 d, 13 h
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The center decoration or black ribbon seems to be missing. The cold metal touched my solar plexus, pressed by the corset. "It's cold." "I'll take it out for you." "Pardon?" His hand wrapped around my back, while his other hand covered my ribs below my chest. I gasped, swallowing my breath at the sudden contact. "Ka-Kaien?" His face came close enough to touch my lips, and his breath tickled my cheek. In an instant, the air became thick with tension. His eyes never left…-
1.7 M • Ongoing
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"Rebecca, I'm sorry for causing a disturbance at your tea party." It was a major discourtesy to make two guests leave in the middle of her first tea party. Rebecca looked flustered and on the verge of tears. "No, not at all. Lady Rozian was the one who behaved rudely first. I originally planned to invite only Brillian, but Rozian Manchester asked to be invited too, and I couldn't refuse." "Rozian usually speaks so forcefully that she doesn't get invited to tea parties often. Anyway, that…
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1.7 M • Ongoing
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Rozian also recognized me, her expression hardened, but she didn't do anything to disrupt the atmosphere. However, her chest heaved and her eyes sharpened like an unstable magic stone that might explode at any moment, so I quickly turned my head away. "All the invited guests have arrived. I've prepared seats, so please come this way." Rebecca led the atmosphere as the tea party host. I thought we would start the conversation in the reception room since I had been there during the banquet, but…
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1.7 M • Ongoing
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"Lady!" "I hate this! Let me out! I'm hungry!" "Lady, you said you wanted to look beautiful for your wedding! Be strong." "I don't need to lose weight! I want to go home!" "Lock her up." They pushed the woman into the prayer room, closed the door, and nailed it shut. She knocked on the door from inside a few times before her sounds changed to sobbing. The back of the woman praying in the prayer room where I stood flinched. "The moment you stop praying without completing the 100…
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1.7 M • Ongoing
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I had to sit at the tea table placed next to the small flower garden. Beside me, Benji continuously fanned to prevent dust from the training ground from flying over. "Isn't the garden lovely to look at?" If it's lovely to look at, why are you looking at the knights instead of the roses beside us? I had so much to say, but how could a servant defy their master? Benji must be doing this because of Kaien's orders, I tried to understand. Kaien, the real culprit, came running as if he had just…
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1.7 M • Ongoing
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The rough voice created a commotion, seemingly flustered. The echo was large, like it was coming from deep within a cave, but my eyes narrowed at the feeling that it somehow grated on my nerves. I also thought it was cute with its small, round shape and the way the area below its eyes twitched as if moving its mouth. Not believing it, I reached out to touch it again, but…. "Ivy?" Kaien grabbed my wrist. The tree root-like traces of the curse that had faintly risen from his chest…
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1.7 M • Ongoing
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Ivy Rabbit pitied him. "Weeeell, people all say that the Blemer Grand Ducal family is cursed and they're scared, buuut so what if he's cursed?” “He hasn't harmed them, so why make such a fuss?” “The person himself must feel miserable and struggling." 'I'm struggling?' His was a life he had accepted as natural because of the curse. His daily life consisted of hearing others avoid him and whisper behind his back. But when he heard Ivy's words, emotions that had become dull and…
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1.7 M • Ongoing
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After dinner, the person who used to send maids with various excuses to create time alone with me was quiet today. "Hmph, right. After singing about how much you like me, you must be flustered now that your heart is wavering after meeting Rebecca." I drank a glass of wine and refilled it again. The image of Kaien embracing Rebecca kept appearing in my mind. "Was it necessary to hold her shoulders like that? Does someone who can defeat demonic beasts need to embrace someone just because of one…
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1.7 M • Ongoing
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Kaien sat perched on the railing of his room's balcony. Through the fluttering curtains of the open window, I could see him looking down at the garden. "Kaien." "Come here." As I approached him, Kaien embraced my waist as if asking what was wrong. "If you have time to spend with Gohalm, come to me too. You don't need to worry about the medicine anymore, so you can spend time with me." "Kaien. The maids will see us." I gently pushed him away as he embraced my waist, but he tightened his…
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1.7 M • Ongoing
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"I'm still anxious and need to gather more opinions. I'm continuing to make it, quite a lot actually. I'll go see Kaien and be back." "What? A lot? How much is a lot?" Leaving behind Ibril's bewildered voice, I headed toward Kaien's office. In the office, Ransel, who had scratched at me earlier, was there along with another man. "Ivy, I was just about to call for you. This is Ginid Lier, the deputy head of the trading company." "I've heard a lot about you, Lady Ivy Rabbit. I'm Ginid Lier. I…
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1.7 M • Ongoing
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