Even as a Magic Tower owner, I had never imagined being labeled as Magic Tower X. Highly flustered, I forced down my discomfort and gave an awkward smile.
“I’m not refusing the priest, it’s just…”
His face tightened further, as if scratched deeply in his pride. A pitiful expression for such an inconsequential white bird.
‘You look even more pathetic.’
Why does his face look so young? I didn’t want to judge by appearance, but compared to Sehelus, their personalities seemed polar opposite.
One side as gentle as a Doberman, always smiling.
The other as feisty as a sparrow, always wearing a fierce expression as if he thought he was the strongest in the world.
“If that’s not the case, why are you here?”
“Ah… that’s because.”
“I’ve heard you already paid your respects to Empress Mama in the Magic Tower. So why are you here again?”
“Are you questioning me…?”
His tone was that of a man caught cheating… Was Caritas driving me into a corner, chirping and judging? Ah, he shook his head left and right.
“It’s not questioning. I’m just saying it because you’re Magic Tower X.”
“I did not grant his visit.”
“What do you mean?”
“Sehelus, no, the new Magic Tower owner simply brought a child who was friends with Shanencia, so I let them in.”
“Ah, now that you mention it, there is a child.”
Wearing a black hood perfectly suited to a Magic Tower, it was Merkin who stood out the most. But in Caritas’s eyes, only Sehelus was visible; his eyes slightly narrowed.
Though he gave off a diminutive bird-like vibe.
“Yes. That’s why I’m here.”
“A friend of Shanencia… so if you have a friend, you can come?”
“What?”
“Never mind. I understand Empress Mama’s intent very well. I fully understand the implication that my unwarranted visit could burden Shanencia.”
Caritas spoke coldly. However, his eyes seemed to blaze with something. Jealousy? Or competition…? If I had to choose, it felt like competition.
‘So it’s a competitive scenario with the Magic Tower. Or perhaps he doesn’t want Shanencia taken away.’
“Empress Mama, I will show you myself.”
“What?”
“Unlike others who use two children to win Shanencia’s heart, I’ll do it with just one.”
“…What?”
“I’ll leave it at that for today. Next time, I’ll come with a more fruitful encounter.”
“Hold on, Priest? Priest?”
Like a racehorse unaware of what’s behind, Caritas only said his piece and briskly turned away. Wearing priestly robes that slightly grazed the floor with each step, he gave off an increasingly endearing vibe the more I looked.
“Ah, should I catch him?”
Caritas seemed to be grossly misunderstanding. He thought Sehelus brought Luedello to win Shanencia’s favor, a huge misunderstanding on his part.
I tried to hastily approach him, but like a bird taking flight, Caritas had already disappeared.
“Ah… he’s gone already?”
How can he be so fast?
He vanished in the blink of an eye. Eventually, I approached the children.
Caritas would probably visit here again. I’ll clear the misunderstanding then.
“Is the conversation over?”
As I moved towards the children, Sehelus stood up and gave a slight smile.
“Probably…”
“I see.”
That was it. Sehelus seemed aware that someone had come to the temple but didn’t ask any questions.
It was a stark contrast to Caritas’s intense animosity towards the Magic Tower.
“Uh, Sehelus.”
“Yes?”
“Aren’t the Magic Tower and the temple on good terms?”
Sehelus moved the chair he was sitting on toward me, nodding as if telling me to sit. I sat down without fuss, looking up at Sehelus.
“Neither good nor bad, I believe. People pursue different things.”
“Ah, is that so?”
Why, then, did Caritos leave in such a fury?
“But the temple doesn’t seem to think that way.”
“Excuse me?”
“Though they’ve lost much of their power now, Matop was once greatly revitalized. At that time, everyone rushed to join Matop. Even though the empire has an established national religion, and the majority of its citizens believe in one god, magicians don’t believe in gods. They believe in the power they study and wield.”
Ninety-five percent of the empire’s citizens believe in a god. But the remaining five percent don’t.
The ones who don’t believe are the magicians of Matop.
“How frustrating it must be for them. If not for us, all of the empire’s citizens would believe in a god, becoming a thorn in their side.”
“Ah…”
“Because they know nothing other than how to pray.”
The hostility was apparent.
“Because they can do nothing other than shout prayers to a god whose existence is unconfirmed. They’ve harbored a rivalry from long ago, though nothing has changed. They’ve always looked down on magic as a special power.”
Is it truly that simple a reason? I quietly observed him.
“Is there nothing between you two?”
“Between whom?”
“High Priest Caritos and you, Sehelus.”
Sehelus had just become the lord of Matop. Although his appearance indicated a connection to Matop, it was hard to definitively label him as such based on looks alone.
So I wondered if the two had known each other to begin with.
“Ah.”
“You recognized him instantly.”
“Am I famous?”
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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