Things went wrong from the morning.
“Young lady, huff, I’m sorry……”
Angela was suffering from a severe fever.
The person who wore winter protection as decoration even in winter happened to be bedridden on the day of the banquet. Diana was equally embarrassed.
She was also very shy, and didn’t want to bring someone other than Angela to the place she was briefly visiting.
“I’ll go alone.”
“That’s nonsense….. Since the schedule is to arrive in the evening, at least one maid to take care of the young lady’s meals is absolutely necessary.”
Eventually, due to Angela’s insistence, Diana ended up accompanying a maid she had never seen before.
Her name was Katrina. She was a pretty young lady with brown hair and smiling eyes.
She silently smiled while moving the luggage bag that Angela had prepared.
“I will serve you without any inconvenience during your stay.”
“Alright……”
Katrina followed Diana silently. Her consideration was so excessive that it felt like a ghost.
‘More than that, where on earth did Raoul disappear to?’
Raoul, who had disappeared since yesterday afternoon, did not appear until morning.
‘It’s a 2 night 3 day schedule, I wanted to at least say goodbye….’
In the end, the carriage departed without meeting Raoul.
Around the time the sun was in the middle of the sky, Sebastian woke up from his nap and started to move.
Only then did Diana realize that mealtime was approaching.
The coachman, two knights, and Katrina got off the carriage and started preparing a place.
She sat down on the spread blanket and looked at the scenery of the fir forest.
Although it was a safe route often used by merchant guild traders, the forest felt gloomy due to the cloudy weather.
“Even in summer, it’s cold inside the forest.”
Katrina handed Diana a lamb stew while wrapping a robe she had brought around Diana’s shoulders.
“Thank you.”
She put Sebastian down on her knees and started eating. As soon as she took a spoonful, the sound of clouds in the sky heavily swelling their bodies was heard.
“It looks like it’s going to rain. Hurry and eat, then get in the carriage.”
Diana moved her spoon busily without properly savoring the taste.
As soon as she put down the bowl, Katrina cleared the dishes and guided Diana into the carriage.
“Please get in first.”
“Wait a moment, Sebastian……”
The mischievous divine beast was busy chasing butterflies.
As Diana kept calling his name, suddenly her clear vision became blurry.
“Huh…?”
She could see Katrina approaching from afar.
She put her hand on Diana’s shoulder and soon lifted her limp body.
“Sleep comfortably.”
An irresistible drowsiness gradually came over her.
Even if she tried to fight off sleep, it was an irresistible force.
Beyond the wavering vision, the knight and the magic beast overlapped as one.
‘Why?’
In the end, her consciousness drifted away without being able to ask.
[This is the timeline separator]Diana opened her eyes inside the shaking carriage.
Startled, she looked around, but neither Katrina nor Sebastian were to be seen.
Surprised, Diana threw open the curtains of the window. They had long since left the dense fir forest, and the carriage was running on rough stone ground.
She urgently searched for people, but neither knights nor horses could be seen.
The only person in the carriage was the coachman who had been motionless since earlier.
‘I have to wake him up!’
Diana banged hard on the front window.
“Hey! Wake up!”
No matter how much she shouted, he couldn’t wake from his sleep. At that moment, the carriage shook violently as it hit a large rock.
Thud!
With a dull sound, the coachman’s cheek stuck to the glass window.
Diana, who had her face close to the glass window, was so surprised she had to cover her mouth.
The coachman, who she thought was asleep, had become a cold corpse.
The arrow stuck in his chest and his unfocused eyes were already telling that he was no longer of this world.
“Who on earth would do such a thing……”
Diana trembled her hands and barely came to her senses. She couldn’t keep riding in a carriage that had lost control.
Looking out the window, fortunately, the carriage was slowing down. She had to jump out now before something unexpected happened.
Diana threw open the door and swallowed hard once.
‘If I do well, it might end with just some bruises.’
It was when she was about to step out with her arms crossed over her chest. Suddenly, a white hand came down from the top of the carriage.
“Don’t get off now!”
Along with the voice, a sharp arrow flew by Diana’s face.
“Huk!”
It was undoubtedly the arrow that killed the coachman.
‘Surely no one was visible until just now, where on earth…!’
Startled, she looked in the direction the arrow had come from, and a group of assassins on horseback were chasing Diana from inside the forest.
Diana immediately crouched down on the seat and avoided the shower of arrows.
For a while, the noisy sound of hinges and the sharp sound of arrows alternated.
The relentless attack seemed like it would not stop until Diana died.
About 60 seconds that felt like 100 years passed like that? The storm-like wind sound stopped, and the carriage door closed with a click.
“Are you alright?”
Diana lowered her arms that were covering her head and raised her gaze upwards.
‘Oh my……”
A blue-eyed boy was looking down at Diana with worried eyes.
“Raoul…? What on earth is going on?”
“I’ll explain that later.”
Raoul forcefully thrust down the shield he was holding against the opposite glass window. After striking it hard a few times, the glass fell off with a crashing sound.
“Let’s go.”
Raoul supported Diana’s waist with one hand and put his foot on the doorframe.
It was when he was preparing to jump out while sweeping away as much of the glass pieces as possible.
Neigh!
With a pain-filled horse cry, the carriage shook violently.
Looking beyond the front window, there was an arrow stuck in the horse’s thigh.
As the excited horse ran as if fleeing, the speed became incomparably faster than before.
To make matters worse, the right rear wheel of the carriage came off.
“…Diana, hold on tight!”
It was then.
Whoosh!
A majestic sound that seemed to swallow up the earth hit their ears.
Raoul’s pupils shook anxiously.
Diana then faced the grand natural scenery spread out beyond the carriage.
The carriage carrying the two was rushing towards a dizzying waterfall cliff.
“Raoul! At least you escape!”
At this rate, it was obvious that both would die. Diana let go of his waist to at least save Raoul.
“Please let go! We’ll both die at this rate!”
“I absolutely won’t… leave… without you…!”
While the two were arguing, the carriage was already rushing towards an uncrossable river.
Neigh!
Thud!
With the sound of the carriage breaking, the bodies of the two floated in the air.
Neigh!
As the horse threw its body off the cliff, the bodies of the two began to fall vertically down the steep cliff that looked as if it had been carved out.
“Diana, hold on tight!”
The moment the carriage fell from the cliff, Raoul roughly opened the opposite door and threw his body. Everything happened in an instant.
Diana looked at the falling carriage, dangling from Raoul’s hand.
Splash! With a cold bursting sound, the carriage began to be swept downstream in an instant. The water was deep and the current was extremely fast.
“Ra, Raoul……”
Diana’s arm hurt as if it would break at any moment. Raoul was gritting his teeth, hanging from a thick tree branch.
A cracking sound came from the upper part of the branch, unable to bear the weight of the two.
‘We’ll both die at this rate…!’
Diana looked down at the distant ground below and squeezed her eyes shut.
‘I’m scared…!’
But there was no other choice.
“At least you should live! Let go of this hand…!”
“…Stay still…! Diana…!”
Raoul’s right arm trembled.
“Grab my waist……”
Raoul had just barely pulled up her body with all his strength.
Crack!
The branch bent at a right angle, revealing its white flesh.
‘Now I really can’t hold on……”
Diana looked at Raoul’s face. He was concentrating on holding on with gritted teeth.
At that moment, beautiful moments flashed through Diana’s mind like a kaleidoscope.
Spring, summer, autumn with Raoul, and even the winter when they first met.
No matter what moment she recalled, Raoul standing beside her was beautifully radiant.
In this moment facing death, Diana felt that the few years of her short life were more valuable than the past 20 years.
Compared to her previous life, this was an incredibly good death.
As Diana placed her hand on Raoul’s cheek, their gazes intertwined deeply in the air.
She pressed her forehead against his, with the heart of comforting the boy who would be left alone.
“Diana….. Just a little, more, hold on……”
It was useless to hold on.
Even if Raoul sacrificed himself and only Diana climbed up the cliff, would the assassins waiting above spare her life?
Raoul had used up all the strength in his arms trying to pull Diana up.
Diana, with an impossibly serene face, began to remove the boy’s fingers wrapped around her waist.
Raoul’s pupils shook uncontrollably.
“Diana! What are you doing…! Don’t!”
“When you escape from here, go straight back to the castle. Don’t say you were here.”
“No! Please…!”
“Goodbye, Raoul. I was glad to meet you in this life too.”
At that moment, Raoul’s pinky finger lost its strength with a thud.
It was farewell.
Diana felt her body being sucked down as she relaxed her muscles.
It would have been nice if she had fainted, but she didn’t lose consciousness even as her body sank deep into the water.
Such a strong current. It was clear that she would die hitting her head somewhere while being swept away.
Diana just tried to enjoy the passing kaleidoscope for as long as possible.
The library at 2 PM, the training ground, and the annex where cherry blossoms were in full bloom.
No matter what scene she recalled, there was always a beautiful boy with her.
Ah, she didn’t want to try anymore.
She didn’t try to survive. She just hoped to say goodbye to this novel with this life.
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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