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After a father turns into a serpent monster and dies, she’s taken into a noble household—paraded like a pampered lady but used as a scapegoat to “absorb” the family’s misfortune. Only a fellow servant in the same plight gives her room to breathe. As life grows more brutal, she discovers the heirloom she swallowed is actually that man’s Reverse Scale—a taboo core that binds fate, rage, and desire. Determined to free him and escape this house of curses, she’s pulled into a dark, adult web of power plays and forbidden intimacy—where one wrong touch can awaken the beast.

An official slice of life themed 4 panel webmanga of the Guardian Tales series.

After her foster father transforms into a serpent monster and dies, Nokhee is taken in by a high-ranking noble family. Overnight she becomes a pampered young lady—at least on the surface. In truth, she is nothing more than a living talisman, a girl kept to ward off misfortune. The only person who gives her room to breathe in this suffocating household is Giju, a servant boy who shares her low status. But Nokhee’s life grows more wretched by the day… And eventually, she learns that the heirloom she swallowed is none other than Giju’s reverse scale—his most untouchable, fatal weakness. “These disgusting things… can’t you take them back?” No matter how she thought about it, Giju had done nothing wrong. So Nokhee makes a decision— to push him out of this hell, even if she cannot escape it herself. “Haa… my lady.” “Hold onto the pillar, lift your skirt, and bite down.”

Given only three months left to live, the maid Ipo Bell impulsively proposes a one-night relationship to the man she has secretly loved for so long— Arwin Asta, the master of the marquis household. She insists she expects nothing beyond that single night, yet her feelings for Arwin only continue to grow. Meanwhile, the great wizard Dalton, who seems suspicious in more ways than one, begins to interfere… A delicate blend of emotional nuance and deep romance — The Maid’s Temptation, newly adapted into a complete edition.

Original Manhua