“Hey, this place seems wrong. Let’s go back, Vashi. It’s too dark for us, and I’ll really get in trouble if Idrish finds out.”
Just wait a moment.
I bravely went down the stairs first. In fact, it was more accurate to say that I fell abruptly onto the lower stairs.
I looked back at Rodrigo. He hesitated, clenching and unclenching his fists with an impatient look in his eyes. Then, as if making a big decision, he closed his eyes tightly and opened them again.
“That’s right, I can do it too.”
Rodrigo’s feet were trembling as he reached down.
We quickly arrived at the end of the stairs.
“I think we need to go up now. Hurry and climb onto my hand!”
Rodrigo urged me, but I was busy looking around.
The entire basement was filled with shelves. And on them were glass bottles packed tightly. Most of them were sealed tight, filled with black powders.
The spines on my body stood up.
“Vashi, let’s get out of here.”
Rodrigo, unaware of the bottles’ identity, picked me up with both hands and hurriedly went up the stairs.
But I knew what it was.
It was the explosive Idrish had prepared to set the world on fire.
I was dumbstruck.
Bang! Boom!
With a deafening noise, the floor exploded, and the building collapsed. The beastmen all screamed and ran for their lives. But there was no safe place. Explosions happened in a chain reaction.
The scene of the rabbit beastman, the protagonist, Jessica, running away was vivid. The horrifying sight of beastmen fleeing desperately kept me up all night.
The city, peaceful in the morning, was reduced to ruins. Beastmen were either burned by fire or crushed by buildings.
Those glass bottles had caused the explosion.
My mouth went dry. Terror crept in, and my four legs went stiff.
There was a big difference between vaguely knowing that this man was a villain in the novel and seeing it with my own eyes.
Perhaps I had become numb to the sight of Idrish writhing as if about to die last night or lying lazily, laughing. Or maybe I had felt that it was a distant event.
But now, looking at these nearly filled bottles of explosives, it felt as if Idrish was about to blow up the world soon.
“Vashi, what’s wrong? We escaped without getting caught. So you don’t have to worry too much.”
Rodrigo spoke worriedly, then hesitated for a moment and gently brushed the spines on my back. The spines, which had been stiff all the while, calmly laid down at the gentle touch.
But that didn’t make me feel any better. Rodrigo was from the same tribe as Baekho.
“If you continue to be scared, I’ll protect you.”
Rodrigo said naively.
At that moment,
“Who are you protecting?”
The cold voice made my spine stiffen once again. It was not Rodrigo’s voice.
I hid my face in the thorns and could only see the large footsteps coming closer.
“Yo, Idrish.”
“I told you not to go to the basement.”
“But that….”
“You even brought that nightingale?”
“I was showing the thorny Demon King around the mansion and before I knew it….”
Unlike when speaking to me, Rodrigo’s voice was barely audible, sounding very timid.
Idrish approached with heavy steps. I curled my body even more, and Rodrigo froze, unable to move.
Idrish picked me up without hesitation.
“Rodrigo. Don’t you know what happened to all those who defied me?”
Rodrigo only blinked his big eyes, saying nothing. He seemed so scared, as if he might burst into tears at any moment.
“I cut off all their lives. Did you think you’d be an exception?”
The words were so cold and harsh, they were unbelievable for something said to a sibling.
Rodrigo didn’t respond, but he was certainly trembling.
“Go back to your room right now. Wait for your punishment. I won’t let this go this time.”
“Yes….”
I heard Rodrigo’s voice sobbing as he barely responded, and the sound of his footsteps growing distant.
After Rodrigo left, only Idrish and I remained in the hallway.
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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