I was silently staring into space, and I turned my head at the sudden voice. Aina was extending something in her hand towards me.
“Well… I… can only give you this…”
“Aina?”
“Please accept it.”
“What is this?”
It was a document in her hand. I looked at it silently, and then awkwardly accepted it.
“Since I don’t have anything to give you as a wedding gift… Empress Mama, you’ve given me a gift-like everyday life… so I prepared this.”
“What is it?”
“It’s a document that states my annual salary. Of course… I’m not sure if this will be considered a… repayment.”
“You don’t have to! I mean, it’s true that I like money, but I would never ask for something like this!”
How on earth did the rumors spread so much that things could change like this? It’s beyond my comprehension.
“No, still, please accept it. Even with this, it may not be enough.”
“…I feel like a thief. Put it away. We should use this to find a house for Unni in the future. Later on, Aina will get married too. So, just take my heartfelt wishes.”
“But… I want to give you something as a wedding gift.”
“Can Aina give you a giant jewel that will make your eyes go crazy? Or a dress with hundreds of diamonds? Or handcrafted shoes made by an artisan? Or a house?”
“Uh…”
“I’ve received enough of those things already. I’m grateful that Aina helped Shasha overcome her trauma. So, put it away. If you really want to repay me later, you can help me when the time comes, as I mentioned… help me in that situation.”
Realizing that there was very little she could do, Aina nodded heavily. It wasn’t that I intended to belittle her. I was simply stating that I didn’t need much from her.
Fortunately, Aina didn’t take my words in a negative way.
“I’ll definitely help you later. Whatever it is… even if it means risking my life. I’ll definitely…”
I looked at her and stood up.
“I should go to bed now. If I stay up like this, people will come with ridiculous items and call them gifts.”
“Oh.”
There seemed to be something, but Aina awkwardly smiled at my words.
“After today, all gifts are prohibited.”
“But…”
“No ‘buts.’ The recipient’s heart should also be at ease. Right now, my heart is not at ease at all.”
Upon hearing that, Aina nodded with an expression that said she couldn’t help it.
“Understood.”
“Then Aina should go to sleep too. Tomorrow will be very busy.”
“Yes!”
Although I said that, there was no way I could easily fall asleep on the eve of the wedding. Rather, I felt unusually clear-headed. I was still just a commoner living in Korea. A commoner suddenly thrown into a grand and magnificent wedding.
“Lian has become too kind lately, and Rodelo seems to have become quite reserved, making the genre change. It suddenly turned into a healing story. Originally, it was a survival story… everything is going as I planned, so it’s a bit strange.”
Eventually, I stayed up all night, lost in various thoughts until morning.
Was it because I met the Emperor the day before, or was it for some other reason? The reality of the marriage didn’t sink in even more on a day like this.
On a day like this, Charity and other maids brought by her were busy preparing me from morning till night, saying that we couldn’t just let it pass.
It felt like the wedding was just around the corner, even though I hadn’t done anything.
“Why is your face so pale?”
Charity looked at me with deep concern.
“Isn’t this good enough? Get ready right away. They said the wedding lasts all day.”
“Yes. It would be good for you to take breaks when you can.”
I awkwardly smiled at her, adding a concerned greeting. Just thinking about it was dreadful. Having a wedding all day long.
Now that I think about it, it might have been more comfortable to become the Empress formally without having a wedding.
Even though Lian did this for me in his own way…
“Also, various gifts for Empress Mama’s wedding have arrived there.”
“Gifts…”
“We’ll organize the big gifts and inform you. In the meantime, how about opening and looking at the small gifts one by one as you prepare?”
Whether I looked bored or not, she piled boxes in front of me after I finished washing and sat at the vanity. There were so many boxes that even she didn’t know who they were from or where they came from.
I silently observed them and started opening one box after another. After a while of unwrapping, I stopped my hands after opening one box.
Charity hummed a tune while applying oil to my hair, making it shine, but my face turned pale.
Inside the box, along with the letter, were unexpectedly many lily of the valley leaves, and in the center, there was a diamond with a pinkish glow.
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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