Don't Be Kind Rashly (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 23
Rustica Jenus personally experienced all her well-honed skills vanishing without a trace.
The magical theories in her mind refused to materialize, and her swordsmanship was no different. To put it more directly, her trained muscles failed to perform their function. Just like this.
Clang.
The Emperor’s heavy sword fell to the floor.
“Your Majesty!”
The knights who burst through the door immediately saw Countess Calleta trembling violently as she stared at her own hand, enveloped in an eerie emerald light.
The blade of the Emperor’s fallen sword pointed not at him, but at her. And the Emperor had his arm wrapped around the Countess’s neck. To anyone watching, it was clearly a scene of Countess Calleta attempting self-harm. Her gray eyes turned toward the door.
“Leave.”
At the icy command dripping with coldness, the knights instantly retreated and closed the door again.
“Countess Jenus.”
Lu stared at her hand, shaking violently from loss of strength, as if unable to comprehend it. It was a familiar sensation. She was used to her arm losing power the moment she swung her sword infused with magic, leaving her unable to strike properly.
But this was the first time she’d lost strength even during such a simple motion—so much so that she dropped her sword entirely.
“Countess Jenus.”
And what was this ominous emerald glow rippling across her entire body? A light she’d never seen before was binding her, starting from her wrist up through her arm and shoulder, and now encircling her whole body.
The knot appeared tightly fastened, as if tied long ago. Intricate magical runes were engraved upon it.
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)”
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Cold female lead & dramatic black lotus with hidden yandere traits male lead
I’m not sure where Lu gets the patience to deal with Hayden. He’s like a bulldozer. He seems convinced he’s helping her yet he doesn’t consider her opinions throughout it all.