The Cage

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Clear-headed, restrained princess X carefree assassin

She ground the bright moon into dust to pave a road, yet someone insisted on lifting every bloodstained shard of its light.

Liu Chunxi was a princess of Southern Yan. Though born to a life of privilege, she had suffered greatly. Thirty lashes across her back shattered every childish fantasy she had ever held.

Everyone said that Princess Lanyue of Great Yan was like a pine on a mountain, or the bright moon in the sky: lofty and immaculate. But only Liu Chunxi knew she was nowhere near as wonderful as people claimed.

She restrained herself and bound herself, locking herself away in a cage. All along, she had played the part everyone believed her to be.

Bai Yisi had always done as she pleased. Though she had little time left to live, she had never feared death, so she never worried about the consequences of her actions. Beneath it all lay an endless darkness.

She entered a place called Xiu Chun House, where assassins gathered and every corner promised pleasure. One day, the house's master gave her a mission: assassinate Liu Chunxi, the princess of the realm. The princess's residence was heavily guarded, and Bai Yisi might never make it out alive. But who cared about that?

Bai Yisi was obsessed with challenges, but the moment she saw the princess, she no longer wanted to kill her. She had glimpsed the madness hidden in the princess's eyes.

Liu Chunxi and Bai Yisi both wanted to strip away each other's disguises and see who the other really was. But amid their pretenses and probing, neither expected to fall in love.

In this world, only you and I understand each other's madness.

I'll help you escape your cage, and I'll lose myself in you, willingly falling into the prison you built with your own hands.

One day, Bai Yisi woke and gazed at Liu Chunxi sleeping beside her, her face peaceful and utterly docile. Then she peered beneath the covers at the body marked with red bruises.

Having never failed before, it only belatedly occurred to Bai Yisi: had this mission ended in failure?

Note:

1. The entire main cast is female, and there are no romantic entanglements with men.

2. All important villains are women. Minor cannon fodder characters are men. If you cannot accept female villains, please take note.

Coming soon: Becoming the Young Lady's Maid

Tsundere young lady X gentle maid

Emily was born into a noble family. She was a duke's daughter and a renowned magical prodigy, becoming a first-rank mage at just sixteen. Everyone knew her name.

Her fame came not only from her extraordinary talent, but also her fiery temper. She was the sort of person who would even hit a princess, and the emperor had yet to punish her for it.

Someone like her ought to have no worries, but the truth was quite the opposite. Emily was deeply troubled. She was about to attend Alse Academy, but her family had actually forbidden her from bringing a maid along, all for the ridiculous reason that it would help her become more independent!

Furious, she rolled around on her dormitory bed, then suddenly sat up. They said she couldn't bring a maid, but they hadn't said she couldn't buy one. And so fifteen-year-old Rachelia was bought by Emily and became the young lady's maid.

Rachelia was born into a poor family and had an older sister. Her family looked down on her because she had yet to awaken her magic at fifteen, which meant she could not become a mage.

In a world where demons invaded everywhere, having no magic meant being utterly useless. After Rachelia's sister was accepted into Alse Academy, her family decided to sell Rachelia and use the money to send her sister to school. Rachelia had no way to fight back and could only accept her fate.

Just as she had lost all hope, Rachelia met the most important person in her life: Miss Emily.

Emily: Come over and rub my back.

Rachelia: Yes, miss!

Emily: Come over. I want some water.

Rachelia: Yes, miss!

Emily: Come over and feed me cake.

Rachelia: Yes, miss!

Emily: Come over and kiss me.

Rachelia: Ye... huh? W-wait, miss!

Emily grabbed the person trying to escape. Get over here!

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Theme: Never lose the courage to escape