The curse still attached to her body had begun to raise its head. It made a loud noise, pressuring her. She had moved too quickly, covering too much distance in a single breath. Even for a young sage like her, it was too much. However, Ru gritted her teeth and kept moving.
“Over here! Oh, throw it straight here!”
The screeching sound of seagulls was heard. The peaceful southern part of Caletta, the noisy port city, was in full swing with restoration work. There was no remaining grain in the fields turned into ashes, and the nets had all burned.
The ships were all smashed, but amidst that, commercial ships were barely coming and going.
Ru glanced around once and disappeared from the southern part of Caletta. In the place where she disappeared, only the mana and power of the south that missed her remained, drifting.
“Uh, huh…!”
As soon as she arrived at the last destination, her breath twisted, and her throat seemed to dry up. The areas where the curse clung were hurting all over, especially her chest.
Ru bent her body and forced herself to inhale and exhale repeatedly. It was agonizing, but not to the point of death. Gasping for breath, she managed to lift her eyes and look ahead.
This place was Oikis, a small island that required a considerable journey after crossing the southern sea of the Caletta Empire. There were so many islands around here that this fishing village went unnoticed.
It was a beautiful place, but unfortunately, the sky was already gray, and the surrounding pine trees were swaying menacingly. The wind was extremely strong.
“Kkiyaaa!”
Whether scared or excited, a fearless girl from this place screamed as she recklessly ran down the steep path. As the girl passed by, three giant palm trees on her path tilted threateningly toward the road. The palm trees toppled down with a loud crash. There was nothing more to see. Ru, who looked like she could barely survive, leaped behind the seemingly only survivor among the kids.
With a loud noise, the trees fell in sequence. The girl, who had fallen to the ground, looked back after crying in alarm.
“Are you okay?”
Ru, lying under the fallen tree, comforted the crying child. It would have been better if she could use magic, but considering Ru’s physical condition, she couldn’t use magic at all.
All she had to rely on was her trained body, so she moved to save the child. Strangely, the area under her thigh hurt terribly. She couldn’t even stand up.
“It seems like it’s broken. What bad luck from the first day.”
Moreover, the crying child didn’t seem to understand Ru’s awkward words. The child, crying intermittently, got up and looked at Ru as if she was scared, then ran away as if scared. The crying sound echoed loudly.
“Uwaaaah!”
The child seemed very surprised. Ru sighed while lying under the tree. It hurt a lot. There were three trees, but she had no idea how many trees she was under right now. If she was lucky, it was one tree; if it was the worst, it was two trees. She couldn’t turn around because her back hurt too much.
‘Looks like it’s broken. What bad luck from the first day.’
Moreover, the crying child didn’t seem to understand Ru’s awkward words. The child, crying intermittently, got up and looked at Ru as if she was scared, then ran away as if scared. The crying sound echoed loudly.
“Uwaaaah!”
The child seemed very surprised. Ru sighed while lying under the tree. It hurt a lot. There were three trees, but she had no idea how many trees she was under right now. If she was lucky, it was one tree; if it was the worst, it was two trees. She couldn’t turn around because her back hurt too much.
‘Let’s rest a bit and then move. Magic…, if not magic, someone needs to help….’
Ah, she didn’t know. Right now, pondering wouldn’t bring any answers. The moment she gave up, tears welled up. No, she couldn’t cry now. If she cried, she would lose strength. Knowing well how to hold back tears, Ru repeated deep breaths to exhale forcefully. She closed her eyes tightly.
Hayden, Mom, Dad, Sia, Bella, Hayden again.
People she never wanted to harm and wanted to leave unharmed. But eventually, she stabbed them. Without hesitation, she pierced through their chests.
“Uuk…….”
Tears eventually leaked through her closed eyes. Why did she have to lose everything? It was unfair and infuriating. Ru made another promise to herself to stop thinking and shook her head, then opened her eyes. In the blurry view filled with remaining tears, someone who knelt down without hesitation came closer, and a large hand wiped her face.
“Whatever it is, Ru, you need to control it.”
“Take care of yourself reasonably, and be reasonable…, you should have been kind.”
Cold, piercing gray eyes were staring at her.
Crack! With a loud noise, thunder and lightning struck down.
When scheming men desperately battle for her favor in the male harem
This one’s also on my reread list! The rivalry, scheming between the men in the imperial harem are just as intense and thrilling as in classic palace drama novels, where concubines fight to the death. Give it a read, girls! I promise you won’t be disappointed.
Synopsis:
“I am not worthy of her… but I still want to be by her side, even if only as a loyal dog…”
Those were the painful whispers of Yue Guanyi – the proud Crown Prince of the Great Qi, who was torn between deep love and a guilty conscience. Despite holding the supreme power of the Imperial Guard, he still could not forget the dark past when he was sold into a brothel.
Fate played a cruel twist when Qiu Shuzhi – a young female official who had just passed the imperial examinations with top honors – stepped into his life. She did not know that she was the one who had saved him from a tragic fate many years ago. And now, her heart was the target of pursuit for both Yue Guanyi and the powerful Empress Dowager Qin Qing.
While Yue Guanyi only dared to silently care for and protect the one he loved from afar, the Empress Dowager Qin Qing openly expressed his feelings and did not hesitate to take advantage of his power to approach Qiu Shuzhi. The covert struggle between the two most powerful forces in the imperial court began…
Trigger warning: All men in this novel are yandere style.
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