As we arrived in front of the Gift Exchange, I saw a bustling crowd. The time was 3:30 PM, half an hour before the start of the third trading session.
“Looks like quite a crowd today, Your Excellency,” said Adrian, escorting me down from the carriage. “I’m worried there might be many competitors.”
I grabbed his arm and walked towards the carriage waiting area. Upon reaching the exit, I saw a pamphlet display.
‘It seems to be a pamphlet containing daily trade information.’
I picked up the pamphlet, flipping through its pages leisurely as I spoke.
“Well… I guess there won’t be many competitors for the item I’m planning to buy.”
To my statement, Adrian’s voice unexpectedly rose. “Really? Are you planning to buy items with low purchase popularity?”
Having confirmed the location where gifts were traded, I nodded at Adrian, handing him the pamphlet. “For now, that seems to be the case.”
In response to my casual statement, Adrian had a face full of words he wanted to say. However, it seemed he couldn’t lecture someone like me, the Grand Duchess. He sighed instead.
“Where should I take you?”
“Hestia Hall.”
“If it’s Hestia Hall…”
Adrian, who was examining the pamphlet I handed him, slowly widened his eyes. Then, his expression became more concerned than before, and he slightly bit his lips.
“Are you really planning to invest in this item?”
“Yeah.”
“…Is it a special carriage?”
He muttered with an incredulous tone. “Do you know that the current reputation of that item is at its lowest?”
“Yeah, I know. I know better than anyone.”
I casually nodded and headed towards Hestia Hall without hesitation.
The special carriage, developed with demon realm technology, halved the travel time of a regular carriage. When the special carriage was first released, the buying frenzy was extremely high.
Of course, that was until a series of accidents occurred due to the special carriage.
Unfortunately, at that time, no one knew in advance that demon realm technology could have side effects in the human realm. The palace recalled all dispatched special carriages, and since then, the value of special carriages had plummeted endlessly.
Even after five years, until the point where the sale of the newly developed special carriages was about to resume, people still vividly remembered the accidents.
“Of course, I’ve heard that they developed an improved special carriage this time, learning from the lessons of past accidents.”
“…”
“But, Your Excellency, even so, wouldn’t it be safer to watch the situation a bit more?” Adrian continued to offer advice as he walked beside me.
“But, Your Excellency, wouldn’t it be safer to watch the situation a bit more?” Adrian continued to offer advice as he walked beside me.
“As of now, investing in a special carriage is a risky venture. Given the nature of gift trading, where items to be received in the future are purchased at the current bidding price, you may see significant profits if the value of the purchased item rises later on. However…”
“…”
“On the contrary, if the value decreases, the losses can be substantial.”
His concerns were quite natural. Even if I didn’t have information from the original work, purchasing a gift related to a special carriage at this moment would seem like a foolish act.
However, seeing Henry achieve tremendous success through special carriage investments in the original work, it became an investment opportunity I couldn’t afford to give up.
“Wait and see, Adrian.”
I looked at Adrian, raising the corners of my mouth leisurely.
“In a very short time, this special carriage will be worth what I call it.”
As we arrived at Hestia Hall behind the Gift Exchange, an employee at the door guided us.
Entering the hall, we couldn’t help but pause for a moment.
“I expected it, but still, I didn’t think there would be so few people.”
There were barely three people in the enormous Hestia Hall. Compared to other investment halls, the number was significantly low.
Adrian looked at me with growing unease.
“Are you sure it’s okay? Even now, it might be better to go to another hall…”
Instead of answering, I twinkled my eyes and raised the corners of my mouth.
“No? It’s actually better if there’s no competition!”
Even the variable I was worried might appear seemed to have disappeared completely.
“Now, as planned, all I have to do is defeat Henry and Camilla…”
Thinking such thoughts, I looked around once again.
At that moment, a pair of a man and a woman sitting at the front of the hall came into view.
As expected, it was Camilla and Henry.
The dubious lovers seemed unaware of my presence, whispering subtle affection to each other.
With a relaxed smile, I walked towards them.
“Oh my! Meeting you here again?”
Greeting them with an artificially loud voice, Camilla and Henry, who were startled, quickly let go of each other’s hands, which they held under unfolded handkerchiefs.
“L-Lady, Lady Vi!”
Camilla greeted me with astonishment, and when Henry saw me, he also stood up in a hurry.
Henry Bart.
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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