“Yes, I’m certain. I clearly saw her go in about an hour ago.”
“Alright, understood.”
The door remained closed as the bowing servant disappeared down the corridor.
“I too, really.”
Chuckling, Casus turned away but then stopped.
If he left now, the thought would plague him, affecting his focus.
Let’s confirm.
Creak.
Casus waited a moment longer, then reached for the doorknob.
The door slightly opened, revealing the room’s interior along with light.
Casus’s eyes widened as he peered inside.
Far away, wasn’t Heidegger lying prostrate on the floor?
Unclear what was happening, but his body moved up and down, slightly sweaty.
“Huh?”
Puzzled, he opened the door a bit more and saw Atia also lying prostrate on the floor.
Stunned by the unfamiliar pose, Casus opened his mouth.
Atia’s hair and skin were also wet.
Heavy breathing filled the room.
“What… is this!”
Finding the scene quite bizarre, Casus flung the door wide open.
“What are you doing right now?”
Heidegger brushed off his hands and stood up.
“I was teaching her body conditioning.”
His eyes widened.
His father teaching body conditioning to his wife?
“Ah, the Duke is here? I asked for it.”
“Huh?”
Atia lifted herself up from the prostrate position and sat on the floor.
Then, fixing her loosened hair, she looked at Casus.
“I asked the Duke because I want to get stronger.”
“Get stronger?”
“I seek physical beauty. I’m not content with this scrawny body. So, I asked for a body conditioning lesson from the Duke.”
Atia flaunted her thin arm.
Casus’s eyebrows tightened.
Even in his youth, his father rarely spent time with him.
But now?
Now he’s teaching body conditioning to Atia, whom he’s known only for a few days?
It was incomprehensible.
“Body conditioning?”
“Yes.”
A droplet of sweat rolled down Atia’s ponytail and fell from her chin.
“My young lady speaks the truth.”
Heidegger’s grave voice filled the room.
“She wasn’t satisfied with her current body, so although my expertise is modest, I was teaching her the method.”
Casus looked sternly at Heidegger.
His father had never spent time like this with him.
Not even on his birthdays when he was young.
No, he had no memory of doing anything with his father.
His father had always been a high and distant existence.
Somehow, Casus felt a bitter emotion well up inside.
Atia’s ability to change Father’s reaction so quickly was nothing short of amazing.
“Why are you exercising here?”
Casus asked, seemingly resentful.
The father in my memory wasn’t such a kind person.
As if reading his mind, Atia wiped sweat from her forehead and spoke.
“Isn’t it natural to exercise anytime, anywhere?”
“What?”
“I asked Father to help me build muscle. Can’t you spare some of your glorious muscles for me?”
“……What?”
Casus’s thick eyebrows twitched.
Atia glanced around the spacious office.
“There are plenty of movements that can be done indoors without going to the training ground. I’ve learned a lot from you today.”
Atia looked at Casus with a sly smile.
“……”
Meeting Atia’s dark eyes, only Casus’s thick eyebrows twitched.
Atia was dressed as comfortably as she would be when training at the training ground.
Tightly tied hair and a slight sweat.
There was no doubt.
The woman before him genuinely wanted to become stronger.
Was her goal revenge against her family?
Or did she have another agenda?
Why did she have such desperate eyes?
Whatever the reason, it was certain that she occasionally let slip her desire to become physically stronger.
Casus was momentarily lost in thought.
‘Father is old and has many things to worry about…’
If Atia’s goal was to become physically stronger, then Casus was more than confident.
“If that’s the case, I’ll teach you.”
“Huh…?”
Atia raised her eyebrows.
“Didn’t you hear me? If you want to become stronger, I’ll teach you.”
“Ah.”
Atia narrowed her eyes slightly.
Just when she had finally obtained Heidegger’s permission and was about to officially start.
Everything was about to go down the drain.
She had asked with a feeling of grasping at straws, so it was more desperate.
Just as Atia was about to argue, Casus spoke again.
“Have you ever seen me train someone properly?”
“Uh…”
“I don’t go easy just because you’re a woman. I’ll teach you until you achieve your goals, until you want to give up from madness. How about it?”
Casus’s low voice resonated in Atia’s ears.
“Yeah, that sounds good.”
Heidegger quickly noticed his son’s mood and spoke in a tone that suggested agreement.
Atia hesitated and cleared her throat.
“No, Father too? You agree?”
“I’m not good at teaching anyone.”
Heidegger said with a faint smile.
“Ah.”
She had thought it better to learn from someone more skilled.
Atia narrowed her eyes at Casus.
“Duke, you better keep that promise. I really hate men who speak with two tongues.”
“Don’t talk about quitting just because it’s hard.”
The corner of Casus’s mouth twisted.
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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