At the End of Ruin, There You Are (56 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 57
Caella. Caella. Caella.
He wanted to keep calling that name over and over—freely, comfortably, just as a husband would call his wife after spending long, peaceful hours together.
He wanted to call her name with affection, not with a title like “Princess” or any other honorific dictated by rank. And of all names, it had to be Caella—a name so fragilely melancholic and heartbreakingly beautiful, perfectly suited to her.
Couldn’t she just become a little healthier?
Pheon looked down at Caella, who had collapsed into exhausted sleep, and adjusted his hold on her. He couldn’t let his wife suffer all night from indigestion so severe that she’d vomited up every bite of food she’d so eagerly eaten just because of a single remark from Beatrice.
All he did was hold her so she wouldn’t have nightmares, soothe her wounds, and gently suck away the poisonous words lodged in her ears. Caella, lacking even the strength to fully absorb all the affection he poured onto her, moaned softly in pleasure before drifting off into a deep slumber.
“…Caella.”
Once daylight returned to the bedroom, he wouldn’t be able to say that name anymore. Outside these walls, only his strict, ironclad decorum kept even the most arrogant nobles from treating Caella with disrespect. Of course, he had no intention of tolerating that farce for much longer.
Time was running out. That’s why Pheon refused to loosen his embrace around Caella. Even this felt shameless. He knew. In the end, he was nothing but a brazen mongrel, a bastard with no father.
With no education to speak of, he’d cling to this day forever—postponing atonement and repentance, instead splitting this present moment with Caella into tiny fragments, savoring and engraving each one deeply into his soul.
‘Did you come back with me too?’
He wanted to ask, but fear held him back. For Pheon, reincarnation was an opportunity—a chance to live properly, correctly this time; a chance not to repeat the sins he’d committed. But could a sinner really expect such easy grace?
He wasn’t sure. Or perhaps he simply lacked the courage to open the foul-smelling box he’d built for himself and face the sins piled inside, choosing instead to cowardly pretend he hadn’t seen them.
Just a little longer—just a little more. Last night, Caella had smiled at him, and so he dared to hope, selfishly, that this time might be different. This moment felt too dreamlike, too happy, too precious—he wanted to shut out everything else.
Yet at the same time, overwhelmed with love for his wife—who was seven years his junior—he was consumed by revulsion at the memory of how, in another life, he’d desperately pretended not to see her, ignoring her completely.
My Arch-enemy Sealed My Memory and Said That He is My Husband
This is an incredibly captivating story that you absolutely shouldn’t miss! I’ll give a brief introduction here, and below you’ll find a detailed synopsis of the plot.
The female lead is a fierce and powerful demon king. The male lead is a once-in-a-millennium celestial lord, admired by the entire cultivation world.
They are equally matched, legendary rivals who have battled for centuries.
In the final duel, the female lead is gravely injured. The male lead saves her, seals her memories, and hides her true identity. He tells her that he is her fiancé. His entire life has been flawless—except for the one thing he never expected, never controlled, and never wanted to control: falling for his greatest enemy. She is his inner demon, his obsession.
When the female lead regains her memories, she is furious at his deception.
She makes his life a living hell.
And somehow, the male lead—possibly a total masochist—doesn’t mind at all. In fact, he’s happy she’s paying attention to him.
Yep, we’re back to my favorite trope: male lead suffering. If you love this kind of story, jump into the pit with me now!!!
Intro
Dong Xia lost her memory.
Her handsome and extremely powerful fiancé Li Qing comforted her: “It’s okay if you can’t remember. I’ll always be with you.”
Everyone thought Dong Xia’s ancestors must have burned incense to get such a perfect fiancé. He was the number one person in the immortal realm, yet he remained chaste and only loved her.
…
The day before marrying her fiancé, Dong Xia finally remembered everything.
She wasn’t suffering from memory loss at all.
Her arch-enemy had made her fake her death, destroyed her cultivation, replaced her memories, and pretended to be her deeply in love fiancé.
No wonder he said, “It’s okay if you can’t remember”!
Dong Xia laughed coldly as she pulled out her long knife: Li Qing, prepare to die 🙂
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Li Qing, as the supreme being of the immortal realm, was the people’s shining beacon.
The only unknown stain in his life was his affection for Dong Xia, the ruler of the demon realm.
In the final battle of the war between immortals and demons, the sky collapsed and the earth shattered. The ruler of the demon realm was finally slain under the sword of the supreme being of the immortal realm, and everyone in the immortal realm applauded.
The cultivation world lost a ruler of the demon realm.
And in the back mountain of Li Qing’s cave dwelling, he secretly hid away a fiancée.
Notes:
1. The female lead is white on the outside, black on the inside, and the queen of flattery; the male lead repeatedly tests the edge of darkness, a VIP guest at the crematorium.
2. Fantasy cultivation world setting.
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Why is the empress unconscious?
And honestly ! You should have put Caela in dragon coma as well and woke her up once everything is done .
Yes throw those corrupt nobles in the fire
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The evidence had piled up, forming not just a hypothesis but undeniable proof—la
I wish he could come clean to her about everything…then it would be her choice yo forgive him or not and would be able to just live and also free her from this constant anxiety and depression
The evidence had piled up, forming not just a hypothesis but undeniable proof—la
You knows from the start why you dilly-dailing if she change her nature that means she’s also come back it’s logical
He drew a deep breath, swallowed once to steady his cracked voice. It came out f
You’re really only just now realizing this, Pheon, or have you been ignoring it for your own benefit?
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Her heart is broken! How can she get healthy