Silence flowed.
Nathaniel, who I had expected to be happy, just looked down at me quietly.
“Uh, um.”
As the silence grew longer, I felt more awkward for no reason.
‘Why isn’t he reacting?’
His face, which only blinked, soon crumbled. His cheeks flushed red, and his pupils shook.
“Really?”
“Yes…….”
“You really don’t hate me?”
“If I hated you, I wouldn’t have married you.”
He took a step closer and held me tightly. Soon, he slightly lifted his body and bowed deeper.
“Ha, haha. I’m relieved.”
He put me down and checked my face again. His eyes narrowed, and he smiled brightly.
“I thought you hated me.”
“No way.”
I wished for our current happiness no matter what happened in the future.
So I would no longer hesitate.
(This is a time delimiter.)
Finally, the Harvest Festival approached.
I realized for myself how much progress could be made in a short time with human labor.
The Harvest Festival begins with a ceremony led by the Pontiff.
I got myself clean early in the morning and changed into clothes suitable for the ceremony.
“Are you ready?”
“Yes.”
Nathaniel opened the door and came in.
He, dressed in his uniform, reached out his hand to me.
I took his hand and rose from my seat.
We took a carriage to the temple where the Harvest Festival was held.
The carriage was as grand and luxurious as it was comfortable.
It was a bit uncomfortable because of Nathaniel sticking close to me, trying not to fall off.
“Your Majesty, can you move a little?”
“Not really.”
I had nothing to say when he expressed it all at once.
“Why are you clinging like this, after all? What will people think if they see?”
“I don’t care.”
Feeling a limit to my patience, I smiled laboriously.
I knew that Nathaniel lacked social common sense.
It was due to the neglect he suffered as a child, which was virtually close to abuse.
He had been diligently educated to become an Emperor, but he had hardly received emotional education.
‘Teaching him everything is a bit hard, though.’
Still, he was quite cute.
I felt like I had gone blind with infatuation.
I lifted my hand and stroked Nathaniel’s head, which was resting his forehead on my shoulder with closed eyes.
“Can you tell me why you are doing this?”
“…….”
Nathaniel was silent for a moment.
He seemed to be considering how to explain.
“As I said before, you’re too weak.”
“As I said before, I belong to a very ordinary stock.”
“You couldn’t even make half a lap around the training ground.”
A few days ago, Nathaniel had dragged me to exercise.
I had run away, but he had chased me all the way, and I ended up being dragged to the training ground.
As he suggested light jogging and gently cajoled me, I jogged a little to lose the weight I gained from latenight snacks with him.
The result was disastrous.
I was exhausted after one lap. It was fortunate that Nathaniel cast a barrier to prevent anyone from entering.
“I… I overdid it the day before.”
I brought up a suitable excuse.
Nathaniel glared at me with narrow eyes, and I finally shut my mouth.
“That’s why I’m worried.”
“Hey, it’s just going to see the ceremony.”
“I have many enemies. Even though the Empress is wary of me, the temple people are not so friendly towards me either.”
This was news to me.
Being of the ancient dragon lineage born after hundreds of years, and yet being guarded against.
“Why in the world?”
“They set up an imaginary existence and lived off the money they got, didn’t they? Didn’t an existence close to the real thing appear? I heard that the tribute has decreased by more than half since my birth.”
“Oh, that’s quite a worldly point.”
I was somewhat shocked at Nathaniel’s words.
What kind of place is this?
“So, are you worried about what the temple people will do to me?”
“There’s that too.”
Whether he was embarrassed by his own words, the tips of his ears turned slightly red.
“Anyway, the temple is not a place I like to go to. I’m worried about taking you there.”
“There are many people there, so what could they possibly do to me?”
Logically, Jaina’s words were correct.
But a nagging unease in the back of his mind seemed not to fade away easily. The closer he got to the temple, the more restless he became.
I tightly held his hand and promised him.
“I understand. I’ll stick right by Nathaniel’s side. That’ll be fine, right?”
A smile came to my face as Nathaniel slowly nodded his head.
I gently kissed his cheek and firmly held his hand.
“Nathaniel will protect me, so it’ll be fine.”
“Ah.”
As if he had just remembered something, he grabbed my wrist.
I simply watched, curious about what he was trying to do.
A faint light sparkled in his hand and was absorbed into mine.
It was strange as I didn’t feel anything, despite what I saw.
“It’s a kind of protection magic. I have placed power near your wrist, so when in need, stretch out your hand and imagine a shield, and it will activate.”
“Thank you.”
I didn’t think he would worry about me this much. I felt unnecessarily sorry.
It was only because I hated exercise that my physical strength was low.
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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