리체 had been talking about seeing a ghost in the library for about a month now.
Blake and Deon were sitting face to face in the carriage on their way to the imperial city.
It was because of the hunt that was to take place in two days.
It took about three days by carriage from Lordwick’s territory to the imperial city.
They would arrive at the imperial city by evening, which meant that it had been 8 days since Lordwick’s father had seen 리체.
“I’m worried about 리체.”
Blake said. Deon, who had been resting with his eyes closed, slowly opened his eyelids.
“She’s just faking it.”
A week ago, 리체 had a devastated look on her face when she heard that the nobility and the royalty would attend the hunting festival.
Since then, she seemed to be preparing something with a squirrel, and two days before the departure, she feigned illness, claiming her body was too sore to attend the hunt.
She’s really bad at acting.
Deon shook his head, recalling 리체’s awkward attempt at faking a cough.
“It’s better she doesn’t go. 로벤하프 will be at the hunt as well.”
로벤하프, who had sent nonsense about hearing a bell, began sending letters asking if he could visit Lordwick’s ducal family.
It was said to be sent with restraint, but well.
Over ten crumpled letters were already in Deon’s hand.
“That’s true.”
Blake nodded at Deon’s assertion that it was better not to go.
He also saw at a glance that 리체 was pretending to be ill, but he didn’t want to force her, so he pretended to be fooled.
Because he foresaw that 리체 would only be a spectacle at the hunt, where nobles, talented people, and royalty were bustling.
They would have to face them someday, but it didn’t have to be right now.
“How have you been feeling lately?”
Then Deon’s voice reached Blake’s ear.
“Feeling?”
Blake looked at his son, who was inquiring about his wellbeing for the first time in years.
There was little change in expression, but the muscles in his face were slightly stiffened. It meant Deon was tense.
A question he had always wanted to ask but couldn’t easily bring up.
It was too heavy a topic for both father and son.
Asking about Blake’s health was like asking how much longer he had to live.
“I’m fine.”
“…….”
Blake silently patted Deon’s head.
“I really am fine.”
It was not just an empty word he said to others, he was really fine.
It had been a long time since he had felt so well.
The number of times he took medicine for chest pain had decreased to the point that the chief physician was surprised.
The best condition was the morning he left the mansion.
“Dad, can you sleep with me tonight……?”
Was it because 리체 had come to her room the night before?
If he said something like this, 제드 would say he’s a daughter’s fool, but lately, he didn’t even feel like denying that.
Rather, he really liked it, as if he had become a daughter’s fool.
“……Is it because of her?”
Then Deon’s softly murmuring voice was heard. When Blake looked inquisitive, Deon shook his head.
The father and son were usually quiet, so even this much conversation was a lot.
The carriage fell silent as the conversation ceased.
“……Father.”
After a while, Deon spoke to Blake out of the blue.
Beyond the window, the distant city that embraced the imperial palace began to come into view.
“You brought a strange child as a sibling.”
Blake asked his son, as if seeing through him.
“Do you like her?”
“……Well. Better than those who cry and scream in fear.”
“If you hadn’t called yourself an assassin, those children wouldn’t have cried.”
He was talking about the noble children that Deon had scared away.
Actually, 리체 had also been noisy in the library last time, but Deon was trying not to think about that day.
He was ignoring the pride he felt in 리체’s reliance on him as an older brother.
“The weak deserve it.”
Indeed. Deon thought he had become kinder with 리체, but
Deon was still Deon.
Suddenly, a concern washed over him. Blake casually said to Deon.
“Don’t make the royalty cry.”
Duke of Lodwick’s residence.
“…….”
“Wow. He’s totally out cold, out.”
“The squirrel can’t muster any energy. The doctor said it would be fine if we gave it some ice earlier.”
Liche, Zed, and Anna gathered tightly around the table, looking at the surface.
There lay Pythons, sprawled out on the cushion like liquid.
[Oh my, I’m dying, dying.]‘Are you in much pain?’
[Don’t even talk. I didn’t know the human world was like this. I feel like I’ll fall asleep too.]Pythons conveyed its weary state to Liche.
Its body, which had crossed into the human world, was finally showing signs of fatigue from the incompatible environment.
Though the statement that it might fall asleep now that it’s contracted with Liche was an exaggeration, it was clear that it had been pushed too far.
It didn’t even have the energy to move.
“If it’s already suffering from the heat, it will be a big problem in the summer. The days are getting hotter.”
“That’s true…….”
Liche replied in a worried voice.
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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