How To Choose A Knight (28 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 73
I should quit being his temporary pair. Being by his side only keeps adding useless desires.
There are plenty of excuses. I could say we just don’t seem compatible, or that he doesn’t really need a mage at all.
The moment the thought “he doesn’t need me” crossed her mind, her face flushed bright red as if set on fire. Though no one was watching, Jade pulled the blanket over her head.
Goodness, he uses sword aura.
It was really fortunate that Blake had quickly sent Velita away. She didn’t want to show her sinking spirits or embarrassment.
That meant Axel had never once needed Jade during his fights against monsters. Since he could wield sword aura, other mages skilled in defensive magic would’ve been far better than her, who mainly enhanced his offense with magic.
Of course, Jade could still make monsters hesitate or drive them off with flames, but she was defensively weaker compared to other mages who could conjure physical barriers.
She remembered what had happened by the lakeside in Athanase Forest—running down that dark path without knowing if she could manage it, casting her magic anyway. He’d cheered for her then, thrilled at being able to help him.
“So… I was the one who actually got in the way…”
She stomped her feet in shame.
After thrashing around on the bed for a long while, Jade finally collapsed from exhaustion. Her lips parted, and a delirious laugh slipped out.
“Haha… Huh…”
She’d sometimes thought this before: though they were just a temporary pair, they matched so well it felt wrong to even call it “temporary.” They fit so perfectly that her magic flowed into him without the slightest waste.
Since everyone else had said the same, she’d never doubted it. Or rather, she hadn’t wanted to doubt it—because she liked Axel and truly wanted to believe they were a good match.
But if he was already so skilled at channeling magical energy that he could produce sword aura, he surely also knew how to use the extra power she added without waste. Even if he hadn’t consciously known, he likely reacted instinctively.
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
Rigel really is a timid type of kid who is unusually defiant and sensitive
YEAH RIGEL STAND UP- I feel for you man 😭 I couldn’t even count you as second male lead sorry
Mmmmmm Petty 😂😂how I dearly love it. He’s mad this time