Free Web NovelChapter 69: Chapter 69: Encountering Female Lead?
Yue Yue’s excitement vanished the moment the heavy silver doors clicked shut, separating her from Han Soi.
The magnificent marble pillars and the glowing flowers suddenly looked gray and dull.
She felt like an abandoned kitten that had been forcefully plucked away from its mother, left to shiver in a cold, expensive cage.
She stared at the closed gate for a long time, her heart aching. Finally, she turned to the leading male servant, her voice small and trembling. fɾēewebnσveℓ.com
"If he can’t stay here with me... then can I go and stay with him outside?"
The male servant froze, his eyes widening in pure shock. He had served the Temple for decades, but he had never met a female like this.
Usually, females fought, bribed, and begged to stay in this palace! This was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
Only those invited for the Celestial Bloom Rite could enter, and the invitation never came twice.
"Miss... you want to leave?" he stammered.
"This place is sacred! It is the closest wing to the heavens, the very place where the First Queen stayed. Staying here, even for a few nights, is said to bless a female with supreme fertility and spiritual compatibility. Most would give their entire fortune just to breathe this air."
He looked at her, intending to lecture her further, but the words died in his throat.
Up close, Yue Yue’s eyes were like rare gems, filled with a purity and a naive sadness that hit him like a physical blow.
His heart gave an uncharacteristic thud in his chest, and he quickly lowered his head, afraid to keep looking at her.
"Miss, you cannot leave at your will," he said, his voice regaining its professional stiffness.
"The entire Temple ground is currently filled with thousands of powerful, restless Orcs from the four empires. No female is 100 percent safe outside these walls. It is the Temple’s absolute responsibility to ensure your safety. This palace is the only sanctuary where no male Orc can enter and become a threat."
Yue Yue’s lips twisted into a small, bitter smile. She looked the servant up and down, her eyebrows arching in a way that made her look surprisingly sharp.
"You say no male Orc can come here," she said, her tone dripping with sarcasm. "Then what are you? Are you not a male? Or... are you something else?"
The male servant choked on his own breath.
He stared at her with wide, horrified eyes, his face turning a panicked shade of red. Did he hear her correctly?
How could a gentle, high-status female speak such "shameless" language? He must have misheard her!
But Yue Yue didn’t back down. She repeated herself, her gaze steady. "Well? You are standing right in front of me. You are a male. So why is it okay for you to be here, but not my husband?"
The servant was completely speechless. His mind was racing to find a logical answer. Yes, he was a male...there was no questioning his biology...but his circumstances were different!
"I... we... we are Temple Servants!" he finally blurted out, his voice cracking in indignation.
"We are trained from childhood! We have taken vows of purity, and our life is bound to the Temple’s laws! We are not like the ’wild’ Orcs outside! We are not a threat!"
Yue Yue let out a dry, humorless laugh. "So you’re saying my husband is a ’wild threat’ while you are safe because of a vow? My husband would die to protect me. You? You’re just a stranger following a rulebook."
She turned away from him, walking deeper into the palace without waiting for a reply. Her heart was heavy, and her mind was already calculating. If the Temple wouldn’t let him in, she would just have to find a way to sneak out. fгeewebnovёl.com
The servant stood there, stunned into silence, watching her small back retreat. He realized that this year’s Celestial Bloom Rite was going to be anything but peaceful. This "Goddess" didn’t care about sacred blessings or fertility; she only cared about the Orc waiting for her at the gate.
The palace hallway was long and silent, echoing only with the sound of Yue Yue’s angry footsteps as she stormed away from the gate.
She was so lost in her internal rant about "stupid temple rules" and "heartless servants" that she didn’t notice the presence behind her, whose silken-like voice drifted through the air.
"Wait! Please, don’t walk away with such a sad face."
Yue Yue stopped dead in her tracks. The voice was so melodic, so perfectly tuned, that it felt like it was vibrating against her soul.
She turned her head slowly, her breath hitching in her throat as she saw a figure stepping out from behind a vase of white roses.
For a long moment, Yue Yue forgot how to breathe.
Standing there was a girl who looked like she had been painted by the heavens themselves.
She was the literal definition of a "Heroine."
She had long, flowing hair the color of soft cherry blossoms, shimmering under the enchanted temple lights like crushed silk.
Her skin was a translucent, milky white, and her eyes were a warm, shimmering amber...they looked so kind and sincere that it felt almost impossible to look away.
She moved with a graceful, ethereal charm, her white silk robes fluttering like butterfly wings. This was Lin En, the Female Lead of this world.
"I saw everything at the gate," Lin En said, her voice filled with genuine sympathy as she walked closer, a gentle, comforting smile on her lips.
"It must be so painful to be separated from your beloved so abruptly. The Temple can be very cold with its rules, but I promise, this place is truly wonderful once you get used to it."
Yue Yue remained frozen; her mind was chaotic. The Female Lead. She’s right here. She’s actually talking to me.
In the book, Lin En was the sun that everyone revolved around...the woman Han Soi was supposed to eventually fall for.
