I Held the Leash of a Blind Beast (1 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 37
“Who did you say Elicia was?”
When Sabiel glared at her, Karina instinctively hunched her shoulders.
On the other hand, she also felt a pang of regret.
‘It must be a secret that Lady Elicia worked at the ducal residence while she’d lost her memory.’
Lately, the aspect causing Karina the most stress was ‘social etiquette.’ Just as she’d become awkward about receiving matchmakers or marriage proposals because of Sabiel, another major dilemma was the scandal itself.
It was common knowledge that one who underwent the formal ceremony and became a priestess must remain chaste for life.
After all, they bore upon their body the tokens bestowed by the Five Supreme Deities and Oder.
Even the mere fact that a female priestess who’d lost her memory had spent considerable time in the household of an unmarried nobleman was enough to become fodder for gossipmongers.
And if that priestess happened to be the daughter of the Yuter ducal house and the nobleman was Duke Clevent, the uproar would be even greater.
This was a problem not only for Elicia but also for Karina herself.
There was only one way to quell such a scandal—by smoothing it over through marriage.
Once the relationship became officially recognized and legally binding, an unspoken pressure would descend upon society to stop gossiping and remain silent about the matter, after which no one would dare speak of it openly. Moreover, Illeon’s mother was the sole imperial princess.
Emperor Maxius, who cherished his blood relatives and doted on his younger sister, would surely do anything to protect his niece’s honor and the loyal ducal family.
‘But then… what about me?’
Karina herself was now in a bind. With her standards raised as high as they could go, the only man she could possibly envision swearing lifelong devotion to was Illeon.
Male lead fell into her trap — and shattered when she walked away
This is also on my reread list!
This one is a slow burn, but when it burns, it burns hard.
Definitely worth a read, y’all!
The story follows a thousand-year-old seductive spirit who, on a bet, sets out to charm the male lead—a once-promising but unfortunate cultivator.
But just when she succeeds in making him fall for her, she heartlessly leaves, driving him to madness.
Determined to find her at all costs, he captures her, keeping her by his side no matter what, even if she hates him.
I love this kind of trope—I enjoy watching the male lead suffer in agony.
The ending drags a bit with unnecessary filler, but that’s fine.
As long as I enjoy the beginning, I’m good.
Intro
As an enchantress, Su Heng possesses captivating eyes and charming beauty, easily manipulating the joys and sorrows of living beings at her fingertips.
But to enchant a god, making him taste the bitterness of love’s separation, long-lasting resentment, unattainable desires, and inability to let go…
Do you dare?
Su Heng assists a divine lord in his cultivation, aiming to make him experience all the sufferings of love, so that he can attain the Great Dao.
Only after being chased down from the heavens by the divine lord, confined and completely possessed by him, does she realize how successful she has been.
The once gentle and polite youth has transformed into someone she no longer recognizes.
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Now she should know just how Illeon must have felt 🤧