Atia was in the middle of her exercise routine.
She was adopting the posture of a cat, her waist bending like a bow while lying on her stomach.
Casus barged in unexpectedly, but she didn’t flinch.
With her hair tightly bundled in one, she looked like she was about to start something big.
Casus, who had been staring blankly at Atia, slowly opened his mouth.
“What are you doing right now?”
“I’m adopting a good posture for back pain, Your Highness.”
“Back pain?”
“Do you want to try it with me, Your Highness?”
“……Why should I?”
Casus raised his eyebrows, looking baffled.
“This posture strengthens the spine and relaxes the muscles around it. If the spine collapses, the whole body collapses. It’s the center of the human body.”
“…….”
“It’s also good for menstrual cramps, by the way.”
“What……?”
“Ah, Your Highness mustn’t have menstrual cramps. You must have other pains.”
Atia corrected her posture as she spoke.
“This posture is called the ‘cat pose’.”
Like a cat with its claws out, she lifted one arm in a scratching gesture.
Her tightly bound hair swayed, as if mocking Casus.
“How about it? Does the name stick in your mind?”
“…….”
“By the way, why did Your Highness come to this humble place?”
At the question from Atia, Casus’ mind went blank for a moment.
He didn’t know what to say now that he had actually met Atia.
Why was it always such an unusual situation when he came face to face with this woman?
She was a woman whose next move could not be predicted.
“Ah, I’ll take back what I said about this place being humble. This is your mansion, after all.”
“Why I came here?”
“Yes.”
Casus couldn’t think of a suitable answer.
He bought time, but his thought process had already stopped.
“I was……. ”
Suddenly, he felt a deep, sweet scent vibrating in the room.
He didn’t know why, but it gave him a strange fluttering feeling.
Thinking that Atia had sprayed a pleasant scent, Casus finally opened his mouth.
“I was just passing by and I smelled something, so I came in.”
“Huh?”
“It started from the entrance of the corridor.”
“……. ”
“I walked following the source, and it turned out to be here.”
A scent.
A scent?
Atia was confused.
Seeing Casus’ stern expression, it didn’t seem like a good thing.
“Gasp! Does my sweat smell that much?”
Atia raised her eyebrows in surprise.
Atia and Casus stared at each other in silence for 5 seconds.
‘Wow, does it really spread all the way to the corridor?’
Atia wondered if she had a serious body odor problem she didn’t know about.
Casus’ sharp gaze seemed to pierce through her.
Eventually, Atia was the first to avert her eyes.
“This is really… I’m sorry.”
Atia scratched her head, laughing with a bashful face.
Was it because Casus’ nose was sensitive, or did she have a serious body odor problem?
Either way, it was a situation where she had caused trouble for a guest.
And that, while living in the duke’s mansion.
“Well, there’s no need to be sorry.”
Confused by the identity of the deep and sweet smell, Casus didn’t know what to say.
He had said something, but the situation seemed to be getting twisted.
Atia seemed awkward and was thinking about what excuse to make in her head.
“No, that’s……. Even though I wiped with a towel, it seems to have smelled a lot. If it’s vibrating all the way to the corridor…….”
How terrible must it have been for him to have come all the way here.
Casus’ tightly shut lips and furrowed brows.
Seeing his overall hardened face, it was clear that he was upset.
Atia muttered, twisting the end of her sentence, and unconsciously touched her nose.
“Um, well…….”
Casus wanted to say that wasn’t it, but he couldn’t open his mouth.
“I didn’t know the situation outside because I’ve already adapted to my smell. I’m sorry. Thank you for pointing it out.”
“Hm.”
Casus coughed for no reason, looking away.
Suddenly, the exercise equipment scattered here and there caught his eye.
It looked as if the training field outside had been moved in.
The room wasn’t particularly large, but with so many things scattered around, it looked even narrower.
What on earth had she gathered so much for?
Atia opened her mouth towards Casus, who was glancing around the room.
“But, Your Highness, are you okay with the smell?”
“Hmm?”
“It’s been from the entrance of the hallway.”
“Ah…….”
“This place is the source of it, are you okay? Or have you already adapted?”
She should have said fragrance.
Casus wrinkled his nose in embarrassment.
Atia was indeed curious, but trusting her was another story.
If he let his guard down, he didn’t know how she might suddenly change.
“Ah…… you’re not yet accustomed, I see. For some reason, you looked a bit pale.”
“Could I be otherwise.”
“Is there anything discomforting? Shall I take a look? Ah, not here but somewhere else. You can wash up first…….”
Atia felt as if she had unintentionally hurt him, she wanted to somehow make up for it.
But all Casus did was run his hand through his hair while narrowing his eyes.
“That’s enough. Be careful next time.”
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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