“Stop thinking and just say it. What are you going to do? I can hear the sound of you wriggling your brain like a coward from here.”
But he had no strength left to wait for her. His anxiety had peaked since the moment he heard the news that Angeliana was coming to meet Ines. In response to his slight pull, Ines ground her teeth.
“I’m not doing this because I’m a coward.”
“So prove it.”
“I’ll go. To be by Your Majesty’s side.”
At those words, Carson took a deep breath. However, his cold expression remained unchanged.
“I’ll say it once again; I have no intention of becoming your deity.”
“It’s been a long time since I descended from heaven and became human.”
He raised one eyebrow, signaling her to explain more precisely. Desperate, Ines spat out what came to her mind first, but she couldn’t express herself any further.
However, he didn’t consider the circumstances and continued to press on.
“Ines.”
“I will go.”
“As the chief eunuch?”
Ines turned her head sideways. Only then did Carson straighten up towards her.
“No, but please don’t ask anymore. I don’t really know what I’m saying right now; it might be too much for me to handle.”
Ines, comforted by the warmth on Carson’s face, found herself glancing at him unintentionally. She thought his previous coldness, turning away and rejecting her, was cruel. For Ines, Carson’s rejection was something she couldn’t bear.
He gently grasped her arm. It was a firm touch that conveyed determination.
“You don’t need to take ten steps. You just need to take one. I’ll handle the rest.”
Once again, Ines shook her head.
“What does that mean again?”
“Absolutely don’t come down even one step. I’ll find a way to come up. So stay right there.”
At the incomprehensible words, Carson’s forehead slightly wrinkled.
“So, does that mean you’ll become my wife?”
As Ines nodded, Carson thoroughly examined her face, as if looking for any hidden falsehoods.
“Why, did your feelings change…?”
“They haven’t changed.”
“…”
“I always told you. I can never leave Your Majesty. So, I will definitely stay by your side. As the perfect companion that no one can object to.”
“So?”
“I will become the Empress. Beyond being the emperor of this empire, there is nothing else left for me.”
His manly Adam’s apple rose and fell significantly.
“Alright.”
For someone who had been urging for a quick answer all along, Ichigo’s response was surprisingly calm. Ines raised her head and carefully observed his face.
“Feeling better now?”
“…”
“Yes?”
“Are you thinking about cats and mice right now?”
“Your Majesty is the mouse?”
“Then, am I the cat?”
With a sudden shift in the conversation, Ines chuckled, and Carson pulled her into his arms. Only then did Ines feel the strong beating of the man’s heart, who had spoken calmly just moments ago. Somehow, the sound of his heartbeat became a comfort to Ines.
“One thing for sure, I’m not a cat. What cat gets this scared in front of a mouse?”
Wanting to hear more of the man’s heart, which seemed to have been terrified, Ines delved a little deeper into his embrace. If his words were true, Ines wasn’t a cat either.
Her heart sank as she turned to face him.
“Please wait for me.”
“Again?”
“Yes.”
“Don’t marry anyone else?”
“Yes, I won’t marry anyone else.”
After being in his arms for a moment, Ines gently bit him and, as if proposing to Carson, knelt on one knee.
Although Carson’s eyes widened in surprise, he didn’t stop Ines.
At some point, Ines had taken out the necklace adorned with a green jewel that Carson had once given her. Although she always carried it, she had never revealed it outwardly since committing a sin and going to the temple.
The color resembling her jade eyes sparkled as if soaked in moisture.
For some reason, Carson couldn’t bring himself to answer and simply watched what she was doing.
Ines, with a radiant smile resembling Carson’s, tugged his hand and placed the necklace on his palm.
“I’ll entrust it to you. This is a precious item to me, you know?”
Somehow choked up, Carson couldn’t readily respond.
“…I know.”
“I’ll go look for it. Please keep it safe until then.”
“Sure.”
“And please cheer for me. So that I don’t get tired.”
“Just in case I only cheer.”
Ines laughed at Carson’s typical joke. It was a dazzling smile that left him speechless.
Ines carefully folded the hand with the necklace. Holding it tightly, which couldn’t fit entirely into one hand, she embraced his hand with more strength.
A brief silence fell between the two. Holding the hand that couldn’t be entirely contained in one hand, she once again wrapped it securely. She looked straight into his eyes.
“I don’t know how to make grand speeches.”
“…”
“Like a river finding the sea, like a fallen flower becoming one with the soil, like the moon always illuminating the earth, I will go to your side without hesitation.”
Then she turned his hand over and, placing her lips on his palm, Ines kissed it. As Ines’s lips touched, Carson closed his eyes tightly.
“Your Majesty, you were my perfect belief. You’ve never disappointed me even once.”
“…”
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 🙂
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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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