It was not something particularly noteworthy. Hayden headed straight towards the woman he belonged to. While he was not with her, Ru learned how to manipulate the power of the philosopher from the Dragon Lord. She would undoubtedly be absorbed in what she learned this time, and she never skipped morning training.
“Changing the size of light, making it brighter…….”
Hayden opened the door quietly, disregarding the chamberlain, and entered. He leaned against the wall and watched as Ru created a purplish light, then transformed it into a deep green.
She was completely focused on drawing out the power of the southern sage, unaware that he had come.
Since she started handling the power of the sage, Hayden, who was more at ease in her presence, even though she was in her own world, erased his presence even more to watch Ru.
“Illuminate, relax….”
Ru, murmuring the words, seemed very serious, perhaps recalling the words Melphies had said. While doing so, she drew the light up for a long time with great determination, then suddenly directed it towards her own head.
“Delicately, carefully, if you loosen it a bit….”
“Delicate, whatever, please, can you stop?”
Ru, surprised, turned her head to see Hayden approaching rapidly.
“When did you come?”
“Just now. Don’t think about lifting the curse. I clearly told you not to do it alone anymore.”
Hayden held both of Ru’s hands and furrowed his brows. He felt awkward.
“Why don’t you listen to me, our knight?”
The heart that sank as soon as their faces met eased, and the determination to say something firm and decisive melted away.
It wasn’t Ru who showed weakness on her face; it was him. Seizing the opportunity since he was holding her hand, he brought her hand to his mouth.
“Just a little, to touch gently….”
The gray eyes looked quietly down on her relatively small hand.
“Yeah, sorry.”
Quickly apologizing, when he opened his eyes wide, the gray eyes curved into a smile as if it was absurd. Hayden smiled and leaned his forehead against her hand.
“I’m really too weak for you.”
He drew closer and wrapped his arms around her waist.
“I’m trying to do something for you somehow. I know it’s because of me. That’s why I’m weak.”
Ru couldn’t even respond, and he embraced her. If she spoke out loud, everything seemed like it would overflow with sadness. Even now, in front of the fiancé who said he would handle everything alone, she couldn’t do that. She never wanted to.
“Don’t make that expression.”
Hayden whispered with a bitter smile. The affectionate eyes that lowered their heads were only filled with her. Ru caressed his face.
‘You made my dream come true.’
The words she couldn’t say piled up inside. She didn’t say such words because Hayden might not want to hear them. It seemed like saying goodbye to everyone.
But it was the truth. Hayden achieved the dream she gave up without hesitation.
Was it because it was a dream she didn’t achieve on her own, or because she achieved it too quickly? Everything was in imminent danger of disappearing. This time, it was undoubtedly her fault.
What if Ru inflicts even a little more harm on Hayden? What if she falls completely under Carlos’s control in her state of memory loss? What if her parents find out that she attacked and harmed the emperor?
Ru, who had experienced a severe scolding once, knew well how this would unfold and how to handle it. However, despite that, the comfort of being held in these arms, a place she had longed for and finally embraced, was so warm and sweet that she didn’t want to let go.
“What did you learn from Dragonload? Show me too.”
Hayden, after seeing her expression, changed the subject.
“Don’t touch the curse.”
“I just practiced raising and brightening the light like this. He taught me that the basics are the most important. And like this….”
As the faint green light of Ru approached Hayden carefully, he quickly displayed his light.
He approached the green light that was emitting a bright white light more closely. The faint power of the southern sage greeted the powerful northern sage like a small greeting. Hayden, with a fake smile, approached the green light.
“If we touch like this, we can understand each other….”
His words were abruptly cut off. Ru’s eyes also widened. When the green light tried to touch the white light, it suddenly swallowed up the light. Literally, the white light was sucked in.
Bang!
The chair Ru was sitting on rolled on the floor. Hayden, who firmly held her wrist trying to step back, didn’t let go of the trembling Ru.
“This is interesting.”
He laughed fiercely.
“It’s okay, Ru. You can take more.”
“No, I don’t want that!”
Absorbing his power was not what Ru intended. She mumbled, forgetting to step back from him and still being held.
Carlos. That guy was using her as a medium to take away Hayden’s power. In the end, the power Ru had was not her own but just a tool wielded by Carlos.
Hayden couldn’t let Carlos take away his power. It was terrible to become the one who created such a situation. But Hayden hugged her tightly and chuckled.
The Male lead Always Seduces Her with His Beauty (Matriarchy)
Xin Jiao Zhou is the leader of the world’s premier sect. She has just experienced betrayal from all sides, was poisoned in an assassination attempt, and faced death squad attacks while the poison was taking effect. After finally clearing out the scum from her sect, she was drugged again while trying to detoxify.
After waking up from a night of unconsciousness, she gained a “beautiful and kind-hearted” husband.
Xin Jiao Zhou: “???”
He fell ill.
She came to see him, bringing breakfast.
As she put down the breakfast and was about to leave, his hand slipped while holding the spoon. “Clank!”
She turned around upon hearing the noise.
He looked up at her, his eyebrows drooping: “My hand… has no strength.”
“Shall I… feed you?” she asked tentatively.
He opened his mouth cheerfully: “Ah—”
Thinking she was drowning, he jumped in without hesitation to save her, but nearly drowned himself. In the end, it was she who swam over to rescue him, giving him air underwater.
After emerging from the water, his ear tips turned red. He lightly brushed his cheek, tucking his sideburns behind his ear, revealing delicate, pink-tinged ear tips. He lowered his gaze, too embarrassed to look at her.
Xin Jiao Zhou: He’s truly beautiful, kind-hearted, and adorable.
A certain someone when disciplining subordinates behind the scenes: “If they don’t obey, just kill them.”
What’s that? She might already have someone she cares about in her heart? A certain someone: Find out who it is, kill them, and then there won’t be anyone.
What? She met a man by the riverside? What? That man even hurt her? A certain someone: Whichever hand hurt her, chop off his entire arm.
Love at first sight without realizing it, gradually falling in love, slowly getting closer…
Family and national grudges, schemes and desires, good and evil, crime and punishment, she and he face the future together, seeking justice with passion!
A naturally dark female lead who could accidentally destroy the world but is actually an honest person VS a weak, pitiful, and helpless but skilled fighter, beautiful white-cut black male lead
My heart is not of stone, how steadfast is your love? — Tao Yuanming “Imitating the Ancients (No. 3)”
— Reading Guide —
Cold female lead & dramatic black lotus with hidden yandere traits male lead
