“First, the Esper estate is located in the northern territory of the Luman Empire. It is a vast territory. Though the size of the territory is larger than the capital, onethird of it is a snow mountain, so if you consider only the habitable land, it is smaller than the capital.”
‘Habitable,’ was this emphasis just my imagination?
“It’s a cold territory, so crops like wheat, barley, and corn are hardly produced, but instead, there are many rare minerals and herbs. There are also many monster and beast trophies.”
The fact that many trophies are produced means that many monsters and beasts live around the estate.
“Isn’t it dangerous to live in such a place?”
“It’s not dangerous at all. We don’t hunt monsters and beasts, but rather, we coexist with them and get trophies.”
“Is that possible?”
Monsters and beasts are to be killed on sight. This was the known basic knowledge.
But coexist with them? When it didn’t make sense and she asked, Dewey answered with a laughing voice.
“You’ll know it’s possible when you go to the Esper estate yourself.”
Dewey’s voice, which had been explaining various things about the Esper estate, suddenly stopped.
With the cease of the chatter, the darkness surrounding her felt even more pronounced.
“Hey, where did you go? Answer me, please.”
Just as Irene clung to the door, calling Dewey anxiously, the door opened with a thud. Losing her support, she staggered forward.
“……!”
Irene reached out in surprise. Soon something solid was caught. Holding it tight, she managed to avoid the unfortunate incident of kissing the floor.
“Huff.”
Relieved by that fact, Irene soon realized that what she had grabbed was Carlos’s arm and quickly let go.
Carlos greeted Irene indifferently and got into the carriage.
Irene was about to get off the carriage, but Dewey stopped her.
“I’m sorry, but we have to leave immediately. We must arrive at the village before it gets darker, so we don’t have to sleep outdoors.”
“……Alright.”
Returning to her seat reluctantly, Irene glanced sideways at Carlos sitting across from her.
He was leaning his head against the wall of the carriage with his arms crossed. His eyes were slightly closed, and his face looked very tired.
Then don’t interfere and stay quiet. As if there, yet not there, hiding her breath and staying silent, unexpectedly, Carlos was the one to speak first.
“Where are you hurt?”
Irene then remembered her injury and looked down at her ankle. Initially, she couldn’t even properly step on her foot because it was so painful, but now it was just slightly stinging.
“It’s okay. Thank you for your concern.”
“I wasn’t concerned.”
At the brusque reply, Irene lost her words and cast her gaze down.
Carlos, who had opened his eyes at some point, looked down at Irene and resumed speaking.
“Baron Silas is dead.”
“What?”
What is this about? Irene, surprised, looked again at Carlos. He spoke indifferently.
“Not only Baron Silas but his whole family has died in a fire.”
Irene was shocked not only by the sudden death of Baron Silas, who had been fine when she left the estate, but even more so by the fact that they had died in a fire.
The reason she was accused of being a witch was precisely because of fire.
What if people think that the reason Baron Silas and his family died in the fire is because of me?
An anxious Irene was about to ask Carlos about the situation in Silas’ estate, when suddenly his body seemed to become transparent, like a ghost.
What? Irene, wondering if she had seen wrong, rubbed her eyes and checked again, but his body remained transparent.
It was becoming even more transparent, and she suddenly became afraid that he would disappear if left alone.
Though she should be glad if Carlos, who bound her like a snare, disappeared, she didn’t know why she was afraid.
At that moment, she knew for certain that she couldn’t leave him to disappear.
Irene, thinking that she had to stop him somehow, quickly reached out, grabbing his arm, which had become so transparent that the chair cushion was visible.
At that moment, her energy drained from her body. When Irene, who felt something was strange, tried to pull her hand away.
“……!”
Carlos pulled her arm back in return. Unexpectedly in his embrace, Irene’s eyes widened to the size of a lamp. Her body became rigid like a stone.
Carlos, without any hesitation, buried his face in her shoulder and took a deep breath.
Then his body, which had been transparent, slowly became clearer. Surprised by the strange phenomenon, Irene felt dizzy and dropped her head. A faint moan escaped her parted lips.
“Ah…….”
At that moment, Carlos’s hand that had been holding her waist dropped. Irene, breathing heavily, looked up at him with clouded eyes.
“Don’t look.”
Then a large hand covered her eyes. With the deep darkness, a muffled voice flowed into her head.
“It’s hard to endure.”
Male lead fell into her trap — and shattered when she walked away
This is also on my reread list!
This one is a slow burn, but when it burns, it burns hard.
Definitely worth a read, y’all!
The story follows a thousand-year-old seductive spirit who, on a bet, sets out to charm the male lead—a once-promising but unfortunate cultivator.
But just when she succeeds in making him fall for her, she heartlessly leaves, driving him to madness.
Determined to find her at all costs, he captures her, keeping her by his side no matter what, even if she hates him.
I love this kind of trope—I enjoy watching the male lead suffer in agony.
The ending drags a bit with unnecessary filler, but that’s fine.
As long as I enjoy the beginning, I’m good.
Intro
As an enchantress, Su Heng possesses captivating eyes and charming beauty, easily manipulating the joys and sorrows of living beings at her fingertips.
But to enchant a god, making him taste the bitterness of love’s separation, long-lasting resentment, unattainable desires, and inability to let go…
Do you dare?
Su Heng assists a divine lord in his cultivation, aiming to make him experience all the sufferings of love, so that he can attain the Great Dao.
Only after being chased down from the heavens by the divine lord, confined and completely possessed by him, does she realize how successful she has been.
The once gentle and polite youth has transformed into someone she no longer recognizes.
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