How To Choose A Knight (28 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 48
In the past, each small victory like this would have brought sheer exhilaration. Recalling her fifteen-year-old self made it strikingly clear just how solid her current support base had become.
But Jade kept wanting to sprawl out, leaning against something—anywhere.
The world couldn’t have changed that much in just four months. Yet, strangely, everything felt unfamiliar to her.
Unlike the forest, where actions had simple purposes regardless of difficulty, out here every single act carried far too much meaning.
Meeting the king, meeting the clan members who favored her—she methodically sorted through her tasks, swiftly undoing all the ground Felix had carefully built.
And yet, she had to keep a relaxed smile on her lips. It was suffocating.
Before parting, Oli had said those words—that the experiences in Athanase Forest would become a new foundation to support her.
But it hadn’t turned out that way. What she’d experienced in Athanase Forest had gnawed at her. It had shown her just how dull this life truly was and how exhausting it was to wear a mask.
Jade simply wanted to burst into loud, carefree laughter. She wanted to meet someone and chatter without any agenda. She longed to do absolutely nothing and just enjoy the scenery outside.
But she couldn’t. This place was one where you couldn’t act without thought, without purpose, or without doing something.
“I’m so tired….”
If this were Axel’s house, she’d have collapsed onto the floor and fallen asleep right away.
Now that Jade acknowledged all her feelings, she no longer consciously suppressed thoughts of him—because the more she tried to push them down, the more vividly those memories surged back in defiance.
Sometimes she felt greedy. The time spent with him had been joyful, peaceful, and happy. Even outside the forest, she felt she could laugh out loud freely by his side. Breathing felt easier there.
What if she pulled Axel out of the forest?
The Male lead Always Seduces Her with His Beauty (Matriarchy)
Xin Jiao Zhou is the leader of the world’s premier sect. She has just experienced betrayal from all sides, was poisoned in an assassination attempt, and faced death squad attacks while the poison was taking effect. After finally clearing out the scum from her sect, she was drugged again while trying to detoxify.
After waking up from a night of unconsciousness, she gained a “beautiful and kind-hearted” husband.
Xin Jiao Zhou: “???”
He fell ill.
She came to see him, bringing breakfast.
As she put down the breakfast and was about to leave, his hand slipped while holding the spoon. “Clank!”
She turned around upon hearing the noise.
He looked up at her, his eyebrows drooping: “My hand… has no strength.”
“Shall I… feed you?” she asked tentatively.
He opened his mouth cheerfully: “Ah—”
Thinking she was drowning, he jumped in without hesitation to save her, but nearly drowned himself. In the end, it was she who swam over to rescue him, giving him air underwater.
After emerging from the water, his ear tips turned red. He lightly brushed his cheek, tucking his sideburns behind his ear, revealing delicate, pink-tinged ear tips. He lowered his gaze, too embarrassed to look at her.
Xin Jiao Zhou: He’s truly beautiful, kind-hearted, and adorable.
A certain someone when disciplining subordinates behind the scenes: “If they don’t obey, just kill them.”
What’s that? She might already have someone she cares about in her heart? A certain someone: Find out who it is, kill them, and then there won’t be anyone.
What? She met a man by the riverside? What? That man even hurt her? A certain someone: Whichever hand hurt her, chop off his entire arm.
Love at first sight without realizing it, gradually falling in love, slowly getting closer…
Family and national grudges, schemes and desires, good and evil, crime and punishment, she and he face the future together, seeking justice with passion!
A naturally dark female lead who could accidentally destroy the world but is actually an honest person VS a weak, pitiful, and helpless but skilled fighter, beautiful white-cut black male lead
My heart is not of stone, how steadfast is your love? — Tao Yuanming “Imitating the Ancients (No. 3)”
— Reading Guide —
Cold female lead & dramatic black lotus with hidden yandere traits male lead
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“Send someone immediately to the Atanase Forest!”
Bwahhahaha BROTHER BROTHER YOU IDOT YOUR WOMAN IS TRYING TO GER ENGAGED TO ANOTHER MAN 😖😖
“Don’t you feel sorry for the man who might become your husband? Or rather, the
BWAHAHAHAH he feels betrayal in his brother’s stead
That was probably because this mission would cross Jisen’s border to confront po
How cool is she?! Hasn’t even had her coming of age ceremony yet but stands by those with exceptional experience
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Axel is already secretly devoted to her. He doesn’t want to label his feelings that might inconvenience her. She on the other hand clearly understood her feelings and drew a line. Yet can’t keep those feelings in check