“Um…….”
The morning sunlight was dazzling. When I finally opened my eyes and got up, Nathaniel, who had always been sleeping beside me, was nowhere to be seen.
“Nathaniel?”
As I called, Nathaniel, who had frighteningly popped up from the side, sat on the bed.
“How is your body?”
The worried tone made my heart flutter near my chest.
I couldn’t hide the fact that my mouth curved upwards at the sight of someone worrying about me like this.
“What’s wrong? Why are you smiling?”
“Ahem. It’s nothing.”
While laughing alone and trying to get off the bed, he suddenly blocked my way.
Then he pressed my shoulder firmly, making me sit back down.
“You shouldn’t move yet.”
“Huh?”
“We’ve prepared a meal, so you should at least wash up for now.”
As he finished speaking, maids entered abruptly.
“We have prepared the bathwater, Lady Bea.”
“Ah, right…”
Nathaniel gestured to stop the approaching maids. Then, he swiftly picked me up.
“Gasp.”
“I’ll take you to the bathroom.”
“Wait, put me down!”
“No.”
With a firm refusal, Nathaniel headed towards the bathroom.
Over his shoulder, I met the startled gaze of the maids. Although they quickly lowered their heads, the awkward glances were firmly stuck in my mind.
The only person truly at ease in this place was Nathaniel.
After the meal, Nathaniel went to meet Lord Hierah with Martin, who arrived a bit late.
I decided to stay in the room, still feeling the weight of the morning meal.
“It was a burdensome morning.”
Nathaniel’s overprotectiveness didn’t end even during mealtime. It was quite a struggle as he tried to prevent me from picking up the spoon myself, as if something disastrous would happen if I did.
“In the end, I managed to eat a few bites.”
I had no choice but to accept, as he seemed determined not to back off. The embarrassment was mine to bear.
“Why is he acting like this all of a sudden?”
Was it because I fainted once that he became overly protective like this?
“Hmm….”
Actually, there was a specific reason for yesterday’s collapse. However, since it was a past event, I didn’t feel the need to bring it up.
“But pretending not to know at all is a bit much…”
Nathaniel’s reaction was too excessive.
While pondering on what to do, a maid quietly knocked on the door.
“Lady Bea, Lady Demeter has requested your presence.”
“Ah…”
Due to Nathaniel’s unusual behavior, I had completely forgotten about Cecilia.
He probably hadn’t paid much attention to her either.
“Tell her to come in.”
“Yes, Lady Bea.”
The maid who went to deliver the message returned, and not long after, Cecilia entered.
She glanced around the room and only looked directly at me as she sat down.
‘Uh, is this going to be a confrontation?’
I am already a royal, and since she holds a pre-marriage title, I should be the one addressed with honorifics.
My older brother or father, except for private meetings, always used honorifics when speaking to me.
Therefore, Cecilia also had to show respect to me when there were maids present.
“Lady Demeter, please show courtesy to Crown Princess.”
Eventually, an unfamiliar maid pointed out her attitude.
Cecilia, forcing herself, bowed and greeted me.
“I greet Crown Princess.”
I, too, wasn’t exactly the easygoing type.
‘I’ve faced off with the Empress, so Mother is nothing.’
And I spent the time without saying anything. Since a maid had already pointed it out once, she didn’t step forward.
How much time had passed?
Seeing Cecilia’s body trembling faintly, I spoke.
“Okay, you can raise your head.”
As Cecilia lifted her body, her face was pale.
The hand holding the edge of her skirt trembled.
In terms of etiquette, she should express gratitude to the superior, but she remained silent.
Oh, is she angry?
I grinned and gestured for her to take a seat.
“Please sit.”
“Thank you, Lady Bea.”
Cecilia answered without hesitation and took her seat.
“We have something to discuss privately, Lady Bea.”
In response to her blatant request for privacy, I cleared the surroundings.
I was curious about what she had to say and wanted to know how things would unfold.
“What is it that you want to say?”
I made my stance clear.
Yesterday, I showed her respect as her mother, but today was different.
“Yes.”
Cecilia, turning her head, let out a short sigh, then took a deep breath, seemingly regulating her emotions in an uncharacteristic manner.
“I have come here despite the rudeness because I have a favor to ask, Lady Bea.”
Her calm tone left me incredulous.
Her face seemed ready to burst into a blush at the mention of a sensitive topic.
“What do you want?”
I decided to take a step back for now.
Knowing from the original work that she wasn’t an easygoing person, I needed to extract as much information as possible.
“For a brief period, my friend and I need a place to stay. Could you please help us, considering our past relationship?”
“A place to stay…”
Cecilia staying wasn’t an issue, but I was concerned about the friend she mentioned.
‘Is it someone to be assigned to my brother?’
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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