The wall had been breached.
Embarrassed to face her opponent overnight, Ru, who had arbitrarily taken a basket and left, was confused.
How much had she fought the monsters at the wall?
She naturally was deployed and fought whenever a terrible battle occurred. That, however, was a story from before her talent had disappeared overnight, when she was a genius knight at her best.
Yes. Without any reason, without any signal, suddenly one morning, she couldn’t use magic, and her body became sluggish.
She couldn’t even properly swing her sword. Despite more practice, and even after taking special medicine, her ability never returned. So Ru simply had to take off her knight’s uniform and leave the wall.
Anyway, the empire hadn’t overcome the barrier that was said to have been created by the gods, they merely faced the monsters that occasionally emerged.
‘Maybe I lost my talent as a divine punishment for daring to point that out to the great Emperor?’
Ru smirked. Nobody knew when the wall had been created.
The wall just existed there. No one knew what lay beyond it. Some had been dragged away by the monsters, but nobody had ever returned.
According to the magicians’ speculation, there could be a demon king controlling the monsters. Many knights and soldiers continued to be sacrificed just to capture a single powerful monster.
Why? Why were they forbidden to cross the barrier that even the monsters crossed? If people were dragged away, shouldn’t they find a way to breach the wall and somehow rescue them?
Ru had always wondered and had dared to voice that doubt. That happened precisely before she lost her talent.
“Sir.”
“Ah!”
Startled, Ru looked at the only general store owner in the village.
‘…Surely. He must be lying.’
How could the wall be breached?
“Oh my, you surprised me. You’re the lady who lives in the forest, aren’t you?”
“Hello.”
She greeted without expression. There was no benefit to a woman living alone to smile and show a kind attitude.
“Hmm, what do you need?”
“…Butter and flour.”
Since there were more people, she had to buy more food. So far, this countryside had been running peacefully.
“It’s over there.”
She began shopping leisurely for the first time. Carefully selected, albeit the only kind of butter, flour, she stacked them in the huge basket, then looked around to see if there was anything else to buy.
“Nothing unusual these days?”
“What could happen? How about you, sir?”
Ru deflected the question casually.
“I’m just the same. The whole village is like that. …You said you’re from Kaleta?”
“Yes.”
Everyone in the countryside knew that she was from the Kaleta Empire.
Since she rarely came into the village and only quickly bought what she needed before disappearing, she was still the subject of curiosity.
‘How could the wall be breached?’
It was a massive natural object that couldn’t be breached. A wall made of some substance that was too massive to climb and too impenetrable to pass through.
Even when Ru had knocked on it, the wall was too solid for magic or physical force to penetrate. It was even a mystery how the monsters appeared.
But it had been breached? No, maybe the belief that ‘the wall cannot be breached’ was even more massive and solid than the actual ‘wall.’ Ru’s head felt numb.
“Take this too.”
A bundle of eggs was added to the basket.
“I’m giving this to you.”
“Why?”
“Ah, why, well. Since you’ve been taking care of the children and teaching them numbers. Even if I can’t pay tuition, I can give you this.”
“A teacher? I didn’t even really teach the children…”
“Put it in, put it in. There aren’t many people in this village who think about teaching children. Do you know how many people here can count and read?”
The situation in the countryside was clear. Teaching children was unthinkable; everyone had to go out to raise cows, make butter, harvest wheat, and sell it to make a living.
The general store owner’s thick, calloused hand pointed to the shabby display shelf. “Things are a bit better around here, so we can afford such items.”
“We should teach the children more so they can work in the lord’s castle someday.”
He said this and that, puffing on his cigarette with a troubled face.
“……Don’t you think about going back to Kaleta?”
Riga, who had been opening a small coin purse to pay, looked up.
“A merchant told me something strange about the northern barrier.”
“The barrier? What about it?”
“He was making some bizarre claims that it’s been breached, so I asked if he’d been drinking with Ben.”
“The liquor at that place is strong.”
“Indeed.”
The general store owner made a strange face and nodded.
Damn. It seemed he knew she had been drinking heavily at ‘Uncle Ben’s’. There were no secrets in the countryside!
“Goodbye.”
“Yes, take care.”
The basket was heavier than she thought. On impulse, she also bought some meat from the hunter. Bear meat was tough and lacked flavor.
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 🙂
*
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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